Polytechnic University of the Marches
Marche Polytechnic University, known in Italian as the Università Politecnica delle Marche and abbreviated UNIVPM, is a public state university founded in 1969 and based in Ancona, the capital of Italy's Marche region on the Adriatic coast.马尔凯理工大学(意大利语:Università Politecnica delle Marche,简称 UNIVPM)是一所公立国立大学,1969年创办,校址位于意大利马尔凯大区首府、亚得里亚海沿岸的安科纳。
It grew out of the Free University of Ancona, which was recognised as a state university on 18 January 1971 and renamed with its present title on 18 January 2003 to reflect its engineering-led, polytechnic character.该校由安科纳自由大学发展而来,于1971年1月18日获准成为国立大学,并于2003年1月18日改用现名,以体现其以工程为特色的理工大学定位。
UNIVPM is organised into five broad cultural areas covering agriculture, economics, engineering, medicine and surgery, and the sciences, and it ranked 662nd in the QS World University Rankings 2027.该校按五大学科门类组织,涵盖农业、经济、工程、医学与外科学以及基础科学,并在2027年QS世界大学排名中位列第662名。
History
- The university's modern history begins with the economic boom of post-war Italy, when the Marche's dense network of small and medium-sized firms created strong demand for engineers and technically trained graduates.该校的近代史始于战后意大利的经济繁荣时期,当时马尔凯地区密集的中小企业网络对工程师与技术型毕业生形成了强烈需求。
- In the 1950s and 1960s civic leaders and business associations in Ancona campaigned for a university of their own, since the Marche then had no higher education institution of its own kind.20世纪50至60年代,安科纳的政界与商界领袖奔走争取创办一所本地大学,因为当时马尔凯地区尚无同类高等教育机构。
- The institution opened in 1969 as the Libera Università di Ancona, a free university financed by local bodies rather than by the Italian state, a distinctive arrangement for its early years.该校于1969年以「安科纳自由大学」之名开办,是一所由地方机构而非意大利国家出资的「自由大学」,这一安排在早期颇具特色。
- Italy's Higher Council of Public Education recognised its School of Engineering for the 1969-70 academic year, one of the first faculties to receive national accreditation.意大利公共教育高级理事会承认其工程学院自1969-70学年起开办,该学院是最早获得国家认证的院系之一。
- A School of Medicine and Surgery followed a year later, recognised for the 1970-71 academic year, and these two faculties formed the academic core of the young university.一年后,医学与外科学院获承认,自1970-71学年起开办;这两个学院构成了这所年轻大学的学术核心。
- On 18 January 1971 the University of Ancona was formally recognised as a state university, giving its degrees full national standing and putting it on public funding.1971年1月18日,安科纳大学正式获准成为国立大学,其学位由此获得全国效力,并纳入公共财政支持。
- Over the following two decades the university added schools of agriculture and of sciences, broadening its teaching beyond engineering and medicine into the life and environmental sciences.此后二十年间,该校先后增设农学院与理学院,使教学范围从工程与医学扩展到生命科学和环境科学。
- Teaching and research were progressively concentrated on the Monte Dago hill above Ancona, where the engineering and science buildings were constructed from the 1970s onwards.教学与研究逐步集中于安科纳上方的蒙特达戈山地,工程与理科的校舍自20世纪70年代起在此兴建。
- The university later added studies in economics and business, which came to form one of its five cultural areas and to support teaching in management and commerce.该校其后增设经济与商学研究,逐渐形成其五大学科门类之一,并支撑管理与商贸方面的教学。
- Marco Pacetti served as rector from 1997 to 2013, the longest rectorship in the institution's history and a long period of growth in student numbers and research activity.马尔科·帕切蒂于1997至2013年任校长,是该校历史上任期最长的一位,这一段也是学生规模与科研活动长期增长的时期。
- By a rectoral decree of 27 November 2002 and a subsequent change of statute, the university prepared a new identity for itself as a polytechnic institution.依据2002年11月27日的校长令及随后的章程修改,该校着手以理工大学的新定位重塑自身。
- On 18 January 2003 the University of Ancona was renamed the Università Politecnica delle Marche, adopting a title that emphasised its engineering and applied-science profile.2003年1月18日,安科纳大学更名为马尔凯理工大学,新校名强调其工程与应用科学的定位。
