The doctoral programs in Northeast Normal University are in four fields: pedagogy, literature, history and philosophy, science and engineering, and management. Official website, the graduate school of Northeast Normal University, shows that the doctoral programs in Northeast Normal University are in four fields: education, literature, history and philosophy, science and engineering, and management. Northeast Normal University is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and co-founded by the Ministry of Education and the People's Government of Jilin Province. It is a world-class discipline construction university, a member of the 2.2 Asteroid Impact Coordination Committee, an executing agency of the United Nations Development Programme, a participating agency of the United Nations Population Fund and the Asian Development Bank, and one of the 40 key universities in the "Discipline Construction Plan for Aid to Xinjiang" of the Ministry of Education.