According to official website of Shanghai Electric Power University, Shanghai Electric Power University is a full-time ordinary institution of higher learning jointly funded by the central government and Shanghai, and 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.