The 29-year-old, who was Sunderland's player-of-the-year in the past two seasons, joins for £2.75m in a deal that could eventually rise to £3.5m.
Collins has been in talks with the Potters for the past few days and his move has now gone ahead as expected after he passed a medical and signed his contract on Tuesday morning.
"All this has happened so quickly because only a few weeks ago I was captaining the Sunderland side in their pre-season friendlies," said Collins.
"But Steve Bruce made it clear he was going to bring in new faces and couldn't guarantee me a place.
"I thought it was a good time to move on and seek a fresh challenge.
"In many respects, the two clubs are alike in that they have big ambitions to finish in the top half of the table this season.
"I will have some familiar faces around me with so many ex-Sunderland players already here. Why, the club even plays in red and white stripes as well."
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