Internationalization of
Educationat Soochow University
(2016)
Data range: Jan. 1,
2016 ~ Dec. 31, 2016
(extended to winter
holiday for datainvolving students)
1. International
Students
1.1 Degree-seeking International Students
1.1.1Enrollment & Graduation
|
|
undergraduates
|
Master's
Candidates
|
Doctoral Candidate
|
|
Enrolled
|
132①
|
20
|
12
|
|
Graduated
|
124②
|
27
|
3
|
①
including
33 double majors from Daejin University
②
including
37 double majors from
Daejin
University
1.1.2Total Number of Degree-seeking International Students
|
|
undergraduates
|
Master's
Candidates
|
Doctoral Candidate
|
|
Number
|
701
|
62
|
31
|
① data of the
fall semester in 2016
1.1.3
Geographic
Distribution
|
|
Asia
|
Africa
|
Europe
|
America
|
Oceania
|
|
Number of People
|
709
|
60
|
15
|
9
|
1
|
①
data
of
the fall semester in 2016
1.2 Non-degree
International Students
|
|
Enrolled
|
|
Long-term
students
|
1355
|
|
Short-term
students
|
762
|
①
Data vaild as of Feburary 28, 2017
2.Faculty and Staff
Members
1.2 International
Faculties
Up to
now, there are 164 International Faculty Members in
31 schools and scientific research institutions, of whom 83 are foreign
experts, 65 are foreign teachers and 16 are from Hong
Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
1.3
Employment of Overseas Emeritus Professors and Visiting
Professors
By far,
92 overseas emeritus professors and visiting professors are employed by 22
schools and scientific
research institutions, among whom 13 are
from Hong
Kong, Macau
and
Taiwan.
1.4
Obtaining Degrees Outside Mainland China
As of now, 489 faculty
and staff members
have earned degrees abroad and another 414 in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan,
433 and 414 of whom are teaching staff, respectively.
1.5 Work Experience
Outside Mainland
To date, 480 faculty
and staff members
have work
experiencein other countries for more than one year and another 64 in Hong
Kong, Macau
and
Taiwan, 443 and 63 of whom
are teaching staff, respectively.
2. International
Cooperation
2.1
Cooperation with Universities and Educational Organizations
outside Mainland China
As of December, 2016,
Soochow
University has
signed Cooperation
Agreements & Memorandums with 178
outside-mainland universities and educational organizations, 4 of which
are newly increased in 2016, 1 in Portugal and 3 in Taiwan.
Among
them:
Asia: 58
including:
Japan: 34; Korea: 16; Singapore: 4; Laos: 2; Malaysia: 1; Thailand: 1
Europe: 51
including:
France: 13; Britain: 12; Germany: 8; Russia: 4; Czech republic &Slovak
Republic:
3;
Spain: 3; Belarus: 2; Ireland: 2; Portugal: 1; Finland: 1; Belgium: 1; Italy: 1
America: 28
including:
the United States: 20; Canada: 7; Argentina: 1
Oceania: 8
including:
Australia: 7; New Zealand: 1
Africa: 2
including:
Nigeria: 1; Morocco: 1
Hong
Kong, Macau
and
Taiwan
regions:
31
Including:
Taiwan: 27; Hong Kong: 2; Macau: 2
2.2
New Signing(Renewal)
with Outside-mainland Universities in 2016
In 2016, Soochow University signed 17 inter-university Cooperation
Agreements
withoutside-mainland
universities, 4 of which are in Japan, 2 in Canada, 2 in the United States, 1
in Singapore, 1 in Britain, 1 in Nigeria, 1 in Portugal, 5 in Taiwan.
3. Conferences
In 2016, Soochow University
hosted
a total of 33 international
conferences of all kinds.
4. Foreign Exchange Activities
In
2016, Soochow University hosted a total of 233 visiting groups(35 of which were
from Hong
Kong, Macau
and
Taiwan),
and individualvisitors for 1520 times(786 of which were from Hong
Kong, Macau
and
Taiwan).
5. International
Exchanges of Faculty and Staff
5.1 For the Length of Over Three Months (statistics in 2016)
|
Programme
|
Abroad
|
Outside Mainland
|
|
Visiting Scholar
|
54
|
14
|
|
Cooperative Study
|
7
|
0
|
|
Lecturing & Teaching
|
4
|
0
|
|
Advanced Study
|
4
|
0
|
|
Total
|
69
|
14
|
6.2
For Less Than Three Months (statistics in 2016)
|
Programme
|
Abroad
(person-time)
|
Outside Mainland
(person-time)
|
|
Academic Conference
|
238
|
49
|
|
Cooperative Study
|
98
|
37
|
|
Advanced Study
|
2
|
0
|
|
Working Visit
|
72
|
16
|
|
Total
|
410
|
102
|
6. Students Leaving Mainland in 2016
|
Programme
|
Abroad
|
Outside Mainland
|
|
Advanced Study
|
510
（290 in
the first semester while 220 in the second）
|
125
|
|
Short-term Study
|
433
|
48
|
|
Academic Conference
|
128
|
0
|
|
Cooperative Study
|
3
|
16
|
|
Competition
|
17
|
5
|
|
Total
|
1091
|
194
|
