Saarland University

Saarland University (German: Universität des Saarlandes) is a public research university in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland, founded in November 1948 with French support as the first university created west of the Rhine after the Second World War.萨尔大学（德语：Universität des Saarlandes）是德国萨尔州首府萨尔布吕肯的一所公立研究型大学，1948 年 11 月在法国支持下创办，是第二次世界大战后莱茵河以西建立的第一所大学。

It offers degree programmes across six faculties in law, medicine, mathematics and computer science, natural sciences and technology, humanities, and human and business sciences, and it is known for its bilingual German-French tradition, its computer science strength and its European studies.该校在六个学院开设学位课程，涵盖法学、医学、数学与计算机科学、自然科学与技术、人文学科以及人文与商业科学，并以德法双语传统、计算机科学实力与欧洲研究闻名。

In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Saarland University is placed 588th in the world, and in the 2024/25 winter semester it enrolled about 16,300 students, roughly 24 per cent of them from abroad, with 5,125 people working for the university.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，萨尔大学位列全球第 588 位；2024/25 冬季学期该校注册学生约 16,300 人，其中约 24% 来自海外，全校员工 5,125 人。

History

• Clinical training courses for medical students at the state hospital in Homburg/Saar began in January 1946, providing the earliest teaching link that preceded the university's formal foundation.1946 年 1 月，萨尔州洪堡的州立医院开始为医科学生提供临床培训课程，成为大学正式创办之前最早的教学纽带。
• On 8 May 1947 the Centre Universitaire d'Études Supérieures de Hombourg was established under the patronage of the University of Nancy, laying the institutional groundwork in French-occupied Saarland.1947 年 5 月 8 日，洪堡高等研究中心在法国南锡大学的赞助下成立，为法占萨尔地区奠定了机构基础。
• Saarland University was founded in November 1948 with the support of the French Government and under the auspices of the University of Nancy, at a time when the Saarland was partly autonomous and linked to France by economic and monetary union.萨尔大学于 1948 年 11 月在法国政府支持下、由南锡大学赞助创办，当时萨尔地区处于部分自治状态，并通过经济与货币联盟与法国相连。
• Its first rector, Jean Barriol, called the new institution the instrument of a truly European spirit, setting a European outlook that shaped its identity from the start.首任校长让·巴里奥尔（Jean Barriol）称这所新学府为「真正欧洲精神的工具」，由此确立了从一开始便塑造其身份的欧洲定位。
• In the same year 1948 the university introduced its first courses in law, philosophy and languages, taught by a bilingual German and French academic staff.同年 1948 年，该校开设了首批法学、哲学与语言课程，由德法双语学术人员授课。
• In 1950 the institution proclaimed itself a European University, becoming the second academic centre in Europe devoted to European history, politics and economic integration, after the College of Europe in Bruges.1950 年，该校自称「欧洲大学」，成为继比利时布鲁日的欧洲学院之后欧洲第二个以欧洲历史、政治与经济统合为研究核心的学术中心。
• The Europa-Institut, described as the crown and symbol of the university, was established in 1951 as a European politics and law think tank and still operates today.被誉为大学「皇冠与象征」的欧洲研究所（Europa-Institut）于 1951 年成立，作为欧洲政治与法律的智库并延续至今。
• In the 1950s Saarland University joined the Association of West-German Universities and accepted a more centralised organisational structure as the region moved towards reunification with West Germany.20 世纪 50 年代，该校加入西德大学协会，并随着萨尔地区走向与西德统一而采用更为集中化的组织架构。
• Following the Saarland's accession to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1957, the university was fully integrated into the West German higher education system and expanded its academic programmes.1957 年萨尔地区加入德意志联邦共和国之后，该校完全并入西德高等教育体系，并扩展了其学术课程。
• Over the following decades the university grew its faculties and research institutes and consolidated its separate medical campus at Homburg as a major centre for clinical research.在此后数十年间，该校不断扩展学院与研究机构，并把位于洪堡的独立医学园区发展为临床研究的重要中心。
• The Saarland Informatics Campus took shape from the 1980s, beginning with the founding of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, known as DFKI, in 1988.萨尔 Informatics 园区自 20 世纪 80 年代逐渐成形，其起点是 1988 年德国人工智能研究中心（DFKI）的成立。
• The Leibniz Center for Informatics at Schloss Dagstuhl was established in 1989 and the Max Planck Institute for Informatics followed in 1990, anchoring the university's computing profile.1989 年，位于达格斯图尔宫的莱布尼茨信息学中心成立，1990 年马克斯·普朗克信息学研究所随之设立，奠定了该校的计算学科优势。
• In 2000 the Center for Bioinformatics was founded, and in 2004 the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems was added to the growing cluster of computing institutes.2000 年生物信息学中心成立，2004 年马克斯·普朗克软件系统研究所又加入这一不断壮大的计算机构群。
• In 2007 the university was recognised as an excellence centre for computer science in Germany and received a Cluster of Excellence in Multimodal Computing and Interaction, which ran until 2019.2007 年，该校被认定为德国计算机科学的卓越中心，并获得「多模态计算与交互」卓越集群，该集群运行至 2019 年。
• A Graduate School of Computer Science was established in the same year 2007, strengthening doctoral training in the discipline.同年 2007 年，计算机科学研究生院成立，强化了该学科的博士培养。
• The CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security opened on campus in 2020, adding a national cybersecurity research institution to the Saarbrücken site.2020 年，CISPA 亥姆霍兹信息安全中心在校园设立，为萨尔布吕肯校区增添了一个国家级网络安全研究机构。
• In 2021 the German Federal Office for Information Security began operating a branch on the Saarbrücken campus, focused chiefly on the security of artificial intelligence systems.2021 年，德国联邦信息安全局在萨尔布吕肯校区设立分支机构，主要聚焦人工智能系统的安全。
• In 2022 the VIA Saarbrücken Research Center for Visual Computing Interaction and AI was established through a partnership between Google and the Max Planck Institute for Informatics.2022 年，VIA 萨尔布吕肯视觉计算交互与人工智能研究中心经谷歌与马克斯·普朗克信息学研究所合作成立。
• Ten academics have been honoured with the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, Germany's most important research award, while working at Saarland University.先后有十位学者在萨尔大学任职期间荣获德国最重要的研究奖项——戈特弗里德·威廉·莱布尼茨奖。
• In 2023 the university marked its 75th anniversary with ceremonies, concerts and exhibitions and published a commemorative volume of more than 400 pages on its history.2023 年，该校以庆典、音乐会与展览庆祝建校 75 周年，并出版了一部逾 400 页的校史纪念文集。
• Today Saarland University is led by President Ludger Santen and five vice-presidents responsible respectively for education, research, internationalisation, strategy and administration.如今，萨尔大学由校长卢德格·桑滕（Ludger Santen）与五位副校长领导，分别主管教学、科研、国际化、战略与行政。

