Coventry University

Coventry University is a public research university in Coventry in the West Midlands of England, tracing its origins to the Coventry School of Design of 1843 and gaining university status in 1992 under the Further and Higher Education Act.考文垂大学是英格兰西米德兰兹郡考文垂的一所公立研究型大学，其源流可追溯至 1843 年的考文垂设计学校，并依《继续与高等教育法》于 1992 年取得大学地位。

It is the larger of the two universities in the city, and the Coventry University Group operates campuses in Coventry, London, Scarborough and Wrocław together with the higher education institutions CU Coventry, CU Scarborough and CU London.该校是考文垂两所大学中规模较大者；考文垂大学集团在考文垂、伦敦、斯卡伯勒与弗罗茨瓦夫设有校区，并管辖考文垂大学学院、斯卡伯勒学院与伦敦学院等高等教育机构。

In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Coventry was placed 581st, and in the 2024/25 academic year it had 38,430 students, of whom 31,645 were undergraduates and 6,785 postgraduates.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，考文垂大学位列第 581 位；2024/25 学年其在校学生为 38,430 人，其中本科生 31,645 人、研究生 6,785 人。

History

• The origins of Coventry University can be traced to the Coventry School of Design, which opened in 1843 in a former ribbon factory at the Burges to provide core skills to the community, established because Coventry's silk-ribbon weaving trade lacked trained designers.考文垂大学的源流可追溯到 1843 年在伯奇斯一处旧丝带厂房开办的考文垂设计学校，为社区提供基础技能培训，其设立源于当地丝带织造业缺乏设计人才。
• The school was later renamed the Coventry School of Art, then the Municipal Art School in the early 20th century under the Education Act 1902, and finally the College of Art in the 1950s, a period in which the institution shifted from training commercial designers towards teaching fine art and design.该校先后更名为考文垂艺术学校，20 世纪初依 1902 年《教育法》改称市立艺术学校，最终于 1950 年代定名为艺术学院，其间逐步从培养商业设计人员转向教授纯艺术与设计。
• In the late 1950s, to meet a need for high-level technical training that the existing Coventry Technical College could not satisfy, construction began on a new institution.1950 年代末，为满足既有考文垂技术学院无法提供的较高层次技术培训需求，一所新院校开始兴建。
• The new institution opened in 1961 as the Lanchester College of Technology, named after the car engineer Frederick Lanchester.该新院校于 1961 年开办，命名为兰彻斯特技术学院（Lanchester College of Technology），以汽车工程师 Frederick Lanchester 命名。
• In 1970 the Lanchester College of Technology and the College of Art, along with the Rugby College of Engineering Technology in the neighbouring town of Rugby, amalgamated to form Lanchester Polytechnic, designed to provide a broad range of scientific, technical and artistic education.1970 年，兰彻斯特技术学院与艺术学院，联同邻镇拉格比的拉格比工程技术学院合并，组成兰彻斯特理工学院（Lanchester Polytechnic），旨在提供广泛的科学、技术与艺术教育。
• Coventry's art gallery, the Lanchester Gallery, and the Lanchester Library keep alive the Lanchester name adopted with the polytechnic in 1970.考文垂大学的兰彻斯特画廊与兰彻斯特图书馆，延续了 1970 年理工学院沿用至今的「兰彻斯特」之名。
• The institution was formally designated a polytechnic in February 1971 by the Education Secretary Margaret Thatcher, a title reflecting the institution's role in training engineers and applied scientists for the region's manufacturing industry.该院校于 1971 年 2 月由时任教育大臣玛格丽特·撒切尔正式指定为理工学院，这一名衔反映了其为当地制造业培养工程师与应用科学人才的定位。
• Lanchester Polytechnic cancelled its 1974 graduation ceremony after the Birmingham pub bombings, and the ceremony was eventually held in 2009, 35 years later, the delay arising from fears that public gatherings could be targeted after the bombings.兰彻斯特理工学院因伯明翰酒吧爆炸案取消了 1974 年的毕业典礼，该典礼最终延至 35 年后的 2009 年举行，延期的原因是担心爆炸案后公众集会可能成为袭击目标。
