皖西学院是经教育部批准设立的省属综合性公办本科高校，办学历史可追溯至1918年由朱蕴山先生创办的安徽省立第三甲种农业学校。学校坐落于安徽省六安市月亮岛，淠河环绕，被誉为“最美岛上大学”，是硕士学位授予单位、安徽省地方应用型高水平大学建设单位。

West Anhui University is a provincial comprehensive public undergraduate university approved by the Ministry of Education. Its history dates back to the Anhui Provincial Third Agricultural School founded by Mr. Zhu Yunshan in 1918. Located on Moon Island in Lu'an City, Anhui Province, surrounded by the Pi River, it is known as "the most beautiful island university" and is a master's degree-granting unit and a construction unit for Anhui Provincial Local Application-oriented High-level Universities.

学校现有15个二级学院，开设66个本科专业，其中国家级一流专业建设点2个、国家级特色专业2个。校园占地1765亩，全日制在校生18000余人，教职工近1400人，形成了以工学、理学、文学为主体，多学科协调发展的学科专业体系，注重应用型人才培养与地方经济社会发展需求对接。

The university has 15 secondary colleges offering 66 undergraduate programs, including 2 national first-class professional construction sites and 2 national characteristic specialties. Covering an area of 1765 mu, it has over 18,000 full-time students and nearly 1,400 faculty members, forming a disciplinary system with engineering, science, and literature as the mainstay and coordinated development of multiple disciplines, focusing on the connection between applied talent training and local economic and social development needs.