Swinburne University of Technology

The Swinburne University of Technology, usually called Swinburne, is a public research university in Melbourne, Australia, whose main campus is at Hawthorn in the city's eastern suburbs.斯威本科技大学（常简称斯威本）是澳大利亚墨尔本的一所公立研究型大学，主校区位于该市东郊的霍桑。

It descends from the Eastern Suburbs Technical College founded in 1908 and renamed Swinburne Technical College in 1913 after its co-founders George and Ethel Swinburne.其前身为 1908 年创办的东郊技术学院，1913 年更名斯威本技术学院，校名取自共同创办人乔治·斯威本与埃塞尔·斯威本。

It became a university in 1992 and now has three campuses in Melbourne, a campus in Sarawak, Malaysia, and online courses, placing 291st in the 2027 QS World University Rankings.学校于 1992 年获得大学地位，如今在墨尔本设有三个校区、在马来西亚砂拉越设有一个校区并提供在线课程，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 291。

History

• The university began in 1908 as the community-owned Eastern Suburbs Technical College on John Street, Hawthorn, to bring further education to residents of Melbourne's eastern suburbs.学校始于 1908 年在霍桑约翰街创办的、由社区所有的东郊技术学院，旨在为墨尔本东郊居民提供继续教育。

• George Swinburne, a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, was the driving force behind its establishment, supported by Premier Thomas Bent, and its most generous benefactor.维多利亚州议会议员乔治·斯威本是创办学校的主要推动者，获州长托马斯·本特支持，也是学校最慷慨的资助人。

• By 1913 £10,111 had been spent on its establishment, of which £3,718 came from private donations, including £1,000 each from George and Ethel Swinburne, with the remainder from the government.到 1913 年建校共花费 10,111 英镑，其中 3,718 英镑来自私人捐款，包括乔治与埃塞尔·斯威本各捐 1,000 英镑，其余由政府出资。

• Its first director was the sculptor J. R. Tranthim-Fryer, who held the position until 1938.首任校长由雕塑家 J. R. Tranthim-Fryer 担任，他任职至 1938 年。

• In 1913 the institution was taken over by the State Government and renamed Swinburne Technical College, later becoming known as the Swinburne Institute of Technology.1913 年学校由州政府接管并更名斯威本技术学院，后来又称斯威本理工学院。

• During the Victorian Government's reform of degree systems between 1976 and 1978, Swinburne was authorised to offer bachelor's degrees, which it began awarding in 1981.在 1976 至 1978 年维多利亚州政府改革学位制度期间，斯威本获准开设学士学位课程，并从 1981 年起正式颁授学士学位。

• In the late 1980s the Outer Eastern University Planning Council advocated a new university in outer eastern Melbourne, an area then holding the second lowest university participation rate in Melbourne after the Mornington Peninsula.20 世纪 80 年代末，外东大学规划委员会倡议在墨尔本外东区新建一所大学，该区当时的高等教育参与率在墨尔本仅高于莫宁顿半岛，为第二低。

• In 1990 Swinburne set up its Eastern Campus in Mooroolbark on the site of the recently closed MDA Grammar School, although students could not attend until 1992 and the campus was officially opened on 6 April 1992.1990 年斯威本在莫鲁尔巴克一处刚停办的 MDA Grammar School 旧址上设立东校区，但学生要到 1992 年才能入学，校区于 1992 年 4 月 6 日正式启用。

• On 1 January 1992 the university received the Prahran Campus of Victoria College and the Prahran College of TAFE, both descended from the Prahran Mechanics' Institute established in 1854.1992 年 1 月 1 日，学校接管维多利亚学院普拉兰校区与普拉兰技术与继续教育学院，二者均源自 1854 年创办的普拉兰机械学院。

• Swinburne attained university status on 1 July 1992 with the passage of the Swinburne University of Technology Act 1992.1992 年 7 月 1 日《1992 年斯威本科技大学法案》通过，学校正式取得大学地位。

• In 1997 it opened a campus at Lilydale to replace the nearby Mooroolbark site, and in 1998 it merged with the Outer East Institute of TAFE to operate campuses at Croydon and Wantirna.1997 年学校在莉莉戴尔开办校区以取代附近的莫鲁尔巴克校区，1998 年又与河东技术与继续教育学院合并，在克罗伊登与万提那运营校区。

