Saint Louis University

Saint Louis University, commonly known as SLU, is a private Jesuit research university in the city of St. Louis in the state of Missouri, United States.圣路易斯大学（Saint Louis University）通称 SLU，是位于美国密苏里州圣路易斯市的一所私立耶稣会研究型大学。

Founded on 16 November 1818 by Louis William Valentine DuBourg, Bishop of Louisiana and the Floridas, it is the oldest university west of the Mississippi River and one of the oldest Jesuit universities in the United States.该校由路易斯安那暨佛罗里达主教路易·威廉·瓦朗坦·杜堡于 1818 年 11 月 16 日创办，是密西西比河以西历史最悠久的大学，也是美国最早的耶稣会大学之一。

The university has 13,307 students from all 50 states and 100 countries, 2,100 faculty members, a student to faculty ratio of 9 to 1, and in the QS World University Rankings 2027 it is placed in the 1001-1200 band.该校有来自全美 50 个州与 100 个国家的 13307 名学生，2100 名教师，师生比为 1 比 9，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 1001-1200 位。

History

• Saint Louis University traces its origins to the Saint Louis Academy, founded on 16 November 1818 by Louis William Valentine DuBourg, Bishop of Louisiana and the Floridas.圣路易斯大学源自 1818 年 11 月 16 日由路易斯安那暨佛罗里达主教路易·威廉·瓦朗坦·杜堡创办的圣路易学院。

• The academy was placed under the charge of François Niel and other secular clergy attached to the Saint Louis Cathedral, and its first location was a private residence near the Mississippi River.该校最初由弗朗索瓦·尼埃尔及圣路易主教座堂的其他教区神职人员负责，最早的校址是密西西比河畔的一处私人住宅。

• The first building was a two-storey structure for 65 students, who used Bishop DuBourg's personal library of 8,000 volumes for its printed materials.第一座校舍是一座两层建筑，供 65 名学生使用，他们以杜堡主教的 8000 卷私人藏书作为读物。

• In 1820 the name Saint Louis Academy was changed to Saint Louis College, while the secondary school division remained Saint Louis Academy, now known as St. Louis University High School.1820 年圣路易学院更名为圣路易书院，其中学部仍沿用圣路易学院之名，即今日的圣路易斯大学附属高中。

• In 1827 Bishop DuBourg placed Saint Louis College in the care of the Society of Jesus, and the college soon received its charter as a university by act of the Missouri Legislature.1827 年杜堡主教将圣路易书院交由耶稣会管理，该书院不久便依密苏里州议会法案获得大学特许状。

• Peter Verhaegen, the first Jesuit president of Saint Louis College, was a key leader in building Catholicism in the West from his arrival in 1823 until his death in 1853.圣路易书院首位耶稣会院长彼得·费尔哈根自 1823 年到任至 1853 年去世期间，是在美国西部建设天主教事业的关键领袖。

• In 1829 the new university moved its campus to Washington Avenue and Ninth, the present site of America's Center.1829 年这所新大学将校区迁至华盛顿大道与第九街交汇处，即今日的「美国中心」所在地。

• In 1852 the university and its teaching priests were the subject of an anti-Catholic novel, The Mysteries of St. Louis, written by the newspaper editor Henry Boernstein.1852 年该校及其任教神父成为报人亨利·伯恩斯坦所著反天主教小说《圣路易之谜》的描写对象。

• In 1867, after the American Civil War, the university purchased Lindell's Grove in what is now Midtown and moved to the site of today's north campus.1867 年美国内战后，该校购入了今中城区所在的林德尔林地，并迁往今日北校区所在的校址。

• Construction of the first building on the new campus, DuBourg Hall, began in 1888, and the college officially moved to the new location in 1889.新校区首座建筑杜堡楼的建造始于 1888 年，学院于 1889 年正式迁入新址。

• Construction of the new St. Francis Xavier College Church began on 8 June 1884, and the upper church was completed in 1898.新的圣方济各沙勿略学院教堂于 1884 年 6 月 8 日动工，其上部教堂于 1898 年竣工。

