鞍山师范学院始建于1958，是鞍山市唯一一所本科高等师范院校。她坐落于鞍山市东南隅，她东倚群峰竞秀、景色优美的千山风景区，北望铁水奔流、气势恢弘的四十里钢城，在自然造化与现代文明之间绵延自己的一脉书香。 
       鞍山师范学院占地75万多平方米，拥有4个校区，11个系、3个直属教研部、36个本科专业，20个高职专业，含盖文、史、理、工、法、教育和管理等7大学科门类，同时设有国际交流学院、成人教育学院、高等职业技术学院、应用科学学院4个分院，并设有附属卫生学校。13000余平方米的现代化图书馆藏书近70万册。学院各类在校生近15，000人，教职工近1，500人，其中具有高级职称500多人。同时聘请中科院院士等国内外知名专家、学者为客座教授。
       近年来，鞍山师范学院共承担国家、省、市级科研立项102项，其中主持国家自然科学基金项目1项，国家社会科学基金项目1项，国家及国务院各部门项目5项，发表省级以上学术论文2636篇，45篇论文被SCI、EI、ISTP收录，出版教材和专著88部，现有12个专业科研机构。
       学院先后招收外国留学生500多人次，与美国、英国、韩国、澳大利亚等国家的20多所高校和教育科研机构建立了友好合作关系。目前，学院与英国佩斯利大学、韩国大邱大学、比利时鲁汶大学等开展了合作办学，进一步加强了国际间的科技、文化、教育交流。
       跨入新的世纪，鞍山师范学院秉承“博雅兼上，知行合一”的校训，以崭新的面貌迎接各种挑战，努力为创建人文教育与科学教育交融发展的多科性、开放性、地方性的新型师范大学。

Anshan Normal University was founded in 1958 and is the only higher normal university in Anshan city. Anshan Normal University, situated in the southeast of Anshan City, stands on the east of the picturesque and cultural Mt. Qian and on the north of the massive Iron and Steel Corporation. Under such a specific background, the university particularly grows with her academic life through nature and modernization.

The university occupies 750,000 sq. m., which includes 4 campuses. Currently, the university has 11 academic departments, 3 teaching sections directly under the control of the president and 36 undergraduate programs, 20 advanced vocational programs in 7 subjects such as arts, history, science, engineering, law, education and management. 4 functional schools are as follows: the School of International Exchange, the School of Adult Education, the School of Advanced Vocational Technology and the School of Applied Sciences. Another trade school, namely Medical School is affiliated to Anshan Normal University. There are approximately 15,000 full time students and 1,500 full time professional instructors, among whom there are over 500 instructors with superior qualifications. Meanwhile, the university invites several world widely prestigious experts and masters from the Academy of Sciences of China as the visiting professors.

During the last few years, the university has been responsible for 102 scientific projects at national, provincial and municipal levels, one of which is the national funded project of natural sciences, one is the national funded project of social sciences and five are national and divisional projects in the State Council. On those hardworking researches, the university has released 2636 provincial leveled articles, of which 45 articles are retrieved by SCI, EI and ISTP. Apart from the researches, the university has furthermore published 88 teaching materials and technical essays. Additionally, the university owns twelve research institutions.

The university pays more attention to inter-college exchanges of science and technology, culture and education. During the last few years the university has had more than 500 international students from different countries. It has also established friendly collaborative ties with over 20 universities and educational institutes from the USA, Britain, Korea, and Australia. In particular, the university experiences a successful cooperation program with the University of Paisley. In addition, the university still collaborates with Daegu University, Korea and the Leuven University of Belgium, so as to foster the international exchange of science & technology, culture and education.