Soochow's president, Edward C. H. Yang explains that school policy stresses expenditures on faculty and facilities which directly improve the quality of education, over investments in the construction of elaborate buildings and offices. A private university, Soochow depends on student tuitions to cover expenses.
東吳法律系學生，在畢業後進入政府財經部門服務者，也都能施展所學，有所貢獻，例如：財政部次長陸潤康、經濟部次長王昭明、國稅局長張耀東等。清朝末年創校於蘇州