• In 1944 Saint Louis University opened its doors to African Americans after its president secured approval, following a homily by Claude Heithaus, a professor of classical archaeology.1944 年该校向非裔美国人敞开大门，此前校长取得批准，而古典考古学教授克洛德·海特豪斯的一篇讲道更是直接促成此事。

• In 1967 Saint Louis University became one of the first Catholic universities to give laypeople more power over the affairs of the school, shifting the board to an 18 to 10 majority of laypeople.1967 年该校成为最早赋予俗世人士更大校务权力的天主教大学之一，理事会遂转为俗世成员以 18 比 10 占多数。

• From 1985 to 1992 the chairman of the Board of Trustees was William H. T. Bush, the younger brother of President George H. W. Bush, who also taught classes at the school.1985 至 1992 年理事会主席为威廉·H·T·布什，即总统乔治·H·W·布什的弟弟，他也曾在该校授课。

• The university sold its hospital to Tenet Healthcare in 1997, and in 2015 the SSM Health system assumed operation of Saint Louis University Hospital, with renovations completed in 2020.该校于 1997 年将附属医院售予泰尼特医疗，2015 年 SSM 医疗系统接手运营圣路易斯大学医院，翻新工程于 2020 年完成。

• In 2016 the institution revealed the names and stories of Black Americans who had been enslaved by the university and its founders and who had contributed to the building of the institution.2016 年校方公布了曾被该校及其创办人蓄为奴隶、并为学校建设作出贡献的非裔美国人的姓名与经历。

• The university celebrated its bicentenary in 2018, marking two hundred years since the founding of the Saint Louis Academy.该校于 2018 年庆祝建校两百周年，纪念圣路易学院创办以来的两个世纪。

• In the autumn of 2020 the university opened a new Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building, a 90,000 square foot, three-storey facility that was renamed the Sinquefield Science and Engineering Center in 2025.2020 年秋该校启用新的跨学科科学与工程大楼，这是一座 9 万平方英尺的三层建筑，并于 2025 年更名为辛克菲尔德科学与工程中心。

• In 2022 Saint Louis University opened a new 25-bedroom residence for Jesuits living and working on campus, replacing Jesuit Hall, which had housed Jesuits since 1973.2022 年该校启用一座拥有 25 间卧室的新会院，供在校生活与工作的耶稣会士居住，取代了自 1973 年以来作为会士住所的耶稣会堂。

• The university was the first institution of higher learning west of the Mississippi River, and it later recorded many national firsts, including the first medical school and the first law school west of the Mississippi.该校是密西西比河以西第一所高等学府，其后又创下诸多全国性第一，包括密西西比河以西第一所医学院与第一所法学院。

Academics

• Saint Louis University offers 91 bachelor's degree programmes and 125 master's and doctoral programmes, and its student to faculty ratio is 9 to 1.圣路易斯大学开设 91 个学士学位项目与 125 个硕士与博士项目，其师生比为 1 比 9。

• The university operates twelve schools and colleges, spanning the arts and sciences, philosophy and letters, health sciences, medicine, nursing, public health, social work, business, education, law, science and engineering.该校下辖十二个学院，涵盖文理、哲学与文学、健康科学、医学、护理、公共卫生、社会工作、商科、教育、法律、科学与工程等领域。

• Its schools and degree-granting units include the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Philosophy and Letters, the Doisy College of Health Sciences, the School of Medicine, the Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing, and the Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business.其学院与学位授予单位包括文理学院、哲学与文学学院、多伊西健康科学学院、医学院、特鲁迪·布施·瓦伦丁护理学院，以及理查德·A·切费茨商学院。

• The university also operates the School of Law, the School of Education, the School of Science and Engineering, the School for Professional Studies, and the College for Public Health and Social Justice, together with a Center for Advanced Dental Education.该校还设有法学院、教育学院、科学与工程学院、专业进修学院，以及公共卫生与社会正义学院，并设有高级牙科教育中心。

• Saint Louis University's School of Law, founded in 1843, is the oldest law school west of the Mississippi River.圣路易斯大学法学院创办于 1843 年，是密西西比河以西历史最悠久的法学院。

