Northeast Forestry University

Northeast Forestry University is a multi-disciplinary and coordinated university with forestry science as its advantage and forestry engineering as its feature. It is located in Harbin, the center of my country's largest state-owned forest area, at 126.6247° east longitude, 45.7662° north latitude, 141 meters above sea level. The campus covers an area of ​​136 hectares, and has teaching, scientific research and internship bases such as Maoershan Experimental Forest Farm (Maoershan Forest Park) and Liangshui Experimental Forest Farm (Liangshui National Nature Reserve), with a total area of ​​33,000 hectares.

History. The school was founded in July 1952, formerly known as Northeast Forestry College. It was established on the basis of the Forestry Department of Zhejiang University Agricultural College and the Forestry Department of Northeast Agricultural College, and was directly managed by the former State Forestry Ministry. In August 1985, it was renamed Northeast Forestry University. In March 2000, it was directly managed by the Ministry of Education from the State Forestry Administration. In October 2005, it became a key university in the national "211 Project" approved by the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education. In November 2010, the Ministry of Education and the State Forestry Administration signed a cooperation and construction agreement. In June 2011, it became a key university in the national "Advantage Discipline Innovation Platform" project. In March 2012, the Ministry of Education and the People's Government of Heilongjiang Province signed a cooperation and construction agreement. In September 2017, it was approved by the State Council as a "Double First-Class" construction university.

Overview of teachers and students. The school currently has more than 27,000 graduate students and full-time undergraduate students, including 19,433 undergraduates and 7,753 graduate students. Since its establishment, it has sent more than 190,000 graduates to the country. There are more than 2,300 faculty and staff, including nearly 1,300 full-time teachers. There are 2 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 5 distinguished professors and 3 young scholars of the "Yangtze River Scholars", 2 winners of the National Outstanding Youth Fund, 5 winners of the National Excellent Young Scientist Fund, 3 candidates of the National "Million Talents Project", 3 candidates of the New Century "Million Talents Project", 2 leading talents of scientific and technological innovation of the "Ten Thousand Talents Plan", 1 famous teacher, 2 young top talents, 7 selected for the "Young Talent Support Project", and 24 selected for the "New Century Excellent Talent Support Program". There are 26 experts enjoying special government allowances from the State Council, 2 young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions to the country, 11 young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions at the provincial and ministerial levels, 11 distinguished professors and 6 young scholars of the "Longjiang Scholars", 1 of the first batch of Huang Danian-style teacher teams in national universities, 2 innovation teams of the "Yangtze River Scholars and Innovation Team Development Program" of the Ministry of Education, 4 leading talent echelons in Heilongjiang Province, and 4 "head goose" teams in Heilongjiang Province. In recent years, there are 3 winners of the National Outstanding Teacher Award, 5 National Excellent Teachers, 1 National Model Teacher, 3 National Forestry and Grassland Outstanding Teachers, 1 National "Worker Pioneer" winner team, 2 National "May 1st" Labor Medal winners, 1 National "May 1st" Women's Model, 18 provincial Outstanding Teacher Award winners, 8 provincial Outstanding Teachers, and 3 provincial Youth May 4th Medal winners.

Disciplines and majors. The school currently has a graduate school, 19 colleges and 1 teaching department, 68 undergraduate majors, 19 national first-class undergraduate major construction sites, 10 first-level discipline doctoral programs, 19 first-level discipline master's programs, 17 categories of professional degree master's programs, 9 postdoctoral research mobile stations, and 1 postdoctoral research workstation. It has two world-class disciplines, forestry engineering and forestry, four domestic first-class disciplines, biology, ecology, landscape architecture, and agricultural and forestry economic management, three first-level national key disciplines, 11 second-level national key disciplines, six key disciplines of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, two key (cultivation) disciplines of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, one key discipline group of Heilongjiang Province, and seven key first-level disciplines of Heilongjiang Province. The school currently has six disciplines, including botany and zoology, agricultural science, chemistry, materials science, engineering, environmental science and ecology, which are ranked 1% in the ESI global ranking. It has a national talent training base for life sciences and technology approved by the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Education, and a national talent training base for basic science research and teaching in science (biology) approved by the Ministry of Education. It is a pilot school for national education system reform, a pilot school for the national excellent engineer and excellent agricultural and forestry talent education and training program, a demonstration university for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education of the Ministry of Education, and a national university practice education innovation and entrepreneurship base.

