Hefei Normal University, located in Hefei, Anhui Province, is the first batch of national pilot units for postgraduate training with special needs, the implementation unit of national training plan, the pilot unit of excellent teacher training plan, the implementation unit of the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" application-oriented undergraduate integration project, and the first batch of "local application-oriented high-level universities" and "entrepreneurial colleges" in the revitalization plan of higher education in Anhui Province.

The college was formerly Anhui Education College and was founded in 1955. In 2007, it was transformed into a provincial ordinary undergraduate college. 20 1 1 school approved service 1 national special needs project (master of education). In 20 13, the school was approved as the construction unit of the new master's degree awarding project in Anhui province, and in 20 19, it was listed as the key construction unit of "55 1" master's degree awarding in Anhui province.