Cardiff University

Cardiff University (Welsh: Prifysgol Caerdydd) is a public research university in Cardiff, Wales, founded in 1883 as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire and the only Welsh member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities.卡迪夫大学（威尔士语：Prifysgol Caerdydd）是位于英国威尔士首府卡迪夫的公立研究型大学，1883 年以「南威尔士与蒙茅斯郡大学学院」之名创办，是罗素集团中唯一来自威尔士的成员。

It enrols 31,505 students as of 2024/25 across 26 academic schools grouped in three colleges, counts two Nobel laureates among its staff, and places 179th in the 2027 QS World University Rankings.学校设 26 个专业学院、分属三个学部，2024/25 学年在校学生 31,505 人，教师中包括两位诺贝尔奖得主，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 179。

History

• The Welsh university movement of the later nineteenth century began at a meeting in London in 1854 convened by Hugh Owen, which produced a proposal for Welsh colleges modelled on the Queen's Colleges of Ireland.19 世纪下半叶的威尔士大学运动始于 1854 年 Hugh Owen 在伦敦召集的会议，会议仿效爱尔兰女王学院提出在威尔士创办大学学院的方案。

• University College Wales at Aberystwyth opened in October 1872 with 26 students, and in October 1875 Welsh chapels raised fresh funds from more than 70,000 contributors.1872 年 10 月，Aberystwyth 的威尔士大学学院开学，首批 26 名学生；1875 年 10 月，威尔士各地教堂从逾 7 万名捐助者中募得新一批款项。

• In August 1880 the government of William Ewart Gladstone appointed a departmental committee chaired by the 1st Baron Aberdare, whose report recommended colleges for North and South Wales and a non-sectarian national university for the country.1880 年 8 月，William Ewart Gladstone 政府任命以第一代 Aberdare 男爵为主席的部门委员会，其报告建议在北威尔士与南威尔士各设一所学院，并为威尔士组建一所非教派的国立大学。

• Cardiff Corporation set up a University College Committee on 12 December 1881, and after arbitration on 12 March 1883 Cardiff prevailed over Swansea, helped by a public appeal that raised £37,000 and by gifts from the 3rd Marquess of Bute and Lord Windsor.1881 年 12 月 12 日，卡迪夫市政厅成立大学学院委员会；1883 年 3 月 12 日经仲裁卡迪夫击败斯旺西，其间公开募捐筹得 37,000 英镑，第三代 Bute 侯爵与 Windsor 勋爵的私人捐赠亦为助力。

• The University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire opened on 24 October 1883 with 13 teachers, 12 subjects, 102 full-time and 49 part-time students, and was incorporated by royal charter in 1884, the first charter in Wales to admit women and to forbid religious tests.1883 年 10 月 24 日，南威尔士与蒙茅斯郡大学学院开学，时有教师 13 人、专业 12 个、全日制学生 102 人、非全日制学生 49 人；1884 年获皇家特许状，为威尔士首份准许女性入学并明令禁止宗教审查的特许状。

• John Viriamu Jones, then 27 years old, was appointed the founding principal, and as the college could not award its own degrees it prepared students for University of London examinations or for Oxford and Cambridge.时年 27 岁的 John Viriamu Jones 获任首任校长；学院当时无权自行授位，学生备考伦敦大学考试或升入牛津、剑桥。

• Aberdare Hall opened in 1885 as the first hall of residence, giving women access to the college, and moved to its current site in 1895 while remaining a single-sex hall.1885 年开院的 Aberdare Hall 是学院首座学生宿舍，为女性入学提供便利，1895 年迁入现址并维持女生宿舍传统至今。

• In 1888 the college joined Aberystwyth and Bangor in seeking a charter for a University of Wales, granted in 1893, when the college became a founding member of the federal university.1888 年，学院与 Aberystwyth、Bangor 两校联合争取威尔士大学特许状，1893 年获颁，学院由此成为联邦制威尔士大学的创始成员。

• In 1901 the corporation gave the college a five-acre site in Cathays Park, construction under the architect W. D. Caröe began in 1905, and the Main Building and the Drapers' Library, now the Science Library, opened on 14 October 1909.1901 年，市政厅将 Cathays 公园五英亩地块赠予学院；1905 年建筑师 W. D. Caröe 主持开工；1909 年 10 月 14 日，主楼与 Drapers 图书馆（今科学图书馆）落成。

