New York University (NYU)

New York University, abbreviated NYU, is a private research university in New York City and was chartered by the New York State Legislature on 21 April 1831 as the University of the City of New York.纽约大学（简称 NYU）是纽约市的一所私立研究型大学，于 1831 年 4 月 21 日由纽约州议会特许成立，初名纽约市大学。

It is one of the largest private universities in the United States by enrolment and is organised as a global network with degree-granting campuses in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai.该校是美国按在校人数计规模最大的私立大学之一，并构成一张全球网络，在阿布扎比与上海设有可授予学位的校园。

In the QS World University Rankings 2027 NYU is placed 58th in the world, and its OpenAlex record lists 323,680 works with 34,349,888 citations.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中纽约大学位列全球第 58 位，其 OpenAlex 记录收录 323,680 篇成果、被引 34,349,888 次。

History

• The university was chartered on 21 April 1831 after a campaign led by Albert Gallatin, the former United States Secretary of the Treasury, who sought a non-sectarian institution open to all New Yorkers.在曾任美国财政部长的阿尔伯特·加勒廷发起的运动之后，该校于 1831 年 4 月 21 日获特许成立，他希望办一所向所有纽约人开放的非宗派学府。
• Classes began in 1832 in rented rooms near City Hall with 158 students and 14 professors, and the undergraduate College of Arts and Science was established in that founding year.1832 年该校在市政厅附近的租用房内开课，有 158 名学生与 14 名教授，本科文理学院于创校当年设立。
• The School of Law was founded in 1835, only four years after the university opened, making it one of the oldest law schools in the city of New York.法学院于 1835 年创立，距大学开办仅四年，是纽约市历史最悠久的法学院之一。
• The Medical College, today the Grossman School of Medicine, was established in 1841 and became a cornerstone of the university's health sciences in the nineteenth century.今日的格罗斯曼医学院前身医学学院于 1841 年创立，并在十九世纪成为该校健康科学的基石。
• The School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance was founded in 1900 and later became the Stern School of Business, one of the most recognised names in management education.商业、会计与金融学院于 1900 年创立，后发展为斯特恩商学院，成为管理教育中最知名的品牌之一。
• In 1894 NYU opened a campus at University Heights in the Bronx, which housed the engineering and arts programmes until the university sold the site in 1973.1894 年纽约大学在布朗克斯的大学高地开设校区，容纳工程与艺术学科，直至该校于 1973 年将此地出售。
• The Institute of Fine Arts was established in 1925 as a graduate centre for the study of art history and conservation, housed in the James B. Duke House on the Upper East Side.美术学院于 1925 年作为艺术史与文物保护的研究生中心创立，设于上东区詹姆斯·杜克宅邸内。
• The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences grew from the 1935 Institute for Mathematics and Mechanics and was named for Richard Courant, who built it into a world centre for analysis.库朗数学科学研究所源自 1935 年的数学与力学研究所，并以理查德·库朗命名，他将其建设为世界级的分析学中心。
