Fuyang Normal University

Founded in 1956, the college began to enroll students in undergraduate programs in 1977. Under the approval of the State Council, it was renamed as Fuyang Teachers College in 1978 and was among the first batch of higher-learning institutions to confer bachelor's degrees. In 2001, the college passed the Undergraduate Education Qualification Assessment conducted by the Ministry of Education, and was awarded the second prize of National Educational Achievements in 2005. In 2008, the college passed the Undergraduate Education Level Evaluation conducted by the Ministry of Education with “Grade A”, and was officially approved to offer Master's degrees in 2013. Covering an area of 978,000 square meters, Fuyang Teachers College comprises Qinghe and West Lake campuses with a floor area of 545,000 square meters and a student population of 18,500 from all over the country. It has 14 schools, one educational department and one continuing education college with 56 undergraduate programs in such ten disciplines as Literature, Science, Pedagogy, Economics, Administration, History, Law, Engineering, Agronomy and Artistic Science. Three of these first-class disciplines are authorized to confer Master's degrees. The college also has one independently-running college—College of Information Engineering with 22 undergraduate programs and 7,377 students.