Oxford Brookes University

Oxford Brookes University, often abbreviated OBU, is a public university in the city of Oxford in England, with about 16,900 students, some 2,800 staff and more than 190,000 alumni in over 177 countries.牛津布鲁克斯大学，常缩写为 OBU，是位于英格兰牛津市的一所公立大学，约有 16,900 名学生、约 2,800 名教职工，校友逾 190,000 人，分布于 177 个以上的国家。

It traces its history to the Oxford School of Art founded in 1865, was known as Oxford Polytechnic from 1970 and took the name Oxford Brookes University in 1992, after its first principal John Henry Brookes.该校的历史可追溯至 1865 年创办的牛津艺术学校，1970 年起称牛津理工学院，1992 年以其首任校长约翰·亨利·布鲁克斯之名改用现名牛津布鲁克斯大学。

In the 2027 QS World University Rankings it is placed 411th, it stands in the 701-800 band of the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, it is ranked 1,174th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities, and it did not enter the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, while OpenAlex credits it with 23,296 research works and 936,768 citations.该校在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 411，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 1,174，且未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名，OpenAlex 统计其研究成果 23,296 项、累计被引 936,768 次。

History

• In 1865 the Oxford School of Art was founded and initially occupied a single room on the ground floor of the Taylor Institution in St Giles', one of the oldest streets of Oxford.1865 年，牛津艺术学校创办，最初仅占用圣贾尔斯街泰勒研究所底层的一个房间，圣贾尔斯街是牛津最古老的街道之一。

• In 1870 a School of Science was added to the art school, beginning the combination of art and technical education that shaped the institution's later development.1870 年，学校增设一所科学学堂，由此开启了艺术与技术教育相结合的道路，这一结合塑造了该校后来的发展。

• In 1891 the institution was renamed the Oxford City Technical School and placed under the City Council's Technical Instruction Committee.1891 年，该校更名为牛津市技术学校，并归牛津市议会的技术教育委员会管理。

• In 1934 the School of Art and the Technical School were merged under the name Schools of Technology, Art and Commerce, and John Henry Brookes was appointed its first principal.1934 年，艺术学校与技术学校合并，定名为技术、艺术与商业学校，约翰·亨利·布鲁克斯被任命为首任校长。

• By 1950 the institution had grown to about 4,000 students, and a new campus was built on land offered by the Morrell brewing family of Oxford.到 1950 年，该校学生已增至约 4,000 人，并在牛津莫雷尔酿酒家族捐赠的土地上建起了新校区。

• In 1956 the renamed Oxford College of Technology opened on its new site, followed in 1960 by its first residence hall.1956 年，更名后的牛津技术学院在新址启用，1960 年该校第一座学生宿舍楼落成。

• In 1963 the institution relocated to its Headington site in the east of Oxford, which remains the main campus of the university today.1963 年，该校迁至牛津东部的黑丁顿校区，那里至今仍是该校的主校区。

• In 1970 the institution became Oxford Polytechnic, the name under which it operated for the following two decades.1970 年，该校改称牛津理工学院，此后二十年一直沿用这一名称。

• In 1976 the polytechnic took over the former Lady Spencer-Churchill College, which had been founded at Wheatley in August 1965, adding a site to the south-east of Oxford.1976 年，理工学院接管了前斯潘塞－邱吉尔夫人学院，该学院于 1965 年 8 月在惠特利创建，为学校增加了牛津东南的一处校区。

• In 1992 Oxford Polytechnic became Oxford Brookes University under the Further and Higher Education Act, and it was the only one of the new universities to be named after its founder.1992 年，依据《继续与高等教育法》，牛津理工学院升格为牛津布鲁克斯大学，是这批新大学中唯一以创办人命名的院校。

• Also in 1992 the university incorporated the Dorset House School of Occupational Therapy, the first school of occupational therapy in the United Kingdom.同样在 1992 年，该校并入多塞特豪斯作业治疗学校，这是英国第一所作业治疗学校。

• In 2000 the university took over the site of Westminster College in Oxford, a former theological college whose theology courses were withdrawn in 2015.2000 年，该校接管牛津威斯敏斯特学院的校址，这原是一所神学院，其神学课程于 2015 年停办。

• In October 2003 Oxford Brookes became the first university in the world to be awarded Fairtrade status, a distinction still celebrated by its students' union.2003 年 10 月，牛津布鲁克斯成为全球第一所获得公平贸易认证的大学，这一荣誉至今仍为其学生会所称道。

