University of Caen Normandy

The University of Caen Normandy (French: Université de Caen Normandie), known as UNICAEN, is a public multidisciplinary university in Caen, in the Normandy region of north-western France.卡昂诺曼底大学（法文：Université de Caen Normandie，简称 UNICAEN）是法国西北部诺曼底大区卡昂市的一所公立综合性大学。

Founded in 1432 by John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, it is one of the oldest universities in France, was suppressed during the French Revolution and re-established in 1896, and was rebuilt after its destruction in 1944 around the phoenix emblem.该校由第一代贝德福德公爵兰开斯特的约翰于 1432 年创办，是法国历史最悠久的大学之一，法国大革命期间被撤销、1896 年重建，1944 年被毁后又以凤凰为标志重建。

In the QS World University Rankings 2027 it is placed in the 1201-1400 band, while U.S. News ranks it 1,081st globally for 2026-2027, and it enrols more than 33,000 students with over 1,000 teaching and research staff across six campuses in Caen and five outlying sites.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中该校位列第 1201-1400 区间，2026-2027 年度 U.S. News 全球排名第 1,081 位，现有学生逾 33,000 人、教学科研人员逾 1,000 人，在卡昂拥有六个校区并在周边设有五个教学点。

History

• The university was founded in 1432 by John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, who governed English-held Normandy as regent for the young King Henry VI of England, and it began with faculties of canon law and civil law.1432 年，第一代贝德福德公爵兰开斯特的约翰以英王亨利六世摄政的身份在英属诺曼底创办该校，最初仅设教会法与民法两个学院。
• Its first rector was Michael Tregury, a Cornish churchman who later became Archbishop of Dublin, an indication of the institution's early links with the English ecclesiastical and legal world.该校首任校长是康沃尔籍教士迈克尔·特雷格里（Michael Tregury），他后来出任都柏林大主教，可见学校早期与英格兰教会及法律界的联系。
• By 1438 the young studium generale had already grown to five faculties, covering arts, canon law, civil law, medicine and theology, the full range of a medieval university.到 1438 年，这所新兴的大学已经扩展为艺术学院、教会法学院、民法学院、医学院与神学院五个学院，具备中世纪大学的完整学科门类。
• After the French reconquest of Normandy, King Charles VII confirmed the university's foundation and privileges in 1452, securing its position under the French crown.法国收复诺曼底之后，国王查理七世于 1452 年确认该校的创办与特权，使其在法国王权之下获得稳固地位。
• In 1605 the English physician, poet and composer Thomas Campion took his medical degree at Caen, one of several Elizabethan and Jacobean figures who studied in the city.1605 年，英国医生、诗人兼作曲家托马斯·坎皮恩在卡昂取得医学学位，他是众多在卡昂求学的伊丽莎白时代与詹姆斯一世时代人物之一。
• The mathematician Pierre Varignon, whose work on infinitesimal analysis influenced the young Leonhard Euler, received his master's degree at Caen in 1682.数学家皮埃尔·瓦里尼翁关于无穷小分析的研究影响了年轻的欧拉，他于 1682 年在卡昂取得硕士学位。
• Like all French provincial universities, Caen was abolished by the revolutionary Convention in 1793, when the faculties were closed and the university's corporate privileges extinguished.与法国所有外省大学一样，卡昂大学于 1793 年被革命时期的国民公会撤销，各学院关闭，大学的法人特权随之终止。
• A faculty of law was re-established in Caen in 1806 under Napoleon's reorganisation of legal education, and a faculty of science followed in 1810, reviving higher education in the city.在拿破仑重组法学教育的过程中，卡昂于 1806 年重建法学院，1810 年又设立理学院，使这座城市的高等教育得以复苏。
