Roskilde University

Roskilde University, known by its abbreviation RUC, is a Danish public university founded in 1972 and located in the Trekroner district on the eastern side of the city of Roskilde.罗斯基勒大学（Roskilde University）简称 RUC，是一所创办于 1972 年的丹麦公立大学，位于罗斯基勒市东部的特雷克罗纳区。

It was established as a reform university intended to challenge academic traditions, and it awards bachelor, master and PhD degrees within the social sciences, the humanities and the natural sciences.该校以改革型大学为定位创办，旨在挑战学术传统，授予社会科学、人文科学与自然科学领域的学士、硕士与博士学位。

The university has 7,942 students and 945 full-time equivalent employees, more than 20 per cent of its students are international, and in the QS World University Rankings 2027 it is placed in the 1001-1200 band.该校有 7942 名学生与 945 名全职等效员工，逾两成学生为国际学生，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 1001-1200 位。

History

• Roskilde University was founded in 1972 by an act of the Danish parliament as one of the most politically and philosophically ambitious educational projects in modern Danish history.罗斯基勒大学于 1972 年依丹麦议会立法创办，被视为现代丹麦历史上最具政治与思想抱负的教育项目之一。

• The university was born out of the social upheaval and progressive thinking of the late 1960s, particularly the student revolts of 1968 when students and intellectuals across Europe questioned traditional hierarchies.该校诞生于 1960 年代末的社会动荡与进步思潮，尤其是 1968 年学生运动之际，当时欧洲各地的学生与知识分子对传统等级制度提出质疑。

• It was set up in part as an alternative to the older Danish universities, Copenhagen founded in 1479 and Aarhus in 1928, which many students then regarded as undemocratic and controlled by professors.该校的设立部分是为替代更古老的丹麦高校，即创办于 1479 年的哥本哈根与 1928 年的奥胡斯，当时许多学生认为这些学校不民主且由教授把持。

• When it opened in 1972 the university had only 665 students in three buildings standing in a field, each offering its own basic studies programme, and the rest of the institution had to be built up over time.该校 1972 年开办时仅有三座立于田野中的建筑与 665 名学生，每座各自开设基础学习项目，其余建制则有待日后逐步建成。

• In the years after 1972 the university became known for a liberal approach to education, shifting the focus from lectures to group-oriented working methods and project work rather than traditional examinations.1972 年之后，该校以自由开放的教育方式著称，将重心由讲授转向小组式工作与项目研究，而非传统考试。

• By 2000 the traditional universities in Denmark had adopted much of the original Roskilde concept, not least the group project work that had once been considered unorthodox and controversial.到 2000 年，丹麦的传统大学已采纳了许多罗斯基勒的原创理念，尤其是曾被视为不合常规且颇具争议的小组项目工作法。

• Roskilde University is a member institution of the Magna Charta Universitatum, a document signed by 388 rectors on 18 September 1988 on the 900th anniversary of the University of Bologna.该校是《大学大宪章》的成员机构，该文件于 1988 年 9 月 18 日博洛尼亚大学九百周年之际由 388 位校长签署。

• In 2024 the university signed the updated version of that charter, the MCU 2020, reaffirming principles of academic freedom and institutional autonomy as guidelines for good governance.2024 年该校签署了该宪章的更新版本 MCU 2020，重申以学术自由与院校自治原则作为良好治理的准绳。

• In 2022 the university marked its 50th anniversary under the slogan 50 years in reality, celebrating five decades of problem-oriented and interdisciplinary teaching and research.2022 年该校以「50 年扎根现实」为标语庆祝建校五十周年，纪念其五十年来以问题导向与跨学科方式从事教学与研究。

• In 2025 the university came under political pressure for admitting many international students and their family members, which contributed to a substantial rise in students from Nepal and Bangladesh.2025 年该校因接收大量国际学生及其家属而承受政治压力，来自尼泊尔与孟加拉的学生人数由此大幅增加。

• Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said universities appeared to be running their own immigration policy, and more stringent access restrictions took effect from 2026.首相梅特·弗雷泽里克森表示各大学似乎自行其是地推行移民政策，更严格的入学限制自 2026 年起生效。

• Under the Danish University Act of 2003 the governance of Danish universities was reorganised, and Roskilde University is now led by a board of nine members of whom five are recruited from outside the university.依 2003 年丹麦大学法，丹麦各高校的治理结构被重构，罗斯基勒大学现由一个九人理事会领导，其中五名成员来自校外的招募。

• The university is a founding member of the European Reform University Alliance, a network formed with four other European universities to promote interdisciplinary and critical thinking.该校是欧洲改革大学联盟的创始成员，该联盟由五所欧洲大学共同组建，旨在推动跨学科与批判性思维。

• Roskilde University is also part of the Critical Edge Alliance, a global collaborative framework for universities that focus on student-centred learning, critical thinking and social engagement.该校同时是「批判边缘联盟」的一员，这是面向以学生为中心学习、批判性思维与社会参与为核心的高校所组成的全球合作框架。

• Roskilde University takes its common abbreviation RUC from the institution's original Danish name, Roskilde Universitetscenter, which it used for much of its history.该校常用简称 RUC 源自其最初的丹麦语校名「罗斯基勒大学中心」，这一名称在其历史中长期使用。

• From its founding the university combined the roles of an experimental teaching institution and a research university, aiming to educate graduates who work across disciplines and with skills different from the classical academic model.自创办之初，该校便兼具实验性教学机构与研究型大学的双重角色，旨在培养跨越学科界限、具备有别于古典学术模式之能力的毕业生。

• The university adopted problem-oriented project learning as its central method, giving students responsibility for defining real problems and working on them in groups.该校以问题导向的项目学习为核心教学法，让学生负责界定现实问题并以小组方式展开研究。

• Today the university follows the general Danish educational structure, based on three years of bachelor studies qualifying for a two-year master's study, replacing the original model of two years of general studies and four years of specialisation.如今该校遵循丹麦通用的教育结构，即以三年本科学习衔接两年硕士学习，取代了最初两年通识加四年专精的旧模式。

• Roskilde University's rector for twelve years, Hanne Leth Andersen, stepped down and returned to a professorship, and was succeeded by Rasmus Antoft, formerly a dean at Aalborg University.任该校校长十二年的汉娜·莱特·安诺生卸任后重返教授岗位，其继任者为曾任奥尔堡大学某学院院长的拉斯穆斯·安托夫特。

Academics

• Roskilde University offers higher education at bachelor, master and PhD levels within four main areas, namely the humanities, humanistic technologies, social science, and science.罗斯基勒大学在四大学科领域授予本科、硕士与博士学位，即人文科学、人文技术、社会科学与自然科学。

• The university has four departments or institutes, specialising in areas that range from mathematics to international development.该校设有四个系或研究院，其专长领域从数学一直延伸到国际发展。

• These are the Department of Communication and Arts, the Department of Science and Environment, the Department of People and Technology, and the Department of Social Sciences and Business.这四个单位分别是传播与艺术学院、科学与环境学院、人与技术学院，以及社会科学与商学院。

• The university offers three international bachelor programmes, in the humanities, the natural sciences, and social science, all taught in English.该校开设三个人文、自然科学与社会科学方向的国际本科项目，均以英语授课。

• The traditional Roskilde model combined two years of general studies in one of the main scientific areas with four years of specialisation, before the university adopted the standard Danish degree structure.罗斯基勒的传统模式由某一主科领域的两年的通识学习加四年的专精学习构成，此后该校才采用丹麦的标准学位结构。

• Problem-oriented project learning is the university's central teaching method, in which students work in groups on real problems drawn from outside the university.问题导向的项目学习是该校的核心教学方式，学生以小组为单位研究源自校外的真实问题。

