Swansea University

Swansea University is a public research university in the city of Swansea on the south coast of Wales, in the United Kingdom, and it is one of the largest and oldest higher education institutions in Wales.斯旺西大学是一所公立研究型大学，位于英国威尔士南海岸的斯旺西市，是威尔士规模最大、历史最悠久的高等学府之一。

It is placed 322nd in the QS World University Rankings 2027, in the 351–375 band of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, 394th in the US News Best Global Universities 2026–2027, and in the 801–900 band of the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026.它在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 322 位，在 2027 年《泰晤士高等教育》世界大学排名中处于 351–375 区间，在 2026–2027 年《美国新闻与世界报道》全球最佳大学排名中位列第 394 位，在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中处于 801–900 区间。

Founded in 1920 as the University College of Swansea, the university today enrols roughly 17,500 students and employs about 2,500 staff, and it operates a dual campus, one set in a coastal park and the other on the waterfront.该校于 1920 年以「斯旺西大学学院」之名创办，如今约有 1.75 万名学生和 2500 名教职工，并运营着分别位于海滨公园与临水地带的双校区。

History

• Swansea University grew out of a long campaign for higher education in south Wales, which was examined by a Royal Commission that reported in 1916 and recommended the founding of a new college in the region.斯旺西大学源于南威尔士长期争取高等教育的运动，该运动经一个于 1916 年提交报告的皇家委员会审议，委员会建议在该地区创办一所新学院。
• On 19 July 1920 King George V laid the foundation stone of the new college, and on 5 October 1920 the University College of Swansea opened its doors as the fourth constituent college of the federal University of Wales.1920 年 7 月 19 日，国王乔治五世为新学院奠基；1920 年 10 月 5 日，斯旺西大学学院作为联邦制威尔士大学的第四所组成学院正式开学。
• The college began with only 89 students, eight of whom were women, and its early teaching concentrated on scientific and technical subjects including science, mathematics, metallurgy and engineering.学院开办时仅有 89 名学生，其中八名是女性，早期教学集中于科学与技术科目，包括科学、数学、冶金与工程。
• When it was granted a coat of arms in 1921 the college adopted the Welsh motto 'Gweddw crefft heb ei dawn', which translates as 'technical skill is bereft without culture' and reflects a commitment to a broad education.1921 年获得纹章时，学院采用了威尔士语校训「Gweddw crefft heb ei dawn」，其意为「技艺若无文化滋养便形同虚设」，体现了对通识教育的追求。
• The college was built on the Singleton Abbey estate, the former home of the Vivian family, whose copper-smelting and industrial wealth had shaped the growth of the town of Swansea during the nineteenth century.学院建在辛格尔顿修道院庄园之上，那里原是维维安家族的宅邸，该家族凭借炼铜与工业财富在 19 世纪塑造了斯旺西这座城镇的发展。
• Among the earliest appointments were chairs in mathematics, physics, chemistry, geology, metallurgy and engineering, held by professors such as A. R. Richardson and E. J. Evans, who established the college's scientific reputation.最早设立的教授席位涵盖数学、物理、化学、地质、冶金与工程，由 A·R·理查森、E·J·埃文斯等教授担任，他们奠定了学院的科学声望。
• In the arts faculty the college appointed David Emrys Evans in classics and Mary Williams in French, and Williams became the first woman to hold a chair at a British university.在文学院，学院聘用了古典学教授大卫·埃姆里斯·埃文斯与法语教授玛丽·威廉姆斯，威廉姆斯成为英国大学中首位获教授席位的女性。
• The Welsh writer Saunders Lewis joined the staff in 1922, and the philosopher Rush Rhees taught at Swansea between 1940 and 1966, while Ludwig Wittgenstein spent about six months at the college in 1941.威尔士作家桑德斯·刘易斯于 1922 年到校任教，哲学家拉什·里斯在 1940 年至 1966 年间于斯旺西授课，路德维希·维特根斯坦则于 1941 年在学院逗留约半年。
