Colorado State University

Colorado State University (CSU) is a public land-grant research university in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States, and the flagship campus of the three-institution Colorado State University System.科罗拉多州立大学（Colorado State University，简称 CSU）是美国科罗拉多州科林斯堡的一所公立赠地研究型大学，也是下辖三个校区的科罗拉多州立大学系统的旗舰校区。

Founded in 1870 as Colorado Agricultural College and renamed Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in 1935, it took its present name in 1957 and today serves every county of Colorado as the state's land-grant institution.该校 1870 年以科罗拉多农业学院之名创办，1935 年更名为科罗拉多农工学院，1957 年改用现名，如今作为州赠地机构服务科罗拉多州每一个县。

With a record total enrollment of 34,412 in 2025-26 and research expenditures of 613 million dollars in that year, Colorado State is placed 540th in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2027.该校 2025 至 2026 学年注册学生总数达创纪录的 34,412 人，当年科研支出为 6.13 亿美元；在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列世界第 540 位。

History

• Colorado State University traces its origin to the Morrill Act of 1862, and the act creating the college was signed in 1870 by Edward M. McCook, governor of the Colorado Territory.科罗拉多州立大学源于 1862 年的《莫里尔法案》，创办该校的法案于 1870 年由科罗拉多领地总督 Edward M. McCook 签署。
• The first parcel of campus land, of 30 acres, was deeded in 1871 by Robert Dazell, and in 1872 the Larimer County Land Improvement Company contributed a second parcel of 80 acres.校园第一块 30 英亩的土地于 1871 年由 Robert Dazell 割让，1872 年拉里默县土地改良公司又捐出第二块 80 英亩土地。
• The territorial legislature finally allocated the first 1,000 dollars for buildings in 1874, but required the trustees to raise a matching sum from local citizens and businesses.领地议会直到 1874 年才拨出首笔 1,000 美元建楼经费，但要求校董会向当地居民与商户筹措等额配套资金。
• Within months the college's first structure, a 16-by-24-foot red brick building nicknamed the Claim Shanty, was finished, giving the institution its first physical presence in Fort Collins.数月之内，该校第一座建筑建成，这是一座 16 英尺乘 24 英尺、被戏称为「Claim Shanty」的红砖房，学校由此在科林斯堡有了最初的实体存在。
• After Colorado became a state in 1876 the territorial law was reauthorised, and in 1877 the legislature set up the eight-member State Board of Agriculture to govern the school.科罗拉多于 1876 年成为州之后，领地时期的办学法获重新授权；1877 年州议会设立由八人组成的州农业委员会来管理该校。
• Old Main was completed in December 1878, and the college welcomed its first five students on 1 September 1879 under president Elijah Evan Edwards, with enrollment rising to 25 by 1880.主楼 Old Main 于 1878 年 12 月落成；1879 年 9 月 1 日，在校长 Elijah Evan Edwards 主持下迎来首批五名学生，至 1880 年在校生增至 25 人。
• Charles Ingersoll, a graduate of Michigan State Agricultural College, began nine years as president in 1882 with two full-time faculty and 67 students, and the college graduated its first three students in 1884.毕业于密歇根州立农业学院的 Charles Ingersoll 于 1882 年就任校长、任期九年，上任时仅有两名全职教师与 67 名学生；1884 年该校产生首批三名毕业生。
• The Hatch Act of 1887 provided federal funds for experiment stations at land-grant colleges, expanding Ainsworth Blount's one-man station into five Colorado locations.1887 年的《哈奇法案》为赠地学院的实验站提供联邦经费，把 Ainsworth Blount 的「一人实验站」扩展为科罗拉多州的五个站点。
• Louis George Carpenter, recruited in the 1880s to the chair of engineering and physics, created the first organised programme in irrigation engineering and became director of the Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station in 1889.1880 年代受聘担任工程与物理学讲席的 Louis George Carpenter 开创了首个系统的灌溉工程课程，并于 1889 年出任科罗拉多农业实验站站长。
