39. According to the query of official website of Northeastern University, Northeastern University ranked 39th in the soft science edition of China University. China Northeastern University, located in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC). The school was founded in April of 1923, with a total area of 2.646 million square meters and a building area of 1.89 million square meters. There are 22 colleges and 80 undergraduate majors.