Global Institute of Software Technology, Suzhou (GIST), bestowed its legal status by Jiangsu Provincial Government, is an innovative institution of higher learning jointly established by Microsoft (China) Co. Ltd., Suzhou Science and Technology Town and Global EduTech Management (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. The institute has been granted the qualification of Jiangsu International Service Outsourcing Talents Training Base and Suzhou New District (SND) Training Base for Talents with Extraordinary Skills.
With "Striving for first class, being characteristic and creating GIST brand" as our school-running concept, the institute, adhering to the principle of "Technology leading-edge, Application prominent",putting into practice the trinity cultivation mode of "Classroom teaching – Project training – Paid practicum" and giving prominence to software technology and foreign language application abilities, aims to cultivate high-quality, internationally-oriented professionals with practical skills as well as innovative spirit in urgent need for software and service outsourcing industries.
Official website: http://www.gist.edu.cn/