• Barton Aylesworth became the fourth president in 1899, and as ranching and farming interests gained power on the board, enrollment quadrupled and the study of veterinary medicine was re-established.Barton Aylesworth 于 1899 年出任第四任校长；随着农牧业势力在校董会中坐大，入学人数翻了两番，兽医学科亦得以恢复。
• Football returned to the college in autumn 1899, and in 1903 the women's basketball team won the college's first unofficial athletic championship by beating the University of Colorado.1899 年秋橄榄球运动重返校园；1903 年该校女子篮球队击败科罗拉多大学，赢得学校史上首个非正式体育冠军。
• Charles Lory took office in 1909 and led the college for 31 years, reconciling disputes over curriculum and putting the institution on solid fiscal ground free of debt.Charles Lory 于 1909 年就任、执掌该校长达 31 年，调和了课程之争，并使学校财政稳健、摆脱债务。
• In 1916, after the National Defense Act created the Reserve Officers Training Corps, the college applied to establish an ROTC unit in Fort Collins.1916 年《国防法》创设预备军官训练团后，该校申请在科林斯堡设立 ROTC 分队。
• During the Great Depression the Extension Service ran relief programmes for residents of eastern Colorado, and a survey found 20,000 people in urgent need of food.大萧条期间，推广服务处为科罗拉多州东部居民开展救济项目，一项调查发现有 20,000 人亟需食物援助。
• In 1935, after a student petition, the college became the Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, or Colorado A&M for short.1935 年，在学生请愿之后，该校更名为科罗拉多农工学院，简称 Colorado A&M。
• During the Second World War the campus served as many as 1,500 servicemen, and enrollment fell from 1,637 in autumn 1942 to 701 in autumn 1943.二战期间，校园最多时安置了 1,500 名军人；在校生由 1942 年秋的 1,637 人降至 1943 年秋的 701 人。
• In 1951 the State Board of Agriculture approved a doctoral degree in civil engineering, and three years later allowed other qualified departments to offer doctorates.1951 年州农业委员会批准设立土木工程博士学位，三年后又允许其他具备条件的院系授予博士学位。
• In 1957, during the presidency of Bill Morgan, the Colorado General Assembly approved the new name Colorado State University, formalising the college's university status.1957 年，在校长 Bill Morgan 任内，科罗拉多州议会批准启用新校名科罗拉多州立大学，正式确立其大学地位。
• Colorado State became a scene of intense student activism during the 1960s and early 1970s: in spring 1969 Mexican American and African American student organisations presented a list of demands calling for the recruitment of more minority students and employees, and Colorado legislators rejected a subsequent university request for funds to support that recruitment.1960 年代至 1970 年代初，科罗拉多州立大学成为学生运动活跃之地：1969 年春，墨西哥裔与非洲裔学生组织提交一份诉求清单，要求招募更多少数族裔学生与雇员，而科罗拉多州议员否决了该校随后提出的相关经费申请。
• In May 1970 arsonists set Old Main ablaze during a student strike against the invasion of Cambodia, destroying the 92-year-old cornerstone of the campus.1970 年 5 月，在反对入侵柬埔寨的学生罢课期间，有人纵火焚烧 Old Main，把这座已有 92 年历史的校园基石建筑毁于一旦。
• In 2005 Mary Meyer, a statistics professor, highlighted a salary study that led the university to examine pay equity in 2015, after which a quarter of female full professors received higher pay.2005 年统计学教授 Mary Meyer 指出一项薪酬研究的发现，促使该校于 2015 年审视薪酬公平，此后四分之一的女性正教授获得更高薪酬。
• Joyce E. McConnell became the first female president in 2019, and Amy Parsons, a CSU alumna, became the 16th president with effect from 1 February 2023.Joyce E. McConnell 于 2019 年成为该校首位女校长；校友 Amy Parsons 自 2023 年 2 月 1 日起出任第 16 任校长。
• Colorado State announced its move to the Pac-12 Conference on 12 September 2024 and became an official member of the rebuilt conference on 1 July 2026.科罗拉多州立大学于 2024 年 9 月 12 日宣布转投太平洋十二校联盟，并于 2026 年 7 月 1 日正式成为这一重组联盟的成员。

