Suzhou University

Suzhou University is located in the ancient city of Suzhou, which is known as "paradise on earth". It is one of the key universities under the national "211 Project" and the first batch of recognized Universities under the "2011 plan". It is a key comprehensive university of Jiangsu Province. Soochow University (Soochow University, founded in 1900) is the predecessor of Soochow University. It is the first university in China to establish a modern university discipline system. In the history of China's higher education, Soochow University was the first to carry out professional education in law (Anglo American Law), the first to carry out postgraduate education and to award master's degree, and also the first university to establish a journal. In 1952, the adjustment of the Chinese mainland departments was organized by the College of Arts and Sciences of Soochow University, the South of Jiangsu Institute of culture and education, the Department of mathematics and physics of Jiangnan University, and the establishment of South of Jiangsu normal college. In the same year, it was renamed Jiangsu Normal College. In 1982, the University was renamed Soochow University. Since then, Suzhou sericulture College (1995), Suzhou Institute of silk technology (1997) and Suzhou Medical College (2000) have been merged into Suzhou University. From the brilliant stars in the period of the Republic of China to the pioneering and innovation in the period of the Republic of China, from the persistence of the context of normal education to the strategic transformation and return of comprehensive universities, from the leap forward development of multi University integration to striving for the first-class reconstruction of brilliance, Suzhou University has left a heavy mark in the history of Chinese higher education.

For more than a century, generations of Su have been adhering to the school motto of "cultivating the healthy atmosphere of the world, imitating the past and the present perfect people", adhering to academic supremacy, learning for practical use, advocating freedom and openness, tolerance and accumulation, pursuing excellence, adhering to erudition and practice, and ending in perfection. They are committed to cultivating model citizens with "free spirit, excellent ability, independent personality, and social responsibility" During the period, more than 400000 professionals of various types were sent to the society, including Xu Deheng, Zhou Gucheng, Fei Xiaotong, Lei Jieqiong, sun Qimeng, Zhao Puchu, Qian Weichang, Dong Yinchu, Li Zhengdao, Ni Zhengfan, Zheng Bijiang, Yang Tieliang, Cha Liangyong and a large number of elite pillars and celebrities; Tan Jiazhen, Chen Ziyuan, Yu Mingfang, song Daxiang, Zhan Qimin and other more than 30 academicians have made important contributions to national construction and social development.

There are 12 disciplines in Suzhou University, including philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, management and art. The university has 24 Colleges (departments) with more than 50000 students, including 25993 full-time undergraduates, 13118 master's students, 1749 doctoral students and 2192 international students. At present, the university has 134 undergraduate majors, 48 first-class discipline master's degree authorization points, 24 professional master's degree authorization points, 24 first-class discipline doctor's degree authorization points, 1 first-class discipline doctor's degree authorization point, and 29 post doctoral mobile stations; There are 4 national key disciplines, 1 provincial key discipline, 8 superior disciplines in Jiangsu Universities, 12 provincial key disciplines (including 2 cultivation disciplines) and 5 key sequence disciplines in Jiangsu Province. So far, chemistry, physics, materials science, clinical medicine, engineering, pharmacology and toxicology, biology and biochemistry have entered the top 1% of global ESI (Basic Science Index). At present, the university has 2 national talent training bases, 4 national experimental teaching demonstration centers, 2 national talent training mode innovation experimental areas, 1 National 2011 Collaborative Innovation Center led by the University, and 2 national talent training mode innovation experimental areas; There are 1 key research base of Humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of education, 2 key research bases of Social Sciences of the State General Administration of sports, 1 National Engineering Laboratory, 2 national and local joint engineering laboratories, 3 national public service platforms, 1 National University Science Park, 1 national key laboratory cultivation base, 1 State Key Laboratory cultivation and construction site of universities in Jiangsu Province, and 4 University Associations in Jiangsu Province With the innovation center, 12 provincial and ministerial key research bases, 23 provincial and ministerial key laboratories, 11 provincial and ministerial public service platforms, 4 provincial and ministerial engineering centers. At present, there are 5263 faculty members in the University, including 6 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 foreign academician, 11 candidates of the "thousand talents plan", 42 candidates of the "youth thousand talents plan", 7 distinguished professors of the "Yangtze River scholars", 18 winners of the national fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 22 winners of the national fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and 2453 people with deputy senior titles and above A reasonable teaching staff has been formed.

