Soochow University is located in the ancient town of Suzhou, also called “Paradise on Earth”. The university is part of the national “211 Project” and is a “2011 Plan” university. It is also one of the Jiangsu provincial key comprehensive universities. It has grown from the former Soochow University founded in 1900.

Soochow University has played a pioneering role in the history of modern higher education in China. It was the first one to follow the western educational system, to offer master’s programs and master’s degrees, to start programs in law, and to publish a university newspaper.

It has a variety of programs and a strong foundation for students to get the education they need in almost any area. Soochow University has achieved clear results and has received a very positive reputation both at home and abroad.

The university facilitates strong research with materials in almost every area including nearly 4 million books, over 30 million Chinese and foreign periodicals, and more than 1.1 million Chinese and foreign e-books, and 82 Chinese and foreign language databases.

Soochow University has always attached importance to its cooperation with other colleges or universities, local government, local enterprises and foreign organizations, for the purpose of learning from many sources, discovering expert knowledge, and encouraging mutual development. Soochow University has established interscholastic exchange relationships with more than 150 universities and research institutions of more than 20 countries and regions. Some of the places we’ve built partnerships with include USA, Britain, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan. The university receives more than 2,000 various types of overseas students each year (including short-term trainees).