Academics

• The University is organised into eight colleges and 55 departments, offering more than 350 academic programmes, including over 70 undergraduate degrees, 140 master's degrees and 65 doctoral programmes.该校由八个学院与 55 个系组成，提供 350 多个学科项目，其中包括 70 多个本科学位、140 个硕士学位与 65 个博士项目。
• Its eight colleges are Agricultural Sciences, Business, the Walter Scott Jr. College of Engineering, Health and Human Sciences, Liberal Arts, Natural Sciences, Warner College of Natural Resources and Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.其八个学院分别是农业科学学院、商学院、Walter Scott Jr. 工程学院、健康与人类科学学院、文学院、自然科学学院、Warner 自然资源学院，以及兽医与生物医学学院。
• The University employs 1,540 faculty members, about 1,000 of them on tenure-track appointments, and reports a student-to-faculty ratio of 17 to 1.该校聘用 1,540 名教师，其中约 1,000 人为终身教职轨道，师生比为 17 比 1。
• In 2025-26 research expenditures reached 613 million dollars, supported by more than 5,000 students a year taking part in undergraduate research.2025 至 2026 学年，该校科研支出达 6.13 亿美元，每年有 5,000 多名学生参与本科科研。
• The James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital houses 28 specialties and trains about 280 third- and fourth-year veterinary students, and the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine programme ranked third nationally in 2026.James L. Voss 兽医教学医院设有 28 个专科、培养约 280 名三、四年级兽医学生；其兽医学博士项目在 2026 年位居全美第三。
• The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, the Energy Institute and the Information Science and Technology Center are among the university's named research units.大气研究合作研究所（CIRA）、能源研究所与信息科学技术中心，都是该校的具名科研单位。
• The Regional Biocontainment Laboratory, funded by the National Institutes of Health, houses one of ten US Regional Centers of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases.由美国国立卫生研究院资助的区域生物防护实验室，设有全美十个生物防御与新兴传染病卓越区域中心之一。
• The Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station, established in 1888 under the Hatch Act, supports research on pest management, food safety and plant and animal production systems.依《哈奇法案》于 1888 年设立的科罗拉多农业实验站，支撑病虫害治理、食品安全以及动植物生产体系的研究。
• The Animal Cancer Center, the largest of its kind in the world, anchors a Cancer Supercluster that draws together five of the university's colleges.世界上同类机构中规模最大的动物癌症中心，支撑着汇合该校五个学院的癌症超级集群。
• About 950 students a year study abroad, and nearly 1,300 international students and scholars from more than 85 countries pursue academic work and research on campus.每年约有 950 名学生出国学习，近 1,300 名来自 85 个以上国家的国际学生与学者在校从事学业与科研。
• The University was a key site for the pilot studies of the Peace Corps in 1961 and has since sent 1,814 volunteers, ranking among the top producers in the nation.该校是 1961 年和平队试点研究的重要基地，此后已派出 1,814 名志愿者，长期位居全美输出志愿者最多的机构之列。
• The University's 2025 incoming class numbered 5,376 first-year students, the largest Colorado entering class ever, with a median high school GPA of 3.72.该校 2025 级迎来 5,376 名大一新生，是建校以来最大的科罗拉多州新生班级，录取者高中成绩中位绩点为 3.72。
• The University awarded 4,780 degrees at its first university-wide commencement, held at Canvas Stadium in May 2025.2025 年 5 月，该校在 Canvas 体育场举行首次全校性毕业典礼，共授予 4,780 个学位。
• About 84 per cent of first-time undergraduates receive financial aid, and nearly 20 per cent qualify for the federal Pell Grant programme.约 84% 的首次入学本科生获得资助，近 20% 符合联邦佩尔助学金资格。
• The Colorado State University Extension maintains 55 offices serving every Colorado county, and the Colorado State Forest Service runs 18 state and field offices.科罗拉多州立大学推广服务处在全州各县设有 55 个办公室；科罗拉多州森林服务处则运营 18 个州级与野外办公室。
• The Warner College of Natural Resources, one of the largest natural-resource colleges in the nation, offers programmes in ecosystem science, geosciences and watershed science.全美规模最大的自然资源学院之一 Warner 自然资源学院，开设生态系统科学、地球科学与流域科学等项目。
• The University offers 15 of its undergraduate degrees, 42 of its master's programmes and four doctoral programmes entirely online, and in autumn 2025 it enrolled 4,994 online students across that growing portfolio.该校有 15 个本科学位、42 个硕士项目与 4 个博士项目可全程在线修读；2025 年秋，这一不断扩充的项目组合共有 4,994 名在线注册学生。
• Its Honors Program serves high-achieving students in every major through two academic tracks, and since autumn 2007 the Academic Village has housed 180 honours students in a dedicated living-learning community.其荣誉项目通过两条学术路径服务各专业成绩优异的学生；自 2007 年秋起，Academic Village 以专门的住学一体社区容纳 180 名荣誉学生。

