Bielefeld University

Bielefeld University (German: Universität Bielefeld) is a public research university in the city of Bielefeld, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany, founded in 1969 as one of the country's new "reform universities".比勒费尔德大学（德语：Universität Bielefeld）是位于德国西部北莱茵-威斯特法伦州比勒费尔德市的一所公立研究型大学，1969 年创办，为德国「改革大学」之一。

It enrols around 25,000 students across 13 faculties that span the humanities, natural sciences, social sciences and technology, and employs more than 280 professors among some 2,700 staff members.该校设 13 个学院，涵盖人文、自然科学、社会科学与技术，在校生约 25,000 人，拥有 280 余名教授、约 2,700 名教职员工。

Its interdisciplinary single-building campus, and its Faculty of Sociology, one of the largest in Europe, have given the university a distinctive profile within German higher education.其跨学科的单体校园建筑与全欧规模最大的社会学学院之一，使该校在德国高等教育中形成鲜明特色。

History

• The university was created in 1969 as part of a wave of new "reform universities" launched by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia to break with the traditional German university model.该校于 1969 年创办，是北莱茵-威斯特法伦州为突破德国传统大学模式而设立的「改革大学」浪潮的一部分。
• Planning began in the mid-1960s, and on 1 October 1968 Niklas Luhmann was appointed the institution's first full professor, taking the Chair of General Sociology before teaching formally opened.筹备工作始于 1960 年代中期，1968 年 10 月 1 日尼克拉斯·卢曼受聘出任该校首位正教授，在正式开课前执掌普通社会学教席。
• Teaching began in the 1969/70 winter semester, and the Faculty of Sociology founded alongside the university became the first independent sociology faculty in Germany.教学于 1969/70 学年冬季学期启动，与大学同期创办的社会学学院成为德国第一个独立的社会学学院。
• In 1968 the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) was founded as a research institute that gathers fellows from across disciplines to work together on joint projects.1968 年，跨学科研究中心（ZiF）成立，作为汇聚各学科研究人员合作开展课题的科研机构。
• During the founding phase a Faculty of History was established that gave rise to the internationally influential "Bielefeld School" of social history, associated above all with Hans-Ulrich Wehler.建校阶段设立的历史学院孕育了国际上颇具影响力的「比勒费尔德学派」社会史，其代表人物首推汉斯-乌尔里希·韦勒。
• Reinhart Koselleck held the Chair of Theory of History at Bielefeld from 1973 to 1988, laying the foundations of the university's reputation in conceptual history.莱因哈特·科泽勒克于 1973 至 1988 年任比勒费尔德大学历史理论教席，奠定了该校在概念史领域的声誉。
• Education reformer Hartmut von Hentig founded the Laborschule and the Oberstufen-Kolleg in 1974 as laboratory schools that link educational research directly with everyday teaching.教育改革家哈特穆特·冯·亨蒂希于 1974 年创办实验学校（Laborschule）与高级中学（Oberstufen-Kolleg），将教育研究与日常教学直接结合。
• Linguist Harald Weinrich served on the founding committee that shaped the new university's early academic structure from 1969 onward.语言学家哈拉尔德·魏因里希自 1969 年起担任建校委员会成员，参与塑造新大学的早期学术架构。
