Second, Suzhou University School of Applied Technology Brief Introduction
Soochow University College of Applied Technology is located in Zhouzhuang, Kunshan, the first water town in China, 20 kilometers away from Dushu Lake Campus of Soochow University, and adjacent to Suzhou Industrial Park, Kunshan Economic and Technological Development Zone, Overseas Chinese International Business City and Wujiang High-tech Development Zone. The campus has beautiful environment, fresh air and first-class facilities, which embodies the architectural style of "Small Bridge and Running Water Academy" and is an ideal place for students to study.
The college was established in June 1997 1 1, and was listed in the first batch of colleges and universities by the national "2 1 1 project" and "201/plan". The Ministry of Education and the People's Government of Jiangsu Province have built Suzhou into a "double-class" university. The college has 32 undergraduate majors with nearly 9,000 students. More than 60% teachers have senior titles in various courses, and more than 80% are double-qualified professional teachers.
Adhering to the century-old tradition of Suzhou University and the school-running philosophy of "ability-oriented, creating characteristics", the College has been striving for innovation for more than 20 years, and has formed the school-running characteristics of relying on industry, strengthening application, opening up schools and efficient management. The Professional Teaching Steering Committee, composed of 100 experts from all walks of life and universities, has played an important role in specialty setting, teacher recruitment, teaching plan validation, practice base provision, student employment guidance and employment recommendation.
The college always adheres to the purpose of cultivating advanced applied talents and the idea of "strengthening theory, paying attention to application, strengthening practice and applying what you have learned". Relying on the strong faculty of Suzhou University and the backbone teachers of the college, we should adopt flexible school-running mechanism, strengthen basic theory education, and highlight the cultivation of students' practical ability and comprehensive problem-solving ability on the spot. In the past ten years, students have won more than 350 prizes in national and provincial professional skills and discipline competitions. In the past five years, the employment rate of graduates has exceeded 96% year after year, and the quality of graduates has been well received by employers.
The college actively expanded international exchanges and established cooperative relations with more than 20 universities in the United States, Britain, France, Canada, South Korea, Japan and other countries and regions. Two Sino-foreign cooperative education projects approved by the Ministry of Education.
In recent years, the College has actively grasped the strategic opportunity for the country to guide a group of ordinary undergraduate universities to transform into application-oriented universities. Taking the opportunity of being approved to join the Universities of Applied Sciences Alliance, it has been selected as the first batch of universities in ZTE's ICT production-education integration innovation base, the "internet plus 2025" production-education integration promotion plan pilot institution and the "scientific work ability improvement plan (100 million projects)" pilot institution. Actively cooperate with Kunshan's six-year action plan for transformation, upgrading and innovation development, implement the innovation-driven development strategy, explore effective ways to serve economic construction and social development, adhere to the development path of applied undergraduate education, make the applied undergraduate education unique and brand-oriented, gradually develop the applied master's education, build a perfect training system for applied innovative talents, and strive to turn the college into a high-level Universities of Applied Sciences with distinctive characteristics, so that the century-old university can create brilliant achievements in the Millennium ancient town.