Northeastern University was founded in April 1923. 1August, 928 to1June, 937, General Zhang Xueliang was the principal. 1in March, 949, Shenyang Institute of Technology was established on the basis of (part of) Engineering College and Science College of Northeastern University;

1August, 950, named Northeast Institute of Technology. 1960 10, which was designated as a national key university by the central government. /kloc-0 changed its name to northeastern university in March, 1993. 1987 northeastern university Qinhuangdao branch was established in Qinhuangdao. 1997, the former Shenyang Gold Institute was merged into Northeastern University.

By June 5438+February, 2022, including the branch schools, the school had a total area of 2.646 million square meters, with a building area of 1.89 million square meters; There are 22 colleges (departments) offering 80 undergraduate majors; There are 45 12 faculty members, including 2938 full-time teachers; There are more than 50,000 undergraduates, master students and doctoral students, and there are 1.033 international students.

In March 2022, the official website of the school showed that there were more than 100 research institutions in the school, including 1 1 national science and technology bases such as State Key Laboratory, Frontier Science Center and National Engineering (Technology) Research Center. There are 2 state-level collaborative innovation centers, 4 collaborative innovation centers in Liaoning Province, and 1 center jointly built by provincial offices.

There are humanities and social science bases such as the National Northeast Science and Technology Policy Research Center of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Science and Technology Policy Research Strategy Cultivation Base of the Ministry of Education and the Urban and Rural Community Research Institute of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The Northeast Regional Center of China Education and Scientific Research Computer Network is also located in Northeastern University.