• The polytechnic was renamed Coventry Polytechnic in 1987, a name it retained until the university title was granted five years later.该理工学院于 1987 年更名为考文垂理工学院，此名一直沿用到五年后获授大学地位为止。
• When the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 afforded Coventry Polytechnic university status, its name changed to Coventry University.1992 年《继续与高等教育法》赋予考文垂理工学院大学地位，其名称随之改为考文垂大学。
• The £20 million Coventry library opened in 2000 and was formally opened by Princess Anne in September 2001, and it remains one of the campus's landmark buildings.耗资 2,000 万英镑的考文垂大学图书馆于 2000 年启用，并于 2001 年 9 月由安妮公主正式揭幕，至今仍是校区的地标建筑之一。
• A London campus was established in 2010 to attract more international students to the university.该校于 2010 年设立伦敦校区，以吸引更多国际学生。
• In 2012 Coventry University College was set up within the main university campus, offering qualifications up to degree level at a lower cost than typical fees.2012 年，考文垂大学学院在主校区内设立，以低于一般学费的价格提供至学位层次的资格证书。
• In July 2017 the university announced Margaret Casely-Hayford as its new chancellor, replacing Sir John Egan.2017 年 7 月，该校宣布 Margaret Casely-Hayford 出任新校监，接替 John Egan 爵士。
• By 2017 Coventry was the highest-ranked modern university in the United Kingdom in the Guardian University Guide, in which it placed 12th overall.到 2017 年，考文垂大学在《卫报》大学指南中是英国排名最高的现代大学，整体位列第 12。
• The Coventry campus underwent a £430 million investment programme up to 2022, including a £37 million science and health building in 2017 and a £73 million student accommodation complex in 2018, reshaping teaching and residential facilities across the city centre campus.考文垂校区在至 2022 年的周期内推行 4.3 亿英镑投资计划，包括 2017 年落成的 3,700 万英镑科学与健康大楼，以及 2018 年的 7,300 万英镑学生住宿综合体，重塑了市中心校区的教学与居住设施。
• In September 2019 Coventry purchased the 22-acre Ryton Organic Gardens from the charity Garden Organic, which remains on site as a tenant alongside the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience.2019 年 9 月，考文垂大学从慈善机构 Garden Organic 手中购入 22 英亩的赖顿有机花园，该机构作为租户留驻原地，与生态农业、水与韧性研究中心同址。
• Coventry University Wrocław opened in September 2020, offering courses taught in English as the first foreign university in Poland.考文垂大学弗罗茨瓦夫校区于 2020 年 9 月启用，以英语授课，是波兰首家外国大学。
• In 2023 the university de-established the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences and reorganised its remaining faculties into colleges.2023 年，该校撤销健康与生命科学学院，并把其余学部重组为学院。
• Coventry's Department of Industrial Design won the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in 2007 for educating leaders in automotive design.考文垂大学的工业设计系于 2007 年因培养汽车设计领军人才而获颁高等教育女王周年奖。
• In 2020 its Institute of Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering, a partnership with Unipart Manufacturing Group, received the same Queen's Anniversary Prize.2020 年，其与 Unipart 制造集团合办的先进制造与工程学院再获同一女王周年奖。
• In 2011 Coventry was named Entrepreneurial University of the Year at the Times Higher Education Awards.2011 年，考文垂大学在泰晤士高等教育大奖中获评「年度创业型大学」。
• In the 2024-25 financial year the institution had an income of £362.8 million, of which £15.5 million came from research grants and contracts, with expenditure of £437.3 million.2024-25 财政年度，该校收入为 3.628 亿英镑，其中 1,550 万英镑来自研究拨款与合同，支出为 4.373 亿英镑。