• The scattered faculties were reunited when the law of 10 July 1896 created the modern French universities, and the University of Caen was formally re-established that year.1896 年 7 月 10 日的法律创建了现代法国大学体系，分散的学院因此重新合并，卡昂大学于同年正式重建。
• In 1879 the mathematician Henri Poincaré, later famous for his work on the three-body problem and topology, began teaching at Caen, where he remained until 1881.1879 年，后来以三体问题与拓扑学研究闻名的数学家昂利·庞加莱开始在卡昂任教，直至 1881 年离开。
• On 7 July 1944 the university was almost completely destroyed by Allied aerial bombing during Operation Charnwood, part of the Battle of Caen, and its historic buildings and collections were lost.1944 年 7 月 7 日，卡昂战役中的「查恩伍德行动」盟军空袭几乎彻底摧毁了该校，历史建筑与藏书损失殆尽。
• Between 1944 and 1954 the university operated from the buildings of the regional teachers' college, a temporary refuge that allowed teaching to continue amid the ruins.1944 年至 1954 年间，学校借用地区师范学院的校舍办学，这一临时栖身之所使教学在废墟中得以延续。
• The architect Henry Bernard designed the new campus on the esplanade de la Paix, construction ran from 1948 to 1957, and the rebuilt university was inaugurated on 1 and 2 June 1957.建筑师亨利·贝尔纳在和平广场设计新校区，工程自 1948 年持续至 1957 年，重建后的大学于 1957 年 6 月 1 日至 2 日正式落成。
• The phoenix, rising from ashes, was adopted as the university's emblem after the reconstruction, and a sculpture of the bird stands at the entrance to the campus.重建完成后，浴火重生的凤凰被采用为该校标志，校园入口处至今立有一座凤凰雕塑。
• The 1984 Savary law converted the university's disciplinary departments into unités de formation et de recherche, the UFR structure that still organises teaching today.1984 年的萨瓦里法将该校的学科教学单位改制为「教学与研究单位」（UFR），这一架构沿用至今。
• In 2002 the institution took the name Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, aligning its title with the administrative region it served.2002 年，该校更名为下诺曼底卡昂大学，使校名与其服务的下诺曼底行政区划相一致。
• When Basse-Normandie and Haute-Normandie merged into a single region on 1 January 2016, the university adopted its present name, Université de Caen Normandie.2016 年 1 月 1 日下诺曼底与上诺曼底合并为单一的大区，该校随之改用现名「卡昂诺曼底大学」。
• After the Faure law of 1968 replaced the old faculties with teaching and research units, Caen reorganised its academic structure and later converted those units into UFRs under the 1984 Savary law.1968 年富尔法以教学与研究单位取代旧有学院，卡昂随之重组学术架构，并在 1984 年萨瓦里法下将这些单位改为 UFR。
• The university takes part in the XL-Chem graduate school of research, a national programme funded by the French National Research Agency to train chemists for sustainable industry.该校参与 XL-Chem 研究生院研究项目，这一由法国国家科研署资助的国家级计划旨在为可持续工业培养化学人才。
• The university is a founding member of the Normandie Université consortium, created in 2011 to coordinate the higher education and research institutions of the Normandy region.该校是诺曼底大学联盟的创始成员，该联盟于 2011 年成立，旨在协调诺曼底大区各高等教育与科研机构。
• Across its history the university has moved from a medieval studium generale to a modern research university while retaining the legal, medical and scientific faculties that defined its earliest statutes.纵观其历史，该校从中世纪大学堂发展为现代研究型大学，同时保留了奠定其最早章程的法律、医学与科学学院。

