东北林业大学是一所以林科为优势、林业工程为特色的多学科协调发展的高等学校，地处我国最大国有林区的中心——哈尔滨市，校园占地136公顷，并拥有帽儿山实验林场（帽儿山森林公园）和凉水实验林场（凉水国家级自然保护区）等教学、科研、实习基地，总面积达3.3万公顷。
学校创建于1952年7月，原名东北林学院，是在浙江大学农学院森林系和东北农学院森林系基础上建立的，由原国家林业部直属管理。1985年8月更名为东北林业大学。2000年2月，由国家林业局划归教育部直属管理。2005年10月，经国家发改委、财政部和教育部批准，成为国家“211工程”重点建设高校。2010年11月，教育部和国家林业局签署合作共建协议。2011年6月，成为国家“985工程”优势学科创新平台建设高校。2012年3月，教育部与黑龙江省人民政府签署合作共建协议。2017年9月，经国务院批准列为“双一流”建设高校。2022年2月，入选国家第二轮“双一流”建设高校。
学校现有研究生、全日制本科生2.9万余人，其中本科生19428人、研究生9779人。现有教职员工2400余人，其中专任教师1400余人。有中国工程院院士2人，“长江学者”特聘教授6人、青年学者3人，国家杰出青年基金获得者2人，国家优秀青年科学基金获得者6人，全国“百千万人才工程”人选1人，新世纪“百千万工程”人选3人，“万人计划”科技创新领军人才2人、青年拔尖人才5人，“青年人才托举工程”入选者10人，“新世纪优秀人才支持计划”入选者24人。
学校现设有研究生院、19个学院和1个教学部，有68个本科专业、26个国家级一流本科专业建设点，10个一级学科博士点，19个一级学科硕士点，17个类别的专业学位硕士点，9个博士后科研流动站，1个博士后科研工作站。拥有林业工程、林学2个世界一流建设学科，生物学、生态学、风景园林学、农林经济管理4个国内一流建设学科，3个一级学科国家重点学科、11个二级学科国家重点学科、8个国家林草局重点学科、2个国家林草局重点（培育）学科、1个黑龙江省重点学科群、7个黑龙江省重点一级学科。学校现有植物学与动物学、农业科学、化学、材料科学、工程学、环境科学与生态学等6个学科进入ESI全球排名前1%。
学校拥有优良的教学科研平台和实践教学基地。有林木遗传育种国家重点实验室（东北林业大学）、黑龙江帽儿山森林生态系统国家野外科学观测研究站；有森林植物生态学、生物质材料科学与技术、东北盐碱植被恢复与重建、森林生态系统可持续经营4个教育部重点实验室，6个国家林业和草原局重点实验室，15个黑龙江省重点实验室。2020年，帽儿山实验林场、凉水实验林场和森林博物馆入选第五批全国林草科普基地，森林博物馆晋级“国家二级博物馆”。2021年，成立了东北亚生物多样性研究中心、碳中和技术创新研究院。
学校积极开展国际交流与合作，先后与近30个国家和地区的100余所高等院校和研究机构建立了校际合作关系，与俄罗斯、新西兰、英国、法国、美国、加拿大、澳大利亚、韩国、日本等国家和港澳台地区的友好学校开展了形式多样的学生交流项目。近年来，学校举办了“林木分子生物学与生物技术国际研讨会”“虎豹跨境保护国际研讨会”等大型国际学术会议。学校大力加强留学生教育培养，作为中国政府奖学金来华留学生接收院校，已培养了一大批优秀留学生，生源来自五大洲100余个国家。
The NEFU is a multidisciplinary university with Forestry as its dominant discipline and Forestry Engineering as the characteristic focus. It is situated in Harbin, the center of the largest state-owned forest region in China. The main campus covers 136 hectares. NEFU also has the Mao’ershan Experimental Forest Farm (also known as Mao’ershan National Forest Park), the Liangshui Experimental Forest Farm (Liangshui National Natural Reserve), and other education, research and practice bases. The total area of the university reaches 33,000 hectares.学校创建于1952年7月，原名东北林学院，是在浙江大学农学院森林系和东北农学院森林系基础上建立的，由原国家林业部直属管理。1985年8月更名为东北林业大学。2000年2月，由国家林业局划归教育部直属管理。2005年10月，经国家发改委、财政部和教育部批准，成为国家“211工程”重点建设高校。2010年11月，教育部和国家林业局签署合作共建协议。2011年6月，成为国家“985工程”优势学科创新平台建设高校。2012年3月，教育部与黑龙江省人民政府签署合作共建协议。2017年9月，经国务院批准列为“双一流”建设高校。2022年2月，入选国家第二轮“双一流”建设高校。
学校现有研究生、全日制本科生2.9万余人，其中本科生19428人、研究生9779人。现有教职员工2400余人，其中专任教师1400余人。有中国工程院院士2人，“长江学者”特聘教授6人、青年学者3人，国家杰出青年基金获得者2人，国家优秀青年科学基金获得者6人，全国“百千万人才工程”人选1人，新世纪“百千万工程”人选3人，“万人计划”科技创新领军人才2人、青年拔尖人才5人，“青年人才托举工程”入选者10人，“新世纪优秀人才支持计划”入选者24人。
