The University of Newcastle

The University of Newcastle is a public research university based in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, established as an autonomous institution in 1965 with its main campus at Callaghan.澳大利亚纽卡斯尔大学（The University of Newcastle）是位于澳大利亚新南威尔士州纽卡斯尔市的公立研究型大学，1965 年获得自治地位，主校区设在寇拉漢。

It teaches through three colleges and thirteen schools, is a member of the Australian Technology Network, and enrolled 36,244 students in 2023, including 18,099 equivalent full-time undergraduates.学校依托三个学部与十三个学院开展教学，是澳大利亚技术联盟成员；2023 年在校生达 36,244 人，其中本科全日制等效学生 18,099 人。

The university operates campuses at Callaghan, Ourimbah, Port Macquarie, Newcastle City, Sydney and Singapore, and is noted for equity in Indigenous higher education.学校在寇拉漢、欧伦巴、麦觉理港、纽卡斯尔市中心、悉尼与新加坡设有校区，并以在土著高等教育中的公平性著称。

History

• The present university traces its origins to the Newcastle Teachers College, established in 1949, and to Newcastle University College, founded in 1951 as an offshoot of the New South Wales University of Technology.今天这所大学的前身包括 1949 年成立的纽卡斯尔师范学院，以及 1951 年作为新南威尔士理工大学分校创建的纽卡斯尔大学学院。
• The university college was co-located with the Newcastle Technical College at Tighes Hill and opened with only five full-time students, teaching engineering, mathematics and science.该学院最初与纽卡斯尔技术学院同在泰格斯山办学，开办时仅有 5 名全日制学生，教学限于工程、数学与理科。
• Throughout the 1950s and 1960s local residents campaigned for the college to become an independent university in its own right.20 世纪 50 至 60 年代，当地居民持续争取把该学院改制为一所独立的大学。
• The campaign succeeded when the University of Newcastle was constituted as an autonomous institution on 1 January 1965 by proclamation under the University of Newcastle Act 1964 of New South Wales.这场运动最终成功：依据新南威尔士州 1964 年《纽卡斯尔大学法》，学校于 1965 年 1 月 1 日经公告成为自治大学。
• A heraldic coat of arms was granted by the College of Arms in London on 1 June 1965, an event widely seen locally as marking the new institution's independence.伦敦纹章院于 1965 年 6 月 1 日授予学校纹章，当地普遍将其视为新机构独立地位的象征。
• In 1966 the university moved from Tighes Hill to a largely undeveloped bushland site at Shortland, which grew into the Callaghan campus.1966 年学校由泰格斯山迁往肖特兰一处尚未开发的原生林地，其后发展为寇拉漢校区。
• The campus was named after Sir Bede Callaghan, a foundation member of the university council who served as chancellor from 1977 to 1988.该校区以比德·卡拉汉爵士命名，他是大学理事会创始成员，并于 1977 至 1988 年任校监。
• Students celebrate Autonomy Day on 1 July each year, a tradition said to have begun with a ceremonial bonfire and wine libations at the site of the Great Hall.学生每年 7 月 1 日庆祝「自治日」，这一传统据说始于在大礼堂旧址举行的篝火仪式与洒酒奠地。
• Major building programmes during the 1970s and 1980s expanded the Shortland site, and James Auchmuty served as the first vice-chancellor from 1965 to 1974.20 世纪 70 至 80 年代的大规模建设使肖特兰校区不断扩展；詹姆斯·奥克马蒂于 1965 至 1974 年出任首任校长。
