It is affiliated with the Anhui Provincial Government, and co-sponsored by the Ministry of Emergency Management.

Each school (院) is headed by a dean (院長), and each department (系) by a chairman (系主任).

The Students’ Union, the Students’ Scientific Society, Art Team, and the Youth Volunteers’ Society organize cultural and art festivals, science and technology festivals, sport festivals, work-study programs, and social activities in the forms of lectures, seminars, contests, soliciting articles, training and weekend music parties.

AUST has intercollegiate relations with 20 universities and research institutes of Australia, Germany, the US and other foreign countries.

Relations include international exchange of experts, cooperations, and scholars studying abroad.