In 1912, Beijing Railway Management Institute set up "Two-Year Class B of Advanced Electrical Engineering"
In 1958, Department of Electrification Engineering: electrical locomotives and railroad power-supply
In 1961, Department of Electrification Engineering was merged with Department of Mechanics, then renamed Department of Railway Mechatronics
In 1962, the original majors in Department Electrical Engineering were called off with their equipment reallocated to Lanzhou Railway Institute
In 1977, the major of diesel-electric transmission was restored (the Teaching and Research Section of Railway Machinery)
In 1981, it was authorized for the major of railway traction electrification and automation to confer master's degree
In 1986, it was authorized for the major of railway traction electrification and automation to confer doctorate degree
In 1987, the major of applied electronics technology was added
In 1993, the major of railway electrification was added
In 1997, the Department was merged with the Department of Mechanics to set up the School of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering
In 2000, the former Beijing Electric Power College was merged into the North Jiaotong University. Combining majors from former School of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, the university established the School of Electrical Engineering
In 2001, the major of electrical information Engineering was added
In 2003, it was approved to establish the postdoctoral mobile station in electrical engineering
In 2005, the characteristic major of rail transit electrification was set up, which was rated as a national characteristic major in 2009
In 2006, it was approved for the major of electrical engineering to confer doctorate degree
In 2013, "Electrical Engineering & Automation" and "Electrical and Information Engineering" were merged into "Electrical Engineering and its Automation"
In 2015, it established the "Hanergy School of Renewable Energy" approved by the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA)
In 2019, it was approved as national first-class undergraduate major unit
