Anhui University (ANDA) is located in Hefei, the capital of Anhui Province. The school is one of the key universities under the national "2 1 1 Project", selected as the "Excellent Legal Talents Education and Training Plan", and established by the Ministry of Education and the Anhui Provincial People's Government as the "National Chinese Education Base" and the "China Government Scholarship Receiving Institution for Overseas Students in China".
Some departments of the school can be traced back to the original Anhui University, which was founded in Anqing in April 1928, which was the beginning of modern higher education in Anhui Province. Anhui University was established on the basis of Hefei University and some departments of the former (national) Anhui University 1958. In September of the same year, President Mao Zedong personally wrote the name of the school, which is still in use today.