• The novelist Kingsley Amis and the historian Kenneth O. Morgan were also among the college's later staff, and both went on to prominent literary and academic careers in Britain.小说家金斯利·艾米斯与历史学家肯尼斯·O·摩根也是学院后来的教职员，两人此后都在英国的文学与学术领域取得了显著成就。
• John Fulton became principal in 1947 and led a period of postwar expansion that produced new buildings, including Fulton House, which remains a landmark on the Singleton Park Campus.约翰·富尔顿于 1947 年出任院长，引领了一段战后扩张期，新建了多座建筑，其中包括至今仍是辛格尔顿公园校区地标的富尔顿楼。
• In 1996 the institution, which had until then been known as the University College of Swansea, was renamed the University of Wales Swansea as part of reforms to the federal university.1996 年，此前一直名为「斯旺西大学学院」的该校，作为联邦制大学改革的一部分更名为「威尔士大学斯旺西分校」。
• Swansea gained its own degree-awarding powers in 2005 and moved away from the federal structure, adopting the simpler name Swansea University on 1 September 2007.斯旺西于 2005 年获得自主授予学位的权力并脱离联邦制结构，于 2007 年 9 月 1 日采用更为简洁的名称「斯旺西大学」。
• The Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law traces its origins to the opening of the School of Law in 1994, and it was renamed in October 2017 after the university awarded Hillary Clinton an honorary doctorate.希拉里·罗德姆·克林顿法学院可追溯至 1994 年成立的法学院，并在 2017 年 10 月，于该校授予希拉里·克林顿荣誉博士学位之后更名为现名。
• The university's Medical School was founded in 2004 in partnership with local health bodies and became the first new medical school opened in Wales for several decades.该校医学院成立于 2004 年，与当地卫生机构合作办学，是数十年来威尔士新开设的第一所医学院。
• The School of Management was consolidated at the new Bay Campus and reported that all of its research was rated world-leading in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.管理学院迁至新的海湾校区集中办学，并宣称其全部研究在 2021 年「研究卓越框架」评估中被评为世界领先水平。
• In September 2015 the university opened the Bay Campus, a £450 million development on a 65-acre site at Crymlyn Burrows on the eastern edge of Swansea.2015 年 9 月，该校启用海湾校区，这是位于斯旺西东缘克里姆林沙丘、占地 65 英亩、耗资 4.5 亿英镑的开发项目。
• The Bay Campus added a Great Hall with 800 seats as well as a dedicated quarter for engineering, science and the School of Management, expanding the university's capacity for research.海湾校区新增设 800 个座位的大礼堂以及专供工程、科学与管理学院使用的区域，扩充了该校的研究容量。
• Under the vice-chancellorship of Professor Paul Boyle, who took office in 2019, the university has continued to expand its research base and its network of international partnerships.在 2019 年就任的校长保罗·博伊尔教授领导下，该校持续拓展研究基础与国际合作网络。
• In 2016 the university joined the Jiangsu–UK 20+20 World-Class University Consortium, and in 2025 it announced a landmark partnership with Nanjing Tech University in China.2016 年，该校加入「江苏—英国 20+20 世界一流大学联盟」，并在 2025 年宣布与中国南京工业大学建立具有里程碑意义的合作。
• In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework Swansea was placed 48th in the United Kingdom, submitting 578 researchers, which was 56 per cent more than the 370 it had entered in 2014.在 2021 年「研究卓越框架」评估中，斯旺西名列全英第 48 位，提交了 578 名研究人员，比 2014 年提交的 370 人增加了 56%。
• The university reported an income of £333.2 million and research grants of £51.2 million for the financial year 2024–2025, against total expenditure of £372.2 million.该校公布 2024–2025 财年收入为 3.332 亿英镑，研究经费为 5120 万英镑，而总支出为 3.722 亿英镑。