Academics

• Coventry offers more than 130 undergraduate degrees and 100 postgraduate degrees across its colleges, as well as qualifications such as foundation degrees and Higher National Diplomas, and short courses and apprenticeship provision for working professionals.考文垂大学各学院合计开设 130 多个本科与 100 个研究生学位课程，并提供基础学位与国家高级文凭（HND）等资格，以及面向在职人士的短期课程与学徒项目。
• The university is divided into three colleges and one independent school, having reorganised its faculties in 2023.该校分为三个学院与一个独立学院，其学部在 2023 年经过重组。
• The university runs 11 research centres specialising in fields ranging from agroecology and peace studies to the future of transport, organised to support interdisciplinary research and knowledge exchange with industry and communities.该校设有 11 个研究中心，涵盖从中生态农业、和平研究到未来交通等多个领域，旨在支持跨学科研究及与产业和社区的知识交流。
• Research at Coventry includes a Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience based at Ryton Organic Gardens, opened after the 2019 purchase of the site.考文垂大学的研究设有一处基地位于赖顿有机花园的生态农业、水与韧性研究中心，该基地在 2019 年购入地块后设立。
• Coventry introduced the teaching of disaster management at undergraduate level, the first such course in the United Kingdom, and also offers parapsychology and health journalism at postgraduate level.考文垂大学在本科阶段首开灾害管理课程，为全英首例，并在研究生阶段开设超心理学与健康新闻学。
• In 2024/25 the university's student body consisted of 38,430 students, made up of 31,645 undergraduates and 6,785 postgraduates.2024/25 学年，该校学生总数为 38,430 人，其中本科生 31,645 人、研究生 6,785 人。
• Across its United Kingdom campuses Coventry has over 38,000 students, including more than 13,000 international students from over 160 countries.考文垂大学在英国各校区共有 38,000 余名学生，其中包括来自 160 多个国家的 13,000 多名国际学生。
• The university employs over 1,800 academic staff and is the fourth largest employer in Coventry.该校雇用 1,800 多名教学人员，是考文垂第四大雇主。
• Coventry's colleges run courses across business, engineering, health, computing, the arts and social sciences, reflecting the university's modern and applied character.考文垂大学各学院开设的课程横跨商学、工程、健康、计算机、艺术与社会科学，体现其现代与应用型的办学特色。
• Undergraduate tuition fees range from £7,500 to £9,000 depending on the degree programme, following the 2010 decision to raise the maximum fee.根据 2010 年上调学费上限的决定，本科学费因课程不同介于 7,500 至 9,000 英镑之间。
• Coventry holds an overall Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework 2023, the highest rating for teaching quality and student success.考文垂大学在 2023 年教学卓越框架中获整体金奖，这是对教学质量与学生成就的最高评级。
• The Research Assessment Exercise 2008 found elements of world-leading research in allied health professions, computer science, electrical engineering, and art and design.2008 年研究评估（RAE）认定，该校在联合健康职业、计算机科学、电气工程以及艺术与设计等领域具有世界领先水平的研究成分。
• The Coventry University Group delivers degrees through partner higher education providers in more than 30 countries and has global hubs in Belgium, Singapore, the UAE, India, Africa and China.考文垂大学集团通过 30 多个国家的合作高等教育机构授予学位，并在比利时、新加坡、阿联酋、印度、非洲与中国设有全球中心。
• Commercial activities are undertaken by six subsidiaries wholly owned by the university, together known as the Coventry University Group.其商业活动由该校全资拥有的六家子公司承担，合称考文垂大学集团。
• Coventry is a member of the University Alliance mission group, of which its vice-chancellor John Latham is a former chair.考文垂大学是大学联盟（University Alliance）成员，其校长 John Latham 曾任该联盟主席。
• The university's academic profile includes the Coventry Business School and the College of Engineering, Environment and Science.该校的学术构架包括考文垂商学院，以及工程、环境与科学学院。
• Coventry is one of the most prominent universities in the apprenticeship industry, offering degree apprenticeships alongside its traditional programmes.考文垂大学是学徒制领域最著名的大学之一，在传统课程之外亦开设学位学徒项目。
• The university's colleges run around 300 undergraduate and postgraduate courses in total across its various schools and departments.其各学院合计开设约 300 个本科与研究生课程，分布于不同学系与部门。

