Donghua University is a comprehensive university, with the major of textile and clothing ranking first in China, and the majors of finance and materials are also famous in China. Donghua University has two campuses: Songjiang Campus and Yan 'an West Road Campus. Songjiang campus is famous for its food and football, while Yan 'an West Road campus is dominated by beautiful women. The food of Donghua University is not only delicious, but also the price is favorable! Football often wins national awards.

Donghua University is a national "2 1 1 Project" and a national first-class discipline construction university directly under the Ministry of Education. After 66 years of construction and development, the school has developed from a single textile institute at the beginning of its establishment into a national key university with characteristics, which focuses on engineering and the coordinated development of engineering, science, management and literature.

Guided by ideology, the school firmly implements the education policy of the party and the state, bases itself on educating people, and independently carries out personnel training, scientific research, social services and cultural inheritance and innovation according to law, providing talents and scientific and technological support for the economic construction and social development of the country, Shanghai and the industry.

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