A process for preparing non-ionic polyurethane emulsions comprising chain-extending (A) an isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer (formed by reaction of a polyhydroxyl reactant having a molecular weight of 200 to 10,000 and a stoichiometric excess of a polyisocyanate), with (B) a polyalkylene polyamine as chain extending compound, thereby to form a polyurethane-urea polyamine product, mixing the said polyamine product with water or reacting the product with a cyclic dicarboxylic acid anhydride and then mixing the reaction product with water; said process being characterized in that a water-soluble polyoxyethylene glycol comprises 15 to 80% by weight of the polyhydroxyl reactant, and the said polyalkylene polyamine used as the chain-extending compound has at least two primary or secondary amino groups and a functional group having the formula --CH(OH)--CH.sub.2 X in which X is Cl or Br.