This article is about the Northeast Forestry University in China. For the North-Eastern Federal University in Russia, see North-Eastern Federal University.
Founded in 1952, Northeast Forestry University (NEFU) was formed by the combination of both Zhejiang University and the Forestry Department of Northeast Agricultural College. It is one of the three oldest institutions for forestry education and research in China.
Location
Northeast Forestry University is located in the city of Harbin, the center of the region with China's largest state-owned forests. Its campus covers more than 136 hectares (336 acres) with teaching buildings, scientific research laboratories, and practice sites. In addition, there are several practice centers which include the Maoershan Experimental Forestry Center (Maoershan National Forest Park) and the Liangshui Experimental Forestry Center (Liangshui National Nature Reserve). The university has a total area 33,000 hectares (81,545 acres).
The campus contains 15 dormitories and one dining hall. As a university which has more than 20,000 undergraduate students enrolled, the population density is higher than many other universities in China.
Academics and Research
NEFU is a multidisciplinary university with forestry as its leading field. It offers a unique specialization in forestry engineering as well as focusing on the forestry-related aspects of agriculture, science, engineering, economy, management, liberal arts, and law. The university is composed of sixteen colleges and two departments. There are five post-doctoral scientific research programs, four first-level and thirty-two second-level doctoral degree programs. In addition, there are also ten first-level, seventy-five second-level master's degree programs, three types of special discipline master's degree programs in nine fields and fifty-seven undergraduate programs. NEFU has two national first-level key disciplines, two national second-level key disciplines, six key disciplines authorized by the State Forestry Administration, two key discipline groups authorized by Heilongjiang Province, four Heilongjiang Provincial first-level key disciplines, and fifteen Heilongjiang Provincial subordinate key disciplines. With the approval of National Planning Commission and Ministry of Education, NEFU runs the national training centers of life science and technology. In addition, NEFU operates teaching and research centers for basic sciences, particularly in biology, which are also approved by the Ministry of Education.
NEFU manages a national scientific observation key station (Maoershan forestry ecological system location station), three key laboratories of Ministry of Education, four key laboratories of the State Forestry Administration, and forty-nine research institutions. There are also nine practice sites within the school, including the Maoershan Experimental Forestry Center and Liangshui Experimental Forestry Center and 180 bases outside the school.
Key Disciplines
First grade of National key disciplines
Forestry
Forest Tree Genetics and Breeding
Silviculture
Forest Protection
Forest Management
Wildlife Conservation and Utilization
Ornamental Plants and Horticulture
Soil and Water Conservation and Desertification Controlling
Forest Engineering
Forest Engineering
Wood Science and Technology
Chemical Processing Engineering of Forest Products
Second Grade of National Key Disciplines
Botany
Ecology
Key Disciplines of State Forestry Administration
Forest Tree Genetics and Breeding
Silviculture
Forest Management
Ornamental Plants and Horticulture
Chemical Processing Engineering of Forest Products
Forestry Economics and Management
Key Disciplines of Heilongjiang Province
Provincial Key Discipline Groups
Forestry
Biology Material Science and Technology
Provincial First-level Key Disciplines
Biology
Forestry
Forest Engineering
Agricultural and Forestry Economics and Management
Provincial Second-level Key Disciplines
Population, Resources and Environmental Economics
Chemistry and Physics of Polymers
Cell Biology
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Computer Applied Technology
Chemical Processing Engineering of Forest Products
Biomaterial Engineering
Forest Tree Genetics and Breeding
Silviculture
Forest Management
Horticulture
Soil and Water Conservation and Desertification Controlling
Biomedical Engineering
Corporate Management
Accounting
Key Laboratories
Key Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology, Ministry of Education
Key Laboratory of Bio-Based Material Science and Technology
Key Laboratory of Forest Tree Genetic Improvement and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education
Research Centers and Institutes
National Base for Cultivating People of Life Science and Technology
National Base for Cultivating People of Base Science Research and Teaching (Biology Major)
Maoershan Experimental Forestry Center
Liangshui Experimental Forestry Center
Forestry Demonstration Base of Harbin
Academic Periodicals
Journal of Northeast Forestry University
Wildlife
Green Financial Affairs and Accounting
Chinese Forestry Economy
Forest Engineering
Journal of Forestry Research
Bulletin of Botanical Research
Faculty
The university has 1,269 full-time teachers.
National Academician
Ma, Jianzhang 马建章; Distinguished expert of wildlife ecology and management resources.
Li, Jian 李坚; Distinguished expert of wood science
Song, Zhanqian 宋湛谦; Distinguished expert of forestry engineering and chemical processing of forest products
Tang, Shouzheng 唐守正; Distinguished expert of forest management and forest statistics
Fang, Zhiyuan 方智远; Distinguished expert of vegetable heredity breeding
Sun, Tieheng 孙铁珩; Distinguished expert of pollution ecology and environmental engineering
Feng, Zongwei 冯宗炜; Distinguished expert of ecology
Xia, Xianzhu 夏咸柱; Distinguished expert of zoopathology
Chinese Training Center of Northeast Forestry University offers courses on different levels for overseas students, including oral Chinese, listening, Chinese literature, writing, international trade, intensive reading and HSK Training. The center has basic, elementary, intermediate, and advanced-level classes, as well as short-term classes.