Textile Chemical Engineering

Tracing its origins to 1951, the Textile Chemical Engineering (Dyeing and Finishing) program began as the Department of Textile Dyeing and Chemical Engineering, one of the three foundational pillars of Donghua University in its formative years. Officially renamed the Department of Textile Chemical Engineering in 1954, its academic journey has now flourished for over seven decades. The program earned distinction as one of China's first national-level characteristic majors in 2009. The following year, it was selected as a pilot program under the Ministry of Education's Excellence in Engineering Education Program. A significant milestone was reached in 2013 when it received international accreditation for training engineers from the Society of Dyers and Colourists (SDC), a world-leading authority in textile education. Culminating this legacy of excellence, the program was designated as one of China's inaugural national first-class undergraduate programs in 2019.

Currently, this program holds the authority to confer bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees and maintains a postdoctoral research station. It is also recognized as a secondary discipline under Donghua University's flagship discipline, Textile Science and Engineering. This discipline is included in China's 211 Project and the national Double First-Class initiative, has been designated a Class A high-performance discipline in Shanghai, and maintains a leading position nationwide, having received an A+ rating.

Applied chemistry

Applied Chemistry has been graded as National First-class Undergraduate Discipline. Based on chemistry and chemical engineering, the discipline features three subdivisions: fine organic chemicals, functional polymers, and green chemistry and chemical engineering. Professional courses are reasonably set to highlight the importance of experiment, research training and engineering practice teaching, to improve students’ innovative and practical ability, and to enhance students’ social adaptability and competitive ability. Students graduated from this discipline are expected to have solid and systematic basic knowledge in applied chemistry, superb hand-on skills, and to be competent in independent scientific research, production administration, and product development.