Academics

• The university is organised into teaching and research units covering law and public administration, humanities and social sciences, foreign languages, psychology, economics and geography, science and technology, health, and sports.该校按教学与研究单位组织，涵盖法律与公共行政、人文与社会科学、外语、心理学、经济与地理、科学与技术、健康以及体育等领域。
• Its UFR de Droit, AES et Administration Publique teaches law, business administration and public administration, continuing a legal tradition that dates back to the faculty of canon and civil law founded in 1432.该校法律、经济与社会行政及公共行政教研单位教授法律、企业管理与公共行政，延续了可追溯至 1432 年教会法与民法学院的法律传统。
• The UFR Humanités et Sciences Sociales brings together history, geography, philosophy, sociology and educational sciences, and it hosts part of the university's Norman heritage research.人文与社会科学教研单位汇集历史学、地理学、哲学、社会学与教育科学，并承担该校部分诺曼底文化遗产研究。
• The UFR des Sciences offers programmes in biology, earth sciences, mathematics, computer science, physics, chemistry and engineering, and it operates major laboratory facilities on the Côte de Nacre campus.理学教研单位开设生物学、地球科学、数学、计算机科学、物理学、化学与工程学课程，并在科特德纳克尔校区运营大型实验设施。
• The UFR de Sciences Économiques, de Gestion, de Géographie et d'Aménagement des Territoires combines economics, management, geography and spatial planning in a single department, a structure unusual in France.经济、管理、地理与国土规划教研单位将经济学、管理学、地理学与空间规划集中于同一部门，这一结构在法国较为少见。
• The UFR de Psychologie is one of the larger psychology departments in western France, offering undergraduate and master's programmes in clinical, developmental and work psychology.心理学教研单位是法国西部规模较大的心理学系之一，开设临床心理学、发展心理学与工作心理学的本科与硕士课程。
• The UFR des Sciences et Techniques des Activités Physiques et Sportives trains physical education teachers, sports scientists and coaches, and works with regional sports clubs and schools.体育运动科学与技术教研单位培养体育教师、运动科学家与教练，并与地区体育俱乐部和学校合作。
• The UFR Santé, based at the PFRS campus, teaches medicine, pharmacy, midwifery and paramedical disciplines in partnership with the Caen University Hospital.健康教研单位设于 PFRS 校区，与卡昂大学医院合作教授医学、药学、助产学与辅助医疗学科。
• The IAE Caen, the Caen Institute of Business Administration, offers management degrees at bachelor and master level and occupies the Claude Bloch campus in the north of the city.卡昂企业管理学院（IAE Caen）即卡昂工商管理学院，开设本科与硕士管理学位课程，位于城市北部的克洛德·布洛赫校区。
• The IUT Grand Ouest Normandie delivers two-year university technology diplomas in industrial, commercial and service fields at its Caen, Alençon and Cherbourg sites.西诺曼底大学技术学院在卡昂、阿朗松与瑟堡校区开设工业、商业与服务领域为期两年的大学技术文凭课程。
• ESIX Normandie, the Caen School of Engineering, trains engineers in food science, computer science and industrial engineering, and works closely with the agro-food industry of Normandy.诺曼底 ESIX 工程师学院即卡昂工程师学院，培养食品科学、计算机科学与工业工程领域的工程师，并与诺曼底农食产业密切合作。
• The Institut national supérieur du professorat et de l'éducation (INSPE) of Caen prepares primary and secondary school teachers and is part of the university's teacher-training network.卡昂高等教师与教育学院的法国国家教师培训学院（INSPE）培养中小学教师，是该校教师培训网络的组成部分。
• ENSICAEN, the Caen National Graduate School of Engineering, is located on the same campus and maintains close teaching and research ties with the university, particularly in chemistry, physics and computer science.国立卡昂高等工程师学院（ENSICAEN）即卡昂国家工程师研究生院，坐落于同一校区，与该校在化学、物理与计算机科学等领域保持紧密的教学与科研联系。
• The university operates six doctoral schools, covering law, economics, humanities, literature, biology and health, and the exact sciences and engineering.该校设有六所博士生院，涵盖法律、经济、人文、文学、生物与健康，以及精密科学与工程等领域。
• Research is conducted in about 45 laboratories, many of them joint units with the CNRS, INSERM and INRAE, giving the university a strong presence in fundamental and applied science.该校科研工作分布于约 45 个实验室，其中不少是与法国国家科研中心、国家健康与医学研究院及国家农业食品与环境研究院共建的联合单位。
• The GANIL large national heavy-ion accelerator, one of Europe's leading nuclear physics facilities, is located in Caen and is used by university physicists in collaboration with the CNRS.欧洲重要的重离子加速器之一——国家大型重离子加速器（GANIL）位于卡昂，该校物理学家与法国国家科研中心合作使用这一装置。
• CYCERON, the biomedical imaging centre in Caen, brings together researchers from the university, the university hospital and INSERM to study the brain and neurological disease.卡昂生物医学影像中心 CYCERON 汇集该校、大学医院与法国国家健康与医学研究院的研究人员，从事大脑与神经疾病研究。
• The Maison de la Recherche en Sciences Humaines (MRSH) supports interdisciplinary projects in history, linguistics, sociology and education, and hosts several of the university's humanities laboratories.人文科学研究之家（MRSH）支持历史学、语言学、社会学与教育学的跨学科项目，并容纳该校多个人文实验室。
• As of 2025 the university enrolled more than 33,000 students, employed over 1,000 teaching and research staff, and awarded more than 300 different national diplomas.截至 2025 年，该校注册学生逾 33,000 人，教学科研人员逾 1,000 人，可颁发 300 多种国家文凭。
• Its international community includes about 2,000 students from outside France, and the Carré International language centre teaches French from beginner A1 to advanced C2 level.该校国际群体包括约 2,000 名来自法国以外的学生，卡昂国际语言中心提供从 A1 入门到 C2 高级水平的法语课程。
• The university library system serves all campuses and holds the collections of the former faculties, while its Normandy documentary collections support research on the history of the region.该校图书馆系统服务所有校区并收藏原有各学院的文献，其诺曼底文献专藏为区域历史研究提供支持。

