Anhui Normal University includes Anhui Normal University, Fuyang Normal University, Anqing Normal University, Huaibei Normal University, Huainan Normal University, Hefei Normal University, Maanshan Normal University, Tongcheng Normal University, chuzhou city vocation college, Hefei Kindergarten Teachers College and Fuyang Kindergarten Teachers College.

Anhui Normal University, referred to as Normal University for short, is located in Hefei (under construction) and Wuhu (Zheshan Campus and Huajin Campus), the capital of Anhui Province. It is a university jointly established by the Anhui Provincial People's Government, the people of China and the Ministry of Education, and is a national "Basic Capacity Building Project for Universities in the Midwest". It is the first batch of "high-level university construction projects with local characteristics" in the revitalization plan of higher education in Anhui Province.

Anhui province's peak discipline construction plan focuses on supporting universities, and has been selected into the "Excellent Teacher Training Plan" of the Ministry of Education, the national backbone teacher training base of primary and secondary schools of the Ministry of Education, the first batch of social work professional training bases of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the national Chinese education base, the Anhui Chinese international promotion center, the first batch of master's degree-granting units in China, and the first batch of universities in China with the qualifications of receiving overseas students at public expense, the right of associate professors to take self-study exams and the qualification of recommending graduate students without examination. It is also a priority comprehensive provincial key university in Anhui Province.

The school is in the same strain as the National Anhui University in the Republic of China, and it is the first comprehensive university in the history of higher education in Anhui Province. Its predecessor was the provincial Anhui University, which was founded in Anqing, 1928. 1946 was renamed as National Anhui University, and 1949 moved to Wuhu. After that, it went through several stages of running schools, such as Anhui Normal University, Hefei Normal University, Southern Anhui University and Anhui University of Workers and Peasants.

1972, approved by the State Council, was officially named Anhui Normal University. In February 2022, Anhui Normal University officially launched the preparatory work for Hefei Campus.