Drexel University

Drexel University is a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, placed in the 771-780 band of the 2027 QS World University Rankings and known for the cooperative education programme woven through its degree structure.德雷克塞尔大学是位于美国宾夕法尼亚州费城的私立研究型大学，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中处于 771-780 区间，以其贯穿学位结构的合作教育项目著称。

Financier and philanthropist Anthony J. Drexel founded the undergraduate school in 1891 as the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry, a mission aimed at practical arts and sciences for students of all backgrounds.金融家兼慈善家安东尼·德雷克塞尔于 1891 年创办本科院系，初名「德雷克塞尔艺术、科学与工业学院」，宗旨是为各阶层学生提供实用艺术与科学教育。

As of 2020 it enrolled more than 24,000 students in over 70 undergraduate and more than 100 graduate programmes, and its OpenAlex record lists 79,645 research works and 5,861,437 citations.截至 2020 年，该校在 70 余个本科专业与 100 余个研究生专业中招收逾 24,000 名学生，其 OpenAlex 记录列有研究成果 79,645 项、被引 5,861,437 次。

History

• Anthony J. Drexel, the Philadelphia banker and partner of J. P. Morgan, endowed the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry in 1891 to bring technical education within reach of working men and women.费城银行家、摩根财团合伙人安东尼·德雷克塞尔于 1891 年捐资创办德雷克塞尔艺术、科学与工业学院，让劳工阶层的男女也能接受技术教育。

• The institute's founding charter of 1891 committed it to instruction in the practical arts and sciences, a mandate that later generations of administrators traced whenever the mission statement was revised.1891 年的建校章程规定学校教授实用的艺术与科学，此后历次修订使命宣言都回溯这一授权。

• In 1936 the institute was renamed the Drexel Institute of Technology, signalling the growing weight of its engineering curriculum.1936 年，学院更名为德雷克塞尔理工学院，工程课程在其中的分量日益加重。

• University status came in 1970, when the institution assumed the name Drexel University.1970 年，该校取得大学地位，定名德雷克塞尔大学。

• The cooperative education model was first introduced in 1919, alternating classroom study with paid professional employment, and it remains the signature of a Drexel degree that most engineering students complete five full years to finish.合作教育模式于 1919 年首次引入，课堂学习与带薪职业实习交替进行，至今仍是德雷克塞尔学位的标志——多数工科学生须读满整整五年才能毕业。

• Students in the co-op programme can accumulate up to 18 months of paid, full-time work experience before graduation across a network of more than 1,600 employers in 28 states and 25 countries.合作教育项目的学生毕业前可积累最多 18 个月的带薪全职工作经历，雇主网络覆盖 28 个州与 25 个国家的 1,600 余家企业。

• The Academy of Natural Sciences, founded in Philadelphia in the winter of 1812 and reputedly the oldest natural-science museum in the Americas, came under Drexel management in 2011.1812 年冬创办于费城、号称美洲最古老自然科学博物馆的自然科学院，于 2011 年交由德雷克塞尔管理。

• The 2011 takeover of the Academy of Natural Sciences added its specimen collections and research staff to the university's environmental and biodiversity programmes.2011 年接管自然科学院后，其标本收藏与科研人员并入该校的环境与生物多样性学科。

• In 2002 Drexel acquired the MCP Hahnemann Medical University, consolidating it as the Drexel University College of Medicine and adding a medical research arm to the institution.2002 年，德雷克塞尔收购 MCP 哈尼曼医科大学，整合为德雷克塞尔大学医学院，为学校增添了医学研究板块。

• The fall of 2006 saw the founding of the Thomas R. Kline School of Law, which secured accreditation from the American Bar Association in 2011.2006 年秋，托马斯·克莱恩法学院成立，并于 2011 年获得美国律师协会认证。

• President Constantine Papadakis, in office from 1995 to 2009, presided over the largest expansion in university history, growing enrolment by 102 percent to 18,466 students and lifting the endowment by 471 percent to 540 million dollars.1995 至 2009 年在任的校长康斯坦丁·帕帕达基斯主持了校史上最大规模的扩张，注册人数增长 102% 至 18,466 人，捐赠基金增长 471% 至 5.4 亿美元。

