School of Physical Education and Sports

School of Physical Education and  Sports of Soochow University which was built in 1997, can be traced back to the P.E. Department of Soochow University established in 1924 and the P. E. Department of Jiangsu Normal University founded in 1952. With the hard work of generations of faculty members and students, it is now one of the leading schools of physical education in China, and an honorable school internationally. School of Physical Education Sports offers5 undergraduate programs at present: Physical Education, Kinesiology, Chinese Traditional Exercise, and Sports Rehabilitation. It provides one  post doctor program, one Ph. D program and 4 Master's programs as well.

Our school is a key sports sociology research base of Chinese General Administration of Sport, and a key evaluation laboratory for human functions and fitness. Some of the national, provincial, and university elite teaching resources are also provided in our school. We have been cultivating and sending a great number of professionals and Olympic champions like Chen Yanqing, Wu Jingyu, Sun Yang etc. for China. We have a faculty of  150 members which include 16 professors, 54 associate professors, 8 doctoral advisors, 46 master's advisors, 3 international level referees, 10 national level referees, andmore than 20 visiting professors. Our students are composed of 690 undergraduates, 46 doctoral graduates, 239 master's graduates and more than 300 part-time master graduates.

The School has also signed a co-operational agreement with the Sports Administration of Jiangsu Province on "Creative center of Jiangsu Sports Industries", which aims to cooperate with each other on scientific research, talents cultivating, and building high level sports teams. Soochow University Research Institute of Jiangsu Physical Activities and Health Enterprises was also established to achieve the goal of creating a platform for creative theory, policy making, talents cultivating, and hi-tech enterprises. In order to meet the call of "Healthy China 2030" and the need of public on healthy exercise and rehabilitation, we established "Clouds Sports Hospital" with the help from Health and Family Planning Commission of Suzhou and the Sports Administration of Suzhou Government.

Our school has the specialty in the combination of teaching and training.  Students like Sun Yang, Wu Jingyu, Wang Zhendong performed excellently In Rio Olympic Games, and brought great honor to the school. Zhang Hua won the champion of 62 kilos taekwondo in the 28th International Universities' Games. Besides of this, we have taken part in many competitions and games and achieved some outstanding results, such as the National Youth Sports Meeting, National Track and Field Champion Competition, National Swimming Champion, National University Qigong Competition, National Cheerleading Competition, Provicial Track and Field Competition, Provincial Swimming Competition, China University Football League, 18th CUBA, National Lion and Dragon Dancing Competition, Dragon Boat Competition, International Kendo Open Competition, China American Football League


Address: No. 50, Donghuan Road, Suzhou City

Contact PersonWeidong Liu  0512-67163483

Emailtyxy@suda.edu.cn

Website: http://tyxy.suda.edu.cn