Hefei University of Technology, one of the key universities in China, is directly under the Ministry of Education. It is situated in Hefei, the capital of Anhui Province, which is also known as a green city and as an important base of science and education in China. From 2005, the University is supported by the government under the State 211 Project.

Now the University has 17 schools and departments, 46 research institutes and several key disciplinary areas. It also has provided a unique plan--Changjiang Scholars Award Program to invite those famous professors at home and abroad to work here.

Soochow University is located in the ancient city of Suzhou famous for its classical gardens and known as “the Paradise on Earth”.

As a “State 211 Project” institution of higher education and a key comprehensive university of Jiangsu province, Soochow University has passed through one hundred years of its educational course. Originally founded in 1900, it merged Southern Jiangsu College of Culture & Education and the Department of Mathematics & Physics of Jiang Nan University in 1952 and became Southern Jiangsu Teachers’ College. Later in the same year, it was renamed as Jiangsu Teachers’ College, operating on the original campus. In 1982, approved by the State Council, it was re-established as Soochow University. Then, Suzhou College of Sericulture, Suzhou Institute of Silk Textile Technology and Suzhou Medical College merged into Soochow University in 1995, 1997 and 2000, respectively. Soochow University has now developed into a first rate provincial comprehensive institution in China with a complete coverage of all branches of learning with remarkably large enrollment and outstanding educational benefits.