Hefei University of Technology, headquartered in Hefei City, Anhui Province, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. "Double first-class" construction universities, national "211 Project" construction universities, selected into the national "985 Project Advantageous Discipline Innovation Platform", "2011 Plan", "111 Plan", Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program, National University Student Innovative Experimental Program, National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program for High-Level College Students, National Construction of High-Level University Public Postgraduate Project, New Engineering Research and Practice Project, National College Student Cultural Quality Education Base, National University Practice Education Innovation and Entrepreneurship Base, the first batch of demonstration universities in the country to deepen innovation and entrepreneurship education reform, National universities with typical experience in innovation and entrepreneurship, Chinese government scholarship receiving institutions for international students in China, member units of CDIO Engineering Education Alliance.
Founded in 1945, the school changed its name several times. It was officially named Hefei University of Technology in 1958. In 1960, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China approved it as a national key university. Ministry of Mechanical and Electronic Industry, Ministry of Education.
As of June 2022, the school covers a total area of more than 5,000 mu. It has Tunxi Road Campus, Emerald Lake Campus, Lu'an Road Campus and Hefei University of Technology Intelligent Manufacturing Technology Research Institute in Hefei City, and Hefei University in Xuancheng City. Xuancheng Campus of Industrial University; there are 22 colleges (departments), offering 101 undergraduate majors; 19 doctoral degree authorized first-level disciplines, 3 doctoral professional degree authorized points; 39 master's degree authorized first-level disciplines, 21 master's degrees There are more than 2,300 full-time teachers, more than 32,400 full-time undergraduates, and more than 13,000 master and doctoral students.