Harbin University of Commerce is a provincial key university. Harbin University of Commerce is one of the ten key universities in Heilongjiang Province. Harbin University of Commerce, founded in 1952, is the first multidisciplinary business university in New China. Undergraduate education begins at 1958, and postgraduate education begins at 1982.

Harbin University of Commerce has 23 teaching units: Graduate School, Business School, Finance College, Tourism Cooking College, Energy and Architecture Engineering College, Basic Science College, Design Art College, Continuing Education College, Economics College, Accounting College, Law School, Pharmacy College, Light Industry College, Marxism College, Talents College, Vocational and Technical Education College, Management College, Finance and Public Administration College, and Food Engineering College.

Provincial key disciplines: mechanical design and theory, traditional Chinese medicine, management science and engineering, development and innovation of tertiary industry, industrial economics, food science, enterprise management, accounting, finance and international trade.