Anhui University, the keyprovincialcomprehensive university ofAnhui Province of China jointly built by Anhui Province and China's Ministry of Education, is located in Hefei, the beautiful capital ofAnhuiprovince and one of the 4 scientific and educational bases of China. Founded in 1928 and reestablished in 1958, Anhui University is a historic and dynamicacademicinstitution. Being acomprehensive university of new type and havinga certain influence in China and abroad, the University was ranked among the higher academicinstitutions supported by the State under the Project 211 (anational development project which prioritizes 100 Chinese universities in the 21st century) as well as Double World-classes program.
Having 4 campuses and a technology park and with a beautifulscenery, the Universitycovers 213 hectares,owns facilities totaling 818 million RMB and books of 3.5 million volumes. In addition, the University has a wide range of disciplines such as literature, natural science, engineering, philosophy, economics, law, history, management and education,etc.The University currentlyhas 26 faculties,95 bachelor degree programs,33 master degree programs, 28 professional master degree programs, 14 PhD.programs and 13 Postdoctoral Research Stations;more than 2600 employees including 900 or more professors andassociate professors; more than 28,000 regularly enrolled students of whom 21,500or moreundergraduates and 6,000or more postgraduates.