Campus

• Coventry occupies a purpose-built 33-acre campus in Coventry city centre, adjacent to Coventry Cathedral and the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, placing most teaching and student facilities within walking distance of the city's cultural quarter.考文垂大学在考文垂市中心占用一块专建的 33 英亩校区，紧邻考文垂大教堂与赫伯特美术馆和博物馆，把大部分教学与学生设施置于该市文化区的步行范围之内。
• The centrepiece of the campus is The Hub, which opened in August 2011 and houses the students' union, student support services, a bar and food outlets.校区的核心是 2011 年 8 月启用的 The Hub，内含学生会、学生服务、酒吧与餐饮店。
• A £55 million engineering building opened in September 2012, equipped with a full-scale Harrier jump jet, a wind tunnel and flight simulators, part of a wider campus redevelopment worth £160 million.一座耗资 5,500 万英镑的工程大楼于 2012 年 9 月启用，配备一架全尺寸「鹞」式垂直起降战机、一座风洞与飞行模拟器，属于总值 1.6 亿英镑的更大范围校园改造的一部分。
• The Coventry library, opened in 2000, holds over 2,000 print periodicals, 350,000 monographs and more than 6,000 video and audio items, and has a distinctive turreted exterior with an award-winning interior designed to make the most of natural light.2000 年启用的考文垂大学图书馆藏有 2,000 多种印刷期刊、35 万册专著以及 6,000 多件音视频资料，其外观呈独特的塔楼造型，内部设计曾获奖并充分利用自然采光。
• A former car engine factory built in 1910 beside the library now houses the Coventry Business School, and a cinema built in 1880 on Jordan Well is home to the School of Media and Performing Arts.图书馆旁一座建于 1910 年的旧汽车发动机厂现为考文垂商学院所在；乔丹井一处建于 1880 年的电影院则是媒体与表演艺术学院所在地。
• South of the main campus lies the 20-acre Coventry University Technology Park, a business park whose small business tenants can access the university library and which hosts the TechnoCentre conference facility and the Coventry and Warwickshire New Technology Institute.主校区以南是 20 英亩的考文垂大学科技园，入驻其中的小微企业可使用大学图书馆资源，园区内还设有 TechnoCentre 会议设施与考文垂及沃里克郡新技术学院。
• University buildings are named after people with local impact, including the actress Ellen Terry, the pioneer Frederick Lanchester, the novelist George Eliot and the composer Delia Derbyshire.该校建筑多以对当地有影响力的人物命名，包括演员 Ellen Terry、先驱 Frederick Lanchester、小说家 George Eliot 与作曲家 Delia Derbyshire。
• Other campuses include CU Coventry on Mile Lane, CU Scarborough opened in 2016 and CU London, which operates a Dagenham campus opened in 2017 and a Greenwich campus opened in 2020.其他校区包括位于迈尔巷的考文垂大学学院、2016 年开办的斯卡伯勒学院，以及伦敦学院——后者设有 2017 年开办的达格纳姆校区与 2020 年开办的格林尼治校区。
• Coventry University London occupies University House at 109-117 Middlesex Street in the City of London, focusing on business and management courses.考文垂大学伦敦校区位于伦敦金融城米德尔塞克斯街 109-117 号的大学大厦，侧重商学与管理课程。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Coventry University was placed 581st in the world, one of the highest-placed modern universities in the United Kingdom.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，考文垂大学位列世界第 581 位，是英国排名最高的现代大学之一。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 placed Coventry in the 601-650 band, and the U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027 ranked it 1033rd.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将考文垂大学列入 601-650 区间；《美国新闻与世界报道》2026-2027 年度全球最佳大学排名将其列为第 1033 位。
• The Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026 placed Coventry in the 901-1000 band.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名将考文垂大学列入 901-1000 区间。
• Nationally Coventry was ranked 38th by the Guardian University league tables 2023, 44th by The Times and Sunday Times University Guide 2023 and 53rd by the Complete University Guide 2023.在国内，考文垂大学在 2023 年《卫报》大学排行榜位列第 38，在 2023 年《泰晤士报》与《星期日泰晤士报》优秀大学指南中位列第 44，在 2023 年完全大学指南中位列第 53。
• OpenAlex records around 28,690 research works and 961,661 citations associated with Coventry University, reflecting its broad research base across engineering, health and the social sciences.OpenAlex 收录与考文垂大学相关的研究成果约 28,690 项、被引约 961,661 次，反映其在工程、健康与社会科学领域的广泛研究基础。
• Subject strengths in the Complete University Guide 2020 included Food Science at 7th nationally, while the Guardian 2015 rankings placed Film Production and Photography first in the UK.在 2020 年完全大学指南中，其食品科学居全英第 7；2015 年《卫报》排名则把电影制作与摄影列为全英第一。
• Coventry holds an overall Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework 2023 and is a member of the University Alliance mission group.考文垂大学在 2023 年教学卓越框架中获整体金奖，并是大学联盟成员。
• The university has won two Queen's Anniversary Prizes, in 2007 and 2020, and was named Entrepreneurial University of the Year in 2011.该校两度获得女王周年奖（2007 年与 2020 年），并于 2011 年获评「年度创业型大学」。
• Its BA Acting programme won golds at the Reimagine Education Awards in 2016 and 2018/19 for its telepresence theatre project.其表演学士课程因远程临场戏剧项目，于 2016 年及 2018/19 年度「重塑教育奖」中两度夺金。
• Coventry placed in the top 200 of the Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2017, which compares universities that are 50 years old or younger around the world.考文垂大学在 2017 年《泰晤士高等教育》年轻大学排名中进入全球前 200，该排名比较的是全球建校 50 年及以下的大学。

