Applied Science University

The Applied Science University (ASU), known in Arabic as جامعة العلوم التطبيقية, is a private university in the Kingdom of Bahrain, licensed on 5 July 2004 by the Minister's Council and established as one of the first private universities in the country, with its campus lying between Manama and Riffa in the Central Governorate.应用科学大学（英文 Applied Science University，阿拉伯文 جامعة العلوم التطبيقية）是巴林王国的私立大学，于 2004 年 7 月 5 日经大臣会议核准颁照，是巴林最早创办的私立大学之一，校园位于首都麦纳麦与里法之间的中央省。

It was founded by the Bahraini academic Waheeb Al-Khaja and is owned by Gulf Education Project W.L.L., a company based in Bahrain, and it teaches across four colleges, Law, Arts and Science, Administrative Sciences and Engineering, in both Arabic and English.学校由巴林学者瓦希卜·哈贾（Waheeb Al-Khaja）创办，由巴林本地公司海湾教育项目有限公司持有，下设法律、文理、管理科学与工程四大学院，以阿拉伯语和英语双语授课。

The university is placed at 655th in the QS World University Rankings 2027, was ranked first in the Kingdom of Bahrain and thirtieth in the Arab world in the QS Arab Region University Rankings 2026, and reported 3,254 students in 2019 with more than 10,000 students and alumni in its wider community.学校在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中列第 655 位，在 2026 年 QS 阿拉伯地区大学排名中居巴林王国第一、阿拉伯世界第 30 位；2019 年注册学生 3254 人，其更广的校友社群体量超过一万人。

History

• The Applied Science University was licensed by the Ministry of Education under the decree of the Minister's Council numbered WD 140/2004 and dated 5 July 2004, a grant that made it one of the earliest private universities in the Kingdom of Bahrain.学校依据大臣会议 2004 年 7 月 5 日签发的第 WD 140/2004 号决议获得教育部颁照，由此成为巴林王国最早创办的私立大学之一。

• The university was established and took in its first students in September 2004, offering degree programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.学校于 2004 年 9 月正式建校并招收首批学生，开设本科与研究生两个层次的学位课程。

• It was founded by the Bahraini academic Waheeb Al-Khaja, who became its founding president and later chaired its Board of Trustees, while the institution itself is owned by Gulf Education Project W.L.L.学校由巴林学者瓦希卜·哈贾创办，他出任创始校长并其后担任校董会主席，大学本身由海湾教育项目有限公司持有。

• From the outset the university taught in both Arabic and English, a bilingual model that was unusual among Bahraini institutions in 2004 and that allowed it to draw students from across the Gulf.学校自创办起即以阿拉伯语与英语双语授课，这一模式在 2004 年的巴林高校中并不常见，使其得以面向整个海湾地区招生。

• The layout of the institution was governed by the building and facilities requirements of the Higher Education Council of Bahrain, set out in its decision No 4 of the year 2007, rules that shaped subsequent campus planning.学校的校舍布局遵循巴林高等教育理事会第 4 号决议（2007 年）所列的教学建筑与设施要求，这些规定影响了其后校园规划。

• In September 2013 the university moved from its earlier premises into a purpose-built campus covering 24,000 square metres between Manama and Riffa, located in the populous Central Governorate.2013 年 9 月，学校从早先的校舍迁入位于麦纳麦与里法之间、占地 24,000 平方米的新建校园，地处人口稠密的中央省。

• The new campus of 2013 was planned to hold about 2,100 students at any one time and to reach a total capacity of 6,300 by running morning, evening and weekend sessions.2013 年启用的新校园设计为同一时间可容纳约 2100 名学生，并通过早间、晚间与周末三班运行，使总容量达到 6300 人。

• In 2015 the university obtained certification to the ISO 9001:2015 standard for the administrative support it provides to students, an early quality-management credential among Bahraini private universities.2015 年，学校在学生行政服务方面获得 ISO 9001:2015 认证，是巴林私立高校中较早取得质量管理资质者。

