Northeast Electric Power University (NEEPU), located in Jilin City, Jilin Province, is a key university in Jilin Province, selected by the Ministry of Education as one of the "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program" and one of the first batch of NEEPU is a key university in Jilin Province, and has been selected by the Ministry of Education as one of the first batch of universities under the "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program" and the first batch of universities under the "Basic Capacity Building Project for Universities in the Midwest". In 2016, the university joined the "Global Energy Internet Development Cooperation Organization", and in the same year, it initiated to join the "China Energy Development Cooperation Organization". In the same year, it initiated to join "China Smart Energy Measurement Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance", and is a member of China Electric Power University Alliance and CDIO Engineering Education Alliance. 

The university was founded in 1949 as the first electric power engineering school in New China, and was named Jilin Electric Power College in 1958 and Northeast Electric Power College in 1978. In 2005, the university was renamed Northeastern Electric Power University.

Beihua University is a full-time general higher education institution established by the People's Government of Jilin Province, located in Jilin City, Jilin Province, and is a provincial comprehensive key university in Jilin Province. The university is one of the first pilot universities in China for the reform of "Excellent Doctor Education and Training Program" and "Excellent Agricultural and Forestry Talents Education and Training Program", a national-level college student innovation and entrepreneurship training program, a national college student cultural quality education base, the first batch of national college It is also the first batch of national innovation and entrepreneurship bases for colleges and universities, the first batch of national innovation and entrepreneurship bases for colleges and universities, the first batch of member universities of China-Russia Medical University Alliance, the first batch of member universities of CDIO Engineering Education Alliance, and the first batch of universities jointly built by the People's Government of Jilin Province and the State Forestry Administration. Beihua University is the only university in Jilin Province that holds forestry and forestry engineering as the first-level disciplines, and more than 60% of the backbone of forestry technology and management in Jilin Province graduated from Beihua University.