华北电力大学 | |||||||
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Former names | Beijing Power Engineering and Electronics Institute Beijing Institute of Electric Power North China Institute of Electric Power | ||||||
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| Motto | 团结 勤奋 求实 创新 | ||||||
Motto in English | United, Diligent, Realistic, Innovative | ||||||
| Type | Public | ||||||
| Established | 1958; 67 years ago (1958) | ||||||
| President | Yang Yongping | ||||||
| Location | , China 40°05′19″N116°18′15″E / 40.0887°N 116.3042°E /40.0887; 116.3042 | ||||||
| Campus | Urban (Baoding campus) Suburban (BeijingChangping campus) | ||||||
| Colors | Blue, Red and White | ||||||
| Affiliations | Beijing Tech Sino-Spanish University Alliance (SSU) | ||||||
| Website | ncepu.edu.cn | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 华北电力大学 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 華北電力大學 | ||||||
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North China Electric Power University (NCEPU;华北电力大学) is a public university inBeijing, China. It is affiliated with theMinistry of Education, and co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education, the China Electricity Council, and a council composed of 12 giant state-owned power corporations. The university is part ofProject 211 and theDouble First-Class Construction.
The university specializes inpolytechnic disciplines. The main campus is located in Beijing, and it has a branch campus inBaoding,Hebei Province. There are about 3,000 full-time faculty and staff, 20,000 undergraduates and 7,000 graduate students in this university.[1]
North China Electric Power University is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China, and it is officially listed as one of the Double First Class University Plan, former Project 211 universities as well as a "Predominant Discipline Innovation Platform". At present, NCEPU is a key university jointly constructed by the Ministry of Education and the University Council, which is composed ofState Grid Corporation of China, China Southern Power Grid Co., Ltd.,China Huaneng Group,China Datang Corporation,China Huadian Corporation,China Guodian Corporation andChina Power Investment Corporation.
The university was established as theBeijing Institute of Electric Power in 1958. It was later renamed theNorth China Institute of Electric Power when its location was moved toBaoding,Hebei province in 1970. When the school merged with theBeijing Power Engineering and Electronics Institute in 1995, it was given its present name. In 2006, the university relocated its main campus back to Beijing. It still operates a branch campus in Baoding.
A close neighbour of Badaling Expressway, the main campus of North China Electric Power University is now located in Zhuxinzhuang, Changping District, Beijing. It is found in beautiful surroundings.
As one of the key universities in China with a history of more than 40 years, this university has been fostering talents in the areas of engineering technology, management, economics and the social sciences. There are more than 8,500 students with over 600 graduate and doctoral students.
It has the following departments:[2]
It has the following Schools:[3]
There is one centre for post-doctoral studies . The university offers one post-doctoral project program, 7 doctoral programs, 17 master's degree programs and 24 bachelor's degree programs. It has been authorised to admit overseas students. Covering a floor space of 11,000 square metres (120,000 sq ft), the library has a collection of over a one million volumes.
There are five key ministerial subjects, namely power system and its automation, power plant thermal power engineering, theoretical electric engineering, industrial automation and technological economics. Meanwhile, there are three key ministerial laboratories called Power System Intelligence Protection and Control, Industrial Process Simulation and Control, State Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis in Electric Device.
The university has set up cooperative relations with universities and institutes in more than 20 countries and regions such as Britain, United States, France, Russia, Japan and Taiwan. It offers exchange opportunities to students to study at universities in other countries, such asIllinois Tech,Purdue,UC Berkeley, theUniversity of Bath andUniversity of Strathclyde, etc.
This university is also the starting member ofCooperation Consortium of Beijing High Technology Universities, which is a major academic interschool association in northern China.
