Ibn Tofail University

Ibn Tofail University is a public university in Kénitra, Morocco, created by royal decree in 1989 and named after the twelfth-century Andalusi philosopher Ibn Tufail. It is the main university of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region north of the capital.伊本·托法伊尔大学是摩洛哥凯尼特拉的一所公立大学，1989年由王室法令创立，校名取自十二世纪安达卢西亚哲学家伊本·图法伊尔。学校是首都以北拉巴特-萨累-凯尼特拉地区的主要高校。

It teaches through faculties of arts and sciences dating from 1985, a faculty of law and economics, and national schools of business, applied sciences and technology. About 57,000 students are enrolled, making it one of the largest universities in Morocco.学校的文学院与理学院始建于1985年，另设有法律与经济学院以及商业、应用科学和技术等国立学院。在校学生约五万七千人，是摩洛哥规模最大的高校之一，承担着为加尔布平原培养人才的任务。

Ibn Tofail University sits in the 1201-1400 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027 and in the 1001-1200 band of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027. It is placed 1,183rd by U.S. News and is not listed in the main table of the Academic Ranking of World Universities.在2027年QS世界大学排名中，伊本·托法伊尔大学位列第1201-1400位（并列区间），在2027年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中位列第1001-1200位。美国新闻与世界报道将其排在第1183位，软科世界大学学术排名的主榜则未收录该校。

History

• The Sebou valley near Kénitra was settled in antiquity, and the Roman colony of Banasa and the port of Thamusida traded olive oil and grain with the Mediterranean world in the first centuries AD.凯尼特拉附近的塞布河谷早在古代就有人定居，罗马殖民地巴纳萨与港口塔穆西达在公元最初几个世纪里，从这里向地中海世界输出橄榄油与谷物。两处遗址的发掘品如今保存在拉巴特的博物馆中。
• Kénitra itself dates from 1912, when the French army established a post on the south bank of the Sebou after the protectorate and laid out streets around the new railway.凯尼特拉城本身始于1912年，法国军队在保护国建立后于塞布河南岸设立据点，并围绕新修的铁路规划了棋盘式街道。港口、粮仓与军营的出现，使这里逐渐从渔村变成区域集镇。
• In 1932 the town was renamed Port Lyautey after Marshal Hubert Lyautey, the first resident-general of the protectorate, and it kept that name until independence.1932年，该城以首任保护国总督 Hubert Lyautey 元帅命名为利奥泰港，这一名称一直使用到摩洛哥独立。城市的欧式街区、林荫大道与火车站大多形成于这一时期。
• After independence in 1956 the town recovered the name Kénitra and grew quickly as migrants from the Gharb countryside arrived to work in the port and the food industry.1956年摩洛哥独立后，城市恢复凯尼特拉之名，加尔布乡村的移民不断涌入，在港口与食品工厂谋生。人口的增长使凯尼特拉在数十年间成为首都以北最大的城市之一。
• From the 1960s the Gharb irrigation scheme turned the surrounding plain into fields of sugar beet, citrus and rice, and the province began to need engineers, agronomists and technicians.二十世纪六十年代起，加尔布灌溉工程把周边平原变成甜菜、柑橘与水稻田，全省开始需要工程师、农艺师和技术员。农业加工业的发展为后来创办大学提供了经济与人才方面的理由。
• Higher education arrived in 1985, when a faculty of arts and humanities and a faculty of sciences opened in the town, at first serving students who would otherwise have gone to Rabat.1985年，凯尼特拉开办了文学院与理学院，高等教育由此进入这座城市。此前当地学生大多要前往拉巴特求学，新学院让他们能够在家门口完成基础学科的学习。
• Dahir 1.89.144 of 23 October 1989 grouped those establishments into a university, giving Kénitra its own institution with the power to award national degrees.1989年10月23日颁布的第1.89.144号王室法令把这些学院合并为一所大学，凯尼特拉从此拥有了可以颁发国家学位的高校。法令同时规定了学校的理事会、校长产生方式与经费来源。
• The university took the name of Ibn Tufail, the twelfth-century philosopher and physician of Guadix who served the Almohad caliphs in Marrakesh and wrote the philosophical tale Hayy ibn Yaqdhan.学校以伊本·图法伊尔命名，这位十二世纪出生于瓜迪克斯的哲学家兼医师曾在马拉喀什服务阿尔摩哈德王朝，并写下哲理小说《哈义·本·叶格赞》。校名把当地的历史记忆与大学的学术使命联结起来。
• A faculty of law, economics and social sciences opened in 1991, completing the three faculties that still form the academic core of the university.1991年，法律、经济与社会学院成立，学校的三个基础学院至此齐备。这三所学院至今仍是伊本·托法伊尔大学的教学与科研核心，承担了大部分本科生课程。
• During the 1990s enrolment rose steadily as the town expanded, and the university added lecture halls, laboratories and a central library on land north of the old centre.二十世纪九十年代，随着城市扩张，入学人数稳步上升，学校在老城以北的土地上陆续建成阶梯教室、实验室与中心图书馆。校园由此从几栋分散的建筑发展为相对集中的大学区。
• The higher education law 01-00 of 2000 gave Moroccan universities legal personality and financial autonomy, and Ibn Tofail appointed its first elected president under the new rules.2000年颁布的高等教育第01-00号法令赋予摩洛哥各大学法人资格与财政自主权，伊本·托法伊尔大学依据新规产生了首位经选举产生的校长。大学理事会开始负责预算、专业设置与教师聘任。
• Morocco adopted the LMD reform in 2003, replacing the long single-cycle licence with a three-year licence, a two-year master and a doctoral cycle, and the university redesigned its curricula.摩洛哥于2003年推行LMD学制改革，把过去单一的长学制本科文凭改为三年制学士、两年制硕士与博士阶段，学校也随之重新设计课程。学分制、模块化教学与实习要求由此进入课堂。
• The National School of Commerce and Management opened in 2005, selecting students by competitive examination after the baccalaureate and training them in business, finance and management.2005年，国立商业与管理学院成立，通过高中毕业会考后的竞争性考试选拔学生，培养商业、金融与管理方面的人才。该学院采用五年制精英教育模式，录取率在省内一直较低。
• The National School of Applied Sciences followed in 2008, adding five-year engineering programmes in computing, electrical, industrial and civil engineering.2008年，国立应用科学学院成立，增设计算机、电气、工业与土木工程等五年制工程师专业。工程教育强调实验室训练与企业实习，毕业生多进入汽车、能源与建筑行业。
• In 2017 the university opened a school of technology offering two-year university diplomas in electrical engineering, maintenance and business computing to students from the region.2017年，学校开办技术学院，面向本地区学生提供电气工程、设备维护与商务信息等两年制大学文凭课程。技术学院偏重动手能力，毕业生可以直接就业，也可以继续攻读学士学位。
• Framework law 51-17 of 2019 required universities to tie their programmes more closely to employment and to regional development, and Ibn Tofail began revising its course offer in response.2019年通过的《教育框架法》第51-17号要求高校把专业设置与就业和区域发展更紧密地结合，伊本·托法伊尔大学据此开始调整课程结构。新增的专业多面向汽车、物流、环境与数字技术领域。
• When the pandemic reached Morocco in March 2020 the campus closed and teaching moved online, while the university kept computer rooms open for students without reliable connections.2020年3月疫情波及摩洛哥后，校园关闭，教学转为线上，学校同时开放计算机房，供网络条件较差的学生使用。那一年考试安排多次调整，实践课程则推迟到秋季补做。
• In 2021 the university was one of five Moroccan institutions selected to pilot the new Bachelor degree, a reform intended to give undergraduates more practical and interdisciplinary training.2021年，学校被选为摩洛哥五所试点高校之一，试行新的Bachelor学制，这项改革希望让本科生接受更多实践与跨学科训练。试点引发了全国关于学制长短与就业能力的讨论。
• Its technology transfer office became a Technology and Innovation Support Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization, offering patent searches and advice to staff and local firms.学校的科技成果转化办公室成为世界知识产权组织设立的技术与创新支持中心，为教师、学生和当地企业提供专利检索与知识产权咨询。中心还组织培训，帮助科研人员把实验室成果推向市场。
• Research output has grown with the doctoral centre: the OpenAlex index lists more than 19,600 works by university authors and almost 464,000 citations to them.随着博士培养中心的建立，学校的科研产出持续增长，OpenAlex数据库收录了该校作者的一万九千六百多篇成果，累计被引用近四十六万四千次。化学、材料、生物与环境是论文最集中的领域。

Academics

• Ibn Tofail University is organised into faculties and schools covering the humanities, sciences, law, economics, engineering, business and technology, with most teaching in Arabic and French.伊本·托法伊尔大学由多个学院组成，学科覆盖人文、理学、法律、经济、工程、商业与技术，大部分课程以阿拉伯语和法语授课。部分工程与商科课程使用英语，以满足国际化与就业市场的需要。
• The faculty of arts and humanities teaches Arabic, French and English language and literature, history, geography, sociology and philosophy, and it trains many of the region's secondary school teachers.文学院开设阿拉伯语、法语与英语语言文学，以及历史、地理、社会学与哲学等专业，为地区中学培养了大批教师。学院还承担翻译、新闻与文化管理方面的职业培训。
• The faculty of sciences covers mathematics, computer science, physics, chemistry, biology and geology, and its laboratories supervise master's and doctoral students in materials, environment and life sciences.理学院涵盖数学、计算机、物理、化学、生物与地质等学科，其实验室指导材料、环境与生命科学方向的硕士与博士生。学院的基础课程面向全校开放，是工程与医学预科教育的重要支撑。
• The faculty of law, economics and social sciences offers degrees in private and public law, economics and management, and many of its graduates enter the civil service or local government.法律、经济与社会学院提供私法、公法、经济学与管理学学位，许多毕业生进入公务员系统或地方政府工作。学院还开设政治学与国际关系课程，为有志于外交和公共事务的学生提供训练。
• The national school of commerce and management runs a five-year programme with a preparatory cycle, followed by specialisations in finance, marketing, audit and human resource management.国立商业与管理学院实行五年制培养，前两年为预科阶段，之后分金融、市场营销、审计与人力资源管理方向。学院要求学生在毕业前完成企业实习，并提交结合真实案例的毕业论文。
• The national school of applied sciences trains engineers in computing, electrical, industrial and civil engineering, with laboratory work, industrial projects and a final-year internship.国立应用科学学院培养计算机、电气、工业与土木工程方向的工程师，课程包括实验课、工业项目与毕业前实习。学院与汽车、能源和建筑企业保持合作，部分项目由企业工程师联合指导。
• The school of technology offers two-year university diplomas in electrical engineering, maintenance and business computing, with a strong practical component and close links to local employers.技术学院提供电气工程、设备维护与商务信息方向的两年制大学文凭，课程实践性强，与当地企业联系紧密。优秀毕业生可以插班进入学士阶段，继续攻读本科课程。
• Master's programmes have multiplied since the LMD reform, covering materials science, environment, biotechnology, education, law, economics and public policy, and most require a supervised thesis.LMD改革以来，硕士项目不断增加，覆盖材料科学、环境、生物技术、教育、法律、经济与公共政策等领域，多数要求完成有导师指导的学位论文。专业硕士则更强调实习与案例研究。
• The doctoral centre coordinates research training across the faculties, registers doctoral candidates and organises seminars, thesis defences and joint supervision with universities abroad.博士培养中心统筹各学院的研究生训练，负责博士生注册、研讨课、论文答辩以及与国外高校的联合指导。中心还管理科研经费与实验室使用，为青年学者提供发表与交流的机会。
• Materials science and chemistry are among the strongest research areas, with work on thin films, solar cells, catalysis, water treatment and the physical chemistry of surfaces.材料科学与化学是学校较强的研究领域，涉及薄膜、太阳能电池、催化、水处理与表面物理化学等方向。相关团队在国内外期刊发表论文，并与欧洲实验室开展合作研究。
• Biology and ecology researchers study the Maamora cork oak forest, medicinal plants of the Gharb, coastal dunes and the biodiversity of the Sebou estuary and its wetlands.生物学与生态学研究者关注马阿穆拉栓皮栎林、加尔布地区的药用植物、海岸沙丘以及塞布河口湿地的生物多样性。这些研究为保护区管理与地方药材开发提供了基础数据。
• Environmental scientists work on water quality, wastewater treatment and the management of the Sebou basin, a field of direct importance to the agriculture and industry of the region.环境科学研究者从事水质、废水处理与塞布河流域管理的研究，这一领域直接关系到本地区农业与工业的用水安全。团队与地方水务机构合作，参与河流监测与治理方案评估。
• Renewable energy is a growing theme, and staff have assessed photovoltaic installations and efficient lighting for the university's own buildings as well as for outside clients.可再生能源是日益重要的研究方向，教师曾对学校建筑的太阳能光伏装置与高效照明进行评估，也为校外机构提供咨询。摩洛哥的太阳能计划为这类研究提供了政策与资金支持。
• Health and neuroscience research, based in the faculty of sciences, examines stress, nutrition, neuroendocrinology and the effects of plant extracts in animal models.依托理学院的健康与神经科学研究，考察压力、营养、神经内分泌以及植物提取物在动物模型中的作用。相关成果发表于国际期刊，也为地方药用植物的利用提供了实验依据。
• Humanities research concentrates on Moroccan literature, the history of the Gharb and the Middle Atlas, Amazigh language and culture, and the intellectual history of al-Andalus.人文研究集中于摩洛哥文学、加尔布与中阿特拉斯地区的历史、阿马齐格语言文化以及安达卢斯思想史。这些题目把地方档案与阿拉伯文、法文文献结合起来，形成了区域特色。
• Teaching is bilingual in practice, with Arabic used in law and the humanities, French in the sciences and engineering, and English increasingly required in business and technology.教学在实践中是双语的，法律与人文多用阿拉伯语，科学与工程多用法语，商科与技术专业则越来越重视英语。新生入学后通常要接受语言测试，并修读一至两个学期的语言强化课程。
• The university takes part in Erasmus+ exchanges and other European programmes, sending students and staff abroad and hosting visiting teachers from partner institutions.学校参与Erasmus+交流项目及其他欧洲合作计划，选派学生与教师出国，也接待伙伴院校的访问教师。这些项目集中在工程、环境、管理与人文领域。
• An incubator and a house of entrepreneurship support student start-ups, while the technology transfer office helps researchers patent inventions and license them to industry.学校设有创业孵化器与创业之家，为学生初创项目提供场地、辅导与小额资助，科技成果转化办公室则帮助研究者申请专利并向企业许可技术。学校每年举办创业竞赛与项目路演。
• Professional degrees and mandatory internships are intended to improve employability, and the university tracks graduate employment through surveys and alumni networks.专业学位与必修实习旨在提高毕业生的就业能力，学校通过问卷调查与校友网络跟踪就业情况。多数本科专业要求完成至少一个月的实习，工程与商科的要求更长。

Campus

• The university's establishments are spread across several sites in Kénitra, with the central campus and its administration at B.P. 242 on the northern side of the city.学校的各个学院分布在凯尼特拉城内多处，中心校区与行政部门位于城北，通信地址为242号信箱。校区间距离不远，学生常骑自行车或乘公交往返上课。
• The central campus combines amphitheatres, seminar rooms, a library and administrative offices, and it is the setting for registration, examinations and graduation ceremonies.中心校区集中了阶梯教室、研讨室、图书馆与行政办公室，注册、考试与毕业典礼都在这里举行。每年九月新生报到时，校园主干道两侧会摆满各学院的咨询摊位。
• The faculty of sciences occupies its own site with laboratories, a botanical garden and experimental plots used for research on soils, plants and water.理学院拥有独立院区，设有实验室、植物园以及用于土壤、植物与水资源研究的试验田。这些设施支撑着生物学、地质学与环境科学的野外与实验课程。
• The national schools of business, applied sciences and technology occupy newer buildings with computer rooms, workshops, design studios and premises for industrial partners.商业、应用科学与技术三所国立学院使用较新的建筑，配有计算机房、车间、设计室以及供企业合作伙伴使用的场地。工程学院的实验室按专业方向分区，并向高年级学生开放。
• Student housing is provided in a university residence near the campus, managed with the national office for university works, and many students also rent rooms in nearby neighbourhoods.学校附近设有大学宿舍区，由国家大学事务办公室参与管理，不少学生也在周边街区合租房屋。宿舍床位紧张，通常优先分配给外地与低收入家庭学生。
• The campus has football pitches, a running track, basketball courts and a sports hall, and university teams compete in regional and national student championships.校园内有足球场、跑道、篮球场与体育馆，校队在地区与全国大学生锦标赛中参赛。体育课是多数本科专业的必修内容，女生参与率近年明显上升。
• Several canteens and cafeterias serve subsidised meals, and the main restaurant offers a set menu that is popular with students living in the residence.校园内有多处食堂与咖啡厅提供补贴餐食，主餐厅的套餐价格便宜，深受住宿生欢迎。斋月期间食堂调整供餐时间，傍晚开斋时最为热闹。
• Kénitra lies on the Sebou river about twelve kilometres from the Atlantic, and the beach at Mehdia and the cork oak forest of the Maamora are within easy reach.凯尼特拉位于塞布河畔，距大西洋约十二公里，迈赫迪耶海滩与马阿穆拉栓皮栎林都在容易到达的范围内。周末学生常去海边散步，或在林间野餐与骑行。
• The city is a railway junction on the Tangier-Casablanca line, and the Al Boraq high-speed service stops at Kénitra, putting Rabat about forty minutes away.凯尼特拉是丹吉尔至卡萨布兰卡铁路线上的枢纽，Al Boraq 高铁在此停靠，到拉巴特约需四十分钟。便利的铁路使部分教师住在首都，也让学生能够当天往返两地。
• The climate is Atlantic and Mediterranean, with mild rainy winters and hot dry summers, and the prevailing westerly winds keep the campus cooler than the inland plains.当地气候兼具大西洋与地中海特征，冬季温和多雨，夏季炎热干燥，盛行西风使校园比内陆平原凉爽。春秋两季是户外教学与学生活动最集中的时段。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Ibn Tofail University is placed in the 1201-1400 band, a joint interval shared by many universities rather than a single rank.在2027年QS世界大学排名中，伊本·托法伊尔大学位于第1201-1400位区间，这是一个由多所高校共享的并列区间，而非单一排名。学校在该榜单中的位置与其规模、国际化程度和论文引用表现有关。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place it in the 1001-1200 band, its best showing in a major global table.2027年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将学校列入第1001-1200位区间，这是它在主要全球榜单中的最好表现。教学声誉、研究产出与国际化指标共同决定了这一位置。
• U.S. News and World Report ranks it 1,183rd in its 2026-2027 global universities list, placing it among the middle group of Moroccan universities.美国新闻与世界报道2026-2027年全球大学榜单将学校排在第1183位，在摩洛哥高校中处于中间位置。该榜单主要依据论文发表、引用与国际合作等文献计量指标。
• The Academic Ranking of World Universities does not list Ibn Tofail in its 2026 main table, which includes only a small number of Moroccan institutions.软科世界大学学术排名2026年主榜未收录伊本·托法伊尔大学，该榜只纳入少数摩洛哥高校。这一结果反映出学校在高被引学者与顶级论文等硬指标上仍有差距。
• QS classifies the university as having high research output for its age, with more than 19,600 indexed works and almost 464,000 citations in the OpenAlex database.QS将学校列为研究产出较高的年轻大学，OpenAlex数据库收录其一万九千六百多篇成果，累计被引用近四十六万四千次。论文数量增长快于引用增长，说明影响力仍在积累之中。
• Its student body of about 57,000 is served by roughly 794 academic staff, a ratio of about seventy students per teacher that shapes both teaching methods and completion rates.学校约有五万七千名学生，而专任教师约七百九十四人，平均每位教师对应约七十名学生。这一比例影响了教学方式，大课与辅导课结合成为普遍做法，也带来辅导资源紧张的问题。
• Moroccan public universities are numerous and mostly young, from Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakesh and Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University in Fez to Abdelmalek Essaadi University in Tetouan, and only a few appear in the upper half of global tables. For students in the Gharb, national standing matters as much as international rank.摩洛哥公立大学数量多、历史普遍较短，只有少数进入全球榜单的前半部分，因此国内声誉与国际排名同样重要。伊本·托法伊尔大学在省内被视为加尔布地区最重要的高校。
• The university is closely tied to the Gharb economy, supplying engineers, managers and teachers to the automotive plants, food companies and farms around Kénitra.学校与加尔布经济联系紧密，为凯尼特拉周边的汽车工厂、食品企业与农场输送工程师、管理者和教师。位于城郊的免税工业区聚集了多家汽车零部件供应商，是学生实习的重要去处。
• It participates in the UI GreenMetric ranking of sustainable campuses and presents environmental management and energy saving as priorities in its public communications.学校参加UI GreenMetric可持续校园排名，并在对外宣传中把环境管理与节能列为重点。校园的绿化、垃圾分类与光伏试点项目是这一形象的具体支撑。
• Its reputation remains largely regional: few highly cited papers, limited international visibility and a heavy teaching load keep it below the leading Moroccan universities in most tables. It is often compared with Ibn Zohr University in Agadir and Hassan First University in Settat, regional universities with similar profiles.学校的声誉仍以区域为主，高被引论文不多、国际能见度有限、教学负担较重，使其在多数榜单中落后于摩洛哥的领头高校。如何在扩大招生的同时提升科研质量，是长期难题。

Student life

• Most of the 57,000 students come from Kénitra and the surrounding Gharb, and a large share live at home and commute daily by bus, train or bicycle.五万七千名学生大多来自凯尼特拉与加尔布周边地区，相当一部分住在家里，每天乘公交、火车或骑自行车上学。校园周边的租房市场因此常年活跃，合租是常见选择。
• The university residence, canteens and scholarship administration are run with the national office for university works, which subsidises meals and rooms for eligible students.大学宿舍、食堂与奖学金事务由国家大学事务办公室协同管理，为符合条件的学生提供餐费与住宿补贴。申请补贴需要提交家庭收入证明，名额按年度分配。
• Student clubs organise an integration day for new entrants, cultural weeks, film screenings, debates and visits to the Roman sites of Banasa and Thamusida.学生社团为新生举办迎新日，并组织文化周、电影放映、辩论赛以及前往巴纳萨与塔穆西达罗马遗址的参观。这些活动由学院与学生事务部门提供小额经费支持。
• Football is the dominant sport, followed by athletics, basketball and swimming, and inter-faculty tournaments fill the pitches in spring.足球是最受欢迎的运动，田径、篮球与游泳次之，春季的院际比赛会把球场排得满满当当。校队选拔面向全体学生，优秀运动员可获得训练与比赛方面的支持。
• Everyday conversation mixes Moroccan Arabic with French, while lectures switch between Arabic and French and engineering students read technical texts in English. English-language instruction is the norm at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, but here it remains a second foreign language.日常交谈混合摩洛哥阿拉伯语与法语，课堂则在阿拉伯语和法语之间切换，工程专业学生还要阅读英文技术文献。语言能力因此被视为就业的重要资本。
• Ramadan changes the rhythm of the semester, with shorter teaching days, evening library hours and a late-night social life around the cafés near the campus.斋月改变了学期的节奏，教学日缩短，图书馆延长晚间开放，校园附近咖啡馆的社交生活移到深夜。开斋节前后的考试安排也会相应调整。
• Internships are a required part of most degrees, and students compete for places in the automotive plants, banks, hospitals and administrative offices of Kénitra and Rabat.实习是多数专业的必修环节，学生争相申请汽车工厂、银行、医院以及凯尼特拉和拉巴特行政机构的实习岗位。学院通过合作协议推荐人选，也允许学生自行联系单位。
• At weekends students head to the beach at Mehdia, walk in the Maamora forest or take the train to Rabat for museums, concerts and the medina.周末学生常去迈赫迪耶海滩，在马阿穆拉林中散步，或乘火车到拉巴特逛博物馆、听音乐会、游老城。低廉的铁路票价使首都的文化资源成为校园生活的延伸。
• Graduation is celebrated with faculty ceremonies and family gatherings, and many graduates stay in the region to teach, work in local government or join family businesses.毕业季由各学院举行典礼，学生与家人合影聚餐，气氛隆重而朴素。许多毕业生留在本地区任教、进入地方政府或接手家族生意，也有一部分前往卡萨布兰卡和欧洲发展。

Notable people

• Ibn Tufail, born in Guadix around 1105 and buried in Marrakesh in 1185, was a physician, astronomer, poet and philosopher at the Almohad court and the university's namesake.伊本·图法伊尔约1105年生于瓜迪克斯，1185年葬于马拉喀什，是阿尔摩哈德宫廷的医师、天文学家、诗人与哲学家，也是这所大学的名字来源。他的学识横跨医学、哲学与文学，被视为安达卢斯思想的代表人物。
• His philosophical novel Hayy ibn Yaqdhan describes a child raised alone on an island who reaches truth by reason, and it was translated into Latin and English in the seventeenth century.他的哲理小说《哈义·本·叶格赞》讲述一个在荒岛上独自长大的孩子凭借理性认识真理的故事，十七世纪被译成拉丁文与英文。这部作品在欧洲启蒙思想中流传甚广，常被拿来与《鲁滨逊漂流记》比较。
• Ibn Rushd, the philosopher and jurist known in Europe as Averroes, was a friend of Ibn Tufail, who introduced him to the Almohad caliph and encouraged his commentaries on Aristotle.伊本·鲁世德是哲学家与法学家，欧洲人称他为阿威罗伊，他是伊本·图法伊尔的朋友，并经其引荐进入阿尔摩哈德宫廷，受鼓励为亚里士多德著作作注。他的注释后来成为中世纪欧洲大学的重要教材。
• Abu Yaqub Yusuf, the Almohad caliph from 1163 to 1184, employed Ibn Tufail as his physician and built the court in Marrakesh into a centre of philosophy and medicine.阿布·雅库布·优素福是1163年至1184年在位的阿尔摩哈德哈里发，他聘伊本·图法伊尔为御医，把马拉喀什宫廷变成哲学与医学的中心。正是在他的赞助下，安达卢斯学者得以开展大规模翻译与注释工作。
• Yaqub al-Mansur, caliph from 1184 to 1199, continued the dynasty's patronage of learning and was reigning when Ibn Tufail died in Marrakesh in 1185.雅库布·曼苏尔是1184年至1199年在位的哈里发，延续了王朝对学术的赞助，伊本·图法伊尔1185年去世时正在其统治之下。他在位期间修建了拉巴特的哈桑塔，至今仍是地区标志性建筑。
• Marshal Hubert Lyautey, the first resident-general of the French protectorate, gave the town its colonial name Port Lyautey, which it bore from 1932 until independence in 1956.Hubert Lyautey 元帅是法国保护国的首任总督，这座城市在1932年至1956年独立前以利奥泰港之名存在。他推动港口、铁路与新城建设，也深刻改变了凯尼特拉的城市面貌。
• King Hassan II issued the dahir that created the university in 1989, as part of a wave of university foundations that extended higher education beyond the traditional centres.哈桑二世国王于1989年签署创建这所大学的王室法令，这是摩洛哥在传统高教中心之外新建一批大学的浪潮之一。凯尼特拉因此从只有学院的城市升级为大学城。
• King Mohammed VI's education reforms, including the 2019 framework law and the Bachelor pilot, set the policy environment in which the university now operates.穆罕默德六世国王推动的教育改革，包括2019年框架法与Bachelor学制试点，构成了学校当前办学的政策环境。改革强调就业能力、数字化与高等教育的大众化。
• Mohamed Larbi Kerkeb, a professor and former dean, serves as president of the university and has represented it in national discussions on university autonomy and funding.Mohamed Larbi Kerkeb 是学校教授，曾任院长，现任校长，并在全国性的大学自主权与经费讨论中代表学校发声。他的任期强调扩大招生、发展工程学科与加强校企合作。
• Aboubaker El Hessni, a professor in the faculty of sciences, studies neuroendocrinology, stress and the effects of plant extracts, and has supervised many doctoral students at the university.Aboubaker El Hessni 是理学院教授，研究神经内分泌、压力反应与植物提取物的作用，在学校指导过多名博士生。他的团队与校内外的生物化学和生态学者合作，推动地方药用植物研究。