2. It is one of the first universities in China with the right to confer doctoral, master's and bachelor's degrees. It is one of the 40 key universities in the "Subject Construction Plan for Aid to Xinjiang" of the Ministry of Education, one of the first batch of 28 national quality certification institutions for studying abroad, a member of the * * alliance of high-quality resources and high-level industry-specific universities, a member of the "Belt and Road" World Textile University Alliance, a typical university with experience in deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform in China, and the first batch of demonstration universities in Shanghai. In the 20 16 academic ranking of world universities, Donghua University ranked 34th in Chinese mainland and 6th in Shanghai.
3. The school was founded in 195 1, and was named East China Textile Vocational and Technical College, which was formed by the merger of textile departments of East China, Central South China and Southwest China. 1985 was renamed China Textile University, and 1999 was renamed Donghua University.
4. As of May 20 19, Donghua University has Songjiang Campus, Yan 'an Road Campus and Xinhua Road Campus, which are located in Songjiang District and Changning District respectively, covering an area of nearly 2,000 mu and a construction area of more than 780,000 square meters; The school has 18 colleges (departments) and 55 undergraduate majors, covering ten disciplines such as engineering and science. There are nearly 30,000 students of all kinds, including undergraduate students14,204, graduate students 6,822 and international students 4,827. There are 2209 faculty members, including full-time teachers 1336.