Student life

• Coventry University Students' Union is a registered charity based in The Hub that supports more than 100 sports clubs and societies and is led by sabbatical officers elected by the student body.考文垂大学学生会是一家注册慈善机构，设在 The Hub 内，支持 100 多个体育俱乐部与社团，并由学生选举产生的专职干事领导。
• The union owns and runs an independent nightclub on Far Gosford Street which opened in November 2012 and serves as a social hub for students in the city centre.该学生会拥有并经营法尔戈斯福德街的一家独立夜店，于 2012 年 11 月开业，成为学生在市中心的社交场所。
• Team Phoenix represents the university in five sports, and Coventry competes annually with the University of Warwick in a series of varsity matches, one of the city's best-known sporting fixtures.考文垂大学的体育代表队「凤凰队」参加五个项目，该校每年与华威大学展开系列校际对抗赛，这是该市最知名的体育赛事之一。
• Coventry enters Formula Student through its Phoenix Racing team, finishing 42nd out of 102 entrants in 2012.考文垂大学以凤凰赛车队参加方程式学生赛，2012 年在 102 支参赛队伍中位列第 42。
• The student radio station is Source Radio, and the students' union also runs a free advice centre and a volunteering department.其学生广播电台为 Source Radio；学生会还设有免费咨询中心与志愿服务部门。
• Accommodation is provided through Bishop Gate, Godiva Place, Singer Hall and Cycle Works, along with private partnerships such as Liberty Park shared with the University of Warwick.其学生住宿由主教门、戈黛娃广场、辛格堂与单车工坊等设施提供，并含与华威大学共用的自由园等私人合作住宿。
• In total the university's accommodation can provide for 3,579 students.该校住宿总共可容纳 3,579 名学生。
• The university holds an annual public degree show exhibiting conceptual designs and performances by final-year students of the Coventry School of Art and Design.该校每年举办公众学位展，展示考文垂艺术与设计学院毕业生的概念设计与演出。
• The campus sits beside Coventry Cathedral and the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, tying student life closely to the city's cultural quarter.校园毗邻考文垂大教堂与赫伯特美术馆和博物馆，使校园生活与城市文化区紧密相连。

