About DHU

Donghua University (DHU), formerly China Textile University, was founded in 1951. Located in the downtown area in Shanghai and adjacent to Hongqiao Economic Development Zone, DHU is one of the state-key universities directly under the Ministry of Education of China.

DHU is a multi-disciplinary university with a wide range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs across a vast field of disciplines. It has 13 colleges and schools, offering 54 undergraduate programs, 59 master’s degree programs, 30 doctoral degree programs, and 5 postdoctoral research programs. There are more than 2,800 faculty and staff, and over 30,000 enrolled students at DHU. The number of valid patents ranks top 12 among Chinese colleges and universities.

So far, DHU has established cooperation with over 100 well-known oversea universities, research institutions and enterprise. To date, DHU has brought up a huge number of international students from nearly 140 countries.

About ICES

International Cultural Exchange School (ICES) is an integral part of DHU with the responsibliies to promote international exchanges as well as cultivate international talents who are familiar with Chinese culture and keen on committing themselves to the mutual development around the world.

International Cultural Exchange School (ICES) is on DHU's Yan'an road campus, which is located in the downtown area of Shanghai. The school provides both long-term and short-term Chinese language programs, which were inspected by Eaquals (Evaluation and Accreditation of Quality Language Services) in 2018 and met the high standards required for Eaquals accreditation.

Quality Assurance

Eaquals Accreditation for Chinese Language Program

Chinese Language Programs of ICES, DHU was inspected by Eaquals in 2018 and met the high standards required for Eaquals accreditation. Teaching, course programs, course organization, learning resources as well as testing and evaluation were all judged to be of high quality.

Quality Accreditation for International Students Education

In 2016, the pilot work of Quality Accreditation for International Students Education was implemented by China Education Association for International Exchanges under the authorization of the Ministry of Education, aiming to propel the healthy and steady development of international students education. DHU has become one of the first 27 institutions that have passed the accreditation.