Currently the University has 181student clubs and associations, which can be divided into six types: general, arts, academic, athletic, social service and socializing. Extracurricular activities focus on the ethical awareness, interpersonal skills and citizens’ duties. The activities are colorful and diversified.

　　The elective courses “Club and Association Management and Development” and “Social Service Studies” are offered to all the students of the University. The island-wide workshops “College Student Associations Guiding Middle and Elementary School Student Associations” and “Club and Association Management—Goals and Practice” are designed to work out the theoretical framework of being a student and doing social group guidance. Also, in order to train cadres, four big study camps are organized every year, the Club Leaders Study Camp, the Public Relations Workers Study Camp, the Recreational Activity Leaders Study Camp, and the Leadership Ability Study Camp.

　　Ample subsidies are provided for club and association activities. Clubs and associations hold meetings and organize expositions to show the results of their activities. By the use of the Soochow Passport for the Group-life Education, the first of this kind in the country, computerized data of the students’ extracurricular activities are collected and are available when they apply for advanced studies or employment in the future.