Soochow University (Suzhou) - Wikipedia

Soochow University also known as Suzhou University, is a public university in Suzhou (Soochow), China. Its root can be traced to the original Soochow ... SoochowUniversity(Suzhou) FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch PublicuniversityinSuzhou,China NottobeconfusedwithSoochowUniversity(Taiwan)(東吳大學). SoochowUniversity蘇州大學Motto養天地正氣，法古今完人[1]Mottoin EnglishUntoAFullGrownMan[2]TypePublicEstablished1900;122 yearsago (1900)PresidentSidongXiongLocationSuzhou(Soochow),Jiangsu,ChinaCampusUrbanAffiliationsNAHLUWebsiteeng.suda.edu.cn SoochowUniversity(simplifiedChinese:苏州大学;traditionalChinese:蘇州大學;pinyin:SūzhōuDàxué),alsoknownasSuzhouUniversity,isapublicuniversityinSuzhou(Soochow),China.ItsrootcanbetracedtotheoriginalSoochowUniversity(東吳大學)foundedbyMethodistsin1900,whichwaslatersplitandmergedwithacoupleofinstitutions.ItispartoftheDoubleFirstClassUniversityPlanheldbytheMinistryofEducationfordevelopingworld-classuniversities.[3]Itonlyadmitsthosewhoscoreattop5%intheNationalCollegeEntranceExaminationofChina,thusisregardedasarelativelyselectiveuniversity.TheSchoolofHumanities,SchoolofTextileandClothingEngineering,SchoolofChemistry,ChemicalEngineeringandMaterialsScience,andSchoolofMedicinearetheuniversity'smostdistinguishedschools. Contents 1History 2Academics 3Campus 4SchoolsandDepartments 5Internationalcollaboration 6Notablealumni 7References 8Externallinks History[edit] Seealso:SoochowUniversity(1900–1952)andSoochowUniversity(Taiwan) MainCampus Universityclockbuilding KennethWangSchoolofLaw AQingDynastygardenoncampus OldDongwuDaxuegate TheoriginalSoochowUniversity(simplifiedChinese:东吴大学;traditionalChinese:東吳大學;pinyin:DōngwúDàxué;Wade–Giles:tung-wutahsüeh)wasfoundedbyMethodistsinSuzhouin1900asamergerofthreeexistinginstitutions:thePo-hsiAcademy,theKung-hsiangAcademy,andtheChung-hsiAcademy.ThewordSoochowinitsEnglishnameistheoldspellingofthecity'sChinesenameaccordingtotheearlypostalromanisation.TheoriginalChinesename東吳(Tung-wu)referstooneoftheThreeKingdomsintheancienttime,ofwhichtheregionofSuzhouwasanimportantpart. Theuniversitywassplitin1949asaresultoftheChineseCivilWar,andmergedwiththeSouthernJiangsuCollegeofCultureandEducationandtheDepartmentofMathematicsandPhysicsatJiangnanUniversitytoformtheJiangsuTeacher'sCollegein1952.TheEnglishnameSoochowUniversitywasrevivedin1982;however,theoriginalChinesename東吳(Tung-wu)wasnotadopted,andtheinstitutionwasgiventheChinesename蘇州(Soochow).TheSuzhouCollegeofSericulture,SuzhouInstituteofSilkTextileTechnologyandSuzhouMedicalCollegewereeachmergedintotheUniversityin1995,1997and2000successively.[4] MembersoftheSoochowAlumniAssociationwhofledtoTaiwanafter1949establishedtheSoochowUniversityinTaipei,startingwithitsCollegeofLawin1951andbecomingafull-fledgeduniversitywithfiveschoolsin1971.[5] Academics[edit] UniversityrankingsGlobal–OverallARWUWorld[6]201-300(2019)THEWorld[7]501-600(2020)USNWRGlobal[8]479(2019) National–OverallARWUNational[9]13-23(2019)BCURNational[10]29(2019)USNWRNational[11]26(2020) Theuniversityispartofthenational"211Project"andisa"2011Plan"university.ItisalsooneoftheJiangsuprovincialkeycomprehensiveuniversities.SoochowUniversitycurrentlyhas26post-doctoralprograms,24maindisciplinedoctoralprograms,including167doctoralprogramswithdifferentareasofemphasis,oneprofessionaldoctoralprogram,47maindisciplinemaster’sprograms,including244