brenau university partners with anhui normal university in a "2+2" partnership between the universities that allows students who have completed the first two years of their degree program at anhui normal university to complete the final two years of their undergraduate educations at brenau. the first cohort of 18 students from anu arrived at brenau in 2016 as juniors in the early childhood teacher education program and graduated in 2018 with degrees from both institutions.