Savitribai Phule Pune University

Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), formerly the University of Pune, is a public state university in Pune, Maharashtra, India, established on 10 February 1949 under the Pune University Act of 1948, and it is placed in the 791-800 band of the 2027 QS World University Rankings.萨维特里拜·普莱浦那大学（SPPU）原名浦那大学，是印度马哈拉施特拉邦浦那的公立邦立大学，依 1948 年《浦那大学法》于 1949 年 2 月 10 日成立，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中处于 791-800 区间。

Its 411-acre campus at Ganeshkhind houses 46 academic departments and supports about 307 recognised research institutes and 612 affiliated colleges offering graduate and undergraduate courses.其位于加内什欣德的 411 英亩校园设 46 个学术系，并支撑约 307 个认可研究所与 612 所附属学院，开设研究生与本科课程。

Its OpenAlex record lists 35,811 research works and 1,144,306 citations, and the university was ranked 12th nationally in the National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2022.其 OpenAlex 记录列有研究成果 35,811 项、被引 1,144,306 次；该校在 2022 年国家机构排名框架中列全国第 12。

History

• The University of Pune was established on 10 February 1949 under the Pune University Act, passed by the Bombay legislature in 1948, as a state university for western Maharashtra.浦那大学依 1948 年孟买立法会通过的《浦那大学法》，于 1949 年 2 月 10 日成立，为西马哈拉施特拉邦立大学。

• M. R. Jayakar, a lawyer and freedom-movement figure, became the university's first vice-chancellor, giving the young institution its founding leadership.律师、自由运动人物 M·R·贾亚卡尔出任首任副校长，为这所年轻的学府奠定领导基础。

• The university's first office opened at the Nizam Guest House, part of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute on Law College Road, where it operated until 1 June 1949.学校的最初办公地设在尼扎姆宾馆——法律学院路班达卡尔东方研究所的一部分，办学至 1949 年 6 月 1 日。

• Its present main building was originally the Governor House, the seasonal retreat of the Governor of Bombay, before being transferred to the university.其如今的主楼原为「总督府」——孟买总督的季节性住所，后移交大学使用。

• B. G. Kher, Chief Minister and Education Minister of the Government of Bombay, ensured the university received a large land allocation for its campus.孟买政府首席部长兼教育部长 B·G·凯尔促成大学获得大片土地用于校园建设。

• The university was allocated more than 411 acres at Ganeshkhind, one of the largest university campuses in western India.大学在加内什欣德获批 411 英亩以上土地，是印度西部最大的大学校园之一。

• Teaching began with a modest set of departments in the humanities and sciences, expanding through the 1950s and 1960s as Maharashtra's higher-education demand grew.教学从人文与理科的少量系起步，随着马哈拉施特拉邦高教需求增长在 1950 与 1960 年代持续扩张。

• The affiliated-college system made the university the examining and degree-granting body for hundreds of colleges across western Maharashtra.附属学院体系使该校成为西马哈拉施特拉邦数百所学院的考试与学位授予机构。

• Research departments in physics, chemistry, mathematics and the humanities developed national reputations through the postwar decades.物理、化学、数学与人文学科的研究系在战后数十年间树立起全国声誉。

• In 2014 the institution was renamed Savitribai Phule Pune University on 9 August, honouring the nineteenth-century social reformer Savitribai Phule.2014 年 8 月 9 日，学校更名萨维特里拜·普莱浦那大学，以纪念十九世纪社会改革家萨维特里拜·普莱。

• Savitribai Phule was a pioneering teacher and campaigner for women's and Dalit education in Maharashtra, and the renaming linked the university to her reform legacy.萨维特里拜·普莱是马哈拉施特拉邦女性与达利特教育的先驱教师与倡导者，更名把大学与她的改革遗产相连。

• Her husband Jyotirao Phule, the nineteenth-century social reformer, founded schools for girls and lower-caste students whose legacy the university's access mission echoes.其夫乔蒂拉奥·普莱是十九世纪社会改革家，为女童与低种姓学生创办学校，其遗产在大学的入学便利使命中回响。

• The university's science departments expanded into nanotechnology, biotechnology and materials research through the 2000s and 2010s.2000 与 2010 年代，学校的理科系扩展到纳米技术、生物技术与材料研究。

