September 2023 10. According to the query on the university website, as of August 5, 2023, the first academic year of Donghua University in 2023 will be in September 2023 10. Located in Shanghai, directly under the Ministry of Education, it is a national 2 1 1 project and a national first-class construction university. The national key university is one of the first universities in China with the right to confer doctoral, master's and bachelor's degrees.