The School of Electric Power of South China University of Technology was established on February 30th, 1994, 1994. It is a secondary college affiliated to South China University of Technology jointly organized by Guangdong Electric Power Bureau and South China University of Technology. She is the first college founded by South China University of Technology in cooperation with the government administrative department. Its predecessor was the Department of Power Engineering of South China University of Technology, the major of thermal engineering of South China University of Technology and the former Guangdong Electric Power Institute.
1994 was jointly established by South China University of Technology and Guangdong Electric Power Industry Bureau at that time. The college has three departments: Power Engineering Department, Power Electronics Engineering Department and Power Engineering Department, and seven centers (research institutes): Electrical Theory New Technology Center, Guangdong Power Engineering Technology R&D Center, New Energy Center, Power Experiment Center, Power System Engineering Research Institute, Energy Clean Utilization Research Institute and Power Economy and Power Market Research Institute.