• National research funding supported centres in nanoscience and quantum technologies, drawing postgraduate students from across India.国家科研经费支持纳米科学与量子技术领域的研究中心，吸引印度各地的研究生。

• The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, established in 1988 with the university's involvement, became a national centre for astronomy research.1988 年在大学参与下设立的大学间天文与天体物理中心，成为全国性的天文学研究中心。

• In the 2010s the university strengthened its industry linkages, supporting Maharashtra's automotive, information technology and pharmaceutical sectors.2010 年代，学校强化产业联系，支撑马哈拉施特拉邦的汽车、信息技术与制药产业。

• The 2022 NIRF ranking placed the university 12th in India, its strongest national position, reflecting its research and teaching profile.2022 年 NIRF 排名将该校列于印度第 12，为其最强的全国座次，反映其研究与教学实力。

• The university's jurisdiction covers Pune, Nashik and Ahmednagar districts, making it one of India's largest affiliating university systems by college count.其辖区覆盖浦那、纳西克与艾哈迈德讷格尔地区，按附属学院数量是印度最大的附属型大学体系之一。

• Distance and online education programmes extend the university's degrees to working learners across Maharashtra through approved centres.远程与在线教育项目通过认可中心，把学位延伸到马哈拉施特拉邦各地的在职学习者。

• By the 2020s the campus combined historic colonial-era buildings with modern research blocks, housing one of India's leading state university systems.到 2020 年代，校园把殖民时期的历史建筑与现代研究楼群结合，承载印度领先的邦立大学体系之一。

• The university maintained its role as a degree-granting umbrella for affiliated colleges while expanding its own postgraduate and doctoral teaching.该校在扩展自身研究生与博士教学的同时，保持作为附属学院学位授予总机构的角色。

• After Shivaji University was established in Kolhapur in 1962, the university's jurisdiction contracted from twelve districts of western Maharashtra to five, namely Pune, Ahmednagar, Nashik, Dhule and Jalgaon, and in August 1990 the North Maharashtra University at Jalgaon took over the Dhule and Jalgaon districts, leaving the present jurisdiction over three districts of Pune, Ahmednagar and Nashik.1962 年科尔哈普尔的希瓦吉大学成立后，该校辖区从西马哈拉施特拉邦十二县缩至浦那、艾哈迈德讷格尔、纳西克、杜勒与贾尔冈五县，1990 年 8 月贾尔冈的北马哈拉施特拉大学接管杜勒与贾尔冈两县，使今辖区仅余浦那、艾哈迈德讷格尔与纳西克三县。

• Savitribai Phule and her husband Jyotirao Phule founded India's first native-run school for girls in 1848 in Pune, a fact honoured in the 2014 renaming of the university and remembered through the Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule Women's Studies Centre on campus, which continues to research women's and Dalit education in Maharashtra.萨维特里拜·普莱与丈夫乔蒂拉奥·普莱于 1848 年在浦那创办印度首所本地人主办的女子学校，此事在 2014 年大学更名中得到纪念，并由校园内的克兰蒂乔蒂·萨维特里拜·普莱妇女研究中心传承，该中心至今仍在研究马哈拉施特拉邦的妇女与达利特教育。

• The Department of Foreign Languages, opened in 1949 in the Ranade Institute building, offers German, French, Russian, Japanese and Spanish courses from elementary to postgraduate level, with morning and evening batches for working students.1949 年在拉纳德学院大楼设立的外语系，提供德语、法语、俄语、日语与西班牙语从入门到研究生水平的课程，并为在职学生开设早晚两班。

• The university's engineering department offers programmes in Computer Science Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Robotics and Automation, and Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, and a bachelor's degree in Environment Science started in the 2018 academic year.该校工程系开设计算机科学工程、人工智能与数据科学、土木、机械、电气、机器人与自动化以及电子与通信工程等项目，环境科学学士学位于 2018 学年开设。

• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023 placed the university in the 601-800 band worldwide, with the 2022 Asia ranking in the 201-250 band and the Emerging Economies ranking in the 201-250 band, while the National Institutional Ranking Framework 2024 placed it 37th in India overall and 23rd among universities.2023 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将其列于全球 601-800 区间，2022 年亚洲排名列 201-250 区间，新兴经济体排名列 201-250 区间，2024 年国家机构排名框架将其列于全印第 37、大学类第 23。