- Sauro Longhi was rector from 2013 to 2019, and Gian Luca Gregori from 2019 to 2025, each leading periods of growing research partnerships and international activity.萨乌罗·隆基于2013至2019年任校长,詹卢卡·格雷戈里于2019至2025年任校长,二人任内科研合作与国际交流均不断扩大。
- Under Gregori a delegation led by the rector visited four Chinese universities, extending the institution's academic links in Asia.在格雷戈里任内,由校长率领的代表团访问了四所中国大学,扩大了该校在亚洲的学术联系。
- Several of its departments were designated Departments of Excellence by Italy's Ministry of University and Research for the 2023-2027 funding cycle.其多个系被意大利大学与研究部评为2023-2027资助周期的「卓越系」。
- On 1 November 2025 the engineering professor Enrico Quagliarini became rector, succeeding Gian Luca Gregori at the head of the university.2025年11月1日,工程学教授恩里科·夸利亚里尼出任校长,接替詹卢卡·格雷戈里执掌该校。
- Earlier rectors included Alfredo Trifogli, government commissioner from 1969 to 1971, and Giancarlo Castiglioni, who served as rector from 1971 to 1974.更早的校长包括1969至1971年任政府专员的阿尔弗雷多·特里福利,以及1971至1974年任校长的詹卡洛·卡斯蒂利奥尼。
- Salvatore Occhipinti held the rectorship from 1974 to 1976 and Felice Santagata from 1976 to 1979, guiding the university through its first years as a state institution.萨尔瓦托雷·奥基平蒂于1974至1976年任校长,费利切·桑塔加塔于1976至1979年任校长,引领该校度过成为国立大学后的最初岁月。
- Paolo Bruni was rector from 1983 to 1992 and Guido Bossi from 1992 to 1997, between the rectorships of Franco Angeleri and Marco Pacetti.保罗·布鲁尼于1983至1992年任校长,圭多·博西于1992至1997年任校长,二人任期处于弗兰科·安杰莱里与马尔科·帕切蒂之间。
- During the 1970s and 1980s the new state university expanded its research base, adding laboratories and specialised centres to support its teaching in engineering, medicine and the agricultural sciences.在20世纪70至80年代,这所新兴的国立大学扩充其科研基础,增设实验室与专门研究中心,以支撑工程、医学与农业科学方面的教学。
- Between 1971 and 2003 the institution was known as the University of Ancona, a name still used informally alongside its current title as Marche Polytechnic University.在1971至2003年间,该校以「安科纳大学」之名行世,这一旧称至今仍与现名马尔凯理工大学一同被非正式使用。
- Its agricultural estate, known as the Azienda agraria, supports teaching and experimental farming within the agricultural area, one of the five cultural areas that structure the university.该校拥有一处名为「农业庄园」的试验农场(Azienda agraria),在农业门类内支撑教学与试验性耕作;农业是构建该校组织架构的五个学科门类之一。
Academics
- The university is organised into five broad cultural areas, namely Agriculture, Economics, Engineering, Medicine and Surgery, and Sciences, each grouping a set of departments.该校按五大学科门类组织,即农业、经济、工程、医学与外科学以及基础科学,每一门类下辖若干系。
- As of 2023 it comprised sixteen organisational units, including twelve departments, three faculties and one agricultural estate, together with interdepartmental research centres.截至2023年,该校共有十六个组织单位,其中包括十二个系、三个学院与一个农业庄园,另设跨系研究中心。
- Teaching is delivered through an Engineering School, an Agricultural School, a Business School, a Medical School and a science faculty, reflecting its multidisciplinary structure.该校通过工程学院、农学院、商学院、医学院与一个理科学院开展教学,体现其多学科结构。
- Degrees follow the Italian model, with three-year bachelor's programmes, two-year master's programmes and single-cycle degrees in medicine, dentistry and comparable fields.其学位遵循意大利模式,包括三年制本科课程、两年制硕士课程,以及医学、牙医学等单周期(本硕连读)学位。
- The university also runs doctoral programmes and specialisation schools, coordinating research training through a Graduate School for doctoral candidates.该校还开设博士项目与专科培训学院,并通过研究生院为博士生统筹科研训练。
- Its teaching faculty numbered about 710 in the university's recent self-reporting, supported by some 560 technical and administrative staff across its schools.据该校近年的自述,其教学人员约710名,各学院另有约560名技术与行政人员。
