Official website of Anhui University of Science and Technology shows that the school is located in Huainan City, Anhui Province, with one of the strongest comprehensive strengths. It is a university jointly established by Anhui Province and the Emergency Management Department, and it is a "high-level university with local characteristics" in the revitalization plan of higher education in Anhui Province.

Anhui province's peak discipline construction plan especially supports colleges and universities, and the national "Basic Capacity Building Project of Central and Western Colleges and Universities" supports colleges and universities. It is the first engineering university in Anhui Province and one of the first two universities in China to train coal mine talents. Nevertheless, the comprehensive strength of Anhui University of Science and Technology is still very strong. Among the non-universities, it is in the middle and high level in the national ranking and subject evaluation.