Academics

• Saarland University is organised into six faculties covering law, medicine, mathematics and computer science, natural sciences and technology, humanities, and human and business sciences.萨尔大学设有六个学院，涵盖法学、医学、数学与计算机科学、自然科学与技术、人文学科以及人文与商业科学。
• In the 2024/25 winter semester about 16,300 students were enrolled, roughly 24 per cent of them international compared with a German average of about 17 per cent.2024/25 冬季学期该校注册学生约 16,300 人，其中约 24% 为国际学生，明显高于德国约 17% 的平均水平。
• The university employs 5,125 people, equivalent to about 3,360 full-time positions, among them 289 professors and junior professors.该校共有员工 5,125 人，约合 3,360 个全职岗位，其中包括 289 位教授与青年教授。
• A further 1,708 academic staff, 1,413 teaching and research assistants and 1,668 administrative and technical personnel support the university's teaching and research.此外还有 1,708 名学术人员、1,413 名教学与研究助理以及 1,668 名行政与技术员工支撑学校的教学与科研。
• The Saarland Informatics Campus integrates three departments, Computer Science, Mathematics, and Language Science and Technology, and hosts several major research institutes on one site.萨尔 Informatics 园区整合了计算机科学、数学与语言科学与技术三个系，并在同一园区汇聚了多家重要研究机构。
• In the 2024/25 winter semester 2,633 students were enrolled at the Saarland Informatics Campus, of whom 737 were women, or 28 per cent, and 1,291 were international students, or 49 per cent.2024/25 冬季学期，萨尔 Informatics 园区注册学生 2,633 人，其中女性 737 人、占 28%，国际学生 1,291 人、占 49%。
• Research institutes on the Saarbrücken site include the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, founded in 1990, the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems from 2004, DFKI from 1988 and CISPA from 2020.萨尔布吕肯校区的研究机构包括 1990 年成立的马克斯·普朗克信息学研究所、2004 年的马克斯·普朗克软件系统研究所、1988 年的 DFKI 与 2020 年的 CISPA。
• Further partners include the Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing IZFP, the Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering, the Leibniz Institute for New Materials and HIPS, the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland.其他合作机构包括弗劳恩霍夫无损检测研究所、弗劳恩霍夫生物医学工程研究所、莱布尼茨新材料研究所以及亥姆霍兹萨尔药物研究所（HIPS）。
• The Korea Institute of Science and Technology Europe, known as KIST Europe, also maintains a research society on the Saarbrücken campus.韩国科学技术研究院欧洲分院（KIST Europe）在萨尔布吕肯校区也设有研究机构。
• Bachelor's and master's programmes at the informatics campus include Bioinformatics, Business Informatics, Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, Cybersecurity, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, and Mathematics and Computer Science.该园区开设的本科与硕士项目包括生物信息学、商业信息学、计算机科学、计算语言学、网络安全、数据科学与人工智能以及数学与计算机科学。
• Doctoral training is supported by the Saarbrücken Graduate School of Computer Science, the Max Planck Graduate Center and the International Max Planck Research School on Trustworthy Computing.博士培养由萨尔布吕肯计算机科学研究生院、马克斯·普朗克研究生中心以及国际马克斯·普朗克可信计算研究院支持。
• The university partners with 550 higher education institutions in 52 countries, and international students made up about 23 per cent of enrolment in the 2024/25 winter semester.该校与 52 个国家的 550 所高等院校建立合作，2024/25 冬季学期国际学生约占注册总数的 23%。
• The university hospital in Homburg is the teaching hospital of the Faculty of Medicine and medicine, nano technology and European law are among the university's recognised research strengths, with the hospital serving the whole of the Saarland region.洪堡的大学医院是医学院的教学医院，而医学、纳米技术与欧洲法都是该校公认的研究强项，该医院亦服务于整个萨尔州地区。
• Saarland University participates in the German EXIST initiative for research-based start-ups and launched a specialised Triathlon programme in 2023 to support student entrepreneurship and technology transfer.萨尔大学参与德国 EXIST 科研创业计划，并于 2023 年推出专门的 Triathlon 项目，支持学生创业与技术转移。
• Language courses at the university are free for all students, and the centre for International Students coordinates support and events for international students.该校的语言课程对所有学生免费开放，国际学生中心则负责统筹面向国际学生的支持与活动。
• Research in law, European relations, politics and computer science is concentrated in faculties supported by institutes such as the Europa-Institut, which offers postgraduate programmes in European law and integration.法学、欧洲关系、政治学与计算机科学的研究集中于各学院，并由欧洲研究所等机构支撑，后者开设欧洲法与欧洲一体化方向的研究生课程。