- For the 2024/25 academic year 3,190 new students matriculated, of whom 1,446 were women and 398 were international students, a growing share of the intake.2024/25学年共有3190名新生注册,其中女性1446人、国际学生398人,国际生比例持续上升。
- Engineering at the university spans civil, building and architecture, information engineering, and industrial engineering with mathematical sciences, organised in named departments.该校的工程学科涵盖土木与建筑、信息工程,以及工业工程与数学科学,分设于具名系所之中。
- Its Departments of Excellence include DICEA for civil engineering and architecture, DIISM for industrial engineering and mathematics, and DIMA for management.其「卓越系」包括土木工程与建筑领域的 DICEA、工业工程与数学领域的 DIISM,以及管理学领域的 DIMA。
- In medicine the university works alongside the hospitals of Ancona, including the National Institute INRCA and the regional hospital at Torrette, for its clinical teaching.在医学方面,该校与安科纳的多家医院合作开展临床教学,包括国家老龄研究机构 INRCA 以及托雷特的区域医院。
- Agricultural and food sciences, economics and the life and environmental sciences complete its teaching portfolio, with programmes taught in Italian and some degree courses in English.农业与食品科学、经济学以及生命与环境科学完善了其教学体系,课程多以意大利语授课,部分学位课程以英语授课。
- The university offers international degree programmes taught in English and takes part in European exchange schemes, drawing students from many countries to Ancona.该校开设以英语授课的国际学位项目并参与欧洲交换计划,吸引来自多国的学生前往安科纳就读。
- Research is carried out in its departments and centres, covering engineering, medicine, agriculture, economics and the sciences, with technology transfer channelled through spin-off firms.科研在该校各系与研究中心进行,涵盖工程、医学、农业、经济与基础科学,成果转化通过衍生企业推进。
- Its research portfolio combines basic academic enquiry with partnership research funded by industry, a balance the university itself presents as characteristic of its work.其科研既含基础学术探索,也含由产业出资的合作研究,校方称这两者的平衡正是其科研的特点。
- The university maintains partnerships with institutions abroad, and its rectors have led delegations to universities in China and elsewhere to deepen cooperation.该校与海外机构保持合作,历任校长曾率团访问中国等地的高校以深化合作。
- Academic support includes a library system, laboratories and experimental facilities serving engineering, medicine, agriculture and the basic sciences.学术支撑包括图书馆体系、实验室与实验设施,服务于工程、医学、农业与基础科学。
- Doctoral training spans engineering, medicine, agriculture, economics and the sciences, and doctoral candidates carry out their research in the university's laboratories and its partner hospitals in Ancona.博士培养涵盖工程、医学、农业、经济与基础科学,博士生在该校实验室及安科纳的合作医院中开展研究。
- Its research centres include facilities for environmental and marine studies, reflecting both the Adriatic setting of Ancona and the agricultural economy of the surrounding Marche countryside.其研究中心包括环境与海洋研究设施,既呼应安科纳濒临亚得里亚海的地理环境,也呼应周边马尔凯乡村的农业经济。
- Together with its schools and departments the university operates interdepartmental centres and inter-university research and service centres that support projects crossing traditional disciplinary boundaries.除各学院与系所外,该校还运作跨系中心以及跨校的研究与服务中心,支撑跨越传统学科边界的项目。
Campus
- The university's main seat is in Ancona, the capital of the Marche region on Italy's Adriatic coast, with its rectorate in the city centre at Piazza Roma.该校主校区位于意大利亚得里亚海沿岸马尔凯大区首府安科纳,校部机关设于市中心的罗马广场。
- Academic buildings are concentrated on the Monte Dago hill above Ancona, at the address known as via Brecce Bianche, where engineering and science teaching takes place.教学楼群集中在安科纳上方的蒙特达戈山,地址为布雷切·比安凯街,工程与理科在此授课。
- The medical campus lies at Torrette, adjacent to the regional hospital, and supports clinical teaching and biomedical research for the Medical School.医学校区位于托雷特,紧邻区域医院,为医学院的临床教学与生物医学研究提供支撑。
- Beyond Ancona, the university delivers programmes in Ascoli Piceno, Fermo, Macerata and Pesaro, mostly in health professions such as nursing and physiotherapy.除安科纳之外,该校还在阿斯科利皮切诺、费尔莫、马切拉塔与佩萨罗开设课程,多为护理、物理治疗等卫生类专业。
