Universities that can be upgraded to undergraduate courses in Suzhou include Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou Agricultural Vocational and Technical College, Suzhou Vocational University, Suzhou Industrial Park Vocational and Technical College, Suzhou Industrial Vocational and Technical College, Suzhou University of Posts and Telecommunications, etc.

Suzhou University of Science and Technology is an ordinary institution of higher learning jointly funded by the central and local governments, jointly established by Jiangsu Province and Suzhou City, and mainly managed by Jiangsu Province. Approved by the Ministry of Education as an excellent engineer education and training plan, it was selected as a national college student cultural quality education base. On April 2017 10, with the approval of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the People's Government of Jiangsu Province, it was decided to establish Suzhou University of Science and Technology, a member of CDIO Engineering Education Alliance.

Suzhou Agricultural Vocational and Technical College is a full-time ordinary institution of higher learning approved by Jiangsu Provincial People's Government and put on record by China People's and Ministry of Education. In 2008, it was identified as a model higher vocational college in Jiangsu Province.