1. Discipline: Harbin Institute of Technology is a comprehensive engineering university with a wide range of disciplines, including engineering, science, management, grammar and economics. Northeast Li Dian University pays more attention to power engineering and its related fields, such as power system and its automation, electrical engineering and its automation.

2. Research focus: Harbin Institute of Technology pays equal attention to theory and application in research field, and actively promotes scientific and technological innovation and application, while Northeast Li Dian University emphasizes power engineering research, with outstanding research results in power grid planning and operation, power system security and stability, etc.