Academics

• Swansea University is organised into three faculties, namely the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Faculty of Science and Engineering, and the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Science, which together contain eleven academic schools.斯旺西大学下设三个学部，即人文与社会科学部、科学与工程部、医学健康与生命科学部，三者共包含十一个学院。
• Across these schools the university offers around 450 undergraduate courses, 280 taught postgraduate programmes and 150 research postgraduate programmes to students from Britain and overseas.通过这些学院，该校为来自英国与海外的学生提供约 450 门本科课程、280 个授课型研究生项目以及 150 个研究型研究生项目。
• The Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law, established in 1994, is described as the largest law school in Wales and offers both undergraduate degrees and professional legal training.成立于 1994 年的希拉里·罗德姆·克林顿法学院被称为威尔士规模最大的法学院，既提供本科学位课程，也提供专业法律培训。
• The university's Medical School was ranked fourth in the United Kingdom in the Guardian university league table in 2022, reflecting the strength of its clinical teaching and placements.该校医学院在 2022 年《卫报》大学排行榜中名列全英第四，反映出其临床教学与实习安排的实力。
• Engineering, computer science and mathematics are concentrated at the Bay Campus, where the £32.5 million Computational Foundry provides facilities for research in data science and computing.工程、计算机科学与数学集中在海湾校区，耗资 3250 万英镑的「计算铸造厂」为数据科学与计算研究提供设施。
• The university runs the Technocamps outreach programme, which was founded in 2003 to encourage school pupils across Wales to study computing and to develop digital skills.该校运营着「Technocamps」外展项目，该项目创设于 2003 年，旨在鼓励威尔士各地中小学生研习计算机并培养数字技能。
• In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, 86 per cent of Swansea's submitted research was rated world-leading or internationally excellent, an improvement from 80 per cent in 2014.在 2021 年「研究卓越框架」评估中，斯旺西提交的研究有 86% 被评为世界领先或国际优秀，高于 2014 年的 80%。
• Subject areas assessed especially highly included mathematics, which was placed joint 16th in the United Kingdom for the quality of its research, and medicine, which ranked fourth.获得尤其高评价的学科包括数学，其研究质量在全英并列第 16 位，以及医学，其排名全英第四。
• The School of Management, which relocated to the Bay Campus, has around 2,000 students and 150 staff and reports strong rates of graduate employment.迁至海湾校区的管理学院约有 2000 名学生和 150 名教职工，并报告了良好的毕业生就业率。
• Swansea collaborates with Rice University and Texas A&M University through a research partnership announced in 2013, deepening links with institutions in the United States.斯旺西大学通过在 2013 年宣布的研究合作，与莱斯大学和德克萨斯 A&M 大学建立协作，加深了与美国的机构联系。
• The university has partnerships in The Gambia dating from 2007, and it was awarded a United Nations Gold Star in December 2014 in recognition of that development work.该校自 2007 年起在冈比亚开展合作，并因其发展援助工作于 2014 年 12 月获得联合国「金星级」表彰。
• It works with the Joseph Fourier University in Grenoble under an agreement reached in 2012 and with Wuhan Union Hospital, which had been founded by the missionary Griffith John.该校依据 2012 年达成的协议与格勒诺布尔的约瑟夫·傅立叶大学合作，并与由传教士格里菲斯·约翰创办的武汉协和医院开展合作。
• Through the Navitas pathway arrangement, Swansea recruits international students from more than 130 countries and has steadily expanded its global student body in recent years.通过「纳维塔斯」衔接课程安排，斯旺西从 130 多个国家招收国际学生，近年来稳步扩大了其全球学生群体。
• The 2015 UK–China Medical Forum was hosted at Swansea on the strength of the historic medical links with Wuhan that the city's missionaries had established in the nineteenth century.2015 年英中医学论坛在斯旺西举办，依托的正是该市传教士在 19 世纪建立的与武汉之间的历史医学纽带。
• Research income has been strengthened by the university's membership of the Jiangsu–UK consortium, a network that links more than twenty British and Chinese universities.作为「江苏—英国」联盟成员（该联盟连接二十余所中英高校），该校的研究经费得以增强。
• The OpenAlex scholarly index records more than 63,000 works and about 3.7 million citations associated with Swansea University, indicating a broad and well-cited research footprint.OpenAlex 学术索引记录显示，与斯旺西大学相关的成果超过 6.3 万项、引用量约 370 万次，表明其研究覆盖面广且引用众多。