• In 1904 the college appointed Millicent Mackenzie as the first female associate professor in the United Kingdom, and in 1910 she became the first female full professor at a fully chartered British university.1904 年，学院聘 Millicent Mackenzie 为英国首位女性副教授；1910 年，她成为英国完全特许大学中首位女性正教授。

• The medical school founded in 1893 was split off in 1931 as the Welsh National School of Medicine and renamed the University of Wales College of Medicine in 1984.1893 年创设的医学院于 1931 年分离出去，组建威尔士国立医学院，1984 年改名威尔士大学医学院。

• The college was renamed University College, Cardiff in 1972, and in 1988, facing financial difficulties and possible insolvency, it merged with the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology to form the University of Wales College of Cardiff under Sir Aubrey Trotman-Dickenson, the former principal of UWIST.1972 年，学院改名卡迪夫大学学院；1988 年，陷入财政困难、一度考虑破产的学院与威尔士大学科技学院（UWIST）合并，组建威尔士大学卡迪夫学院，由 UWIST 前校长 Sir Aubrey Trotman-Dickenson 出任校长。

• In the early 1990s the university's computer systems served as the home of The Internet Movie Database.20 世纪 90 年代初，互联网电影数据库（IMDb）曾设于该校的计算机系统。

• After constitutional changes in 1996 the name became the University of Wales, Cardiff, the Privy Council granted degree-awarding powers in 1997 although they were held in abeyance, and the public name Cardiff University was adopted in 1999.1996 年宪法修订后，学校改名威尔士大学卡迪夫；1997 年枢密院授予学位授予权但暂缓行使；1999 年开始公开使用「卡迪夫大学」之名。

• On 1 August 2004 the college left the University of Wales as an independent link institution, the merger with the University of Wales College of Medicine was completed on 1 December 2004, and a supplemental charter sealed on 11 March 2005 made Cardiff University an independent university awarding its own degrees.2004 年 8 月 1 日，学院退出威尔士大学成为独立联系院校；同年 12 月 1 日，与威尔士大学医学院的合并完成；2005 年 3 月 11 日补充特许状盖印，卡迪夫大学自此成为独立授位大学。

• Students admitted before 2005 received University of Wales degrees, while those admitted afterwards receive Cardiff degrees.2005 年前入学者获授威尔士大学学位，此后入学者获授卡迪夫大学学位。

• In 2005 the North Wales Clinical School opened in Wrexham with local partners, backed by £12.5 million from the Welsh Assembly, and trebled the number of trainee doctors in clinical training in Wales within four years.2005 年，北威尔士临床学校在 Wrexham 开学，与当地机构合办并获威尔士议会 1,250 万英镑资助，四年内使威尔士临床受训医生人数增至三倍。

• The Centre for Lifelong Learning, which had taught for more than 125 years, ended over 250 humanities courses and cut over 100 posts in July 2009, before reintroducing a number of humanities courses on a trial basis from 2010.办学逾 125 年的终身学习中心于 2009 年 7 月停开 250 余门人文学科课程并裁减 100 多个岗位，2010 年起以试办形式恢复部分人文学科。

• In June 2010 the university launched three research institutes, including the Neurosciences and Mental Health Research Institute and the Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute, and the Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC) opened in June 2016 for neuroimaging research.2010 年 6 月，学校设立神经科学与精神健康研究所、癌症干细胞研究所等三家研究所；2016 年 6 月，专事神经成像的卡迪夫大学脑研究成像中心（CUBRIC）启用。

• In January 2025 the university announced an operating deficit of £31.2 million for 2023-24 and plans to cut about 400 academic posts, some 7 per cent of staff, while discontinuing ancient history, modern languages and translation, music, nursing, and religion and theology, and in May 2025 it kept nursing, music and modern languages and agreed to no compulsory redundancies that year.2025 年 1 月，学校公布 2023-24 年度 3,120 万英镑运营赤字，拟削减约 400 个学术岗位（约占员工 7%），并停开古代史、现代语言与翻译、音乐、护理及宗教与神学专业；同年 5 月，学校宣布保留护理、音乐与现代语言专业，并与工会达成当年不实施强制裁员的协议。

• In September 2025 the university opened an international branch campus in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, offering four-year bachelor's degrees in business and STEM subjects with a foundation year.2025 年 9 月，学校在哈萨克斯坦首都 Astana 开设国际分校，开设含预科的商科与 STEM 四年制学士项目。

