International Institute of Acoustic Technology (IAT) is a novel acoustic research institute jointly established by People’s Government of Changshu, Jiangsu Municipal Government, and Nanjing University.
It was launched in November 2020 by Kunlin Xu, the Secretary of the Municipal Committee of Suzhou, and Jian Lv, the President of Nanjing University.
In 2021, the institute was approved as a provincial-level scientific research institution and was enlisted into the Key Construction Supporting Project of “the 14th Five-Year Plan” by the Department of Science and Technology of Jiangsu Province, which was also awarded as the Provincial New Research Institute of Jiangsu and New Research Institute of Suzhou.