Donghua University

Overview

Donghua University

Donghua University (DHU) is a public research university in Shanghai, China. Founded in 1951, it is one of the national key universities of China and holds a Double First-Class status. Directly under the Ministry of Education of China, DHU is a top-ranking university in the fields of textile engineering, fiber materials science, and fashion design. It is also one of the first Chinese universities that accepted international students.

Donghua University Key Statistics

DHU has two campuses with 13 colleges and schools. It offers around 148 courses and degree programs across varied fields of specialization. It has 54 undergraduate degree programs, 59 master’s degree programs, 30 doctoral degree programs, and 5 postdoctoral research programs. Some of its key academic units include the School International Cultural Exchange, School of Fashion and Innovation, School of Business and Management, School of Textile Science, and School of Environmental Science and Engineering.

Donghua University has more than 30,000 students, with around half taking undergraduate programs. The university also has around 2,800 staff, where around 1,300 are academic staff.

Other Donghua University key statistics are the academic and non-academic facilities and services provided to the university community like two buildings for accommodations, one library, more than four major sports facilities, five canteens, and financial aids.

DHU is compliant with local and international higher education standards. It received institutional accreditation from the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission for its degree programs.

Donghua University Research

DHU has high research outputs. It has four publications that support its students and staff in publishing their scholarly outputs. The university also follows four state key disciplines and three Shanghai Municipal key disciplines in doing research. Likewise, DHU established national and international linkages with more than 100 cooperation and collaborations with international universities, research institutions, and industries.

The university’s top three research fields are materials science, chemistry, and nanotechnology. Donghua University researchers have published in publications like ChemInform, Journal of Materials Chemistry, and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Likewise, they have been invited to attend/present papers at prestigious conferences like the Joint International Conference on Information Sciences, Soft Computing, and Systems, Man and Cybernetics.

The most cited publication of Donghua University research is an article by He (2006) entitled “Some asymptotic methods for strongly nonlinear equations,” published in the International Journal of Modern Physics B. This scholarly output received a total of 2,506 citations.

The second most cited publication is an article by He and Wu (2006), "Exp-function method for nonlinear wave equations." The journal article was published in Chaos Solitons & Fractals. A total of 1,988 articles, books, and other publications cited this research output.

The third most cited publication from Donghua University is Wang et al.’s (2014) article, “Semiconductor heterojunction photocatalysts: design, construction, and photocatalytic performances,” published in the Chemical Society Reviews. It has generated a total of 1,950 citations.

The university has three laboratories and 11 research centers like the NERC for Dyeing and Finishing Textiles, the New Fabric Quick Response Center, and the 21st Century Green Fiber Research Center.