• Science alumni include C. Kumar N. Patel, inventor of the carbon dioxide laser and 1996 National Medal of Science laureate who later served as vice-chancellor for research at the University of California, Los Angeles, Thomas Kailath, electrical engineer and recipient of the 2014 National Medal of Science, Padmanabhan Balaram who directed the Indian Institute of Science, and Vinod Scaria, bioinformatician who sequenced the first Indian genome.理科校友包括二氧化碳激光发明人、1996 年国家科学奖章获得者、后任加州大学洛杉矶分校科研副校长的 C·库马尔·N·帕特尔，电气工程师、2014 年国家科学奖章获得者托马斯·凯拉特，曾执掌印度理学院的帕德马纳班·巴拉拉姆，以及完成首个印度基因组测序的生物信息学家维诺德·斯卡里亚。

• Alumni in national politics include Vishwanath Pratap Singh, seventh Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990, Pratibha Patil, twelfth President of India from 2007 to 2012, P. V. Narasimha Rao, ninth Prime Minister of India from 1991 to 1996, and Vilasrao Deshmukh, who served as Chief Minister of Maharashtra in 1999 and again from 2004 to 2008.国家级政治校友包括 1989 至 1990 年任印度第七任总理的维什瓦纳特·普拉塔普·辛格、2007 至 2012 年任第十二任总统的普拉蒂巴·帕蒂尔、1991 至 1996 年任第九任总理的 P·V·纳拉辛哈·拉奥，以及 1999 年与 2004 至 2008 年两度出任马哈拉施特拉邦首席部长的维拉斯拉奥·德什穆克。

Academics

• Teaching is organised across 46 academic departments covering the sciences, humanities, social sciences, management, law and education.教学由 46 个学术系承担，覆盖理科、人文、社会科学、管理、法律与教育。

• The Department of Physics hosts research in condensed matter, quantum technologies and materials science with national funding.物理系在国家经费支持下开展凝聚态、量子技术与材料科学的研究。

• The Department of Chemistry and the Department of Biotechnology support Maharashtra's pharmaceutical and agri-biotech industries.化学系与生物技术系支撑马哈拉施特拉邦的制药与农业生物技术产业。

• The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, a national facility with the university's involvement, anchors astronomy research and doctoral training.大学间天文与天体物理中心是大学参与的国家级设施，支撑天文学研究与博士培养。

• Management studies at the university's Department of Management Sciences serve Pune's automotive, information technology and manufacturing firms.其管理科学系的管理学课程服务浦那的汽车、信息技术与制造企业。

• The Department of Law offers legal education for Maharashtra's courts and bar, with moot-court and clinical programmes.法律系为马哈拉施特拉邦的法院与律师界提供法律教育，设模拟法庭与诊所教学。

• More than 300 recognised research institutes and 612 affiliated colleges give the university an unmatched reach in western India.300 多个认可研究所与 612 所附属学院，使该校在印度西部拥有无与伦比的覆盖面。

• Its OpenAlex record lists 35,811 research works and 1,144,306 citations, concentrated in physics, chemistry, materials and the life sciences.其 OpenAlex 记录列有研究成果 35,811 项、被引 1,144,306 次，集中于物理、化学、材料与生命科学。

• Doctoral programmes across the faculties train researchers for Indian universities, national laboratories and industry research centres.各学院的博士项目为印度大学、国家实验室与产业研究中心培养研究人员。

• The university's nanoscience centre and its quantum technology groups place it among India's leading state university research clusters.其纳米科学中心与量子技术研究团队，使该校跻身印度领先的邦立大学研究集群。

• Humanities and social sciences departments carry research in Marathi literature, history, economics and sociology, serving the state's cultural policy.人文与社会科学各系在马哈拉施特拉邦文学、历史、经济学与社会学方面开展研究，服务该邦的文化政策。

• The 2022 NIRF ranking of 12th in India confirmed the university's standing among the country's leading state universities.2022 年 NIRF 全国第 12 的排名，确认了该校在印度领先邦立大学中的地位。

• International collaborations and student exchange link SPPU to universities in Europe, North America and Asia.国际合作与学生交换把 SPPU 与欧洲、北美及亚洲的大学相连。

