Kansas State University

Kansas State University (K-State) is a public land-grant research university in Manhattan, Kansas, United States, founded in 1863 and governed by the Kansas Board of Regents.堪萨斯州立大学（Kansas State University，简称 K-State）是位于美国堪萨斯州曼哈顿的一所公立赠地研究型大学，创办于 1863 年，由堪萨斯州高等教育理事会（Kansas Board of Regents）管辖。

It was the first public institution of higher learning in Kansas and began as a land-grant college created under the 1862 Morrill Act.它是堪萨斯州开办的第一所公立高等院校，最初是依据 1862 年《莫里尔法案》设立的赠地学院。

Classified among R1 doctoral universities with very high research activity, it enrolled about 20,295 students in 2025-26, and in the 2027 QS World University Rankings it stands in the 1001-1200 band.该校被归入研究活动极高的 R1 类博士研究型大学，2025-26 学年在校生约 20,295 人，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 1001-1200 位（并列区间）。

History

• Kansas State University was founded on February 16, 1863, as Kansas State Agricultural College during the American Civil War, created under the Morrill Act as the state's land-grant college.堪萨斯州立大学于 1863 年 2 月 16 日在美国内战期间创办，最初名为堪萨斯州立农学院（Kansas State Agricultural College），依据《莫里尔法案》成为本州赠地学院。
• The campaign to establish it began in 1861, the year Kansas was admitted to the Union, when the state legislature made founding a state university a priority.建校努力始于 1861 年，即堪萨斯建州加入联邦之年，当时州议会把设立一所州立大学列为优先事项。
• The Manhattan delegation, led by the New England abolitionist Isaac Goodnow, introduced a bill to convert the private Blue Mont Central College in Manhattan, incorporated in 1858, into the state university.由新英格兰废奴主义者艾萨克·古德诺（Isaac Goodnow）率领的曼哈顿代表团提出议案，要求把 1858 年注册成立的私立蓝蒙特中央学院（Blue Mont Central College）改建为州立大学。
• That first bill was vetoed by Governor Charles L. Robinson of Lawrence, and an attempt to override the veto in the Legislature failed by two votes.该首份议案被来自劳伦斯的州长查尔斯·罗宾逊（Charles L. Robinson）否决，州议会推翻否决的尝试以两票之差失败。
• A second bill in 1862, which would have made Manhattan the site of the state university, failed by a single vote.1862 年第二份议案同样未获通过，把曼哈顿定为州立大学所在地的提议仅以一票之差落败。
• On the third attempt, on February 16, 1863, the state accepted Manhattan's offer to donate the Blue Mont College building and grounds and established its land-grant college there.第三次尝试时，州政府于 1863 年 2 月 16 日接受了曼哈顿捐赠蓝蒙特学院校舍与用地的提议，并在此设立州赠地学院。
• When the college opened for its first session on September 2, 1863, it became only the second public institution of higher learning in the United States to admit women and men equally.学院于 1863 年 9 月 2 日开学，成为美国第二所男女平等招生的公立高等院校。
• Enrollment in that first session totalled 52 students, 26 men and 26 women, taught initially alongside departments of military science and literature.首届共录取 52 名学生，男女各 26 人，学校初期还设有军事学与文学等教学部门。
• Twelve years after opening, in 1875, the university moved its main campus from the Blue Mont site to its present location in Manhattan.开办十二年后，学校于 1875 年把主校区从蓝蒙特旧址迁至曼哈顿现址。
• In 1873 the college helped pioneer the academic teaching of home economics for women, becoming one of the first two colleges in the country to offer the programme.1873 年，学院率先为女性开设家政学课程，成为全美最早开设该学科的两所学院之一。
• Early presidents shaped the curriculum, with John A. Anderson (1873-1879) favouring a limited agricultural education and George T. Fairchild (1879-1897) championing a classical liberal education.建校初期的校长们主导了课程取向：约翰·安德森（John A. Anderson，1873 至 1879 年在任）倾向有限的农业教育，乔治·费尔柴尔德（George T. Fairchild，1879 至 1897 年在任）则主张古典博雅教育。
• In November 1928 the school was accredited by the Association of American Universities as an institution whose graduates were deemed capable of advanced graduate work.1928 年 11 月，学校获美国大学协会（Association of American Universities）认证，被认定其毕业生具备从事高级研究的能力。
• In 1931 the institution was renamed Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, reflecting its broadening scientific remit.1931 年，学校更名为堪萨斯州立农学与应用科学学院（Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science），以反映其不断扩大的科学教学范围。
• In 1959 the Kansas legislature changed the name again, to Kansas State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, in recognition of its growing graduate programmes.1959 年，堪萨斯州议会再次更名，定名为堪萨斯州立农学与应用科学大学（Kansas State University of Agriculture and Applied Science），以反映其研究生教育的成长。
• In everyday and official practice the phrase Agriculture and Applied Science is usually dropped, and the institution is now formally known as Kansas State University.在日常与官方实务中「农学与应用科学」字样常被省略，学校现正式通称堪萨斯州立大学（Kansas State University）。
• Milton S. Eisenhower served as president from 1943 to 1950 and, as a leading UNESCO delegate, pursued reforms promoting democracy, citizenship and global peace-building.米尔顿·艾森豪威尔（Milton S. Eisenhower）于 1943 至 1950 年出任校长，作为联合国教科文组织的重要代表，他推动了促进民主、公民意识与全球和平建设的改革。
• In 1991 the former Kansas Technical Institute in Salina was merged into Kansas State University by an act of the Kansas legislature.1991 年，位于萨利纳的原堪萨斯技术学院（Kansas Technical Institute）经州议会立法并入堪萨斯州立大学。
• Kirk Schulz became the 13th president in 2009, announced the K-State 2025 plan in 2010 to reach top-50 national research status, and saw the Olathe branch open in 2011.柯克·舒尔茨（Kirk Schulz）于 2009 年成为第 13 任校长，2010 年提出旨在跻身全美前 50 研究型大学的「K-State 2025」计划，2011 年奥拉西校区启用。
• Retired General Richard Myers, a university alumnus, served as interim president in 2016 and was named the 14th president on November 15, 2016.校友、退役上将理查德·迈尔斯（Richard Myers）于 2016 年出任临时校长，并于同年 11 月 15 日被正式任命为第 14 任校长。
• Richard Linton, formerly dean of agriculture and life sciences at North Carolina State University, became the 15th president in February 2022 and has since advanced a next-generation land-grant agenda.原北卡罗来纳州立大学农业与生命科学学院院长的理查德·林顿（Richard Linton）于 2022 年 2 月就任第 15 任校长，此后推动「下一代赠地大学」议程。
• The College of Engineering was renamed the Carl R. Ice College of Engineering in 2018 in honour of the alumnus and donor Carl Ice.2018 年，工程学院为纪念校友兼捐资人卡尔·艾斯（Carl Ice）而更名为卡尔·艾斯工程学院。

Academics

• Academic programmes are organised into nine colleges: Agriculture, Architecture, Planning and Design, Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Health and Human Sciences, Technology and Aviation, and Veterinary Medicine.该校学术项目分属九个学院：农学院、建筑规划与设计学院、文理学院、商学院、教育学院、工程学院、健康与人文科学学院、技术与航空学院以及兽医学院。
• These nine colleges contain about 65 academic departments, and the graduate school offers 65 master's degree programmes and nearly 50 doctoral programmes.这九个学院下设约 65 个学系，研究生院提供 65 个硕士学位项目与近 50 个博士项目。
• Kansas State is classified among R1: Doctoral Universities - Very high research activity, the highest research category in the Carnegie classification.堪萨斯州立被归入「R1：博士研究型大学——极高研究活动」类别，是卡内基分类中研究等级最高的一档。
• The College of Veterinary Medicine is one of the university's signature professional schools, while the College of Technology and Aviation is based at the Salina campus.兽医学院是该校标志性的专业学院之一，技术与航空学院则设在萨利纳校区。
• Since 1986 Kansas State has ranked first nationally among public universities in its total of Rhodes, Marshall, Truman, Goldwater and Udall scholars, with 147 recipients.自 1986 年以来，该校获罗德、马歇尔、杜鲁门、戈德华特与尤德尔奖学金的学者总数达 147 人，在公立大学中位居全美第一。
• The university is a member of the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools and hosts the Kansas Beta chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa honour society.学校是中西部研究生院协会成员，并设有美国大学优等生荣誉学会（Phi Beta Kappa）的堪萨斯 Beta 分会。
• It petitioned in 1925 and three years later received a charter of the Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society.该校于 1925 年提出申请，三年后获得全国高校毕业班荣誉学会（Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society）的特许。
• The Kansas State University Gardens serves as an on-campus horticulture display garden and a teaching laboratory for students and the public.堪萨斯州立大学植物园既是校内的园艺展示园，也为师生与公众提供教学实验场所。
• Research facilities include the James R. Macdonald Laboratory for atomic, molecular and optical physics and the NASA Center for Gravitational Studies in Cellular and Developmental Biology.科研设施包括从事原子、分子与光学物理研究的詹姆斯·麦克唐纳实验室（James R. Macdonald Laboratory），以及美国航空航天局细胞与发育生物学重力研究中心。
• Kansas State researchers developed the excimer laser technology that made LASIK eye surgery possible, a widely cited example of its applied-science impact.该校研究人员开发了使近视激光矫正手术（LASIK）成为可能的准分子激光技术，成为其应用科学影响力的常被引用例证。
• The Biosecurity Research Institute, dedicated in 2006 and housed in Pat Roberts Hall, allows study of high-consequence pathogens at biosafety level 3 and level 3 agriculture.生物安全研究所于 2006 年建成，设于帕特·罗伯茨大楼（Pat Roberts Hall），可供开展生物安全三级及农业三级的高危病原体研究。
• The university operates agricultural experiment stations and research centres in Hays, Garden City, Colby and Parsons, extending its land-grant mission across Kansas.学校在海斯、加登城、科尔比与帕森斯等地设有农业试验站与研究中心，把赠地使命延伸至堪萨斯全州。
• The Konza Prairie, a native tallgrass preserve south of Manhattan, is co-owned by The Nature Conservancy and the university and is operated as a biology field station.曼哈顿以南的原生高草草原康扎草原（Konza Prairie）由大自然保护协会与校方共同持有，并作为生物学野外研究站运营。
• The Konza Prairie Biological Station covers roughly 8,600 acres and is one of the largest remaining tracts of unploughed tallgrass prairie in North America.康扎草原生物站占地约 8,600 英亩，是北美现存最大的未开垦高草草原之一。
• Graduate students must submit an electronic thesis, dissertation or report, which is made openly available through the K-State Research Exchange, known as K-REx.该校研究生须提交电子版论文、学位论文或研究报告，并通过 K-State Research Exchange（K-REx）开放获取。
• Hale Library serves as the university's main library at the heart of the Manhattan campus.黑尔图书馆（Hale Library）是该校的主图书馆，位于曼哈顿校区中心。
• Other named holdings include the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art and the KSU Historic Costume and Textiles Museum.其他具名馆藏还包括玛丽安娜·基斯特勒·比奇美术馆（Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art）与 KSU 历史服饰与织物博物馆。

Campus

• The main campus of Kansas State University sits in Manhattan, Kansas, a college town of more than 56,000 residents sometimes called The Little Apple.堪萨斯州立大学主校区位于堪萨斯州曼哈顿——一座逾 5.6 万人口的大学城，别称「小苹果」（The Little Apple）。
• The Manhattan campus core covers about 668 acres, while the university's total holdings including agricultural and research facilities exceed 2,320 acres.曼哈顿校区核心区约 668 英亩，若计入农业与研究设施，全校用地超过 2,320 英亩。
• The campus is historic, featuring more buildings erected before 1910 than any other campus in Kansas, and is defined architecturally by its use of native limestone.校园历史悠久，1910 年前建成的建筑数量居堪萨斯州各校之首，其建筑风貌以使用本地石灰岩为特色。
• Anderson Hall, the signature building, was developed in three stages between 1877 and 1885 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.标志性建筑安德森大楼（Anderson Hall）于 1877 至 1885 年间分三期建成，已列入美国国家史迹名录。
• Holtz Hall, built in 1876, is the oldest free-standing building on campus, while the original section of Seaton Hall is the oldest remaining education building.建于 1876 年的霍尔茨大楼（Holtz Hall）是校内最古老的独立建筑，而西顿大楼（Seaton Hall）的原始部分则是现存最古老的教学建筑。
• Dickens Hall, constructed in 1908, currently houses the departments of statistics and philosophy.建于 1908 年的狄更斯大楼（Dickens Hall）现为统计系与哲学系所在地。
• Since 1986 the university has added more than two million square feet of new buildings, including an expanded library, a new art museum and a plant sciences building.自 1986 年以来，学校新增建筑面积逾二百万平方英尺，包括扩建的图书馆、新的美术馆与植物科学大楼。
• On June 11, 2008, an EF4 tornado struck the campus and caused more than $20 million in damage, prompting later renovation and rebuilding.2008 年 6 月 11 日，一场 EF4 级龙卷风袭击校园，造成逾 2,000 万美元损失，其后校园进行整修与重建。
• Branch campuses operate in Salina, home of the College of Technology and Aviation, and in Olathe, whose Innovation Campus opened in 2011.学校在萨利纳与奥拉西设有分校区，前者是技术与航空学院所在地，后者的创新校区于 2011 年启用。
• The Salina campus was renamed Kansas State University Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus in 2021.萨利纳校区于 2021 年更名为堪萨斯州立大学萨利纳航空航天与技术校区。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings Kansas State University is placed in the 1001-1200 band, a tied bracket.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，堪萨斯州立大学位列第 1001-1200 位（并列区间）。
• It is also placed in the 701-800 band of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027.该校在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中位列第 701-800 位。
• In the U.S. News Best Global Universities rankings for 2026-2027 it is placed 647th, and in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities it appears in the 601-700 band.在 2026-2027 年度《美国新闻与世界报道》全球最佳大学排名中，该校位列第 647 位，并在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中位列第 601-700 位。
• According to OpenAlex, the university is associated with about 88,265 scholarly works and 6,222,279 citations, a large research output for a land-grant institution.据 OpenAlex 统计，该校累计学术成果约 88,265 篇、被引约 6,222,279 次，对一所赠地大学而言科研产出规模可观。
• Its agricultural experiment stations and the College of Veterinary Medicine have long underpinned its standing in agricultural and veterinary science.其农业试验站与兽医学院长期支撑着该校在农业科学与兽医学领域的学术地位。
• Kansas State ranks among the top national public universities for major scholarship winners, having produced 147 Rhodes, Marshall, Truman, Goldwater and Udall scholars since 1986.自 1986 年以来该校共培养 147 位罗德、马歇尔、杜鲁门、戈德华特与尤德尔奖学金得主，在主要奖学金得主数量上位居全美公立大学前列。
• Its faculty have earned high honours, including the 1929 Pulitzer Prize for History awarded to historian Fred Albert Shannon and the 2013 National Medal of Science to chemist Geraldine L. Richmond.该校教师屡获殊荣，包括历史学家弗雷德·香农（Fred Albert Shannon）获得的 1929 年普利策历史奖，以及化学家杰拉尔丁·里士满（Geraldine L. Richmond）获得的 2013 年美国国家科学奖章。
• In 2008 the Carnegie Foundation and CASE named Michael Wesch national Professor of the Year.2008 年，卡内基基金会与 CASE 授予迈克尔·韦施（Michael Wesch）全美年度教授称号。
• Its applied research, from the excimer laser behind LASIK surgery to the N95 mask filter co-developed by alumnus Peter Tsai, illustrates its practical-science profile.从促成近视激光手术的准分子激光，到校友蔡秉燚（Peter Tsai）参与研发的 N95 口罩滤材，该校的应用研究体现了其实用科学定位。
• Its Big 12 membership and land-grant mission have shaped its reputation as one of Kansas's two flagship public research universities.其 Big 12 联盟成员身份与赠地使命，使其成为堪萨斯州两所旗舰公立研究型大学之一。

Student life

• Kansas State has twelve residence halls, including Boyd, Ford, Goodnow, Haymaker, Marlatt, Moore, West, Putnam and Van Zile Halls, plus Wefald Hall completed in 2016.校内共有十二座学生宿舍，包括博伊德、福特、古德诺、海梅克、马勒特、摩尔、西、帕特南与范齐尔等楼，以及 2016 年建成的韦法尔德楼（Wefald Hall）。
• The residence halls are grouped into three complexes, Derby, Kramer and Strong, alongside the Living Community at Jardine and Jardine Apartments.宿舍分为德比、克拉默与斯特朗三个组团，另有雅丁生活社区与雅丁公寓。
• Kansas State implemented an academic honour code in 1999, and admitted students are expected to uphold the Honour Pledge against giving or receiving unauthorised aid.学校于 1999 年推行学术荣誉守则，被录取的学生须遵守荣誉承诺，不得在学业中提供或接受未经许可的帮助。
• The university hosts more than 400 student organisations, spanning academic, cultural, service and recreational interests.该校拥有 400 多个学生组织，涵盖学术、文化、服务与文体等各类兴趣。
• Student media include KSDB-FM Wildcat 91.9, KKSU-LD Channel 8, the Kansas State Collegian newspaper and the Royal Purple yearbook.学生媒体包括 KSDB-FM「Wildcat 91.9」电台、KKSU-LD「Channel 8」电视台、《堪萨斯州立人报》（Kansas State Collegian）与《皇家紫》年刊（Royal Purple）。
• Alma Mater, the official school song, was submitted by H.W. Jones in 1888 as part of a campus-wide contest and is sung at most K-State sporting events.校歌《Alma Mater》由 H.W. 琼斯于 1888 年在一场全校征集中投稿，如今在多数校际体育赛事上被师生与校友合唱。
• Wildcat Victory and Wabash Cannonball are commonly used fight songs, and Royal Purple is the single official school colour.《Wildcat Victory》与《Wabash Cannonball》是常用的助威歌，皇家紫（Royal Purple）则是学校唯一的官方颜色。
• The McCain Auditorium presents an annual cycle of concerts, plays and dance, and campus museums include the Beach Museum of Art and the K-State Insect Zoo.麦凯恩礼堂（McCain Auditorium）每年组织音乐会、戏剧与舞蹈演出，校内博物馆则包括比奇美术馆与 K-State 昆虫动物园。

Notable people

• Isaac Goodnow, the New England abolitionist who led the campaign to place Kansas's land-grant college in Manhattan, was a founder of the institution.新英格兰废奴主义者艾萨克·古德诺（Isaac Goodnow）领导了把堪萨斯赠地学院设在曼哈顿的运动，是该机构的创办人之一。
• George T. Fairchild, president from 1879 to 1897, shaped the university's early liberal-arts outlook and said its aim was not so much to make men farmers as to make farmers men.乔治·费尔柴尔德（George T. Fairchild）于 1879 至 1897 年任校长，塑造了学校早期的博雅教育取向，并称其宗旨「与其造就农夫，不如造就农人」。
• Milton S. Eisenhower, president from 1943 to 1950, later led the Pennsylvania State University and was the first chairman of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO.米尔顿·艾森豪威尔（Milton S. Eisenhower）于 1943 至 1950 年任校长，后出任宾夕法尼亚州立大学校长，并曾任美国联合国教科文组织全国委员会首任主席。
• Richard Myers, a 1965 Kansas State graduate, served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2001 to 2005 and later as the university's 14th president.理查德·迈尔斯（Richard Myers）1965 年毕业于堪萨斯州立，曾于 2001 至 2005 年担任美国参谋长联席会议主席，后任该校第 14 任校长。
• Sam Brownback, a Kansas State graduate, served as Governor of Kansas, as a U.S. Senator and as U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.校友萨姆·布朗巴克（Sam Brownback）曾任堪萨斯州州长、美国联邦参议员以及美国国际宗教自由巡回大使。
• Two U.S. Senators from Kansas, Pat Roberts and Roger Marshall, are also graduates of Kansas State University.堪萨斯州的两位联邦参议员帕特·罗伯茨（Pat Roberts）与罗杰·马歇尔（Roger Marshall）同样是该校校友。
• Chemist Geraldine L. Richmond, who earned a B.S. in chemistry in 1975, received the National Medal of Science in 2013 and the Priestley Medal in 2018.化学家杰拉尔丁·里士满（Geraldine L. Richmond）1975 年获化学学士学位，并于 2013 年获美国国家科学奖章、2018 年获普里斯特利奖章。
• The Taiwan writer Lung Ying-tai obtained her Ph.D. in English and American literature from Kansas State and served as Taiwan's first Minister of Culture from 2012 to 2014.台湾作家龙应台在堪萨斯州立取得英美文学博士学位，并于 2012 至 2014 年出任台湾首任文化部部长。
• Peter Tsai, the Taiwanese-American inventor of the N95 mask filter, began graduate study at Kansas State in 1981 and later taught at the University of Tennessee.蔡秉燚（Peter Tsai）是 N95 口罩滤材的台裔美籍发明人，1981 年起在堪萨斯州立攻读研究生，后任教于田纳西大学。
• Way Kuo, president of City University of Hong Kong since 2008 and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, earned his Ph.D. in engineering from Kansas State in 1980.郭位（Way Kuo）自 2008 年起任香港城市大学校长，并为美国国家工程院院士，1980 年在堪萨斯州立取得工程学博士学位。
• Fred Albert Shannon won the 1929 Pulitzer Prize for History while teaching at Kansas State, and geologist Benjamin Franklin Mudge served as chair of its geology department.弗雷德·香农（Fred Albert Shannon）在堪萨斯州立任教期间获得 1929 年普利策历史奖，地质学家本杰明·马奇（Benjamin Franklin Mudge）则曾任该校地质系主任。