• In 2014 the university opened the 132 million pound John Henry Brookes Building on its Headington campus, a scheme that has won several architectural awards.2014 年，该校在黑丁顿校区启用造价 1.32 亿英镑的约翰·亨利·布鲁克斯大楼，这一建筑项目曾获多项建筑奖项。

• In 2015 the university marked the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Oxford School of Art, and the first Founder's Day was held in May 2016.2015 年，该校纪念牛津艺术学校创办 150 周年，首届创校纪念日于 2016 年 5 月举行。

• In January 2015 the university announced a ten-year estates investment programme worth about 13 million pounds a year, intended to renew its buildings and teaching facilities, and several new buildings followed in the years that came after.2015 年 1 月，该校宣布一项为期十年、每年约 1,300 万英镑的校园投资计划，用于更新其建筑与教学设施，此后数年间多座新楼相继落成。

• In August 2016 the university opened a second campus at the Delta Business Park in Swindon, whose main building is named the Joel Joffe Building after Lord Joel Joffe.2016 年 8 月，该校在斯温顿的德尔塔商务园区启用第二校区，其主楼以乔尔·乔菲勋爵命名，称乔尔·乔菲楼。

• In 2024 the university closed its Wheatley campus, which lay about seven miles south-east of Oxford, as part of a plan to concentrate teaching on the Headington site.2024 年，该校关闭了位于牛津东南约七英里处的惠特利校区，这是把教学集中于黑丁顿校区的计划的一部分。

• In January 2025 the university opened the New Headington Hill Building, while its Harcourt Hill campus closed and its teaching moved to Headington in 2025/26.2025 年 1 月，该校启用新的黑丁顿山大楼，同时其哈考特山校区关闭，教学活动于 2025 至 2026 年迁至黑丁顿。

• In 1994 Baroness Helena Kennedy became chancellor of the university, and she was followed by the broadcaster Jon Snow in 2001, the civil-liberties lawyer Shami Chakrabarti in 2008 and the Olympic rower Katherine Grainger in 2015.1994 年，海伦娜·肯尼迪女男爵出任该校校监，其后依次是 2001 年的播音员乔恩·斯诺、2008 年的公民自由律师沙米·查克拉巴蒂，以及 2015 年的奥运赛艇选手凯瑟琳·格兰杰。

• In 2022 the actor Paterson Joseph was appointed chancellor, and in 2025 Helen Laville succeeded Alistair Fitt, who had been vice-chancellor since 2015.2022 年，演员帕特森·约瑟夫获任命为校监；2025 年，海伦·拉维尔接替自 2015 年起担任校长的阿利斯泰尔·菲特。

• In 1992 Clive Booth became the first vice-chancellor of the new university, an office he held until 1997, when Graham Upton took over for a decade.1992 年，克莱夫·布斯成为升格后首任校长，任期至 1997 年，随后由格雷厄姆·厄普顿接任，任职十年。

Academics

• Oxford Brookes University is organised into two faculties, the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Health, Sciences and Technology, which together contain eleven schools.牛津布鲁克斯大学设有两个学部，即艺术、人文与社会科学学部，以及健康、科学与技术学部，二者共下辖 11 个学院。

• Through its partnership with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, the university offers a BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting that is studied by distance learning around the world.该校与特许公认会计师公会合作，开设应用会计理学士（荣誉）学位课程，以远程方式面向全球学生授课。

• The Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences includes the school of architecture and the school of law, two of the university's best-known units.艺术、人文与社会科学学部包含建筑学院与法学院，这是该校最知名的两个单位。

• Oxford Brookes is a member of the University Alliance, a group of British universities with a strong focus on teaching, enterprise and professional education.牛津布鲁克斯是英国大学联盟（University Alliance）的成员，该联盟由一批重视教学、创业与专业教育的英国大学组成。

• Its School of Architecture is one of the largest in Britain and has consistently been placed among the top five in the country and the top fifty in the world.其建筑学院是英国规模最大的建筑学院之一，长期位居英国前五、全球前五十之列。

• The university's Law School was ranked 16th in the Guardian Good University Guide, 28th of 100 in the Times and Sunday Times guide of 2020, and in the 150-200 band of the QS world subject rankings.该校法学院在《卫报》优秀大学指南中排名第 16，在 2020 年《泰晤士报》与《星期日泰晤士报》指南的百所院校中排名第 28，在 QS 世界学科排名中处于 150 至 200 区间。

