Huaibei Normal University, referred to as Huaibei Normal University, is located in Huaibei City, Anhui Province. It is a comprehensive provincial key university and has been selected into the Basic Capacity Building Project of Central and Western Universities (Phase II). Anhui Province Peak Discipline Construction Plan and National Training Plan.
The school was established in 1974 as the Huaibei Branch of Anhui Normal University. In December 1978, it was approved by the State Council and named Huaibei Coal Normal College, which was affiliated to the former Ministry of Coal Industry. In September 1998, a management system was implemented in which "the central government and local governments are responsible for the construction, with Anhui Province as the main management". In March 2010, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, it was renamed Huaibei Normal University.
As of March 2023, the school has two campuses, Xiangshan and Binhu, covering an area of ??more than 2,400 acres, a school building area of ??750,000 square meters, and a collection of more than 7 million Chinese and foreign paper books and electronic documents. There are more than 33,000 teaching and scientific research instruments and equipment with a total value of 298 million yuan; there are 15 colleges, 83 undergraduate majors, 16 first-level discipline master's degree authorization points, and 11 professional master's degree authorization points; there are 1,400 full-time teachers There are more than 20,000 full-time undergraduate students, more than 1,900 graduate students, and more than 17,000 adult higher education students.