• The university has 2,100 faculty members, and it granted 5,074 degrees during the previous academic year.该校有 2100 名教师，上一学年共授予 5074 个学位。

• In 2018 the university established the Saint Louis University Research Institute through a 50 million dollar gift from Rex Sinquefield and his wife Jeanne.2018 年该校借雷克斯·辛克菲尔德及其妻子珍妮捐出的 5000 万美元设立了圣路易斯大学研究院。

• Saint Louis University is one of only nine Catholic universities with a higher or highest research activity designation from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.该校是美国仅有的九所获卡内基高等教育机构分类「高」或「最高」研究活动等级的天主教大学之一。

• The university's research spans science, technology, law and the humanities, and is funded by the federal government, private foundations and partnerships.该校科研横跨科学、技术、法律与人文学科，经费来自联邦政府、私人基金会与合作项目。

• In 2025 the university received 65.1 million dollars in external research support.2025 年该校获得 6510 万美元的校外科研资助。

• The Edward A. Doisy Research Center, completed in 2007, is a ten-storey building with 80 laboratories used in the development of vaccines and in research on cancer and liver disease.2007 年落成的爱德华·A·多伊西研究中心是一座十层建筑，设有 80 间实验室，用于疫苗研发以及癌症与肝病研究。

• The university's Madrid campus, established in 1967 by Raymond L. Sullivant, has nearly 1,000 students from more than 70 countries, a faculty of 125, and a student to faculty ratio of 12 to 1.该校于 1967 年由雷蒙德·L·萨利文特在马德里设立的分校区有来自 70 多个国家的近 1000 名学生、125 名教师，师生比为 1 比 12。

• The Madrid campus is integrated with the university's St. Louis programmes and can accommodate some form of study abroad experience for all of its undergraduate majors.马德里校区与该校圣路易斯的课程相互衔接，可为全部本科专业提供某种形式的海外学习体验。

• The university's measurable research output, as recorded by OpenAlex, comprises 61,804 scholarly works that together have attracted 4,213,564 citations.据 OpenAlex 收录，该校可量化科研产出为 61804 篇学术著作，累计获得 4213564 次被引。

• The university maintains a College for Public Health and Social Justice and a School of Social Work, reflecting its Jesuit commitment to service and social justice.该校设有公共卫生与社会正义学院及社会工作学院，体现其耶稣会服务与社会正义的办学宗旨。

• The university's academic programme is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, and it is classified as an R1 doctoral university with very high research activity.该校的学术项目获高等教育委员会认证，并被归类为研究活动极高的 R1 级博士型大学。

Campus

• Saint Louis University's campus in Midtown St. Louis extends over about 273 acres and contains 129 buildings, split between two locations along Grand Boulevard.圣路易斯大学位于该市中城区的校区占地约 273 英亩，有 129 座建筑，分列于格兰德大道两侧的两处地点。

• The north campus, or Frost Campus, lies just north of Interstate 64 and is the site of most undergraduate learning and of the university's residence halls.北校区又称弗罗斯特校区，位于 64 号州际公路以北，是多数本科教学与校内宿舍的所在地。

• The north and south campuses lie along Grand Boulevard and are linked by university transport, with most undergraduate teaching on the north campus and most health science instruction on the south campus.南北校区沿格兰德大道分布并由校车相连，多数本科教学在北校区，多数健康科学教学在南校区。

• The south campus, just south of Chouteau Avenue, is the site of Saint Louis University Hospital, the Doisy Research Center, and some athletic facilities, and most health science instruction takes place there.南校区位于舒托大道以南，是圣路易斯大学医院、多伊西研究中心与部分体育设施的所在地，多数健康科学教学在此进行。

• The Saint Louis University School of Law is located in downtown St. Louis in Scott Hall, which the university bought and renovated between 2012 and 2013.圣路易斯大学法学院位于市中心的斯科特楼，该校于 2012 至 2013 年间购入并翻新了该建筑。