• In the Research Excellence Framework of 2014, 94 per cent of the university's submitted research was rated internationally recognised, with 59 per cent world leading or internationally excellent.在 2014 年研究卓越框架评估中，该校提交的科研有 94% 被评定为国际认可，其中 59% 达到世界领先或国际卓越水平。

• Following that assessment the university recorded a 41 per cent increase in quality-related research funding, against a sector average of about 3 per cent.该次评估之后，该校与质量相关的研究经费增长了 41%，而同期全行业平均增幅约为 3%。

• The Centre for Nutrition and Health, founded in 2004, was the first research centre in the United Kingdom dedicated to the study of functional foods.营养与健康中心成立于 2004 年，是英国首个专门研究功能性食品的研究中心。

• The Centre for Development and Emergency Practice, known as CENDEP, researches shelter and disaster relief and has been honoured with a Queen's Anniversary Prize.发展与人道应急实践中心简称 CENDEP，研究安置与灾害救援，并获颁女王周年纪念奖。

• The MSc in Primate Conservation, a field-based master's programme, received the Queen's Anniversary Prize in 2008 for its work on protecting endangered primates.灵长类动物保护硕士是一个野外实践型硕士项目，因其保护濒危灵长类动物的工作，于 2008 年获得女王周年纪念奖。

• Motorsport and automotive engineering are long-standing strengths, supported by links with Formula One teams, and in 2007 the university hosted twelve Spanish postgraduates sponsored by the driver Fernando Alonso.赛车与汽车工程是该校的长期优势，得益于与一级方程式车队的联系；2007 年，该校接待了由车手费尔南多·阿隆索资助的十二名西班牙研究生。

• Geoff Goddard, a former chief designer at the engine company Cosworth, has taught motorsport engineering at Oxford Brookes.曾任发动机公司考斯沃斯首席设计师的杰夫·戈达德，曾在牛津布鲁克斯教授赛车工程。

• The university has been awarded ten National Teaching Fellowships, recognising individual excellence in teaching across its schools.该校共获得十项国家教学奖学金，以表彰其各学院教师在教学中取得的杰出成就。

• Oxford Brookes Business School moved from the Wheatley campus to Headington in 2017, and its distance-learning MBA was placed in the top ten of the QS Online MBA ranking in 2017.牛津布鲁克斯商学院于 2017 年从惠特利校区迁至黑丁顿，其远程 MBA 项目在 2017 年 QS 在线 MBA 排名中跻身前十。

• In the National Student Survey of 2016 the university recorded an overall satisfaction rate of 87 per cent, above the national average of 86 per cent.在 2016 年全国学生调查中，该校的总体满意度为 87%，高于 86% 的全国平均水平。

• The Swindon campus houses a 185-seat lecture theatre and a range of teaching rooms within the Delta Business Park, and it offers courses in subjects such as adult nursing and business.斯温顿校区位于德尔塔商务园区内，设有可容纳 185 人的阶梯教室与多间教室，并开设成人护理、商务等课程。

Campus

• The main Headington campus is spread across three sites, Gipsy Lane, Headington Hill and Marston Road, on the eastern side of Oxford.主校区黑丁顿分布为三个地块，即吉普赛巷、黑丁顿山与马斯顿路，位于牛津东侧。

• The 132 million pound John Henry Brookes Building, opened in 2014 at Gipsy Lane, is the university's flagship building and has won several architectural awards.造价 1.32 亿英镑的约翰·亨利·布鲁克斯大楼于 2014 年在吉普赛巷启用，是该校的旗舰建筑，曾获多项建筑奖项。

• The New Headington Hill Building opened in January 2025 as part of a long-term plan to consolidate teaching on the Headington sites.新的黑丁顿山大楼于 2025 年 1 月启用，这是把教学整合到黑丁顿各地块的长期计划的一部分。

• The Swindon campus opened in August 2016 in the Delta Business Park, with its main building named the Joel Joffe Building after Lord Joel Joffe.斯温顿校区于 2016 年 8 月在德尔塔商务园区启用，其主楼以乔尔·乔菲勋爵命名，称乔尔·乔菲楼。

