Donghua University, located in Shanghai, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education. It is a national "double-class" "2 1 1 project" construction university, and was selected as "201/plan" "165438".

National construction of high-level university graduate program, national new engineering research and practice program, national new agricultural research and reform practice program, China government scholarship for overseas students in China, national typical experience universities for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform, the first batch of demonstration universities in Shanghai for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform, national university practice education and innovation and entrepreneurship base, and Shanghai excellent journalism and communication talent training base.

The first batch of doctoral and master's degree awarding units in China, one of the 40 key universities in the "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 in China, a founding member of the * * * alliance of high-level industry-specific universities and the "Belt and Road" World Textile University Alliance.

School history can be traced back to Nantong Textile Printing and Dyeing Institute founded by Zhang Jian in 19 12. The school was founded in 195 1, named East China Institute of Textile Technology, which was formed by the merger of the Textile Department of Jiaotong University and other textile departments in East China, Central South and Southwest China. 1985 was renamed China Textile University, and 1999 was renamed Donghua University.

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In August 2022, the school official website showed that the school has Songjiang, Yan' an Road and Xinhua Road campuses, covering an area of nearly 2,000 mu and a total construction area of more than 830,000 square meters; There are 18 colleges (departments) and 59 undergraduate majors.

There are 6 postdoctoral mobile stations, one first-class doctoral program 1 1, three categories of doctoral degree authorization programs, 29 first-class master programs and two master programs. 14422 undergraduate students; There are 2289 faculty members, including full-time teachers 1462.