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Heilongjiang University is a multi-disciplinary university in the city of Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China.

Heilongjiang University was founded on March 1941, in the base of China's communist revolution Yan'an. It dates back to the Russian Language Group, Number 3 school-level division, Military and Politics University of the Anti-Japanese invasion, China, an institute dedicated to the training of military translators.

Several names varied,it was called the Forgein Language School of Ya'an in the early time of 1940s. After the PLA liberating in 1946,the Forgein Language School moved to Harbin as a junior college conducted by the HQ of Northeastern Democratic Army (also a group of PLA). In 1958, the college was extended, and rebuilt as Heilongjiang University.

Heilongjiang University's Russian Language Studies program is considered the best in China.

In addition to normally enrolled Chinese students, Heilongjiang University is host to a range of foreign exchange students, primarily Russian and Korean. In recent years, Fulbright Fellows studying Mandarin Chinese through the National Security Language Initiative have studied at Heilongjiang University, in part due to the perceived purity of the Northeastern dialect of Mandarin.

There are 4 foreign student accommodation buildings on the Heilongjiang campus. The foreign students office staff will automatically designate a room to you on arrival but you have the option of changing to suit your needs within the first 2 weeks. Just remember you are going to be living there for the next 5 months or more so it is an advantage to have knowledge of the options available to you. All the accommodation buildings have similar facilicties and expenses, hoewever they still all have their own advantages and their disadvantages.