学校现设有研究生院、19个学院和1个教学部，有68个本科专业、26个国家级一流本科专业建设点，10个一级学科博士点，19个一级学科硕士点，17个类别的专业学位硕士点，9个博士后科研流动站，1个博士后科研工作站。拥有林业工程、林学2个世界一流建设学科，生物学、生态学、风景园林学、农林经济管理4个国内一流建设学科，3个一级学科国家重点学科、11个二级学科国家重点学科、8个国家林草局重点学科、2个国家林草局重点（培育）学科、1个黑龙江省重点学科群、7个黑龙江省重点一级学科。学校现有植物学与动物学、农业科学、化学、材料科学、工程学、环境科学与生态学等6个学科进入ESI全球排名前1%。
学校拥有优良的教学科研平台和实践教学基地。有林木遗传育种国家重点实验室（东北林业大学）、黑龙江帽儿山森林生态系统国家野外科学观测研究站；有森林植物生态学、生物质材料科学与技术、东北盐碱植被恢复与重建、森林生态系统可持续经营4个教育部重点实验室，6个国家林业和草原局重点实验室，15个黑龙江省重点实验室。2020年，帽儿山实验林场、凉水实验林场和森林博物馆入选第五批全国林草科普基地，森林博物馆晋级“国家二级博物馆”。2021年，成立了东北亚生物多样性研究中心、碳中和技术创新研究院。
学校积极开展国际交流与合作，先后与近30个国家和地区的100余所高等院校和研究机构建立了校际合作关系，与俄罗斯、新西兰、英国、法国、美国、加拿大、澳大利亚、韩国、日本等国家和港澳台地区的友好学校开展了形式多样的学生交流项目。近年来，学校举办了“林木分子生物学与生物技术国际研讨会”“虎豹跨境保护国际研讨会”等大型国际学术会议。学校大力加强留学生教育培养，作为中国政府奖学金来华留学生接收院校，已培养了一大批优秀留学生，生源来自五大洲100余个国家。
The Northeast Forestry University (NEFU) was founded in July, 1952 from the combination of the Department of Forestry, College of Agriculture in Zhejiang University and the Department of Forestry in Northeast Agricultural College. It was originally named Northeast Forestry College directly under the administration of the Ministry of Forestry. It was renamed Northeast Forestry University in August, 1985, and was put under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education in February, 2000. After the approval by the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education, it is entitled to enjoy support from several of the country’s initiatives, including the “Project 211” (The Chinese Government’s endeavor aiming at strengthening approximately 100 institutions of higher education and key disciplinary areas as a national priority for the 21st century) in October, 2005 and the “Project 985 Innovation Platform for Advantageous Disciplines” in June, 2011. It is co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education and the State Forestry Administration according to their agreement in November, 2010, and by the Ministry of Education and the People’s Government of Heilongjiang Province in the light of the agreement in March, 2012. The NEFU was included in the “double first-class project” ( “world-class university” and “world-class discipline”) approved by the State Council in September, 2017. In February 2022, it was in the second list of universities and disciplines included in the “double world-class project”.