• In 1999 the university established the National Institute of Circus Arts, and in 2000 it opened the Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus in partnership with the Sarawak State Government.1999 年学校创办国家马戏艺术学院，2000 年又与砂拉越州政府合作开办斯威本科技大学砂拉越校区。

• The Swinburne Film and Television School, which offered the first tertiary filmmaking course in Australia, was founded in 1966 by filmmaker Brian Clark Robinson, who led it until 1987.斯威本影视学院开设了澳大利亚首个高等教育电影制作课程，由电影人布赖恩·克拉克·罗宾逊于 1966 年创办，他领导该院至 1987 年。

• By 1983 the school offered a three-year Diploma of Film and Television for school-leavers as well as a graduate diploma, with more than 90 per cent of graduates finding employment in the film and television industries.到 1983 年，该院除研究生文凭外还开设面向中学毕业生的三年制影视文凭课程，逾九成毕业生进入影视行业就业。

• In September 1991 the film school celebrated its 25th anniversary, and in 1992 its ownership passed to the Victorian College of the Arts.1991 年 9 月影视学院庆祝成立 25 周年，1992 年其所有权移交维多利亚艺术学院。

• In 2008 Swinburne joined two other universities to form the Centre for Social Impact, and in February 2011 it opened the Advanced Technologies Centre, a 22,000 square metre building at Hawthorn nicknamed the cheese grater.2008 年斯威本与另外两所大学共同成立社会影响中心，2011 年 2 月又在霍桑启用一座 22,000 平方米的高级技术中心，被戏称为「刨丝器」。

• After the Victorian Government's May 2012 funding cuts to vocational education, Swinburne announced the closure of its Lilydale and Prahran campuses, with Lilydale shutting on 1 July 2013 and Prahran sold to the Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE in 2014.2012 年 5 月维多利亚州政府削减职业教育经费后，斯威本宣布关闭莉莉戴尔与普拉兰校区，莉莉戴尔于 2013 年 7 月 1 日关闭，普拉兰则于 2014 年售予北墨尔本技术与继续教育学院。

• In 2015 Swinburne launched its law school, the only law school in Victoria accredited by the Victorian Legal Admissions Board to let students complete their practical legal training in the final year of study.2015 年斯威本成立法学院，这是维多利亚州唯一获维多利亚法律准入委员会认证、可让学生在最后一年完成实务法律培训的法学院。

• In 1976 Swinburne formed a department of film and television and appointed Brian Clark Robinson its head, and by 1987 Jennifer Sabine had become head of the school while Robinson continued to teach scriptwriting.1976 年斯威本设立影视系并任命布赖恩·克拉克·罗宾逊为负责人，到 1987 年詹妮弗·萨宾成为学院负责人，罗宾逊则继续教授编剧。

• In 1996 Barbara Paterson published Renegades, based on her 1993 master's thesis, a history of Australia's first film school.1996 年芭芭拉·佩特森出版《Renegades》，依据其 1993 年的硕士论文写成，讲述澳大利亚首家电影学院的历史。

• The Dawkins reforms to Australian higher education in the early 1990s led many tertiary colleges to be merged or split up and to be granted university status.20 世纪 90 年代初的道金斯高等教育改革，促使许多高等院校被合并、拆分或升格为大学。

• As of 2024 the Swinburne School of Film and Television is a full member of CILECT, the International Association of Film and Television Schools.截至 2024 年，斯威本影视学院是国际影视院校联合会 CILECT 的正式成员。

Academics

• The university is governed by the Swinburne University of Technology Act 2010, under which the Governor of Victoria is its visitor, with a university council, an executive team and an Academic Senate.学校依《2010 年斯威本科技大学法案》治理，维多利亚州总督依该法担任其监督人，并设校务委员会、行政团队与学术评议会。

• As of 2024 the vice-chancellor and president is Pascale Quester and the chancellor is John Pollaers, who was appointed in 2019.截至 2024 年，校长兼校监为帕斯卡尔·凯斯特，校董会主席为 2019 年任命的约翰·波拉尔斯。

• There were 2,720 members of staff as of 30 June 2023, and the university's budget was A$834.13 million.截至 2023 年 6 月 30 日，学校有 2,720 名教职员工，预算为 8.3413 亿澳元。

• As of 2024 Swinburne's higher education branch comprises six schools, namely Business, Law and Entrepreneurship, Design and Architecture, Engineering, Health Sciences, Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies, and Social Sciences, Media, Film and Education.截至 2024 年，斯威本的高等教育部分由六个学院组成，即商业、法律与创业学院，设计与建筑学院，工程学院，健康科学学院，科学、计算与工程技术学院，以及社会科学、媒体、影视与教育学院。

