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About the university

Northeast Agricultural University (NEAU), also known as Northeast Agricultural University, is located at 600 Changjiang Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province. It is under the jurisdiction of the Heilongjiang Provincial Department of Education and is a national Double First-Class university, a member of the Double First-Class Agricultural Science Alliance, and one of the first universities under Project 211. It is jointly established by the Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China. The university is part of the National Basic Capacity Building Project for Universities in Central and Western China, the Excellent Agricultural and Forestry Talent Education and Training Program pilot, and the Innovation Capability Enhancement Program for Higher Education Institutions. It is among the first institutions in China authorized to confer doctoral and master's degrees, a key provincial high-level university in Heilongjiang, a participant in the Xinjiang Aid Discipline Construction Plan, and one of the first pilot bases for the transformation and transfer of scientific and technological achievements in higher education institutions. Founded in 1948 in Harbin as Northeast Agricultural College, it was initially under the Northeast Administrative Committee's Ministry of Agriculture, then successively under the Ministry of Higher Education, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Heilongjiang Provincial Agricultural Committee, and the Heilongjiang Provincial Department of Education. In 1981, it was designated as a key provincial university in Heilongjiang. In 1994, it merged with the Heilongjiang Provincial Agricultural Management Cadre Institute to form Northeast Agricultural University. As of November 2024, the university covers an area of 5.015 million square meters, with total teaching and research equipment valued at 1.16 billion yuan. It has 17 colleges and 1 teaching department, 75 undergraduate programs, 12 first-level doctoral degree authorization points, 21 first-level master's degree authorization points, 3 professional doctoral degree categories, 18 professional master's degree categories, 10 postdoctoral research stations, and 2 postdoctoral research workstations. The university has 1,583 full-time faculty members and 33,534 full-time students. Founded in 1948 in Harbin as Northeast Agricultural College, it was the first regular higher agricultural institution established by the Communist Party of China in the liberated areas. Liu Da, the first mayor of Harbin, served as its first president. In January 1949, the Agricultural College of the former Northeast University, the Agriculture and Forestry Department of the former Northeast Academy, and the Agricultural Department of the former Harbin First Technical College were merged into Northeast Agricultural College. In September 1949, Northeast Agricultural College officially opened. In January 1950, it was renamed Harbin Agricultural College. In October 1950, Shenyang Agricultural College merged with Harbin Agricultural College to restore the name Northeast Agricultural College; the Veterinary Department of Heilongjiang Agricultural College was merged into Northeast Agricultural College. In 1952, the Plant Pathology and Entomology Department, Soil and Fertilizer Department, and the Horticulture Group of the Agronomy Department of Northeast Agricultural College (formerly Shenyang Agricultural College) participated in the formation of Shenyang Agricultural College (now Shenyang Agricultural University), and the Forestry Department was restructured into Northeast Forestry College (now Northeast Forestry University), temporarily co-located with Northeast Agricultural College. In October 1952, the Veterinary Department of Heilongjiang Agricultural College was merged into Northeast Agricultural College. In March 1953, some faculty from the Agronomy Department of Beijing Agricultural Mechanization College were transferred to Northeast Agricultural College. The Heilongjiang Provincial Workers' and Peasants' Accelerated Middle School was merged into Northeast Agricultural College and restructured as the Affiliated Workers' and Peasants' Accelerated Middle School of Northeast Agricultural College.