• The Wheatley campus, about seven miles to the south-east of Oxford, ceased operation at the end of October 2024 as teaching was moved to Headington.位于牛津东南约七英里的惠特利校区于 2024 年 10 月底停止运作，教学活动迁往黑丁顿。

• The Harcourt Hill campus, some two and a half miles from the centre of Oxford, closed in 2025/26, with its activities and its halls of residence moving to Headington.距牛津市中心约两英里的哈考特山校区于 2025 至 2026 年关闭，其教学活动与宿舍均迁往黑丁顿。

• The Headington Hill site, centred on the nineteenth-century Headington Hill Hall, houses the Faculty of Arts and the School of Law, while the Marston Road site nearby is home to the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences and its clinical teaching facilities.黑丁顿山地块以十九世纪的黑丁顿山庄为中心，设有艺术学部与法学院；附近马斯顿路地块则是健康与生命科学学部及其临床教学设施的所在地。

• The university provides thirteen student halls of residence, five of which are operated by private partners, on and around its campuses.该校提供十三座学生宿舍楼，其中五座由私人合作方运营，分布于校区内外。

• Students travel between the sites on the BrookesBus service, and after the university did not renew the service in 2025 it directed students to the CityZone bus pass instead.学生们乘坐（BrookesBus）校车在各地块之间往返；2025 年该校未续签该服务后，改为引导学生使用（CityZone）公交卡。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings Oxford Brookes University is placed 411th, building on its position inside the world's top 400 in the 2020 edition.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，牛津布鲁克斯大学位列第 411，延续了其在 2020 年版位列全球前 400 之内的表现。

• In the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings it stands in the 701-800 band, up from the 801-1000 band it occupied in the 2026 edition.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，较 2026 年版所在的 801 至 1000 区间有所上升。

• In the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking it is placed 1,174th worldwide.在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中，该校位列全球第 1,174。

• In 2018 and 2019 the university was the only British institution to appear in the QS Top 50 Under 50 ranking of the world's young universities.2018 年与 2019 年，该校是唯一进入 QS 世界年轻大学五十强（Top 50 Under 50）的英国院校。

• In the 2016 Times Higher Education ranking of international universities the university was placed among the world's top 200, and it was also among the top 400 of the QS ranking in 2020.在 2016 年泰晤士高等教育的国际化大学排名中，该校跻身全球前 200，并在 2020 年 QS 排名中位列前 400 之列。

• In the QS rankings by subject of 2019 it was placed in the 51-100 band for architecture and for business and management studies, and in the top ten for hospitality and leisure management.在 2019 年 QS 学科排名中，该校的建筑学以及商业与管理研究处于 51 至 100 区间，酒店与休闲管理则进入前十。

• The School of Architecture is one of the largest in Britain and is regularly ranked among the top five in the United Kingdom and the top fifty worldwide.其建筑学院是英国规模最大的建筑学院之一，长期位列英国前五、全球前五十。

• In 2016 the university was named among the fifteen most culturally diverse universities in the United Kingdom, and its Headington and Harcourt Hill campuses held a Green Flag Award for green space.2016 年，该校被评为英国最具文化多样性的十五所大学之一，其黑丁顿与哈考特山校区还获得绿色空间绿旗奖。

• In the National Student Survey of 2016, eighteen subject areas at the university recorded satisfaction rates of 90 per cent or more, and the institution was placed among the top 25 in the United Kingdom for teaching quality.在 2016 年全国学生调查中，该校有十八个学科领域的满意度达到 90% 及以上，并在英国教学质量排名中跻身前 25。

• According to OpenAlex the university has produced 23,296 research works attracting 936,768 citations, reflecting its research activity in health, technology and the social sciences.据 OpenAlex 统计，该校已产出 23,296 项研究成果，累计被引 936,768 次，反映出其在健康、技术和社会科学方面的科研活动。

Student life

• Brookes Union is the students' union of the university and represents students, organises societies and runs campaigns on their behalf.布鲁克斯学生会（Brookes Union）是该校的学生会，代表学生，组织社团并以学生名义开展各项活动。

• The university provides thirteen halls of residence and oversees five privately operated halls, giving most first-year students a place in university accommodation.该校提供十三座宿舍楼，并监管五座由私人运营的宿舍，使大多数一年级学生都能获得校内住宿。

• The student body of about 16,900 includes students from many countries, and the university reported more than 190,000 alumni living in over 177 countries.约 16,900 名学生来自许多国家；该校称有逾 190,000 名校友生活在 177 个以上的国家。