Campus

• The main campus covers 583 acres in central Fort Collins, a city of about 170,000 residents at the base of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains.主校区占地 583 英亩，位于科林斯堡市中心；这座约有 17 万居民的城市坐落在落基山脉前山地带的山脚。
• Colorado State also operates a 1,438-acre Foothills Campus, a 1,575-acre agricultural campus, the 1,177-acre Pingree Park mountain campus and a 101-acre veterinary teaching hospital.该校另设有 1,438 英亩的 Foothills 校区、1,575 英亩的农业校区、1,177 英亩的 Pingree Park 山地校区，以及 101 英亩的兽医教学医院。
• At the heart of the campus lies the Oval, a green designed in 1909 that measures 2,065 feet around and is lined with 65 American elm trees.校园核心是一片名为 Oval 的绿地，1909 年设计，周长 2,065 英尺，四周种有 65 棵美洲榆树。
• Ammons Hall, once the women's recreational centre, now houses the University Welcome Center, while Guggenheim Hall was built in 1910 as a gift from Senator Simon Guggenheim.Ammons 礼堂原为女子康乐中心，现设大学迎新中心；Guggenheim 楼建于 1910 年，由参议员 Simon Guggenheim 捐建。
• The Morgan Library, first built in 1965 and expanded after the 1997 flood, holds more than 2 million books together with bound journals and government documents.始建于 1965 年、并于 1997 年洪灾后扩建的 Morgan 图书馆，藏书逾 200 万册，另有合订期刊与政府文献。
• Spruce Hall of 1881 is the oldest surviving building on campus, and the Behavioral Science building, completed in 2010, is its newest academic building.1881 年建成的 Spruce 楼是校园现存最古老的建筑；2010 年落成的行为科学楼则是最新的教学建筑。
• The University Center for the Arts opened in 2008 in the former Fort Collins High School and contains a 318-seat theatre and the 24,000-square-foot Runyan Music Hall.大学艺术中心于 2008 年在原科林斯堡高中校舍启用，内有 318 座剧院与 24,000 平方英尺的 Runyan 音乐厅。
• The campus is served by Transfort buses including the MAX rapid-transit route opened in 2014, and the on-campus Canvas Stadium opened in 2017.校园由 Transfort 公交服务覆盖，其中包括 2014 年开通的 MAX 快速公交线路；校内的 Canvas 体育场则于 2017 年启用。
• The Lory Student Center, named for former president Charles Lory, occupies the centre of the campus and houses the student government, Student Media and numerous student organisation offices.以卸任校长 Charles Lory 命名的 Lory 学生中心位于校园中央，容纳学生自治会、学生媒体以及众多学生组织的办公室。