master’sdegreeswithdifferentareasofemphasis,21professionalmaster’sprograms,and124undergraduateprograms.Today,SoochowUniversityhasdevelopedintoacomprehensiveuniversitywith12majordisciplines:philosophy,economics,law,education,literature,history,science,engineering,agriculture,medicine,managementscience,andart. SoochowUniversityisoneofthetop5%researchuniversities(overallranking28within704Chineseuniversitiesin2017),[12]andamemberofthe"2011plan"-thelatestprogramlaunchedin2011bytheChineseMinistryofEducationtodevelopintoworldclasstopuniversities.[13] U.S.News&WorldReportrankedSoochowUniversity409thintheworld,21stinGreaterChina,and58thinAsia.[14]TheTimesHigherEducationWordUniversityRankingsrankedSoochowUniversity17thinChina,and501-600intheworld.[15]CWURWorldUniversityRanking2018/2019rankedSoochowUniversity361stworldwideand24thnationwide.[16] Campus[edit] Theuniversityconsistsof6campusescoveringanareaof135hectaresandwith940,000squaremetersofbuildingarea.ThemainandmostbeautifulcampusislocatedatNo.1ShiziStreet.Thetotalenrollmentismorethan39,000students,includingmorethan28,000graduates/undergraduatesandmorethan11,000adultstudentsofformaleducation. ThecampusgroundshavebeendescribedasamongChina'smostbeautiful,inpartbasedontheincorporationof"typicalfeaturesoftheclassicalgardensinSuzhou".[17] SchoolsandDepartments[edit] SchoolofHumanities SchoolofCommunication-receivedfinancialsupportprovidedbyPhoenixTelevision,HongKonguntil2018.[18] SchoolofSocialScience SchoolofPoliticsandPublicAdministration SchoolofEducation SchoolofBusiness KennethWangSchoolofLaw SchoolofForeignLanguages GoldMantisSchoolofArchitectureandUrbanEnvironment SchoolofMathematicalSciences SchoolofPhysicalScienceandTechnology&SchoolofEnergy SchoolofChemistry,ChemicalEngineeringandMaterialsScience SchoolofComputerScienceandTechnology SchoolofElectronicInformation SchoolofMechanicandElectronicEngineering SchoolofTextileandClothingEngineering SchoolofArts SchoolofMusic SchoolofSportsScience MedicalCollege-mergedwiththepreviously-independentSuzhouMedicalCollegein2000. SchoolofRailTransportation SchoolofIronandSteel AppliedTechnologyCollege WenzhengCollege SchoolofOverseasEducation[19] Internationalcollaboration[edit] Theuniversityhasestablishedseveraljointprogramswithforeignuniversities: SoochowUniversityandAthabascaUniversityinCanadaofferajointdegreeprogramforChineseundergraduatestudents,whostudyinSuzhouandareawardedaBachelorofManagementdegree(fromAthabasca)andaBachelorofAdministrationdegree(fromSoochow)uponcompletingfouryearsofcoursework.[20]AllcoursesaredeliveredinEnglish. DaejinUniversity,aSouthKoreanprivateuniversity,operatesoneofitstwoChinacampusesontheSoochowUniversitygrounds,withtheothercampuslocatedatHarbinNormalUniversity.[21]Daejinmaintainsitsownbuildingwithaccommodationandclassrooms.[22] CornellLawSchool(UnitedStates)andBuceriusLawSchool(Germany)operateaSummerLawInstituteinpartnershipwithSoochow'sKennethWangSchoolofLaw.