The School of Foreign Languages
    The School of Foreign Languages in North China Electric Power University (NCEPU) was founded in 2003. It is composed of the English department of the main campus in Beijing and the English department on Baoding campus. The school currently boasts of 135 highly qualified teaching and research faculties, among which 122 are teachers (13 professors, 38 associate professors, and 69 lecturers) and 13 are administrative and technical staff. Of the teaching faculties, 14 teachers have obtained PhD degrees and 81% have master degree. An excellent teaching team with diversified education background, strong teaching ethics and competent teaching and research abilities has been formed.
    The school has undergraduate program of foreign language and literature, primary discipline master program of foreign language and literature and MTI. Currently, 21 master tutors are available.The school enrolls about 90 undergraduates of English majors and about 50 postgraduates specializing in English language and literature, foreign linguistics and applied linguistics, English translation and English interpretation. Currently, there are 357 undergraduates and 145 postgraduates studying in the school. the school undertakes not only teaching for all the undergraduates and postgraduates of English majors but also foreign language teaching for all doctoral students, master students, undergraduate students, adult-education students, and correspondence education students of the university, focusing on four languages, namely, English, Japanese, Russian, and French. The school boasts 30 language labs with 1,467 seats in total, most of which are digitalized ones. Emphasizing academic study and research, the school has been given awards at provincial and ministerial level for its outstanding teaching and research. And many academic papers have been published in core periodicals and magazines both home and abroad. The past ten years have witnessed the hard work and achievements of the foreign language school. With the guidance of the 12th Five Year developing plan of the university, the foreign language school will keep pace with time, seek truth and innovation, reform with keen determination, and make larger contribution to the great cause of building NCEPU into a multi-disciplined, research-oriented, and globalized university.

The English Department of the Main Campus
    The English department of the main campus in foreign language school of NCEPU was originated from the foreign language teaching and research section of the basic-course department founded in 1993. The foreign language department was founded in November 2000. And the foreign language school was officially founded in November 2003, with English department on the main campus in Beijing and English department on Baoding campus.
    The English department of the main campus in Beijing has undergraduate program of foreign language and literature,primary discipline master program of foreign language and literature and MTI. Currently, 14 master tutors are available.It started to enroll undergraduates of English major in 2001, postgraduate students of English language and literature in 2002, and MTI students in 2011. Now, it enrolls over 50 undergraduates of english majors, over 30 postgraduates specializing in English language and literature, foreign linguistics and applied linguistics, English translation and English interpretation every year. There are 299 students studying in the English department of the main campus in Beijing at present.
    The English department of the main campus currently boasts of 72 highly qualified teaching and research faculties, among which 64 are professional teachers (7 professors, 22associate professors, and 33lecturers, 2 teaching assistants) and 8 are administrative and technical staff. Of the teaching faculties, 11 teachers have obtained PhD degree and 5 teachers are pursuing PhD degree. An excellent teaching team with diversified education background, strong teaching ethics and competent teaching and research abilities has been formed.
    The English department of the main campus in Beijing includes teaching and research section for English linguistics and literature, the teaching and research section for postgraduate English, the teaching and research section for translation as well as two teaching and research sections for college english. The school undertakes not only teaching for all the undergraduates and postgraduates of English majors but also foreign language teaching for doctoral students, master students, undergraduate students, adult-education students, and correspondence education students of the university, focusing on four languages, namely, English, Japanese, Russian, and French. The school boasts 22 digitalized language labs and 1 simultaneous interpretation lab and 1 room for reference materials and books, providing excellent conditions for teaching and academic research.
    The English department of the main campus in Beijing attaches great importance to academic study and research. In the past 5 years, it has undertaken 32 horizontal research projects , 22 special scientific research projects for central universities, 4 vertical research projects at provincial and ministerial level. It has also published 13 books, and 108 papers in national core periodicals and magazines.
    The past ten years have witnessed the hard work and achievements of the foreign language school. With the guidance of the 12th Five Year developing plan of the university, the foreign language school will keep pace with time, seek truth and innovation, reform with keen determination, and make larger contribution to the great cause of building NCEPU into a multi-disciplined, research-oriented, and globalized university.