1952 was formerly called Soochow university. At that time, the scope of the school was from the lawn in front of the bell tower (then the playground) to the vicinity of the old school gate of Soochow University. Now, the English school name is Soochow University, which is still in use today. 1952, Soochow university merged with several universities and changed its name to Jiangsu Normal University, and later changed its name to Suzhou University in 1982. Su transliterates as Su, Zhou transliterates as Zhou or Zhou,