Miami University

Miami University (informally Miami of Ohio) is a public research university in Oxford, Ohio, United States, founded in 1809 and the second-oldest university in Ohio.迈阿密大学（常称「俄亥俄迈阿密」）是位于美国俄亥俄州牛津的一所公立研究型大学，创办于 1809 年，是俄亥俄州历史第二悠久的大学。

It is named after the Miami Valley, which takes its name from the Myaamia people, and is distinct from the private University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.该校因位于迈阿密河谷而得名，河谷之名又源自迈阿密族原住民，它与位于佛罗里达州科勒尔盖布尔斯的私立迈阿密大学并非同一所学校。

The Oxford campus enrols more than 18,000 students in seven colleges and schools, and the university was placed in the 1201-1400 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027.其牛津校区设有七个学院，在校生超过一万八千人，学校在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列 1201-1400 区间。

History

• The foundations of Miami University were laid by an Act of Congress signed by President George Washington, which provided that an academy should be established northwest of the Ohio River in the Miami Valley.迈阿密大学的奠基源于乔治·华盛顿总统签署的一项国会法案，该法案规定应在俄亥俄河西北的迈阿密河谷建立一所学院。
• Two days after Ohio became a state in 1803, Congress granted one township to the Ohio General Assembly for a college, and on 2 February 1809 the legislature passed the Act to Establish the Miami University, creating a board of trustees, while construction was later interrupted by the War of 1812 and a Cincinnati attempt to move the university failed in 1822.1803 年俄亥俄建州两天后，国会拨给州议会一个镇区用于兴办学院，1809 年 2 月 2 日州议会通过《设立迈阿密大学法案》并组建校董会，此后建校工程因 1812 年战争中断，1822 年辛辛那提试图迁校的努力亦告失败。
• The Presbyterian minister Robert Hamilton Bishop was appointed the first president in 1824 and declared in his inaugural address that all teaching at Miami should be based in the Bible.长老会牧师罗伯特·汉密尔顿·毕晓普于 1824 年出任首任校长，并在就职演说中宣称迈阿密的一切教学都应以《圣经》为基础。
• The first day of classes was 1 November 1824, when twenty students and two faculty members joined Bishop, and the curriculum covered Greek, Latin, algebra, geography and Roman history.1824 年 11 月 1 日正式开课，当时有二十名学生和两名教师与毕晓普一道，课程包括希腊语、拉丁语、代数、地理与罗马史。
• An English Scientific Department opened in 1825 to teach modern languages, applied mathematics and political economy, awarding a certificate rather than a diploma.1825 年设立的英文科学部教授现代语言、应用数学与政治经济学，结业时颁发证书而非学位文凭。
• William Holmes McGuffey joined the faculty in 1826 and began work on the McGuffey Readers in Oxford, while by 1834 the faculty had grown to seven professors and enrolment stood at 234.威廉·霍姆斯·麦加菲于 1826 年入职，并在牛津开始编写《麦加菲读本》，到 1834 年全校已有七名教授、234 名学生。
• Alpha Delta Phi opened a chapter at Miami in 1833, the first fraternity chapter west of the Allegheny Mountains, and Beta Theta Pi was founded there in 1839.1833 年，阿尔法德尔塔菲兄弟会在迈阿密设立分会，这是阿勒格尼山脉以西的第一个兄弟会分会，贝塔西塔派兄弟会则于 1839 年在此创立。
• Old Miami reached its enrolment peak in 1839 with 250 students from thirteen states, when only Harvard, Yale and Dartmouth were larger.老迈阿密在 1839 年达到招生顶峰，拥有来自十三个州的 250 名学生，当时规模超过它的只有哈佛、耶鲁与达特茅斯。
• In 1848 students staged the Snowball Rebellion against the faculty's ban on fraternities, packing Old Main with snow, and those involved were expelled, more than halving enrolment.1848 年，学生为抗议校方禁止兄弟会而发动「雪球暴动」，用积雪填满老主楼，参与者被开除，在校生人数因此减少了一半以上。
• By 1873 enrolment had fallen to 87, and the trustees closed the school and leased the campus to a grammar school, a period remembered as Old Miami.到 1873 年，在校生降至 87 人，校董会关闭学校并把校园租给一所文法学校，这段时期后来被称为「老迈阿密」。
• The university reopened in 1885 after paying its debts and repairing its buildings, starting with forty students, and began intercollegiate football against the University of Cincinnati in 1888.学校在偿清债务、修缮校舍后于 1885 年复校，首年仅有四十名学生，1888 年又与辛辛那提大学进行了首场校际橄榄球赛。
• In 1902 the Ohio legislature passed the Sesse Bill requiring coeducation in public schools, and David McDill became Miami's first non-Presbyterian president in the same year.1902 年，俄亥俄州议会通过要求公立学校实行男女同校的《塞斯法案》，同年戴维·麦克迪尔成为迈阿密首位非长老会出身的校长。
• Nelly Craig became the first African-American graduate of the Ohio State Normal School at Miami in 1905, the same year Hepburn Hall opened as the first women's dormitory.1905 年，内莉·克雷格成为迈阿密州立师范学校首位非裔毕业生，同年赫本楼启用，成为该校第一座女生宿舍。
• By 1907 enrolment passed 700 with women about a third of the student body, and Andrew Carnegie pledged 40,000 dollars towards a new library.到 1907 年，在校生超过 700 人，女生约占三分之一，安德鲁·卡内基则承诺捐资四万美元兴建新图书馆。
• The McGuffey Laboratory School opened in 1910 and soon moved into McGuffey Hall, completed in 1917 and named for the former professor whose readers shaped American primary education.麦加菲实验学校于 1910 年开办，随后迁入 1917 年落成的麦加菲楼，该楼以那位编写读本、影响美国初等教育的旧日教授命名。
• Enrolment reached 1,500 in 1923 and 2,200 by the early 1930s, while the School of Business Administration was founded in 1928 and the School of Fine Arts in 1929.在校生 1923 年达 1,500 人，二十世纪三十年代初增至 2,200 人，商学院于 1928 年成立，美术学院于 1929 年成立。
• During the Second World War Miami added war emergency courses and hosted a Navy Training School, and the G.I. Bill pushed enrolment to 5,000 by 1952.二战期间，迈阿密增设战争应急课程并接纳一所海军训练学校，《退伍军人权利法案》则推动在校生在 1952 年增至五千人。
• A common curriculum for all students was introduced in 1954, enrolment neared 15,000 by 1964, and the first regional campuses opened at Middletown in 1966 and Hamilton in 1968.1954 年学校为全体学生设立共同核心课程，1964 年在校生接近一万五千人，首批地区校区则于 1966 年在米德尔敦、1968 年在汉密尔顿开办。
• The Dolibois European Center was established in Luxembourg City in 1968 and moved to Differdange Castle in 1997, where students live with Luxembourgish host families.多利布瓦欧洲中心于 1968 年在卢森堡市设立，1997 年迁入迪弗当日城堡，学生在此寄宿于卢森堡家庭。
• On 15 April 1970 a sit-in at Rowan Hall against the Vietnam War ended with 176 students arrested, and the Edgar W. King Library was completed in 1972.1970 年 4 月 15 日，罗文楼内一场反对越南战争的静坐以 176 名学生被捕告终，埃德加·金图书馆则于 1972 年落成。
• Miami bought the Western College for Women in 1974 and created the interdisciplinary Western College Program, and in 1997 the trustees changed the athletic nickname from Redskins to RedHawks.1974 年，迈阿密收购西女子学院并创设跨学科的西学院项目，1997 年校董会将运动队昵称由「红皮」改为「红鹰」。
• The School of Engineering and Applied Science was created in 1999, the Farmer School of Business building opened in 2009, and the Armstrong Student Center was completed in 2014.工程与应用科学学院于 1999 年设立，法默商学院大楼于 2009 年启用，阿姆斯特朗学生中心则于 2014 年落成。
• The Honors College was established in 2021, the Clinical Health Sciences and Wellness Facility opened in 2023, and the McVey Data Science building followed in 2024.荣誉学院于 2021 年成立，临床健康科学与健康设施于 2023 年启用，麦维数据科学大楼则于 2024 年落成。
• In June 2026 the board of trustees approved Miami University Polytechnic at the Hamilton campus, a school focused on polytechnic education.2026 年 6 月，校董会批准在汉密尔顿校区设立迈阿密理工，专事理工与职业技术教育。

Academics

• Miami has seven primary academic divisions, comprising the College of Arts and Science, the Farmer School of Business, the College of Creative Arts, the College of Education, Health and Society, and the College of Engineering and Computing.迈阿密设有七个主要学术单位，包括文理学院、法默商学院、创意艺术学院、教育健康与社会学院，以及工程与计算学院。
• The remaining divisions are the Graduate School and the College of Liberal Arts and Applied Science, which serves the regional campuses.其余两个单位是研究生院与自由艺术与应用科学学院，后者主要服务各地区校区。
• The university offers more than 100 majors, 48 minors and 11 co-majors, and in 2022-2023 the most popular majors were finance, marketing, psychology, computer science and biology.学校开设一百多个主修、48 个辅修与 11 个联合主修，2022 至 2023 学年最受欢迎的主修为金融、市场营销、心理学、计算机科学与生物学。
• Miami awards master's degrees in more than 50 fields and doctoral degrees in 12, the largest doctoral programmes being in psychology.迈阿密在五十多个领域授予硕士学位，在 12 个领域授予博士学位，其中规模最大的博士项目为心理学。
• The College of Arts and Science is the oldest and largest division, enrolling almost half of the undergraduate body and offering 70 majors across the humanities, natural sciences and social sciences.文理学院是历史最久、规模最大的学院，本科生近半数在此就读，开设涵盖人文、自然科学与社会科学的 70 个主修。
• The Farmer School of Business, named for Cintas founder Richard T. Farmer and his wife Joyce, offers nine majors together with MBA, accountancy and economics degrees.法默商学院以辛塔斯公司创始人理查德·T·法默及其妻子乔伊斯命名，开设九个主修以及工商管理硕士、会计与经济学位项目。
• The College of Creative Arts teaches 14 majors through departments of architecture and interior design, art, emerging technology in business and design, music and theatre, each with portfolio or audition entry.创意艺术学院通过建筑与室内设计、艺术、商业与设计新兴技术、音乐及戏剧五个系开设 14 个主修，各系均设作品集或面试入学要求。
• The College of Education, Health and Society offers 20 undergraduate majors spanning teacher education, educational leadership, kinesiology and health, sport leadership and social work.教育健康与社会学院开设 20 个本科主修，涵盖教师教育、教育领导、运动学与健康、体育领导及社会工作。
• The College of Engineering and Computing offers 13 accredited majors in four departments and moved into a 22 million dollar engineering building in 2007.工程与计算学院在四个系中开设 13 个获认证的主修，并于 2007 年迁入造价 2,200 万美元的工程大楼。
• The Honors College, established in 2021, admits about 400 students a year and is based in Peabody Hall on the Western Campus as Miami's only residential college.2021 年成立的荣誉学院每年招收约四百名学生，院址设于西校区的皮博迪楼，是迈阿密唯一的住宿学院。
• In fall 2023 the Oxford campus enrolled 18,618 students, of whom 16,478 were undergraduates and 2,140 graduate students, with women making up 51 per cent of the total.2023 年秋季，牛津校区共有 18,618 名学生，其中本科生 16,478 人、研究生 2,140 人，女生占学生总数的 51%。
• Miami's endowment stood at 739 million dollars at the end of fiscal year 2023, and annual tuition in 2024 was 18,162 dollars for Ohio residents and 40,822 dollars for out-of-state students, the highest in-state rate in the University System of Ohio.截至 2023 财年末，学校捐赠基金为 7.39 亿美元，2024 年州内学生学费为 18,162 美元，州外学生为 40,822 美元，州内学费水平为俄亥俄州公立大学之首。
• For first-year students entering in fall 2026 the university received 41,022 applications and admitted 29,476, an acceptance rate of 71.85 per cent.2026 年秋季入学的本科新生共收到 41,022 份申请，录取 29,476 人，录取率为 71.85%。
• The middle fifty per cent of admitted students who submitted tests scored 25 to 31 on the ACT and 1220 to 1380 on the SAT, and the freshman retention rate is 89.2 per cent.提交成绩的录取学生中，中间百分之五十的 ACT 分数为 25 至 31 分，SAT 为 1220 至 1380 分，新生保留率为 89.2%。
• Eighty-three per cent of Miami students graduate within six years, and the university sponsored 21 National Merit Scholarship awards in 2020.该校百分之八十三的学生在六年内毕业，学校在 2020 年资助了 21 项国家优秀学者奖学金。
• Edgar W. King Library, opened in sections in 1966 and 1972, holds the humanities, government, law and social science collections together with the Walter Havighurst special collections and university archives.埃德加·金图书馆分两部分于 1966 年与 1972 年启用，收藏人文、政府、法律与社会科学文献，并设沃尔特·哈维赫斯特特藏与校史档案。

Campus

• The main campus lies in Oxford, Ohio, a college town in the Miami Valley about 30 miles northwest of Cincinnati and 35 miles southwest of Dayton.主校区位于俄亥俄州牛津，这座大学城坐落在迈阿密河谷，距辛辛那提西北约 30 英里，距代顿西南约 35 英里。
• The Oxford campus covers 2,138 acres and is noted for its Georgian Revival architecture and wooded layout, which the poet Robert Frost called the most beautiful campus that ever there was.牛津校区占地 2,138 英亩，以乔治复兴式建筑与林木掩映的布局著称，诗人罗伯特·弗罗斯特曾称其为「有史以来最美的校园」。
• Campus development began with Franklin Hall in 1818, followed by Elliott Hall in 1825, which remains the oldest standing building and is still used as a residence hall.校园建设始于 1818 年的富兰克林楼，随后是 1825 年的埃利奥特楼，后者是校内现存最古老的建筑，至今仍作宿舍使用。
• The historic core centres on the intersection of South Campus Avenue and East High Street, marked by the Phi Delta Theta gates and the Slant Walk path.历史核心区位于南校园大道与东高街交汇处，以菲德尔塔西塔兄弟会大门与「斜径」小径为标志。
• The Academic Quad groups Hall Auditorium, McGuffey Hall, Alumni Hall, Bishop Hall and Ogden Hall, all built between 1909 and 1924, with Harrison Hall and King Library nearby.学术方庭汇集了 1909 至 1924 年间建成的霍尔礼堂、麦加菲楼、校友楼、毕晓普楼与奥格登楼，哈里森楼与金图书馆亦在近旁。
• The Farmer School of Business occupies a 210,000-square-foot building by Robert A.M. Stern Architects and Moody Nolan, the first LEED-certified building on campus.法默商学院坐落于一座 21 万平方英尺的大楼，由罗伯特·A·M·斯特恩建筑事务所与穆迪诺兰设计，是校园首座获 LEED 认证的建筑。
• Four museums are located on campus, the Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum, the Karl Limper Geology Museum, the Hefner Museum of Natural History and the William Holmes McGuffey Museum.校园内设有四座博物馆，即理查德与卡罗尔·科克斯艺术博物馆、卡尔·林珀地质博物馆、赫夫纳自然历史博物馆与威廉·霍姆斯·麦加菲博物馆。
• Historic landmarks include the Dewitt Log Homestead of 1805, Langstroth Cottage of 1856 and the McGuffey House of 1833, the last two designated National Historic Landmarks.历史地标包括 1805 年的德威特原木宅、1856 年的朗斯特罗思小屋与 1833 年的麦加菲故居，后两者被列为国家历史地标。
• The John E. Dolibois European Center in Differdange, Luxembourg, enrols about 125 students each semester and teaches architecture, business, languages, history and political science.位于卢森堡迪弗当日的约翰·E·多利布瓦欧洲中心每学期招收约 125 名学生，教授建筑、商科、语言、历史与政治学。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Miami University was placed in the 1201-1400 band, and it did not appear in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，迈阿密大学位列 1201-1400 区间，但未进入 2027 年《泰晤士高等教育》世界大学排名。
• The university was ranked 1,564th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News global universities list and was not included in the 2026 Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities.该校在 2026-2027 年度《美国新闻与世界报道》全球大学榜单中排名第 1,564 位，但未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜。
• U.S. News ranked Miami's undergraduate programme 133rd among 428 national universities in its 2026 edition and 65th among public national universities.《美国新闻与世界报道》2026 年版将迈阿密的本科项目列为全美 428 所国立大学中的第 133 位，在公立大学中列第 65 位。
• The same guide placed Miami tenth in the United States for undergraduate teaching, a recognition of its emphasis on instruction rather than research alone.同一榜单还将迈阿密的本科教学列为全美第十，肯定其在教学而非仅科研上的投入。
• Yale admissions officer Richard Moll named Miami one of the original eight Public Ivies in 1985, and the university was listed again in a 2001 guide by Howard Greene and Matthew Greene.耶鲁大学招生官理查德·莫尔于 1985 年将迈阿密列入最初的八所「公立常春藤」之一，霍华德·格林与马修·格林 2001 年的指南又将其收录。
• Bloomberg Businessweek ranked the Farmer School's undergraduate business programme 23rd nationally and eighth among public schools in March 2014.2014 年 3 月，彭博《商业周刊》将法默商学院的本科商科项目列为全美第 23 位、公立院校第 8 位。
• Forbes ranked Miami 155th among all American colleges and universities, and Newsweek placed it 19th in its 2012 list of the most beautiful schools.《福布斯》将迈阿密列为全美高校第 155 位，《新闻周刊》则在 2012 年最美校园榜单中将其列第 19 位。
• OpenAlex records some 36,306 research works and 1,476,344 citations for Miami, with output concentrated in the social sciences, chemistry and education.OpenAlex 记录迈阿密约 36,306 项研究成果与 1,476,344 次引用，产出集中于社会科学、化学与教育学。
• Miami is classified among R2 doctoral universities with high research activity and is a member of the University System of Ohio and the Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education.迈阿密被卡内基分类列为「R2：博士型大学——高研究活动」，并是俄亥俄大学系统与俄亥俄高等教育战略委员会的成员。

Student life

• The university motto is Prodesse Quam Conspici, Latin for to be of service rather than to be seen, and its colours are red and white.该校校训为拉丁语「Prodesse Quam Conspici」，意为「重在贡献而非显扬」，校色为红与白。
• First and second-year students are required to live on campus, and the 46 residence halls are grouped into eight quads, the newest opening in 2018.一年级与二年级学生必须住校，46 座宿舍楼分为八个方庭，最新的一座于 2018 年启用。
• The Associated Student Government represents students to faculty and the Ohio legislature through a 13-member executive and a 50-member senate.联合学生政府通过由 13 人组成的行政机构与 50 人组成的参议院，在教师与俄亥俄州议会面前代表学生。
• The Miami Student, which claims descent from an 1826 publication and dates its first issue to 1867, is one of the oldest college newspapers in the United States.《迈阿密学生报》自称源于 1826 年的刊物，首期可追溯至 1867 年，是美国历史最悠久的大学报纸之一。
• The Miami University Men's Glee Club, founded in 1907 by professor Raymond H. Burke, is among the oldest collegiate glee clubs in the country and tours internationally every two years.迈阿密大学男声合唱团由雷蒙德·H·伯克教授于 1907 年创立，是全美历史最悠久的大学合唱团之一，每两年进行一次国际巡演。
• The marching band is the largest student organization on campus, fielding 250 to 275 members at football games, and Miami has about fifty fraternities and sororities.军乐队是校内最大的学生组织，在橄榄球赛上出动 250 至 275 名成员，学校另有约五十个兄弟会与姐妹会。
• Miami is called the Mother of Fraternities for the Miami Triad of Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Chi, founded in 1839, 1848 and 1855.迈阿密因 1839 年、1848 年与 1855 年相继创立的贝塔西塔派、菲德尔塔西塔与西格玛奇三会而被称作「兄弟会之母」。
• Couples who meet at Miami and marry are called Miami Mergers, and the alumni association has sent them a Valentine's Day card each year since 1973, reaching 14,406 couples in 2022.在迈阿密相识并结婚的伴侣被称为「迈阿密姻缘」，校友会自 1973 年起每年寄送情人节贺卡，2022 年共寄给 14,406 对夫妇。
• Unofficial traditions include Green Beer Day, started by local bar owners in the early 1980s on the Thursday before spring break, and rubbing the copper turtles by the Delta Delta Delta sundial for luck.非官方传统包括「绿啤酒日」，由当地酒吧老板于二十世纪八十年代初发起，定在春假前的周四，以及考前抚摸德尔塔德尔塔德尔塔日晷旁的铜龟以求好运。

Notable people

• Robert Hamilton Bishop (1778-1854) was the first president of Miami University, appointed in 1824, and shaped its early Presbyterian and classical curriculum.罗伯特·汉密尔顿·毕晓普（1778-1854）于 1824 年出任迈阿密大学首任校长，塑造了学校早期以长老会与古典学科为核心的课程。
• William Holmes McGuffey (1800-1873) taught at Miami from 1826 and compiled the McGuffey Readers, which sold millions of copies and shaped American schooling.威廉·霍姆斯·麦加菲（1800-1873）自 1826 年起在迈阿密任教，编纂的《麦加菲读本》售出数百万册，深刻影响了美国教育。
• Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president of the United States, graduated from Miami in 1852, and the university also counts eight governors and sixteen members of Congress among its alumni.美国第 23 任总统本杰明·哈里森于 1852 年毕业于迈阿密，该校校友中还有八位州长与十六位国会议员。
• Paul Ryan, the 54th speaker of the United States House of Representatives, graduated in 1992, and Chung Un-chan, prime minister of South Korea from 2009 to 2010, took a master's degree in economics in 1972.美国众议院第 54 任议长保罗·瑞安于 1992 年毕业，韩国 2009 至 2010 年总理郑云灿则于 1972 年取得经济学硕士学位。
• Sidney Souers, a Miami graduate, became the first director of the Central Intelligence Agency in 1946, and John E. Dolibois, another alumnus, served as U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg.迈阿密毕业生西德尼·索尔斯于 1946 年出任中央情报局首任局长，另一位校友约翰·E·多利布瓦曾任美国驻卢森堡大使。
• Richard T. Farmer, founder of Cintas, and his wife Joyce gave the gifts that named the Farmer School of Business, and John G. Smale later led Procter and Gamble and General Motors.辛塔斯创始人理查德·T·法默与妻子乔伊斯捐资命名了法默商学院，约翰·G·斯梅尔则先后执掌宝洁与通用汽车。
• Brian Niccol, chairman and chief executive of Starbucks, graduated from Miami, as did Lynn Good, former chief executive of Duke Energy, and Marne Levine, former chief business officer of Facebook.星巴克董事长兼首席执行官布莱恩·尼科尔毕业于迈阿密，杜克能源前首席执行官林恩·古德与 Facebook 前首席商务官马恩·莱文亦为该校校友。
• Rita Dove, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and the first African-American United States Poet Laureate, graduated summa cum laude from Miami.普利策奖得主、美国首位非裔桂冠诗人丽塔·达夫以最优等成绩毕业于迈阿密。
• Paul Brown, founder and head coach of the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals, graduated in 1930 and gave Miami its Cradle of Coaches reputation.克利夫兰布朗队与辛辛那提猛虎队的创始人兼主教练保罗·布朗于 1930 年毕业，为迈阿密赢得了「教练摇篮」的声誉。
• Super Bowl-winning head coaches John Harbaugh and Sean McVay both played football at Miami, and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger won two Super Bowls with the Pittsburgh Steelers.率队赢得超级碗的主教练约翰·哈博与肖恩·麦克维都曾在迈阿密打球，四分卫本·罗斯利斯伯格则随匹兹堡钢人队两夺超级碗。
• NBA All-Stars Wayne Embry and Wally Szczerbiak played at Miami, and the synchronized skating team produced national champions in 1999, 2006 and 2009.NBA 全明星韦恩·恩布里与沃利·什切尔比亚克均出自迈阿密，该校花样滑冰队则在 1999 年、2006 年与 2009 年夺得全国冠军。