• Its vocational education and training is delivered through five departments, including Business, Design, Media and ICT and Trades and Engineering Technologies.其职业教育与培训由五个系部承担，包括商业、设计、媒体与信息通信技术系以及行业与工程技术系。

• As of September 2021 the university had six research institutes, namely Data Science, Iverson Health Innovation, Manufacturing Futures, Smart Cities, Social Innovation and the Space Technology and Industry Institute.截至 2021 年 9 月，学校设有六个研究院，即数据科学研究院、艾弗森健康创新研究院、制造业未来研究院、智慧城市研究院、社会创新研究院以及空间技术与产业研究院。

• The Centre for Social Impact Swinburne, established in 2014, forms part of a national network that also includes the University of New South Wales, the University of Western Australia and Flinders University.2014 年成立的社会影响中心（斯威本）是全国网络的一部分，该网络还包括新南威尔士大学、西澳大利亚大学与弗林德斯大学。

• Other research centres include the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, the Centre for Mental Health and the Centre for Human Psychopharmacology.其他研究中心包括天体物理与超级计算中心、心理健康中心以及人类精神药理学中心。

• Swinburne is the only academic institution in Melbourne that offers pilot training as part of its aviation degrees, and it runs a cross-departmental innovation studio.斯威本是墨尔本唯一在航空学位课程中提供飞行员训练的学术机构，并设有跨系创新工作室。

• The university holds international academic partnerships with Stanford University's Hasso Plattner Institute of Design and with Purdue University, among other institutions.学校与斯坦福大学的哈索·普拉特纳设计研究所以及普渡大学等机构建立了国际学术合作。

• Its Institute for Social Research, which until 2017 sat within the Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, included the Public Interest Journalism Foundation.其社会研究院在 2017 年之前隶属健康、艺术与设计学院，下设公共利益新闻基金会。

• The university's research spans astronomy and astrophysics, photonics and optics, materials science, biomedical engineering, data science, design and social science.其研究涵盖天文学与天体物理、光子学与光学、材料科学、生物医学工程、数据科学、设计学与社会科学。

• It is the only Australian university invited to join the European Consortium of Innovative Universities, it partners with FPT University in Vietnam, and it has opened an office in Nanjing, China.它是唯一受邀加入欧洲创新大学联盟的澳大利亚大学，与越南 FPT 大学建立合作，并在中国南京设立了办事处。

• Swinburne Student Life, a controlled entity, arranges orientation week and student support, while Swinburne Sarawak and Swinburne Online are associated entities.斯威本学生生活服务机构作为受控实体负责迎新周与学生支持，斯威本砂拉越校区与斯威本在线则为关联实体。

• Its Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing maintains a long-standing collaboration with the California Institute of Technology in astronomy, and it hosts the OzGrav and FLEET research initiatives.其天体物理与超级计算中心与加州理工学院在天文学领域长期合作，并主办 OzGrav 与 FLEET 研究项目。

• The School of Social Sciences, Media, Film and Education comprises departments of Education, Film, Games and Animation, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Media and Communication.社会科学、媒体、影视与教育学院下设教育学系、影视游戏与动画系、人文与社会科学系以及媒体与传播系。

• The university publishes the Swinburne Research Impact Magazine, which presents its research and innovation outputs.学校出版《斯威本研究影响》杂志，集中呈现其研究与创新成果。

• The Centre for Transformative Media Technologies and the Centre for Urban Transition sit within the School of Social Sciences, Media, Film and Education.转型媒体技术中心与城市转型中心隶属于社会科学、媒体、影视与教育学院。

Campus

• The main campus is at Hawthorn in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, about 7 kilometres from the central business district, and hosts vocational, undergraduate and postgraduate programs.主校区位于墨尔本东郊的霍桑，距中央商务区约 7 公里，开设职业、本科与研究生课程。

• Swinburne also has TAFE-focused campuses at Wantirna and Croydon, and the Glenferrie railway station of the Lilydale line lies within the Hawthorn campus.斯威本还在万提那与克罗伊登设有以职业教育为主的校区，而莉莉戴尔线路的格伦费里火车站在霍桑校区之内。

• The Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus is located in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, and is run as a partnership with the Sarawak State Government.斯威本科技大学砂拉越校区位于马来西亚砂拉越古晋，由学校与砂拉越州政府合作运营。