- The Monte Dago campus includes lecture halls, laboratories, a library and a botanical garden that is used in teaching and research.蒙特达戈校区设有讲堂、实验室、图书馆以及用于教学与研究的植物园。
- Student residences and sports facilities serve the Ancona campuses, which are connected to the city centre by road and public transport.安科纳各校区配有学生宿舍与体育设施,并通过道路与公共交通与市中心相连。
- The city-centre premises occupy historic buildings near Piazza Roma, while the newer Monte Dago complex houses the engineering and science departments.市中心的教学场所设于罗马广场附近的历史建筑内,而较新的蒙特达戈建筑群则容纳工程与理科各系。
- Its campuses sit within the Marche region, whose landscape of hills and coastline frames the university's agricultural and marine research.该校校区坐落于马尔凯大区,其丘陵与海岸相间的自然风貌,为其农业与海洋研究提供了背景。
- Student services include a central library, computer facilities and study spaces distributed among the Ancona buildings, alongside laboratories equipped for experimental work in engineering and science.学生服务包括一座中央图书馆、计算机设施与分布于安科纳各教学楼的研习空间,另有可供工程与科学实验使用的实验室。
- The university's presence extends along the Adriatic coast and into the interior of the Marche, linking its teaching centres to the towns and industrial districts that surround them.该校的办学网络沿亚得里亚海岸并深入马尔凯内陆,将其各教学中心与其周边的城镇及产业区联系起来。
Reputation
- In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Marche Polytechnic University is placed 662nd in the world, the position given by the publisher's official table.在2027年QS世界大学排名中,马尔凯理工大学位列世界第662名,此为发布方官方榜单所给名次。[1]
- Times Higher Education places the university in the 401-450 band of its 2027 World University Rankings, improving on its 401-500 band in the 2026 edition.泰晤士高等教育将其列入2027年世界大学排名401-450档,较2026年版的401-500档有所提升。
- The U.S. News & World Report 2026-2027 Best Global Universities ranking places the university 798th in the world among the institutions it assesses.《美国新闻与世界报道》2026-2027年全球最佳大学排名将该校列为世界第798名,评估对象为其收录的院校。
- In the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities published by ShanghaiRanking, the university is placed in the 701-800 band worldwide.在软科发布的2026年世界大学学术排名中,该校位列世界701-800档。
- Nationally the university is regularly rated among Italy's stronger state universities in the annual Censis rankings of Italian institutions.在国内,该校在意大利机构年度 Censis 排名中常年被评为意大利较强的国立大学之一。
- In machine-readable bibliographic data the university is credited with about 41,002 scholarly works and some 2,880,650 citations, a substantial research footprint.在机器可读的文献计量数据中,该校约有41002项学术成果与约2880650次被引,研究体量相当可观。
- Several of its departments have been recognised as Departments of Excellence by Italy's Ministry of University and Research, a national mark of research quality.其多个系获意大利大学与研究部评为「卓越系」,这是国家级的研究质量标志。
- Its strengths lie in engineering, medicine, agriculture and the sciences, fields in which it works closely with the manufacturing districts of the Marche region.其优势领域为工程、医学、农业与基础科学,在这些领域与马尔凯地区的制造业集群合作紧密。
- Research income and partnerships concentrate in engineering, medicine and the agricultural sciences, tied to the region's industrial districts and public health system.其科研经费与合作集中于工程、医学与农业科学,与当地产业区及公共卫生体系紧密相连。
- In Italian evaluations the university's engineering and agricultural sciences have been singled out among its better-performing areas, consistent with its role in a region of manufacturing and farming.在意大利国内的评估中,该校的工程与农业科学多次被视为表现较好的领域,这与其扎根于制造业与农业地区的定位相符。
Student life
- The student body includes a significant share of students from outside the Marche, and 398 of the new students who matriculated in 2024/25 came from abroad.该校学生中有相当比例来自马尔凯以外地区,2024/25学年注册的新生中有398人来自国外。