Reputation

• Colorado State University is placed 540th in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2027, the university's principal current ranking position.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，科罗拉多州立大学位列世界第 540 位，这是该校当前最主要的排名位次。
• In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 the university sits in the 501-550 band.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校位列第 501 至 550 区间。
• The U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities ranking for 2026-2027 places Colorado State 347th in the world.在 2026 至 2027 年《美国新闻与世界报道》最佳全球大学排名中，该校位列世界第 347 位。
• The Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026 places the university in the 201-300 band.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名将该校列于第 201 至 300 区间。
• The Center for World University Rankings placed Colorado State 279th out of 21,291 universities worldwide in its 2026 global list.世界大学排名中心 2026 年全球榜单在 21,291 所大学中将科罗拉多州立大学列为第 279 位。
• U.S. News & World Report ranks Colorado State No. 80 among public universities and second in the Mountain West behind San Diego State University.《美国新闻与世界报道》将科罗拉多州立大学列为公立大学第 80 位，在山地西部联盟高校中仅次于圣地亚哥州立大学。
• For the fourth year in a row in 2025, the university was named one of the nation's top producers of Fulbright U.S. Scholars, a first for Colorado.2025 年该校连续第四年入选全美富布赖特美国学者产出最多的机构之一，为科罗拉多州首例。
• In the 2026 Sustainable Campus Index Colorado State ranked No. 2 in the United States and No. 3 in the world, and in 2015 it was the first university anywhere to earn a Platinum STARS rating.在 2026 年可持续校园指数中，该校位列全美第 2、全球第 3；2015 年它又是全球首所获得 STARS 白金评级的大学。
• Paul Crutzen, an adjunct professor in the university's Department of Atmospheric Science from 1976 to 1981, shared the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on ozone depletion.1976 至 1981 年在该校大气科学系任兼职教授的 Paul Crutzen，因臭氧层损耗研究分享了 1995 年诺贝尔化学奖。
• In its 2026 graduate programme rankings, U.S. News & World Report placed the university's Doctor of Veterinary Medicine third in the nation and its Occupational Therapy doctoral programme tied for first.在 2026 年研究生项目排名中，《美国新闻与世界报道》将该校兽医学博士项目列为全美第三，其职业治疗博士项目并列第一。
• Research.com rated Colorado State eighth in the world and sixth in the United States for environmental sciences in 2026, a field in which the university has particular strength.在 2026 年环境科学领域，Research.com 将科罗拉多州立大学评为全球第 8、全美第 6，该领域正是该校的强项之一。