• A Parramatta campus west of Sydney in New South Wales operates from a public library building as a tenant.位于新南威尔士州悉尼以西的帕拉马塔校区以租户身份设于一座公共图书馆建筑内。

• The university offers programmes in business administration, computer science and communication through its partnership with FPT University in Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City.学校通过与越南 FPT 大学的合作，在河内、岘港与胡志明市开设工商管理、计算机科学与传播学课程。

• The Advanced Technologies Centre, opened at Hawthorn in February 2011, is a 22,000 square metre building known locally as the cheese grater building.2011 年 2 月在霍桑启用的高级技术中心是一座 22,000 平方米的建筑，当地人称其为「刨丝器」大楼。

• The Hawthorn campus offers students 24-hour library access, and its library is a member of OCLC and of the Council of Australian University Librarians.霍桑校区为学员提供 24 小时图书馆服务，其图书馆是 OCLC 与澳大利亚大学图书馆员理事会的成员。

• Campus life facilities include libraries, gymnasiums, sports fields and cafes, with the campus restaurant largely staffed by TAFE cookery and patisserie students.校园生活设施包括图书馆、体育馆、运动场与咖啡馆，其中校园餐厅的厨房人员多来自职业技术学院的西厨与西点专业学生。

• The university's research facilities, including its astronomy and supercomputing centre, are distributed across several of its campuses.学校的科研设施，包括天文与超级计算中心，分布于其多个校区。

• Swinburne also offers study programs online and through partnered institutions in Australia and overseas.斯威本还通过在线方式以及澳大利亚与海外的合作院校提供学习项目。

Reputation

• Swinburne is placed 291st in the 2027 QS World University Rankings, 294th in the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 164th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities and in the 201st-300th band of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities.斯威本在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 291，在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中位列第 294，在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 164，并处于 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名的 201 至 300 区间。

• In the 2026 QS World University Rankings it was tied at 294th and 19th nationally, and in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026 it sat in the 251st-300th band.在 2026 年 QS 世界大学排名中，学校并列第 294、位居国内第 19；在 2026 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中则处于 251 至 300 区间。

• In the 2024 Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities it placed 238th in the world and 18th nationally, and in the Australian Financial Review Best Universities Ranking 2025 it was tied at 22nd among Australian universities.在 2024 年顶尖大学综合排名中，学校位列全球第 238、国内第 18；在 2025 年《澳大利亚金融评论》最佳大学排名中并列澳大利亚第 22。

• In the 2025 Academic Ranking of World Universities it was placed in the 201st-300th band and tied 9th-13th nationally, and in the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2024 it ranked 426th.在 2025 年软科世界大学学术排名中，学校位列 201 至 300 区间、并列国内第 9 至 13；在 2024 年 CWTS 莱顿排名中位列第 426。

• According to OpenAlex, Swinburne has produced 59,195 research works that have attracted 3,055,666 citations.据 OpenAlex 统计，斯威本已产出 59,195 项研究成果，累计被引用 3,055,666 次。

• Among its community is Dimity Hawkins, a co-founder of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, which was awarded the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize.其成员中有迪米蒂·霍金斯，她是国际废除核武器运动的共同创办人，该组织获 2017 年诺贝尔和平奖。

• In the 2023 Employer Satisfaction Survey, graduates of Swinburne recorded an employer satisfaction rate of 84.2 per cent.在 2023 年雇主满意度调查中，斯威本毕业生的雇主满意度为 84.2%。

• The 2023 Graduate Outcomes Survey found a full-time employment rate of 75.6 per cent for its undergraduates and 87.2 per cent for its postgraduates, with initial salaries of A72,000 and A90,000.2023 年毕业生成果调查显示，其本科生全职就业率为 75.6%、研究生为 87.2%，起薪分别为 72,000 与 90,000 澳元。

• Its microphotonics research is internationally strong, and the university was the first Australian university to open a representative office in Silicon Valley.其微光子学研究具有国际水准，学校也是首家在美国硅谷设立代表处的澳大利亚大学。

• In the 2023 Student Experience Survey, undergraduates and postgraduates each rated the quality of their entire educational experience at 78.1 per cent.在 2023 年学生体验调查中，本科生与研究生对其整体教育体验的评分均为 78.1%。

Student life

• The university has no formal motto, and its identity is carried by its name and by the Swinburne Student Union, the independent student representative body.学校没有正式校训，其身份由校名与独立的学生代表机构斯威本学生会承载。