• St. Francis Xavier College Church, at the corner of Grand Boulevard and Lindell Boulevard, was built between 1888 and 1894 by the architect Thomas Walsh and was the first English-speaking parish in the city of St. Louis.圣方济各沙勿略学院教堂位于格兰德大道与林德尔大道的街角，由建筑师托马斯·沃尔什于 1888 至 1894 年间建造，是圣路易斯市第一个英语教区。

• The university's clock tower, built in 1993, closes off the campus from West Pine Avenue, and the surrounding plaza was renamed the Joseph G. Lipic Clock Tower Plaza in 2011.该校的钟楼建于 1993 年，将校园与西松大道相隔，其周边广场于 2011 年更名为约瑟夫·G·利皮克钟楼广场。

• The Chaifetz Arena, built in 2008, is a 10,600-seat stadium on the eastern end of the north campus and is named for the alumnus Richard Chaifetz.2008 年建成的切费茨体育馆是一座拥有 10600 个座位的场馆，位于北校区东端，以校友理查德·切费茨命名。

• The Pius XII Memorial Library on the north campus houses more than 2.2 million books and e-books, and within it is the Knights of Columbus Vatican Film Library, which holds microfilm of manuscripts from the Vatican Library.北校区的庇护十二世纪念图书馆藏有 220 余万册图书与电子书，馆内还设有哥伦布骑士会梵蒂冈胶片图书馆，收藏梵蒂冈图书馆手稿的缩微胶片。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Saint Louis 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，圣路易斯大学位列第 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 601-650 band.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校位列第 601-650 位。

• In the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking Saint Louis University stands at 668 in the world.在 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中，圣路易斯大学位居世界第 668 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 U.S. News rankings, 12 of Saint Louis University's graduate and undergraduate programmes are ranked among the top 50 in the United States, including the No. 1 health law programme.在 US News 排名中，该校有 12 个研究生与本科项目跻身全美前 50，其中健康法项目位列全美第一。

• Saint Louis University is ranked No. 52 on the U.S. News 2026 list of Best Value Schools, having received the best-value designation for nine consecutive years.圣路易斯大学在 2026 年 US News「最具性价比学校」榜单中排名第 52 位，已连续九年获得该项认定。

• The university's measurable research output, as recorded by OpenAlex, is 61,804 works with 4,213,564 citations, among the largest totals for a Catholic university in the United States.据 OpenAlex 收录，该校可量化科研产出为 61804 篇文献与 4213564 次被引，在美国天主教大学中属于总量最大者之列。

• Edward Adelbert Doisy, a long-time faculty member at the university, shared the 1943 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on Vitamin K, and the university's research centre is named after him.该校资深教师爱德华·阿德尔伯特·多伊西因在维生素 K 方面的研究获得 1943 年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖，学校的研究中心即以他命名。

• Saint Louis University is one of the oldest and most prestigious Catholic universities in the United States, and it is ranked among the top Jesuit universities in the country.圣路易斯大学是美国最古老且最具声望的天主教大学之一，在美国耶稣会大学中位居前列。

• The university's employer and alumni networks support strong outcomes, with more than 137,000 alumni living in all 50 states and 154 countries.该校的雇主与校友网络支撑其良好就业成果，逾 13.7 万名校友分布在全美 50 个州与 154 个国家。

Student life

• Saint Louis University has a residency requirement under which students live on campus for their first four semesters unless they commute from the St. Louis metropolitan area.圣路易斯大学规定学生在前四个学期住校，除非其从圣路易斯都会区通勤往返。

• In fall 2023, 3,895 students lived on campus, including 89 per cent of first-year students.2023 年秋季有 3895 名学生住校，其中包括 89% 的一年级学生。

• The university has over 215 student organisations, and its students ranked third among U.S. universities in community engagement in 2023.该校有逾 215 个学生组织，其学生在 2023 年的社区参与度于全美高校中位居第三。

• The university's service-learning programme draws on more than 500 partner organisations and offers over 180 community-engagement courses.该校的服务学习项目依托 500 多个合作机构，开设逾 180 门社区参与课程。