Student life

• Colorado State University does not have a formal motto, and its identity is expressed through its land-grant mission of teaching, research and public service.科罗拉多州立大学没有正式校训；其身份通过「教学、科研与公共服务」的赠地使命得以体现。
• The university's colours are green and gold, and CAM the Ram has been the mascot since 1954, when President Morgan named him for the former Colorado A&M.该校校色为绿色与金色；自 1954 年校长 Morgan 依旧校名 Colorado A&M 为其命名以来，公羊 CAM 一直是吉祥物。
• Greek life began in autumn 1915, and about 10 per cent of undergraduates join one of 19 fraternities and 14 sororities.希腊式社团生活始于 1915 年秋；约 10% 的本科生加入 19 个兄弟会与 14 个姐妹会之一。
• There are more than 450 student organisations, including 34 honour societies, while 60 per cent of undergraduates take part in intramural sports.该校有 450 多个学生组织，含 34 个荣誉学会；60% 的本科生参加校内体育。
• The Rocky Mountain Collegian, founded in 1891, is the student-run daily newspaper and was twice named among the top 12 daily student papers in the country during the 1990s.创刊于 1891 年的《Rocky Mountain Collegian》是学生自办的日报，在 1990 年代曾两度入选全美前 12 名学生日报。
• KCSU, the student radio station, first broadcast in 1964 and reaches about 250,000 listeners at 10,000 watts, while CTV, founded in 1989, is the student television station.学生电台 KCSU 于 1964 年首次播音，以 10,000 瓦功率覆盖约 25 万听众；1989 年创办的 CTV 则是学生电视台。
• Its 13 residence halls house more than 5,000 students, and first-year students are required to live on campus, with Academic Village opened in 2007.该校 13 栋宿舍可容纳 5,000 多名学生，一年级学生须住校；Academic Village 于 2007 年启用。
• Fort Collins lies 65 miles north of Denver, about a two-hour drive from major ski resorts and 45 minutes from Rocky Mountain National Park.科林斯堡位于丹佛以北 65 英里，距各大滑雪胜地约两小时车程，距落基山国家公园 45 分钟车程。
• The live mascot CAM the Ram is cared for by a volunteer team of student Ram Handlers, the annual Homecoming and Family Weekend remains a central tradition, and the first-year retention rate stands at 85 per cent.活体吉祥物公羊 CAM 由学生志愿者组成的「公羊饲养员」团队照护；一年一度的返校与家庭周末至今仍是核心传统，新生留校率则达 85%。

Notable people

• Edward M. McCook, governor of the Colorado Territory, signed the 1870 act that created Colorado Agricultural College.科罗拉多领地总督 Edward M. McCook 签署了 1870 年创办科罗拉多农业学院的法案。
• Elijah Evan Edwards was the first president of the college and welcomed its first five students on 1 September 1879.Elijah Evan Edwards 是该校首任校长，并于 1879 年 9 月 1 日迎来首批五名学生。
• Louis George Carpenter pioneered irrigation engineering at the college and directed the Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station from 1889.Louis George Carpenter 在该校开创灌溉工程教学，并自 1889 年起担任科罗拉多农业实验站站长。
• Amy Van Dyken, a swimmer and six-time Olympic gold medallist, is among the university's most celebrated athletes.游泳运动员、六枚奥运金牌得主 Amy Van Dyken 是该校最负盛名的运动员之一。
• Glenn Morris won the decathlon gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and remains a Colorado State athletics legend.Glenn Morris 在 1936 年柏林夏季奥运会上夺得十项全能金牌，至今仍是该校体育传奇。
• Bill Ritter, Governor of Colorado from 2007 to 2011, and Cory Gardner, a United States senator, are both Colorado State alumni.2007 至 2011 年任科罗拉多州州长的 Bill Ritter 与联邦参议员 Cory Gardner 均为科罗拉多州立大学校友。
• Yusef Komunyakaa, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and professor at New York University, studied at Colorado State University.普利策诗歌奖得主、纽约大学教授 Yusef Komunyakaa 曾在科罗拉多州立大学就读。
• Jason Momoa, the actor best known for playing Aquaman, studied at Colorado State University before beginning his screen career.以饰演海王著称的演员 Jason Momoa 曾在科罗拉多州立大学就读，之后投身演艺事业。
• Tsao Te-feng, founder of the Taiwanese food company Standard Foods, earned his doctorate in food engineering at Colorado State University.台湾食品企业佳格的创办人曹德風，在科罗拉多州立大学取得食品工程博士学位。
• Mary L. Cleave, a NASA astronaut who flew on two Space Shuttle missions, held degrees from Colorado State University.曾两次执行航天飞机任务的美国宇航局宇航员 Mary L. Cleave 拥有科罗拉多州立大学学位。
• Also among the alumni are the NASA astronaut Kent Rominger, the Apple executive Jon Rubinstein and a number of Fortune 500 chief executives.该校校友还包括美国宇航局宇航员 Kent Rominger、苹果公司高管 Jon Rubinstein，以及多位《财富》500 强企业的首席执行官。