The original Soochow University was founded by Methodists in Suzhou, Jiangsu province of Qing Dynasty China in 1900 as a merger of three existing institutions: the Po-hsi Academy, the Kung-hsiang Academy, and the Chung-hsi Academy. Originally founded in 1900, it merged Southern Jiangsu College of Culture and Education and the Department of Mathematics and 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. However, the location has never changed. 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 the University successively in 1995, 1997 and 2000.

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