• The Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service was founded in 1938 to train leaders for government and nonprofit organisations in the United States and abroad.罗伯特·瓦格纳公共事务研究生院于 1938 年创立，旨在为美国及海外的政府与非营利机构培养领导者。
• The School of the Arts was founded in 1965 and was renamed the Tisch School of the Arts in 1982 after a major gift from the Tisch family.艺术学院于 1965 年创立，1982 年因蒂施家族的大笔捐赠更名为蒂施艺术学院。
• The Gallatin School of Individualized Study opened in 1972, allowing students to design interdisciplinary degree programmes under faculty guidance rather than within a single department.盖拉丁个性化学院于 1972 年开办，让学生能在教师指导下设计跨学科学位，而不局限于单一学系。
• In 1973 the sale of the University Heights campus refocused the university on Greenwich Village, consolidating its identity around Washington Square Park.1973 年出售大学高地校区使学校重心回到格林威治村，将自身形象凝聚于华盛顿广场公园周围。
• NYU Abu Dhabi welcomed its first students in 2008 and became the university's first comprehensive liberal arts campus operating outside the United States.纽约大学阿布扎比分校于 2008 年迎来首批学生，成为该校在美国境外运营的首个综合性博雅校园。
• NYU Shanghai was established in 2013 in partnership with East China Normal University, creating the first China-United States joint research university approved by both governments.纽约大学上海分校于 2013 年与华东师范大学合作创立，成为首所经中美两国政府批准的中美联合研究型大学。
• In 2014 NYU merged with the Polytechnic Institute of NYU to form the Tandon School of Engineering, restoring a school of engineering in the heart of Brooklyn's MetroTech.2014 年纽约大学与纽约大学理工学院合并，组建坦登工程学院，使工程学院重回布鲁克林大都会科技园的核心。
• Linda G. Mills became the seventeenth president of NYU in 2023, the first woman to lead the university in its nearly two-hundred-year history.琳达·米尔斯于 2023 年出任纽约大学第十七任校长，是该校近两百年历史上首位女性校长。
• The university's library system was transformed in 1973 with the opening of the Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, a twelve-storey tower designed by Philip Johnson at Washington Square.1973 年埃尔默·霍姆斯·博布斯特图书馆启用，这座由菲利普·约翰逊设计的十二层塔楼坐落于华盛顿广场，改变了该校的图书馆体系。
• NYU has expanded its global academic centres to more than a dozen cities, including London, Paris, Florence, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Shanghai and Sydney, supporting study away from New York.纽约大学已将其全球学术中心扩展至十余座城市，包括伦敦、巴黎、佛罗伦萨、柏林、布宜诺斯艾利斯、上海与悉尼，支持赴纽约以外学习。
• Over its history the university has counted 39 Nobel laureates, 8 Turing Award winners and 5 Fields Medalists among its past and present faculty and alumni.在其历史中，该校的往届与现任教师及校友中共有 39 位诺贝尔奖得主、8 位图灵奖得主与 5 位菲尔兹奖章得主。
• In the late nineteenth century NYU founded Schools of Pedagogy and Education that evolved into today's Steinhardt school, showing an early commitment to professional training.在十九世纪晚期纽约大学创立的师范与教育类学院演变为今日的斯坦哈特学院，体现出其对专业培养的早年期许。
• In the early 2000s NYU undertook a major building programme in Greenwich Village that added student housing and academic space around Washington Square Park.在二十一世纪初纽约大学于格林威治村展开大型建设计划，在华盛顿广场公园周边增建学生宿舍与教学空间。

