Northeast Normal University, founded in 1946, is located in Changchun City, Jilin Province. It is a university directly under the Ministry of Education and built by the People's Government of Jilin Province. It is a world-class discipline and key construction university with 2 1 1 Project and 985 Project as innovation platforms. The school has been selected into the national11/plan, national training plan, excellent teacher training plan, national postgraduate plan for building high-level universities, Chinese education base of the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, foreign aid base of Ministry of Education, national cultural quality education base for college students, national innovation experiment plan for college students and national innovation and entrepreneurship training plan for college students. It is a national pilot university of free education for normal students and excellent teacher training plan, and a pilot university of Xinjiang discipline construction plan of the Ministry of Education.

Judging from the national university rankings, Northeast Normal University ranks higher and Guangxi Normal University ranks lower. So it should be said that Northeast Normal University should be better. However, from the perspective of school geography, Guangxi Normal University is located in Guilin with beautiful scenery and pleasant climate. For southerners, it is better to study in Guangxi Normal University. Besides, Guangxi Normal University also has some good majors, such as Chinese language and literature.