Northeast Petroleum University (formerly known as Northeast Petroleum Institute and Daqing Petroleum Institute) is located in Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province, and was founded in 1960. It is a university that focuses on engineering, with the coordinated development of engineering, science, management, literature, economics, law, teaching and art. 1978 has been identified as one of the 88 national key universities.

The school is a high-level university jointly established by Heilongjiang Province, China Petroleum and Natural Gas Group Corporation, China Petrochemical Group Corporation and China Offshore Oil Corporation, and it is a key construction university in Heilongjiang Province.

The school began to recruit undergraduates from 196 1, 198 1 granted master's degree and 1993 granted doctor's degree. The school has 67 undergraduate majors and 23 higher vocational majors.

There are 27 first-class undergraduate specialty construction sites at the provincial level and above, including 6 national/kloc-0. There are 8 specialty construction sites with national characteristics, 1 national comprehensive reform pilot specialty, 6 national "excellent engineer education and training plan" pilot specialties, and 19 provincial key specialties.

1 national key first-class discipline, 1 provincial key discipline group and 6 provincial key first-class disciplines; 4 Post-Doctoral Research Center and 2 post-doctoral research stations; Four doctor's degrees authorize first-class disciplines, and 22 master's degrees authorize first-class disciplines.

10 postgraduate professional degree categories (including resources and environment, materials and chemicals, machinery, energy and power, civil water conservancy, electronic information, business administration, social work, accounting, Chinese international education); Since 20 16, the project has been in the position of 1% before ESI in the world.