Campus

• Saarland University has two main sites, the Saarbrücken campus and the medical campus in Homburg, and its main Saarbrücken campus occupies a wooded slope on the outskirts of the state capital.萨尔大学有两个主要校区，即萨尔布吕肯校区与洪堡医学园区；萨尔布吕肯主校区位于州首府市郊的一处林木覆盖的缓坡之上。
• The Saarbrücken campus hosts the faculties of law and economics, humanities, natural sciences and technology, and mathematics and computer science together with the human and business sciences.萨尔布吕肯校区设有法学与经济、人文、自然科学与技术、数学与计算机科学以及人文与商业科学等学院。
• The Homburg campus houses the Faculty of Medicine and the university hospital, which concentrates more than 100 clinic buildings across more than 200 hectares south of the town centre.洪堡校区设有医学院与大学医院，大学医院在镇中心以南超过 200 公顷的范围内集中了 100 多座临床建筑。
• Academic buildings and major research institutes cluster together on the Saarbrücken site, forming the Saarland Informatics Campus alongside institutes such as DFKI, CISPA and the Max Planck institutes.萨尔布吕肯校区的教学建筑与重要研究机构集中分布，与 DFKI、CISPA 及马克斯·普朗克各研究所共同构成萨尔 Informatics 园区。
• The Studierendenwerk in Saarland provides four public dormitories for students, named Waldhaus, Rotenberg, Wohnheim E and Guckelsberg.萨尔学生服务中心为学生提供四座公共宿舍，分别名为 Waldhaus、Rotenberg、Wohnheim E 与 Guckelsberg。
• The university offers sports courses through Hochschulsport and free language courses, and student bodies and university institutions regularly organise events on campus.该校通过大学体育（Hochschulsport）开设体育课程并提供免费语言课程，学生组织与校内机构也常在校园举办活动。
• The centre for International Students coordinates a wide range of events aimed at international students and offers mentorship, career workshops and social and academic activities.国际学生中心统筹面向国际学生的各类活动，并提供导师计划、职业工作坊以及社交与学术活动。
• The campus sits within the trinational Saar-Lor-Lux region close to the French and Luxembourg borders, reflecting the university's cross-border European character.校区位于德法卢三国交界的萨尔-洛林-卢森堡地区，靠近法国与卢森堡边境，体现了该校跨境的欧洲特质。
• Its central locations and institutes are linked to the wider region by the Saarbrücken transport network, and the Saarland University Hospital has its own site in Homburg with dedicated clinic buildings and research facilities.该校的各处校址与机构通过萨尔布吕肯的交通网络与更广区域相连，萨尔大学医院则在洪堡拥有自带临床建筑与研究设施的独立院区。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Saarland University is placed 588th in the world, the figure it uses in its current institutional profile.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，萨尔大学位列全球第 588 位，这是其当前机构简介所采用的数字。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place Saarland University in the 401-450 band globally.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名把萨尔大学列入全球 401 至 450 区间。
• In the U.S. News Best Global Universities edition of 2026-2027 Saarland University is ranked 1,203rd in the world.在 2026 至 2027 年版美国新闻最佳全球大学排名中，萨尔大学位列世界第 1,203 位。^[1]
• The Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026 places Saarland University in the 401-500 band worldwide.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名将萨尔大学列入全球 401 至 500 区间。
• In the QS World University Rankings of 2024 the university was placed 600th globally and 35th nationally, while ARWU 2024 placed it in the 401-500 band and 30th to 35th in Germany.在 2024 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校位列全球第 600、德国国内第 35；2024 年软科排名则将其列入全球 401 至 500 区间、德国第 30 至 35 位。
