School of Electric Power

I. Overview

The Electric Power College was jointly founded by Inner Mongolia University of Technology and Inner Mongolia Electric Power Company (formerly Inner Mongolia Electric Power Administration) in 1994 and approved by the Ministry of Education (formerly the State Education Commission). In 2005, the Electric Power College was hosted by the Inner Mongolia People's Government and substantially merged into Inner Mongolia University of Technology. After two discipline integrations, the current Electric Power College was formed.

The college currently has two first-level master's degree authorization points in control science and engineering and electrical engineering, and two engineering master training fields in electronic information (control engineering field) and energy and power (electrical engineering field). There are two autonomous region key laboratories of Inner Mongolia Electromechanical Control and Electric Energy Conversion, Transmission and Control, and the Smart Energy Technology and Equipment Engineering Research Center of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Colleges and Universities. In the past three years, the total investment in key laboratory instruments and equipment has reached nearly 30 million yuan, and the equipment is equipped with dynamic simulation and automation control instruments and equipment with advanced level of colleges and universities in the region. There are multiple professional and basic laboratories, with a total laboratory area of ​​5,680 square meters, and the total value of existing experimental equipment is nearly 60 million yuan.

The college currently has three undergraduate majors, electrical engineering and automation, automation, and smart grid information engineering. Among them, electrical engineering and automation was approved as a brand major of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in 2006; in 2009, it was approved as a characteristic major construction site of the Ministry of Education, and it is one of the five characteristic major construction sites of the Ministry of Education in the school; in 2019, it was selected as the first batch of national first-class undergraduate major construction sites, and it is one of the seven national first-class major construction sites in the school. Automation is a brand major of the autonomous region, and it was approved as a first-class undergraduate major construction site at the autonomous region level in 2020. Smart grid information engineering is a new major of the college, and enrollment began in September 2020.

2. Faculty

The college has a total of 80 faculty members, 73 full-time teachers, including 10 professors and 28 associate professors. 57% of full-time teachers have associate senior titles or above; 23 doctors, 2 doctoral students, 31 masters, and 76% of full-time teachers have doctoral and master's degrees; there are 53 master's tutors inside and outside the college, including 30 tutors in the college, accounting for 45% of full-time teachers. In the past three years, 11 full-time teachers have been selected for the "New Century 321" talent project of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and 1 has been selected as the grassland talent of the autonomous region and the leading scientific and technological talent of the autonomous region's higher education institutions.

The college regards the construction of a high-level talent team as the fundamental and key to promoting the scientific development of the college, and lists the introduction of talents as the focus of the college's work. The "Implementation Plan for the Construction of the Discipline of the Electric Power College" and the "14th Five-Year Plan for the Construction and Development of the Faculty Team of the Electric Power College" were issued, giving equal emphasis to the introduction and cultivation, and taking multiple measures to strengthen the training and introduction of talents. The "Interim Provisions on Scientific Research Funds of the Electric Power College" were formulated to provide start-up funding support for scientific research of introduced talents. The college attaches great importance to the construction of scientific research and teaching teams, and pays attention to promoting team spirit and exerting team strength. There are 5 key discipline teams, 10 teaching teams, 1 autonomous region "Grassland Talent" team and 2 scientific and technological innovation teams. The teaching team of basic courses in electrical and electronic engineering and the teaching team of basic courses in control have been approved as excellent teaching teams at the autonomous region level. In recent years, many teachers have been rated as new teachers at the autonomous region level, won the school's undergraduate and junior college teaching quality award, and won awards in national teaching competitions.

III. Talent training

Currently, there are 1,496 undergraduate students, 241 full-time master's students, 27 part-time master's students, and 139 in-service engineering masters.