• On 19 December 2016 a delegation led by the chairman Waheeb AlKhaja signed a memorandum of cooperation with Cardiff Metropolitan University and opened an office at London South Bank University, whose own history begins with the Borough Polytechnic Institute founded in 1892.2016 年 12 月 19 日，由校董会主席瓦希卜·哈贾率领的代表团与加的夫都会大学签署合作备忘录，并在伦敦南岸大学设立办事处，后者校史可上溯至 1892 年创办的自治市理工学院。

• The partnership with London South Bank University produced dual-award British degrees in Bahrain, including honours degrees in civil engineering and in architectural engineering delivered in English.学校与伦敦南岸大学合作，在巴林颁发英式双学位，其中包括以英语授课的土木工程与建筑工程荣誉学位。

• In 2018 the university's educational management system was certified to the ISO 21001:2018 standard, a newer international benchmark for educational organisations.2018 年，学校的教育管理体系获得 ISO 21001:2018 认证，这是针对教育机构较新的一项国际基准。

• By the 2020s the university had widened its programme range to eleven undergraduate and seven postgraduate programmes grouped under its four colleges.到 2020 年代，学校把课程范围扩展至 11 个本科专业与 7 个研究生专业，归于四个学院之下。

• In the 2024 GreenMetric World University Rankings the university was rated 522nd worldwide and first among private universities in Bahrain, reflecting its campus sustainability efforts.在 2024 年 GreenMetric 世界大学排名中，学校位列全球第 522 位、巴林私立大学第一，反映其在校园可持续性方面的努力。

• In the QS Arab Region University Rankings 2026 the university was ranked first in the Kingdom of Bahrain and 30th in the Arab world, its strongest regional placing to that point.在 2026 年 QS 阿拉伯地区大学排名中，学校位列巴林王国第一、阿拉伯世界第 30 位，是其当时最强的地区名次。

• In the Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2026 the university appeared in the 101-200 band worldwide, on the strength of its work towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.在 2026 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学影响力排名中，学校凭借其对联合国可持续发展目标的相关工作进入全球第 101-200 位区间。

• In 2026 the university joined the partners of the Capital of Arab Sports Culture initiative, took part in a promising Gulf partnership scheme, and staged a Sustainability Week framed as an institutional vision for education.2026 年，学校加入了「阿拉伯体育文化之都」合作方，参与了一项海湾合作计划，并举办以面向未来的教育愿景为主题的可持续发展周。

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the university was placed at 655th, the position under which this entry is catalogued.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，学校列第 655 位，本条目即按此名次收录。

• Together these steps moved the institution from a newly licensed college in 2004 to a nationally ranked private university within two decades.上述进程使学校在二十年间由一所新获颁照的学院成长为名列全国前茅的私立大学。

Academics

• The university is organised into four colleges, the College of Law, the College of Arts and Science, the College of Administrative Sciences and the College of Engineering, which between them cover law, business, information systems, design and the built environment.学校下设法律学院、文理学院、管理科学学院与工程学院四所学院，涵盖法学、商科、信息系统、设计以及建筑环境等门类。

• It offers eleven undergraduate programmes and seven postgraduate programmes, among them an English-language bachelor in management information systems, an Arabic bachelor in accounting and master's programmes in law and in accounting and finance.学校开设 11 个本科专业与 7 个研究生专业，其中包括以英语授课的管理信息系统学士、以阿拉伯语授课的会计学士，以及法学与会计金融硕士。

• Through its partnership with London South Bank University the university awards dual honours engineering degrees, including the BEng (Hons) in civil engineering and the BEng (Hons) in architectural engineering, both taught in English.通过与伦敦南岸大学的合作，学校颁发工程双荣誉学位，包括土木工程与建筑工程两个方向的 BEng (Hons) 学士学位，均以英语授课。

• Its academic staff are drawn from twenty-five countries, and more than 150 of its faculty have been recognised as fellows or senior fellows of Advance HE in the United Kingdom.学校师资来自 25 个国家，其中 150 余名教师获英国 Advance HE 认定为会士或高级会士。