• In the 2024 CWTS Leiden Ranking Saarland University was ranked 36th in Germany in Mathematics and Computer Science by scientific impact, based on publication counts and citation shares.在 2024 年 CWTS 莱顿排名中，萨尔大学以论文数量与被引比重衡量的科研影响力在德国数学与计算机科学领域位列第 36 位。
• In the DFG Funding Report 2024, which covers grants from 2020 to 2022, the university ranked 25th in Germany in engineering, where computer science is one of its strongest disciplines.在涵盖 2020 至 2022 年资助的 2024 年德国研究联合会（DFG）资助报告中，该校在工程领域位列德国第 25 位，计算机科学正是其最强学科之一。
• In the Gründungsradar 2025 survey by the Stifterverband, Saarland University ranked 2nd among 48 German universities for supporting research spin-offs and start-up activity.在施蒂弗特协会 2025 年「创业雷达」调查中，萨尔大学在支持科研成果转化与创业活动方面位列 48 所德国大学中的第 2 位。
• OpenAlex attributes 73,655 research works and 4,897,988 citations to Saarland University, and ten academics have won the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize while working there, with publications spanning computer science, medicine, materials science and European law.OpenAlex 为萨尔大学收录 73,655 篇研究成果、被引 4,897,988 次，且有十位学者在该校任职期间获得莱布尼茨奖，其论文横跨计算机科学、医学、材料科学与欧洲法。

Student life

• Saarland University has no formal motto, and its identity rests on its 1948 foundation and its self-description as a European university with a bilingual German and French tradition that links it to both German and French academic cultures.萨尔大学没有正式校训，其身份认同依托于 1948 年创校的历史以及作为德法双语欧洲大学的自我定位，这一传统把它与德国和法国的学术文化联系起来。
• Students are housed in four public dormitories run by the Studierendenwerk, namely Waldhaus, Rotenberg, Wohnheim E and Guckelsberg, and the Studierendenwerk also runs canteens and offers housing advice.学生住宿由学生服务中心运营的四座公共宿舍承担，即 Waldhaus、Rotenberg、Wohnheim E 与 Guckelsberg，学生服务中心还运营食堂并提供住宿咨询。
• Free language courses open to all students reflect the bilingual German and French tradition that has defined the university since its foundation.面向全体学生的免费语言课程，体现出该校自创校以来的德法双语传统。
• Sports courses offered under Hochschulsport range across team sports, fitness and outdoor activities and are available to students of all faculties.大学体育开设的体育课程涵盖团队运动、健身与户外活动，面向所有学院的学生开放。
• The Computer Science Students' Representative Council is elected annually by informatics students and organises social events, introductory events and services such as a free printer.计算机科学学生代表委员会由信息学学生每年选举产生，组织社交活动、新生导引活动并提供免费打印等服务。
• Student organisations and university bodies regularly organise events on the Saarbrücken campus, while the centre for International Students coordinates activities aimed at international students.学生组织与校级机构常在萨尔布吕肯校区举办活动，国际学生中心则统筹面向国际学生的各项活动。
• The university provides a mentorship programme, career workshops and academic and social events to help students integrate and build professional networks.该校提供导师计划、职业工作坊以及学术与社交活动，帮助学生融入校园并建立职业网络。
• The Saarland Informatics Campus brings students, researchers and companies into close contact, giving computing students direct access to institutes such as DFKI, the Max Planck institutes and CISPA.萨尔 Informatics 园区让学生、研究人员与企业紧密接触，使计算机专业学生得以直接接触 DFKI、马克斯·普朗克各研究所与 CISPA 等机构。
• The university marks the anniversary of its November 1948 opening each year with academic ceremonies and events that connect students, staff and the wider region.该校每年以学术庆典与活动纪念 1948 年 11 月的建校日，把学生、教职员与更广区域联系起来。