Academics

• The university's 26 academic schools are grouped into three colleges: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences, and Physical Sciences and Engineering.全校 26 个专业学院分属三个学部：艺术、人文与社会科学学部，生物医学与生命科学学部，以及物理科学与工程学部。

• The first college ranges from Cardiff Business School and the Schools of Law and Politics, Modern Languages, Music, and English, Communication and Philosophy to the Schools of History, Archaeology and Religion, Geography and Planning, Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Social Sciences and Welsh.艺术、人文与社会科学学部涵盖卡迪夫商学院及法律与政治、现代语言、音乐、英语传播与哲学、历史考古与宗教、地理与规划、新闻传媒与文化研究、社会科学与威尔士研究等学院。

• The Biomedical and Life Sciences college brings together the schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Healthcare Sciences, Biosciences, Optometry and Vision Sciences, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Psychology, together with the Wales Deanery for postgraduate medical and dental education.生物医学与生命科学学部汇聚医学、牙科、卫生科学、生物科学、视光学与视觉科学、药学与制药科学及心理学等学院，并辖威尔士研究生医学与牙科教育机构。

• The Physical Sciences and Engineering college covers Architecture, Chemistry, Computer Science and Informatics, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics and Astronomy.物理科学与工程学部下设建筑、化学、计算机科学与信息、地球与环境科学、工程、数学及物理与天文等学院。

• A Doctoral Academy brings together four former discipline-based graduate schools and the postgraduate research activity of the Graduate Centre.博士学院整合原有四个学科型研究生院与研究生中心的研究生培养职能。

• As of 2024/25 the university enrolled 31,505 students, comprising 24,645 undergraduates and 6,860 postgraduates, of whom 5,040 were international students from 142 countries.2024/25 学年，学校在校学生 31,505 人，其中本科生 24,645 人、研究生 6,860 人，国际学生 5,040 人，来自 142 个国家。

• Its alumni network numbers 205,000 across 202 countries, and the university is the 21st largest in the United Kingdom by student numbers.校友网络达 205,000 人、遍布 202 个国家，学校学生规模居英国第 21 位。

• Academic staff numbered 3,880 and administrative staff 3,630 in 2024/25.2024/25 学年，专任教师 3,880 人，行政人员 3,630 人。

• In the Research Excellence Framework 2021, 90 per cent of the university's research was judged world-leading or internationally excellent, placing it 19th in the UK for overall quality and 14th for research power.在 2021 年英国科研卓越评估框架（REF）中，学校 90% 的研究成果获评世界领先或国际优秀，整体质量居英国第 19 位、科研实力居第 14 位。

• QS subject rankings in 2021 placed communication and media studies 28th in the world and architecture and built environment 37th, with psychology 59th and dentistry, civil and structural engineering, mineral and mining engineering, geography, social policy and administration, pharmacy and pharmacology, English language and literature and sociology all inside the global top 100.2021 年 QS 学科排名中，传播与媒体研究居世界第 28 位、建筑与建成环境第 37 位、心理学第 59 位，牙科、土木与结构工程、矿物与采矿工程、地理、社会政策与管理、药学与药理学、英语语言文学及社会学均入全球前 100。

• Research platforms include the Cardiff Catalysis Institute, directed by Royal Society fellow Graham Hutchings, the Sustainable Places Research Institute, the Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute and CUBRIC.科研平台包括皇家学会会士 Graham Hutchings 主持的卡迪夫催化研究所、可持续场所研究所、癌症干细胞研究所与脑研究成像中心（CUBRIC）等。

• As of 2023 its academics included 17 fellows of the Royal Society, 11 fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering, seven of the British Academy, 21 of the Academy of Medical Sciences and 32 of the Academy of Social Sciences.截至 2023 年，该校学者中有皇家学会会士 17 人、皇家工程院院士 11 人、英国国家学术院院士 7 人、医学科学院院士 21 人、社会科学院院士 32 人。

• For the year ended 31 July 2024 total income was £638 million, including £328.3 million from tuition fees and education contracts, £126.6 million from research grants and contracts and £83.2 million in funding body grants, with endowments of £53.1 million and total net assets of £852.6 million.截至 2024 年 7 月 31 日的财年，学校总收入 6.38 亿英镑，其中学费与教育合同收入 3.283 亿英镑、科研经费收入 1.266 亿英镑、拨款 8,320 万英镑；年末捐赠基金 5,310 万英镑，净资产 8.526 亿英镑。