Academics

• NYU is composed of ten undergraduate schools and fifteen graduate and professional schools, including the College of Arts and Science, Stern, Tisch and the Grossman School of Medicine.纽约大学由 10 个本科学院与 15 个研究生及专业学院组成，包括文理学院、斯特恩、蒂施以及格罗斯曼医学院。
• The university offers more than 270 areas of study across the arts, humanities, sciences, engineering, business, law and medicine at its campuses in New York and abroad.该校在纽约及海外的校园中提供超过 270 个研究领域，涵盖艺术、人文、科学、工程、商学、法学与医学。
• In the fall of 2023 NYU enrolled 61,890 students, of whom 29,760 were undergraduates and 27,578 were postgraduate students across its global network.2023 年秋季纽约大学共有 61,890 名学生，其中本科生 29,760 人、研究生 27,578 人，分布在其全球网络之中。
• The university employed 5,094 academic staff in fall 2023 and counted a large international body, with students drawn from all fifty states and more than a hundred countries.2023 年秋季该校聘用 5,094 名学术人员，学生群体国际化程度高，来自全美五十个州与一百多个国家。
• NYU's financial endowment was valued at 6.7 billion dollars in 2024, and its operating budget reached 4.3 billion dollars excluding the NYU Langone Health system.纽约大学的捐赠基金在 2024 年估值为 67 亿美元，其运营预算在不计朗格尼健康体系时达 43 亿美元。
• The university is a member of the Association of American Universities, the leading alliance of research-intensive institutions in the United States and Canada.该校是美国大学协会的成员，该协会由美国与加拿大研究型院校组成的顶尖联盟。
• The Courant Institute is among the world's foremost centres for mathematics and computer science, and the Stern School of Business ranks among the top schools of its kind.库朗研究所是全球顶尖的数学与计算机科学中心之一，斯特恩商学院亦位居同类院校前列。
• NYU Abu Dhabi and NYU Shanghai are portal campuses that confer NYU degrees and follow a liberal arts model with instruction in English alongside local partnerships.纽约大学阿布扎比与上海分校是可授予纽约大学学位的门户校园，采用博雅教育模式，以英语授课并辅以本地合作。
• The university's research enterprise includes NYU Langone Health, a major academic medical centre, and the applied research of the Tandon School of Engineering.该校的研究体系包括纽约大学朗格尼健康这一重要学术医学中心，以及坦登工程学院的应用研究。
• Admission to NYU is highly selective, with overall acceptance rates around 8 to 12 percent in recent years and far lower for the most competitive schools such as Stern and Tisch.纽约大学招生竞争激烈，近年来总体录取率约在 8% 至 12% 之间，斯特恩与蒂施等最热门学院更低。
• The Elmer Holmes Bobst Library holds several million volumes and special collections, and serves as the flagship of a system that includes branch libraries for each school.埃尔默·霍姆斯·博布斯特图书馆藏有数百万册图书与特藏，是各学院分馆体系的总馆。
• Global academic centres in Accra, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Florence, London, Madrid, Paris, Prague, Shanghai, Sydney, Tel Aviv and Washington offer semester-long study away.该校在阿克拉、柏林、布宜诺斯艾利斯、佛罗伦萨、伦敦、马德里、巴黎、布拉格、上海、悉尼、特拉维夫与华盛顿设有学期制海外学习中心。
• The Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, founded in 1890, is the university's oldest professional school and covers education, the arts and health.创立于 1890 年的斯坦哈特文化、教育与人类发展学院是该校最古老的专业学院，涵盖教育、艺术与健康领域。
• NYU's faculty include members of the National Academies and winners of the Pulitzer, Abel and Breakthrough prizes, reflecting its breadth across the disciplines.纽约大学的教师中有美国国家学院院士以及普利策奖、阿贝尔奖与突破奖得主，体现出其学科广度。
• The university runs an extensive online and professional studies division through the School of Professional Studies, serving working adults and lifelong learners worldwide.该校通过专业研究学院开设广泛的在线与职业教育项目，服务全球在职成年人与终身学习者。
• The university's annual research expenditure exceeds one billion dollars when the NYU Langone Health system is included, supporting laboratories across the sciences and medicine.计入朗格尼健康体系后，该校年度研究支出超过 10 亿美元，支撑科学各领域与医学的实验室。
• NYU is home to the Center for Data Science and the Institute for Advanced Computational Science, which are hubs for artificial intelligence and computational research.纽约大学设有数据科学中心与高等计算科学研究所，二者是人工智能与计算研究的枢纽。

