The school is located at No.42 Wenhua Street, Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province, and is a provincial comprehensive university.

Qiqihar University, a high-level university in Heilongjiang Province and a strong province of higher education in Heilongjiang Province, was founded in 1952. It is located in Labor Lake, Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province, the famous hometown of red-crowned cranes on the Nenjiang River, and enjoys the reputation of "University around the Lake".

The school is one of the three comprehensive universities in Heilongjiang Province, a national civilized unit, an excellent undergraduate teaching evaluation school of the Ministry of Education, and a key construction university with strong higher education in Heilongjiang Province.