Campus

• The main campus, Campus 1, occupies the esplanade de la Paix in central Caen, a short walk from the city centre and about two hours from Paris by train.主校区「第一校区」位于卡昂市中心的和平广场，步行可达老城，乘火车约两小时可抵巴黎。
• Campus 1 is the centrepiece of Henry Bernard's reconstruction, a monumental ensemble of teaching buildings, lecture theatres, administration and the central library built between 1948 and 1957.第一校区是亨利·贝尔纳重建规划的核心，由教学楼、阶梯教室、行政楼与中央图书馆组成，1948 至 1957 年间建成。
• Campus 2, on the Côte de Nacre, houses the science faculties, STAPS, ESIX Normandie and the Caen branch of the IUT, and is the university's principal laboratory campus.位于科特德纳克尔的第二校区容纳理学院、体育运动学院、诺曼底 ESIX 工程师学院与大学技术学院卡昂分院，是该校主要的实验室校区。
• Campus 3 at Ifs, south of the city, hosts part of the IUT and applied teaching facilities, while Campus 4 Claude Bloch houses the IAE management school.位于城市以南伊夫的第三校区设有大学技术学院部分教学与应用设施，第四校区克洛德·布洛赫则容纳企业管理学院。
• Campus 5, the PFRS site, concentrates health teaching and research, including medicine, pharmacy and the biomedical platforms linked to the Caen University Hospital.第五校区 PFRS 集中开展健康领域的教学与科研，包括医学、药学以及与卡昂大学医院相连的生物医学平台。
• Beyond Caen the university operates five outlying sites in Calvados and Lower Normandy, including the IUT branches at Alençon and Cherbourg and continuing-education centres.除卡昂之外，该校在卡尔瓦多斯省与下诺曼底地区设有五个外围教学点，包括阿朗松与瑟堡的大学技术学院分院以及继续教育中心。
• The Maison des Langues et de l'International on Campus 1 houses the Carré International, the university's hub for exchange students and French-language courses.第一校区的语言与国际之家设有卡昂国际中心，是该校接待交换生与开设法语课程的核心场所。
• The campus is served by the Caen tramway and bus network, and its central location places students within walking distance of the Abbaye aux Hommes, the castle and the city's media libraries.校区由卡昂有轨电车与公交网络连接，其中心位置使学生步行即可到达男子修道院、卡昂城堡与市立图书馆。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the University of Caen Normandy is placed in the 1201-1400 band, a shared interval rather than a single position.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，卡昂诺曼底大学位于第 1201-1400 区间，该区间为并列名次而非单一排名。
• The university did not enter the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, and it is therefore absent from that table for the year.该校未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名，因此未出现在该年度榜单中。
• U.S. News places the university 1,081st in its 2026-2027 Best Global Universities ranking, one of its strongest positions among the major global tables.在 2026-2027 年度 U.S. News 全球最佳大学排名中，该校位列第 1,081 位，是其在主要全球榜单中较靠前的名次之一。
• The university is not included in the main table of the 2026 Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities, and no 2026 ARWU rank is claimed for it here.该校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜，本条目因此不为其标注 2026 年软科名次。
• OpenAlex records 45,901 works and 1,967,570 citations associated with the university, figures that reflect its broad output in the sciences, medicine and humanities.OpenAlex 记录该校相关成果 45,901 项、引用 1,967,570 次，这些数字反映其在科学、医学与人文领域的广泛产出。
