North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power

North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power (NCWU), with an area of 2,336 mu, has two campuses: Huayuan Campus (36 Beihuan Road, Zhengzhou, Henan) and Longzihu Campus (136 Jinshui East Road, Zhengzhou, Henan). NCWU is a university jointly supported by the Ministry of Water Resources and Henan Province, with Henan Province as the main management institution. It is one of the major universities intensively supported by Henan Province and the leading institution of Chinese universities in the BRICS Network University.

NCWU originated from Water Conservancy School of the Ministry of Water Resources of the Central People’s Government, which was established in Beijing in 1951 and renamed Beijing Water Conservancy School of the Ministry of Water Resources in 1954. It merged Beijing Hydropower School and Beijing Hydropower Correspondence College to establish Beijing Institute of Water Resources and Electric Power in 1958. The institute was moved to Yuecheng Reservoir in Cixian County, Hebei Province in 1969 and renamed Hebei Institute of Water Resources and Electric Power in 1971. It was relocated in Handan, Hebei Province in 1977 and renamed North China Institute of Water Resources and Electric Power in 1978. It was moved to Zhengzhou, Henan Province in 1990 and its management was transferred to Henan Province by the Ministry of Water Resources in 2000. The Ministry of Water Resources and Henan Provincial Government signed the strategic agreement of co-development of North China Institute of Water Resources and Electric Power in 2009. It was renamed North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power in 2013.