Introduction to Northeast Dianli University

Northeast Dianli University (NEDU) is one of key universities in Jilin province, China. NEDU was founded in 1949. The university has been under the management model of joint-building by central and local governments since 2000. Its name was changed to Northeast Dianli University on December 2005. With the purpose of training of professionals, scientific researches, social services, cultural inheritance and innovations, NEDU has been searching for the survival by bettering the quality and promoting development by reforms since it was founded. NEDU has made great contribution to the state power industry, especially to northeast power industry and the economic and social development of Jilin province.

The university is one of the first groups of institutions awarding master degrees, and 10 primary discipline programs and 48 secondary discipline programs award master degrees, and 7 engineering fields award Master Degree of Engineering. The university has a doctorate degree program jointly operated with Harbin Institute of Technology and North China Electric Power University since 1992. Approved by the Committee of Academic Degree of the State Council in 2009, the university became one of the first groups of educational development project institutions awarding Doctor Degrees.

NEDU has 4 key advantage subjects and 2 key development subjects of the 12th Five-Year Plan of Jilin Province and 5 the state first class development majors. There are about 17000 full time students, and the rational disciplines layout has been taken shape, which includes 38 undergraduate majors and 7 disciplines: engineering, science, management, liberal arts, law, economics and education.

The campus covers 800,000 square meters including floor space of 490,000 square meters. There are 1 state teaching and experiment center, 10 ministry and provincial key laboratories, research centers including Ministry of Education key laboratory which is constructed jointly with Jilin Province and Ministry of Education and Ministry of Education Engineering Research Center, and 1 the State professional skill training institution. The University’s Power Transmission and Transformation Operation Center has the only real 66/220 KV training transformer substation among domestic higher colleges and universities. There are 34 on-campus and off-campus teaching practice bases. The university is one of demonstration bases for university students’ innovation and practice in Jilin Province, one of state level education bases for university students’ cultural quality, one of state level training and scientific research bases for social sports talents,

There is 1 academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; there are 2 state-level middle-aged and young experts with special contributions, 3 state-level first group candidates for “New Century Bai-Qian-Wan Talented Personnel Project”,1 state-level outstanding technical professionals, 33 people who share the Government Special Allowance, 1 the State level Great Teacher, 4 Jilin Province level great teacher, 4 Jilin Province outstanding experts, 1 provincial level chief professor; there are 2 “National Outstanding Teaching Team” and 5 “Jilin province Outstanding Teaching Team.