Donghua University (formerly China Textile University ) founded in 1951, located in Shanghai , is a national leading university directly under the Ministry of Education of China . Its characteristic disciplines of Fashion Design, Textile Engineering, International Business, Material Science and Information Technology are at the top level in China and share high reputation domestically and abroad. Donghua University is a multi-disciplinary university with engineering, economics, management , liberal arts, law, science and education. At present, Donghua University has 18 colleges, three postdoctoral programs and has been authorized to offer 29 doctoral programs, 61 master programs and 47 bachelor programs. The university has a total enrolment of over 25,000 students.

Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) was founded in December 1949 as the former Shanghai Russian College. It later was named the Shanghai Foreign Language Institute and became a national key university approved by the State Council in 1963. Approved by the Ministry of Education in 1994, it was officially renamed as “Shanghai International Studies University”. In the same year, it was listed as one of the first colleges and universities jointly supervised by the national Ministry of Education and the Municipality of Shanghai. In 1996, it passed the evaluation process of Project 211 directed by the Ministry of Education, and became one of the nation’s “100 key universities for the 21st Century.”