Notable people

• Frederick Lanchester, the Midlands automotive pioneer, gave his name to the Lanchester College of Technology in 1961 and later to Lanchester Polytechnic, having also invented the gas turbine.中部地区汽车工业先驱 Frederick Lanchester 的名字先后用于命名 1961 年的兰彻斯特技术学院与后来的兰彻斯特理工学院，他还发明了燃气轮机。
• Michael Goldstein was director of Coventry Polytechnic from 1987 to 1992 and then the university's first vice-chancellor from 1992 to 2004.Michael Goldstein 于 1987 至 1992 年任考文垂理工学院院长，随后于 1992 至 2004 年出任该校首任校长。
• Madeleine Atkins served as vice-chancellor from 2004 to 2013, and John Latham has led the university as vice-chancellor since 2014.Madeleine Atkins 于 2004 至 2013 年任校长；John Latham 自 2014 年起担任该校校长。
• Margaret Casely-Hayford became chancellor of the university in 2017, succeeding Sir John Egan, and the chancellor is appointed by the Board of Governors.Margaret Casely-Hayford 于 2017 年接替 John Egan 爵士出任校监；校监由校董会任命。
• Neil Carson, chief executive of the speciality chemicals company Johnson Matthey, is a Coventry alumnus.特种化学品公司庄信万丰（Johnson Matthey）首席执行官 Neil Carson 是考文垂大学校友。
• Nick Buckles, former chief executive of the security firm G4S, studied at Coventry.安保公司 G4S 前首席执行官 Nick Buckles 曾就读考文垂大学。
• Sultan Al Jaber, president of the COP28 climate conference and chief executive of ADNOC, is among the university's alumni.COP28 气候大会主席、阿布扎比国家石油公司（ADNOC）首席执行官 Sultan Al Jaber 是该校校友。
• Ian Callum, the British car designer for Ford, TWR and Aston Martin, and the designer Steve Mattin both graduated from Coventry.曾为福特、TWR 与阿斯顿·马丁设计的英国汽车设计师 Ian Callum，以及设计师 Steve Mattin 都毕业于考文垂大学。
• Alison Snowden, the British animator, director and Academy Award winner, is a Coventry graduate.英国动画师、导演兼奥斯卡奖得主 Alison Snowden 是考文垂大学毕业生。
• Hannah Cockroft, the British wheelchair racer and world record holder, studied at Coventry University.英国轮椅竞速运动员、世界纪录保持者 Hannah Cockroft 曾就读考文垂大学。
• The Taiwanese television presenter and chairwoman of Taipei 101, Chia Yung-chieh, is among the university's graduates.台湾节目主持人、台北 101 董事长贾永婕是该校毕业生之一。
• Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Saud, a Saudi prince and investor, and the aerodynamicist John Iley are also alumni.沙特王子兼投资人 Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Saud 与空气动力学家 John Iley 也是该校校友。
• Jerry Dammers, the musician and founder of The Specials, and Horace Panter, bassist of the same band, studied at the forerunner institutions of Coventry University, as did the mathematician Nira Chamberlain.音乐人、The Specials 乐队创办者 Jerry Dammers 与该乐队贝斯手 Horace Panter 都曾就读考文垂大学的前身院校，数学家 Nira Chamberlain 亦是如此。