Suzhou University is located atNo. 1, Cross Street, gusu district, Suzhou, Dushu Lake Campus is located atNo. 199, Renai Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, and Yangcheng Lake Campus is located at No.8, Xue Ji Road, Xiangcheng District, Suzhou.

Soochow University, formerly known as Soochow University, was founded in 1900. It is the earliest university in China to establish a modern university discipline system. It is the first university in China to establish a periodical, and also the first university in China to offer professional education and postgraduate education in law (Anglo-American law).

1952 faculty adjustment, Suzhou University College of Arts and Sciences, Sunan College of Culture and Education, and Jiangnan University Department of Mathematics and Science merged to form Sunan Normal University, which was renamed Jiangsu Normal University in the same year. 1982, the school was renamed Suzhou University. Subsequently, Suzhou Sericulture Institute (1995), Suzhou Silk Vocational and Technical College (1997) and Suzhou Medical College (2000) were merged into Suzhou University.