[23] BardCollege,aprivateliberalartscollegeinNewYorkintheUnitedStates,andSoochowUniversitywillofferacomprehensivepartnershipthatwillincludeajointprogrammebetweenSoochowUniversitySchoolofMusicandBardCollegeConservatoryofMusic,explorationleadingtothecreationofTheBardCollegeLiberalArtsAcademyatSoochowUniversity,andstudentexchange. Notablealumni[edit] ThefollowingpeopleattendedSoochowUniversityafter1900,oroneoftheinstitutionsthatlatermergedwiththeuniversity:[24] JinYong(LouisChaLeung-yung,金庸)-novelistandessayist,co-founderoftheHongKongdailynewspaperMingPaoanditsfirsteditor-in-chief. YangJiang(YangChiang,楊絳)-playwright,authorandtranslator. TanJiazhen(TanChia-Chen,談家楨)-geneticist,founderofmodernChinesegenetics;memberoftheChineseAcademyofSciences,memberoftheNationalAcademyofSciences(NAS)ofUnitedStates. ZhaoPuchu(趙樸初)-religiousandpublicleader,presidentoftheBuddhistAssociationofChina,renownedChinesecalligrapher. LuZhiwei(LuChih-wei,陸志韋)-psychologistandlinguist,influentialfigureinChinesemodernpoetry. ChiangWei-kuo(蔣緯國)-adoptedsonofChiangKai-shek,formerArmygeneralofRepublicofChina. WuChenfu(胡經甫)-entomologist,founderofmodernentomotaxonomyofChina. NiZhengyu(倪征燠)-juristandthefirstChinesejudgeoftheInternationalCourtofJustice. TangLan(唐蘭)-historianandpaleographist. WuChi-chang(吳其昌)-historianandpaleographist. ThomasDao-ChineseAmericanphysicianandspecialistinbreastcancer. NoraLam(NengYee-sung,宋能爾)-Christianreligiousleader,ChineseProtestantChristianminister. LiHaopei-internationallawacademicandjurist MaKe-fashiondesigner ChenYanqing-weightlifter,Olympicgoldmedalist. References[edit] ^"學校簡介(Chinese)".ArchivedfromtheoriginalonSeptember25,2014.RetrievedJuly13,2014. ^"OurPhilosophy".ArchivedfromtheoriginalonJuly14,2014.RetrievedJuly13,2014. ^(inChinese)MinistryofEducationofthePeople'sRepublicofChina(2009).“211工程”学校名单.Retrieved3October2010. ^SoochowUniversity,Suzhou(2010).BriefIntroductionArchived2010-01-26attheWaybackMachine.Retrieved2October2010. ^SoochowUniversity,Taiwan(2010).HistoryArchived2013-11-04attheWaybackMachine.Retrieved2October2010. ^"AcademicRankingofWorldUniversities2019".ShanghaiRankingConsultancy.2019.RetrievedAugust16,2019. ^"WorldUniversityRankings2020".THEEducationLtd.August20,2019.RetrievedSeptember14,2019. ^"BestGlobalUniversitiesRankings:2020".U.S.News&WorldReportLP.RetrievedOctober22,2019. ^"AcademicRankingofWorldUniversities2019:USA".ShanghaiRankingConsultancy.RetrievedAugust16,2019. ^http://www.shanghairanking.com/Chinese_Universities_Rankings/Overall-Ranking-2019.html[deadlink] ^"BestColleges2020:NationalUniversityRankings".U.S.News&WorldReport.RetrievedSeptember8,2019. ^"武书连2013中国36所研究型大学综合实力纵览". ^"聚焦：高等学校创新能力提升计划|2011计划|协同创新|高校创新|中国教育网|中国教育和科研计算机网Cernet". ^https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/search?country=china&region=asia&page=3[bareURL] ^"WorldUniversityRankings".September30,2015. ^"TopUniversities-China|CWURWorldUniversityRankings2018-2019". ^GlobalTimes(2009).China's10mostbeautifulcampuses.Retrieved3October2010. ^PhoenixCommunicationCollegeofSoochowUniversity(2010).校院成立背景(EstablishmentbackgroundoftheCollege)Archived2009-09-13attheWaybackMachine.Retrieved2October2010. ^SoochowUniversity,Suzhou(2010).DepartmentsandSchoolsArchived2010-07-29attheWaybackMachine.Retrieved2October2010. ^AthabascaUniversity(2010).Collaborations-SoochowUniversity.Retrieved2October2010. ^DaejinUniversity(2010).DaejinUniversityChinaCampusArchived2012-07-29atarchive.today.Retrieved2October2010. ^DaejinUniversity(2010).DUCContheSuzhoucampusArchived2012-08-01atarchive.today.Retrieved2October2010. ^CornellLawSchool(2010).ClarkePrograminEastAsianLawandCulture-StudentPrograms.Retrieved3October2010. ^SoochowUniversity,Suzhou(2010).AlumniArchived2010-07-29attheWaybackMachine.Retrieved4October2010. 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