Since its establishment, the college has mainly served the electrical and control fields of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. After more than 20 years of construction and development, it has initially become a training base for senior engineering and technical talents in the field of electrical and control in the autonomous region, and a base for engineering basic application research and development. The college focuses on training undergraduates, vigorously develops graduate education (with the qualification of recommended graduate students), and strives to cultivate senior application-oriented talents with solid basic knowledge, strong practical ability and innovative spirit. Over the past 20 years, the college has continuously trained more than 10,000 senior professionals at all levels and types, making important contributions to the economic construction and energy development of Inner Mongolia.

The college adheres to the school-running characteristics of cultivating senior application-oriented talents, and attaches great importance to integrated teaching and the cultivation of students' engineering practice ability. More than 50% of full-time teachers have engineering backgrounds; equipped with advanced power system dynamic simulation laboratories, power system real-time digital simulation system laboratories and distributed power generation and microgrid laboratories in the region; actively expand off-campus internship bases, and cooperate with large enterprises inside and outside the region such as China Three Gorges Group, Baotou Iron and Steel Group, and Inner Mongolia Electric Power Group to establish multiple internship bases and postgraduate joint training bases. At present, more than 10 undergraduate internship training bases, 1 autonomous region postgraduate joint training base, and 4 school-level postgraduate practical teaching bases have been established.

Focus on the cultivation of students' scientific and technological innovation ability, form a team of instructors, and build an open scientific and technological innovation laboratory to provide research experiments for students or teams who are interested and love to study. With the help of instructors, students have developed various forms of unmanned aerial vehicles, aircraft models, automatic cruise obstacle avoidance vehicles and other scientific and technological innovation works. In the past three years, I have guided students to win 7 first prizes, 16 second prizes, and more than 20 third prizes in national science and technology innovation competitions. In the most influential "Challenge Cup" National College Students' Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Competition, I have won the grand prize for two consecutive sessions.

We attach importance to the comprehensive improvement of students' comprehensive quality and the healthy development of their body and mind. The campus has a strong cultural atmosphere and a variety of second-class activities for students to help students cultivate their personal interests and hobbies and improve their comprehensive quality and ability. The college has built a Clover Studio, equipped with 3 teachers with national second-level psychological counselor qualifications. Adhering to the concept of "intimate professionalism, caring and sincere service", we provide students with individual consultation and group counseling services.

Due to the strong professional characteristics and excellent student quality, dozens of large enterprises come to the college to hold thirty or forty special job fairs every year. Most graduates are employed by major central enterprises or state-owned enterprises in and outside the region. The employment rate and employment quality have always remained at the forefront of colleges and universities in the autonomous region. Many graduates have grown into senior managers or technical backbones of enterprises.

More than 75% of graduates of electrical engineering and automation have signed contracts with the State Grid, Inner Mongolia Power Grid, five major power generation companies and subordinate units of energy and chemical enterprises. They are mainly engaged in electrical operation, management, maintenance, repair, installation and commissioning of electrical equipment, as well as scientific research and design in the energy industry of the autonomous region.

More than 70% of graduates of automation have signed contracts with Inner Mongolia Power Grid, five major power generation companies and new energy companies, mainly undertaking process control operation, maintenance, repair, installation and commissioning of detection and control equipment in large and medium-sized enterprises, and engaging in engineering design, scientific research and teaching in relevant scientific research institutes and teaching units.

IV. Scientific research and academic exchanges

In terms of scientific research, the college has undertaken more than 20 national, provincial and ministerial scientific research projects in the past three years, with more than 20 million yuan in scientific research funds. College teachers have published more than 100 academic papers in core or key journals at home and abroad, and published many high-level monographs.

The college attaches great importance to strengthening academic exchanges at home and abroad, and carries out inter-school cooperation and exchanges with relevant colleges and universities in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Germany, Japan, Canada and other countries. We actively invite well-known experts and scholars from home and abroad to the institute for academic exchanges, and hold more than 10 high-end academic seminars every year. At the same time, we select young backbone teachers to study in foreign universities and participate in international academic conferences, and select outstanding undergraduates and postgraduates to carry out 2+2, 3+2, and 2+1 joint training.

Data updated on December 31, 2021