Northeast Forestry University (Harbin Campus) was founded in July, 1952, formerly known as Northeast Forestry College. It was established on the basis of the Forestry Department of Zhejiang University Agricultural College and the Forestry Department of Northeast Agricultural College, and was directly managed by the former State Forestry Department. 1August 1985 was renamed Northeast Forestry University (Harbin Campus). In March 2000, it was placed under the direct management of the Ministry of Education by the State Forestry Administration.

Harbin Forestry University, located in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, is a university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), with forestry as its advantage and forestry engineering as its feature. It is also one of the national "world-class discipline construction universities", the national "2 1 1 project" and the "985 engineering advantage discipline innovation platform".