Hefei University has three campuses, namely Hefei University North Campus, East Campus, and South Campus.
1. Hefei University has several campuses
1. Hefei University North Campus
Address: Huangshan Road, Shushan District, Hefei City, Anhui Province, China No. 373
2. East Campus of Hefei University
Address: No. 211, Ningguo Road, Baohe District, Hefei City, Anhui Province, China
3. South Campus of Hefei University< /p>
Address: No. 158, Jinxiu Avenue, Nanyanhu Campus, Hefei University, Shushan District, Hefei City, Anhui Province, China
Since the establishment of the school, it has adhered to the school-running orientation of "local, application-oriented, and international" , drawing on the experience of German universities of applied sciences, carried out systematic reforms and practices around the key elements of training applied talents, built a distinctive applied talent training system, and cultivated a large number of high-quality applied talents for regional development.
2. Introduction to Hefei University
Hefei University is a city-based university founded by the province and city that was “born in reform, growing in opening up, and developing in innovation” A full-time public undergraduate institution, its predecessor was Hefei Union University founded in 1980. In 1985, the school became one of the two demonstration application-oriented universities funded by Germany in China. In March 2002, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, it merged with Hefei Education College and Hefei Normal School. In 2018, the school entered the first batch of enrollment in Anhui Province and was approved as a master's degree-granting unit.
The school is known as the "Xiaogang Village" of China's higher education reform and the "vanguard" of China's first phalanx of applied undergraduate universities. It is the vice-chairman unit of the National Applied Undergraduate University Special Committee and the Yangtze River Delta The chairman unit of the Regional Applied Undergraduate Universities Alliance and the permanent chairman unit of the Anhui Province Applied Undergraduate Universities Alliance. He has won two first prizes and two second prizes of the National Teaching Achievement Award, the Fourth National Education Reform and Innovation Special Award, and two second prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award. On October 30, 2015, Premier Li Keqiang of China and Germany inspected Hefei University together. Premier Li Keqiang pointed out: "The development and growth of Hefei University over the past 30 years is a successful example of pragmatic cooperation between China and Germany." German Chancellor Merkel praised Hefei University as "a shining example of Sino-German cooperation in the past 30 years." Premier Li Keqiang announced the establishment of a Sino-German education cooperation demonstration base and fund at Hefei University. On April 23, 2021, Sun Chunlan, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China and Vice Premier of the State Council, visited Hefei University for inspection and research. She fully affirmed the achievements of Hefei University in international cooperation and talent training, and hoped that the school will continue to play an exemplary role. Take the lead.
Currently, the school operates on one campus, covering an area of ??1,500 acres, with 14,460 full-time students and 1,051 full-time teachers. The school building area is 689,200 square meters, and the teaching, scientific research and administrative space is 415,700 square meters. m, the total value of teaching and scientific research instruments and equipment is 369 million yuan, the library has 1.4551 million paper books and 1.5672 million electronic books. There are currently 11 secondary colleges, covering seven major disciplines: engineering, economics, management, liberal arts, science, education, and art. There are 75 undergraduate majors, including 5 national-level specialty majors, 4 national-level "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program" majors, 1 national undergraduate comprehensive reform pilot major, 6 national-level first-class undergraduate major construction sites, and provincial-level first-class undergraduate majors. There are 20 professional construction points, 2 first-level discipline master's degree authorization points, and 11 professional master's degree authorization points. The Sino-German cooperation logistics management major and the economic engineering major have successively obtained German professional certification.
The school adheres to the strategy of strengthening the school with talents and steadily builds a teaching team with reasonable structure, excellent quality and positioning. There are currently 355 teachers with doctorate degrees, 458 teachers with senior professional and technical titles, 231 graduate tutors, 6 doctoral tutors, and 570 "dual-ability" teachers. There are currently 20 provincial teaching teams, 24 provincial famous teaching teachers, 2 provincial academic and technical leaders, and 119 top-notch talents in Hefei City. Among the foreign teachers, 4 have won the "Friendship Award" from the Chinese government, 11 have won the "Huangshan Friendship Award" from the Anhui Provincial Government, and 4 have attended the New Year Symposium of Foreign Experts hosted by Premier Li Keqiang. There are three Nobel Prize winners as honorary professors of the school.
The school adheres to the principle of student-oriented, and the talent training model has developed from the "eight transformations" to the deep integration of industry and education. In 2016, the school cooperated with the University of Applied Sciences Emden/Lille in Germany and the German Continental Group to open the "Continental Class" majoring in mechanical design, manufacturing and automation, creating the first unique "dual system" higher education. The front page of "China Education News" has a special report titled "Second transformation and starting again, Hefei University explores international dual higher education-cultivating outstanding engineers who are good at innovation". As a national university with typical experience in innovation and entrepreneurship and a model unit for university employment in the province, in the past five years, it has won 129 national A-level awards and 17 international awards in student competitions. The employment rate of school graduates has always been among the top in the province. The undergraduate employment rate in 2021 will reach 91.6%. About 65% of school graduates are employed in Anhui, and about 50% are employed in Hefei. It is known as the "cradle of Hefei engineers." The school's "Undergraduate Teaching Quality Report for the 2019-2020 Academic Year" was evaluated as A grade. Only 4 universities in the province, including the University of Science and Technology of China, received this grade. The Ministry of Education's "Briefing" special promotion Hefei University promotes the "eight transformations" approach to talent training. The "Report on the Quality of New Undergraduate Colleges in China" summarizes our school's experience as "Anhui Phenomenon, Hefei Model" and promotes it nationwide.
The school insists on serving the local area and actively responds to regional development strategies and needs. It has applied for and been approved for 6 new engineering majors, including the first domestic economic engineering major and intelligent manufacturing engineering, and 11 majors have been adjusted. Vigorously promote the construction of industrial colleges such as rail transit, advanced manufacturing, and digital economy. Increase efforts in the construction of four peak cultivation disciplines: "Environmental Science and Engineering", "Computer Science and Technology", "Materials Science and Engineering" and "Integrated Circuit Science and Engineering". There are currently 49 scientific research platforms, including 8 scientific research platforms at or above the provincial and ministerial levels (including 4 national ones). In the past five years, it has undertaken more than 400 scientific research projects at the provincial and ministerial levels and above, and undertaken 629 industry-university-research cooperation projects, with local funding for scientific research and services reaching 390.57 million yuan. It has obtained 867 nationally authorized patents and has been included in the top 100 invention patents in Anhui Province for five consecutive years. Published more than 300 SCI and SSCI papers. Won 30 scientific research achievement awards at provincial and ministerial level or above.