• Papadakis died of pneumonia in April 2009, and John Anderson Fry, formerly an executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania, succeeded him as president and continues to lead the institution as chancellor today.帕帕达基斯于 2009 年 4 月因肺炎去世，前宾夕法尼亚大学执行副校长约翰·安德森·弗莱接任校长，如今以校长荣衔继续执掌该校。

• Fry's tenure consolidated the medical and museum acquisitions and pursued campus construction in Philadelphia's University City district.弗莱任内整合了医学院与博物馆两项收购，并在费城大学城区推进校园建设。

• The university adopted a quarter system under the co-op calendar, a scheduling choice tied to the alternating work-study rhythm introduced in 1919 that spreads the teaching year across four terms instead of two semesters.该校在合作教育日程下采用学季制，这一排课安排与 1919 年引入的工学交替节奏相绑定，把教学年度铺成四个学季而非两个学期。

• Drexel began offering online degrees in the late 1990s through Drexel University Online, extending the professional mission of 1891 to distance learners.德雷克塞尔于 1990 年代末通过德雷克塞尔在线开设网络学位，把 1891 年的职业教育使命延伸到远程学习者。

• The School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, established in the late 1990s, was among the first comprehensive biomedical engineering schools in the United States.1990 年代末设立的生物医学工程、科学与健康系统学院，是美国最早的综合性生物医学工程学院之一。

• The Earle Mack School of Law announced in 2006 honoured the real-estate executive whose gift underwrote its launch, before renaming to the Kline School after Thomas Kline's later donations.2006 年宣布设立的厄尔·麦克法学院以捐资人命名，后因托马斯·克莱恩追加捐赠改称克莱恩法学院。

• By the 2020s the university grouped its teaching into 14 colleges and schools spanning engineering, business, nursing and health professions, media, education and law.到 2020 年代，该校的教学组织划分为 14 个学院，涵盖工程、商科、护理与健康、传媒、教育与法律。

• Drexel joined Philadelphia's academic medical ecosystem through the Center City Hahnemann campus and the Queen Lane medical campus acquired with the 2002 merger.通过 2002 年合并获得的市中心哈尼曼校区与女王巷医学校区，德雷克塞尔融入了费城的学术医学版图。

• The Hahnemann University Hospital partnership that came with the merger ended in 2019 when the hospital closed, prompting the university to restructure its clinical affiliations.随合并而来的哈尼曼大学医院合作关系因医院 2019 年关闭而告终，学校随即重组其临床教学网络。

Academics

• Teaching is organised through colleges including the College of Engineering, the LeBow College of Business, the Dornsife School of Public Health, the College of Computing and Informatics and the College of Nursing and Health Professions.教学组织包括工程学院、利博商学院、多恩西夫公共卫生学院、计算与信息学院以及护理与健康职业学院等。

• The cooperative education programme alternates academic terms with up to three paid six-month placements, drawing on more than 1,600 employer partners that range from Goldman Sachs and Microsoft to Procter and Gamble.合作教育项目将学期与最多三次六个月的带薪实习交替，雇主网络逾 1,600 家，涵盖高盛、微软与宝洁等企业。

• Undergraduate offerings exceeded 70 degree programmes in 2020, alongside more than 100 master's, doctoral and professional programmes.2020 年，本科专业超过 70 个，硕士、博士与职业学位课程超过 100 个。

• The College of Medicine traces to the 2002 merger with MCP Hahnemann Medical University and carries the legacy of two of the earliest medical colleges for women in the United States.医学院承接 2002 年与 MCP 哈尼曼医科大学的合并，并继承了美国最早两所女子医学院的传统。

• The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University functions as a research museum, holding millions of specimens collected since its 1812 founding.德雷克塞尔大学自然科学院作为研究型博物馆运营，收藏 1812 年建馆以来积累的数百万件标本。

