West Anhui University (; abbr: WAU) is a university in Lu'an City,

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. It obtained the authority of granting the bachelor's degree in 2004 and was approved in 2014 for the construction unit of "local applied high-level university" in Anhui Province.

History

Lu'an Normal School: founded in 1951, formerly known as the Anhui Third Class of Agricultural School which was constructed by the former vice chairman of the

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and former chairman of the Central Committee of the Democratic Revolution Mr. Zhu Yunshan. In 1999 the school was included in the Lu'an Normal College. Lu'an Normal College: founded in August 1958, the college site was located in the west bank of the Pihe River Taohua Dock in Lu'an. In September 1963, the college changed its name as Lu'an Middle School Teacher Further Education School, and changed again as the Lu'an area teacher training course, later the West Anhui Normal University between 1970 and 1975. After restoring the

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in 1977, the name of it was changed as

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Lu'an Teaching Point. In January 1979, it was restored as Lu'an Normal College after approval by the

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. West Anhui Union University: founded in autumn 1985. It had three majors: accounting statistics, industrial civil buildings and freshwater aquaculture. West Anhui University: in March 2000, the

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merged these three schools and set up the West Anhui University.

Administration

Colleges

* College of Materials and Chemical Engineering * College of Electrical and Optoelectronic Engineering * College of Electronic and Information Engineering * College of Law * College of Environment and Tourism * College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering * College of Architecture and Civil Engineering * College of Finance and Mathematics * College of Economics and Management * College of Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering * College of Physical Education * College of Foreign Language * College of Culture and Media * College of Art * College of Marxism

Disciplines

The university has more than 60 disciplines, with 2 national special disciplines, 1 national "discipline comprehensive reform" pilot discipline and 1 provincial key discipline.

References

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