Anhui University of Finance & Economics was founded in May 1959, and is the only multidisciplinary university in Anhui Province that cultivates economic and management talents, spanning seven disciplines, including economics, management, law, literature, science, engineering and history. It is the first batch of universities with the right to grant bachelor's degree and the third batch of universities with the right to grant master's degree, and is the key university in Anhui Province and the university jointly built by Anhui Provincial People's Government and All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives.
The university has College of Economics, College of Finance, College of International Business and Economics, College of Business Administration, College of Management Science and Engineering, College of Accounting, College of Finance and Public Administration, College of Law, College of Statistics and Applied Mathematics, College of Arts, College of Liberal Arts, College of Marxism, and Department of Physical Education. There are 57 undergraduate majors, 2 second bachelor's degree majors, 9 first-level master's degree authorization points, 36 second-level master's degree authorization points, 14 professional master's degree authorization points, 20 national-level first-class undergraduate major construction points, 11 provincial-level first-class undergraduate major construction points, 1 national-level Civic Science and Politics model course, 5 national-level first-class undergraduate courses, 5 national-level specialties, 14 provincial-level specialties, 1 national-level specialties and 1 provincial-level specialties, 14 provincial specialties, 1 national comprehensive professional reform pilot, 20 provincial comprehensive professional reform pilot, 1 national school-enterprise cooperation practice education base, 1 national curriculum thinking and politics teaching team, 33 provincial teaching teams, 51 provincial excellence talent training program projects, 2 provincial talent training model innovation experimental zones, 2 provincial key laboratories, 51 curriculum thinking and politics model courses, 68 provincial quality courses, 51 provincial quality courses, and 51 national undergraduate courses. The university has established the central position of talent cultivation.
The university firmly establishes the central position of talent cultivation, conscientiously implements the fundamental task of establishing moral education, promotes the construction of four-in-one education system of knowledge exploration, ability enhancement, quality cultivation and personality development, devotes to cultivating high-level applied talents, and provides talent support and intellectual support for local and industrial economic and social development. The Exploration and Practice of Four-in-One System for Cultivating High-level Applied Talents won the Second Prize of National Teaching Achievement. The number of national projects of innovation and entrepreneurship for college students has been ranked No. 1 among local universities in China for many years, and the university is ranked No. 10 among national universities of finance and economics and No. 1 among Anhui provincial universities with 2 A+ majors, 10 A majors, 17 B+ majors and 23 B majors in the 2021 Soft Science China University Rankings. .
In 2007, Anhui University of Finance & Economics was approved by the Academic Degrees Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China to be qualified to run MBA, which is the seventh batch of MBA training institutions. The MBA Education Center of Anhui University of Finance and Economics is attached to the College of Business Administration, which integrates the backbone faculties of the College of Business Administration, the College of Accounting, the College of Economics, the College of Finance, the College of International Economics and Trade and other colleges to carry out the cultivation of MBA talents. All MBA courses are taught by two or more professors or associate professors with doctoral degrees, most of whom have rich practical experience in enterprises and MBA teaching experience. The university has long employed famous experts and scholars from home and abroad to lecture and teach at the university, and has established stable cooperation relationship with the United States, Japan, Korea, Germany, France, Canada, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and other countries and regions in talent cultivation and teaching.
Since its establishment, MBA education of Anhui University of Finance & Economics has been adhering to the school motto of integrity and erudition, unity of knowledge and action, aiming at cultivating professional managers with entrepreneurial potential, and has taken a unique and innovative development path. In recent years, the MBA Education Center of Anhui University of Finance & Economics has systematically integrated the high-quality faculty of the university, comprehensively optimized the construction of curriculum system and quality control system, and strengthened the financial characteristics to enhance the quality of talent cultivation and reputation of school operation. At the same time, MBA Education Center of Anhui University of Finance & Economics focuses on giving full play to the advantages of disciplines and specialties, deeply promoting the cooperation between industry, university and research, and comprehensively helping the high-quality development of Huizhou business.