Soochow University is located in Suzhou, an ancient city popularly hailed as “Paradise on Earth”. It is one of the national key universities under the “211 Project” and also a key comprehensive university of Jiangsu Province. Originally founded in 1900 In its history of more than 100 years, Soochow University has turned out over 250 thousand graduates, many of whom have become government leaders, well-known scholars and prominent figures in various fields. Xu Deheng, Zhou Gucheng, Fei Xiaotong, Lei Jiejong, Sun Qimeng, Zhao Puchu, Qian Weichang, Dong Yinchu, Li Zhengdao, Ni Zhengyu, Zheng Beijing, Du Zhiwei, Yang Tieliang, Zha Liangyong, Tan Jiazhen, Liu Jiankang have all studied or worked here.
At present, Soochow University runs 12 post-doctoral stations, 6 primary disciplines for doctoral degrees, 84 Ph.D. programs, 208 master’s programs, 10 professional master’s programs as well as 103 undergraduate programs. In addition, the University has 4 national key disciplines, 24 provincial and ministerial key disciplines and 10 provincial key laboratories. It also houses 2 national training bases for the research and teaching personnel in basic sciences and liberal arts, and one base for humanities and social sciences research appraised by the Chinese Ministry of Education. The total enrollment of students is more than 50,000, including 11,990 doctor and mater degree students, 24,000 undergraduates and 9925 students for formal continual education. In its more than 4,106 faculty and staff members, 4 are members of the Chinese Academy and 1,126 are professors and associate professors.

Today, Soochow University consists of 5 campuses with a total area of more than 2.05 million square meters and a construction area of around 1.33 million square meters. The university library has a collection of over 4 million volumes and subscribes to over 2,800 domestic and foreign journals and magazines. Soochow University publishing house edits and publishes Soochow University Academic Journal in four different editions as well as many other scholarly works

Soochow, School of Medicine:

The School of Medicine consists of the Department of Pre-clinical Medicine, the Department of Pharmacology, the No.1 Department of Clinical Medicine (the Department of Medical Imaging and the Department of Nursing), the No.2 Department of Clinical Medicine, the No.3 Department of Clinical Medicine, the No.4 Department of Clinical Medicine and the Department of Pediatrics. Presently at School of Medicine more then 500 international students are undergoing MBBS program out of which 450 students are from India. The management and faculties are regularly visiting India and other countries to understand education pattern and requirements of Medical Council of India, in order to prepare students to match with international standards.

International Exchange and Cooperation:

Soochow University takes an active part in international academic exchange and   has established cooperative and exchange relationships with more than 100 universities and institutions in United States, Canada, France, Germany, Australia, Russia, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, etc. The university accepts over 1,600 international students every year to study in its various programs.

In recent years, Soochow University has been making full use of strong economic strength as well as favorable cultural and geographic conditions of South Jiangsu region 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

Advantages:

• One of the top ranking comprehensive universities in china
• Founded in 1900, with more than a century of academic excellence
• Offering the broadest range of academic disciplines, including Medicine, Engineering and Sciences
• Its enrolls around 800 International students each year
• International exchange and cooperation with more than a 80 colleges and universities around the world
• Located in the ancient and beautiful city of Suzhou known as "Paradise on Earth".

About Suzhou City:

                    

Suzhou, the cradle of Wu Culture, is a city with a history of more than 2,500 years, tracing back to the later Shang Dynasty. While talking about Suzhou, the old saying mentions it as a “Paradise on the Earth” or the "East Venice of the World”, referring to its natural beauty, classical gardens, bridges and waters, traditional operas and soft dialect tone.

The city is well-known to its classical gardens, in which two of them have been listed as the great world heritage sites. Situated in the downstream of Yangtze River Drainage Basin and Yangtze River Delta economic zone, Suzhou has been a national tourist center and has attracted visitors around the world.
Not just for its natural beauty, its splendid history, or its cultural heritage, Suzhou’s economy represents the highest growth and the fastest expansion in the past 5-10 years in the region and in China. The city’ GDP has surpassed its any other neighbor cities except Shanghai in the region and more than 80 of the world top 500 corporations listed on the Fortune have set their offices in the town.

Suzhou is one of thirteen prefecture cities of Jiangsu and the cities including Changshu, Taicang, Kunshan, Wujiang and Zhangjiagang are under its jurisdiction. The flower emblematic of the city is osmanthus and the city tree is camphor laurel.