Donghua University and Hefei University of Technology are both 2 1 1 universities, and Donghua University and Hefei University of Technology are neck and neck.

Donghua University, located in Shanghai, is a national "2 1 1 project" and a national "double-class" construction university directly under the Ministry of Education. The national key university is one of the first universities in China with the right to confer doctoral, master's and bachelor's degrees.

Hefei University of Technology is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC). The Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Anhui Provincial Government have established universities, and the Ministry of Education and the National Defense Science and Technology Bureau have established universities. The school was founded on 1945. In 2005, it became the "2 1 1 Project" national key construction university, in 2009, it became the national "985 Project" dominant discipline innovation platform construction university, and in 20 17, it entered the national "double-class" construction university ranks.