Campus

• Swansea operates two campuses, the original Singleton Park Campus close to the city and the newer Bay Campus beside the sea on the eastern side of Swansea.斯旺西大学运营两个校区，即靠近市区的最早的辛格尔顿公园校区，以及位于斯旺西东侧海滨的较新的海湾校区。
• The Singleton Park Campus sits within a coastal park about one mile from the city centre, next to a five-mile stretch of beach and the Gower peninsula.辛格尔顿公园校区坐落于距市中心约一英里的滨海公园内，紧邻长达五英里的海滩与高尔半岛。
• The Bay Campus occupies a 65-acre site at Crymlyn Burrows and opened in September 2015 as a major engineering and science quarter for the university.海湾校区位于克里姆林沙丘，占地 65 英亩，于 2015 年 9 月启用，是该校重要的工程与科学园区。
• The campus houses the Great Hall, which seats 800 people and is used for graduation ceremonies, concerts and other large gatherings.校区内的「大礼堂」设有 800 个座位，用于举办毕业典礼、音乐会及其他大型集会。
• Swansea's sports facilities include the Wales National Pool, a 50-metre swimming venue with about 1,200 spectator seats that also serves as the headquarters of Swim Wales.斯旺西的体育设施包括威尔士国家泳池，这是一座拥有约 1200 个观众席的 50 米泳池，同时也是威尔士游泳协会的总部。
• The Egypt Centre, housed in the Taliesin building on the Singleton Park Campus, holds more than 7,000 objects and supports teaching, research and public engagement.设于辛格尔顿公园校区塔利埃辛楼内的「埃及中心」收藏了 7000 多件文物，并支持教学、研究与公众参与。
• Both campuses are served by student accommodation, with halls of residence on site and the Hendrefoelan student village located a short distance away.两个校区均配备学生宿舍，校内设有学生宿舍楼，附近则有亨德雷福兰学生村。
• The university's library and main administrative offices are based at Singleton Park, while engineering and management facilities cluster at the Bay Campus.该校图书馆与主要行政办公室位于辛格尔顿公园校区，而工程与管理设施则集中于海湾校区。

Reputation

• Swansea University is ranked among the top 400 universities in the world and is regarded as one of the leading higher education institutions in Wales.斯旺西大学位居世界前 400 名之列，被视为威尔士领先的高等学府之一。
• It was placed 32nd in the United Kingdom in the Guardian university league table for 2026, a strong result for a comparatively young institution.在 2026 年《卫报》大学排行榜中，该校名列全英第 32 位，对于一所相对年轻的学府而言成绩出色。
• The 2021 Research Excellence Framework placed Swansea 48th in the United Kingdom for research power, with 32 per cent of its submitted research rated world-leading.2021 年「研究卓越框架」依据研究实力将斯旺西列为全英第 48 位，其 32% 的提交研究被评为世界领先。
• HESA data published in 2026 show that 94 per cent of Swansea graduates were in employment, study or other activities based on outcomes for 2023–2024.英国高等教育统计局 2026 年公布的数据显示，基于 2023–2024 年的结果，94% 的斯旺西毕业生进入就业、深造或其他活动。
• The university's medical, engineering and computer science subjects attract strong demand and high entry grades, especially for clinical medicine and law.该校的医学、工程与计算机科学专业需求旺盛、入学成绩要求较高，临床医学与法学尤甚。
• Swansea is a member of the Jiangsu–UK 20+20 World-Class University Consortium, which has strengthened its profile and partnerships in China in recent years.斯旺西大学是「江苏—英国 20+20 世界一流大学联盟」成员，近年来增强了其在中国的知名度与合作。
• The School of Law, renamed for Hillary Clinton in 2017, is the largest law school in Wales and adds to the university's professional reputation.该法学院于 2017 年以希拉里·克林顿之名命名，是威尔士规模最大的法学院，也提升了该校的专业声望。
• OpenAlex records about 3.7 million citations to more than 63,000 works associated with the university, reflecting its active and well-cited research output.OpenAlex 记录显示，与该大学相关的 6.3 万余项成果共获约 370 万次引用，反映出其活跃且被广泛引用的研究产出。
• Times Higher Education placed Swansea in the 351–375 band globally in its 2027 world rankings and in a similar position in its 2026 table.《泰晤士高等教育》在其 2027 年世界排名中将斯旺西置于全球 351–375 区间，其在 2026 年榜单中也处于相近位置。