• Bielefeld was among the first German universities to convert faculties such as biology to bachelor's and master's degrees after the 1999 Bologna Declaration.1999 年博洛尼亚宣言之后，比勒费尔德大学是德国最早把生物学等院系改为学士与硕士学制的大学之一。
• In 1998 the university established the Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec) as a central scientific institution for genome research and systems biology.1998 年，该校成立生物技术中心（CeBiTec），作为基因组研究与系统生物学的核心科研机构。
• In 2004 the university library launched BASE, the Bielefeld Academic Search Engine, an open search service that indexes scholarly metadata from repositories worldwide.2004 年，大学图书馆推出比勒费尔德学术检索引擎（BASE），作为索引全球机构库学术元数据的开放检索服务。
• In its session of 12 July 2006 the university senate voted to introduce tuition fees of 500 euros per semester from 2007, triggering weeks of student protest.2006 年 7 月 12 日的大学评议会表决通过自 2007 年起每学期收取 500 欧元学费，随即引发数周学生抗议。
• Protesting students occupied the central hall and the president's office for over a month, and the university president Dieter Timmermann became a particular target of the campaign.抗议学生占领中央大厅和校长办公室一个多月，时任校长迪特·蒂默曼成为抗议的主要针对对象。
• In 2007 the Center of Excellence CITEC, dedicated to Cognitive Interaction Technology, was established with funding from the German Research Foundation under the national Excellence Initiative.2007 年，专注认知交互技术的卓越中心 CITEC 依托德国研究联合会在国家卓越计划下的资助成立。
• Tuition fees in North Rhine-Westphalia were abolished again for the 2011/12 winter semester, bringing the brief fee period at Bielefeld to an end.北莱茵-威斯特法伦州的学费制度于 2011/12 学年冬季学期再度废除，比勒费尔德大学短暂的收费期就此结束。
• The Oberstufen-Kolleg received the Robert Bosch Foundation's German School Award in 2010 for its innovative integration of migrant students into the school.高级中学（Oberstufen-Kolleg）因创新性地接纳移民学生，于 2010 年获罗伯特·博世基金会颁发的「德国学校奖」。
• The university marked its 50th anniversary in 2019 with public events tracing its development from a reform experiment to a research-intensive institution.2019 年，该校举办 50 周年校庆，回顾其从改革实验走向研究密集型大学的发展历程。
• Bielefeld is among the first German universities to pursue open access to research, with its library helping to shape national open-science policy.比勒费尔德大学是德国最早推行科研开放获取的大学之一，其图书馆参与塑造了全国开放科学政策。
• Since 2024 the university has coordinated NEOLAiA, a European University alliance of nine institutions that runs through 2027.自 2024 年起，该校牵头协调由九所院校组成的欧洲大学联盟 NEOLAiA，项目持续至 2027 年。
• Angelika Epple, a historian of globalisation and global history, has served as Rector of Bielefeld University since 1 October 2023.研究全球化与全球史的历史学者安格莉卡·埃普尔自 2023 年 10 月 1 日起担任比勒费尔德大学校长。
• A multi-phase modernisation programme with planned investment of more than one billion euros is scheduled for completion by 2025.一项分多阶段推进、计划投资逾 10 亿欧元的现代化工程预计于 2025 年前完工。
• By the 1970s the Faculty of Sociology had grown into one of the largest in Europe, making Bielefeld a centre for sociological theory and interdisciplinary social research.到 1970 年代，社会学学院已发展为欧洲规模最大的学院之一，使比勒费尔德成为社会学理论与跨学科社会研究的中心。

