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.

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 National People's Congress and former chairman of the Central Committee of the Democratic Revolution Mr. Zhu Yunshan.

After restoring the National College Entrance Examination in 1977, the name of it was changed as Anhui Normal University Lu'an Teaching Point.

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

It had three majors: accounting statistics, industrial civil buildings and freshwater aquaculture.