Soochow University is a public university in Suzhou (Soochow), China.
Located in an ancient town referred to locally as ‘Paradise on Earth’, Soochow University, in China’s Jiangsu Province, was founded in 1900.
Studying at the university has focused on 12 major disciplines: philosophy, law, education, history, literature, engineering, science, medicine, agriculture, art, and management science.
Home to nearly 40,000 students, both undergraduate and graduate, it offers 124 undergraduate degrees plus a wide range of postgraduate ones, including professional programmes and dual programmes.
It comprises three major campuses, the main campus, the Dushu Lake campus and the Yangcheng Lake campus. Between them, the three campuses cover a vast area in the region of three million square metres. The total area covered by the universities buildings is more than 182 million square metres.
Its campus isis often hailed as the most beautiful in the country for their inclusion of features common to the Classical Gardens of Suzhou, a UNESCO World Heritage grouping of gardens dating back to the 6th-century craftsmanship with artistry and traditional Chinese culture.
Soochow University maintains multiple international partnerships with universities worldwide, including Athabasca University in Canada, the US Cornell Law School and the Bucerius Law School in Germany.