Academics

• The university is organised into 13 faculties covering Biology, Chemistry, Educational Science, History, Health Sciences, Linguistics and Literary Studies, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology and Sports Science, Law, Sociology, Technology, and Business Administration and Economics.该校设 13 个学院，包括生物学、化学、教育学、历史学、健康科学、语言学与文学研究、数学、物理学、心理学与体育科学、法学、社会学、技术学以及工商管理与经济学。
• Its Faculty of Sociology, founded with the university in 1969, is one of the largest and most research-intensive sociology faculties in Europe.其社会学学院与大学同在 1969 年创办，是欧洲规模最大、研究最密集的社会学学院之一。
• The Faculty of Sociology and the Faculty of History together established the "Bielefeld School", a landmark in German social history and conceptual history.社会学学院与历史学院共同奠定了「比勒费尔德学派」在德国社会史与概念史中的里程碑地位。
• The Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) hosts visiting fellows who pursue joint projects across disciplinary boundaries, and it remains a model for German research institutes.跨学科研究中心（ZiF）接纳访问学者开展跨学科合作课题，至今仍是德国科研机构的典范。
• The Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec) conducts genome research and systems biology at Bielefeld and operates the university's genome sequencing facilities.生物技术中心（CeBiTec）在比勒费尔德开展基因组研究与系统生物学，并运营大学的基因组测序平台。
• CITEC, the Cognitive Interaction Technology Center of Excellence, researches human-machine interaction and robotics with a substantial research budget.卓越中心 CITEC 专注认知交互技术，在较大科研预算下研究人机交互与机器人技术。
• The Research Institute for Cognition and Robotics (CoR-Lab) links computer science, psychology and engineering to study intelligent technical systems.认知与机器人研究所（CoR-Lab）联结计算机科学、心理学与工程学，研究智能技术系统。
• The Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence (IKG) examines the causes and dynamics of collective violence through empirical social research.跨学科冲突与暴力研究所（IKG）通过实证社会研究考察集体暴力的成因与动态。
• Around 280 professors and some 2,700 staff teach and support roughly 25,000 students in more than 100 study programmes.约 280 名教授与 2,700 名教职员工在 100 多个专业中为大约 25,000 名学生提供教学与支持。
• Since the founding, faculty members have taught courses in their own research areas, reflecting the university's aim to reunite research and teaching.自建校以来，该校教师一直在自身研究领域开课，体现其「重新统一科研与教学」的宗旨。
• Teacher training, established during the 1970s, remains a core mission, and degrees in teaching are offered across the faculties.始于 1970 年代的师范教育至今仍是核心使命，各学院均开设师范类学位。
• Bielefeld confers doctoral degrees and habilitations, and its Graduate School supports early-career researchers across the disciplines.比勒费尔德大学可授予博士学位与教授资格，其研究生院为各学科青年研究者提供支持。
• The university library holds more than 2.2 million volumes and offers extended opening hours on the main campus.大学图书馆藏书逾 220 万册，并在主校区提供延长开放时间。
• BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine), developed at the library, aggregates metadata from scientific repositories worldwide using open web technologies.由图书馆开发的 BASE 检索引擎使用开放网络技术，汇聚全球科研机构库的元数据。
• The Laborschule and Oberstufen-Kolleg are laboratory schools integrated with the university, where researchers and teachers co-design lessons and evaluate the results.实验学校（Laborschule）与高级中学（Oberstufen-Kolleg）是与大学一体的实验学校，研究者与教师共同设计课程并评估成效。
• Interdisciplinary research is a founding principle, supported by a single connected building that physically brings all faculties together under one roof.跨学科研究是建校原则之一，其连成一体的单体建筑在空间上把各学院汇聚于同一个屋顶之下。
• The Centre for Interamerican Studies (CIAS) and the Institute for the Simulation of Complex Systems (ISKOS) are among the university's further interdisciplinary research institutes.美洲研究中心（CIAS）与复杂系统仿真研究所（ISKOS）是该校另外两个跨学科研究机构。
• The Institute of Mathematical Economics (IMW) conducts theoretical and empirical research in economics, game theory and the social sciences.数理经济研究所（IMW）在经济、博弈论与社会科学领域开展理论与实证研究。