• The university was the first in the Kingdom of Bahrain to achieve global accreditation from the British Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, a recognition it presents as its central academic distinction.学校是巴林王国第一所获得英国高等教育质量保障署全球认证的高校，校方把这一认可视为其核心办学标志。

• All of its academic programmes secured positive review outcomes from Bahrain's Education and Training Quality Authority, the national body that inspects schools and universities.学校全部学术课程均获得巴林教育与培训质量管理局的正面评审结论，该机构是负责检查学校与高校的国家机关。

• Its architectural engineering and civil engineering programmes hold accreditation from the Chartered Institute of Building, the first such accreditation for a university in Bahrain.学校的建筑工程与土木工程专业获得英国特许建造学会认证，是巴林高校中首个此类认证。

• The university is an accredited centre of Advance HE in the United Kingdom, and it has certified its educational management to ISO 21001:2018 and its student administrative services to ISO 9001:2015.学校是英国 Advance HE 认证中心，其教育管理体系获 ISO 21001:2018 认证，学生行政服务获 ISO 9001:2015 认证。

• Research is coordinated through the Deanship of Scientific Research and Graduate Studies, which oversees the university's postgraduate programmes and its research chambers.科研工作由科研与研究生院统筹，该院负责管理学校的研究生课程与科研工作人员。

• The university provides e-learning infrastructure described as being of world-class standard, a dedicated learning management system, and an electronic library with computers and study spaces.学校提供被称为达到世界一流水平的在线教学基础设施、专用学习管理系统，以及配有计算机与学习空间的电子图书馆。

• Financial aid and flexible payment schemes are available to students, and the university maintains disability support facilities and accessible circulation across the campus.学校为学生提供助学金与灵活缴费方案，并设有残障支持设施与全校无障碍通行条件。

• Its careers service runs an annual fair, and the thirteenth Career Day in 2026 brought fifty-four organisations and key employers to meet students on campus.学校职业服务中心每年举办招聘会，2026 年的第 13 届职业日有 54 家机构与重要雇主到校与学生见面。

• A student and alumni club network supports sport, with the university's teams competing in national tournaments, and the university runs student societies across its four colleges.学校设有学生与校友社团网络支持体育活动，校队参加全国性赛事，各学院亦设有学生社团。

• Admission and registration are handled by a dedicated directorate that runs the university's student information system, alongside an e-learning platform and an institutional email service for students and staff.学校由专门的教务与注册部门负责招生与学籍管理，运行学生信息系统，并配有面向师生的在线教学平台与校内邮箱服务。

• The university states that its degree curricula are reviewed to meet the demands of private industry and the public sector at local, regional and international levels, a claim it frames as its applied approach to teaching.学校表示其学位课程会根据本地、区域与国际层面私营部门与公共部门的需求加以修订，并把这一做法表述为其实用导向的教学方针。

Campus

• The purpose-built campus opened in 2013 stands between Manama and Riffa in the Central Governorate, on a site of 24,000 square metres selected for its central position and easy access.2013 年启用的新建校园位于麦纳麦与里法之间的中央省，占地 24,000 平方米，选址兼顾居中位置与交通便利。

• The campus comprises three main buildings, of which the largest is the academic building covering 14,000 square metres across seven floors, with four further floors carried up to a clock tower.校园由三座主要建筑组成，其中最大的是建筑面积 14,000 平方米、共七层的教学大楼，另加四层并向上耸立起一座钟楼。

• The academic building houses the colleges, the academic faculty and the Deanship of Scientific Research and Graduate Studies, alongside the front yard, entrance hall and a 300-seat lecture theatre.教学大楼内设各学院、教研人员以及科研与研究生院，此外还有前院、门厅和一座 300 座的报告厅。

• The administrative and services building covers 2,200 square metres and contains the offices of the president, vice presidents and department managers, an exhibition and seminar hall and areas for student activities.行政与服务楼建筑面积 2200 平方米，内含校长、副校长及部门负责人办公室，一座展览与研讨厅，以及学生活动区。

• The third structure, the technology building, covers 1,266 square metres over two floors at 633 square metres each, and supports the university's technical and computing facilities.第三座建筑为技术楼，共两层、每层 633 平方米、合计 1266 平方米，用于支撑学校的技术与计算机设施。

