Northeast Agricultural University (NEAU; simplified Chinese: 东北农业大学; pinyin: Dōngběi Nóngyè Dàxué) was established in 1948 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China. It was first called Northeast Agricultural College and in 1994 it was renamed NEAU. Now The NEAU is one of the key universities in Heilongjiang Province and one of the 211-Project universities in China. There are 19 colleges and 1 educational academy in NEAU. Disciplines, such as Agronomy, Engineering, Science, Management, Economics, Education, Arts and Law are supported in NEAU. There are 3 national key disciplines, 2 key disciplines in the Agriculture Department, 18 provincial level key disciplines, and 6 post - doctoral programs covering 32 doctoral directions, 65 master programs, and 66 undergraduate programs. The Training Department of the State Soy Bean Engineering Research Center, a laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, and a key laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Dairying Science are located on the campus. In NEAU, there are 1006 faculty and staff members, including 197 professors and 318 associate professors.