• The university is a member of the Coimbra Group, the network of long-established European universities that promotes academic exchange and joint research.该校是科英布拉集团成员，这一欧洲历史悠久的大学网络致力于推动学术交流与联合研究。
• It is a founding member of Normandy University (Normandie Université), the regional consortium created in 2011 that links the universities and engineering schools of Normandy.该校是诺曼底大学（Normandie Université）的创始成员，这一区域性联盟于 2011 年成立，连接诺曼底地区的大学与工程师学院。
• Its strongest academic profiles lie in law, history, Norman studies, biology, chemistry and health sciences, fields in which it maintains joint laboratories with national research agencies.该校最具优势的学科为法学、历史学、诺曼底研究、生物学、化学与健康科学，并在这些领域与国家科研机构共建实验室。
• The university's research intensity is reflected in its six doctoral schools and 45 laboratories, which together supervise several hundred doctoral candidates each year.该校的科研强度体现在六所博士生院与 45 个实验室上，它们每年共同指导数百名博士生。

Student life

• The university has no single formal motto, and its identity is carried instead by the phoenix emblem adopted after the 1944 destruction and 1957 reconstruction.该校没有单一的正式校训，其身份标识更多由 1944 年被毁、1957 年重建后采用的凤凰标志承载。
• The Carnaval étudiant de Caen, first held in 1894, is one of the largest student carnivals in Europe, with floats built by student associations parading from Campus 1 through the city centre.卡昂学生狂欢节创办于 1894 年，是欧洲规模最大的学生狂欢节之一，各学生团体制作的花车从第一校区出发穿越市中心游行。
• Student associations at Caen cover law, medicine, international exchange, sport, culture and solidarity, and most are federated through the university's student life services.卡昂的学生社团涵盖法律、医学、国际交流、体育、文化与互助等领域，多数通过学校的学生生活服务机构联合运作。
• The Carré International welcomes exchange students from around the world and runs French courses from A1 to C2, making it the social anchor for the university's international community.卡昂国际中心接待来自世界各地的交换生，开设从 A1 到 C2 的法语课程，是该校国际群体的社交枢纽。
• The university sports service, part of the French university sports federation, offers training and competition in swimming, athletics, team sports and outdoor activities.该校体育服务机构隶属于法国大学体育联合会，提供游泳、田径、团队运动与户外活动的训练与比赛。
• Students live in CROUS residences and private housing across Caen, and the campus restaurants and the esplanade de la Paix form the social heart of student life.学生住在卡昂各地的 CROUS 宿舍与私人住房中，校园餐厅与和平广场构成学生生活的社交中心。
• The city's proximity to the Normandy beaches, the D-Day landing sites and the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel gives student life an outdoor and historical dimension unusual for a French university town.卡昂邻近诺曼底海滩、诺曼底登陆遗址与圣米歇尔山湾，使该校学生生活具有法国大学城中少见的户外与历史维度。
• The annual Fête de la Science each October opens the university's laboratories to school pupils and the public, and the event has been held nationwide in France since 1991.每年十月的科学节向中小学生与公众开放该校实验室，这一活动自 1991 年起在法国全国举办。