• In 1989 the Dawkins reforms amalgamated the Hunter Institute of Higher Education with the university, enlarging the Callaghan campus to about 140 hectares.1989 年的道金斯改革将亨特高等教育学院并入该校，使寇拉漢校区扩大到约 140 公顷。
• The same reforms brought in the Hunter Institute's forerunner, the Newcastle Teachers College founded in 1949, and added the Newcastle branch of the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music.同次改革将亨特高等教育学院的前身即 1949 年成立的纽卡斯尔师范学院纳入学校，并把新南威尔士音乐学院纽卡斯尔分校并入。
• The university's medical school pioneered problem-based learning for its undergraduate medicine programme, a method later mandated across Australia by the Australian Medical Council.学校医学院率先在本科医学课程中采用「问题导向学习」，该方法随后被澳大利亚医学委员会推广至全澳所有医学院。
• The medical school also pioneered the Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test in the early 1990s, later adopted widely by Australian medical schools.20 世纪 90 年代初，医学院还率先采用「本科医学与健康科学入学考试」，此后被澳大利亚多所医学院广泛采用。
• In 1998 the university formed a partnership with the Institut Wira, a private Malaysian business school.1998 年学校与马来西亚私立商学院 Wira 学院建立合作。
• A plagiarism dispute involving papers submitted from that partner led to a case in 2002 and a subsequent finding by the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption.围绕该合作方提交论文的抄袭争议引发 2002 年的一起事件，新南威尔士州反腐败独立委员会其后作出调查认定。
• In 2003 the university joined Macquarie, La Trobe, Flinders, Griffith and Murdoch universities to establish Innovative Research Universities Australia.2003 年学校与麦考瑞、拉筹伯、弗林德斯、格里菲斯、默多克五校共同创建「澳大利亚创新研究型大学联盟」。
• In 2007, forty years after autonomy, it was placed 215th in the world by the Times Higher Education Supplement and launched a new logo on 31 March.2007 年，即获得自治四十年后，学校被《泰晤士高等教育增刊》列为世界第 215 位，并于 3 月 31 日启用新校徽。
• On 11 May 2007 it opened its first overseas campus at the PSB Academy sites in Singapore, covering about 19,000 square metres.2007 年 5 月 11 日，学校在新加坡 PSB 学院场地开设首个海外校区，占地约 19,000 平方米。
• On 30 July 2015 President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania became the first head of state to receive an honorary Doctor of Laws from the university.2015 年 7 月 30 日，坦桑尼亚总统贾卡亚·基奎特成为首位获该校荣誉法学博士学位的国家元首。
• GradSchool handled online learning from 2001 to 2018, and in 2022 the university replaced Blackboard with Canvas as its learning management system.2001 至 2018 年学校由 GradSchool 负责在线教学；2022 年学校以 Canvas 取代 Blackboard 作为新的学习管理系统。
• In 2017 the NUspace building opened in the city centre, and in March 2021 the Purai Global Indigenous History Centre was established.2017 年市中心的 NUspace 大楼启用；2021 年 3 月学校成立 Purai 全球土著历史研究中心。
• The university marked fifty years of autonomy in 2015 with a celebration programme that gathered oral histories and documents from the institution's first decades.2015 年学校以纪念项目庆祝获得自治五十周年，整理并呈现了建校最初数十年的口述史料与档案。