Campus

• The main campus surrounds Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, and is spread across about 230 acres of owned and leased property in the neighbourhood.主校区环绕曼哈顿格林威治村的华盛顿广场公园，在该社区约 230 英亩自有与租赁地产上铺开。
• Greenwich Village gives the university its identity, with classrooms, studios and residences woven into the streets around the square rather than behind a single enclosed gate.格林威治村塑造了该校的气质，教室、工作室与宿舍融入广场周边的街巷，而非圈于一处封闭校门之内。
• The Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, a twelve-storey tower designed by Philip Johnson and opened in 1973, anchors the Washington Square campus as its most prominent building.由菲利普·约翰逊设计、1973 年启用的埃尔默·霍姆斯·博布斯特图书馆是一座十二层塔楼，是华盛顿广场校区最显眼的建筑。
• The Tandon School of Engineering occupies the MetroTech Center in downtown Brooklyn, linking NYU to the borough's technology and startup corridor.坦登工程学院位于布鲁克林市中心的都会科技园，将纽约大学与这片城区的科技与初创企业走廊相连。
• NYU Abu Dhabi sits on Saadiyat Island and NYU Shanghai occupies a site in the Pudong district, each a purpose-built campus for the global network.纽约大学阿布扎比分校坐落于萨迪亚特岛，上海分校位于浦东片区，均为全球网络专门建造的校园。
• Student residences range from historic brownstones in Greenwich Village to high-rise halls near the Brooklyn campus and suites at the portal campuses abroad.学生宿舍从格林威治村的历史联排住宅，到布鲁克林校区附近的高层宿舍，再到海外门户校园的套间不一而足。
• The Skirball Center for the Performing Arts and the Grey Art Museum provide cultural venues on the Washington Square campus for students and the public.斯基尔球表演艺术中心与格雷艺术博物馆为华盛顿广场校区提供面向学生与公众的文化场所。
• Because the campus is embedded in the city, NYU describes its environment as an urban classroom, with internships and fieldwork available throughout New York.由于校园嵌入城市，纽约大学将其环境称为「都市课堂」，实习与田野调查可在纽约全市展开。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 NYU is placed 58th in the world and remains among the highest-ranked private universities in the United States.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中纽约大学位列全球第 58 位，仍是美国排名最高的私立大学之一。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 places NYU 29th in the world, reflecting its strength in research, teaching and international outlook.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将纽约大学列于全球第 29 位，体现出其在研究、教学与国际视野上的实力。
• In the Academic Ranking of World Universities of 2026 NYU stands 26th in the world, a table that rewards Nobel laureates and highly cited research output.在 2026 年世界大学学术排名中纽约大学位居全球第 26 位，该榜以诺贝尔奖得主与高被引研究成果为重。
• The U.S. News Best Global Universities edition of 2026-2027 ranks NYU 36th in the world, confirming its standing among the leading global research universities.2026 至 2027 年版美国新闻最佳全球大学排名将纽约大学列于全球第 36 位，确立其顶尖全球研究型大学的地位。
• The university's 39 Nobel laureates, 8 Turing Award winners and 5 Fields Medalists span literature, economics, medicine, physics and computer science.该校 39 位诺贝尔奖得主、8 位图灵奖得主与 5 位菲尔兹奖得主横跨文学、经济、医学、物理与计算机科学。
• The OpenAlex database attributes 323,680 works to NYU and records 34,349,888 citations, a measure of its very large and widely referenced scholarship.OpenAlex 数据库为纽约大学归属 323,680 篇成果并记录 34,349,888 次引用，显示其规模极大且被广泛引用的学术产出。
• Subject strengths include philosophy, mathematics, the performing arts, law, finance and social policy, several of which rank among the global top tier by discipline.学科优势包括哲学、数学、表演艺术、法学、金融与社会政策，其中若干按学科排名位居全球最前列。
• As a member of the Association of American Universities, NYU competes with the leading public and private research universities of North America.作为美国大学协会成员，纽约大学与北美顶尖的公立及私立研究型大学同台竞争。
• Its global campus model, with degree-granting sites in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai, has made NYU a pioneer of the networked international research university.该校在阿布扎比与上海设有可授予学位的校园，这种全球校园模式使纽约大学成为网络化国际研究型大学的先驱。

Student life

• The motto of NYU is the Latin phrase Perstare et praestare, rendered as to persevere and to excel, reflecting the ambition of its nineteenth-century founders.纽约大学的校训为拉丁文「Perstare et praestare」，意为「坚持不懈，追求卓越」，体现了其十九世纪创始人的抱负。
• The official colours of the university are violet and white, and the athletic teams are nicknamed the Violets, with the bobcat serving as the modern mascot.该校的官方色彩为紫罗兰色与白色，运动队昵称「紫罗兰」，并以山猫作为现代吉祥物。
• The student newspaper Washington Square News has reported on university and city affairs since 1973 and is produced by undergraduates in the journalism programme.学生报纸《华盛顿广场新闻》自 1973 年起报道校务与城市事务，由新闻专业的本科生采编。
• NYU athletics compete in the NCAA Division III as a member of the University Athletic Association, with teams in basketball, soccer, fencing and swimming.纽约大学运动队以大学体育协会成员身份参加美国大学三级体育联赛，项目包括篮球、足球、击剑与游泳。
• The Washington Square Arch and the surrounding park are the backdrop for traditions such as graduation, protests and the annual celebration of the university's founding.华盛顿广场拱门及周边公园是毕业、抗议与每年校庆等传统活动的背景。
• More than four hundred student clubs cover theatre, politics, business, faith and service, and many stage events open to the Greenwich Village community.四百多个学生社团涵盖戏剧、政治、商业、信仰与公益，其中许多面向格林威治村社区举办活动。
• The Skirball Center for the Performing Arts hosts student and professional productions, reinforcing NYU's role in the cultural life of New York City.斯基尔球表演艺术中心举办学生与专业演出，巩固了纽约大学在纽约市文化生活中的角色。
• Residential life blends historic village brownstones with modern halls, and first-year students are typically guaranteed university housing in New York.住宿生活将历史悠久的村中联排住宅与现代宿舍楼结合，一年级学生通常可在纽约获得学校保障的住宿。
• NYU's identity is inseparable from New York City, and students use the boroughs as an extended campus for internships, arts and public service.纽约大学的身份与纽约市密不可分，学生把各大「borough」当作延伸校园，用于实习、艺术与公共服务。