Suzhou university regards personnel training as the central work of the University, and defines the educational concept of "education oriented and teaching oriented". Based on general education and guided by classified teaching, it strengthens the foundation, broadens the scope, strengthens the application and attaches importance to practice, actively deepens the systematic reform of personnel training, comprehensively implements the "excellent talents" education and training project, and constantly improves the quality of personnel training Quality. The College of nanoscience and technology of the university has entered the first batch of 17 national pilot colleges in China; two academies have been set up to actively explore new talent training mode, among which Jingwen academy is positioned as the "second classroom" outside the professional education, and Tang Wenzhi academy carries out liberal education in the "first classroom". The students of the school have won more than 200 national awards every year. In 2013, our university successfully held the 13th "Challenge Cup" National College Students' science and technology academic competition, and held the winner's cup again with the total score of the second in China; in the 14th "Challenge Cup" in 2015, one project won the first prize, two projects won the second prize, and won the winner's cup again. At the 29th Beijing Olympic Games and the 30th London Olympic Games, Chen Yanqing, Wu Jingyu and Zhou Chunxiu won the "three gold and one copper" achievements. Mr. Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee, sent a special letter to express his thanks.

The university has implemented the strategy of "sticking to the sky and standing on the earth" in science and technology innovation, and achieved fruitful results in scientific research. In 2015, there were 317 national projects in the field of natural science, including one 863 Program project and 315 National Natural Science Foundation projects (including 18 major key projects and talent projects). The number of National Natural Science Foundation projects ranked 19th in China's universities and ranked first in local universities; It has won 17 science and technology awards at or above the provincial and ministerial level, including 2 first prizes of science and technology progress award of the Ministry of education, 1 first prize and 3 second prizes of science and technology award of Jiangsu Province; 26 national projects in the field of Humanities and Social Sciences, including 5 key projects; 1 key project of philosophy and Social Sciences Research of the Ministry of education; Seven achievements were awarded the seventh outstanding achievement award of scientific research in Colleges and universities (HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES) of the Ministry of education, including three second prizes and four third prizes; 30 achievements were awarded the outstanding achievement award of philosophy and social sciences of Jiangsu Province, including five first prizes. In 2014, scie collected 2096 papers, ranking 22nd in the national academic institutions, among which "excellent performance papers" ranked 19th in the national universities, accounting for 49.13% of all the papers in the University, ranking first in the national universities for two consecutive years. In 2015, our university applied for 1251 intellectual property rights, including 42 international patent applications and 910 authorized intellectual property rights.

In accordance with the development idea of "leading the domestic first-class with international reputation", the University comprehensively and deeply promotes the process of education internationalization. The university has established intercollegiate communication relations with more than 150 universities and research institutions in more than 20 countries and regions. It has jointly held 4 Sino foreign cooperation programs in undergraduate education with the universities of Manchester, Canada, University of Victoria and University of Arkansas, and has carried out student exchange or joint training programs with nearly 60 internationally renowned universities such as the University of Wisconsin, Madison, University of Waterloo, etc. A number of international scientific and technological cooperation platforms, such as "Joint Research Institute of nanotechnology", "joint research center of synchrotron radiation" and "genome resource center", have been jointly built with the University of Waterloo, the University of Western Ontario and Sanger Institute of Cambridge, respectively. The school recruits more than 2000 international students from more than 60 countries or regions every year. As one of the member schools of the Ministry of education's "20 + 20 cooperation plan for Chinese and African universities", the University actively promotes educational aid to foreign countries. In 2009, Suzhou University of Laos, the first overseas university in China, was successfully established in Laos, realizing the strategic transformation of China's higher education from "Introduction" to "export" and from "opening" to "development".

Suzhou University has three campuses: tiancizhuang campus, Dushuhu campus and Yangchenghu campus, covering an area of 3751 mu, with a construction area of more than 1.82 million square meters. The university has rich books and materials, with a collection of nearly 4 million books, more than 300000 Chinese and foreign periodicals, more than 1.1 million Chinese and foreign electronic books and periodicals, and 82 Chinese and foreign databases. The university has sponsored three journals, namely, Journal of Suzhou University, philosophy and Social Sciences Edition, Education Science Edition and Law Edition, as well as professional academic journals, such as algebra collection, modern silk science and technology, Chinese Hemorheology and Research on language and semiotics. Among them, Journal of Soochow University (PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIAL SCIENCES EDITION), as a national Chinese core journal, was rated as one of the top 30 social science academic journals in Colleges and universities in China. In 2015, it was reprinted 33 full-text papers by the National People's Congress, ranking fourth in the reprinted amount of 1150 kinds of journals of colleges and universities in China, and 24th in the national comprehensive academic journals.

With a high spirited attitude, an open mind, and a global vision, Soochow University has made great progress

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