Presently, there are more than 29,000 students studying at NEFU, including 19,428 undergraduates and 9,779 graduate students. It has 2,400 faculty members, 1,400 of whom are full-time teachers. Some of these teachers are holders of extraordinary academic titles and various special honors: two professors are members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; six professors are “Yangtze River Scholars”; three professors are “Young Yangtze River Scholars”; two professors won the National Fund for Outstanding Young Scientists; six professors won the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scientists; one teacher entered the National Hundred, Thousand and Ten-Thousand Talent Project; three entered the New Century Millions of Talents Project; two won the title of Leading Talents for Scientific and Technological Innovation of Ten Thousand Talents Program, and five are included in the Youth Top-notch Talents Supporting Project of Ten Thousand Talents Program; ten are included in Young Talents Supporting Project; twenty-four are included in the New Century Outstanding Personalities Supporting Project.
Currently, NEFU is comprised of a Graduate School, nineteen colleges and one teaching department offering programs ranging from bachelor’s degrees to doctoral degrees. There are 68 bachelor’s degree programs, 26 national first-class undergraduate major construction sites, 10 first-level doctoral degree disciplines, 19 first-level master’s degree disciplines, and 17 categories of professional degree. There are also 9 post-doctoral research centers and one post-doctoral research station; 2 international first-class construction disciplines which are Forestry and Forestry Engineering, and 4 national first-level construction disciplines which are Biology, Ecology, Landscape Architecture, Agriculture and Forestry Economic Management; 3 first-class National Key Disciplines and 11 second-level National Key Disciplines; 8 State Forestry and Grassland Administration Key Disciplines and 2 State Forestry and Grassland Administration Key (Cultivated) Disciplines, as well as 1 Key Disciplinary Group of Heilongjiang Province, 7 first-level Key Discipline of Heilongjiang Province. Six disciplines, including Botany and Zoology, Agricultural Science, Chemistry, Material Science, Engineering, Environmental Science and Ecology, have entered top 1% of the ESI global rankings.
NEFU has excellent bases for teaching, research and practice training. The national-level facilities include one State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding; one State Key Field Scientific Monitoring Station on the Mao’ershan Forest Ecosystem; three State Experimental Teaching Demonstration Centers of Forestry, Forest Engineering and Wildlife Resources; two State Mock Experimental Teaching Centers of Forest Engineering and Wildlife Resources. The provincial and ministerial level facilities include four Key Laboratories of the Ministry of Education (forest plant ecology, biomaterial science and technology, northeast saline-alkali vegetation ecology recovery and reconstruction, and sustainable management of forest ecosystem); six National Forestry and Grassland Administration Key Laboratories; fifteen Provincial Key Laboratories. In 2020, Mao’ershan Experimental Forest Farm, Liangshui Experimental Forest Farm and Forest Museum were selected into the fifth batch of national forest and grass science popularization bases, and the Forest Museum was upgraded to national second-class museum. In 2021, the Northeast Asia biodiversity research center and Carbon Neutralization Technology Innovation Research Institute were established.
NEFU develops international exchange and cooperation in a positive attitude, and has established cooperative relationships with over 100 universities and research institutes of more than thirty countries and regions. NEFU has developed a variety of student exchange programs with cooperative universities in Russia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, France, America, Canada, Australia, South Korea, Japan etc. and China’s Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions.In recent years, NEFU held some large-scale international academic conferences such as the International Symposium on Forest Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, the 2019 International Symposium on Cross-border Protection of Tigers and Leopards. NEFU has educated a number of excellent international students from over one hundred countries of five continents, as one of the admission universities for international students sponsored by the Chinese Government Scholarship.
