Anhui Polytechnic University is a provincial multidisciplinary institution of higher learning and a key construction institution in Anhui Province, which is a project construction university of the national central and western universities basic capacity building project (phase II), located in the national open city of Wuhu. The school began in 1935 anhui private Neth senior vocational school, through the Wuhu Motor Manufacturing School (affiliated to the former Ministry of Machinery Industry), Wuhu Mechanical School, Anhui Mechanical and Electrical College, Anhui Engineering Science and Technology College and other stages of running the school, in 2010 renamed Anhui Polytechnic University. In 2015, it was approved as the first batch of pilot institutions for the comprehensive reform of universities in Anhui Province, in 2016 it was approved as a pilot unit for the reform of innovation autonomy of universities in Anhui Province, and in 2019, it was approved as a doctoral degree awarding unit for project construction in Anhui Province.

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