Initiated in May, 2008, and established in 2010, Suzhou Industrial Park Institute of Services Outsourcing (SISO) is a fulltime public higher education institute funded by Suzhou Industrial Park Administrative Committee (SIPAC). Located in the Innovation Industrial Park of Dushu Lake, SISO has completed its 424 mu campus with 220,000 square meter floor spaces.
There are seven departments: School of Information Engineering, School of Biology Science &Technology, School of Artificial Intelligence, School of Business & Finance Management, School of Finance Science&Technology, School of Digital Arts. with a well-structured team of teaching faculty, composed of engineers with industry back ground, talents from abroad and foreign teachers. Among them, over 96% are Master or Doctorate Degree holders with international vision, profound practical skills and research abilities. There are nearly 300 faculty members and 5,500 students.
With the education philosophy of “Practical education serving industries”, SISO offers about 30 programs to tailor education to the needs of industry.
SISO endeavors to create an education system of incorporating government, institutes and enterprises. It has been accredited Suzhou Service Outsourcing Talents Training Base and Jiangsu Province International Service Outsourcing Training Center, and in 2010, Suzhou Services Outsourcing Talents Training Center. In 2013, the Software Technology Training Base of SISO was accredited the Vocational Education Training Base funded by central government budget.
In 2014, SISO fully satisfied Jiangsu Provincial Vocational Higher Education Appraisal with its quality management and high academic standard. In 2015, SISO was made by the Education Bureau and the Financial Bureau as the Exemplary Vocational College in Jiangsu Province, and in 2019, SISO became the youngest Provincial Exemplary College, which launched the school onto the higher development track towards “China’s first and best service outsourcing college with extensive international connections.”
