Ankang University is a provincial multi-disciplinary full-time undergraduate college. The college, formerly known as Ankang College, was founded in 1958 and closed on 1963 due to national economic difficulties. 1978 re-established "Ankang Professional Course of Shaanxi Normal University", 1984 was renamed "Ankang Normal University" with the approval of Shaanxi Provincial People's Government. In 2004, the former Ankang Education College and Shaanxi Ankang Agricultural School merged into Ankang Normal College, and was upgraded to an undergraduate college with the approval of the Ministry of Education in February 2006.