- Student associations and faculty-level representative bodies organise cultural events, sports and orientation activities across the Ancona campuses.学生社团与院级学生代表机构在安科纳各校区组织文化活动、体育赛事与迎新活动。
- Sports activities are supported through university sports facilities, with teams and courses offered in a range of disciplines for students of the Adriatic city.体育活动依托大学体育设施开展,为这座亚得里亚海城市的学生提供多个项目运动队与课程。
- The botanical garden and the green areas of Monte Dago give the campus an open-air setting used for study, events and relaxation between lectures.植物园与蒙特达戈的绿地为校园营造出露天环境,供学生在课间学习、参加活动与休憩。
- Career services and placement programmes connect students with firms in the Marche across engineering, agriculture and manufacturing.就业服务与实习安置项目将学生与马尔凯地区工程、农业与制造业的企业相连接。
- The university promotes scholarships and reduced-fee arrangements to widen access, reflecting its character as a publicly funded state institution.该校推行奖学金与减免学费安排以扩大入学机会,体现其作为公共财政支持的国立大学的属性。
- Its international students come from a range of countries and are supported by an international office and Italian-language courses.其国际学生来自多个国家,由国际事务办公室与意大利语课程提供支持。
- The city of Ancona, with its port, beaches and the Passetto seafront, provides students with a coastal setting for university life.安科纳城拥有港口、海滩与帕塞托海滨长廊,为学生的大学时光提供了沿海城市的生活环境。
- Orientation and tutoring services help new students adjust to university study, while exchange students on Erasmus and other programmes are integrated through dedicated welcome arrangements.迎新指导与辅导服务帮助新生适应大学学习,而参加伊拉斯谟等项目的交换学生则通过专门的迎新安排融入校园。
Notable people
- Alfredo Trifogli served as government commissioner of the new university from 1969 to 1971, guiding it during the years before it became a state institution.阿尔弗雷多·特里福利在1969至1971年担任新大学的政府专员,在该校成为国立大学之前引导其发展。
- Giancarlo Castiglioni was rector from 1971 to 1974, leading the university in its first years as a recognised state institution.詹卡洛·卡斯蒂利奥尼于1971至1974年任校长,引领该校度过成为国立大学后的最初几年。
- Salvatore Occhipinti (1974-1976) and Felice Santagata (1976-1979) continued the rectorship during the university's early expansion.萨尔瓦托雷·奥基平蒂(1974-1976)与费利切·桑塔加塔(1976-1979)在该校早期扩张阶段接续担任校长。
- Franco Angeleri was rector from 1980 to 1983 and Paolo Bruni from 1983 to 1992, spanning a decade of growth in teaching and research.弗兰科·安杰莱里于1980至1983年任校长,保罗·布鲁尼于1983至1992年任校长,这十年间教学与科研持续增长。
- Guido Bossi was rector from 1992 to 1997, before Marco Pacetti took office and began the university's longest rectorship.圭多·博西于1992至1997年任校长,其后马尔科·帕切蒂接任,开启该校任期最长的一段校长任期。
- Marco Pacetti served as rector from 1997 to 2013, overseeing a long period of expansion before the institution took its present name.马尔科·帕切蒂于1997至2013年任校长,主导了该校在改用现名之前的一段长期扩张。
- Sauro Longhi was rector from 2013 to 2019 and Gian Luca Gregori from 2019 to 2025, both strengthening the university's research and international ties.萨乌罗·隆基于2013至2019年任校长,詹卢卡·格雷戈里于2019至2025年任校长,二人均强化了该校的科研与国际联系。
- Enrico Quagliarini, a professor of engineering who graduated from the university itself, became rector on 1 November 2025.恩里科·夸利亚里尼是工程学教授、也是该校校友,于2025年11月1日出任校长。
- Elio Raviola, a professor emeritus of Harvard University, was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Ancona in 1999 for his scientific merit.哈佛大学荣休教授埃利奥·拉维奥拉因科学成就,于1999年获安科纳大学授予名誉学位。
- Massimo Tamberi has taught economics in the university's Department of Economics and Social Sciences, where he directed the doctoral programme in political economy.马西莫·坦贝里在该校经济与社会科学系任教,并曾主持其政治经济学博士项目。
- Gian Luca Gregori, rector from 2019 to 2025, led the institution during a period in which it strengthened research partnerships and sent missions abroad, including to China.詹卢卡·格雷戈里于2019至2025年任校长,任内该校强化了科研合作并派出海外访问团,其中包括前往中国。