Academics

• Teaching and research are organised through three colleges and thirteen schools, a structure adopted in 2022 that replaced five faculties and twelve schools.学校的教学与研究依托三个学部与十三个学院，该架构于 2022 年确立，取代此前的五个学系与十二个学院。
• The College of Engineering, Science and Environment includes schools of architecture and built environment, engineering, environment and life sciences, information and physical sciences, and psychological sciences.工程、科学与环境学部包括建筑与环境学院、工程学院、环境与生命科学学院、信息与物理科学学院以及心理科学学院。
• The College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing comprises schools of biomedical sciences and pharmacy, health sciences, medicine and public health, and nursing and midwifery.健康、医学与福祉学部由生物医学与药学学院、健康科学学院、医学与公共卫生学院以及护理与助产学院组成。
• The College of Human and Social Futures houses the Newcastle Business School and schools of law and justice, humanities and creative industries, and education.人文与社会未来学部设有纽卡斯尔商学院，以及法律与司法、人文与创意产业、教育等学院。
• The university provides Indigenous studies and student support through the Wollotuka Institute, which underpins its leading position in Indigenous higher education.学校通过 Wollotuka 学院提供土著研究与学生支持，这支撑了其在土著高等教育中的领先地位。
• Major research centres include the Hunter Medical Research Institute, the Newcastle Institute for Energy and Resources and the Central Coast Research Institute.主要研究中心包括亨特医学研究所、纽卡斯尔能源与资源研究所以及中央海岸研究所。
• The Purai Global Indigenous History Centre, opened in 2021 and led by the historian John Maynard, takes its name from the Awabakal word for the world or earth.2021 年成立的 Purai 全球土著历史研究中心由历史学家约翰·梅纳德主持，其名取自阿瓦巴卡尔语中的「世界」或「大地」。
• Researchers at the Centre for 21st Century Humanities created the Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia 1788 to 1930 database, a mapping project headed by Lyndall Ryan.21 世纪人文中心的研究者建立了「1788—1930 年澳大利亚殖民边疆屠杀」数据库，这一地图项目由林德尔·瑞安主持。
• The School of Humanities and Social Science published the Journal of Interdisciplinary Gender Studies from 1996 to 2007.人文与社会科学学院于 1996 至 2007 年间出版《跨学科性别研究杂志》。
• The university library comprises the Auchmuty, Ourimbah and Newcastle City libraries, and since 1975 it has held New South Wales state archives of about 600 linear shelf metres.学校图书馆由 Auchmuty、Ourimbah 与纽卡斯尔市中心三座图书馆组成；自 1975 年起存放约 600 延米的新南威尔士州政府档案。
• In 2023 the university employed 1,273 academic staff and 1,925 administrative staff, a total workforce of 3,198.2023 年学校有学术人员 1,273 人与行政人员 1,925 人，员工总数为 3,198 人。
• Enrolment in 2023 stood at 36,244 students, comprising 18,099 equivalent full-time undergraduates and 4,436 equivalent full-time postgraduates, including 1,042 research students.2023 年在校生 36,244 人，其中本科全日制等效学生 18,099 人、研究生全日制等效学生 4,436 人（含研究型研究生 1,042 人）。
• Business and commerce programmes delivered through the Newcastle Business School hold accreditation from AACSB International, and the university was the first Australian institution outside a capital city to earn it.纽卡斯尔商学院开设的商科课程获 AACSB 国际认证，学校是澳大利亚首个获此认证的非首府城市大学。
• In the 2024 Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities, which combines the QS, Times Higher Education and Shanghai rankings, the university placed 239th in the world and 19th nationally.在综合 QS、泰晤士高等教育与软科排名的 2024 年「顶尖大学综合排名」中，学校位列世界第 239 位、全澳第 19 位。
• Its medical school, based at the Callaghan campus, runs much of its clinical training at the John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle.其医学院设在寇拉漢校区，临床教学很大一部分在纽卡斯尔的约翰·亨特医院进行。
• The Pathways and Academic Learning Support Centre provides tertiary preparation for recent school leavers, mature-aged students and Indigenous students.学校下设的升学与学业支持中心为应届中学毕业生、成年学生与土著学生提供升学预备课程。
• Between 2001 and 2018 the university's GradSchool delivered more than 60 postgraduate qualifications online to students around the world through the Blackboard platform.2001 至 2018 年间，学校的 GradSchool 通过 Blackboard 平台为全球学生在线开设 60 多个研究生资格课程。
• The university is a member of Universities Australia and of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, in addition to its membership of the Australian Technology Network.除澳大利亚技术联盟外，学校还是「澳大利亚大学联盟」与「国际商学院促进协会」的成员。