Notable people

• Jean Barriol served as the first rector of Saarland University in 1948 and described the young institution as the instrument of a truly European spirit.让·巴里奥尔（Jean Barriol）于 1948 年出任萨尔大学首任校长，并把这所年轻学府称为「真正欧洲精神的工具」。
• Ralf Dahrendorf (1929–2009), the sociologist and politician, studied and taught at Saarland University and later served as a European Commissioner.社会学家与政治人物拉尔夫·达伦多夫（Ralf Dahrendorf，1929 至 2009 年）曾在萨尔大学求学与任教，后出任欧盟委员。
• Oskar Lafontaine, born in 1943, former Minister-President of Saarland and briefly Federal Minister of Finance, is counted among the university's alumni.1943 年出生的奥斯卡·拉方丹（Oskar Lafontaine）曾任萨尔州州长并短暂担任联邦财政部长，也是该校校友。
• Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, born in 1962, former Minister-President of Saarland and a former leader of the CDU, studied at the university.1962 年出生的安内格雷特·克兰普-卡伦鲍尔（Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer）曾任萨尔州州长与基民盟领袖，曾就读于该校。
• Peter Altmaier, the CDU politician born in 1958 and a former Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, is a graduate of the university.1958 年出生的基民盟政治人物彼得·阿尔特迈尔（Peter Altmaier）曾任联邦经济与能源部长，是该校毕业生。
• Heiko Maas, the SPD politician born in 1966 and a former Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, is also an alumnus of Saarland University.1966 年出生的社民党政治人物海科·马斯（Heiko Maas）曾任联邦外交部长，也是萨尔大学校友。
• Anke Rehlinger, born in 1976 and Minister-President of Saarland since 2022, studied law at Saarland University.1976 年出生、自 2022 年起任萨尔州州长的安克·雷林格（Anke Rehlinger）曾在萨尔大学攻读法学。
• Matthias Maurer, the materials scientist and European Space Agency astronaut born in 1980, is an alumnus of the university.1980 年出生的材料科学家、欧洲空间局宇航员马蒂亚斯·毛雷尔（Matthias Maurer）是该校校友。
• August-Wilhelm Scheer, the scientist and entrepreneur born in 1941 and founder of the software firm IDS Scheer, is associated with the university.1941 年出生的科学家与企业家、软件公司 IDS Scheer 创始人奥古斯特-威廉·舍尔（August-Wilhelm Scheer）与该校有所关联。
• Chen Weizuo, a professor of law at Tsinghua University and director of its centre for private international law and comparative law, is an alumnus of Saarland University.清华大学法学院教授、国际私法与比较法研究中心主任陈卫佐也是萨尔大学的校友。
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize winners while working at Saarland University include Johannes Buchmann in 1993 for information theory, Hans-Peter Seidel in 2003 for computer graphics and Rolf Müller in 2021 for biotechnology.在萨尔大学任职期间获得莱布尼茨奖的学者包括 1993 年因信息论获奖的约翰内斯·布赫曼（Johannes Buchmann）、2003 年因计算机图形学获奖的汉斯-彼得·赛德尔（Hans-Peter Seidel）与 2021 年因生物技术获奖的罗尔夫·米勒（Rolf Müller）。
• Among the university's other distinguished alumni are Susanne Albers, the computer scientist born in 1965, and Raimund Seidel, the professor who serves as one of its vice-presidents.该校其他知名校友还包括 1965 年出生的计算机科学家苏珊娜·阿尔伯斯（Susanne Albers），以及担任副校长之一的信息学教授雷蒙德·赛德尔（Raimund Seidel）。