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Hefei University of Technology is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC). The Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Anhui Provincial Government have established universities, and the National Defense Science and Technology Bureau and the Ministry of Education have established universities. The school was founded in 1945, and 1960 was approved by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China as a national key university. In 2005, the school became a national "2 1 1 Project" key construction university, in 2009, it became a national "985 Project" dominant discipline innovation platform construction university, and in 20 17, it entered the ranks of national "double-class" construction universities.
With the ambition of "serving the country through industry", adhering to the motto of "respecting morality, being diligent, being honest and innovative" and taking "cultivating backbone and leading talents with both ability and political integrity who consciously serve the country" as the overall goal of personnel training, the school has formed the characteristics of "strong engineering foundation, practical style and strong entrepreneurial ability". The school cultivates and practices the campus culture of "patriotism, love for school, deep learning, unity and cooperation, dedication and pursuit of first-class", and continuously deepens the reform of education and teaching.
The school has been selected into the first batch of "Deepening the Reform of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education", "National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Base for Practical Education in Colleges and Universities", the first batch of pilot universities for training outstanding engineers by the Ministry of Education, the first batch of pilot units for the second classroom report of the Communist Youth League in colleges and universities nationwide, "National Typical Experience Universities for Innovation and Entrepreneurship" and the first batch of online culture studios for college students by the Ministry of Education. China Patent Award, First National Innovation Award and other major awards.
Facing the national strategic demand and the international academic frontier, the school has vigorously strengthened demand-oriented basic research, focused on cutting-edge technology and subversive technological innovation, promoted organized scientific research and interdisciplinary research, and made continuous breakthroughs in the basic science center projects of the National Natural Science Foundation, major projects, innovative research group projects, major scientific research instrument development projects, and national key research and development plan projects, and many achievements have been applied to national key projects and national defense projects.