Campus

• The Callaghan campus is the university's main and largest campus, lying about 12 kilometres from the Newcastle central business district on 140 hectares of natural bushland.寇拉漢校区是学校最大且最主要的主校区，距纽卡斯尔市中心约 12 公里，坐落于 140 公顷的原生林地之上。
• That land is traditionally owned by the Pambalong clan of the Awabakal people, a connection the university has developed and promotes to staff.这片土地传统上属于阿瓦巴卡尔人的潘巴隆氏族，学校将这一渊源加以延续并向教职员推介。
• The Callaghan campus holds the Auchmuty and Huxley libraries, several sporting fields, a sports and aquatic centre and five residential colleges.寇拉漢校区设有 Auchmuty 与 Huxley 两座图书馆、多片运动场、一座体育与水上运动中心，以及五个住宿学院。
• Those residential colleges are Edwards Hall, International House, Evatt House, Barahineban and the newer New Residences.这些住宿学院包括 Edwards Hall、国际公寓、Evatt House、Barahineban 以及新建的 New Residences。
• The Ourimbah campus on the Central Coast is cross-institutional, shared with TAFE New South Wales and the Central Coast Community College, and lies on Darkinjung people's traditional land.中央海岸的欧伦巴校区属跨机构共建，与新南威尔士技术与继续教育学院及中央海岸社区学院共享，位于达尔金容人的传统土地。
• The Singapore campus, opened in 2007, comprises the Delta and Henderson sites of PSB Academy and covers about 19,000 square metres behind Tiong Bahru Plaza.新加坡校区 2007 年启用，由 PSB 学院的 Delta 与 Henderson 场地组成，位于中峇鲁广场后方，占地约 19,000 平方米。
• Within the city centre, University House is a landmark Art Deco sandstone building opposite Civic Park, the Conservatorium sits in the Civic Theatre precinct, and NUspace opened in 2017.市中心区域内，University House 是公民公园对面标志性的装饰艺术砂岩建筑，音乐学院设于公民剧院一带，NUspace 于 2017 年启用。
• NUspace was designed by Lyons and EJE Architecture and was officially opened on 25 May 2018 by Premier Gladys Berejiklian alongside vice-chancellor Caroline McMillen.NUspace 由 Lyons 事务所与 EJE Architecture 设计，2018 年 5 月 25 日由州长格拉迪斯·贝瑞吉克莲与校长卡罗琳·麦克米伦正式启用。
• Beyond Callaghan and Ourimbah the university also lists campuses at Gosford, Port Macquarie, Sydney's central business district and in Singapore within its teaching network.除寇拉漢与欧伦巴外，学校的教学网络还包括戈斯福德、麦觉理港、悉尼市中心以及新加坡等校区。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the university is placed 244th in the world.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，学校位列世界第 244 位。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 ranks it 295th globally.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将学校列为世界第 295 位。
• The U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking for 2026 to 2027 places it 242nd in the world, while the university's earlier place in the same table was 244th.2026—2027 年版美国新闻与世界报道最佳全球大学排名将学校列为世界第 242 位，其在该榜上一版的名次则为第 244 位。
• The Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026 places the university in the 401 to 500 band globally.2026 年世界大学学术排名将学校列入全球 401—500 区间。
• In earlier editions it was ranked 227th by QS for 2026, 251st to 300th by Times Higher Education for 2026 and 342nd by the CWTS Leiden Ranking for 2024.在更早的版本中，学校于 2026 年 QS 排名第 227 位、2026 年泰晤士高等教育排名 251—300 位、2024 年 CWTS 莱顿排名第 342 位。
• The CWTS Leiden Ranking assesses research performance bibliometrically, placing the university 17th among Australian institutions in 2024.CWTS 莱顿排名以文献计量方式评估科研表现，2024 年将学校列为澳大利亚高校第 17 位。
• In the Australian Financial Review Best Universities Ranking 2025 the university was tied 15th among Australian universities.在《澳大利亚金融评论》2025 年最佳大学排名中，学校并列全澳第 15 位。
• Government survey data for 2023 recorded an employer satisfaction rate of 85 percent, an undergraduate full-time employment rate of 84.6 percent and an initial median salary of 71,000 Australian dollars.2023 年的政府调查数据显示，学校毕业生雇主满意度为 85%，本科毕业生全职就业率为 84.6%，起薪中位数为 71,000 澳元。
• As of the 2020s no Nobel laureate, Turing Award winner or Fields medallist has been counted among the university's alumni or academic staff, although it has awarded honorary doctorates to public figures such as President Jakaya Kikwete.截至 2020 年代，学校校友或教职员中尚无诺贝尔奖、图灵奖或菲尔兹奖得主；不过学校曾向贾卡亚·基奎特总统等公众人物颁授荣誉博士学位。
• In the 2023 Student Experience Survey undergraduates rated the quality of their overall educational experience at 78.1 percent, while postgraduates rated theirs at 81.8 percent.2023 年「学生体验调查」显示，本科生对其整体教育体验的满意度为 78.1%，研究生为 81.8%。

