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Donghua University
Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Public SHANGHAI #72 · 2026Double First ClassProject 211
About the university
Donghua University (DHU) is one of the National Key Universities directly under the Ministry of Education (MoE) of China and enlisted in China's Project 211 (the top 100 universities selected by the MoE in — as national priority universities for the 21st century) and “Double First-Class University Plan” (most recently announced by the Chinese Government in October —, to develop a group of elite Chinese universities and individual university departments to world standard disciplinary, high-level institution with a focus on textile, material, as well as design. DHU is surging towards the goal of building “a high-level research university with domestic first-class, international influence and characteristics.” Located in Shanghai, DHU has three campuses: Sonqjiang Campus, Yan'an Road Campus and Xinhua Road Campus, covering an area of nearly — mu (approximately l,— m²) with an overall floorage of over — m². Guided by XiJinping’s Thought of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in a New Era, DHU upholds the guiding principle of socialism, fully implements the educational policy of CPC, takes moral education as the root, and actively carries out talents training, scientific research, social service, cutural heritage and innovation, international cooperation and exchange, thus contributing to the development of the city of Shanghai, of the whole country and of the industry itself.