School of Electric Power Engineering of SCUT (EPE), established in 1994, initially adopted the model of jointly management with government and enterprises, which was the first of its kind. This important reform measure has brought about good opportunities for its specialty development by leaps and bounds.
EPE is composed of Electrical Engineering Department, Power Engineering Department, Electrical Engineering Research Institute, Research Center for New Energy, as well as the Guangdong Research and Development Center for Electric Power Engineering Technology which is jointly organized with Guangdong Power Test & Research Institute.
The school is authorized to confer doctor's degree and establish postdoctoral station in level I discipline of electric power engineering which includes 6 level II doctor's and master's degree programs in Electric Machines and Electric Apparatus, Electric Power Systems and Automation, Power Electronics and Electrical Drives, High-voltage and Insulation Technology, Theory and New Technology of Electrical Engineering, Power System Engineering and Control. The school also provides master's degree programs in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermo-physics including Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, Industrial Engineering. There are 2 undergraduate programs: Electric Engineering and Automation, Thermal Energy and Power Engineering.
The school employs 3 double-engaged academicians of China Academy of Sciences and China Academy of Engineering, 1 Cheung Kong scholar and 1 Zhujiang scholar. It has a faculty and staff of 159 including 48 professors, 50 associate professors. Under the leadership of the domestic well-known experts, the overall strength of the faculty is at an advanced level in China.