Soochow University is located in the ancient city of Suzhou famous for its classical gardens and known as “the Paradise on Earth”.

As a “State 211 Project” institution of higher education and a key comprehensive university of Jiangsu province, Soochow University has passed through one hundred years of its educational course. Originally founded in 1900, it merged Southern Jiangsu College of Culture & Education and the Department of Mathematics & Physics of Jiang Nan University in 1952 and became Southern Jiangsu Teachers’ College. Later in the same year, it was renamed as Jiangsu Teachers’ College, operating on the original campus. In 1982, approved by the State Council, it was re-established as Soochow University. Then, Suzhou College of Sericulture, Suzhou Institute of Silk Textile Technology and Suzhou Medical College merged into Soochow University in 1995, 1997 and 2000, respectively. Soochow University has now developed into a first rate provincial comprehensive institution in China with a complete coverage of all branches of learning with remarkably large enrollment and outstanding educational benefits.

Soochow University takes an active part in international academic exchange and it has established cooperative and exchange relationships with over 80 universities and institutions in Japan, Korea, Singapore, Germany, France, the United States, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Taiwan etc. The university accepts over 1000 international students every year to study in various programs. In the meantime, the university is further deepening the reforms to explore effective ways to optimize the regional economic construction and social development. The teachers and students are doing their best with unprecedented verve, courage and insight to build up Soochow University into a national first-rate comprehensive university.

Soochow University is keen on expanding opening and cooperation. It has established institutional relationship with more than 100 colleges and universities in Japan, France, Korea, Singapore, Germany, America, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong And Iaiwan. Annual enrolment of international students reaches more than 1000 in Chinese language and other programs.