Anhui University of Science and Technology, located in Huainan City, is a university jointly established by Anhui Province and the Emergency Management Department. The revitalization plan of higher education in Anhui Province is a "high-level university with local characteristics", and the peak discipline construction plan of Anhui Province particularly supports universities.

The National "Basic Capacity Building Project for Colleges and Universities in the Midwest" supports colleges and universities, and has been selected as one of the universities implementing the "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Plan" of the Ministry of Education, the training and selection base for reserve officers of the People's Liberation Army in China, the first batch of national demonstration universities for deepening the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education, the first batch of national new engineering research and practice projects, and the national demonstration base for training innovative talents.

Founded in 1945, the school has the same roots as Hefei University of Technology and is the first engineering university in Anhui Province. 1955, the school was upgraded from Huainan Coal Mining Institute to Hefei Mining Institute, 1956 moved to Hefei, 19765438 was renamed Hefei University of Technology, 197 1 moved to Huainan.

After that, it went through the school-running period of Huainan Mining Institute and Huainan Institute of Technology, during which the former East China Coal Medical College and Huainan Chemical School were merged successively. In 2002, the school was renamed Anhui University of Science and Technology. In 2022, Anhui Automobile Industry School merged.