Northeast Electric Power University became a doctorate degree awarding project approval construction unit. In 2012, the university was selected as one of the key construction universities of “Midwest Universities’ Basic Capacity Construction Project”.In 2016, the university changed its English name to Northeast Electric Power University.

Northeast Electric Power University adapts to the needs of state electric power industry and economic construction of Jilin province actively. Taking electric power as its main feature, a most complete and multidisciplinary discipline system has taken shape. The university has 14 schools and departments, 46 undergraduate programs, covering 8 types of disciplines, which are engineering, science, management, liberal arts, law, economics and education. NEEPU is one of the national education bases for university students’ cultural quality and one of the national level training and scientific research bases for social sports talents. NEEPU is among the first batch of engineering practical education centers at the national level and it is one of the experimental universities of “the Excellent Engineer Education and Training Plan”.

In 1998, the university was authorized to enroll foreign students. In 2013, the university was authorized by the Ministry of Education to be a Chinese Government Scholarship university.