Notable people

• John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, regent of English-held France for Henry VI, founded the university in 1432 and endowed its first faculties.第一代贝德福德公爵兰开斯特的约翰在亨利六世治下担任英属法兰西摄政，于 1432 年创办该校并资助其最初的学院。
• Michael Tregury, the university's first rector, later became Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland, linking the new studium to the English church hierarchy.该校首任校长迈克尔·特雷格里后来出任都柏林大主教与爱尔兰首席主教，把这所新大学与英格兰教会高层联系起来。
• Pierre Varignon, who took his master's degree at Caen in 1682, developed the geometric treatment of infinitesimals that influenced Leonhard Euler's early work.皮埃尔·瓦里尼翁于 1682 年在卡昂取得硕士学位，他发展的无穷小几何处理影响了欧拉的早期研究。
• Pierre-Simon Laplace, the mathematician and astronomer of the Napoleonic era, was introduced to mathematics at Caen before beginning the work that led to his nebular hypothesis.拿破仑时代的数学家与天文学家皮埃尔-西蒙·拉普拉斯在卡昂初次接触数学，随后开启了导向星云假说的研究。
• Urbain Le Verrier, who predicted the existence and position of Neptune in 1846, studied at Caen before his appointment at the Paris Observatory.于 1846 年预言海王星存在与位置的奥班·勒维耶曾在卡昂求学，之后进入巴黎天文台任职。
• Henri Poincaré taught at Caen from 1879 to 1881, the period in which he began the work on differential equations and dynamical systems that made him famous.昂利·庞加莱于 1879 至 1881 年在卡昂任教，正是在此期间他开始研究微分方程与动力系统，并因此成名。
• Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, the Norman novelist and essayist, studied law at Caen before turning to literature and becoming a leading figure of the Catholic revival.诺曼底小说家兼评论家朱尔·巴尔贝·多尔维利曾在卡昂学习法律，后转向文学并成为天主教复兴运动的代表人物。
• Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the engineer of the Great Western Railway and the SS Great Britain, attended school in Caen as a boy, an early contact with French technical education.大西部铁路与「大不列颠号」轮船的工程师伊桑巴德·金德姆·布鲁内尔少年时曾在卡昂求学，早期接触了法国技术教育。
• Jules Dumont d'Urville, the naval officer and explorer who charted parts of Antarctica and the Pacific, was educated at Caen before his Pacific voyages.曾测绘南极洲与太平洋部分海域的海军军官兼探险家朱尔·迪蒙·迪尔维尔在太平洋航行之前于卡昂接受教育。
• Thomas Campion, the Elizabethan poet and composer, received his medical degree at Caen in 1605 and practised as a physician in London while writing lute songs.伊丽莎白时代诗人兼作曲家托马斯·坎皮恩于 1605 年在卡昂取得医学学位，后在伦敦行医并创作鲁特琴歌曲。
• Blake Ragsdale Van Leer, later president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, studied at Caen and drew on its engineering teaching in his American academic career.后来出任佐治亚理工学院院长的布莱克·拉格斯代尔·范里尔曾在卡昂求学，并将其工程教育经验带入美国学术生涯。
• Gaston Mialaret, the French educationalist who helped shape the science of education after 1945, was a professor at Caen and a member of its teacher-training tradition.二战后参与塑造教育科学的法国教育家加斯东·米亚拉雷曾任教于卡昂，是该校教师培训传统的代表人物。