Who was the first master's degree awarded by Soochow University?

Soochow University is the first western university in China, namely Suzhou University. It was founded by the American Christian Council in 1900. Boxi Academy in Suzhou, Gongxiang Academy and Shanghai Chinese and Western Academy are the predecessors of Soochow University. Soochow University is the first university to offer professional education in law (Anglo-American law), the first existing school in China to offer postgraduate education and award master's degrees, and the first university to establish periodicals. The first headmaster was Sun (American). 1927 Yang Yongqing was elected as the first president of China.

Soochow University has three colleges: Literature, Science and Law. The College of Arts and Sciences is located in Tianci Village, Suzhou, and the Law School is located in Kunshan Road, Shanghai. There used to be Chinese Department, History Department, Economics Department, Politics Department, Social Department and Education Department in the College of Literature. The Faculty of Science used to have departments of physics, chemistry, chemical engineering, biology and physical education, as well as pre-medical, pre-theological, chemistry, biology and biomaterials. Law school used to have a law department, an accounting department and a law research institute. The academic system is three years of preparatory course, four years of undergraduate course and one or two years of postgraduate course, and the credit system is implemented. The school has determined that Chinese is a compulsory course for students, paying attention to scientific experiments and English teaching. The quality of teaching ranks among the best in universities across the country. The affiliated schools of Soochow University include Suzhou No.1 Middle School, Shanghai No.2 Middle School, Huzhou No.3 Middle School, Wuxi No.4 Middle School, Songjiang Bible School and more than 20 affiliated primary schools. For more than half a century, Soochow University has trained many famous scholars and celebrities.

1952, the College of Arts and Sciences of Soochow University, the School of Culture and Education in Southern Jiangsu and the Department of Mathematics and Science of Jiangnan University merged to form Sunan Normal University, and in the same year it was renamed Jiangsu Normal University, running a school at the former Soochow University site. 1982, the school was renamed Suzhou University and its English name was restored to Soochow University. Suzhou University in Taiwan Province Province and Suzhou University have the same ancestry and are sister schools.