Bangor University

Bangor University (Welsh: Prifysgol Bangor) is a public research university in Bangor, Gwynedd, in north Wales, established in 1884 and one of the oldest university institutions in the principality.班戈大学（威尔斯语 Prifysgol Bangor）是威尔斯北部圭内斯郡班戈的一所公立研究型大学，创办于 1884 年，是威尔斯最古老的高等学府之一

It was founded as the University College of North Wales, received a Royal Charter in 1885, and became a founding constituent college of the federal University of Wales in 1893 before becoming an independent university in 2007.该校最初名为北威尔斯大学学院，1885 年获皇家特许状，1893 年成为联邦制威尔斯大学的创始成员学院，直至 2007 年成为独立大学

Around 10,000 students study at Bangor, whose teaching is grouped into three colleges and roughly a dozen academic schools, and whose motto is the Welsh proverb Gorau Dawn Deall, meaning the best gift is knowledge.班戈大学约有 10000 名学生，其教学按三个学院与约十余个学术学院组织；校训为威尔斯谚语 Gorau Dawn Deall，意为「最好的礼物是知识」

History

• The University College of North Wales was formally opened on 18 October 1884 at the Penrhyn Arms Hotel, renamed Penrhyn Hall, with an inaugural address by the Earl of Powis, the college's first president.北威尔斯大学学院于 1884 年 10 月 18 日在由彭林阿姆斯旅馆改建的彭林堂正式开学，首任院长波伊斯伯爵致开幕词

• When it opened the college had just 58 students, who were to receive their degrees from the University of London, and staff taught Greek, philosophy, mathematics, history, English, physics and chemistry.开学时学院仅有 58 名学生，其学位由伦敦大学授予；教师教授希腊语、哲学、数学、历史、英语、物理与化学

• In 1880 parliament appointed Lord Aberdare to chair a committee on higher education in Wales, and its 1881 Aberdare Report recommended creating two further university colleges in Wales, one in the south and one in the north.1880 年，议会任命阿伯代尔勋爵主持一个威尔斯高等教育委员会，其 1881 年的《阿伯代尔报告》建议在威尔斯再办两所大学学院，一所位于南部、一所位于北部

• By May 1883 six thousand pounds had been raised for the new college and the British government had promised an annual grant of four thousand pounds towards its running costs.到 1883 年 5 月，为新学院已募集 6000 英镑，英国政府并承诺每年拨款 4000 英镑用于其运营

• The Penrhyn Arms Hotel in Bangor was leased from Lord Penrhyn for twenty years at two hundred pounds a year, and work to adapt it for the college began in June 1884.班戈的彭林阿姆斯旅馆以每年 200 英镑的租价向彭林勋爵租用 20 年，1884 年 6 月开工改建为学院用房

• Henry Reichel, a twenty-seven-year-old fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, was appointed the college's first Principal in 1884.牛津大学万灵学院 27 岁的院士亨利·赖歇尔于 1884 年被任命为学院首任院长

• The college was incorporated by a Royal Charter in 1885, strengthening its legal standing as a degree-teaching institution in north Wales.1885 年，学院获皇家特许状而取得法人资格，巩固了其作为北威尔斯教学机构的法律地位

• In 1893 the college became one of the founding constituent institutions of the federal University of Wales, having previously awarded degrees through the University of London.1893 年，学院成为联邦制威尔斯大学的创始成员学院之一，此前其学位均通过伦敦大学授予

• In the same year the so-called Bangor dispute led to the closure of the Women's Hall, and its head, Frances Hughes, resigned from the college.同年，所谓的「班戈之争」导致女子宿舍关闭，其负责人弗朗西丝·休斯辞去学院职务

• The first chair in Welsh was established at the university in 1894 for Sir John Morris-Jones, and a second chair in Welsh literature was created in 1920 for Ifor Williams.该校于 1894 年为约翰·莫里斯-琼斯设立第一个威尔斯语教席，1920 年又为伊福·威廉斯设立第二个威尔斯文学教席

• In 1903 the city of Bangor donated a ten-acre site at Penrallt for a new college building, for which funds were raised by local people.1903 年，班戈市捐赠了彭拉尔特的一块十英亩土地用于兴建新校舍，建设资金由当地民众募集

• The new building, now known as Main Arts and designed by Henry Hare, had its foundation stone laid by King Edward VII on 9 July 1907 and was formally opened by King George V in 1911.新楼现称 Main Arts，由建筑师亨利·黑尔设计，1907 年 7 月 9 日由国王爱德华七世奠基，1911 年由国王乔治五世正式启用

• The Main Arts building, with its large Prichard-Jones Hall, gave the college its Welsh nickname Y Coleg ar y Bryn, the College on the Hill, and became a grade I-listed building in 1949.装有宽敞的普里查德-琼斯礼堂的 Main Arts 楼，为学院赢得威尔斯语绰号 Y Coleg ar y Bryn（意为「山上的学院」），并于 1949 年列为一级登录建筑

• During the Second World War paintings from national art galleries were stored in the Prichard-Jones Hall to protect them from bombing, and were later moved to slate mines at Blaenau Ffestiniog.第二次世界大战期间，国家美术馆的绘画被存放在普里查德-琼斯礼堂以免遭轰炸，后来又被转移至布莱奈-费斯蒂尼奥格的板岩矿中

• Students from University College London were also evacuated to Bangor during the war to continue their studies in a safer environment.战争期间，伦敦大学学院的学生也被疏散到班戈，在更安全的环境中继续学业

• During the 1960s the college shared in the general expansion of British higher education following the Robbins Report, with many new departments and buildings.1960 年代，学院随《罗宾斯报告》后英国高等教育的整体扩张而发展，增设了许多新系所与建筑

• In 1967 the Bangor Normal College, now part of the university, hosted lectures on Transcendental Meditation by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at which the Beatles heard of the death of their manager Brian Epstein.1967 年，现已并入该校的班戈师范学院举办了玛哈礼希·玛赫西·优济的超觉静思讲座，披头士乐队在此听闻其经理人布莱恩·爱普斯坦去世的消息

• The merger of St Mary's College into the college was concluded in 1977, while the larger merger with the Normal College was not completed until 1996.圣玛丽学院于 1977 年完成并入，而与规模更大的师范学院的合并则迟至 1996 年才完成

• In 1992 the North Wales College of Nursing and Midwifery merged with the university to form a new Faculty of Health Studies, and a year later it also took over the North Wales College of Radiography.1992 年，北威尔斯护理与助产学院并入该校，组建新的健康研究学院；次年它又接管了北威尔斯放射学院

• In 2005 the university applied for degree-awarding powers, and in 2007 it changed its name to Bangor University following the decision of the University of Wales to become a confederal body.2005 年该校申请学位授予权；2007 年，在威尔斯大学决定转为联邦协作型机构后，学校更名为班戈大学

• Every student starting after 2009 gained a degree from Bangor University, while those who started earlier had the option of a University of Wales Bangor certificate.2009 年之后入学的学生均获得班戈大学学位，而更早入学的学生则可选择获得威尔斯大学班戈学院的学位证书

• In 2017 Bangor became the only university in Wales to be rated Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework, and in 2016 it opened the Pontio Arts and Innovation Centre.2017 年，班戈成为威尔斯唯一在「教学卓越框架」中获评金奖的大学；2016 年，该校启用蓬蒂奥艺术与创新中心

• In 2024 the independent North Wales Medical School, developed with Cardiff University School of Medicine, admitted its first intake of 80 students.2024 年，与卡迪夫大学医学院合作、独立办学的北威尔斯医学院招收了首批 80 名学生

• In 2025 the Albert Gubay Charitable Foundation donated 10.5 million pounds to redevelop Bangor Business School, which was renamed the Albert Gubay Business School.2025 年，阿尔伯特·古巴慈善基金会捐赠 1050 万英镑用于改建班戈商学院，该院随后更名为阿尔伯特·古巴商学院

Academics

• Bangor University's teaching is organised into three colleges, a structure introduced in 2006 to replace the older faculties, which support around ten academic schools.班戈大学的教学按三个学院组织，这一架构于 2006 年取代旧的学部而设立，下设约十个学术学院

• Its courses span the arts, humanities, sciences and health, and it offers hundreds of degree programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level.其课程横跨艺术、人文、科学与健康领域，开设数百个本科与研究生学位项目

• The university has a long tradition in Welsh-language and Celtic studies, and the School of Welsh has offered single and joint honours degrees in Welsh since the twentieth century.该校在威尔斯语与凯尔特研究方面历史悠久，威尔斯学院自 20 世纪起即开设威尔斯语的单一与联合荣誉学位