Notable people

• Albert Gallatin, the former United States Treasury Secretary, led the 1831 campaign to found NYU and is honoured as its principal founder.美国前财政部长阿尔伯特·加勒廷领导了 1831 年创办纽约大学的行动，被尊为该校准创始人。
• James M. Mathews served as the first president of the university from 1831 and guided the institution through its early years near City Hall.詹姆斯·马修斯自 1831 年起担任该校首任校长，在学校于市政厅附近的初创岁月中提供引领。
• Elie Wiesel, a professor at NYU and survivor of the Holocaust, was awarded the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize for his writings and human rights advocacy.曾任纽约大学教授的大屠杀幸存者埃利·维瑟尔，因著作与维权获 1986 年诺贝尔和平奖。
• Severo Ochoa, a faculty member at the NYU School of Medicine, shared the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for synthesising genetic material.纽约大学医学院教师塞韦罗·奥乔亚因合成遗传物质，共获 1959 年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖。
• Toni Morrison, a professor of creative writing at NYU from 1989, was awarded the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature for her novels on the Black American experience.自 1989 年起任纽约大学创意写作教授的托妮·莫里森，因描写非裔美国人经历的小说获 1993 年诺贝尔文学奖。
• Jonas Salk, an alumnus of the NYU School of Medicine, developed the first effective polio vaccine in 1955 and conducted the trials from the university's labs.纽约大学医学院校友乔纳斯·索尔克于 1955 年研制出首个有效脊髓灰质炎疫苗，并在该校实验室开展试验。
• Lady Gaga, the singer and actress, studied at the Tisch School of the Arts and became one of the best-selling recording artists of her generation.歌手兼演员 Lady Gaga 曾就读于蒂施艺术学院，成为同世代最畅销的录音艺人之一。
• Martin Scorsese, an alumnus and one of the most influential film directors, drew on his New York upbringing for classics of American cinema.校友、最具影响力的电影导演之一马丁·斯科塞斯，从其纽约成长经历中汲取素材，拍出美国电影经典。
• Rudolph Giuliani, an alumnus of the NYU School of Law, served as Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001.纽约大学法学院校友鲁道夫·朱利安尼于 1994 至 2001 年出任纽约市市长。
• Bill de Blasio, who earned a master's degree at NYU, served as Mayor of New York City from 2014 to 2021.在纽约大学取得硕士学位的比尔·白思豪于 2014 至 2021 年出任纽约市市长。
• Andy Warhol, the leading figure of pop art, studied at what is now the Steinhardt School and shaped the visual culture of the twentieth century.波普艺术领军人物安迪·沃霍尔曾就读于今斯坦哈特学院，塑造了二十世纪的视觉文化。
• Yu Lizhong, the Chinese co-chancellor of NYU Shanghai, is a former president of East China Normal University and a leader in Sino-foreign higher education.纽约大学上海分校中方校长俞立中曾任华东师范大学副校长，是中外科合作办学领域的领军人物。
• Woody Allen, the alumnus and filmmaker, began his career writing comedy in New York and became known for films set in the city.校友、电影人伍迪·艾伦在纽约以撰写喜剧起步，并以背景设于该市的影片闻名。