本校第一期高教深耕計畫分兩階段，第一階段（107-108年）為定位學校特色，以「培養能因應複雜變局趨勢的π型人才」為目標，規劃以學生為主體的「跨、新、思、動、愛」五大創新策略，讓學生進行跨域、跨界的學習；透過翻轉教學模式產生創新思維；藉由IR探索與解決問題；同時提升學生實作能力及社會關懷意識。第二階段（109-111年）則將教學創新與學生學習成效視為改革核心，此變革的落實體現於「教與學公共價值」的實踐，並以校務發展計畫以全人化、全視化與全球化的三化共振做為體現公共價值的核心導引。在111年度計畫發展策略除「教與學公共價值」（效益發揮）體現外，亦強調「大學社會責任」（社會實踐），並呼應「聯合國永續發展目標」（永續校園），據此發展各面向計畫與行動方案。為呈現本校107至111年高教深耕、校務研究、社會責任及永續各項成果，於111年12月16日辦理「東吳永續∞(Infinity)成果分享會」 （成果展示網：https://sites.google.com/view/2022scu/）。
經五年計畫努力，本校在教學創新面：優化數位科技、問題導向、全英語、跨域等多元課程；社會責任面：帶領師生將專業結合社區實作，積極投入鄰近社區場域，以協助社區瞭解問題、提出解決方案、促進在地活化；產學連結面：透過各式獎補助方案，鼓勵師生投入產學研究與國際期刊論文發表，強化本校產學研能量，並輔以生涯職涯輔導，增進學生就業競爭力；高教公共性面：全面瞭解經文不利學生需求，除改善經濟面外，也透過多元輔導機制，促進課業、生涯職涯等各項發展。各面向相關成果臚列如下：
Soochow University Higher Education SPROT Project is divided into twostages. In the first stage, spanning from 2018 to 2019, university features areestablished, including training professionals with versatile (“Pi-shaped”)skills, and formulating a student-centered learning strategy that covers five facets:interdisciplinarity, innovation, critical thinking, mobility, and enthusiasm. Byincorporating a “flipped classroom” model to stimulate thoughts and an IRapproach to explore and solve problems, this project sets out to equip studentswith hands-on skills and a heightened social awareness. In the second stage(2020-2022), the core objective of this project shifts to the public value ofeducation, embodied by inventive teaching ideas and optimal learning outcomes andguided by an institutional development plan that features three intersecting approaches—holistic,all-seeing, global. In the meantime, another driving force that facilitatesmulti-faceted plans is the idea of universitysocial responsibility as well as a sustainable campus (following the SDGsformulated by U.N.). These fruitful outcomes of Higher Education SPROUT project,institutional research, social responsibility, and sustainability are exhibitedin the “Soochow University ∞ InfinityPresentation.” (https://sites.google.com/view/2022scu/)
With the sustained effort over the past five years,Soochow University is pleased to celebrate the following achievements: teachinginnovations, including optimized digital technology, problem-oriented approach,all-English class instruction, and diverse interdisciplinary courses; socialresponsibility, including hands-on training, enthusiastic participation inneighboring communities that discovers problems, devises solutions, andcontributes to placemaking; industry cooperation, including various subsidiesthat facilitate industry collaboration research and the publication of papersin international journals, along with diverse plans for career empowerment andplanning; and finally, higher education accessibility, including comprehensive counselingprograms to help economically and culturally disadvantaged students improvetheir academic performance and career prospects. These achievements areoutlined below:
