Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), known in Hebrew as Universitat Ben-Guriyon baNegev, is a public research university in Beersheba, Israel, named after the country's founding prime minister David Ben-Gurion, and the largest university in southern Israel.本·古里安大学（希伯来语：אוניברסיטת בן-גוריון בנגב）是以色列贝尔谢巴的一所公立研究型大学，以该国开国总理戴维·本·古里安命名，也是以色列南部规模最大的大学。

Founded in 1969 as the University of the Negev to promote the development of the desert that covers more than sixty per cent of Israel, it was renamed Ben-Gurion University of the Negev after Ben-Gurion's death in 1973, a name the university has carried ever since.该校于 1969 年以「内盖夫大学」之名创办，旨在推动覆盖以色列六成以上国土的沙漠地区发展，1973 年本·古里安逝世后更名为本·古里安大学，此后校名沿用至今。

BGU teaches about 19,000 students across five campuses, employs a president, rector and executive council, and is placed 533rd in the QS World University Rankings 2027.本·古里安大学在五个校区培养约 19,000 名学生，由校长、教务长与执行委员会治理，并在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 533 位。

History

• The university was established in 1969 as the University of the Negev with the aim of promoting the development of the Negev desert, which comprises more than sixty per cent of Israel.该校于 1969 年以「内盖夫大学」之名成立，目标是推动占以色列国土六成以上的内盖夫沙漠的发展。
• The university was renamed Ben-Gurion University of the Negev after the death of David Ben-Gurion in 1973, honouring the founder who believed the country's future lay in the region.1973 年戴维·本·古里安逝世后，该校更名为本·古里安大学，以纪念这位认定国家未来在于该地区的开国元勋。
• Moshe Prywes, a physician and medical educator, served as the university's president from 1973 to 1975, shaping its early health sciences.医生兼医学教育家摩西·普里维斯于 1973 至 1975 年任该校校长，塑造了其早期的健康科学。
• Yosef Tekoah, a diplomat who had served as Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, was president from 1975 to 1981.曾任以色列常驻联合国代表的外交官约瑟夫·特夸于 1975 至 1981 年任该校校长。
• Shlomo Gazit, a retired major general, led the university as president from 1982 to 1985.退役少将什洛莫·加齐特于 1982 至 1985 年任该校校长。
• Chaim Elata, an engineer and academic administrator, served as president from 1985 to 1990.工程师兼学术管理者哈伊姆·埃拉塔于 1985 至 1990 年任该校校长。
• Avishay Braverman, an economist, was president from 1990 to 2006, a sixteen-year term during which the university expanded its research profile.经济学家阿维沙伊·布拉韦曼于 1990 至 2006 年任校长，任期长达十六年，其间该校的研究实力显著扩展。
• In 1978 Alfred Inselberg of the Faculty of Mathematics, with Sam Bergman and Avraham Melkman, initiated the Computer Science programme at BGU.1978 年，数学系的阿尔弗雷德·因塞尔贝格与萨姆·伯格曼、阿夫拉罕·梅尔克曼共同在本·古里安大学创办了计算机科学课程。
• By 1982 that programme had attracted more than 200 students and was the first university programme in Israel to teach Pascal and to use terminals instead of punch cards.到 1982 年，该项目已吸引 200 余名学生，是以色列首个教授 Pascal 语言、并以终端取代打孔卡机的大学课程。
• The same programme established the first Computer Graphics Laboratory in Israel, and it eventually led to a separate Department of Computer Science.该项目还建立了以色列第一个计算机图形实验室，最终促成独立计算机科学系的成立。
• Rivka Carmi became president in 2006 and served until 2018, the first woman to head an Israeli university, and led BGU's growth in the health sciences and the Negev.里夫卡·卡尔米于 2006 年出任校长并任职至 2018 年，是以色列首位领导大学的女性，主导了本·古里安大学在健康科学与内盖夫地区的发展。
• In 1997 the Medical School for International Health was established as a collaboration between BGU and Columbia University, at the time a pioneering global-health programme.1997 年，国际卫生医学院由本·古里安大学与哥伦比亚大学合作创办，在当时是开创性的全球卫生项目。
• In October 2018 the Medical School for International Health celebrated its 20th anniversary with a two-day seminar bringing together its partners from around the world.2018 年 10 月，国际卫生医学院举办为期两天的研讨会，汇聚全球合作伙伴，庆祝其成立二十周年。
• In October 2019 the 21st cohort of the Medical School for International Health took its Physicians' Oath, and for the first time each student received a white coat bearing the school's logo.2019 年 10 月，国际卫生医学院第 21 届学生宣誓行医，并首次每人获颁印有学院标志的白袍。
• In 2016 the late Howard and Lottie Marcus bequeathed approximately 400 million US dollars to the university, the largest bequest ever made to an Israeli university, which doubled its endowment.2016 年，已故的霍华德·马库斯与洛蒂·马库斯夫妇向该校遗赠约 4 亿美元，这是以色列高校史上最大的一笔遗赠，使学校捐赠基金翻倍。
• Daniel Chamovitz, a plant geneticist, became president of the university in 2019 and has led it through the 2020s, with Chaim Hames serving as rector.植物遗传学家丹尼尔·查莫维茨于 2019 年出任该校校长并在 2020 年代领导学校，哈伊姆·哈梅斯则任教务长。
• In 2024 the university launched a new medical school programme designed to serve recent immigrants to Israel, funded by a major philanthropic gift from the industrialist Sami Sagol.2024 年，该校推出面向新移民的医学院项目，由实业家萨米·萨戈尔的大额慈善捐赠资助。
• In November 2024 about 19,000 students began the academic year at BGU, including more than 6,000 newcomers, while many students balanced study with reserve duty during the Iron Swords war.2024 年 11 月，约 19,000 名学生在本·古里安大学开始新学年，其中新生逾 6,000 人，许多学生同时在「铁剑行动」战争期间兼顾学业与预备役服役。
• In 2024 BGU conferred honorary doctorates on the singer-songwriter Yehudit Ravitz, the European Commission coordinator Katharina von Schnurbein, and the academics Michael Crow and Allan Brandt.2024 年，本·古里安大学授予创作歌手耶胡迪特·拉维茨、欧盟委员会协调官卡塔琳娜·冯·施努尔拜因以及学者迈克尔·克劳与艾伦·布兰特名誉博士学位。
• In the 2020s the university launched an MBA programme with an artificial intelligence specialisation, announced with alumnus and investor Dovi Frances, among the first of its kind in Israel.2020 年代，该校推出人工智能方向工商管理硕士项目，由校友、投资人多维·弗朗西斯参与宣布，在以色列属首创之列。
• The university's growth required a new North Campus of 300 dunam, or 30 hectares, adjacent to the Marcus Family Campus, to accommodate rising enrolment and new research facilities.该校的发展需要在马库斯家族校区旁新建 300 杜纳姆（即 30 公顷）的北校区，以容纳不断增长的招生与新的研究设施。

Academics

• BGU has five faculties with 51 academic departments and units, namely Engineering Sciences, Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management.本·古里安大学设五个学院、共 51 个学术系与单位，即工程科学、健康科学、自然科学、人文与社会科学，以及吉尔福德·格雷泽工商管理学院。
• The university has seven schools, including the Kreitman School of Advanced Graduate Studies, the Joyce and Irving Goldman Medical School and the Leon and Mathilde Recanati School for Community Health Professions.该校设有七所学校，包括克赖特曼高级研究生院、乔伊斯与欧文·戈德曼医学院，以及列昂与玛蒂尔德·雷卡纳蒂社区健康职业学院。
• Other schools include the School of Pharmacy, the Inter-Faculty Brain Sciences School, the School for Medical Laboratory Sciences and the School of Continuing Medical Education.其他学院包括药学院、跨学院脑科学学院、医学实验室科学学院与继续医学教育学院。
• BGU operates eight research institutes, among them the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, the Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology and the Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism.本·古里安大学设有八个研究所，其中包括雅各布·布劳斯坦沙漠研究所、伊尔丝·卡茨纳米科学与技术研究所以及本·古里安以色列与锡安主义研究所。
• The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev and Heksherim, the research institute for Jewish and Israeli literature and culture, also form part of the university's research base.内盖夫国家生物技术研究所以及研究犹太与以色列文学文化的赫克谢里姆研究所，也构成该校的研究基础。
• There are sixty-one interdisciplinary research centres at BGU, including the S. Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition and the Robert H. Arnow Center for Bedouin Studies and Development.该校设 61 个跨学科研究中心，包括 S. 丹尼尔·亚伯拉罕国际健康与营养中心，以及罗伯特·H. 阿诺贝都因研究与发展中心。
• Further centres include the Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Center, the Goldstein-Goren International Center for Jewish Thought and the Zlotowski Center for Neurosciences.其他中心还包括本·古里安国家太阳能中心、戈德斯坦—戈伦国际犹太思想研究中心与兹洛托夫斯基神经科学中心。
• The Medical School for International Health is a four-year, North American-style medical school that integrates global-health coursework across its entire curriculum.国际卫生医学院是一所四年制、采用北美模式的医学院，把全球卫生课程贯穿全部培养过程。
• BGU International offers English-language programmes including the Albert Katz International School of Desert Studies, the Israel Studies Masters Programme and an MBA International Programme.本·古里安国际部提供英语授课项目，包括阿尔伯特·卡茨沙漠研究国际学院、以色列研究硕士项目与国际工商管理硕士项目。
• The university hosts students from nearly seventy countries, and its international programmes include semester study abroad, academic internships and summer courses.该校接收来自近七十个国家的学生，其国际项目包括学期交换、学术实习与暑期课程。
• Desert research is a defining academic strength, conducted by the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research and the Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies at Sede Boqer.沙漠研究是该校的标志性学术强项，由设在斯德博克的雅各布·布劳斯坦沙漠研究所与阿尔伯特·卡茨沙漠研究国际学院开展。
• Computer science, founded at the university in 1978, grew into a department whose graduates and faculty work in Israel's technology industry and academia.1978 年在该校创立的计算机科学，日后发展为独立学系，其毕业生与教师在以色列科技产业与学术界任职。
• The Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management offers undergraduate and postgraduate management education, including the international MBA programme.吉尔福德·格雷泽工商管理学院提供本科与研究生管理教育，其中包括国际工商管理硕士项目。
• BGU is a member of the China-Israel 7+7 Research University Alliance and cooperates with Chinese universities, receiving students and scholars from China.该校是以中 7+7 研究型大学联盟成员，与中国多所高校开展合作，接收来自中国的学生与学者。
• In 2024 the university reported a return to and beyond pre-COVID enrolment levels, with 4,139 new undergraduates and some 1,600 master's students, an overall growth of more than seven per cent.2024 年，该校招生恢复到并超过疫情前水平，新增本科生 4,139 人与硕士生约 1,600 人，整体增长逾百分之七。
• The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences alone saw a 15 per cent rise in enrolment, and the growth translated into an increase of 34 million shekels in university income.仅人文与社会科学学院的招生就增长 15%，这一增长为学校带来 3,400 万谢克尔的收入增加。
• The Kreitman School of Advanced Graduate Studies coordinates master's and doctoral research across the faculties and supports doctoral fellowships and advanced training.克赖特曼高级研究生院统筹各学院的硕士与博士培养，并为博士生奖学金与高级训练提供支持。
• Research at BGU spans engineering, health sciences, natural sciences, desert studies, Israel studies and business, with strong links to Israel's technology sector.该校研究覆盖工程、健康科学、自然科学、沙漠研究、以色列研究与商学，并与以色列科技产业联系紧密。
• The university's annual Ben-Gurion Award honours individuals and organisations whose work reflects the founder's vision, and ten recipients were recognised in the mid-2020s.该校每年的本·古里安奖表彰践行创校人愿景的个人与组织，2020 年代中期有十位获奖者获此殊荣。

Campus

• The university's main campus is the Marcus Family Campus in Beersheba, the largest city of the Negev and the administrative centre of southern Israel.该校主校区是位于贝尔谢巴的马库斯家族校区，该市是内盖夫地区最大城市，也是以色列南部的行政中心。
• BGU operates five campuses, three of them in Beersheba, one at Sede Boqer in the Negev highlands and one in the southern port city of Eilat, spread from the northern Negev to the Red Sea.本·古里安大学设有五个校区，其中三个在贝尔谢巴，一个在内盖夫高地的斯德博克，一个在南部港口城市埃拉特，自北内盖夫延伸到红海之滨。
• The 300-dunam North Campus, adjacent to the Marcus Family Campus, allows the university to expand in fields such as quantum science, robotics, computer science and civil engineering.占地 300 杜纳姆的北校区与马库斯家族校区相邻，使该校得以扩展到量子科学、机器人学、计算机科学与土木工程等领域。
• The Sede Boqer campus hosts the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research and the Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies, in the heart of the Negev, forming the core of the university's desert research base.斯德博克校区位于内盖夫腹地，设有雅各布·布劳斯坦沙漠研究所与阿尔伯特·卡茨沙漠研究国际学院，构成该校沙漠研究的核心基地。
• The Eilat campus extends the university to Israel's southernmost city on the Red Sea, focusing on marine and environmental studies and regional development, complementing the Beersheba campuses.埃拉特校区把该校延伸到红海之滨的以色列最南端城市，侧重海洋与环境研究以及区域发展，与贝尔谢巴各校区相辅相成。
• The Advanced Technologies Park, developed beside the campus in Beersheba, hosts technology companies and start-ups and links the university to industry.在贝尔谢巴校区旁建设的先进技术园区汇集科技企业与初创公司，把大学与产业连接起来。
• BGU's main campus stands in Beersheba near the coordinates 31.25 degrees north and 34.79 degrees east, in the northern Negev desert.本·古里安大学主校区位于贝尔谢巴，坐标约北纬 31.25 度、东经 34.79 度，地处内盖夫沙漠北部。
• The university provides student dormitories and a sports centre on the Marcus Family Campus, supporting a residential student community in Beersheba.该校在马库斯家族校区提供学生宿舍与体育中心，支撑贝尔谢巴的住宿型学生社区。
• The Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Center operates at Sede Boqer, where desert conditions are used to test solar and renewable-energy technologies.本·古里安国家太阳能中心设在斯德博克，利用沙漠条件测试太阳能与可再生能源技术。
• Beersheba, where the main campus stands, is linked to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem by rail and road and has become a centre of Israeli technology and student life.主校区所在的贝尔谢巴通过铁路与公路连接特拉维夫和耶路撒冷，已成为以色列科技与学生生活的中心。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is placed 533rd in the world.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，本·古里安大学位列全球第 533 位。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place BGU in the 551-600 band globally.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将该校列入全球 551 至 600 区间。
• The U.S. News Best Global Universities edition of 2026-2027 ranks the university 540th in the world.在 2026 至 2027 年版美国新闻最佳全球大学排名中，该校位列世界第 540 位。
• The Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026 places BGU in the 401-500 band.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名将该校列入 401 至 500 区间。
• In the QS World University Rankings 2016 the university was ranked 320th in the world, 70th in Asia and fourth in Israel, and it was 31st in the QS Top 50 Under 50.在 2016 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校位居世界第 320、亚洲第 70、以色列第四，并在 QS「50 强 50 年以下」榜单中列第 31 位。
• BGU was ranked between 101st and 150th in computer science by the Academic Ranking of World Universities for four consecutive years up to 2015.在截至 2015 年的连续四年中，该校的计算机科学被软科世界大学学术排名列于第 101 至 150 区间。
• OpenAlex attributes 96,582 works and 5,487,654 citations to the university, reflecting a strong research output in engineering, the life sciences and computer science, with engineering and the life sciences accounting for much of it.OpenAlex 为该校收录 96,582 篇成果、被引 5,487,654 次，显示其在工程、生命科学与计算机科学方面产出强劲，其中工程与生命科学占很大比重。
• The 2016 Marcus bequest of about 400 million dollars doubled the university's endowment, one of the largest single gifts to any Israeli institution.2016 年马库斯夫妇约 4 亿美元的遗赠使该校捐赠基金翻倍，是投向以色列机构的最大单笔捐赠之一。
• BGU is among Israel's younger major research universities and is known for desert research, community medicine in the Negev and collaboration with industry through its technology park.本·古里安大学属以色列较年轻的主要研究型大学，以沙漠研究、内盖夫社区医疗以及通过技术园开展的产业合作著称。
• The university's technology park and industry partnerships place it among Israel's most applied research universities, with start-ups emerging from its engineering and computer science programmes.该校的技术园与产业合作使其成为以色列应用研究最活跃的大学之一，众多初创企业从其工程与计算机科学项目中走出。

Student life

• The university has no formally adopted Latin motto, and its guiding vision, in the words of David Ben-Gurion, is to be a beacon of science and knowledge for the Negev, Israel and the nations of the world, a vision the university recalls each year.该校没有正式采用的拉丁文校训，其指引性愿景借用戴维·本·古里安的话，即成为内盖夫、以色列与世界各国的科学与知识灯塔，学校每年追念这一愿景。
• The Ben-Gurion Award is presented annually to individuals and organisations of exceptional merit, honouring those who embody the university's founding vision, and it is regarded as one of the university's highest honours.本·古里安奖每年授予具有卓越贡献的个人与组织，褒奖践行该校创校愿景者，被视为校内最高荣誉之一。
• The Robert H. Arnow Center for Bedouin Studies and Development and community-medicine programmes connect students with the Bedouin and other communities of the Negev.罗伯特·H. 阿诺贝都因研究与发展中心及社区医疗项目，把学生与内盖夫的贝都因及其他社区联系起来。
• Students from nearly seventy countries study at BGU, and international programmes bring exchange and visiting students to Beersheba and Sede Boqer, giving the campus a distinctly international character.来自近七十个国家的学生在校就读，国际项目把交换生与访问学生带到贝尔谢巴与斯德博克，使校园具有鲜明的国际化色彩。
• A residential student community lives in university dormitories on the Marcus Family Campus, with sports facilities and a sports centre supporting campus life.住宿型学生社区居于马库斯家族校区的学生宿舍，体育设施与体育中心支撑校园生活。
• During the Iron Swords war many BGU students combined academic study with reserve military duty, and the university adjusted its teaching accordingly.在「铁剑行动」战争期间，许多本·古里安大学学生兼顾学业与预备役服役，学校相应调整了教学安排。
• Beersheba, known as the capital of the Negev, has grown into a technology and student city, and the university is central to its cultural and economic life.贝尔谢巴被称为内盖夫之都，已发展为科技与学生之城，该校在其文化与经济生活中居于核心地位。
• The university's desert and environment programmes give students fieldwork experience in the Negev, testing renewable energy, water and desert agriculture technologies.该校的沙漠与环境项目让学生在实地开展研究，测试可再生能源、水资源与沙漠农业技术。
• The university's community-medicine and Bedouin development programmes involve hundreds of students each year in health and education work across the northern Negev.该校的社区医疗与贝都因发展项目每年让数百名学生参与北内盖夫的健康与教育工作。

Notable people

• David Ben-Gurion, the first prime minister of Israel and the university's namesake, held that the future of the country lay in the development of the Negev desert.以色列首任总理、该校同名的戴维·本·古里安认为，国家的未来在于内盖夫沙漠的开发。
• Moshe Prywes, the university's first president from 1973 to 1975, was a physician and medical educator who shaped its early health sciences, guiding its first medical programmes.该校 1973 至 1975 年的首任校长摩西·普里维斯是医生与医学教育家，塑造了其早期健康科学，并主导了该校最早的一批医学课程。
• Yosef Tekoah, president from 1975 to 1981, was a diplomat who had served as Israel's ambassador to the United Nations.1975 至 1981 年任校长的约瑟夫·特夸是外交官，曾任以色列常驻联合国代表。
• Avishay Braverman, president from 1990 to 2006, later served as Israel's Minister of Finance and as a member of the Knesset.1990 至 2006 年任校长的阿维沙伊·布拉韦曼后来出任以色列财政部长并任议员。
• Rivka Carmi, president from 2006 to 2018, was the first woman to head an Israeli university and is a physician and geneticist.2006 至 2018 年任校长的里夫卡·卡尔米是以色列首位领导大学的女性，亦是医生与遗传学家。
• Daniel Chamovitz, a plant geneticist, has served as president of the university since 2019, and Avi Nissenkorn is chairman of the executive council.植物遗传学家丹尼尔·查莫维茨自 2019 年起任该校校长，阿维·尼森科恩则任执行委员会主席。
• Avi Nissenkorn, chairman of the executive council, is a former Minister of Justice of Israel and a former president of the Histadrut labour federation.执行委员会主席阿维·尼森科恩曾任以色列司法部长与以色列总工会主席。
• Orna Barbivai, an alumna, was the first woman to become a major general in the Israel Defense Forces and later served as Minister of Economy, one of the university's most prominent public-service graduates.校友奥尔娜·巴尔比瓦伊是首位晋升以色列国防军少将的女性，其后出任经济部长，是该校最杰出的公共服务校友之一。
• Dovi Frances, a graduate and founder of the investment firm Group 11, has supported the university's artificial intelligence programmes.毕业生、投资公司 Group 11 创办人多维·弗朗西斯支持该校的人工智能项目。
• Tal Zaks, an alumnus, served as chief medical officer of the biotechnology company Moderna during the development of its COVID-19 vaccine.校友塔尔·扎克斯在生物技术公司莫德纳研发新冠疫苗期间担任其首席医学官。
• Ziv Aviram, a graduate, co-founded the automotive technology company Mobileye, an Israeli company that developed advanced driver-assistance systems.毕业生齐夫·阿维拉姆与他人共同创办了汽车技术公司 Mobileye，该公司开发了先进的驾驶辅助系统。
• Alfred Inselberg, who initiated the university's computer science programme in 1978, was a mathematician known for his work on multidimensional visualisation.1978 年创办该校计算机科学项目的阿尔弗雷德·因塞尔贝格，是以多维可视化研究闻名的数学家。
• Howard and Lottie Marcus, whose 2016 bequest of about 400 million dollars was the largest ever to an Israeli university, are commemorated in the name of the Marcus Family Campus.霍华德·马库斯与洛蒂·马库斯夫妇 2016 年约 4 亿美元的遗赠是投向以色列高校的最大一笔，马库斯家族校区即以他们的姓氏命名。