Lincoln University

Lincoln University, known in Māori as Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki, is a public university in New Zealand based at Lincoln in Canterbury, about fifteen kilometres from Christchurch, and it is the smallest of the country's eight public universities by enrolment.林肯大学（毛利语 Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki）是新西兰的一所公立大学，位于坎特伯雷地区距基督城约十五公里的林肯镇，按在校生规模计是新西兰八所公立大学中最小的一所。

It was founded in 1878 as the School of Agriculture of Canterbury University College, opened in July 1880, and became fully independent as Lincoln University in 1990 after a long period as Canterbury Agricultural College and then Lincoln College.该校于 1878 年作为坎特伯雷大学学院的农业学校创办，1880 年 7 月开学，在长期以坎特伯雷农学院、林肯学院之名办学之后，于 1990 年获得完全自治并成为林肯大学。

In the 2027 QS World University Rankings it is placed 419th, it stands in the 701-800 band of the 2027 Times Higher Education ranking, it is 1384th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities, and it did not enter the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, while OpenAlex counts 13,185 research works and 763,609 citations.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中它位列第 419，在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中处于 701 至 800 区间，在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 1384，未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名，OpenAlex 统计其研究成果 13,185 项、累计被引 763,609 次。

History

• Lincoln University established itself in 1878 as the School of Agriculture of Canterbury University College and opened for teaching in July 1880, making it the oldest agricultural teaching institution in the Southern Hemisphere.林肯大学的前身于 1878 年作为坎特伯雷大学学院的农业学校创办，1880 年 7 月正式开学授课，是南半球历史最悠久的农业教育机构。

• By 1885 the school had fifty-six students, thirty-two of them living in residence, and all classes were held in the one main building that later became known as Ivey Hall.到 1885 年，该校已有 56 名学生，其中 32 人寄宿在校，全部课程都在后来被称为艾维楼的唯一主楼内进行。

• Its early teaching staff were headed by William Ivey, who taught agriculture, and included George Gray, who taught chemistry and physics until 1915, Eric Manley Clarke, who taught mathematics, surveying and book-keeping, and the part-time lecturer Thomas Hill in veterinary science.其早期教师由教授农业的威廉·艾维主持，成员包括讲授化学与物理直至 1915 年的乔治·格雷、讲授数学、测量与簿记的埃里克·曼利·克拉克，以及兼职讲授兽医学的托马斯·希尔。

• Students worked the 660-acre college farm, taking part in ploughing, milking and stock management as well as attending lectures on agricultural science and chemistry, an arrangement that shaped the school's practical character.学生们耕种 660 英亩的校办农场，参与犁地、挤奶与牲畜管理，同时还上农业科学与化学课，这种安排塑造了该校重实作的风格。

• From 1896 to 1961 the institution was known as Canterbury Agricultural College and offered qualifications of the University of New Zealand until that federal university was dissolved.1896 年至 1961 年间，该校以坎特伯雷农学院之名办学，并颁发新西兰大学的学位，直到该联邦制大学解散为止。

• The school had been founded under the oversight of Canterbury College, the body that later became the University of Canterbury, and its early agricultural students took the qualifications of the University of New Zealand.该校最初在坎特伯雷学院的管辖下创办，该学院后来发展为坎特伯雷大学，早期农科学生修读的是新西兰大学的学位。

• From 1961 to 1990 it was called Lincoln College and served as a constituent college of the University of Canterbury before achieving autonomy in 1990 as Lincoln University.1961 年至 1990 年，该校名为林肯学院，是坎特伯雷大学的组成学院，直到 1990 年获得自治并改称林肯大学。

• After becoming a university the institution remained the smallest university in New Zealand, a position it still holds, while being one of the country's eight public universities.成为大学之后，该校仍是新西兰规模最小的大学，至今依然如此，同时它也是新西兰八所公立大学之一。

• In March 2009 the Crown Research Institute AgResearch announced that it planned to merge with Lincoln University, but the university rejected the proposal later that year over financial concerns.2009 年 3 月，皇家研究所 AgResearch 宣布计划与林肯大学合并，但该校当年晚些时候因财务方面的顾虑而否绝了这一方案。

• On 18 November 2010, after consultation, it was confirmed that Lincoln University would merge with Telford Rural Polytechnic, and the merger took effect on 1 January 2011.2010 年 11 月 18 日，经咨询后确认林肯大学将与特尔福德农村理工学院合并，合并于 2011 年 1 月 1 日生效。

• On 18 June 2013 a new blueprint for the Selwyn campus was announced that included the "Lincoln Hub" concept earlier put forward by the Government on 29 April 2013, and in the same year the university joined the Euroleague for Life Sciences.2013 年 6 月 18 日，该校公布了塞尔温校区的新蓝图，其中包括政府于 2013 年 4 月 29 日提出的「林肯枢纽」构想，同年该校加入了欧洲生命科学大学联盟。

• Since 1993 the university has conferred honorary doctorates, recognising contributions to agriculture, science and public life in New Zealand.自 1993 年以来，该校一直授予荣誉博士学位，以表彰在农业、科学与新西兰公共生活方面作出贡献的人士。

• The oldest building on campus is Ivey Hall, built in 1878 in the Jacobethan style by the Christchurch architect Frederick Strouts, which held the first lecture theatres, laboratories and museum and housed the director's family and the students.校园内最古老的建筑是 1878 年由基督城建筑师弗雷德里克·斯特劳茨以詹姆斯一世风格设计的艾维楼，最初的讲堂、实验室与博物馆均设于此，学校主管一家与学生们也住在这里。

• A West Wing was added to Ivey Hall in 1881 for student accommodation and study rooms, and after a major remodelling and expansion in 1989 Ivey Hall became the home of the George Forbes Memorial Library.艾维楼于 1881 年增建西翼，用于学生住宿与自习，经 1989 年的大规模改建与扩建后，艾维楼成为乔治·福布斯纪念图书馆的所在地。

• Memorial Hall was designed by Cecil Wood and built in 1923 and 1924 to commemorate former students killed in the First World War, with two thirds of the cost raised by the Old Boys' association, and it later also commemorated the dead of the Second World War.纪念堂由塞西尔·伍德设计、于 1923 至 1924 年建成，用以纪念在第一次世界大战中阵亡的旧生，其中三分之二的费用由校友会筹措，后来它又兼作第二次世界大战阵亡者的纪念场所。

• The first major hall of residence was Hudson Hall, named after principal Eric Hudson, whose foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Peter Fraser in July 1949 and which opened in 1953 with places for 184 students.首座大型宿舍是以前校长埃里克·哈德逊命名的哈德逊楼，由总理彼得·弗雷泽于 1949 年 7 月奠基、1953 年启用，可容纳 184 名学生住宿。

• The George Forbes Building, named after the former Prime Minister George Forbes, was built between 1957 and 1960 as the college's first purpose-built library holding 10,000 books, a high-rise library building followed in 1975, and the library moved into Ivey Hall in 1989.以曾任总理的乔治·福布斯命名的福布斯楼于 1957 至 1960 年建成，是该校首座专用图书馆，藏有 10,000 册图书，1975 年又建起高层图书馆，1989 年图书馆迁入艾维楼。

• The Hilgendorf Building, built in 1968 to cater for 550 full-time students and named after the early lecturer Frederick William Hilgendorf, was badly damaged in the 2010 earthquake and demolished in 2015, while its companion Burns Building of 1976 was named after the past principal Malcolm Burns.1968 年建成、可容纳 550 名全日制学生并以早期讲师弗雷德里克·威廉·希尔根多夫命名的希楼在 2010 年地震中严重受损、2015 年拆除，与之配套的 1976 年伯恩斯楼则以老校长马尔科姆·伯恩斯命名。

• The Canterbury earthquake of 2010 damaged Ivey West and Memorial Hall along with the Hilgendorf Building, and Ivey West and Memorial Hall were formally reopened only in 2025.2010 年坎特伯雷地震损毁了艾维楼西翼、纪念堂与希楼，艾维楼西翼与纪念堂直到 2025 年才正式重新开放。

Academics

• Lincoln University is organised into three faculties, namely Agribusiness and Commerce, Agriculture and Life Sciences and Environment, Society and Design.林肯大学设有三个学院，即农商与商学学院、农业与生命科学学院，以及环境、社会与设计学院。

• The Faculty of Agribusiness and Commerce teaches accounting, business management, economics, farm management, finance, marketing and property studies.农商与商学学院开设计会计、企业管理、经济学、农场管理、金融、市场营销与房地产研究等课程。

• The Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences covers agronomy, plant science, crop physiology, pasture production, animal science, systems biology, computational modelling, food and wine science, entomology, plant pathology, crop protection, ecology, conservation, wildlife management, molecular genetics and biodiversity.农业与生命科学学院涵盖农艺学、植物科学、作物生理学、牧草生产、动物科学、系统生物学、计算建模、食品与葡萄酒科学、昆虫学、植物病理学、作物保护、生态学、保育、野生动物管理、分子遗传学与生物多样性。

• The Faculty of Environment, Society and Design covers natural resources and complex systems engineering, environmental design, resource planning, transport studies, landscape architecture, Māori and indigenous planning, recreation management, social sciences, tourism, communication and exercise science.环境、社会与设计学院涵盖自然资源与复杂系统工程、环境设计、资源规划、交通研究、景观建筑、毛利与土著规划与发展、休闲管理、社会科学、旅游、传播与运动科学。

• It is New Zealand's only university specialising wholly in the land-based sectors, and is regarded as a national centre for agriculture, horticulture, viticulture and oenology.它是新西兰唯一一所完全面向土地产业的高等学府，被视为全国的农业、园艺、葡萄栽培与酿酒教学中心。

• Its programmes range across agriculture, horticulture, viticulture and oenology, landscape architecture, environmental management, food and wine science and entomology, giving it a distinctively practice-based curriculum.其课程涵盖农业、园艺、葡萄栽培与酿酒、景观建筑、环境管理、食品与葡萄酒科学以及昆虫学，形成了鲜明的实作导向课程体系。

• In 2018 Lincoln University recorded 2,695 equivalent full-time students and 633 full-time equivalent staff, made up of 188 academic, 135 administration and support, 65 research and technical, and 273 farms and operational staff.2018 年林肯大学共有 2,695 名全日制等效学生与 633 名全职等效教职工，其中包括学术人员 188 人、行政与支持人员 135 人、研究与技术人员 65 人、农场与作业人员 273 人。

• By 2024 the university had surpassed 5,000 students for the first time, reaching a headcount of 5,484, a rise of twenty-one per cent on 2023, with fifty-one per cent of its equivalent full-time students studying at postgraduate level.到 2024 年，该校在校生首次突破 5,000 人，达到 5,484 人，比 2023 年增长 21%，其中 51% 的全日制等效学生为研究生。

• In an earlier snapshot year the university counted 3,305 students and about 650 staff, with a 58-hectare campus and 447 hectares of surrounding commercial and demonstration farmland.在较早的一份概况统计中，该校有学生 3,305 人与教职工约 650 人，校园占地 58 公顷，另有 447 公顷用于商业与示范的周边农场。

• In 2018 it enrolled 1,369 international students from seventy-five countries, ten per cent more than the previous year.2018 年该校招收了来自 75 个国家的 1,369 名国际学生，比上一年增加 10%。

• Its teaching and research are supported by university farms where students gain practical experience of livestock, cropping, pasture and farm management.其教学与研究由校办农场支撑，学生可在牲畜、种植、牧草与农场管理方面获得实践经验。

• Lincoln University has maintained an Entomology Research Collection since the late 1960s, now the third-largest entomology collection in New Zealand with about 500,000 specimens and roughly sixty types.林肯大学自 20 世纪 60 年代末起建立昆虫学研究收藏，如今已是新西兰第三大昆虫收藏，藏有约 500,000 件标本与约 60 个模式标本。

• Its research concentrates on sustainable agriculture, food and wine production, environmental management and the management of natural resources.其研究集中于可持续农业、食品与葡萄酒生产、环境管理以及自然资源管理。

• The university awards undergraduate degrees in agricultural science, commerce, science and environmental and landscape design, and postgraduate degrees by research and coursework.该校颁发农业科学、商学、理学以及环境与景观设计等本科学位，并授予研究型与授课型的研究生学位。

• Its qualifications are recognised internationally, and the university partners with other land-based institutions through its membership of the Euroleague for Life Sciences.其学历获得国际认可，并借助欧洲生命科学大学联盟成员身份与其他土地类院校开展合作。

• The university shares the Canterbury region with the New Zealand School of Forestry at the University of Canterbury, with which it cooperates on land-based research and teaching.该校与坎特伯雷大学的林业学院同处坎特伯雷地区，双方在土地类研究与教学方面开展合作。

• Campus teaching facilities include lecture theatres with computerised teaching aids, laboratories, a landscape architecture studio and a working farm within walking distance of the halls.校内教学设施包括配有计算机化教学辅助的讲堂、实验室、景观建筑工作室，以及与宿舍咫尺之遥的经营性农场。

Campus

• The campus is situated at Lincoln in Canterbury on about fifty hectares of land, roughly fifteen kilometres outside the city of Christchurch.校园位于坎特伯雷的林肯镇，占地约五十公顷，距基督城约十五公里。

• The campus is surrounded by university farms used for education and demonstration, giving the small site a distinctly rural setting bordered by the Canterbury Plains.校园四周是用于教学与示范的校办农场，使这片小型校区呈现出鲜明的田园风貌，与坎特伯雷平原相接。

• Lincoln University has six halls of residence, the oldest being Hudson Hall, with Colombo, Lowrie and Stevens halls opened in 1970, Centennial Hall opened in the centenary year of 1978 and Southland Hall built in 1993.林肯大学有六座学生宿舍，其中哈德逊楼最古老，科伦坡楼、劳里楼与史蒂文斯楼于 1970 年启用，世纪楼于百年校庆的 1978 年启用，南地楼则建于 1993 年。

• Gillespie Hall, also called the Student Union or Lincoln Union, consists of the Union, Annex and Link buildings designed and built between 1962 and 1988 and was named after the former chairman William Gillespie, but has been closed since the 2010 earthquake.吉莱斯皮楼又称学生会馆或林肯会馆，由 1962 至 1988 年设计建造的会馆、附楼与连廊三座建筑组成，以老主席威廉·吉莱斯皮命名，但自 2010 年地震以来一直关闭。

• The Stewart Building opened in 1990 and is named after the former principal James D. Stewart, with two large lecture theatres and computerised teaching aids that were considered cutting-edge for New Zealand at the time.斯图尔特楼于 1990 年启用，以老校长詹姆斯·D·斯图尔特命名，设有两个大型讲堂与当时在新西兰堪称前沿的计算机化教学设备。

• The Commerce Building, also built in 1990 to serve a rapidly growing intake of commerce students, occupies what had been the gardens of Ivey Hall.同样建于 1990 年的商学院楼为快速增长的商科学生而设，建在原艾维楼花园的位置上。

• The cafe and dining hall known as Mrs O's was built in 2011 around the original dining hall and reopened in 2014 after earthquake strengthening, and is named after Joan O'Loughlin, a much-loved staff member from 1966 to 1998.名为「奥太太」的咖啡厅兼餐厅于 2011 年围绕原食堂建成，并在抗震加固后于 2014 年重开，其名取自 1966 至 1998 年间深受学生喜爱的员工琼·奥洛林。

• The campus lies close to the town of Lincoln and its small services, with the larger shops, hospitals and airport of Christchurch within a short drive.校园毗邻林肯镇及其小型服务设施，基督城的较大商店、医院与机场也都在短程车程之内。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings Lincoln University is placed 419th, the highest of the four world tables in which it appears.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中林肯大学位列第 419，这是它进入的四张世界榜单中排名最高的一张。

• In the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings it stands in the 701-800 band, and in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities it is ranked 1384th.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中该校处于 701 至 800 区间，在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 1384。

• It did not enter the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, the Shanghai ranking being the one major world table on which the university is not listed.该校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名，这一由上海发布的榜单是其主要缺席的世界主榜。

• According to OpenAlex the university has produced 13,185 research works attracting 763,609 citations, a modest total that reflects its small size and specialist focus.据 OpenAlex 统计，该校已产出研究成果 13,185 项、累计被引 763,609 次，这一总量不大，反映出其规模小、方向专的特点。

• It is the oldest agricultural teaching institution in the Southern Hemisphere, a claim that underpins its standing in land-based education and research.它是南半球历史最悠久的农业教育机构，这一地位为其在土地类教育与研究领域的声望奠定基础。

• Massey University in the North Island is the only other New Zealand university with a substantial agricultural focus, while Lincoln remains the smaller and more specialised of the two.位于北岛的梅西大学是新西兰另一所拥有相当农业教学规模的高校，而林肯仍是两者中规模更小、方向更专的一所。

• As the smallest of New Zealand's eight public universities, it is ranked nationally within the group but competes internationally as a specialist institution.作为新西兰八所公立大学中规模最小的一所，它在国内与同群高校比较，而在国际上则以专业型院校的身份参与竞争。

• Membership of the Euroleague for Life Sciences links it with partner universities across Europe that specialise in agriculture, food and the environment.作为欧洲生命科学大学联盟成员，它与欧洲多所专注农业、食品与环境的伙伴高校建立了联系。

• Its graduates are noted for high employability in the agriculture, agribusiness and environmental sectors, and many go on to run farms or work in agricultural industries.其毕业生以在农业、农商与环境领域就业率高而著称，不少人此后经营农场或在涉农产业任职。

• It is particularly recognised for agriculture, horticulture, viticulture and oenology, landscape architecture and environmental management, its traditional areas of strength.该校尤以农业、园艺、葡萄栽培与酿酒、景观建筑与环境管理见长，这些都是它的传统强项。

• Despite its small enrolment, the university maintains an international profile through research partnerships, international students and its specialist subject rankings.尽管在校生规模不大，该校仍通过科研合作、国际学生与专业学科排名保持着国际影响力。

Student life

• The Lincoln University Students' Association, known as LUSA, has been active on campus since 1919 and represents students on university policy, provides advocacy services and runs campus events.林肯大学学生会（简称 LUSA）自 1919 年起活跃于校园，代表学生参与校政，提供权益支持并组织校园活动。

• LUSA organises and funds campus clubs and runs the annual Garden Party and O-Week that open the academic year.学生会组织并资助校园社团，还举办一年一度的花园派对与迎新周，拉开学年的序幕。

• Campus clubs include the Lincoln Soils Society, the Tramping and Climbing Club, the Wine Appreciation Club, the Lincoln Snowboarding Department, the Alpine Club, the Lincoln Environmental Organisation, the Food Appreciation Club, the Campus Choir and Bunch Rides cycling.校园社团包括林肯土壤学会、徒步与登山俱乐部、葡萄酒品鉴俱乐部、林肯滑雪部、高山俱乐部、林肯环境组织、美食俱乐部、校园合唱团与「结伴骑行」自行车社。

• Further clubs are the Lincoln University Rugby Club, the Lincoln Malaysian Students Society, the International Rugby Club, SPACE for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, the Boxing Club, the Young Farmers Club and the Lincoln Christian Fellowship.其他社团还有林肯大学橄榄球俱乐部、林肯马来西亚学生协会、国际橄榄球俱乐部、面向性少数学生的 SPACE、拳击俱乐部、青年农民俱乐部与林肯基督徒团契。

• The small size of the campus and its halls of residence give student life a close-knit, residential character, with much activity centred on the halls, the union and the farm.校园与宿舍规模不大，使学生生活具有紧密的寄宿制色彩，许多活动围绕宿舍、会馆与农场展开。

• Rugby is a strong tradition, with the university's alumni including several All Blacks captains and the club being a regular part of campus life.橄榄球是该校的深厚传统，其校友中包括多位全黑队队长，橄榄球俱乐部也是校园生活的常客。

• In 2018 the university had 1,369 international students from seventy-five countries, giving the small campus an international community.2018 年该校有来自 75 个国家的 1,369 名国际学生，为这座小型校园带来了国际化的社群。

• Its location between the Canterbury Plains and the nearby city means students can enjoy outdoor recreation, farm-based field trips and access to Christchurch's cultural life.校园位于坎特伯雷平原与邻近城市之间，学生得以参与户外休闲、农场实地考察，并享用基督城的文化生活。

Notable people

• Richie McCaw, the former All Blacks captain who led New Zealand to World Cup victories in 2011 and 2015, is the university's best-known alumnus.前全黑队队长、曾率新西兰夺得 2011 年与 2015 年世界杯冠军的里奇·麦考，是该校最知名的校友。

• Other All Blacks among its alumni include the lock Sam Whitelock, the flanker Andy Ellis, the former captain Andy Dalton, the former captain Reuben Thorne and the former captain Wilson Whineray.其校友中的其他全黑队球员包括锁球手萨姆·怀特洛克、侧翼球员安迪·埃利斯，以及前队长安迪·道尔顿、前队长鲁本·索恩与前队长威尔逊·怀纳雷。

• Robbie Deans, a former All Black who later coached the Australian Wallabies, is also an alumnus of the university.曾任全黑队球员、后来执教澳大利亚小袋鼠队的总教练罗比·迪恩斯，也是该校校友。

• Charles Upham, who was awarded the Victoria Cross and Bar and is remembered as the most highly decorated Commonwealth soldier of the Second World War, studied at the college.两次获授维多利亚十字勋章、被誉为第二次世界大战中获勋最多的英联邦军人的查尔斯·阿帕姆，曾在该校就读。

• Don McKinnon, a former National Party member of parliament who later served as Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, is among its graduates.曾任新西兰国家党议员、后来出任英联邦秘书长的唐·麦金农，是其毕业生之一。

• Jeremy Rockliff, the Premier of Tasmania in Australia, is an alumnus of Lincoln University.澳大利亚塔斯马尼亚州州长杰里米·罗克利夫是林肯大学的校友。

• Several of its graduates entered New Zealand politics, including David Carter, a former Speaker of the House, and the members of parliament Maggie Barry and Rodney Hide.其若干毕业生进入新西兰政界，包括前议长戴维·卡特，以及议员玛吉·巴里与罗德尼·海德。

• Mark Inglis, a mountaineer who lost both legs to frostbite and later climbed Mount Everest, is a graduate of the university.因冻伤失去双腿、后来登上珠穆朗玛峰的登山家马克·英格利斯，是该校毕业生。

• Among its cultural alumni are the cook and author Annabel Langbein, the television host Toni Street and the broadcaster Col Campbell.其文化界校友包括厨师兼作家安娜贝尔·朗拜因、电视主持人托妮·斯特里特与播音员科尔·坎贝尔。

• Turi Carroll, who served as President of the New Zealand Māori Council, and John Hayes, a former diplomat and later member of parliament, are also associated with the university.曾任新西兰毛利委员会主席的图里·卡罗尔，以及曾任外交官、后成为议员的约翰·海斯，也与该校相关。

• Among its faculty and leaders are William Ivey, the first head of the school, and Margaret Austin, who served as chancellor of the university.其教职员与领导者中包括首任校务主管威廉·艾维，以及曾任校监的玛格丽特·奥斯汀。