• In October 2003 the university became the first in the world to be awarded Fairtrade status, a tradition that its students' union has continued to mark.2003 年 10 月，该校成为全球第一所获得公平贸易认证的大学，其学生会至今仍延续并纪念这一传统。

• Founder's Day was held for the first time in May 2016, marking the founding of the Oxford School of Art in 1865 and the institution's history.首届创校纪念日于 2016 年 5 月举行，纪念 1865 年牛津艺术学校的创办及该校的历史。

• Students travel around Oxford on the BrookesBus and later the CityZone bus pass, reflecting the way the campuses are spread across the city.学生们乘坐（BrookesBus）校车以及后来的（CityZone）公交卡在牛津出行，这反映出该校各校区分散于全城的特点。

• In 2016 the university was placed among the fifteen most culturally diverse universities in the United Kingdom, a feature of its student community.2016 年，该校被评为英国最具文化多样性的十五所大学之一，这是其学生群体的一大特点。

• The Fairtrade and sustainability tradition of the university has led its students to campaign on issues such as ethical food and the environment.公平贸易与可持续发展的传统，促使该校学生围绕道德食品与环境等议题开展倡导活动。

• Brookes Union runs clubs, societies and volunteering projects, and the university's sports teams compete through the British Universities and Colleges Sport system.布鲁克斯学生会组织社团、学会与志愿项目，该校运动队则通过英国大学与学院体育系统参加比赛。

Notable people

• John Henry Brookes, after whom the university is named, was appointed the first principal of the merged Schools of Technology, Art and Commerce in 1934.约翰·亨利·布鲁克斯是该校校名所纪念的人物，1934 年被任命为合并后的技术、艺术与商业学校首任校长。

• Clive Booth became the first vice-chancellor of Oxford Brookes University in 1992 and led the institution through its early years as a university until 1997.克莱夫·布斯于 1992 年成为牛津布鲁克斯大学首任校长，带领这所新升格的大学度过早期阶段，直至 1997 年。

• Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, a barrister and human-rights advocate, served as chancellor of the university from 1994 to 2001.海伦娜·肯尼迪，即肖斯区的肯尼迪女男爵，是律师与人权倡导者，于 1994 年至 2001 年任该校校监。

• Jon Snow, the television journalist and long-serving presenter of Channel 4 News, was chancellor of the university from 2001 to 2008.乔恩·斯诺是电视新闻记者，长期担任第四频道新闻主播，于 2001 年至 2008 年任该校校监。

• Shami Chakrabarti, a lawyer who directed the civil-liberties group Liberty and later entered the House of Lords, was chancellor from 2008 to 2015.沙米·查克拉巴蒂是律师，曾任公民自由组织（Liberty）负责人，后进入上议院，于 2008 年至 2015 年任该校校监。

• Dame Katherine Grainger, Britain's most decorated female Olympic rower, won medals at five successive Games between 2000 and 2016 and was chancellor of the university from 2015 to 2020.凯瑟琳·格兰杰女爵士是英国获奖最多的女子奥运赛艇选手，在 2000 年至 2016 年间连续五届奥运会夺牌，于 2015 年至 2020 年任该校校监。

• Paterson Joseph, an actor known for stage and television roles, was appointed chancellor of the university in 2022 and served until 2026.帕特森·约瑟夫是活跃于舞台与电视的演员，2022 年获任命为该校校监，任至 2026 年。

• Sarah Willingham, an entrepreneur and investor who became a judge on the BBC television programme Dragons' Den, studied international business as an alumna of the university.莎拉·威林厄姆是企业家与投资人，后成为英国广播公司电视节目《龙穴》的评委，作为校友曾在该校学习国际商务。

• Adrian Reynard, who founded the Reynard Racing Cars company that became the world's largest racing-car manufacturer in the 1970s and 1980s, was a student at Brookes.阿德里安·雷诺德创办了雷诺德赛车公司，该公司在上世纪七八十年代成为全球最大的赛车制造商，他曾在布鲁克斯求学。

• Geoff Goddard, a former chief designer at the engine company Cosworth, taught motorsport engineering at the university and helped build its reputation in the field.杰夫·戈达德曾任发动机公司考斯沃斯的首席设计师，在该校教授赛车工程，帮助学校在这一领域建立声誉。