Anhui University of science and technology is located in Huainan City. It is a University jointly built by Anhui Province and the Ministry of emergency management. The higher education revitalization plan of Anhui Province is the construction of "high level university with local characteristics". The peak discipline construction plan of Anhui Province specially supports the construction of universities. The basic capacity construction project of National Central and western universities supports the construction of universities. The "excellent engineer education and training plan" of the Ministry of education is the implementation of universities The training and selection base for reserve officers of the people's Liberation Army, the first batch of national demonstration universities to deepen the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education, the first batch of national new engineering research and practice projects selected into universities, and the national innovation talent training demonstration base.Founded in 1945, the school was named Anhui Bengbu Higher Vocational Industrial school. In 1947, it was relocated to Huainan and renamed Anhui Industrial College. In 1949, it was renamed Huainan Coal Mine Industrial College. In 1955, the University was upgraded to Hefei Institute of mining and technology. In 1958, it was renamed Hefei University of technology. In 1971, the major of mining and coalfield geology was transferred back to Huainan and merged with Huainan coal mining school to form Huainan coal college. In 1981, the school changed its name to Huainan Institute of mining and technology. In 1993, East China Coal Medical College was incorporated. In 1997, the school changed its name to Huainan Institute of technology. In 1998, the school was transferred from the Ministry of coal industry to the people's Government of Anhui Province. The school was jointly built by the central government and the local government, with local management as the main part. In 2000, Huainan Chemical Engineering School was incorporated into the University. In 2002, the University changed its name to Anhui University of science and technology.It has more than 20 000 square meters of postdoctoral staff, more than 20 000 full-time faculty and doctoral institutes, more than 20 000 full-time postdoctoral staff, more than 20 000 full-time faculty and doctoral institutes There are 110 master's programs of secondary disciplines, 9 master's programs of professional degrees and 78 undergraduate programs.