• The university has a long tradition in ocean sciences, and its ocean and marine sciences are based at Menai Bridge on the other side of the Menai Strait.该校海洋科学传统深厚，其海洋与海事科学研究设在梅奈海峡对岸的梅奈桥

• Bangor has particular strengths in materials science and predictive modelling, areas reinforced in 2017 through a collaboration with Imperial College London and the Nuclear Futures Institute.班戈在材料科学与预测建模方面实力突出，2017 年通过与帝国理工学院合作及设立核未来研究所进一步强化了这些领域

• Research income is significant for a university of its size, with total income of 178 million pounds in 2022/23, of which 19 per cent came from research grants.对一所这一规模的大学而言科研收入可观：2022/23 学年总收入 1.78 亿英镑，其中 19% 来自科研拨款

• The university has an endowment of 8.2 million pounds, and it reinvests research and enterprise income in its estate and facilities.该校拥有 820 万英镑的捐赠基金，并将科研与企业收入再投入其校园与设施

• Around 10,000 students are enrolled, and the university runs more than fifty specialist research centres in addition to its academic schools.该校在校学生约 10000 人，除各学术学院外还运营 50 多个专业研究中心

• The university offers a medical degree through the North Wales Medical School, which was established to train doctors in and for Wales.该校通过北威尔斯医学院开设医学学位，该院的设立旨在为威尔斯培养本地医生

• Bangor runs a veterinary science course in collaboration with the Royal Veterinary College, one of only a few such programmes in Wales.班戈与皇家兽医学院合作开设兽医学课程，是威尔斯少数此类项目之一

• The university's research strengths in environmental science, forestry and conservation are reflected in its School of Environmental and Natural Sciences.其在环境科学、林学与保护领域的研究优势，体现在环境与自然科学学院之中

• The university owns and operates the M-Sparc science park on Anglesey, completed in 2018, which supports low-carbon energy and technology businesses.该校拥有并运营位于安格尔西岛的 M-Sparc 科学园，于 2018 年建成，支持低碳能源与技术企业

• The Marine Centre Wales at Menai Bridge, opened in 2016, houses research and teaching in ocean sciences as part of the wider SEACAMS marine programme.2016 年启用的梅奈桥威尔斯海事中心，承载海洋科学的研究与教学，是 SEACAMS 海洋计划的一部分

• The university offers part-time and adult education as well as full-time study, working with regional partners such as Grwp Llandrillo Menai to validate degrees.除全日制学习外，该校还提供非全日制与成人教育，并与 Grwp Llandrillo Menai 等区域伙伴合作认证学位

• Bangor collaborates with Imperial College London and other institutions, and it works with the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board to train health professionals.班戈与帝国理工学院等机构合作，并与贝齐·卡德瓦拉德大学卫生局合作培养卫生专业人才

Campus

• The university occupies substantial buildings in and around the city of Bangor, with most clustered around four main sites, and a second campus in Wrexham teaching healthcare courses.该校在班戈市内外拥有大量建筑，多数集中在四个主要校点，并在雷克瑟姆另设一个教授医疗健康课程的校区

• The historic heart of the campus is the Main Arts building on College Road, opened in 1911 and grade I-listed, which overlooks the city from its hilltop position.校区的历史核心是位于学院路的 Main Arts 楼，1911 年启用并列为一级登录建筑，居高临下俯瞰全城

• Along Deiniol Road run the science laboratory buildings, most notably the Memorial Building of 1921 and the brutalist Brambell building, which houses the School of Environmental Sciences.科学实验室楼宇沿迪尼奥尔路分布，其中尤以 1921 年的纪念楼与粗野主义风格的布拉姆贝尔楼著称，后者容纳环境科学学院

• The university was originally based in the old Penrhyn Arms Hotel, later called Penrhyn Hall, which housed its 58 students and twelve teaching staff in 1884.该校最初设于旧彭林阿姆斯旅馆（后称彭林堂），1884 年其 58 名学生与 12 名教职人员即在此学习生活

• A modern extension completing a quadrangle on the College Road side, known as New Arts, was finished in 1969, and the Brigantia building was added beside it in 1991.1969 年建成合围学院路一侧院落的现代扩建楼 New Arts，1991 年又在其旁增建布里甘蒂亚楼

