The School of Home Furnishing and Art Design of Northeast Forestry University, established in March 2023, integrates "science + art" through deep disciplinary convergence. Adhering to the concepts of green home furnishing and ecological design, the school comprises five undergraduate programs: Furniture Design and Engineering, Product Design, Environmental Design, Industrial Design, and Packaging Engineering. Product Design, Environmental Design, and Industrial Design have been successively approved as provincial-level first-class undergraduate specialty construction sites. The school possesses two master's academic degree programs in Design Studies and Furniture Design & Engineering, along with three professional master's degree programs in Design, Industrial Design Engineering, and Materials & Chemical Engineering. Furniture Design & Engineering is a secondary discipline doctoral program under the World-Class Construction Discipline of Forestry Engineering.

Currently, the school enrolls 770 undergraduate students and 472 graduate students. Its faculty of 70 members includes 10 professors, 33 associate professors, five doctoral supervisors, and 42 master's supervisors. The academic team features over 20 distinguished scholars, including leading innovative talents from the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, recipients of Heilongjiang Provincial Outstanding Youth Fund, Longjiang Scholars (Youth Category), China Furniture Design Education Experts, Longjiang Craftsmen, provincial-level outstanding educators, provincial teaching masters, and instructors of national first-class courses. The school maintains advanced teaching and research platforms such as the National Model Innovation Studio for Labor Models and Staff, Heilongjiang Provincial Engineering Research Center for Chinese Classical Furniture, provincial intangible cultural heritage research base, Furniture Manufacturing Technology Laboratory of the Ice and Snow Ecological Research Base, 3D Printing & Digital Furniture Technology Laboratory, Photography Laboratory, Digital Media Laboratory, Virtual Simulation Laboratory, and Art Design & Innovation Studio.

In recent years, the school has undertaken over 100 research projects, including National Art Fund Communication and Cultural Exchange Key Support Programs, National Natural Science Foundation projects, and National Social Science Foundation projects. It has executed more than 10 educational reform initiatives, including the Ministry of Education and provincial-level New Liberal Arts Talent Cultivation projects, Heilongjiang Key Educational Research topics, and the Ministry of Education Collaborative Education programs. The school has established two national-level first-class undergraduate courses, six provincial-level first-class courses, and one provincial curriculum ideology demonstration course, while receiving over 20 provincial/ministerial-level teaching and research achievement awards. Faculty and students have achieved remarkable results in national and provincial design competitions and innovation/entrepreneurship contests, including prestigious international awards such as the IDEA (US Industrial Design Excellence Award), EPDA (European Product Design Award), and Italian A'Design Award.

Over the past five years, the school has secured 120+ college student innovation/entrepreneurship training projects (46 national-level innovation/entrepreneurship initiatives), covering over 80% of undergraduates. Undergraduate research outputs include 100+ published papers and 1,200+ competition awards. Graduates pursue advanced studies at top-tier institutions in the US, Canada, Germany, and China, or secure positions at world-leading enterprises, with outstanding alums active globally. The school maintains stable international partnerships with institutions in the US, Germany, the UK, and other regions, regularly selecting outstanding students for international exchange programs.