Shanghai Electric Power University is a full-time ordinary institution of higher learning jointly established by the central government and Shanghai, which is mainly managed by Shanghai. The school was founded in 195 1, upgraded to undergraduate course in 1985+0, and renamed as Shanghai Electric Power University in 20 18+02, and was approved by the Ministry of Education. The school has two campuses, Yangpu and Pudong, with full-time students 14000 and faculty 1000.
The motto of the school is "patriotism, diligence, pragmatism and forge ahead". The school adheres to the school-running policy of "based on electric power, based on application and based on the front line" and establishes the school-running concept of "seeking truth and being pragmatic, being sensible and far-reaching". The school insists on deepening the reform, speeding up the connotation construction, steadily improving the scale, level, quality and international influence of running a school, and gradually develops into a distinctive institution of higher learning with industry as the main body, science, management, economics and literature as the main body, and energy and electricity as the main body, with coordinated development of multiple disciplines.
The school was founded in 195 1, which has long been managed by the state power department and localized in 2000. The school has experienced the development and evolution of Shanghai Electric Power School, Shanghai Electric Power School, Shanghai Electric Power College and Shanghai Electric Power College. 1985 started running schools at the undergraduate level, started running schools at the master's level in 2006, and became a doctoral degree awarding unit on 20 18, forming a complete authorization system for bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees.