Anhui Normal University is the first higher education institution established in Anhui. The university is located in Wuhu, a national open city known as the "City of a Thousand Lakes and Anhui Style". It is close to the vast Yangtze River and beside the beautiful Zheshan Mountain. It combines the natural beauty of Jiangnan and the cultural spirit of Anhui. It is a university jointly built by the people's government of Anhui Province and the Ministry of Education, and a university included in the "Central and Western Higher Education Basic Capacity Building Project" of the country. It is a provincial key comprehensive university given priority by the Anhui Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and the provincial government, and a university included in the project of "High-level local universities" in Anhui Province.
The university originated from Anhui Provincial University, which was founded in Anqing City in 1928. It was renamed National Anhui University in 1946 and moved to Wuhu as a whole in December 1949. In 1972, with the approval of The State Council, it was officially named Anhui Normal University (with the name written by Comrade Guo Moruo). In 2005, Wuhu Teachers College was merged into Anhui Normal University.
Over the course of more than 80 years of running the school, a large number of renowned experts and scholars, as well as prominent figures of society, such as Liu Wendian, Zhou Jianren, Yu Dafu, Su Xuelin, Chen Wangdao, Zhu Xiang, Zhu Guangqian, Wang Xinggong, Yang Lianggong, Cheng Yansheng, Tao Yin, Zhang Weici, Ding Xuxian, Xiang Nan, Xu Jie, have successively gathered by Linghu Lake and Jinghu Lake to write books and promote education. Through the painstaking efforts of generations of teachers and students, the spirit of "substantial and simple, the best and the far, the pursuit of excellence and self-improvement" has been forged, the teaching style of "rigorous scholarship, dedication, teaching and setting a good example" has been developed, and the learning style of "diligent and thoughtful, simple and humble, unity of knowledge and action, seeking truth and innovation" has been cultivated. The school motto is "Virtue, Education, Learning and Action". Since its establishment, the school has trained more than 200,000 full-time higher specialized talents for the country.
The university now has the College of Arts, the College of Politics, the College of Law, the College of Economics and Management, the College of Music, the College of Fine Arts, the College of History and Society, the College of Education Science, the College of Foreign Languages, the College of Physical Education, the College of Journalism and Communication, the College of Mathematics and Computer Science, the College of Physics and Electronic Information, the College of Chemistry and Materials Science, the College of Land Resources and Tourism, the College of Life Sciences, the College of Environmental Science and There are 17 colleges including the College of Engineering, as well as the College of Continuing Education and the College of International Education. There are also Anhui Normal University Wanjiang College, Affiliated Middle School, Affiliated Primary School and Affiliated Kindergarten.
The school offers a wide range of disciplines including literature, history, philosophy, economics, management, law, education, science, engineering, agriculture, and art, forming a complete talent cultivation system at different levels such as doctoral, master's, and bachelor's education, as well as different types such as full-time higher education, adult higher education, and international student education. There are 5 first-level disciplines for doctoral degree authorization, 45 second-level disciplines for doctoral degree authorization, 5 postdoctoral research stations, 25 first-level disciplines for master's degree authorization, 128 second-level disciplines for master's degree authorization, 12 professional degree authorization points, 18 provincial key disciplines, 3 provincial major discipline construction projects, and 88 undergraduate programs. There is 1 key research base of humanities and social sciences in universities jointly built by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Education, 1 key laboratory of the Ministry of Education, 1 Center for country and regional Studies of the Ministry of Education, 1 provincial key laboratory (cultivation) jointly built by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Education, 2 Anhui 2011 Collaborative Innovation Centers, 5 key research bases of humanities and social sciences in universities of Anhui Province, 5 key laboratories of Anhui Province, 3 Anhui Provincial Key laboratories, 1 Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory, 1 provincial key think tank, 1 Anhui Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center, 1 Anhui Provincial University Engineering Technology Research Center, 1 Anhui Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Public Service Platform.
The school has more than 2,300 staff members, including over 1,450 full-time teachers and more than 840 with senior professional titles or above. It has three national-level teaching teams, one cultural master and "Four Groups of Talents", one leading talent in philosophy and social sciences under the "Ten Thousand Talents Program", and three national-level candidates under the "Hundred, Thousand, Ten Thousand Talents Project". Seven of the Ministry of Education's "New Century Excellent Talent" support Program, five "Wanjiang Scholars" distinguished professors, four "Wanjiang Scholars" chair professors, one young Wanjiang Scholar, two provincial "Hundred Talents Program", 28 provincial academic and technical leaders, 47 provincial academic and technical leader reserve candidates, 13 provincial teaching teams, 24 provincial teaching masters, 28 provincial new teaching stars. There are more than 43,800 registered students of all kinds, including over 4,900 postgraduates, over 21,700 regular undergraduates, over 260 international students and over 17,000 adult students.
The total area of the campus is 1.9525 million square meters, the building area is 900,600 square meters, and the total value of the equipment is 497 million yuan. The school library is a national key unit for the protection of ancient books. It has a rich collection of books and a complete range of types. Currently, it has 2.89 million volumes of books and 700 kinds of rare ancient books. Among them, Hongwu Zhengyun is the only complete copy in China, Yuan engraved and Ming revised Tongzhi, Ming Jiajing engraved Li Taibai Complete Works, Du Gongbu Collection are all rare copies in China, and it also has major online resources and databases at home and abroad. The library has largely digitized its collection. The university runs Anhui Normal University Press, which edits and publishes a variety of publicly distributed academic periodicals and newspapers such as Journal of Anhui Normal University, Journal of College Counselors, Learning Chinese, and Anhui Normal University Newspaper.
It is one of the first universities in the country to be approved to admit international students on a government-sponsored basis. It is also a national Chinese language education base and an Anhui Provincial Center for the promotion of Chinese language international. The school has received more than 3,000 students from over 30 countries and regions for short-term and long-term study and academic education. It has established long-term friendly cooperation and academic exchange relations with dozens of universities, research institutions, academic groups and educational institutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Finland, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam and other countries and regions. It has also established a Confucius Institute with Charles Darwin University in Australia.
The school is also the Ministry of Education's training and research base for college counselors, the Ministry of Education's National Training Base for key teachers in primary and secondary schools, the National training Base for social work professionals, the national training base for social sports instructors, the Anhui Provincial Training Center for College teachers, the Anhui Provincial Training Base for Outstanding judicial talents, the Anhui Provincial Training Base for professional and technical personnel, and the Anhui Provincial Training Base for educational management cadres. Anhui Province High School Key Teacher Training Base, Anhui Province Tourism Secondary Vocational Key Teacher Training Base.
Spring blossoms and autumn fruits, peach blossoms and plum blossoms. To meet the opportunities and challenges brought about by the vigorous development of higher education, the university is vigorously implementing the strategy of "quality-driven, characteristically invigorated, talent-strengthened, discipline-led, open, law-based, and culture-honored" from a higher starting point, with the goal of building a "distinctive high-level university", adhering to scientific development, connotative development, and harmonious development. Constantly enhance the core competitiveness and overall strength of the university, and actively make new and greater contributions to economic and social development and the construction of a "beautiful Anhui".