• Applications through the main scheme for 2025 entry reached 45,735 with 7,405 offers accepted, an overall offer rate of 72.5 per cent, and the university is designated a high-tariff institution by the Department for Education.2025 年入学本科申请共 45,735 份，发放录取 7,405 份，总录取率 72.5%；学校被英国教育部列为高门槛院校。

• The university has won seven Queen's Anniversary Prizes, its research grants and contracts exceed £126 million a year, and it ranks second in the Russell Group for intellectual property licences granted to non-commercial organisations in 2023/24.学校七度获女王周年奖，年科研经费逾 1.26 亿英镑；2023/24 年度，其向非营利组织授予的知识产权许可数居罗素集团第二。

• Some 94 per cent of its graduates were in employment or further study 15 months after finishing their courses, according to the Graduate Outcomes survey for 2023/24.据 2023/24 年度毕业生去向调查，94% 的毕业生在结业 15 个月后处于就业或继续深造状态。

Campus

• Academic facilities centre on Cathays Park in central Cardiff, close to the city centre and beside Cathays railway station.教学设施以卡迪夫市中心的 Cathays 公园为核心，紧邻市中心与 Cathays 火车站。

• The grade II* listed Main Building houses the university's administration and the Science Library, formerly known as the Drapers' Library.英国二级星登录建筑主楼设有学校行政机构与科学图书馆，其前身为 Drapers 图书馆。

• The grade II listed Bute Building is home to the Welsh School of Architecture, while the grade I listed Glamorgan Building houses the Schools of Planning and Geography and of Social Sciences.二级登录建筑 Bute 大楼为威尔士建筑学院所在地，一级登录建筑 Glamorgan 大楼则设规划地理学院与社会科学学院。

• The Redwood Building, named in 1979 after the Redwood family of Boverton, houses the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.Redwood 大楼于 1979 年以 Boverton 的 Redwood 家族命名，现为药学与制药科学学院所在。

• The Schools of Engineering and of Physics and Astronomy occupy the Queen's Buildings off Newport Road, computer science and mathematics are based at the Abacws Building, and the School of Journalism, Media and Culture sits at 2 Central Square.工程学院与物理天文学院设于 Newport 路旁的 Queen's Buildings，计算机科学与数学学院入驻 Abacws 大楼，新闻传媒与文化学院则位于 2 Central Square。

• The Heath Park campus, based at the University Hospital of Wales, houses the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences.以威尔士大学医院为依托的 Heath Park 校区设有医学、牙科与卫生科学学院。

• Most sports facilities are concentrated in the training village of the Talybont Halls complex, with a fitness and squash centre near Cathays Park, playing fields near Llanrumney, and the nearby Principality Stadium used for the annual varsity rugby match.体育设施多集中于 Talybont 宿舍区的训练村，Cathays 公园附近另设健身与壁球中心，Llanrumney 附近有大片运动场，一年一度的校际橄榄球赛则借邻近的 Principality 体育场举行。

• The urban campus lies at 51.49 degrees north and 3.18 degrees west, and its Students' Union building stands near Cathays Park next to Cathays railway station.这座城市型校园位于北纬 51.49 度、西经 3.18 度，学生会大楼就在 Cathays 公园旁、Cathays 火车站侧。

Reputation

• Cardiff University places 179th in the 2027 QS World University Rankings, joint 257th in the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings and in the 201-300 band of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities.卡迪夫大学在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 179，在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中并列第 257，在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中处于 201 至 300 区间。

• It is the only Welsh member of the Russell Group, the association of 24 research-intensive British universities.学校是罗素集团中唯一的威尔士成员，该集团由 24 所英国研究密集型大学组成。

• US News ranked it joint 168th among Best Global Universities in 2021, the SCImago Institutions Rankings placed it 164th and the Center for World University Rankings 159th.2021 年，《美国新闻与世界报道》将其列为全球最佳大学第 168，SCImago 机构排名第 164，世界大学排名中心第 159。

• OpenAlex records 134,281 works by the university that have drawn 14,400,330 citations.OpenAlex 收录学校论文 134,281 篇，被引 14,400,330 次。