• In 2023-24, 92 per cent of all students received aid, with an average aid award for freshmen of 45,343 dollars, and 43 per cent of students graduated without student loan debt.2023 至 2024 学年有 92% 的学生获得资助，新生平均资助额为 45343 美元，43% 的学生在无学生贷款负债的情况下毕业。

• The university has more than 20 fraternities and sororities on campus as part of its Greek life.该校校园内设有 20 多个兄弟会与姐妹会，构成其希腊式社团生活。

• The Billikens, the university's athletic teams, compete in NCAA Division I as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference in 18 sports including basketball, soccer and field hockey.该校运动队「比利肯队」作为大西洋十校联盟成员参加 NCAA 一级联赛，涵盖篮球、足球与曲棍球等 18 个运动项目。

• In 2023 the women's basketball team made its first trip to the NCAA Tournament.2023 年该校女子篮球队首次闯入 NCAA 锦标赛。

• The university's mascot is the Billiken, a symbol of things as they ought to be who also brings good luck, and its fight song is 「When the Saints Go Marching In」.该校吉祥物为「比利肯」，象征事物应然之状并被视为带来好运，其助威歌曲为「When the Saints Go Marching In」。

Notable people

• Louis William Valentine DuBourg, Bishop of Louisiana and the Floridas, founded the Saint Louis Academy on 16 November 1818, the institution from which the university grew.路易斯安那暨佛罗里达主教路易·威廉·瓦朗坦·杜堡于 1818 年 11 月 16 日创办圣路易学院，该校即由此发展而来。

• Peter Verhaegen, the first Jesuit president of Saint Louis College, led the school from his arrival in 1823 until his death in 1853 and established its medical department.圣路易书院首位耶稣会院长彼得·费尔哈根自 1823 年到任至 1853 年去世期间主持校务，并设立了该校的医学部。

• Claude Heithaus, a professor of classical archaeology, delivered a homily accusing the university of immoral behaviour in its segregation policies, contributing to the admission of African Americans in 1944.古典考古学教授克洛德·海特豪斯曾发表讲道，指责本校的种族隔离政策不道德，推动了 1944 年对非裔美国人的录取。

• Edward Adelbert Doisy, a long-time faculty member, shared the 1943 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the lifesaving properties of Vitamin K.资深教师爱德华·阿德尔伯特·多伊西因发现维生素 K 的救命功效而分享 1943 年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖。

• Edward Feser became the 34th president of Saint Louis University on 1 July 2025, following a national search.爱德华·费瑟经全国遴选后于 2025 年 7 月 1 日出任圣路易斯大学第 34 任校长。

• Enrique Bolaños, a graduate who earned his bachelor's degree in 1962, served as President of Nicaragua.1962 年取得学士学位的毕业生恩里克·博拉尼奥斯曾任尼加拉瓜总统。

• Eugene Kranz, a graduate who served as a NASA flight director during the Gemini and Apollo programmes, helped lead the Apollo 13 mission safely back to Earth.毕业生尤金·克兰兹曾在双子星与阿波罗计划期间担任美国国家航空航天局飞行主任，参与引导阿波罗 13 号安全返回地球。

• James Gunn, a graduate of the class of 1992, is a filmmaker known for Guardians of the Galaxy and Superman and delivered the university's 2026 commencement address.1992 届毕业生詹姆斯·古恩是一位电影人，以《银河护卫队》与《超人》闻名，并担任该校 2026 年毕业典礼演讲人。

• Freeman Bosley Jr., a graduate of the university, became the first African American mayor of the city of St. Louis.该校毕业生弗里曼·博斯利成为圣路易斯市首位非裔美国人市长。

• David Barrett, a graduate who earned a master's degree in social work in 1956, served as Premier of British Columbia in Canada from 1972 to 1975.1956 年取得社会工作硕士学位的毕业生戴维·巴雷特于 1972 至 1975 年任加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省省长。

• William H. T. Bush, chairman of the Board of Trustees from 1985 to 1992 and the younger brother of President George H. W. Bush, also taught classes at the university.威廉·H·T·布什于 1985 至 1992 年任理事会主席，是总统乔治·H·W·布什的弟弟，他也曾在该校授课。