With its distinctive characteristics and with its focus on engineering, Anhui University of Science and Technology (AUST) is a comprehensive and harmoniously developing key university of Anhui Province, consisting of disciplines in engineering, natural sciences, economics sciences, literature, medicine and management sciences. The multi-disciplinary university, with a history of nearly 60 years, was founded in 1945 as the first school of engineering in Anhui Province.

Located in Huainan city of Anhui Province, a medium- sized city of energy in the country, the university covers an area of more than 1,400 mu, which is divided into three campuses complete with teaching facilities and abundant in educational resources. The floor area of constructions and buildings totals over 0.56 million square meters, featuring the newly-built bright and spacious teaching buildings, the advanced multi-purpose laboratory, the modern library, the 28-storey dormitory building for bachelors (the highest of its kind in East-China areas), and the 15-storey dormitory building for postgraduates. The library has a collection of over 0.92 million books. The SSreader, Wanfang, CNKI, springerLINK, EBSCO mirror sites are established, providing readers with access to more than 0.35 million kinds of e-books, 0.07 million excellent graduation thesis of bachelors and masters, and 0.012 million kinds of e-journals and e-magazines. The library functions as the service center of the Academic Library and Information System for northern Anhui Province. In the university, there are 32 research institutes, 56 laboratories, and many other modern teaching facilities such as the CAI Center, CAD center, EDA laboratory, an audio-video room, multi-media classroom, and a network and information center, offering the students a favorable learning condition. The university serves as a base for the cultivation of advanced personnel, scientific researches, and technological innovations for the province and its surrounding areas. Characterized with the environmental grace tranquility, the campuses are decorated with green trees and beautiful flowers, hence “A Flower Garden Campus” as honored by Anhui Province.

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