East China Textile Engineering Institute

Donghua University

东华大学
Former names	East-China Textile Institute of Science and Technology, China Textile University
Motto	崇德博学, 励志尚实
Type	National
Established	1951
President	Jiang Changjun
Academic staff	1,200
Administrative staff	2,700
Students	30,000
Undergraduates	20,000
Postgraduates	6,000
Other students	4.000 foreign students
Location	Shanghai,  China
Campus	Changning District and Songjiang District, Shanghai
Website	www.dhu.edu.cn

Donghua University (simplified Chinese: 东华大学; traditional Chinese: 東華大學; pinyin: Dōnghuá Dàxué) is a public research university in Shanghai, China. Established in 1951, it is a member of China's Project 211 group of national key universities, with a heavy focus on high level technological and scientific research. It is especially well known for engineering, business, and textile design, among which its fashion design, textile engineering, international trade, material science, and information technology departments have been consistently ranked highly in China for decades.

Founded in June 1951, Donghua University was originally named East-China Textile Institute of Science and Technology (华东纺织工学院). In September 1985, the university changed its name to China Textile University (中国纺织大学) and changed it once again to Donghua University in August 1999. It has been a state-key university since 1960 and was one of the first educational institutions in China authorized to confer all three levels of degree: bachelor's, master's, and doctorate.

DHU is a multi-disciplinary university with a wide range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs across a vast field of disciplines including engineering, economics, management, literature and art, laws, science, and education. It has 12 colleges and schools, offering 54 undergraduate programs, 61 master’s degree programs, 30 doctoral degree programs, and five postdoctoral research programs, among which are six state key disciplines and seven Shanghai municipal key disciplines. Academic achievements have found applications in areas such as aeronautics, military science, new material, architecture, and environment protection. The number of valid patents ranks top 12 among Chinese colleges and universities.

Donghua University has 14 colleges:

The university has an enrolment of over 30,000 students and a faculty and staff of over 2,700, including seven academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, two professors specially engaged as Changjiang scholars, and about 800 professors and associate professors.