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 the country’s initiatives, including “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 Innovation Platform for Prioritized Academic Disciplines in June, 2011. It was selected as the First-class Discipline Construction University in September 2017.  NEFU 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.
 
NEFU is situated in Harbin, the center of the largest state-owned forest region in China. The main campus covers 136 hectares. NEFU also has two education, research and practice bases, the Mao'ershan Expermental Forest Farm (also known as Mao’ershan National Forest Park) and the Liangshui Experimental Forest Farm (Liangshui National Natural Reserve). The total area of the university reaches 33,000 hectares.

NEFU is a multidisciplinary university with Forestry as its dominant discipline and Forestry Engineering as the characteristic, together with an extensive coverage of disciplines in Agriculture, Science, Engineering, Economy, Management, Liberal arts，Law，Medicine and Art. Currently, the university is comprised of a Graduate School, seventeen colleges and one department offering programs ranging from bachelor’s degrees to doctoral degrees. 62 undergraduate programs offer bachelor’s degrees, 19 first-level and 96 second-level disciplines offer master’s degrees and 8 first-level and 38 second-level disciplines offer doctoral degrees. There are also 32 domains of 11 categories of professional degrees, 2 first-class disciplines which are Forestry and Forestry Engineering, 9 post-doctoral research centers and one post-doctoral research station, 3 first-level National Key Disciplines and 11 second-level National Key Disciplines, 6 State Forestry Administration Key Disciplines, as well as 1 Key Disciplinary Group of Heilongjiang Province, 7 first-level Key Discipline of Heilongjiang Province and 4 Leading Talent Echelon of Heilongjiang Province. It also has a State Training Base for Talents in Life Science and Technology which was co-approved by the State Development Planning Commission, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Education. Another State Training Base for Research and Teaching Talents (Biology) was approved by the Ministry of Education. NEFU is also a state pilot university for the reform of the educational system and State Training Program of Excellent Engineer and Excellent Agricultural and Forest Talents.

Content of scholarships		The monthly stipend	Scholarship duration	Application period
full scholarships	Tuition fee, monthly stipend and medical insurance.	Undergraduate   : 2000CNY/month Postgraduate    : 2500CNY/month PhD             : 3000CNY/month	Undergraduate  : 1 year Master program : 2-3 year PhD : 4 year DirectPhD : 5 year	Jan. - Apl.
partial scholarships	Tuition fee.	Undergraduate   : 2000CNY/month Postgraduate    : 2500CNY/month PhD             : 3000CNY/month

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