• The university's library system serves the campus departments and affiliated colleges with extensive print and digital collections.大学图书馆体系以丰富的纸本与数字馆藏服务校园各系与附属学院。

• Distance education programmes, approved by national authorities, extend the university's teaching to working adults across Maharashtra.经国家主管部门批准的远程教育项目，把教学延伸到马哈拉施特拉邦各地的在职成年人。

• Teacher training and education departments supply Maharashtra's schools with trained staff, continuing the university's access mission rooted in the Phule legacy.教师培训与教育类院系为马哈拉施特拉邦的学校输送师资，延续植根于普莱遗产的入学便利使命。

Campus

• The main campus covers more than 411 acres at Ganeshkhind in Pune, at coordinates of 18.51957 degrees north and 73.85535 degrees east.主校区位于浦那加内什欣德，占地 411 英亩以上，坐标为北纬 18.51957、东经 73.85535。

• The main building, once the Governor House and seasonal retreat of the Governor of Bombay, anchors the campus's colonial-era architecture.原为总督府、孟买总督季节性住所的主楼，是校园殖民时期建筑的核心。

• Historic buildings from the Bombay Presidency period sit beside modern research blocks added through the 2000s and 2010s.孟买管区时期的历史建筑与 2000、2010 年代新增的现代研究楼群并立。

• The campus includes botanical gardens, a students' centre, sports grounds and residential halls for hundreds of students.校园内设植物园、学生中心、运动场与可容纳数百名学生的宿舍楼。

• The university's science instrumentation and nanoscience facilities support advanced research for campus departments and visiting scholars.学校的科学仪器与纳米科学设施，为校园各系与访问学者提供高级研究支撑。

• Pune's position in Maharashtra's education belt places the campus near other research institutions and technology firms.浦那身处马哈拉施特拉邦的教育带，使校园邻近其他科研机构与科技企业。

• The campus is linked to Pune's city centre and railway station by bus and the city's suburban transport network.校园经公交与城市郊区交通网络连接浦那市中心与火车站。

• Affiliated colleges spread across Pune, Nashik and Ahmednagar, making the university's physical presence regional rather than confined to one campus.附属学院遍布浦那、纳西克与艾哈迈德讷格尔，使该校的实体存在具有区域性，而非囿于单一校园。

• The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics operates from a dedicated site associated with the university, hosting national telescopes' data work.大学间天文与天体物理中心在与该校关联的专门场址运营，承担国家望远镜数据的处理工作。

• Pune's climate and its location in the Western Ghats foothills shape campus life, with the Sahyadri ranges within reach for field studies.浦那的气候与其地处西高止山麓的位置塑造了校园生活，萨哈德里山脉就在田野考察可达之处。

Reputation

• Savitribai Phule Pune University is placed in the 791-800 band of the 2027 QS World University Rankings.萨维特里拜·普莱浦那大学在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中处于 791-800 区间。

• THE World University Rankings 2027 place it in the 1001-1200 band.2027 年度 THE 世界大学排名将其列于 1001-1200 区间。

• The 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities survey ranks it 1,897th worldwide, and it did not enter the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026 main list.2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名将其列于世界第 1,897，未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜。

• NIRF ranked the university 12th in India in 2022, its strongest national position and a marker of its standing among state universities.NIRF 于 2022 年将该校列于印度第 12，是其最强的全国座次，也是其在邦立大学中地位的标志。

• Its OpenAlex record lists 35,811 research works and 1,144,306 citations, led by physics, chemistry, materials and the life sciences.其 OpenAlex 记录列有研究成果 35,811 项、被引 1,144,306 次，以物理、化学、材料与生命科学为首。

• The university's physics, chemistry and astronomy research places it among India's leading state university research clusters.其物理、化学与天文学研究，使其跻身印度领先的邦立大学研究集群。

• As an affiliating university it shapes degrees for hundreds of colleges across western Maharashtra, one of the widest academic jurisdictions in India.作为附属型大学，它为西马哈拉施特拉邦数百所学院把持学位标准，是印度辖区最广的学术体系之一。

• Its renaming after Savitribai Phule in 2014 tied its public reputation to social reform and educational access in Maharashtra.2014 年以萨维特里拜·普莱更名，把其公共声誉与马哈拉施特拉邦的社会改革及教育普及相连。