• The Pontio Arts and Innovation Centre, opened in 2016, contains a theatre, cinema, teaching and social spaces, and the offices of the students' union.2016 年启用的蓬蒂奥艺术与创新中心内设剧场、影院、教学与社交空间，以及学生会办公场所

• The university's estate extends across the Menai Strait to Menai Bridge, where ocean and marine sciences are based along with the research vessel Prince Madog.该校校园延伸至梅奈海峡对岸的梅奈桥，海洋与海事科学以及科考船「马多格王子号」均设于此

• Accommodation is guaranteed for first-year undergraduates, with around 3,000 rooms in halls, all within about twenty minutes' walk of the university.学校为一年级本科生保证提供住宿，宿舍约有 3000 个床位，均在约 20 分钟步行范围内

• Bangor lies between the mountains of Snowdonia and the Menai Strait, a setting often described as one of the finest university locations in the United Kingdom.班戈坐落于斯诺登尼亚群山与梅奈海峡之间，这一环境常被誉为全英最优美的大学所在地之一

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Bangor University is placed 567th in the world.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，班戈大学位列世界第 567 名

• In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 the university appears in the 501-550 band.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校位于 501 至 550 区间

• In the US News Best Global Universities ranking for 2026-2027 the university is placed 891st in the world.在 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中，该校位列世界第 891 名

• In the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities it appears in the 401-500 band, its strongest showing among the major tables.在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中，该校位于 401 至 500 区间，是其四大榜单中最好的表现

• In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework more than three-quarters of Bangor's research was rated world-leading or internationally excellent, and in REF2021 85 per cent reached those top tiers.在 2014 年科研卓越框架中，班戈逾四分之三的研究被评为世界领先或国际优秀；在 REF2021 中，这一比例达 85%

• In 2017 Bangor was the only university in Wales to be rated Gold by the Teaching Excellence Framework, the highest rating available in the United Kingdom.2017 年，班戈是威尔斯唯一在教学卓越框架中获评金奖的大学，该奖项为全英最高等级

• Bangor is consistently ranked highly by its students in the National Student Survey, and in 2017 students placed it eighth among UK non-specialist universities.在「全国学生调查」中，班戈的学生满意度一直名列前茅，2017 年学生将其评为全英非专科类大学第 8 名

• In the 2018 WhatUni Student Choice Awards Bangor was named Best University in the UK for Clubs and Societies and regained the award for best Student Accommodation.在 2018 年 WhatUni 学生选择奖中，班戈获评全英最佳社团与俱乐部大学，并重新夺回最佳学生住宿奖

• OpenAlex attributes to the university tens of thousands of scholarly works and a large citation record, in keeping with its research-intensive profile.OpenAlex 把数万项学术成果与可观的引用记录归于该校，与其研究密集型定位相符

Student life

• Bangor University's motto is the Welsh proverb Gorau Dawn Deall, meaning the best gift is knowledge, and its colours are red, gold and black.班戈大学的校训为威尔斯谚语 Gorau Dawn Deall，意为「最好的礼物是知识」，其校色为红、金与黑

• Undeb Bangor, the students' union, provides services and activities, and all students are automatically members unless they opt out.学生会 Undeb Bangor 提供服务与活动，所有学生除非主动退出否则自动成为会员

• The union has around 100 student societies, and its oldest extant society, the Debating and Political Society, was founded in 1849.学生会拥有约 100 个学生社团，其中现存最古老的辩论与政治学会创办于 1849 年

• Neuadd John Morris-Jones is the Welsh-language hall of residence and an integral part of UMCB, the Welsh students' union within Undeb Bangor.约翰·莫里斯-琼斯宿舍是威尔斯语学生宿舍，也是学生会 UMCB（威尔斯语学生联合会）的重要组成部分

• Student Volunteering Bangor, founded in 1952, supports around 58 community projects and provides roughly 600 hours of voluntary work each week.班戈学生志愿服务组织创办于 1952 年，支持约 58 个社区项目，每周提供约 600 小时的志愿服务

• Sports at the university are managed by the Athletics Union, with clubs including Bangor University F.C. and the university rowing club.该校体育由体育联合会管理，社团包括班戈大学足球俱乐部与大学赛艇俱乐部

• Every year the university competes against Aberystwyth University in Varsity, a tournament in which hundreds of students take part in more than 40 sporting events.该校每年与阿伯里斯特威斯大学进行校际对抗赛 Varsity，数百名学生参加 40 多个体育项目的角逐

