Northeastern University was founded in April 1923. It wins the first approval of the State Council to award bachelor's, master's and doctor's degrees. It is also among the first group schools selected by "Project 211" and "985 Project".
It is a free market-oriented national key university. There are 51 professionals, 113 subjects which has the right to recruit and train graduate students, and another three master’s degree authorization center for MBA,MPA, engineering. Besides, it has 67 subjects which are subject to recruit and train doctoral students, seven key disciplines, 10 post-doctoral mobile stations, four state project (technical) research centers, one national key laboratory.
Northeastern University adheres to the focus of teaching, constantly strengthens three major functions of personnel training, scientific research, and social services. Now it forms a multi-level management training system including the undergraduates, graduate students and doctoral students, foreign students and education network, adult education and advanced technology. It takes full advantage of technology, talent and high-tech industries as a service to the community ,explores a combination of production, learning, and research, and establishes high-tech industries in an effective way. Northeastern University Science Park to become the first batch of 15 national pilot University Science Park building.
Northeastern University persist in the principle of opening to the world, It establishes academic ties with the United States, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Russia, South Korea, and Taiwan, Hong Kong and other 102 universities and research institutes in 21 countries and regions, which promotes the academic standards of the university.
