School 1958 was founded in Beijing, formerly known as Beijing Electric Power Institute. Later, on 1970, it moved to Baoding and changed its name to Hebei Electric Power Institute. 1995, North China Electric Power University and Beijing Institute of Electric Power Economics merged to form North China Electric Power University. From June 5438 to October 2005 10, the school headquarters was changed from Baoding to Beijing, and the Baoding campus of North China Electric Power University was established separately, and the two places were managed in an integrated manner.
The school has 14 professional college, as well as international education college, continuing education college and physical education department; There are also 64 undergraduate majors, covering 7 disciplines. In February, 2022, the school added the majors of network and new media, energy and environmental system engineering, integrated circuit design and integrated system, and hydrogen energy science and engineering.
In addition, the teachers in the school are also very strong. There are 296 faculty members1person, full-time teachers 180 1 person, accounting for 6 1% of the total number of faculty members, including 2 academicians of China Institute of Engineering and 7 dual-employed academicians. Three people were selected into the national special support plan for high-level talents; 4 chief scientists of "973"; Five winners of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars; Four outstanding young science fund winners and so on.