• Membership of the Swinburne Student Union is opt-in for all students, and the union publishes the student magazine Swine.斯威本学生会的会籍面向全体学生自愿加入，并出版学生杂志《Swine》。

• The university's work-integrated learning approach places students in industry placements, and its teaching was recognised by Singapore's Ministry of Manpower.学校采用工作综合学习模式，安排学生进入业界实习，其教学获新加坡人力部认可。

• Swinburne Student Life arranges O-week and provides student support as a controlled entity of the university.斯威本学生生活服务机构作为学校受控实体负责迎新周并支持学生。

• The university organises the annual inter-institutional Venture Cup entrepreneurship competition, which has produced many commercial companies.学校每年举办名为「创业杯」的校际创业比赛，从中催生了众多商业公司。

• Students of the design school and of the Master of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and occupational therapy programmes may attend Stanford University's ME310-SUGAR product development course in Silicon Valley.设计学院学生以及创业与创新硕士、职业治疗专业的学生可前往美国斯坦福大学参加硅谷的 ME310-SUGAR 产品开发课程。

• Its Swinburne Online arm, launched in 2011 with an initial $10 million investment, offered more than twenty courses in business, communication, design, education and social science by April 2015.其在线教学机构斯威本在线于 2011 年投入 1,000 万澳元创办，到 2015 年 4 月已提供商业、传播、设计、教育与社会科学的二十余门课程。

• Its design students have gained international recognition, and in 2017 a graduate's work was invited to compete at the 74th Venice Film Festival.其设计专业学生屡获国际认可，2017 年一名毕业生的作品获邀参加第 74 届威尼斯影展的竞赛单元。

• Swinburne is a member of Universities Australia, Open Universities Australia and the European Consortium of Innovative Universities.斯威本是澳大利亚大学联盟、澳大利亚开放大学联盟与欧洲创新大学联盟的成员。

Notable people

• David Williamson, one of Australia's best-known playwrights, lectured in engineering and psychology at Swinburne.澳大利亚最知名的剧作家之一大卫·威廉森曾在斯威本讲授工程学与心理学。

• L. Scott Pendlebury (1914-1986), a landscape and portrait artist, was an instructor from 1946 to 1963 and head of the art school from 1963 to 1974.风景与肖像画家 L. Scott Pendlebury（1914 至 1986）自 1946 至 1963 年任讲师，1963 至 1974 年任艺术学校负责人。

• Monte Punshon, a teacher who later became a celebrated centenarian, taught at the institution from 1956 until her retirement in 1959.教师蒙特·庞申后来成为知名的百岁老人，自 1956 年在校任教至 1959 年退休。

• The filmmaker Nigel Buesst and the filmmaker and lecturer Peter Tammer were members of the academic staff.电影人奈杰尔·布斯斯特与既是电影人又是讲师的彼得·塔默都是该校教职员。

• Gillian Armstrong, Garth Davis, Andrew Dominik and John Hillcoat, all film directors, are alumni of the Swinburne Film and Television School.导演吉莉安·阿姆斯特朗、加思·戴维斯、安德鲁·多米尼克与约翰·希尔科特都是斯威本影视学院的校友。

• Michael Leunig, the cartoonist, and Richard Lowenstein and Sarah Watt, both directors, graduated from the film school.漫画家迈克尔·勒尼格以及导演理查德·洛温斯坦与莎拉·瓦特都毕业于该影视学院。

• Steph Catley, an Australian footballer, and Mark Bolton, an Australian rules footballer, are among its sporting alumni.澳大利亚足球运动员斯蒂芙·卡特利与澳式足球运动员马克·博尔顿是其体育界校友。

• Alisa Camplin, an aerial skier who won gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics, is an alumna of the university.在 2002 年冬季奥运会空中技巧项目夺金的阿莉莎·坎普林是该校校友。

• Graeme Base, a children's author and illustrator, and Sidney Nolan, a celebrated artist, are counted among its alumni.儿童文学作家兼插画家格雷姆·贝斯与著名艺术家西德尼·诺兰都被列为该校校友。

• Wahid Supriyadi, an Indonesian diplomat, and Rahul Navin, an Indian official who headed India's Enforcement Directorate, are alumni of the university.印度尼西亚外交官瓦希德·苏普里亚迪与曾任印度执法局局长的印度官员拉胡尔·纳文都是该校校友。