• Employer recognition spans Pune's automotive, information technology, pharmaceutical and education sectors, drawing on the university's broad graduate output.雇主认可覆盖浦那的汽车、信息技术、制药与教育部门，依托该校广阔的毕业生产出。

Student life

• The university does not adopt a formal Latin motto, and its identity rests on the 1949 founding and the reform legacy of the Phules embodied in its name.该校不采用正式的拉丁文校训，其身份奠基于 1949 年建校与已成其校名的普莱改革遗产。

• Student life spans the historic Ganeshkhind campus and the hundreds of affiliated colleges that carry its degrees across western Maharashtra.校园生活横跨历史悠久的加内什欣德校园与遍布西马哈拉施特拉邦、承载其学位的数百所附属学院。

• The university's annual cultural festival, held on the main campus, brings students from affiliated colleges together for performances and competitions.学校年度文化节在主校区举行，把各附属学院的学生汇聚一堂进行演出与竞赛。

• Sports facilities and inter-college tournaments in cricket, football and athletics structure the student sporting calendar.体育设施与板球、足球、田径的院际联赛，构成学生体育日历的骨架。

• Departmental societies run seminars, study circles and outreach in the humanities and sciences across the academic year.各系社团全年组织研讨会、读书会及人文与理科的对外服务。

• Residential halls and the students' centre serve the campus community, with many students commuting from Pune's neighbourhoods.宿舍楼与学生中心服务校园社群，许多学生则从浦那各处通勤往返。

• The Savitribai Phule legacy shapes social-service programmes, with students volunteering in literacy and access initiatives across Maharashtra.萨维特里拜·普莱的遗产塑造了社会服务项目，学生参与马哈拉施特拉邦各地的扫盲与教育普及志愿活动。

• International students, particularly from Africa and South Asia, study in the university's postgraduate and research programmes.国际学生（尤以非洲与南亚为主）就读于该校的研究生与研究项目。

• Pune's cultural life as a centre of Marathi literature and classical music gives students venues and festivals beyond the campus gates.浦那作为马哈拉施特拉邦文学与古典音乐中心的文化生活，为学生提供了校门之外的去处与节庆。

Notable people

• Savitribai Phule, the nineteenth-century social reformer and India's pioneering female teacher, is honoured in the university's name from 2014.萨维特里拜·普莱，十九世纪社会改革家、印度首位女教师，其名自 2014 年起冠于该校。

• Jyotirao Phule, her husband and a founder of anti-caste education in Maharashtra, opened schools whose reform spirit the university's access mission echoes.乔蒂拉奥·普莱，其夫、马哈拉施特拉邦反种姓教育的开创者，其办学精神在大学的入学便利使命中回响。

• M. R. Jayakar, first vice-chancellor from 1949, was a lawyer and public figure who shaped the university's founding governance.M·R·贾亚卡尔，1949 年起任首任副校长，是塑造学校创始治理的律师与公众人物。

• B. G. Kher, Chief Minister and Education Minister of Bombay, secured the large land allocation that became the Ganeshkhind campus.B·G·凯尔，孟买首席部长兼教育部长，促成了后来成为加内什欣德校区的大片用地。

• The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, created with the university's involvement in 1988, has trained generations of Indian astronomers.1988 年在大学参与下创建的大学间天文与天体物理中心，培养了数代印度天文学家。

• Physics and chemistry faculty at the university have led national research programmes in materials, nanoscience and quantum technologies.该校物理与化学教师主导了材料、纳米科学与量子技术领域的国家研究计划。

• Alumni of the university's departments staff Indian universities, national laboratories and the research arms of Maharashtra's industries.各系校友任职于印度大学、国家实验室与马哈拉施特拉邦各产业的研究机构。

• Teacher-training graduates from SPPU staff schools across Maharashtra, extending the university's educational reach into rural districts.SPPU 的师范毕业生遍布马哈拉施特拉邦的学校，把其教育影响延伸至农村地区。

• Management and engineering alumni work in Pune's automotive and information technology firms, among India's fastest-growing industrial clusters.管理与工程校友任职于浦那的汽车与信息技术企业——印度增长最快的产业集群之一。

• Law graduates from the university serve Maharashtra's judiciary and bar, continuing a tradition rooted in the institution's founding era.该校法学毕业生服务马哈拉施特拉邦的司法与律师界，延续着源于建校时代的传统。