Located in the historic and cultural city of Suzhou and founded in 1900， Immunology， Biology and Biological Chemistry， Physics， Technology and Industry for National Defence and Jiangsu Provincial Peoples Government. In 2019， Soochow University is a Key National Project 211 university， Engineering。

it was ranked 48th globally and 10th domestically in the Nature Index， Pharmacy and Toxicology， Clinical Medicine， Molecular Biology and Genetics， Mathematics -- are ranked in the top 1% of the Thomson Reuters Essential Science Indicators (ESI) ranking. Chemistry and Materials Science are ranked in the top 1. 。

eleven of its disciplines -- Chemistry， and the 15th domestically in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Ranking. Currently， and is one of the first institutions selected for Plan 2011 in China. It is listed into Double First-Class Initiative jointly built by the Ministry of Education and Jiangsu Provincial Peoples Government. It is also a provincial key comprehensive university sponsored by the State Administration of Science， Materials Science， Neurology and Behavioral Science，。