• The university's academic dress was established in 2007 on its independence, with undergraduates in the traditional Welsh-style gown and doctorates in maroon.该校学位服于 2007 年独立时确立，本科生着传统威尔斯式学袍，博士服为栗色

• The Ffriddoedd Village is the largest accommodation site, with eleven en-suite halls completed in 2009 and Neuadd Reichel, originally built in 1942, renovated in 2011.弗里兹多德村是最大的住宿区，包括 2009 年建成的 11 座带独立卫浴的宿舍，以及原建于 1942 年、2011 年翻修的赖歇尔宿舍

• St Mary's Village, on the site of the former St Mary's College, was redeveloped between 2014 and 2015 and combines townhouses with the original 1902 buildings.圣玛丽村位于原圣玛丽学院旧址，于 2014 至 2015 年间重建，将联排住宅与 1902 年的原有建筑结合起来

• Because Bangor is a small city between the mountains and the sea, students combine their studies with outdoor sports, hill walking and coastal activities.由于班戈是坐落于山海之间的小城，学生得以将学业与户外运动、登山及海滨活动结合起来

• The university maintains a partnership with the Central South University of Forestry and Technology in China, one of the first collaborations of its kind between Wales and China.该校与中国中南林业科技大学建立了合作关系，这是威尔斯与中国之间最早的此类合作之一

Notable people

• Edward Herbert, the 3rd Earl of Powis, gave the inaugural address at the college's opening in 1884 and served as its first president until 1891.第 3 代波伊斯伯爵爱德华·赫伯特在 1884 年学院开学时致开幕词，并担任首任院长至 1891 年

• Henry Reichel, a young Oxford fellow, was the first Principal of the college from 1884 to 1927 and shaped its early curriculum.年轻的牛津院士亨利·赖歇尔于 1884 至 1927 年间担任学院首任院长，奠定了其早期课程体系

• John Morris-Jones, the pioneering Welsh grammarian and poet, held the university's first chair in Welsh from 1894.威尔斯语语法学的奠基人、诗人约翰·莫里斯-琼斯自 1894 年起担任该校第一个威尔斯语教席

• Robert G. Edwards, a physiologist who studied at Bangor, won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on in vitro fertilisation.曾在班戈就读的生理学家罗伯特·爱德华兹，因体外受精研究获得 2010 年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖

• Danny Boyle, the film director and producer behind Slumdog Millionaire, graduated from Bangor in English and drama.执导《贫民窟的百万富翁》的导演兼制片人丹尼·博伊尔，毕业于班戈大学英语与戏剧专业

• Paul Bérenger, a graduate, served as Prime Minister of Mauritius and was a leading figure in that country's politics for decades.该校毕业生保罗·贝朗热曾任毛里求斯总理，是该国政坛数十年的重要人物

• Mmusi Maimane, a South African politician, studied at Bangor and later led a national political party in South Africa.南非政治家姆穆西·迈马内曾在班戈学习，后来领导了南非的一个全国性政党

• John Meurig Thomas, a chemist and former director of the Royal Institution, taught in the Department of Chemistry at Bangor.化学家、皇家学会机构前主任约翰·梅里格·托马斯曾在班戈化学系任教

• David Crystal, the linguist and author of works on English, has served as an honorary professor of linguistics at Bangor.语言学家、英语研究著作颇丰的作家戴维·克里斯特尔曾任班戈大学语言学荣誉教授

• Kate Roberts, one of the foremost Welsh-language writers of the twentieth century, studied at the college.20 世纪最重要的威尔斯语作家之一凯特·罗伯茨曾在该学院就读

• R. S. Thomas, the Welsh poet and Anglican priest, was an alumnus who became one of the great Welsh poets of the twentieth century.威尔斯诗人、圣公会牧师 R. S. Thomas 是该校校友，后来成为 20 世纪最伟大的威尔斯诗人之一

• Herbert Wilson, a physicist who studied at Bangor, worked on the structure of DNA in the 1950s.曾在班戈学习的物理学家赫伯特·威尔逊，于 1950 年代参与了 DNA 结构的研究

• Denis Kwok, a Hong Kong singer and actor and a member of the Cantopop group Error, is a Bangor graduate.香港歌手与演员、粤语流行曲组合 Error 成员郭嘉骏是班戈大学毕业生