Student life

• The university's motto is I look ahead, a short English phrase used in its official statements in preference to a Latin motto.学校校训为英文短句「I look ahead」（向前看）；与许多高校不同，学校采用英文而非拉丁文校训。
• Its colours are blue, black and white, and its mascot is Hunter the Hippocampus, a mythological sea creature linked to the Hunter region.学校校色为蓝、黑、白三色，吉祥物为海马形神兽「Hunter」，与亨特地区相关联。
• Since 2020 students have been represented by a single body, the University of Newcastle Students' Association, formed from the merger of NUSA, Yourimbah and NUPSA.自 2020 年起，学生由单一组织「纽卡斯尔大学学生会」代表，它由 NUSA、Yourimbah 与 NUPSA 合并而成。
• UoN Services runs the university's social life and licensed venues, notably the Bar on the Hill and the Godfrey Tanner Bar.UoN Services 负责学校社交生活与持牌场所，主要是「Bar on the Hill」与 Godfrey Tanner 酒吧。
• Student media include Yak Magazine, a monthly publication by an editorially independent team, Yak TV, formerly UTV, and the student association's magazine Opus.学生媒体包括由编辑独立团队主办的月刊《Yak Magazine》、前身为 UTV 的 Yak TV，以及学生会刊物《Opus》。
• The Forum Sports and Aquatic Centre has an Olympic-sized swimming pool and what is described as the second highest climbing wall in the southern hemisphere, and the campus has six sporting ovals.Forum 体育与水上运动中心设有一座奥运标准泳池与号称南半球第二高的人工攀岩墙；校区内另有六片运动场。
• The Forum is a training base for the Newcastle Knights rugby league team, the Newcastle Jets football club and the Hunter Hurricanes water polo team.该中心是纽卡斯尔骑士橄榄球队、纽卡斯尔喷气机足球队与亨特飓风水球队的训练基地。
• The university arranges overseas internship placements for its students through partners including CRCC Asia and The Intern Group.学校通过 CRCC Asia 与 The Intern Group 等合作方，为学生安排海外实习岗位。
• At the Ourimbah campus, students are served by a single organisation, Campus Central, which looks after their commercial, sporting and advocacy interests on the Central Coast.在欧伦巴校区，学生事务由单一组织 Campus Central 负责，统筹中央海岸校区的商业、体育与权益事务。

Notable people

• Sandra Eades, a physician and researcher, was the first Aboriginal Australian medical practitioner to be awarded a doctorate of philosophy and was named New South Wales Woman of the Year in 2006.桑德拉·伊兹是医生与研究者，是澳大利亚首位获博士学位的土著执业医师，并于 2006 年当选新南威尔士州年度女性。
• Cheryl Kernot, an alumnus, led the Australian Democrats before entering parliament as a Labor member.校友谢丽尔·克诺特曾领导澳大利亚民主党，其后以工党议员身份进入议会。
• Arthur Sinodinos, a senator for New South Wales and a former federal minister, studied at the university.新南威尔士州参议员、前联邦部长阿瑟·西诺迪诺斯曾就读于该校。
• Khaw Boon Wan, who served as a cabinet minister in Singapore, is also counted among the university's graduates.曾任新加坡内阁部长的许文远同样被视为学校毕业生。
• Yohana Yembise, Indonesia's minister of women's empowerment and child protection from 2014 to 2019, was the first Papuan woman to become a professor in Indonesia.约哈娜·延比塞于 2014 至 2019 年任印度尼西亚妇女赋权与儿童保护部长，是印尼首位成为教授的巴布亚女性。
• Bill Mitchell, a professor of economics at the university, is a leading proponent of modern monetary theory.该校经济学教授比尔·米切尔是现代货币理论的主要倡导者之一。
• Mikey Robins, a comedian and television personality, and John Doyle, an actor and broadcaster known as Roy Slaven, both attended the university.喜剧演员与电视主持人米基·罗宾斯，以及以「Roy Slaven」著称的演员兼广播人约翰·多伊尔，均曾就读该校。
• Steve Abbott, a comedian known for his character The Sandman, and Ross Gittins, an economics journalist, are also alumni.以角色「The Sandman」闻名的喜剧演员史蒂夫·阿博特，以及经济记者罗斯·吉廷斯，同为该校校友。
• James Auchmuty, the university's first vice-chancellor from 1965 to 1974, and Sir Bede Callaghan, chancellor from 1977 to 1988, shaped its early development.1965 至 1974 年任首任校长的詹姆斯·奥克马蒂，以及 1977 至 1988 年任校监的比德·卡拉汉爵士，共同塑造了学校的早期发展。
• Susie Porter, an actress, and Peter Stutchbury, an architect, are also counted among the university's alumni.演员苏西·波特与建筑师彼得·斯塔奇伯里同样被视为该校校友。