Kingston University

Kingston University London is a public research university in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in south-west London, England, whose roots go back to the Kingston Technical Institute founded in 1899.金斯顿大学（英语：Kingston University London）是英国伦敦西南部金斯顿泰晤士皇家自治市的一所公立研究型大学，其渊源可追溯至 1899 年创办的「金斯顿技术学院」。

It received university status in 1992 under the Further and Higher Education Act, having been known as Kingston Polytechnic since 1970 when its technical college and art college merged.该校依 1992 年《继续与高等教育法》取得大学资格；此前自 1970 年技术与艺术学院合并起，一直名为「金斯顿理工学院」。

With about 20,871 students as of 1 December 2024 and four faculties, Kingston is led by Vice-Chancellor Professor Steven Spier and was placed joint 686th in the QS World University Rankings 2027.截至 2024 年 12 月 1 日，该校约有 20871 名学生，设 4 个学院，由校长史蒂文·斯皮尔教授执掌，并在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中并列第 686 位。

History

• Kingston's predecessor, the Kingston Technical Institute, was founded in 1899 and taught courses in chemistry, electrical wiring, construction and nursing.金斯顿大学的前身「金斯顿技术学院」创办于 1899 年，开设化学、电气布线、建筑与护理等课程。

• In 1917 Gipsy Hill College for teacher training opened as another predecessor, created by the educationist Belle Rennie and first led by the Australian educationist Lillian Daphne de Lissa.1917 年，另一前身机构「吉普赛山师范学院」开办，由教育学家贝尔·雷尼创办，首任由澳大利亚教育学家莉莲·达芙妮·德丽莎执掌。

• In 1930 the Kingston School of Art separated from the Technical Institute, leaving Kingston Hall Road and moving to Knights Park in 1939, and it became Kingston College of Art in 1945.1930 年，金斯顿艺术学院从技术学院分出；1939 年该校离开金斯顿霍尔路迁往骑士公园，并于 1945 年更名为金斯顿艺术学院。

• Gipsy Hill College moved to Kingston Hill in 1946, and the first buildings on the Penrhyn Road campus opened in 1951, marking the start of the main campus beside Kingston town centre.1946 年，吉普赛山学院迁至金斯顿山；1951 年，彭林路校区的首批建筑启用，标志着紧邻金斯顿市中心的主校区由此起步。

• Kingston's technical institute and its separate art school stood at the centre of the town's educational provision before the polytechnic merged them in 1970.在理工学院于 1970 年将二者合并之前，金斯顿的技术学院与单独设立的艺术学院一直是该镇教育供给的核心。

• The institution's growth from an evening technical institute into a university took more than ninety years, spanning its teacher-training, art and engineering traditions.该校从一所夜间的技术学院成长为一所大学，历时九十余年，融合了师范、艺术与工程三大传统。

• Kingston was recognised as a Regional College of Technology by the Ministry of Education in 1957, an early step towards its later university status.1957 年，金斯顿获教育部认定为「地区技术学院」，这是其日后取得大学资格道路上的早期一步。

• In 1970 the College of Technology merged with the College of Art to form Kingston Polytechnic, which offered 34 major courses, of which 17 were at degree level.1970 年，技术学院与艺术学院合并为金斯顿理工学院，开设 34 门主要课程，其中 17 门为学位水平。

• Kingston Polytechnic merged with the Gipsy Hill College of Education in 1975, absorbing that college's faculty into its Division of Educational Studies.1975 年，金斯顿理工学院与吉普赛山教育学院合并，把后者的师资并入其教育研究部。

• In 1985 the Council for National Academic Awards approved the Kingston Business School's Master of Business Administration degree, and the school moved to the Kingston Hill campus the following year.1985 年，全国学术奖项委员会批准金斯顿商学院开设工商管理硕士课程，商学院于次年迁入金斯顿山校区。

• Kingston gained university status in 1992 under the Further and Higher Education Act, and in 1993 it opened the Roehampton Vale campus building, with Sir William Barlow attending the opening.该校依 1992 年《继续与高等教育法》取得大学资格；1993 年开设罗汉普顿谷校区建筑，威廉·巴洛爵士出席了启用仪式。

• The university acquired Dorich House in 1995, the former studio and residence of the sculptor Dora Gordine, now run as a museum.1995 年，该校获得「多里奇宅」——雕塑家多拉·戈尔丁昔日的宅邸兼工作室，如今作为博物馆运营。

• A new building for the Business School opened on the Kingston Hill campus in 2012, consolidating the business faculty on that site.2012 年，商学院新楼在金斯顿山校区落成，把商科各系集中于该地。

• In 2017 the university won The Guardian University Award for teaching excellence, and the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture reverted to its historic name, Kingston School of Art.2017 年，该校获《卫报》大学卓越教学奖；艺术、设计与建筑学院也恢复其历史名称「金斯顿艺术学院」。

• The Town House building on the Penrhyn Road campus opened in January 2020, designed by Grafton Architects and built by Willmott Dixon, with a three-floor academic library inside.彭林路校区的「市政厅」大楼于 2020 年 1 月启用，由格拉夫顿建筑事务所设计、威尔莫特·迪克森承建，楼内设有三层的学术图书馆。

• In October 2021 Town House won the 25th RIBA Stirling Prize, and in 2022 it received the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture.2021 年 10 月，「市政厅」大楼荣获第 25 届英国皇家建筑师学会斯特林奖；2022 年又获欧盟当代建筑奖。

• In July 2022 Kingston's 26-year partnership with St George's, University of London was mutually terminated, and in August 2022 the university established a new Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education.2022 年 7 月，金斯顿与伦敦大学圣乔治学院终止了长达 26 年的合作；同年 8 月，该校新设卫生、科学、社会关怀与教育学院。

• Kingston was awarded a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework in September 2023, taking Gold in all three categories and joining an elite group of 26 UK institutions.2023 年 9 月，金斯顿在「教学卓越框架」评选中获金奖，在全部三个类别中均获金奖，跻身全英 26 所获此成绩的院校之列。

• On 26 February 2025 the Dean of Kingston School of Art announced a 30-day consultation on closing humanities teaching, including its English and philosophy programmes, a decision that drew criticism from staff and students.2025 年 2 月 26 日，金斯顿艺术学院院长宣布就停办人文类教学展开为期 30 天的磋商，涉及英语与哲学等专业，此举招致师生批评。

Academics

• Teaching and research at Kingston are organised into four faculties: Kingston School of Art, Business and Social Sciences, Health, Science, Social Care and Education, and Engineering, Computing and the Environment.该校的教学与科研分为 4 个学院：金斯顿艺术学院，商业与社会科学学院，卫生、科学、社会关怀与教育学院，以及工程、计算与环境学院。

• Kingston's course portfolio spans foundation, undergraduate, postgraduate and research degrees, with part-time and online routes for working students.该校的课程体系涵盖预科、本科、研究生与研究型学位，并为在职学生提供非全日制与线上路径。

• Kingston Business School is approved for MBA study and offers courses in accounting, finance, marketing and human resource management.金斯顿商学院获准开设工商管理硕士，并在会计、金融、市场营销与人力资源管理等领域开课。

• Kingston School of Art, tracing to 1899, delivers programmes in art, architecture, design and the creative industries across three schools, continuing the teaching of the original technical institute.金斯顿艺术学院的历史可追溯至 1899 年，通过三个学部开设艺术、建筑、设计与创意产业类课程，延续着原技术学院的教学传统。

• Kingston Business School, whose MBA was approved in 1985, sits within the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences together with the School of Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences.金斯顿商学院于 1985 年获准开设工商管理硕士，与法学、社会与行为科学学院同属商业与社会科学学院。

• The Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education, founded in August 2022, covers nursing, midwifery, social work, teacher training, life sciences, chemistry and pharmacy.2022 年 8 月成立的卫生、科学、社会关怀与教育学院，涵盖护理、助产、社会工作、师资培训、生命科学、化学与药学。

• The Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment, also founded in August 2022, teaches mechanical, civil and aerospace engineering, computing, cyber security and geography.同样于 2022 年 8 月成立的工程、计算与环境学院，教授机械、土木与航空航天工程、计算、网络安全与地理学。

• Kingston had 20,871 students in total as of 1 December 2024, including 4,654 non-UK students drawn from more than 150 countries, a figure that covers both undergraduates and postgraduates.截至 2024 年 12 月 1 日，该校共有 20871 名学生，其中包括来自 150 多个国家的 4654 名非英国籍学生，该数字涵盖本科与研究生。

• The university specialises in the arts, design, fashion, science, engineering and business, and runs a range of research centres within Kingston School of Art.该校以艺术、设计、时装、科学、工程与商学见长，并在金斯顿艺术学院下设一系列研究中心。

• Among these centres is the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy, a research group whose pending closure formed part of the 2025 humanities consultation.这些中心之中包括「现代欧洲哲学研究中心」，该研究团队的停办计划正是 2025 年人文类磋商的一部分。

• Kingston reported a turnover of about 192 million pounds, and for 2024/25 it recorded total comprehensive income of 5.8 million pounds.该校报告营业收入约 1.92 亿英镑；2024 至 2025 年度其全面收益总额为 580 万英镑。

• The university's research covers contemporary art, colour design, screen design, sustainable design, fashion, fire and explosion dynamics and modern European philosophy.该校的研究涵盖当代艺术、色彩设计、屏幕设计、可持续设计、时装、火灾与爆炸动力学以及现代欧洲哲学。

• The three-floor academic library inside Town House provides study space, an archive, dance studios and a studio theatre for students and staff.「市政厅」大楼内的三层学术图书馆，为师生提供自习空间、档案馆、舞蹈室与实验剧场。

• A new building for the Business School on Kingston Hill, opened in 2012, houses the faculty that began with the CNAA-approved MBA of 1985.2012 年在金斯顿山落成的商学院新楼，容纳着始自 1985 年获全国学术奖项委员会批准的工商管理硕士项目的学院。

• Kingston's Future Skills campaign, launched in June 2021, was based on surveys conducted with YouGov and highlighted problem-solving, critical thinking, communication, adaptability and creativity.该校 2021 年 6 月发起的「未来技能」运动，基于与 YouGov 合作开展的调查，强调解决问题、批判性思维、沟通、适应力与创造力。

• Roughly a fifth of Kingston's students come from outside the United Kingdom, giving the university one of the more internationally mixed student bodies among modern UK institutions.该校约五分之一的学生来自英国以外，使其成为英国新型大学中国际学生构成较为多元的一所。

• The faculty structure reorganised in 2022 replaced an earlier set of faculties, including the former Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing, whose courses were redistributed.2022 年的学院结构调整取代了早先的学院设置，其中包括原「科学、工程与计算学院」，其课程被重新划归。

Campus

• Kingston's main campus is at Penrhyn Road, close to Kingston town centre, and hosts arts and social sciences, civil engineering, computing, mathematics, biosciences, pharmacy and radiography, making it the largest of the university's teaching sites.金斯顿大学主校区位于彭林路，靠近金斯顿市中心，承担艺术与社会科学、土木工程、计算、数学、生物科学、药学与放射学等教学，是该校规模最大的教学校区。

• The Kingston Hill campus mainly serves nursing, education, business, music and social care, and before 1989 it was known as the Gipsy Hill site.金斯顿山校区主要承担护理、教育、商学、音乐与社会关怀类教学，1989 年以前该地被称为「吉普赛山」校区。

• The Knights Park campus, on Grange Road beside the Hogsmill River, opened in 1939 and houses the architecture, art and design students of Kingston School of Art.位于格兰奇路、邻接霍格斯米尔河的骑士公园校区于 1939 年启用，容纳金斯顿艺术学院的建筑、艺术与设计类学生。

• The Roehampton Vale campus, opened in 1993, is purpose-built for engineering and contains a wind tunnel, engineering workshops, a flight simulator and a Learjet 25 aircraft.1993 年启用的罗汉普顿谷校区为工程学专门建造，设有风洞、工程车间、飞行模拟器与一架里尔 25 型飞机。

• Town House, opened in January 2020 on the Penrhyn Road campus, is a six-storey building by Grafton Architects with a covered internal courtyard, two cafes and a rooftop garden.2020 年 1 月在彭林路校区启用的「市政厅」大楼，是格拉夫顿建筑事务所设计的六层建筑，设有带顶内院、两间咖啡馆与屋顶花园。

• The Reg Bailey Theatre Complex, a former church converted for drama students, has two theatres, three rehearsal rooms and a costume room, and its Surrey Club serves dance students.由旧教堂改建的「雷格·贝利剧场群」内有 2 个剧场、3 间排练室与 1 间服装室，其「萨里俱乐部」则供舞蹈学生使用。

• The university's 55-acre sports ground at Tolworth Court houses twelve football pitches, two rugby pitches, three cricket squares, a lacrosse pitch and three tennis courts.该校位于托尔沃斯苑的 55 英亩运动场，设有 12 块足球场、2 块橄榄球场、3 个板球场地、1 块长曲棍球场与 3 个网球场。

• The Stanley Picker Gallery is the faculty's exhibition space, and the Dorich House Museum houses a large collection of the sculptor Dora Gordine's work and Russian Imperial art.「斯坦利·皮克美术馆」是学院的展览空间，「多里奇宅博物馆」则收藏雕塑家多拉·戈尔丁的大量作品与俄罗斯帝国艺术藏品。

• The university has six halls of residence, including Chancellors' and Walkden at Kingston Hill, Middle Mill beside Knights Park, and Clayhill and Seething Wells on opposite sides of Surbiton, holding several thousand students in total.该校设有 6 处学生宿舍，包括金斯顿山的「校长舍」与「沃克登舍」、骑士公园旁的「中磨坊舍」，以及瑟比顿两侧的「克莱希尔舍」与「西辛井舍」，合计可容纳数千名学生。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027, the edition to which this entry belongs, Kingston University London is placed joint 686th in the world.在本条目所属的 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，金斯顿大学并列全球第 686 位。

• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place Kingston in the 1001-1200 band, down from the 801-1000 band of the 2026 edition.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将金斯顿列入第 1001 至 1200 档，较 2026 年版的第 801 至 1000 档有所下滑。

• The 2026-2027 US News Best Global Universities table lists Kingston at 1589th in the world, a placing that reflects its teaching-led rather than research-led profile.2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名将金斯顿列于全球第 1589 位，这一位次反映出该校以教学为重而非研究为重的发展特点。

• Kingston University does not appear in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities published by ShanghaiRanking.金斯顿大学未进入软科（上海排名）发布的 2026 年世界大学学术排名。

• Kingston was awarded a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework in September 2023, securing Gold in the student experience and student outcomes categories as well and joining an elite line-up of 26 institutions including Oxford, Cambridge, Exeter and Warwick.该校于 2023 年 9 月在「教学卓越框架」中获金奖，并在「学生体验」与「学生成果」两项类别中同样获得金奖，跻身包括牛津、剑桥、埃克塞特与华威在内的 26 所院校之列。

• The Guardian University Guide placed Kingston 45th out of 128 surveyed universities, while The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide placed it 92nd in 2022.《卫报》大学指南把金斯顿列为 128 所受评大学中的第 45 名；《泰晤士报》与《星期日泰晤士报》优秀大学指南则于 2022 年将其列为第 92 名。

• In 2017 The Guardian ranked Kingston first out of 121 institutions for its graphic design and product design courses, and the university won The Guardian University Award for teaching excellence that year.2017 年，《卫报》将其平面设计与产品设计课程列为 121 所院校中的第一，该校并于当年获《卫报》大学卓越教学奖。

• Kingston has been ranked within the top 250 in the world for Business and Economics by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and its MBA within the top 140 globally by QS.金斯顿曾被泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名列为商业与经济领域全球前 250，其工商管理硕士项目亦被 QS 列为全球前 140。

• Research recorded by OpenAlex amounts to about 17,543 works drawing more than 663,000 citations, a modest but steady research output for a modern UK university.OpenAlex 记录的科研产出约 17543 项成果、被引超过 66.3 万次，对一所英国现代大学而言，研究体量稳健而适中。

• Kingston is a member of the European University Association, the Association of Commonwealth Universities and the University Alliance group of British universities.该校是欧洲大学协会、英联邦大学协会以及英国「大学联盟」集团的成员。

• The university's standing rests on its teaching quality and its art, design and future-skills provision rather than on a large basic-research base, a profile reflected in its rankings, which weigh teaching, employability and student satisfaction more heavily than pure research output.该校的声誉主要建立在教学质量及其艺术、设计与未来技能培养之上，而非庞大的基础研究体量；这一特点也反映在其排名之中，因为相关榜单对教学、就业力与学生满意度的权重高于纯科研产出。

Student life

• Kingston University has no formal Latin motto, expressing its purpose instead through the "Future Skills" campaign launched in June 2021.金斯顿大学没有正式的拉丁文校训，其办学宗旨通过 2021 年 6 月发起的「未来技能」运动来表达。

• The Union of Kingston Students, formerly the Kingston University Students' Union, is a charitable body that represents the student body and is funded by a block grant from the university, running societies, sports clubs and student representation.学生会「金斯顿学生联合会」前身为金斯顿大学学生会，是代表学生群体的慈善机构，经费来自校方拨付的整体补助，并组织社团、体育俱乐部与学生代表事务。

• Athletic teams at Kingston University London are nicknamed the "Cougars", and the university's sports ground at Tolworth Court supports team games and athletics.金斯顿大学的运动队昵称为「美洲狮」；其位于托尔沃斯苑的运动场支撑球类与田径等各项运动。

• The Reg Bailey Theatre has been the training ground for actors including Ben Barnes, Sam Chan, Mandy Takhar, Alphonsia Emmanuel, Jessie Cave and Trevor Eve.「雷格·贝利剧场」是众多演员的训练场，包括本·巴恩斯、陈山聪、曼迪·塔卡尔、阿尔方西亚·伊曼纽尔、杰西·凯夫与特雷弗·伊夫。

• The university's six halls of residence are spread across Kingston Hill, Knights Park and Surbiton, tying student housing to the towns around the main campuses.该校的 6 处学生宿舍分布于金斯顿山、骑士公园与瑟比顿一带，使住宿生活与各主要校区周边城镇相连。

• The Stanley Picker Gallery and the Dorich House Museum give students contact with contemporary art, design and a notable sculptor's legacy.「斯坦利·皮克美术馆」与「多里奇宅博物馆」让学生得以接触当代艺术、设计以及一位重要雕塑家的遗产。

• The university's 55-acre sports ground provides facilities for football, rugby, cricket, American football, lacrosse, netball and tennis.该校 55 英亩的运动场提供足球、橄榄球、板球、美式橄榄球、长曲棍球、无挡板篮球与网球等场地。

• Kingston's location in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames places student life beside the River Thames and within reach of central London by rail.金斯顿地处金斯顿泰晤士皇家自治市，使校园生活紧邻泰晤士河，并可乘火车抵达伦敦市中心。

• Student life centres on the Penrhyn Road campus, where the Town House building, opened in 2020, provides a library, cafes and gathering space open to the local community.校园生活在彭林路校区展开；2020 年启用的「市政厅」大楼提供图书馆、咖啡馆与集会空间，并向本地社区开放。

Notable people

• Belle Rennie founded Gipsy Hill College for teacher training in 1917, and the Australian educationist Lillian Daphne de Lissa served as its first principal.贝尔·雷尼于 1917 年创办吉普赛山师范学院，澳大利亚教育学家莉莲·达芙妮·德丽莎出任其首任院长。

• Professor Steven Spier has served as Vice-Chancellor of Kingston University, and Tom Smyth chairs its Board of Governors.史蒂文·斯皮尔教授担任金斯顿大学校长，汤姆·史密斯则出任校董会主席。

• Eric Clapton, the guitarist and singer, studied at Kingston College of Art in the early 1960s before his career in rock and blues made him one of the best-known guitarists of the postwar era.吉他手兼歌手埃里克·克莱普顿在 1960 年代初曾就读于金斯顿艺术学院，其后在摇滚与布鲁斯领域的成就使他成为战后最著名的吉他手之一。

• Richard D. James, known as Aphex Twin, studied engineering at Kingston Polytechnic and became a leading figure in electronic music.以「Aphex Twin」之名闻名的理查德·D·詹姆斯曾在金斯顿理工学院攻读工程学，后成为电子音乐界的代表人物。

• Eason Chan, the Hong Kong singer and actor who has won numerous music awards in Chinese-language pop, graduated from Kingston University.陈奕迅是香港歌手兼演员，在华语流行乐坛屡获音乐奖项，他毕业于金斯顿大学。

• Ben Barnes, the actor known for Prince Caspian and other films, and Jessie Cave, who played Lavender Brown in the Harry Potter series, are both Kingston graduates and trained at its drama facilities.以《凯斯宾王子》等影片闻名的演员本·巴恩斯，以及在《哈利·波特》系列中饰演拉文德·布朗的杰西·凯夫，都是金斯顿毕业生并在校内戏剧设施中受训。

• Graeme Le Saux, the former England footballer, and Lawrence Dallaglio, the former England rugby captain, are counted among the university's sporting alumni.前英格兰足球国脚格雷姆·勒索克斯与前英格兰橄榄球队队长劳伦斯·达拉格里奥，都被列为该校的体育界校友。

• Jasper Morrison and James Irvine, both internationally known product designers, studied at Kingston, and David Nash, the sculptor, is also an alumnus.国际知名的产品设计师贾斯珀·莫里森与詹姆斯·欧文都曾就读于金斯顿，雕塑家戴维·纳什亦为该校校友。

• Fiona Banner, an artist nominated for the Turner Prize, graduated from Kingston, as did the photographer Richard Bryant.获透纳奖提名的艺术家菲奥娜·班纳毕业于金斯顿，摄影师理查德·布莱恩特亦为该校校友。

• Ruby McGregor-Smith, awarded a CBE and formerly chief executive of the outsourcing group MITIE, is a Kingston alumna.获颁大英帝国司令勋章的鲁比·麦格雷戈-史密斯曾任外包集团 MITIE 首席执行官，是该校校友。

• Glenda Bailey, the former editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar, and the fashion commentator Caryn Franklin are among the university's media and fashion graduates.《时尚芭莎》前主编格伦达·贝利与时尚评论人卡林·富兰克林，都是该校媒体与时尚界的毕业生。

• Sam Chan, the Hong Kong actor, and Angie Bowie, an American actress and writer, appear among the university's alumni in entertainment.香港演员陈山聪，以及美国演员兼作家安吉·鲍伊，都出现在该校娱乐界的校友之中。