In 1949, NEEPU was founded in
Changchun, it grew out of Changchun Electrical Machinery Advanced Professional School, which was the first school of Electrical Engineering set up by the new Republic of China. In 1955, NEEPU moved to
Jilin from
Changchun. In 1958, NEEPU became an undergraduate institute of higher learning, named Jilin Electric Power Institute. In 1978, its name was changed to
Northeast China Institute of Electric Power Engineering. Originally, the university had been under leadership of
Ministry of Electric Power of the People's Republic of China. From 2000, NEEPU has been under the management model of joint-building by the central and local governments. Approved by the
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China in December 2005, its name was changed to Northeast Dianli University. In 2016, the university changed its English name to Northeast Electric Power University. ==External links==