North China Electric Power University (NCEPU), founded in 1958 and designated by the State Council as a key university in China in 1978, is affiliated with the Ministry of Education and officially listed as one of the “211 Project” universities. NCEPU is composed of two respective campuses in Beijing and in Baoding, with its main campus in Beijing. 

The Baoding campus covers an area of 40 hectares and Beijing campus covers an area of 53.33 hectares. NCEPU holds school buildings of 800,000 square metersandfixed assets of 2.1 billion yuan, including 0.3 billion yuan allocated to scientific and teaching facilities. The university library covers a collection of 1.5 million books. NCEPU possesses a high-quality teaching staff with a total number of 1,600 professional teachers, including 287 professors, 490 associate professors, and four academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Being open to students from all over China, the university has, at present, more than 35,000 full-time students, including 20,002 undergraduates and 6,276 post-graduates. For many years, NCEPU has enjoyed the graduates’ employment rate of over 96%. 

华北电力大学是教育部直属的国家“211工程”重点建设高校，是教育部与由国家电网公司等七家特大型电力企业集团组成的校理事会共同建设的全国重点大学。学校创建于1958年，原名北京电力学院，1969年迁至河北，后更名为华北电力学院。1978年经国务院批准为全国重点大学。1995年5月，经原国家教委批准，华北电力学院和北京动力经济学院合并组建华北电力大学。学校校本部设在北京，分设保定校区，两地实行一体化管理。

学校专业设置比较齐全，教学、科研条件比较完备，博士、硕士与本科教育层次兼备，并与高等成人教育协调发展。已基本形成了以工为主，工、理、文、经、管、法等相结合的并具有鲜明特色的学科专业布局。目前，学校有2个国家级重点学科、10个省部级重点学科、2个教育部重点实验室、6个省部级重点实验室和1个北京市能源发展研究基地（文科）；设有3个博士后科研流动站、14个博士点专业（其中，电气工程、动力工程及工程热物理、管理科学与工程具有一级学科博士学位授予权）、46个硕士点专业、54个本科专业、4个二学士学位专业，有MBA和工程硕士专业学位授予权；学校现占地1609亩，建筑总面积79万余平方米，总资产21亿多元，其中教学科研仪器设备达近3亿元，图书馆藏书150万册。

全校共有教职工2835人，在编专任教师1519人，其中有中国工程院院士1人、双聘院士3人、博士生导师74人，正教授256人，副教授407人。形成了一支以工程院院士、博士生导师为学术带头人，以中青年教师为学术骨干，具有良好师德和较高教学科研水平、素质优良的师资队伍。目前,以李成榕教授为带头人的“电力系统保护与安全战略防御”与以刘宗德教授为带头人的“电站设备状态监测与失效预防” 共2支团队入选“长江学者与创新团队发展计划”创新团队。2006年，以刘吉臻教授为第一主研人的“火电厂厂级运行性能在线诊断及优化控制系统” 获国家科学技术进步二等奖。

学校坚持走以内涵发展为主的发展道路，始终把人才培养质量作为立校之本，现有各类在校生35767人，其中研究生5316人，本专科生18397人，成人在校生11996人，外国留学生100余人。此外，以学校为主创办的科技学院(独立学院)有在校生3388人。建校近50年来，学校培养了近8万名毕业生，他们中许多人已经成为相应领域的优秀拔尖人才，成为我国电力行业的骨干力量，为国家电力工业和社会经济的发展做出了巨大贡献。

Chinese Culture Course
Curriculum:
It offers long-term and short-term courses:
1. Long-term training: 24-28 hours/week, 20 weeks/semester, a length of 1-2 year. The primary level, the secondary level and the advanced level of trainings are offered according to the students’ Chinese level.
2. Short-term training: 16-20 hours/week, 2-12 weeks.
The university will organize all kinds of culture exchange activities and friendship association during the training; Students are to go sightseeing in the following places of interest: the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Heaven Altar, Thirteen Tomb; They can also taste the local customs in China: going to the quadrangle, tasting tea in big bowls, singing Peking Opera and practicing Chinese Gongfu and etc.

Courses:
Chinese courses include pronunciation, grammar, conversation, listening, writing, reading and social practice and etc. To help students pass the Chinese standard test, a tutoring course for the standard test, the Chinese language art and newspaper reading are opened.
Meanwhile, culture courses are opened for the advanced students, such as The General Situation of China, Chinese Culture Introduction, Chinese Social Reform and Market Economy, TV News Visual & Audio Comprehension, Beijing Tourism, Chinese Movie Appreciation, Multi-media teaching, inputting of Chinese character into computer, Social Interviewing and Seminars.
To enrich oversees students’ spare life, all kinds of courses including the Second Foreign Language (French, Japanese, Russian, German), Wushu, Taiji, Taiquandao, Chinese painting, Chinese folk dance, Chinese calligraphy and chess are opened to tailor students’ taste.
Teaching materials:
The Chinese teaching materials are the standard materials audited by the Chinese Office of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language. It’s a complete set of materials and are convenient to use.

Classroom Condition:
Classrooms is located in the newly built teaching building with excellent conditions and sound equipment. The Office of Foreign Student Affairs is set just next-door to the classroom in order to provide better service to the overseas students.

Certificate:
On the completion of the study, students are to receive the Certificate of Completion and their school reports and organized to attend the Chinese Standard Test (HSK).

Foreign Student Apartment:
Foreign student apartments are available on campus with excellent conditions. A standard room is equipped with colored TV, air conditioner, telephone, toilet and shower bath; kitchens for public use are also set in the building; you can dial international call through the public telephones provided in the hall. Around the apartment, there are hospital, bank, shops, canteen and playground, which make your daily life convenient.

The geographical position of the university:
This university is located in the northern suburb of Beijing with beautiful sceneries and refreshing air. It is close to the Badaling highway and adjoins the 2008 Olympic Park. Many buses like No.845, No. 345, No.344 (the branch) and No.919 are just outside the campus. It is the starting point of No.845, which passes Xueyuan Road, Xizhimen, Fuchengmen with the final stop of Beijing western railway station. All these make our life convenient.
Tuition fees:
Long-term and short-term Chinese course: See the standards of expenses (fees for the activities organized by the university included.)
Short-term simple Chinese course: US$200/person, 2 weeks, and US$50/week plus.

Accommodation fees:
Standard room: US$3.5/bed, double room with colored TV, air conditioner, telephone, toilet and shower bath;
Common room: US$6/bed, single room with colored TV, air conditioner, telephone, toilet and shower bath.
There are public kitchens on every floor.
Dining: The canteen on the campus provides you with various choices, which are cheap, about US$2-US$6 per day. You can also cook by yourself in the public kitchens.

Application and Its Deadline:
Long-term course: three months before the new term, that is, before June 1st for the autumn take-in, and before November 1st for the spring take-in. See “ Application and admission” for the information of application procedure;
Short-term course: three months in advance before the class begins. No application form for the short-term course. Just fax students’ information (Name, sex, birth date, passport number, Chinese level, and qualification) to the Office of Foreign Student Affairs.

International Cooperation Office
North China Electric Power University
Zhuxinzhuang Dewai,Beijing,102206,P.R.China
Tel: 8610-80798303,
      8610-80793074
Fax: 8610-80795105
Website: www.ncepu.edu.cn
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