Campus

• The campus lies in the west of Bielefeld beside the Teutoburg Forest, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in the north-west of Germany.校园位于比勒费尔德西部、托伊托堡森林之畔，地处德国西北部北莱茵-威斯特法伦州。
• The functional concrete main building, which houses all faculties, institutes and the large library, has an area of 154,000 square metres and is one of the largest structures in Europe.这座函数主义风格的混凝土主楼容纳全部学院、研究所与大型图书馆，建筑面积达 154,000 平方米，是欧洲最大的建筑之一。
• Because all disciplines sit under one roof, the architecture itself is intended to encourage contact between researchers and students in different fields.由于所有学科同处一个屋顶之下，建筑本身即以促进不同领域研究者与学生交流为设计意图。
• The university library occupies most of the first floor of the main building and is open every day of the year, until 01:00 on weekdays.大学图书馆占据主楼一层的大部分，全年每天开放，工作日开放至凌晨 1 点。
• The campus is about ten minutes from the city centre by tram (Line 4), and the nearest airport, Paderborn/Lippstadt, lies some 50 kilometres to the south-east.校园乘 4 号线有轨电车约 10 分钟可达市中心，最近的帕德博恩/利普施塔特机场位于东南方约 50 公里处。
• Intercity trains running between Cologne/Bonn and Berlin stop regularly at Bielefeld, connecting the campus with major German cities.往返科隆/波恩与柏林之间的城际列车定期停靠比勒费尔德，将校园与德国主要城市相连。
• The Audimax, completed in 2001, is the university's largest lecture hall, while the modernisation programme adds new buildings through 2025.2001 年落成的 Audimax 是该校最大的讲堂，而现代化工程则在 2025 年前陆续增建新楼。
• Student services on campus include dining halls, sports facilities, and the buildings of the integrated laboratory schools.校园内的学生服务包括食堂、体育设施以及与大学一体的实验学校建筑。
• Campus dining and student residence halls are managed by the Studierendenwerk Bielefeld, the regional student services organisation.校园餐饮与学生宿舍由比勒费尔德大学生服务中心（Studierendenwerk）管理，负责本地区的学生服务。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings, Bielefeld University is placed in the 1001 to 1200 band globally, a tied range for this cycle.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，比勒费尔德大学位列全球第 1001-1200 位区间（并列区间）。
• Bielefeld did not enter the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, so only the QS placement applies for that cycle.比勒费尔德大学未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名，该年度仅以 QS 名次为准。
• It ranked 710th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking, placing it among the world's leading research universities.该校在 2026-2027 年度《美国新闻》全球最佳大学排名中位列第 710 位，居世界领先研究型大学之列。
• In the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai Ranking), Bielefeld is placed in the 801 to 900 band.在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中，比勒费尔德大学位于 801-900 位区间。
• In 2017 the Times Higher Education Young University Rankings placed Bielefeld 22nd in the world among institutions under 50 years old.2017 年泰晤士高等教育年轻大学排名中，比勒费尔德大学在 50 年以下建校的高校中位列全球第 22 位。
• In mathematics, the 2018 Academic Ranking of World Universities placed Bielefeld among the four best universities in Germany and 101 to 150 worldwide.在数学学科上，2018 年软科世界大学学术排名将比勒费尔德列为德国四强、全球第 101-150 位。
• In its 2011 subject tables the Times Higher Education placed Bielefeld among the top 50 universities in engineering and technology.2011 年泰晤士高等教育的学科排名中，比勒费尔德大学工程与技术领域跻身全球前 50。
• OpenAlex records 63,478 scholarly works by Bielefeld affiliated authors with 3,364,874 cumulative citations, a strong research output for its size.OpenAlex 收录比勒费尔德大学作者学术成果 63,478 篇，累计被引 3,364,874 次，在同类规模高校中科研产出突出。
• Bielefeld researchers have repeatedly won the German Research Foundation's Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, the country's most important research award.比勒费尔德大学的研究者多次获得德国研究联合会的戈特弗里德·威廉·莱布尼茨奖，为德国最重要的科研奖项。
• In an earlier edition of the QS World University Rankings, published in 2024, Bielefeld was placed in the 951 to 1000 band and 45th among German universities.在 2024 年发布的较早一届 QS 世界大学排名中，比勒费尔德大学位于 951-1000 位区间，在德国高校中列第 45 位。
• In the German Centre for Higher Education Development's excellence ranking for European graduate programmes, Bielefeld was placed in the excellence group for mathematics.在德国高等教育发展研究中心的欧洲研究生项目卓越排名中，比勒费尔德大学被列入数学学科卓越组。

