Zhengzhou Electric Power College is a general institute jointly built by the central and local governments, organized by the electric power industry, and focusing on electric power vocational education. It is an important training base for electric power technical skilled talents in Central and South China.
ZEPC has a history of 90 years. Its predecessor was founded in 1933. Through many twists and turns during the Anti-Japanese War, it was restructured thoroughly in 1953, following the historical trend of national educational institutes restructuring around China. Based on the Zhengzhou Advanced Industrial Vocational School, electrical schools of six advanced industrial institutes in five provinces in Central and South China were merged into the Zhengzhou Electric Power School of the Ministry of Fuel Industry. Afterwards, as it went through development stage, Zhengzhou Electric Power College was established in 1994.
ZEPC currently has two campuses, Zhengzhou Electric Power College and Skills Training Center, covering an area of around 5333 hectares and a construction area of 299,900 square meters. It has three major professional areas covering smart power grid, green power generation, intelligent manufacturing, information and communications technology, and digital commerce, including more than ten majors.
ZEPC has successively won the first batch of High-level vocational institutes and major construction plans with Chinese characteristics in Henan Province, the first batch of demonstration universities for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform, the first batch of international characteristic university construction units, the first batch of demonstration schools integrating industry and education, and the first batch of demonstration bases for training high-skilled talents in Henan Province.
ZEPC took the lead in establishing Henan Electric Power Vocational Education Group and Henan Energy Power and Materials Vocational Education Group (one of the 20 key vocational education groups in the province), and established China's first junior college-level overseas school-running project "Sino-Nepal Silk Road Institute of Electric Power". Sino-Pakistan and Sino-Mongolia Silk Road Institute of Electric Power took the lead in establishing the Electric Silk Road College Alliance of "the Belt and Road" and was selected into the first batch of pilot colleges for the Sino-German Advanced Vocational Education Cooperation Project. It established an international Chinese teacher training base and shared 10 international professional standards, curriculum standards and job standards to to Tanzania, Ethiopia and other countries. ZEPC is a pioneer, leader and demonstrator of open cooperation and exchange among colleges and universities in China's power industry.
At the same time, in the long history of ZEPC running, it has gradually formed a school spirit of "rigorous study, dedication and community", a study style of "cultivating morality and cultivating ability, integrating knowledge and action", and a school spirit of "moral ethics, educating people with excellence". Teaching style, establish a talent training model of "school-enterprise cooperation, industry-education integration". ZEPC is highly praised by students and their parents for its efficient and complete talent training mechanism, high-quality and complete education and teaching resources, rigorous and standardized teaching management system, positive learning and living environment, and beautiful and rich campus cultural atmosphere. The school has trained more than 70,000 outstanding talents. The outstanding performance and outstanding achievements of the alumni have won the school a good reputation.
Starting a new journey in the new era. ZEPC aims to become a famous electric power education brand school, devote itself to the development and construction of modern electric power vocational education, set sail and move forward bravely.