• The campus library has shelving for 30,000 books and reference works, nine research chambers and computers in its electronic library, meeting the Higher Education Council's requirements.校园图书馆的书架可容纳 3 万册图书与工具书，设有 9 间研究工作室和电子图书馆计算机，符合高等教育理事会的要求。

• Teaching facilities include design studios, lecture halls, computer laboratories, language and specialised laboratories, with wireless internet available throughout the campus.教学设施包括设计工作室、讲堂、计算机实验室、语言与专业实验室，全校范围覆盖无线网络。

• Sports facilities under construction include courts for tennis, handball, volleyball, basketball and badminton, and the campus lies within about twenty minutes of most parts of Bahrain.正在建设的体育设施包括网球、手球、排球、篮球与羽毛球场地；校园距巴林大部分地区约二十分钟车程。

Reputation

• The QS World University Rankings 2027 place the university at 655th in the world, matching the standing the institution reports for 2027.2027 年 QS 世界大学排名将学校列为世界第 655 位，与校方公布的 2027 年名次一致。

• The QS Arab Region University Rankings 2026 rank it first in the Kingdom of Bahrain and thirtieth in the Arab world, the highest placing of any Bahraini institution in that table.2026 年 QS 阿拉伯地区大学排名将学校列为巴林王国第一、阿拉伯世界第 30 位，是该榜中巴林高校的最高名次。

• The Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2026 place the university in the 101-200 band worldwide, while the main Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2027 do not list it.2026 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学影响力排名将学校列入全球第 101-200 位区间，而 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名主榜未收录该校。

• The US News Best Global Universities ranking for 2026-2027 does not include the university in its main list, so it carries no placement in that table for the period.2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名未将学校列入主榜，因此学校在该榜期内没有名次。

• The Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities of 2026 does not list the university in its main table, so it holds no band in that ranking.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜未收录该校，因此学校在该榜单中没有位次。

• In the GreenMetric World University Rankings 2024 the university was rated 522nd worldwide and first among private universities in Bahrain, a measure of campus sustainability.在 2024 年 GreenMetric 世界大学排名中，学校位列全球第 522 位、巴林私立大学第一，这是衡量校园可持续性的指标。

• The university holds a five-star rating in the QS Stars system, a rating that covers teaching, employability and campus facilities.学校获 QS 星级评定体系的五星评级，该评级覆盖教学、就业能力与校园设施等维度。

• Bahrain's higher-education sector also includes the University of Bahrain, Ahlia University and the Royal University for Women, against which the private Applied Science University measures its standing.巴林高等教育领域还包括巴林大学、阿赫利亚大学与皇家女子大学等院校，私立的应用科学大学即与这些院校同台竞争。

• OpenAlex records 1,726 works and 21,243 citations for the university, the machine-counted output behind its young research profile.OpenAlex 记录该校成果数为 1,726 项、被引次数为 21,243 次，这组机器统计构成其尚年轻的研究画像的基础。

Student life

• The university has no formally adopted motto, and its identity is expressed instead through a vision of promoting excellence in applied education and research in the region.学校没有正式确定的校训，其身份认同改以「在本地区推动应用教育与研究之卓越」的愿景表述。

• It states as its student promise a commitment to engage students in promoting positive social change through transformative learning, community engagement and leadership development.学校把「通过变革性学习、社区参与与领导力培养，引导学生推动积极的社会变革」作为对学生的承诺。

• Student and alumni clubs with achievements in sports tournaments are a feature of campus life, and the university fields teams in national competitions.在体育赛事中取得成绩的学生与校友社团是校园生活的一大特色，学校组队参加全国性比赛。

• The thirteenth Career Day in 2026 brought fifty-four organisations and key employers to campus, part of an annual careers fair that links students to the Bahraini labour market.2026 年第 13 届职业日吸引 54 家机构与重要雇主到校，是每年举办的招聘会的一部分，把学生与巴林就业市场联结起来。