Student life

• Bielefeld University has no formal Latin motto, instead describing its guiding approach as "Transcending Boundaries", a phrase used across its research communications.比勒费尔德大学没有正式的拉丁文校训，而以「跨越边界」概括其治学理念，该表述广泛见于其科研传播之中。
• Since the abolition of tuition in the 2011/12 winter semester, study is free, and students pay only a semester contribution that includes a statewide public transport ticket.自 2011/12 学年冬季学期废除学费后，就读免费，学生仅需缴纳包含全州公共交通票的学期注册费。
• Students are represented by a student parliament (Studierendenparlament) and the AStA, which run services, events and political advocacy.学生由学生议会与 AStA 代表，负责运营服务、活动和政治倡议。
• Campus life centres on the single main building, where a canteen, the library and departmental coffee bars draw students from all faculties into shared spaces.校园生活以单体主楼为中心，食堂、图书馆与各系咖啡吧把各学院学生汇聚到共享空间中。
• The "Bielefeld conspiracy", a satirical claim that the city does not exist, originated in 1994 in a post attributed to a Bielefeld University student.讽刺性的「比勒费尔德阴谋论」——宣称这座城市并不存在——源自 1994 年一篇据称出自比勒费尔德大学学生之手的帖子。
• The Laborschule and Oberstufen-Kolleg give university students regular contact with school pupils and teachers through shared research projects.实验学校与高级中学通过共同课题，让大学生与中小学生及教师保持经常性互动。
• A campus sports programme (Hochschulsport) offers recreation and competitive sport, while AStA-organised events mark the rhythm of the academic year.校园体育项目（Hochschulsport）提供休闲与竞技运动，AStA 组织的活动则标示着学年的节奏。
• Bielefeld's location beside the Teutoburg Forest shapes student leisure, with hiking and cycling routes starting directly from the campus.比勒费尔德地处托伊托堡森林之畔，这一区位塑造了学生的休闲方式，远足与骑行路线自校园直接出发。

Notable people

• Niklas Luhmann, appointed the university's first full professor in 1968, developed his systems theory at Bielefeld and was awarded the Hegel Prize of the city of Stuttgart in 1988.尼克拉斯·卢曼于 1968 年获聘该校首位正教授，在比勒费尔德发展出系统论，并于 1988 年获斯图加特市黑格尔奖。
• Hans-Ulrich Wehler, a founding figure of the "Bielefeld School" of social history, made the university a centre of German social and historical research.汉斯-乌尔里希·韦勒是「比勒费尔德学派」社会史的奠基人物，使该校成为德国社会史与历史研究的重镇。
• Reinhart Koselleck, Professor of Theory of History from 1973 to 1988, received the History Prize of the City of Münster in 2003 for his work in conceptual history.莱因哈特·科泽勒克 1973 至 1988 年任历史理论教授，凭概念史研究于 2003 年获明斯特市历史学奖。
• Sociologist Norbert Elias, author of "The Civilizing Process", spent his final years attached to Bielefeld University, where he continued research and supervision.社会学家诺伯特·埃利亚斯是《文明的进程》的作者，晚年任教于比勒费尔德大学，继续从事研究与指导学生。
• Education reformer Hartmut von Hentig founded the Laborschule and the Oberstufen-Kolleg in 1974 and gave the university its distinctive link between schooling and research.教育改革家哈特穆特·冯·亨蒂希于 1974 年创办实验学校与高级中学，为该校确立了独树一帜的学校—研究结合模式。
• Linguist Harald Weinrich, a member of the founding committee from 1969, helped design the new university's academic structure in its earliest years.语言学家哈拉尔德·魏因里希自 1969 年起任建校委员会成员，参与规划新大学初创期的学术架构。
• Dieter Timmermann, university president during the 2006 tuition-fee protests, became a focal point of student demonstrations over the introduction of fees.迪特·蒂默曼在 2006 年学费抗议期间任校长，因引入学费而成为学生示威的焦点人物。
• Angelika Epple, a historian of globalisation and global history, has led the university as Rector since 1 October 2023.研究全球化与全球史的历史学者安格莉卡·埃普尔自 2023 年 10 月 1 日起担任校长，领导该校。
• Jürgen Kocka, a leading historian of the Bielefeld School, taught at the university and helped define its approach to social history.于尔根·科卡是「比勒费尔德学派」的领军历史学家，在该校任教并参与界定其社会史研究路径。
• Yao Li-ming, a Taiwanese political scientist who later became a prominent politician in the Republic of China (Taiwan), studied at Bielefeld University.政治学者姚立明后来成为中华民国（台湾）知名政治人物，曾就读于比勒费尔德大学。