• Research expenditure and doctoral production support the university's R1 classification in the Carnegie system as a doctoral university with very high research activity, a status it secured in 2018.科研支出与博士培养规模支撑其在卡内基分类中的 R1 档位（极高研究活跃度博士大学），这一地位于 2018 年取得。

• The School of Biomedical Engineering runs doctoral programmes linking engineering departments with the College of Medicine's clinical base, a bridge strengthened by the 2002 acquisition.生物医学工程学院开设博士项目，把工程学科与医学院的临床基地衔接起来，2002 年的收购进一步加固了这一桥梁。

• LeBow College of Business offers a one-year full-time MBA aimed at working professionals, a programme highlighted in regional rankings of Philadelphia business schools.利博商学院开设面向在职人士的一年制全职 MBA 课程，在费城商学院的区域排名中受到关注。

• The library system ranked among the top ten university libraries in the United States in the 2000s for digital access, pioneering one of the earliest online public access catalogues.2000 年代该校图书馆系统曾跻身美国大学图书馆数字化服务前十，是较早建设在线公共检索目录的机构之一。

• Wireless network coverage earned Drexel a first-place ranking among the most wired American universities in a Yahoo Internet Life survey of the early 2000s.在 2000 年代初雅虎网络生活杂志的评选中，德雷克塞尔以全网无线覆盖名列全美最联网大学第一。

• The co-op network of more than 1,600 employers across 28 states and 25 countries feeds placement data back into curriculum design each cycle.覆盖 28 个州与 25 个国家的 1,600 余家合作雇主网络，每轮实习结束后把岗位数据反馈到课程设计。

• Graduate professional programmes in nursing, physician assisting and health administration support the clinical partnerships forged after the 2002 medical merger.护理、医师助理与卫生管理的研究生职业教育支撑着 2002 年医学合并后建立的临床合作网络。

• The Close School of Entrepreneurship, established in 2015 as a freestanding entrepreneurship school, was among the first such standalone schools in the United States.2015 年设立的克洛斯创业学院是美国最早的独立创业学院之一。

• Faculty research in materials, energy and biomedical devices is concentrated in the College of Engineering, whose laboratories date to the institute's technical mission of 1891.材料、能源与生物医学器件方面的教师研究集中在工程学院，其实验室传统可追溯到 1891 年的建校技术使命。

• Enrolment of more than 24,000 students as of 2020 placed Drexel among the largest private universities in Pennsylvania.截至 2020 年逾 24,000 名学生的注册规模，使德雷克塞尔位居宾夕法尼亚州最大的私立大学之列。

• The university's academic calendar of four quarters a year permits three co-op cycles to fit within degree programmes of five years for engineering majors.一年四个学期的校历让工程专业的学生可以在五年学位期内完成三轮合作实习。

Campus

• The main campus lies in Philadelphia's University City district along Market Street, with its coordinates at 39.95238 degrees north and 75.16362 degrees west.主校区位于费城大学城区市场街沿线，坐标为北纬 39.95238、西经 75.16362。

• University City places Drexel beside the University of Pennsylvania and the 30th Street Station rail hub, five minutes by regional rail from Center City.大学城区让德雷克塞尔与宾夕法尼亚大学和第 30 街车站为邻，乘区域铁路五分钟可达市中心。

• Trolley routes 10, 11, 13, 34 and 36 cross the campus area, and the Market-Frankford subway line stops at 30th and 34th Street stations.10、11、13、34、36 路有轨电车穿过校区，市场-法兰克福地铁线在第 30 街与第 34 街设站。

• The Academy of Natural Sciences operates from its historic building on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Logan Square, separate from the main campus.自然科学院在洛根广场富兰克林大道的历史馆舍中运营，与主校区分处两地。

• The Center City campus housed medical education programmes until the 2019 closure of Hahnemann University Hospital forced a reconfiguration.市中心校区曾承担医学教育，直至 2019 年哈尼曼大学医院关闭迫使布局重组。

• The Queen Lane campus in East Falls carries the College of Medicine's preclinical laboratories and student facilities.东福尔斯的女王巷校区设有医学院的临床前实验室与学生设施。

• Dragon statues and the Dragon Shrine mark campus tradition points, honouring the Drexel Dragons athletic identity adopted in the early twentieth century.龙雕像与龙神龛构成校园传统地标，呼应二十世纪初采用的「德雷克塞尔龙」体育形象。

• Sports facilities include the Daskalakis Athletic Center, opened in the 1970s, which hosts basketball and volleyball matches.体育设施包括 1970 年代启用的达斯卡拉基斯运动中心，承办篮球与排球比赛。

• Residence halls across University City house first-year students under a live-on requirement introduced in the 2010s.大学城区的多栋宿舍楼在 2010 年代推出的住校要求下容纳一年级新生。

• Campus expansion under president Papadakis from 1995 to 2009 added research buildings and the Recreation Center along Arch and Market streets.1995 至 2009 年帕帕达基斯任内的校园扩张在拱门街与市场街沿线新增了科研楼与康体中心。

Reputation

• Drexel University is placed in the 771-780 band of the 2027 QS World University Rankings.德雷克塞尔大学在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中处于 771-780 区间。

• THE World University Rankings 2027 place it in the 376-400 band, the strongest of the four main rankings for this institution.2027 年度 THE 世界大学排名将其列于 376-400 区间，是四项主榜中该校的最高座次。

• The 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities survey ranks it 555th worldwide.2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名将其列于世界第 555。

• The Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026 places it in the 401-500 band.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名（ARWU）将其列于 401-500 区间。

• Earlier cycle data show a stronger THE position, with 190th place worldwide in the 2010 THE ranking and 76th in North America the same year.更早周期的数据显示其 THE 名次曾更高，2010 年 THE 排名世界第 190、同年北美第 76。

• U.S. News national reporting placed Drexel 97th among American universities in 2013, and third on the magazine's list of fastest-climbing schools for 2012.US News 全美排名在 2013 年将德雷克塞尔列于第 97，并在 2012 年攀升最快学校榜上列第三。

• Its OpenAlex record lists 79,645 research works and 5,861,437 citations, weighted toward engineering, medicine and public health.其 OpenAlex 记录列有研究成果 79,645 项、被引 5,861,437 次，成果以工程、医学与公共卫生为主。

• The co-op programme is routinely cited as second among national cooperative education programmes, anchoring the university's employability reputation.合作教育项目在同类全国项目评比中常列第二，支撑着该校的就业声誉。

• The Academy of Natural Sciences, managed since 2011, adds a biodiversity research reputation unusual among urban private universities.自 2011 年起管理的自然科学院，为这所城市私立大学增添了罕见的生物多样性研究声誉。

Student life

• The university's athletics teams compete as the Drexel Dragons in NCAA Division I, with membership in the Coastal Athletic Association.该校运动队以「德雷克塞尔龙」之名参加 NCAA 第一级别比赛，隶属海岸运动协会。

• Drexel Dragons basketball games at the Daskalakis Athletic Center anchor the winter social calendar of the campus.达斯卡拉基斯运动中心的龙队篮球赛是校园冬季社交日程的核心。

• Mario the Dragon serves as the university mascot and appears at orientation, commencement and homecoming events.龙「马里奥」是学校吉祥物，在迎新、毕业与返校节活动中亮相。

• Co-op scheduling splits the student body into alternating cohorts, so campus life runs year-round with students always leaving for or returning from placements in cities across the United States and beyond.合作教育的排期把学生分成交替的批次，校园生活全年运转，总有人正出发或归来——实习地点遍及美国各地乃至海外。

• More than 100 student organisations operate on campus, alongside fraternities and sororities in the Greek system.校内活跃着百余个学生组织，还有希腊体系的兄弟会与姐妹会。

• The weekly student newspaper, The Triangle, has published since 1926 and covers campus and University City affairs.校报《三角报》自 1926 年出版至今，报道校园与大学城区事务。

• Homecoming and the Dragons' rivalry fixtures structure the autumn term, while the spring drag show and cultural festivals fill the calendar.返校节与龙队宿敌赛构成秋季学期节点，春季演出与文化节则填满其余日程。

• Residential life concentrates first-year students in University City halls, placing them minutes from the subway and trolley stops that connect to Center City.住宿生活把一年级新生集中在大学城区宿舍，数分钟可达连接市中心的地铁与电车站。

• Service traditions include campus-wide volunteering days and co-op employer showcases that link students to Philadelphia nonprofits.服务传统包括全校志愿日与合作雇主展示会，把学生与费城的非营利机构联结起来。

Notable people

• Anthony J. Drexel, founder of the university in 1891, was a Philadelphia financier, senior partner of Drexel and Company and mentor to J. P. Morgan.安东尼·德雷克塞尔，1891 年建校的创办人，是费城金融家、德雷克塞尔公司高级合伙人、摩根的提携者。

• Constantine Papadakis, president from 1995 to 2009, drove the 102 percent enrolment growth, the 471 percent endowment rise and the medical and museum acquisitions.康斯坦丁·帕帕达基斯，1995 至 2009 年任校长，主导了注册增长 102%、捐赠增长 471% 以及医学院与博物馆两项收购。

• John Anderson Fry, president from 2009 and later chancellor, previously served as executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania and led Drexel through the 2019 hospital closure.约翰·安德森·弗莱，2009 年起任校长、后升任校长荣衔，此前是宾夕法尼亚大学执行副校长，任内应对了 2019 年医院关闭。

• Paul Baran, a Drexel graduate student who completed his master's degree in 1959, developed the packet-switching concept that underlies the Internet.保罗·巴伦，1959 年在德雷克塞尔取得硕士学位，提出支撑互联网的分组交换概念。

• Norman Joseph Woodland, co-inventor of the barcode, studied and later taught mechanical engineering at the Drexel Institute, sketching the first barcode concept in 1949.诺曼·约瑟夫·伍德兰，条形码共同发明人，曾在德雷克塞尔学院修读并后来讲授机械工程，1949 年画下条形码概念雏形。

• Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr., a scion of the founding family, served as United States Ambassador to several countries during the Cold War.小安东尼·德雷克塞尔·比德尔，创办家族后人，冷战期间出任美国驻多国大使。

• Albert Sabin, developer of the oral polio vaccine, held an appointment at Drexel's College of Medicine in the final years of his career.阿尔伯特·萨宾，口服脊髓灰质炎疫苗的研制者，职业生涯后期在德雷克塞尔医学院任职。

• Earle I. Mack, alumnus and former United States Ambassador to Finland, endowed the law school that bore his name when it opened in 2006.厄尔·麦克，该校校友、前美国驻芬兰大使，2006 年法学院创办时捐资，法学院一度以他的名字命名。

• Malik Rose, who led Drexel basketball in the 1990s, later won two NBA championships with the San Antonio Spurs.马利克·罗斯，1990 年代德雷克塞尔篮球队主力，后来随圣安东尼奥马刺队两夺 NBA 总冠军。

• Chuck Barris, the television producer who created The Dating Game and The Gong Show, graduated from the Drexel Institute in 1953.查克·巴里斯，创造出《约会游戏》与《一声锣响》的电视制作人，1953 年毕业于德雷克塞尔学院。

• The university endowment surpassed 1.5 billion dollars in the 2020s, supporting scholarships across the fourteen colleges and the co-op network.2020 年代该校捐赠基金超过 15 亿美元，支撑十四个学院的奖学金与合作实习网络。

• The Dornsife School of Public Health, established as an independent school in 2014, holds national accreditation for its bachelor's, master's and doctoral public health degrees.2014 年独立建院的多恩西夫公共卫生学院，其本科、硕士与博士公共卫生学位均获全国认证。

• U.S. News national reporting has placed Drexel among the top 100 American universities in recent editions, reflecting the co-op model's employer outcomes.US News 近年全美排名把德雷克塞尔列于前一百，印证了合作教育模式的雇主成效。

• Nearly thirty varsity teams compete as the Dragons across the Coastal Athletic Association, with rowing on the Schuylkill River among the university's historic sports.近三十支校队以「龙队」之名参加海岸运动协会赛事，其中斯库尔基尔河上的赛艇是该校历史最悠久的运动之一。