There are four subjects in the initial examination of chemistry postgraduate entrance examination, namely, ideological and political theory, English, business class I and business class II. The colleges and majors are different, and the contents of the first-class and second-class examinations are different.

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