1993

Harbin Star Foreign Language College (in collaboration with British academic institutions) is established by current Director General and Principal Liu Ying in Heilongjiang.

1994

Accredited by the State Ministry of Education, Harbin Star Foreign Language College becomes the first institute in Heilongjiang to develop Sino-foreign cooperation in education. Exchange students begin to study to the UK.

1998

A new institute located in Harbin City Centre comes into service.

2002

Harbin Star Foreign Language College begins running in cooperation with Harbin University. Three schools with five majors are established, including the school of Business, school of English and school of Informatics &Science.

2003

Harbin Star Foreign Language College begins running in cooperation with Harbin Normal University, and is officially renamed Harbin Normal University Star College. Four schools established with twelve majors.

2004

School of Chinese Language and Literature is established with two majors.

2005

Major of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language is opened. Twenty-three majors in total are included.

2006

Major of Art and Design is opened.

2010

School of Russian and Eastern Language is established, incorporating the major of Japanese, Korean and Russian Languages. All three major are newly expanded.

2011

Authorized by the State Ministry of Education, Harbin Normal University Star College is transformed to a systematically independent private university renamed Heilongjiang International University (HIU).

2013

Western Language Department is established. Three more majors, namely Spanish, German and French, are opened.

2014

HIU enters the China Universities of Applied Technology alliance to strive for the cultivation of applied talents. School of further education and school of international education are established.

Three new majors are opened: Hospitality Management, Auditing and E-commerce.

2015

Establishment of four functions: School of Foreign Services Outsourcing, School of Tourism, The institute of Italian Studies and International Language Centre.