Northeast Agricultural University

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Northeast Agricultural University

Established: 1948
Type: Public
President: Li Qingzhang (李庆章)
Faculty: 1,006
Undergraduates: 15,077
Postgraduates: 2724
Location: Harbin, China
Campus: Urban
Website: www.neau.edu.cn

The Northeast Agricultural University (NEAU)(东北农业大学)[1] was established in 1948 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, PRC. It was first called Northeast Agricultural College and in 1994 it was renamed NEAU. Now The NEAU is one of the key universities in Heilongjiang Province and one of the 211-Project universities in China.

There're 19 colleges and 1 educational academy in NEAU. Disciplines as Agronomy, Engineering, Science, Management, Economics, Education, Arts and Laws are strongly supported in NEAU. There are 3 national key disciplines, 2 key disciplines of Agriculture Department, 18 provincial level key disciplines, and 6 post - doctoral programs covering 32 doctoral directions, 65 master programs, and 66 undergraduate programs. Training Department of the State Soy Bean Engineering Research Center and a key opening laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture, and a key laboratory of Ministry of Education about Dairying Science are located on the campus. The biology has become the National Nature Science Base for Basic Science Research and Intellectual Education.

In NEAU, there are 1006 faculties and staffs, including 197 professors and 318 associate professors. There are 2 Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Science with one specially - appointed professor of Cheung Dong Scholars Program. Currently NEAU consists of 29,154 students.

NEAU adheres to the guiding principle of running a school openly. The university has established links with over 40 universities and research institutes from USA, Japan, Russia, etc. There are 124 foreign students in NEAU. It has been progressively forming a characteristic of international contacts mainly with Northeast Asia and has become one of the doors of China to exchange knowledge in Agriculture education and science & technology with those countries in Northeast Asia.

Today, taking the great opportunities of the “the tenth five-year-project” and “211 project”, NEAU, with full confidence, is dedicating their concerted efforts progressing moving towards the goal of making the university to be the first among the schools of the same kind and to enjoy certain popularity in the world.

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