• The project method is organised around group projects that run for a semester or longer, supported by courses in theory and method within the relevant subject areas.该项目教学法以持续一学期或更久的小组项目为核心，并辅以相关学科领域的理论与方法课程。

• Teaching at Roskilde is interdisciplinary, drawing on more than one academic discipline to address complex problems such as the environment, inequality, democracy and health.该校教学具跨学科性质，借助一个以上学科来应对环境、不平等、民主与健康等复杂问题。

• The Department of Communication and Arts focuses on communication, media and the arts, while the Department of Science and Environment covers mathematics, the natural sciences and environmental studies.传播与艺术学院聚焦传播、媒体与艺术，科学与环境学院则涵盖数学、自然科学与环境研究。

• The Department of People and Technology addresses health, psychology, education and technology, and the Department of Social Sciences and Business covers economics, business and social science.人与技术学院涉猎健康、心理学、教育及技术，社会科学与商学院则涵盖经济学、商科与社会科学。

• The university's staff number 945 full-time equivalent employees, and its annual turnover is 965 million Danish kroner, figures that reflect its medium size within the Danish system.该校有 945 名全职等效员工，年度预算规模为 9.65 亿丹麦克朗，这组数字反映出其在丹麦高校体系中的中等规模。

• Roskilde University has 7,942 students, of whom more than 20 per cent are international, and it offers study programmes across the humanities, natural sciences and social sciences.该校有 7942 名学生，其中逾两成为国际学生，其学习项目覆盖人文、自然科学与社会科学。

• Danish universities, including Roskilde, compete for research funding from national bodies such as the Danish National Research Foundation, which supports basic research across the country.包括罗斯基勒在内的丹麦高校，会向丹麦国家研究基金会等全国性机构争取科研经费，该基金会支持全国的基础研究。

• The university's measurable research output, as recorded by OpenAlex, comprises 26,524 scholarly works that together have attracted 550,475 citations.据 OpenAlex 收录，该校可量化科研产出为 26524 篇学术著作，累计获得 550475 次被引。

• Roskilde University is one of eight universities in Denmark, alongside the University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University, the University of Southern Denmark, Aalborg University, the Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen Business School and the IT University of Copenhagen.罗斯基勒大学是丹麦八所大学之一，其余为哥本哈根大学、奥胡斯大学、南丹麦大学、奥尔堡大学、丹麦技术大学、哥本哈根商学院以及哥本哈根信息技术大学。

• The university's four departments together give it coverage of the natural sciences, the social sciences and the humanities, and its researchers work in fields including environmental science, mathematics and technology.该校四个学院合起来覆盖自然科学、社会科学与人文科学，其研究人员在环境科学、数学与技术等领域开展工作。

Campus

• The university is gathered on a single campus in the Trekroner district on the eastern outskirts of the city of Roskilde, about 20 minutes by train from central Copenhagen.该校集中设于罗斯基勒市东郊特雷克罗纳区的一处单一校区，乘火车约 20 分钟可达哥本哈根市中心。

• The Trekroner district takes its name from a signalman's cabin on the Roskilde to Copenhagen railway line, and the walkway from the station to the campus is now paved.特雷克罗纳区的名字来自罗斯基勒至哥本哈根铁路线上的信号员小屋，从车站通往校园的步道如今已铺砌完好。

• The campus lies in green surroundings, and its open spaces include multi-use sports courts, a football pitch, a disc golf course, and nature trails alongside a lake, a stream and fields.该校区坐落于绿意环绕之中，其开阔空间包括多功能运动场、足球场、飞盘高尔夫场地，以及沿湖泊、溪流与田野延伸的自然步道。

• Campus facilities include a training centre, innovation workshops, a canteen and a cinema, and the university's common meeting place is StudenterHuset, a student-run cafe and lounge.校园设施包括训练中心、创新工坊、食堂与电影院，该校的公共聚会场所为 StudenterHuset，一处由学生经营的咖啡馆与休息室。

