Founded on April 26, 1923, Northeast University is a university with a glorious tradition of patriotism. From August 1928 to January 1937, general Zhang Xueliang, a famous patriotic general, concurrently served as the president. After the September 18th Incident in 1931, Northeastern University was forced to run a school in exile. In March 1949, Shenyang Institute of technology was established on the basis of the College of engineering and the College of Science (part) of Northeastern University. In August 1950, it was named Northeast Institute of technology. In March 1993, it was renamed Northeast University. In January 1997, the former Shenyang Gold Institute was incorporated into Northeast University and transferred to a university directly under the Ministry of education in September 1998. The university is one of the first batch of key universities under the national "211 Project" and "985 Project". In September 2017, it entered the ranks of first-class universities. In the course of running a school for nearly a century, Northeast University has always adhered to the same direction with national development and national rejuvenation, forming the spirit of the school motto of "self-improvement, unity of knowledge and practice" and the culture of "practical work, serving the country, innovation and excellence". In history, teachers and students of Northeastern University were the main force and pioneer of the "12.9" movement. During the construction period, the University successively developed the first domestic analog electronic computer, the first domestic CT, the first super steel and new smelting technology of vanadium titanium magnetite, energy-saving theory and technology of iron and steel industry, controlled rolling and cooling technology A large number of high-level scientific research achievements such as hybrid intelligent optimal control technology have set up the first university science park, forming its own school running characteristics in terms of technological innovation, transfer and industry university research cooperation.
Northeast University is located in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, the central city of Northeast China, and has a Qinhuangdao branch of Northeast University in Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province. The school covers a total area of 2.646 million square meters and a construction area of 1.837 million square meters. The school has 4490 teaching staff, including 2857 full-time teachers. There are 5 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of engineering and 4 overseas academicians. There are 125 candidates for national talent projects, 57 candidates for national youth talent projects, 102 outstanding talents in the new century of the Ministry of education, and 4 innovation groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. The university has more than 100 research institutions, including 11 national science and technology bases such as national key laboratories, cutting-edge science centers and National Engineering (Technology) research centers. There are 2 national collaborative innovation centers, 1 provincial and ministerial collaborative innovation center and 4 Liaoning Provincial collaborative innovation centers.