How to apply to North China Electric Power University

Source-linked admission details

tuition, otherCosts, requirements · recorded source check: September 17, 2026

Application fee

NCEPU's 2027 International Admission guide states the application fee as "1.Application Fee: 500 RMB per person (non-refundable)", repeated for undergraduate, master's and doctoral applicants alike.

Intake

Self-funded deadlines for the 2027/2028 intake: undergraduate applicants submit through the online application system at study.ncepu.edu.cn before 25 February, while master's, doctoral, Chinese language and preparatory, advanced scholar and exchange applicants submit before 30 May.

Intake

From the 2026/2027 academic year, applicants for undergraduate programmes must sit the China Scholastic Competency Assessment (CSCA) university entrance examination before submitting an application; the examination has four subjects — Professional Chinese, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry — and its score is an essential admission material. Business Administration applicants take mathematics only, while Electrical Engineering and Its Automation, Mechanical Engineering and New Energy Science and Engineering applicants take mathematics and physics.

Language requirement

The guide names NCEPU's application criteria: all applicants must be between 18 and 20 years old for undergraduate programmes and under 35 years old for master's programmes; Chinese-taught programmes require an HSK certificate of Level 3 with 220 points or Level 4 with 180 points for undergraduate entry and at least HSK Level 4 for master's, doctoral and advanced scholar entry; English-taught programmes require TOEFL, IELTS or a certificate of English-medium instruction.

Deposit

Applicants must provide a bank deposit certificate issued within the previous three months with the bank's official seal showing a total deposit of at least RMB 70,000, in the applicant's own name where possible, with proof of relationship if a parent's account is used, and an officially recognised translation if not in Chinese or English.

Tuition

The guide groups the university's tuition by level: undergraduate CNY 22,000 per year, master's and doctoral CNY 30,000 per year, applied undergraduate education CNY 48,800 per year, general scholar CNY 22,000 per year and senior scholar CNY 30,000 per year, plus a comprehensive insurance fee of CNY 800 per year, a residence permit fee of CNY 400 per year, and accommodation at CNY 25 per person per day for a 4-bed room with a refundable CNY 500 deposit.

Accommodation

Fees must be paid in one instalment covering six months or a year at check-in; the accommodation deposit is refunded on check-out, and electricity is free up to a monthly quota with any excess charged.

Tuition

The guide states that for exchange students tuition is free ("1 .tuition:Free"), but the CNY 800 annual insurance, CNY 400 residence permit fee and accommodation charges still apply.

Language requirement

Chinese-taught international students are placed in classes with domestic students, so the university requires adequate Chinese proficiency and an HSK Level 4 or above certificate on application; master's applicants must have a four-year bachelor's degree, and doctoral applicants must hold a master's degree with transcripts from both bachelor's and master's study.

Intake

The guide lists the university's scholarship schemes: the Chinese Government Scholarship (CGS/CSC), which supports only master's and doctoral students and is applied for through the applicant's home-country dispatching authority, with pre-admission documents sent to icdfs@ncepu.edu.cn; the Chinese Government Scholarship — Chinese University Program (CGS/CSC-CUP), also for master's and doctoral students; the Beijing Government Scholarship, which supports bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes; the NCEPU Scholarship, likewise for bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes; and the Confucius Institute Scholarship, a full scholarship for Chinese Language students recommended by a local Confucius Institute for four weeks, one semester or one year.

Verified fact

NCEPU is a research-oriented university specialising in energy and power, cooperating with about 140 world-renowned universities and research institutions, leading Chinese university for Energy Science under the SCO University, and host of the International Education Institute; it has campuses in Beijing (Changping) and Baoding, Hebei.

Application portal

Admissions contact from the guide: International Students Office, Main Building Room C912, International Education Institute, NCEPU, No.2 Beinong Road, Huilongguan, Changping District, Beijing 102206; tel 0086-10-61772074, fax 0086-10-61772408, email icdfs@ncepu.edu.cn; online application at study.ncepu.edu.cn.

Tuition notes

Published in NCEPU's 2027 International Admission guide (read by OCR; the PDF is image-only) and on its English scholarship page.