Student life

• Swansea University Students' Union supports more than 170 clubs and societies, giving students a wide range of sporting, cultural and academic activities.斯旺西大学学生会支持 170 多个俱乐部与社团，为学生提供广泛的体育、文化与学术活动。
• Sport Swansea runs more than 50 sports clubs with over 5,000 members, ranging from team sports to outdoor and water-based activities.「斯旺西体育」运营 50 多个体育俱乐部，会员超过 5000 人，涵盖团队运动以及户外与水上项目。
• Xtreme Radio, the student radio station, was founded in November 1968 as Action Radio and is one of the oldest student stations in the United Kingdom.学生广播站 Xtreme Radio 于 1968 年 11 月以 Action Radio 之名创办，是英国历史最悠久的学生电台之一。
• The annual Welsh Varsity sports contest against Cardiff University drew about 16,000 students to the Liberty Stadium in 2015, one of the largest student events in Wales.一年一度与卡迪夫大学之间的「威尔士校际对抗赛」在 2015 年吸引了约 1.6 万名学生前往自由球场观赛，是威尔士规模最大的学生活动之一。
• Students are represented by the Students' Union and served by campus bars, cafes and a nightclub that host social events throughout the year.学生由学生会代表，并可使用校内酒吧、咖啡馆与夜总会，这些场所全年举办各类社交活动。
• Both campuses offer halls of residence, and the Singleton Park site is within walking distance of the beach, the city centre and the Gower peninsula.两个校区均提供学生宿舍，辛格尔顿公园校区步行即可抵达海滩、市中心与高尔半岛。
• The university's location on the edge of the Gower, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, supports a strong culture of surfing, hiking and other outdoor sports.该校地处高尔半岛边缘，这里属于「杰出自然美景区」，孕育了浓厚的冲浪、徒步与其他户外运动文化。
• Freshers' Week, society fairs and the annual varsity fixture anchor a busy calendar of student events that runs through the academic year.「新生周」、社团招新集市与年度校际对抗赛，构成贯穿整个学年的繁忙学生活动日程。

Notable people

• Business leader Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus of Tata Sons, is among Swansea's most prominent alumni and one of India's best-known industrialists.商业领袖、塔塔之子名誉主席拉坦·塔塔是斯旺西最杰出的校友之一，也是印度最知名的实业家之一。
• Physicist Lyn Evans, who led the Large Hadron Collider project at CERN, studied at Swansea before pursuing a distinguished career in particle physics.曾在欧洲核子研究中心主持大型强子对撞机项目的物理学家林·埃文斯曾在斯旺西求学，此后在粒子物理领域卓有建树。
• Planetary scientist Colin Pillinger, a driving force behind the Beagle 2 Mars mission, was a Swansea graduate and a leading figure in British space science.行星科学家科林·皮林格是「猎兔犬 2 号」火星任务的推动者，既是斯旺西的毕业生，也是英国空间科学的领军人物。
• Technology entrepreneur Sir Terry Matthews and computer scientist Andy Hopper, a co-founder of Acorn Computers, both attended Swansea and later built major technology companies.科技企业家特里·马修斯爵士与计算机科学家安迪·霍珀（艾康电脑公司联合创始人）都曾在斯旺西就读，此后创办了大型科技企业。
• Alan Cox, a pioneer of the Linux kernel, and the radar physicist Edward George Bowen were also associated with the university during its history.Linux 内核先驱艾伦·考克斯与雷达物理学家爱德华·乔治·鲍恩，在该校历史上也与其有着渊源。
• The novelist Kingsley Amis and the philosopher Rush Rhees taught at Swansea, and Ludwig Wittgenstein visited the college for about six months in 1941.小说家金斯利·艾米斯与哲学家拉什·里斯曾在斯旺西任教，路德维希·维特根斯坦则于 1941 年到访该学院约半年。
• Stanislaus A. James, who served as governor-general of Saint Lucia from 1988 to 1996, was a Swansea alumnus and a former colonial administrator.斯坦尼斯劳斯·A·詹姆斯曾任圣卢西亚总督（1988 至 1996 年），是斯旺西的校友，也曾担任殖民时期行政官员。
• Isatou Njie-Saidy, who served as Vice President of The Gambia, studied at Swansea and later held senior ministerial posts in her country.曾担任冈比亚副总统的伊萨图·恩杰-赛迪曾在斯旺西求学，此后在本国担任多项高级部长职务。
• Shekhar Dutt, a former governor of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh and a senior civil servant, was educated at the university.印度切蒂斯格尔邦前邦长、高级公务员谢卡尔·杜特曾在该校接受教育。
• Politicians Lord Anderson of Swansea and the former Member of Parliament Sylvia Heal also number among the university's former students.政治家斯旺西的安德森勋爵与前议员西尔维娅·希尔，也在该校的往届学生之列。
• Sir Terry Matthews went on to found Mitel and Newbridge Networks, becoming one of Wales's best-known technology entrepreneurs and a major donor to the university.特里·马修斯爵士后来创办了米特尔与纽布里奇网络公司，成为威尔士最知名的科技企业家之一，也是该校的重要捐助者。