Teaching and research platform. The school has excellent teaching and research platforms and practical teaching bases. There are the State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding (Northeast Forestry University), the National Field Scientific Observation and Research Station for Heilongjiang Maoershan Forest Ecosystem; there are 4 key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, namely, Forest Plant Ecology, Biomass Materials Science and Technology, Restoration and Reconstruction of Saline-alkali Vegetation in Northeast China, and Sustainable Management of Forest Ecosystems; there are 6 key laboratories of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration, and 15 key laboratories of Heilongjiang Province; there are 2 engineering research centers of the Ministry of Education, 4 engineering technology research centers and a cat research center of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration, and 3 discipline innovation and intelligence introduction bases of higher education institutions (one of which has been upgraded to the "2.0" plan), including forestry, forest engineering, There are 3 national experimental teaching demonstration centers for wildlife, 2 national virtual simulation experimental teaching centers for forest engineering and wildlife, and 6 provincial experimental teaching demonstration centers; there are 3 ecosystem positioning research stations of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, 1 provincial philosophy and social science research base, 5 provincial key research bases for humanities and social sciences of ordinary colleges and universities, and 2 provincial think tanks; there are the Wild Animal and Plant Testing Center of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, the Testing Center of the Engineering Quality Testing Station of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, etc.; there are 7 on-campus internship bases such as Maoershan Experimental Forest Farm and Liangshui Experimental Forest Farm, 310 off-campus teaching internship bases and 111 off-campus graduate internship bases. In 2020, Maoershan Experimental Forest Farm, Liangshui Experimental Forest Farm and Forest Museum were selected as the fifth batch of national forest and grassland science popularization bases, and the Forest Museum was promoted to a "national second-level museum". In 2021, the Northeast Asia Biodiversity Research Center and the Carbon Neutrality Technology Innovation Institute were established.

Foreign exchanges and cooperation. The school actively carries out international exchanges and cooperation, and has established inter-school cooperation relations with more than 100 colleges and universities and research institutions in nearly 30 countries and regions. Every year, the school has nearly 150 experts and scholars from developed countries in Europe, America and Asia, as well as Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, who come to the school to give lectures, conduct cooperative research and visit the school; more than 120 teachers are sent abroad every year to study for degrees, visit for further studies and cooperate in scientific research; various forms of student exchange programs have been carried out with friendly schools in Russia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, France, the United States, Canada, Australia, South Korea, Ethiopia, Japan and other countries and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and students are actively selected to study abroad through national channels. The Sino-foreign cooperative education institutions and education projects jointly organized by the school and the University of Auckland in New Zealand and Aston University in the United Kingdom have been approved for enrollment. In recent years, the school has held large-scale international academic conferences such as the "International Symposium on Forest Molecular Biology and Biotechnology" and the "2019 International Symposium on Cross-border Conservation of Tigers and Leopards". The school has vigorously strengthened the education and training of international students. As a receiving institution for international students in China with Chinese government scholarships, it has trained a large number of outstanding international students from more than 80 countries on five continents.

Various awards and honors. In 2007, the school's undergraduate teaching level evaluation was excellent. The school was awarded the honorary title of "National Civilized Unit" by the Central Civilization Committee in 2011, 2014 and 2017, and the honorary title of "National Civilized Campus" by the Central Civilization Committee for the first time in 2020, and has been awarded the title of provincial civilized unit for 16 consecutive years. In recent years, the school has been successively rated as a national ecological civilization education base, a national model employee home, a national advanced collective for teacher ethics construction, a national model unit for greening, the seventh and tenth "Mother River Award", an advanced unit for student financial aid in colleges and universities, a national May Fourth Red Flag Youth League Committee, a national May Fourth Red Flag Youth League branch, a national college student volunteer service western plan "Excellent Project Office", Heilongjiang Province "Top Ten Harmonious Campuses", Heilongjiang Province Patriotism Education Advanced Collective, the province's advanced unit for legal publicity and education, Heilongjiang Province Conscription Advanced Unit, Military, Police and Civilian Joint Construction and Education Advanced Collective, Heilongjiang Province Student Work Advanced Collective, and 20 times rated as a national college student social practice advanced unit. In 2020, the school successfully hosted the 12th "Challenge Cup" China College Students Entrepreneurship Plan Competition, won the "Champion Cup", and obtained 2 gold, 1 silver and 5 bronze medals. Since the "12th Five-Year Plan", the school has won 711 scientific research awards at all levels and types, including 6 second prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, 253 provincial and ministerial scientific research awards (including 24 first prizes), and 89 Liang Xi Forestry Science and Technology Awards (including 7 first prizes), and obtained more than 4,800 authorized patents. In 2018, the school won 1 second prize of the National Teaching Achievement Award.

The school adheres to the fundamental task of cultivating morality and educating people, educates people for the Party and the country, and has provided a large number of senior professionals for the society. A large number of outstanding professional talents, management talents and innovative and entrepreneurial talents represented by national and provincial and ministerial leaders, academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and elites from the academic and business circles have emerged. A group of outstanding graduates represented by the builders of Saihanba Forest Farm, the youth team of Yinggeling Nature Reserve, and Xu Xiujuan, the first national environmental protection martyr, have been trained, making important contributions to my country's forestry construction, ecological civilization construction and economic and social development.

The school strengthens the overall leadership of the Party, adheres to the concept of "quality, green, innovation, and cooperation", adheres to the school motto of "learning from heaven and earth, and virtue in harmony with nature", continuously strengthens the advantages of running schools, and continuously demonstrates the characteristics of running schools. It strives to rank among the top agricultural and forestry universities in the country, build a distinctive and internationally renowned Chinese high-level university, and strive to build a Chinese-style and world-class forestry university.

(Statistics as of November 30, 2021)