The School of Home Furnishing and Art Design at Northeast Forestry University offers five undergraduate programs: Furniture Design and Engineering, Industrial Design, Product Design, Environmental Design, and Packaging Engineering. The school boasts three provincial-level first-class undergraduate program construction sites in Industrial Design, Product Design, and Environmental Design.

The Furniture Design and Engineering program originated from the Wood Industry program established during the founding of Northeast Forestry University. In 1953, the Wood Industry program was renamed Wood Machinery Processing. As China's earliest higher education institution to establish a teaching system integrating wood machinery processing, fine woodworking, and furniture production technology, it formed the earliest prototype of China’s furniture design and manufacturing discipline. In 1984, the Furniture and Interior Decoration program was established, renamed Furniture Design and Manufacturing in 1986, upgraded to an undergraduate program in 1994, approved as a MOE Featured Program in Wood Science and Engineering (Furniture Design, Manufacturing, and Interior Design) in 2003, officially established as Furniture Design and Engineering by the Ministry of Education in 2019, enrolled its first cohort of undergraduate students in 2020 (awarding Bachelor of Engineering degrees), established a Furniture Design and Engineering discipline under the Forestry Engineering discipline in 2022, and began recruiting master's students in 2024 (awarding Master of Engineering degrees). Leveraging the strong faculty resources of Northeast Forestry University's national first-class discipline "Forestry Engineering," the program possesses extensive educational experience, excellent teaching and internship conditions, profound industry influence, and outstanding social reputation.

Established in 2001 (awarding Bachelor of Engineering degrees), the Industrial Design program was approved as a Heilongjiang Provincial First-Class Program Construction Site in 2022. Rooted in the primary disciplines of Forestry Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, the program emphasizes interdisciplinary integration between design studies and engineering disciplines. Guided by Emerging Engineering Education principles, it addresses industry demands through a student-centered talent cultivation model featuring broad platform courses, specialized curriculum characteristics, and enterprise-oriented practical training. Focusing on innovation and practical skill development, the program has gained strong social recognition for cultivating high-quality interdisciplinary design talents capable of product development, interaction design, design management, and engineering technology management, with solid engineering foundations and broad humanities/social sciences literacy.

Originating from the 1986 Furniture Design and Manufacturing program, the Product Design program was renamed in 2013 (awarding Bachelor of Arts degrees). Recognized achievements include: the 2009 MOE-approved "Art and Design (Interior & Furniture Design) Talent Training Model Innovation Experimental Zone" project, 2012 Heilongjiang Provincial Innovation & Entrepreneurship Education Reform initiative, and 2020 Heilongjiang Provincial First-Class Program Construction Site approval. Building on the Design Studies discipline, the program emphasizes comprehensive innovation capabilities in furniture/home products, cultural creative products, and interactive design. It cultivates advanced composite talents in furniture/home product design and development through interdisciplinary integration of culture, art, and technology, focusing on residential culture and product design engineering.

The Environmental Design program evolved from the 1999 Art and Design (Environmental Art Design) program, which was renamed in 2013 (awarding Bachelor of Arts degrees). It was approved as a Heilongjiang Provincial First-Class Program Construction Site in 2021. Centered on interior and landscape design specializations, the program leverages the Design Studies discipline while synergizing with New Liberal Arts, New Agricultural Science, and Emerging Engineering Education initiatives. Grounded in human settlement science and artistic aesthetics, it aims to develop versatile design talents with avant-garde aesthetic judgment, cross-disciplinary thinking, international perspectives, and contemporary awareness, supporting regional economic development and cultural revitalization through a curriculum combining theoretical depth and practical relevance.