Anhui Polytechnic University (AHPU, ) is a comprehensive public university based in

Wuhu Wuhu () is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Anhui province, China. Sitting on the southeast bank of the Yangtze River, Wuhu borders Xuancheng to the southeast, Chizhou and Tongling to the southwest, Hefei city to the northwest, Ma'anshan ...

prefecture level city,

Anhui Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...

province, China. The university provides programmes in the fields of science and technology, engineering, management and economics.

History

The university was founded 1935 as the Spanish Catholic private vocational school. It later became the Wuhu Electrical Machinery School. In 1972, it came under the

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of the Chinese Ministry of Industry and it was renamed to Wuhu Mechanical School. In 1977, it became the Hefei Industrial University and began offering full-time undergraduate programmes. In 1978 the state council accredited the university to grant full-time undergraduate tertiary education programmes and it changed its name to Anhui Mechanical University. In 2001, the university was renamed as Anhui University of Technology and Science.

References

External links

Anhui Polytechnic University Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Anhui University of Technology and Science Universities and colleges in Anhui Educational institutions established in 1977 Educational institutions established in 1935 1935 establishments in China