Soochow University

Overview

Soochow University

Soochow University is a public research university in Suzhou (Soochow), China. Known as the first Western-style university in China, it was founded in 1900 by Methodists through a merger of three schools. It is a Jiangsu provincial key comprehensive university and part of the Chinese Ministry of Education's Project 211. It is recognized for its programs in basic and applied biology, chemical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, and clinical medicine.

Soochow University Key Statistics

The university comprises 25 schools and colleges. These include the School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Gold Mantis School of Architecture and Urban Environment, School of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Kenneth Wang School of Law, School of Overseas Education, Wenzheng College, School of Electronic Information, and the Applied Technology College.

Course offerings at Soochow University concentrate on 12 major academic and research disciplines, including science, medicine, agriculture, engineering, education, economics, and philosophy. It has 124 undergraduate programs, 291 postgraduate programs, 21 professional master’s programs, 191 doctoral programs, one professional Ph.D. program, and 26 post-doctoral programs.

Soochow University has a student population of approximately 39,000 students. This comprises over 28,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as over 11,000 adult students of formal education. It also has six modern campuses.

The other Soochow University key statistics include its numerous joint programs and other collaborations with foreign universities, including with Athabasca University (Canada), Daejin University (South Korea), Bucerius Law School (Germany), as well as Bard College and Cornell Law School (United States).

Soochow University Research

The university is one of the research-intensive key universities in China, belonging to the top 5% among all research institutions in the country. Its top fields of research are materials science, chemistry, and medicine.

Soochow University research outputs have been published in prestigious journals like ChemInform, Advanced Materials, and Angewandte Chemie. Its researchers have participated in important international conferences and symposia, including Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing, the Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, and the National Conference on Artificial Intelligence.

The most cited Soochow University research publication is Liu et al.’s (2015) “Metal-free efficient photocatalyst for stable visible water splitting via a two-electron pathway.” This article was featured in Science and has been cited 2,868 times to date.

Likewise, the university’s second most cited publication is Zhou et al.’s (2011) “Erlotinib versus chemotherapy as first-line treatment for patients with advanced EGFR mutation-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (OPTIMAL, CTONG-0802): A multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 3 study,” which was published in Lancet Oncology and has received 2,773 citations.

In addition, the university’s third most cited publication is Yang et al.’s (2010) “Graphene in mice: Ultrahigh in vivo tumor uptake and efficient photothermal therapy,” which appeared in the Nano Letters and has received 2,151 citations.

The university has several key laboratories, research centers, and institutes. These include the Suzhou Key Laboratory of Precise Transformation of Resource Molecules, Key Laboratory for Functional Nanomaterials and Devices, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection.