Middlesex University

Middlesex University, branded as Middlesex University London and abbreviated MDX, is a public research university based in Hendon in northwest London, England, with partner campuses in Dubai and Mauritius.米德尔塞克斯大学以 Middlesex University London 为品牌名、简称 MDX，是一所坐落于英格兰伦敦西北部亨顿（Hendon）的公立研究型大学，并在迪拜（Dubai）与毛里求斯（Mauritius）设有合作校区。

Its history traces to 1878, when the founding institute St Katharine's College opened in Tottenham as a teacher training college for women, and the university took its present form in 1992.该校历史可追溯至 1878 年，其创始学院圣凯瑟琳学院（St Katharine's College）当年在托特纳姆（Tottenham）创办，本为一所培养女性教师的师资训练学院，并于 1992 年定型为现在的大学。

It is one of the post-1992 universities formed from former polytechnics, organized into three faculties, and rated Silver overall by the government's Teaching Excellence Framework in 2023.它属于由旧理工学院转制而成的 1992 年后大学之一，设三个学系学院，并在 2023 年政府教学质量框架（Teaching Excellence Framework）评估中获总体银级。

History

• The story begins in 1878 with St Katharine's College, founded in Tottenham as one of the earliest British teacher training colleges and dedicated to educating women.故事始于 1878 年创办的圣凯瑟琳学院（St Katharine's College），它是英国最早的师资训练学院之一，专门培养女性教师，校址在托特纳姆（Tottenham）。

• Hornsey College of Art followed in 1882, and Berridge House in Hampstead was founded in 1893, adding art and domestic-design traditions to north London.霍恩西艺术学院（Hornsey College of Art）随后于 1882 年创立，汉普斯特德（Hampstead）的比里奇之家（Berridge House）则于 1893 年设立，为北伦敦增添了艺术与家居设计的传统。

• In 1901 the inventor Joseph Wilson Swan sold his Ponders End house that became the Ediswan Institute, which Middlesex County Council bought to open the Ponders End Technical Institute.1901 年，发明家约瑟夫·威尔逊·斯旺（Joseph Wilson Swan）出售其蓬兹安德（Ponders End）宅邸，它成为爱迪生万学院（Ediswan Institute），米德尔塞克斯郡议会随后买下并创办蓬兹安德技术学院（Ponders End Technical Institute）。

• Hendon Technical Institute opened in 1939, its neo-Georgian College Building designed by the architect H. W. Burchett and still the core of today's Hendon site.亨顿技术学院（Hendon Technical Institute）于 1939 年开学，其新乔治风格的学院楼由建筑师 H. W. Burchett 设计，至今仍是亨顿校区的核心建筑。

• Trent Park College of Education opened in 1947, and in 1962 both the New College of Speech and Drama opened and Ponders End was renamed Enfield College of Technology.特伦特帕克教育学院（Trent Park College of Education）于 1947 年开办，1962 年演讲与戏剧新学院（New College of Speech and Drama）成立，同年蓬兹安德被教育部更名为恩菲尔德技术学院（Enfield College of Technology）。

• In 1964 St Katharine's College united with Berridge House to form The College of All Saints, a Church of England college that taught University of London degrees.1964 年，圣凯瑟琳学院与比里奇之家合并组成诸圣学院（The College of All Saints），这是一所英格兰教会学院，教授伦敦大学（University of London）的学位课程。

• The pivotal year was 1973, when these colleges and others around north London were merged to form Middlesex Polytechnic, the direct predecessor of the university.关键的一年是 1973 年，北伦敦周边的这些学院被合并组建为米德尔塞克斯理工学院（Middlesex Polytechnic），即本校的直接前身。

• In 1974 Trent Park College of Education and the New College of Speech and Drama joined the polytechnic, and in 1978 The College of All Saints closed with its students and staff transferred.1974 年，特伦特帕克教育学院与演讲戏剧新学院并入理工学院，1978 年诸圣学院停办，其学生、部分教职员与建筑一并转给理工学院。

• Raymond Rickett led the polytechnic as its principal from 1972 to 1991, steering the consolidated institution through its final polytechnic years.雷蒙德·里基特（Raymond Rickett）自 1972 年至 1991 年担任理工学院校长，主导合并后机构在理工学院阶段的最后岁月。

• In 1991 David Melville became the first Vice-Chancellor, and in 1992 Middlesex University was established from Middlesex Polytechnic by royal assent under the Further and Higher Education Act.1991 年，大卫·梅尔维尔（David Melville）出任首任副校长，1992 年米德尔塞克斯大学依《继续与高等教育法案》经皇室同意由理工学院升格成立。

• Beryl Platt, Baroness Platt of Writtle, became the first Chancellor of the new university in 1992, the same year its first overseas regional office opened in Kuala Lumpur.1992 年，里特尔的普拉特女男爵贝里尔·普拉特（Beryl Platt）出任新大学首位校监，同年该校首个海外区域办事处于吉隆坡（Kuala Lumpur）开设。

• Further colleges joined as Middlesex grew, the London College of Dance in 1994 and the North London College of Health in 1995, while a network of European regional offices opened.随着学校扩张，更多学院加入，1994 年是伦敦舞蹈学院（London College of Dance），1995 年是北伦敦健康学院（North London College of Health），同期遍布欧洲的区域办事处网络相继开设。

• Michael Driscoll became Vice-Chancellor in 1996, the year Middlesex received its first Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education.1996 年，迈克尔·德里斯科尔（Michael Driscoll）接任副校长，同年米德尔塞克斯首获高等教育与继续教育女王周年纪念奖（Queen's Anniversary Prize）。

• In 1998 the Archway Wing of Whittington Hospital was jointly purchased with University College London from the National Health Service, and a second Queen's Anniversary Prize followed.1998 年，学校与伦敦大学学院（University College London）从国家医疗服务体系（NHS）手中共同购入惠廷顿医院（Whittington Hospital）的拱门院区（Archway Wing），同年再获一枚女王周年纪念奖。

• Allen Sheppard, Lord Sheppard of Didgemere, became Chancellor in 2000, when the third Queen's Anniversary Prize arrived and the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture opened at Cat Hill.迪奇梅尔的谢泼德男爵艾伦·谢泼德（Allen Sheppard）于 2000 年出任校监，同年学校摘得第三枚女王周年纪念奖，家居设计博物馆（Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture）也在 Cat Hill 校区向公众开放。

• Middlesex expanded overseas with its first international campus in Dubai in 2005, a Mauritius campus in 2009, and a Malta campus in 2013.学校向海外拓展，2005 年在迪拜（Dubai）设首个国际校区，2009 年进驻毛里求斯（Mauritius），2013 年在马耳他（Malta）设点。

• From 2001 the university pursued a strategy of fewer and better campuses, disposing of small arts sites at Hampstead, Wood Green and Bedford and closing Bounds Green in 2003.自 2001 年起，学校推行校区更少但更好的战略，陆续处置汉普斯特德、伍德格林（Wood Green）与贝德福德（Bedford）的小型艺术校区，并于 2003 年关闭邦兹格林（Bounds Green）校区。

• Tottenham closed in 2005, Enfield in 2008, Cat Hill in 2011, Trent Park in 2012, and Archway in 2013, moving all London teaching to Hendon.托特纳姆校区 2005 年关闭，恩菲尔德 2008 年、Cat Hill 2011 年、特伦特帕克 2012 年、拱门（Archway）2013 年相继停办，伦敦教学全部迁至亨顿。

• In 2010 the university announced the closure of its Philosophy department for financial reasons, drawing protest from figures such as Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and Slavoj Žižek.2010 年，学校以财务不可持续为由宣布关闭哲学系，招致加亚特里·斯皮瓦克（Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak）与斯拉沃热·齐泽克（Slavoj Žižek）等学者的抗议。

• The philosophy postgraduate centre CRMEP was transferred to Kingston University in 2010, while undergraduates were phased out amid an international campaign.2010 年，哲学研究生中心 CRMEP 被转往金斯顿大学（Kingston University），本科课程则在国际声援运动中逐步停办。

• The Hendon site received more than 200 million pounds of investment, and its main College Building was refurbished in a 40 million pound project that created the glass-covered Ricketts Quadrangle.亨顿校区获得超过 2 亿英镑投资，主楼在一项 4000 万英镑的翻修工程中改造，加建了玻璃顶的里基特方庭（Ricketts Quadrangle）。

• For more than 140 years these institutions have been rooted in north London, and the university completed its consolidation onto a single Hendon campus by autumn 2013.140 多年来，这些机构一直扎根北伦敦，学校到 2013 年秋把所有资源整合进单一的亨顿校区。

Academics

• Taught courses are delivered through three faculties, the Faculty of Science and Technology, the Faculty of Professional and Social Sciences, and the Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries.本科与研究生课程由三个学系学院承担，即科学技术学院、专业与社会科学学院，以及艺术与创意产业学院。

• The Faculty of Science and Technology brings together the departments of Natural Sciences, Computer Science, Design Engineering and Mathematics, Psychology, and the London Sports Institute.科学技术学院（Faculty of Science and Technology）下设自然科学、计算机科学、设计工程与数学、心理学等系，并容纳伦敦体育研究所（London Sports Institute）。

• The Faculty of Professional and Social Sciences groups the Business School, the Institute for Work Based Learning, the School of Law, and the School of Health and Education.专业与社会科学学院（Faculty of Professional and Social Sciences）汇集商学院（Business School）、工作本位学习研究所（Institute for Work Based Learning）、法学院（School of Law）与健康教育学院。

• The Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries is home to the departments of Media, Performing Arts, Design, and Visual Arts.艺术与创意产业学院（Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries）设有媒体、表演艺术、设计与视觉艺术诸系。

• Middlesex's research spans 29 areas across the three faculties, including Art and Design, Education, Human and Economic Geography, Law, Music, and Software Engineering.米德尔塞克斯的研究覆盖 29 个领域，横跨三个学系学院，包括艺术与设计、教育学、人文与经济地理、法学、音乐以及软件工程。

• In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, 58 percent of the research Middlesex submitted was rated world-leading or internationally excellent.在 2014 年研究卓越框架（Research Excellence Framework）评估中，米德尔塞克斯所提交研究的 58% 被评为世界领先或国际优秀。

• The same 2014 assessment rated 90 percent of the university's research internationally recognized, giving a broad measure of scholarly standing.同一次 2014 年评估认定该校 90% 的研究具有国际认可度，这是其学术水准的宽口径衡量。

• In 2011 a Middlesex research project on age diversity was chosen for the Research Councils' Big Ideas for the Future report on leading UK university projects.2011 年，一项关于年龄多样性的米德尔塞克斯研究项目入选研究理事会《面向未来的重大构想》报告，该报告汇集英国大学的旗舰研究。

• The London Sport Institute was established within the School of Health and Social Sciences in 2004 to focus on sport science teaching and research.伦敦体育研究所于 2004 年在健康与社会科学学院（School of Health and Social Sciences）内设立，专注运动科学的教学与研究。

• Middlesex's media programmes were awarded Skillset Media Academy status in 2007 by the government's innovation and skills department.2007 年，该校媒体课程获政府创新与技能部门授予 Skillset 媒体学院（Skillset Media Academy）资质。

• A Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning for Mental Health and Social Work opened at Archway in 2007 after Middlesex partnered with the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health.2007 年，心理健康与社会工作教学卓越中心（Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning）在拱门校区启用，此前学校已与塞恩斯伯里心理健康中心（Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health）合作。

• That Centre for Excellence received a 1.4 million pound capital grant and 350,000 pounds in annual revenue for five years from the Higher Education Funding Council for England.该教学卓越中心从英格兰高等教育拨款委员会（Higher Education Funding Council for England）获得 140 万英镑基建资助与每年 35 万英镑为期五年的运行经费。

• The Flood Hazard Research Centre remains part of the university, relocated to the North London Business Park in New Southgate after the Enfield campus closed.洪水灾害研究中心（Flood Hazard Research Centre）仍是学校的一部分，恩菲尔德校区关闭后迁往新索斯盖特（New Southgate）的北伦敦商业园。

• The university offers top-up and postgraduate programmes in computing, business and psychology through its international partner campuses.学校还借助国际合作校区提供计算机、商业与心理学等衔接学士与研究生课程。

• Subject strengths include Film Production and Photography, Sports Science, and Social Work, each recognized among the best courses in London.优势学科包括影视制作与摄影、体育科学和社会工作，均被列入伦敦地区最佳课程之列。

Campus

• The Hendon campus lies in northwest London near Hendon Central Underground station and has become the flagship site for all Middlesex teaching.亨顿校区地处伦敦西北部，紧邻亨顿中央地铁站（Hendon Central），已成为承载全部米德尔塞克斯教学的旗舰校区。

• The Sheppard Library, part of the Learning Resource Centre that opened in 2004, gives round-the-clock access to over 1,000 study areas plus a Financial Markets Suite and a Law Wing.谢泼德图书馆（Sheppard Library）属于 2004 年启用、全天候开放的学习资源中心，提供逾 1000 个自习位，以及金融行情室与法学侧楼等专业设施。

• The Ritterman Building, opened in February 2017 at a cost of 18 million pounds, adds over 3,300 square metres of teaching space and houses the United Kingdom's first cyber factory.里特曼大楼（Ritterman Building）于 2017 年 2 月落成，造价 1800 万英镑，新增逾 3300 平方米教学空间，容纳英国首座网络工厂。

• Its design incorporates solar panels, a biodiversity green roof, and living walls watered by rainwater harvesting, alongside bioscience and nursing simulation laboratories.其设计融合太阳能板、生物多样性绿色屋顶与雨水灌溉的绿植墙，并配有生物科学与护理模拟实验室。

• Sports facilities at Hendon include a fitness studio, seven-a-side football pitches, floodlit outdoor courts, a bouldering wall, and one of the few real tennis courts in the United Kingdom.亨顿的体育设施包括健身工作室、七人制足球场、灯光室外球场、抱石墙，以及英国为数不多的传统壁球场。

• In October 2013 the university opened a sports science facility at Allianz Park in Hendon, the stadium of the Saracens Rugby Club.2013 年 10 月，学校在亨顿的安联公园（Allianz Park）启用运动科学设施，那里是撒拉森橄榄球俱乐部（Saracens Rugby Club）的主场。

• The Dubai campus in Dubai Knowledge Village, opened in 2005 as a joint venture with Middlesex Associates, had enrolled more than 3,200 students by 2020.迪拜校区设于迪拜知识村（Dubai Knowledge Village），2005 年作为与 Middlesex Associates 的合资项目开办，到 2020 年已招收逾 3200 名学生。

• The Mauritius campus at Cascavelle, opened in October 2017 with biodiversity and psychology labs, hosts over 1,000 students from 25 nationalities.毛里求斯校区位于卡斯卡韦尔（Cascavelle），2017 年 10 月启用，设有生物多样性与心理学实验室，容纳来自 25 个国家的逾 1000 名学生。

• The former Trent Park campus sat within a 413-acre country park centred on an 18th-century mansion designed by Sir William Chambers.已关闭的特伦特帕克校区曾位于占地 413 英亩的乡村公园之中，核心是威廉·钱伯斯爵士（Sir William Chambers）于 18 世纪设计的一座府邸。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027, Middlesex University is placed in the 901-950 band worldwide.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，米德尔塞克斯大学位列全球 901 至 950 名区间。

• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place the university in the 601-650 band worldwide.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将该校置于全球 601 至 650 名区间。

• The 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking lists Middlesex at world number 1259.2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名将米德尔塞克斯列为世界第 1259 位。

• The university does not appear in the main 2026 ARWU Academic Ranking of World Universities list.在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜中，未见该校收录。

• By subject, the 2020 Times Higher Education rankings placed Middlesex's psychology degrees in the world top 201-250 for psychology.学科方面，2020 年泰晤士高等教育排名将该校心理学学位列入世界心理学 201 至 250 名。

• In the Guardian University Guide 2018 the Film Production and Photography course was named the best in London.在《卫报》大学指南 2018 中，该校影视制作与摄影课程被评为伦敦最佳。

• The Complete University Guide 2018 named Middlesex's Sports Science and Social Work courses the best in London.《完整大学指南》2018 将该校体育科学与社会工作课程列为伦敦之最。

• Middlesex has been awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize three times and twice received the Queen's Award for Enterprise for its international work, its principal honor counts.米德尔塞克斯三次获女王周年纪念奖，并因国际工作两度获女王企业奖（Queen's Award for Enterprise），这是其主要的硬荣誉计数。

• OpenAlex records the university producing 18,091 scholarly works that have attracted 595,490 citations, a quantifiable measure of its research output.据 OpenAlex 统计，该校产出学术成果 18091 篇，累计被引 595490 次，是可量化的科研产出示证。

Student life

• Middlesex has a student body of over 19,000 in London and more than 37,000 worldwide, drawn from a wide mix of backgrounds.米德尔塞克斯在伦敦有逾 19000 名在校学生，全球范围内超过 37000 名，生源背景多样。

• More than 140 nationalities are represented on the Hendon campus alone, giving the university a distinctly international student community.仅亨顿校区就汇聚逾 140 个国籍的学生，使该校学生群体具有鲜明的国际色彩。

• The university maintains student exchange links with over 100 partner universities across 22 countries in Europe, the United States and beyond.学校与欧洲、美国等地 22 个国家的逾 100 所合作大学保持学生交换关系。

• Overall student satisfaction in the 2017-2018 National Student Survey reached 77 percent.在 2017 至 2018 年度全国学生调查中，总体满意度达到 77%。

• Middlesex Students' Union, known as MDXSU, is a non-profit organization that operates separately from the university itself.米德尔塞克斯学生会（Middlesex Students' Union，简称 MDXSU）是独立于大学运作的非营利组织。

• In 1981 union president Nick Harvey joined protests after six Irish students were detained without charge under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.1981 年，学生会主席尼克·哈维（Nick Harvey）在六名爱尔兰学生依《反恐法》被无指控拘留后参与抗议。

• That same year the student John Kennedy stood in the Crosby by-election to back seven students suspended after a sit-in demanding nursery facilities.同年，学生约翰·肯尼迪（John Kennedy）参加克罗斯比（Crosby）补选，声援七名因静坐争取托儿设施而遭停学的同学。

• In 2016 the Unite Olympic Way residence opened at the London campus with 700 new rooms let to Middlesex students.2016 年，伦敦校区的 Unite Olympic Way 宿舍启用，向米德尔塞克斯学生出租 700 间新房。

Notable people

• The engineer Tommy Flowers, who helped build the Colossus computer used to break codes in the Second World War, earned a basic computing certificate from Hendon College though he was not a graduate.工程师汤米·弗劳尔斯（Tommy Flowers）曾参与研制二战破译密码的巨人计算机（Colossus），虽非正式毕业生，却在亨顿学院取得基础计算证书。

• H. W. Burchett, the architect of the neo-Georgian Hendon College Building opened in 1939, shaped the physical heart of today's campus.建筑师 H. W. Burchett 设计了 1939 年启用的新乔治风格亨顿学院楼，铸就了今日校区的实体核心。

• Sir William Chambers designed the 18th-century Trent Park mansion that later became the focus of the university's education campus.威廉·钱伯斯爵士设计了 18 世纪的特伦特帕克府邸，它后来成为该校教育校区的核心。

• Beryl Platt, Baroness Platt of Writtle, a pioneering aeronautical engineer, served as Middlesex's first Chancellor from 1992 to 2000.里特尔的普拉特女男爵贝里尔·普拉特（Beryl Platt）是开创性的航空工程师，1992 至 2000 年出任米德尔塞克斯首位校监。

• Janet Ritterman, the art historian, became Chancellor in 2013 and lends her name to the Ritterman Building opened in 2017.艺术史家珍妮特·里特曼（Janet Ritterman）于 2013 年出任校监，2017 年落成的里特曼大楼即以她命名。

• Tim Blackman served as Vice-Chancellor from 2015 before resigning in 2019 to lead the Open University.蒂姆·布莱克曼（Tim Blackman）自 2015 年任副校长，2019 年辞职去执掌开放大学（Open University）。

• Shân Wareing has led Middlesex as Vice-Chancellor since 2024, following Nic Beech and the interim tenure of Sean Wellington.莎恩·韦尔林（Shân Wareing）自 2024 年起担任副校长，其前任为尼克·比奇（Nic Beech）与临时代理副校长沙恩·威灵顿（Sean Wellington）。

• The philosopher Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak joined the international campaign against the 2010 closure of Middlesex's Philosophy department.哲学家加亚特里·斯皮瓦克（Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak）曾参与反对 2010 年该校哲学系关停的国际运动。

• No Nobel, Turing, or Fields Medal laureate is affiliated with Middlesex, yet the alumni association keeps former students connected through reunions and benefits.米德尔塞克斯并无诺贝尔奖、图灵奖或菲尔兹奖得主在册，但校友会仍以重聚活动与会员福利维系毕业生同学校的联系。