• The campus is home to a white laboratory building designed by Henning Larsen Architects, alongside the three buildings that formed the university at its opening in 1972.校园内有一栋由 Henning Larsen 建筑事务所设计的白色实验楼，另有 1972 年开校时构成该校的三座建筑。

• The campus includes study areas, laboratories, lecture halls and group rooms suited to project-based teaching, as well as green spaces that students use during the summer months.校园内设有适合项目式教学的自习区、实验室、讲堂与小组讨论室，并有学生夏季使用的绿地。

• The university provides on-campus dormitory-style housing and apartments, although many students commute from Copenhagen, which lies about 30 kilometres to the east.该校在校内提供宿舍式住房与公寓，不过许多学生自约 30 公里以东的哥本哈根通勤往返。

• When the university opened in 1972 its first students were housed in three buildings set in a field, and the rest of the campus infrastructure had to be built up over the following decades.该校 1972 年开办时，首批学生安置于田野中的三座建筑内，校园其余基础设施则须在随后数十年间逐步建成。

• The campus is recorded at coordinates of approximately 55.64 degrees north and 12.08 degrees east, and the university's official web presence is at ruc.dk.该校区坐标约为北纬 55.64 度、东经 12.08 度，学校官方网络门户为 ruc.dk。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Roskilde University is placed in the 1001-1200 band, a joint interval rather than a single numerical position.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，罗斯基勒大学位列第 1001-1200 位的并列区间，而非单一数值名次。

• In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 the university is placed in the 501-550 band, its strongest position among the current global tables.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校位列第 501-550 位，是其当前各全球榜单中的最好位置。

• In the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking Roskilde University stands at 1,167 in the world.在 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中，罗斯基勒大学位居世界第 1167 位。

• The university does not appear in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, the ARWU.该校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名。

• In the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2015/16 the university was placed at 151-200 for Politics and International Studies and at 151-200 for Communication and Media Studies.在 2015 至 2016 年 QS 世界大学学科排名中，该校政治与国际研究位列第 151-200 位，传播与媒体研究同样位列第 151-200 位。

• In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2017 the university was placed in the 501-600 band, a position it has since improved upon.在 2017 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校位于第 501-600 位，此后位置有所提升。

• The university's measurable research output, as recorded by OpenAlex, is 26,524 works with 550,475 citations, a substantial corpus for an institution of its size.据 OpenAlex 收录，该校可量化科研产出为 26524 篇文献与 550475 次被引，对于其规模而言是相当可观的产出。

• Roskilde University's reputation rests on its reform-university identity and its problem-oriented project learning, a method that has influenced teaching practice at other Danish universities.罗斯基勒大学的声誉建立在其改革型大学定位与问题导向的项目学习法之上，该方法已影响丹麦其他高校的教学实践。

• The university is a member of the European Reform University Alliance and of the Critical Edge Alliance, networks that emphasise interdisciplinary and critical thinking.该校是欧洲改革大学联盟与批判边缘联盟的成员，这些网络都强调跨学科与批判性思维。

• More than 20 per cent of the university's students are international, reflecting its emphasis on international study environments and on learning that engages with society.该校逾两成学生为国际学生，体现出其对国际化学习环境与面向社会之学习的重视。

Student life

• Roskilde University has 7,942 students, and its academic and social life centres on the project groups that students form to work on problems together.罗斯基勒大学有 7942 名学生，其学术与社交生活以学生为共同研究问题而组建的项目小组为中心。

• More than 20 per cent of students are international, giving the campus community an increasingly diverse mix of nationalities and backgrounds.该校逾两成学生为国际学生，使校园社区的国籍与背景构成日益多元。

• The common meeting place StudenterHuset is a student-run cafe and lounge that hosts events and provides a social hub for the campus.公共聚会场所 StudenterHuset 是由学生经营的咖啡馆与休息室，举办各类活动并为校园提供社交中心。