• Two Nobel laureates have served on its staff: Sir Martin Evans, winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, and Robert Huber, winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.曾有两位诺贝尔奖得主执教于此：2007 年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖得主 Sir Martin Evans 与 1988 年诺贝尔化学奖得主 Robert Huber。

• Domestic league tables place the university equal 27th in the Complete University Guide, 32nd in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide and 43rd in the Guardian.英国国内榜单方面，学校在完全大学指南并列第 27，在《泰晤士报》与《星期日泰晤士报》优秀大学指南列第 32，在《卫报》列第 43。

• It was ranked 12th among British universities for employability in the 2026 Times Good University Guide, and 82 per cent of students reported overall satisfaction in the latest National Student Survey.在 2026 年《泰晤士》优秀大学指南中，学校就业力居英国第 12；最近一次全国学生调查中，82% 的学生对学习体验总体满意。

• In 2013 the charity Stonewall named it one of the best British universities for supporting LGBT students, the only university in Wales to achieve top marks in its checklist.2013 年，慈善组织 Stonewall 将其评为最支持 LGBT 学生的英国大学之一，也是威尔士唯一在其核查清单中获满分的大学。

• Academics and alumni of the university have included four heads of state or government.该校的学者与校友中出过四位国家元首或政府首脑。

Student life

• The motto is Gwirionedd, Undod a Chytgord, Welsh for Truth, Unity and Concord, taken from the prayer for the Church Militant in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.校训为威尔士语「Gwirionedd，Undod a Chytgord」，意为「真理、团结与和谐」，出自 1662 年英国公祷书中战斗教会的祷文。

• The coat of arms, granted by the College of Arms in 1988 after the merger with UWIST, bears an angel and a Welsh dragon as supporters, a feature rarely granted to universities, and three chevrons from the arms of the de Clare lords of Glamorgan.1988 年与 UWIST 合并后由英国纹章院授予的盾徽，以天使与威尔士红龙为扶盾者——此等殊遇极少授予大学，盾面上的三枚人字纹则出自 Glamorgan 领主 de Clare 家族的纹章。

• The university maintains 15 student halls and a number of student houses across Cardiff, providing 5,362 places, and guarantees every first-year student a place in university-managed halls.学校在卡迪夫全市运营 15 座学生宿舍及多处住宅，共提供 5,362 个床位，并保证每位一年级新生入住校管宿舍。

• The halls range from the Gothic Aberdare Hall of 1895 to the modern Talybont Gate Building completed in 2014.宿舍风格跨越百年，从 1895 年的哥特式 Aberdare Hall 到 2014 年落成的现代化 Talybont Gate 大楼不一而足。

• The Welsh Varsity, the annual contest against Swansea University, began in 1997 as a rugby match at Cardiff Arms Park and has grown into the second biggest varsity event in the United Kingdom after Oxford and Cambridge, with proceeds going to charity.一年一度的「威尔士校际赛」与斯旺西大学对阵，始于 1997 年在 Cardiff Arms Park 举行的一场橄榄球赛，现已成长为仅次于牛津、剑桥的英国第二大校际赛事，收益悉数捐作慈善。

• The centrepiece rugby match is played at the Principality Stadium before crowds that can exceed 18,000, and the week-long programme includes the Welsh Boat Race and more than 30 sports.赛事重头戏橄榄球在 Principality 体育场举行，观众可逾 18,000 人；为期一周的赛程还包括威尔士赛艇对抗赛等 30 多个项目。

• The Students' Union near Cathays Park is run by seven full-time officers elected by the student body and is affiliated to the National Union of Students, running shops, bars, cafes and a night club.位于 Cathays 公园旁的学生会由学生选举的七名全职干事主理，加盟英国全国学生联合会，经营商店、酒吧、咖啡厅与夜总会。

• Student media include Gair Rhydd, a free newspaper issued every Monday of term, the monthly arts and lifestyle magazine Quench, the student television channel CUTV and the student radio station Xpress Radio.学生媒体包括学期中每周一免费发行的《Gair Rhydd》报、月度艺术生活杂志《Quench》、学生电视台 CUTV 与学生电台 Xpress Radio。

• The union supports more than 200 societies and the Athletic Union oversees 70 sports clubs, while about 1,000 students volunteer for local community service each year.学生会下辖 200 多个社团，体育联盟统辖 70 个运动俱乐部；每年约 1,000 名学生参与本地社区志愿服务。

