337 points. Northeastern University was founded in Benxi on February 1946. It is the first comprehensive university founded by China * * * in Northeast China. 1949 was located in Changchun in July. April 1950 was renamed Northeast Normal University. 1996 September became the first batch of national "2 1 1 project" key construction universities. In June 2004, the Graduate School was established with the approval of the Ministry of Education.