• Campus sports facilities such as the multi-use courts and the football pitch support an active sporting culture, and the campus also has a cinema and a training centre.多功能运动场与足球场等校园运动设施支撑着活跃的体育文化，校区内还设有电影院与训练中心。

• Students at Roskilde define and work on their own project problems in groups, a method that builds close collaboration between students and their supervisors.罗斯基勒的学生以小组形式自行界定并研究项目问题，这一方式促成学生与指导教师之间的紧密协作。

• The student body is organised around the four departments and the basic studies programmes that support new students in their chosen scientific area.该校学生围绕四个学院以及帮助新生进入所选学科领域的基础学习项目来组织学习生活。

• The university's location about 20 minutes by train from Copenhagen allows students to combine study on a green campus with access to the cultural life of the capital.该校距哥本哈根乘火车约 20 分钟，使学生得以在绿色校园学习的同时通达首都的文化生活。

• Roskilde is itself a historic city known for its cathedral, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and for its annual music festival, both of which shape the cultural life of students in the town.罗斯基勒本身是一座历史名城，以其列入联合国教科文组织世界遗产名录的大教堂，以及每年一度的音乐节而闻名，二者共同塑造了在该市求学的学生的文化生活。

Notable people

• Rasmus Holmby Antoft became Rector of Roskilde University after serving as Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Aalborg University.拉斯穆斯·霍尔姆比·安托夫特在出任罗斯基勒大学校长之前，曾任奥尔堡大学社会科学与人文学院院长。

• Hanne Leth Andersen served as Rector of Roskilde University for twelve years and then returned to a professorship at the university.汉娜·莱特·安诺生任罗斯基勒大学校长十二年，其后回校担任教授。

• Robert Habeck, the German politician and Vice Chancellor, was named Honorary Alumnus of the year by Roskilde University.德国政治人物、副总理罗伯特·哈贝克被罗斯基勒大学授予年度荣誉校友称号。

• Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen, a Danish politician who has been a prominent figure on the Danish left, is among the university's notable alumni.丹麦政治人物约翰娜·施密特-尼尔森是丹麦左翼阵营的知名人物，也是该校的知名校友之一。

• Mette Abildgaard, a Danish politician, and Simon Emil Ammitzbøll-Bille, a former Danish minister, are also graduates of the university.丹麦政治人物梅特·阿比尔高与前丹麦大臣西蒙·埃米尔·阿米茨伯尔-比勒同样毕业于该校。

• Anders Bæksgaard, a Danish journalist and political editor at Politiken, studied at Roskilde University.丹麦记者、政治报政治编辑安德斯·贝克高曾在罗斯基勒大学就读。

• Vincent F. Hendricks, a Danish philosopher and professor, is a graduate of and former associate of the university.丹麦哲学家、教授文森特·F·亨德里克斯是该校毕业生，也曾在该校任职。

• Eyðgunn Samuelsen, a Faroese politician, is among the university's alumni.法罗群岛政治人物埃德贡·萨穆埃尔森是该校校友之一。

• Lars Hulgård, an author and professor, and Christine Lorentzen, a researcher, are also listed among the university's notable alumni.作家兼教授拉尔斯·胡尔高与研究人员克里斯蒂娜·洛伦岑也被列为该校的知名校友。

• Pernille Andersen, a Danish media figure, and Andreas Bang Hemmeth, the musician known as DJ Encore, are graduates of Roskilde University.丹麦媒体人佩妮莱·安诺生，以及艺名 DJ Encore 的音乐人安德烈亚斯·邦·赫梅特，都是罗斯基勒大学的毕业生。

• The university's staff and alumni include figures across Danish politics, journalism, academia and the arts, reflecting its role in training graduates who work across disciplines.该校的教职员与校友涵盖丹麦政治、新闻、学术与艺术各界，体现出其培养跨学科工作毕业生的办学特色。