The invention discloses an electric drive control system for high-speed rolling mills. The control system comprises a rolling mill group, a direct-current speed adjusting module, an automatic control module and a programmable controller; the rolling mill group is used for performing rolling machining on strip steel; the direct-current speed adjusting module is in signal connection with the rolling mill group and is used for completing setting of system operation parameters, controlling coordination work of all motors of the rolling mill group and controlling the speed and tension stability of the rolling mill group; the automatic control module is in signal connection with the rolling mill group and is used for monitoring the rolling mill group and automatically adjusting the rolling mill group according to the monitoring result; and the programmable controller is in signal connection with the rolling mill group, the direct-current speed adjusting module and the automatic control module and is used for monitoring and controlling the rolling mill group, the direct-current speed adjusting module and the automatic control module. The control system mainly comprises the direct-current speed adjusting module, the automatic control module and the programmable controller, and all the modules can be produced standardly, so that the universal standard of the system is improved, and the complexity of maintenance and control programs is reduced.