Notable people

• Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, chaired the 1880 committee whose report led to the college's foundation and became its first president in 1883.第一代 Aberdare 男爵 Henry Bruce 主持 1880 年委员会，其报告直接催生学院，1883 年出任首任会长。

• John Viriamu Jones, the founding principal, led the college from 1883 to 1901.首任校长 John Viriamu Jones 于 1883 至 1901 年主持校政。

• Ernest Howard Griffiths, a physicist, served as principal from 1901 to 1918, and C. W. L. Bevan followed from 1966 to 1987 across the college's renaming in 1972.物理学家 Ernest Howard Griffiths 于 1901 至 1918 年任校长；C. W. L. Bevan 则自 1966 年执掌至 1987 年，历经 1972 年改名。

• Sir Aubrey Trotman-Dickenson, principal of UWIST from 1968 to 1988, became the first principal of the merged institution in 1988.1968 至 1988 年任 UWIST 校长的 Sir Aubrey Trotman-Dickenson，1988 年出任合并后机构的首任校长。

• Wendy Larner, President and Vice-Chancellor since 2023, is the university's current chief executive.Wendy Larner 自 2023 年起任校长（President and Vice-Chancellor），为学校现任行政首长。

• Sir Martin Evans, a Cardiff professor, shared the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries on introducing gene modifications in mice through embryonic stem cells.本校教授 Sir Martin Evans 因经胚胎干细胞改造小鼠基因的发现，分享 2007 年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖。

• Robert Huber, professor of chemistry at Cardiff, won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for determining the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre.本校化学教授 Robert Huber 因测定光合反应中心的三维结构获 1988 年诺贝尔化学奖。

• Graham Hutchings FRS, professor of physical chemistry, directs the Cardiff Catalysis Institute.皇家学会会士、物理化学教授 Graham Hutchings 主持卡迪夫催化研究所。

• Barham Salih, President of Iraq and former prime minister of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, is among the university's alumni in public life, as are Welsh first ministers Mark Drakeford and Vaughan Gething.伊拉克总统、伊拉克库尔德地区前总理 Barham Salih 是该校政界校友，威尔士首席部长 Mark Drakeford 与 Vaughan Gething 亦出本校。

• Roy Jenkins, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary and President of the European Commission who later became Chancellor of the University of Oxford, studied at the college without graduating.曾任英国财政大臣、内政大臣、欧盟委员会主席，后任牛津大学校长的 Roy Jenkins 曾就读本校但未毕业。

• Neil Kinnock, former leader of the Labour Party and the opposition and later a vice president of the European Commission, has also served as president of Cardiff University.前工党领袖、反对党领袖，后任欧盟委员会副主席的 Neil Kinnock 亦曾出任卡迪夫大学校长。

• Business alumni include Spencer Dale, chief economist of the Bank of England, Andrew Gould, former chairman and CEO of Schlumberger, BT Group chief executive Philip Jansen, National Grid chief executive John Pettigrew, Baker Hughes chief executive Lorenzo Simonelli and Specsavers co-founder Dame Mary Perkins.商界校友包括英格兰银行首席经济学家 Spencer Dale、Schlumberger 前董事长兼首席执行官 Andrew Gould、BT Group 首席执行官 Philip Jansen、National Grid 首席执行官 John Pettigrew、Baker Hughes 首席执行官 Lorenzo Simonelli 与 Specsavers 联合创始人 Dame Mary Perkins。

• Jiang Heping, executive director of the CCTV Sports Programming Centre and controller of CCTV-5, is one of its alumni in journalism.央视体育节目中心执行主任兼体育频道总监 Jiang Heping（江和平）亦为该校新闻界校友。

• In the arts the university counts BBC newsreader Huw Edwards, documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield, poet Gillian Clarke and composer Karl Jenkins among its alumni, while in sport it claims Wales rugby internationals Jamie Roberts and Gareth Davies and former WBO light heavyweight world champion Nathan Cleverly.文艺界校友包括 BBC 新闻主播 Huw Edwards、纪录片导演 Nick Broomfield、诗人 Gillian Clarke 与作曲家 Karl Jenkins；体育界则有威尔士橄榄国脚 Jamie Roberts、Gareth Davies 与前 WBO 轻重量级世界拳王 Nathan Cleverly。