• The university staged a Sustainability Week in April 2026 as an institutional vision for the future of education, and joined the partners of the Capital of Arab Sports Culture initiative.2026 年 4 月学校举办可持续发展周，作为面向未来教育的机构愿景，并加入「阿拉伯体育文化之都」合作方。

• Regular open days and college-specific events, such as a College of Law open day, introduce prospective students to the campus between Manama and Riffa.学校定期举办开放日以及法律学院开放日等分学院活动，向有意报考的学生介绍位于麦纳麦与里法之间的校园。

• The university describes itself as trusted by more than ten thousand students, a community drawn from Bahrain and from across the Gulf region.学校自称获得逾万名学生的信赖，这一群体来自巴林本地以及整个海湾地区。

Notable people

• Waheeb Al-Khaja, a Bahraini academic, founded the university in 2004, served as its first president and later chaired its Board of Trustees, shaping both its bilingual teaching model and its British partnerships.巴林学者瓦希卜·哈贾于 2004 年创办学校，出任首任校长并其后担任校董会主席，对双语教学模式与英式合作关系的形成影响深远。

• Hatem Masri, a professor of business analytics who earned a doctorate in management science in 2004 and a master's degree in operations research in 1999 from the University of Tunis, serves as the university's president.哈特姆·马斯里（Hatem Masri）是商业分析教授，2004 年获管理科学博士学位、1999 年获突尼斯大学运筹学硕士学位，现任学校校长。

• Samir Nass is recorded as chairman of the university, a governance role he holds alongside the Board of Trustees of the institution.萨米尔·纳斯（Samir Nass）在校务记录中列为学校董事长，与校董会共同承担治理职责。

• Shaikha Hessa bint Khalifa bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa, a law graduate of 2010, became Director of Strategy and Institutional Excellence at Bahrain's Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning.2010 届法学毕业生谢哈·赫萨·宾特·哈利法·本·艾哈迈德·阿勒哈利法，现任巴林住房与城市规划部战略与机构卓越司司长。

• Hala Yousef, who graduated in accounting and finance in 2019, ranked first in her class with distinction and won the Abdullah Nass Scientific Excellence Award before becoming an accounts and taxation consultant manager.2019 届会计与金融毕业生哈拉·优素福以优异成绩名列班级第一，获阿卜杜拉·纳斯科学卓越奖，后出任会计与税务咨询经理。

• Munira Mubarak Ahmed Al-Fadil, an alumna, heads the human resources and finance department of Bahrain's Information and e-Government Authority.校友穆尼拉·穆巴拉克·艾哈迈德·法迪尔担任巴林信息与电子政务管理局人力资源与财务部门负责人。

• Alaa Abdulaziz Qambar, another graduate, is head of workforce organisation and planning at Bahrain's Labour Market Regulatory Authority.另一位毕业生阿拉·阿卜杜勒阿齐兹·甘巴尔担任巴林劳动力市场监管局的劳动力组织与规划主管。

• Mohammed Abdullah Al Jahmi became director of programmes and political development at the Bahrain Institute for Political Studies, while Bdour Adnan Mohammed and Shaikha Ali AlAmer entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a diplomat and a diplomatic attaché respectively.穆罕默德·阿卜杜拉·贾赫米出任巴林政治研究所项目与政治发展主任；布杜尔·阿德南·穆罕默德与谢哈·阿里·阿米尔则分别作为外交官与外交随员进入外交部。

• Adam Fouad Ahmed works as a civil engineer at Nass Contracting and Ziyad Alkhaliwi co-founded the Petsy store while managing the oils and batteries department of Al-Rashid Tires Company in Saudi Arabia.亚当·福阿德·艾哈迈德在纳斯承包公司担任土木工程师；齐亚德·哈利维与他人共同创办 Petsy 商店，并在沙特阿拉伯拉希德轮胎公司担任油品与电池部门经理。

• Mohamed Jasim Rajab, an alumnus, heads a division of Bahrain's Electricity and Water Authority, one of several graduates placed in the kingdom's public utilities.校友穆罕默德·贾西姆·拉贾卜担任巴林电力和水务局的一个部门主管，是进入该国公共事业部门的毕业生之一。