University of Calgary

The University of Calgary (UCalgary) is a public research university in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, established as an autonomous institution in 1966 out of the Calgary branch of the University of Alberta.卡尔加里大学（University of Calgary，简称 UCalgary）是加拿大艾伯塔省卡尔加里的一所公立研究型大学，1966 年从阿尔伯塔大学卡尔加里分校独立为自主大学。

It is a member of the U15 group of leading Canadian research universities, known for energy and geoscience, the Cumming School of Medicine, the Haskayne School of Business and the Schulich School of Engineering.它是加拿大 U15 顶尖研究型大学联盟成员，以能源与地球科学、卡明医学院、哈斯凯恩商学院与舒立克工程学院著称。

In the QS World University Rankings 2027 it is placed 249th, in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 joint 185th, and in the U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027 ranking 208th.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中它位列第 249 位，在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中并列第 185 位，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 208 位。

History

• The university's roots reach back to 1905, when the Alberta Normal School was established in Calgary to train teachers for the newly created province.该校的渊源可追溯至 1905 年，当时艾伯塔师范学校在卡尔加里成立，为新设立的省份培养教师。
• That normal school was absorbed by the University of Alberta's Faculty of Education in 1945 and operated thereafter as part of the University of Alberta's Calgary branch campus.这所师范学校于 1945 年被阿尔伯塔大学教育学院并入，此后作为阿尔伯塔大学卡尔加里分校的一部分运作。
• The Calgary University Committee was formed in 1946 to lobby for separate permanent facilities for the branch campus, then housed in the west wing of the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art.1946 年卡尔加里大学委员会成立，为该分校争取独立的固定设施，彼时校址位于省立技术与艺术学院西翼。
• In July 1957 the University of Alberta signed a one-dollar lease with the City of Calgary for 121.4 hectares of land, and in 1958 the branch was renamed the University of Alberta in Calgary.1957 年 7 月阿尔伯塔大学以一加元的代价与卡尔加里市签下 121.4 公顷土地的租约，1958 年该分校更名为「阿尔伯塔大学卡尔加里分校」。
• The new campus opened its first permanent buildings in October 1960, the Arts and Education Building and the Science and Engineering Building.新校区于 1960 年 10 月启用首批永久建筑，即艺术与教育楼和科学与工程楼。
• In May 1965 the Calgary campus gained academic and financial autonomy, and in April 1966 the Alberta legislature passed the Universities Act formally making it an independent university.1965 年 5 月该分校取得学术与财政自主权，1966 年 4 月艾伯塔省议会通过《大学法》，正式使其成为独立大学。
• The new university was modelled on the American state university, emphasising extension work and applied research, with governance copied from Ontario's University of Toronto Act of 1906.新大学以美国州立大学为蓝本，重视推广教育与应用研究，其治理结构则仿照 1906 年安大略省《多伦多大学法》。
• Its first president, Herbert Stoker Armstrong, insisted that a university must play a leadership role in intellectual matters even while remaining accountable to the society that supports it.首任校长赫伯特·斯托克·阿姆斯特朗坚持认为，大学即便对社会负责，也必须在智识事务上发挥领导作用。
• During the late 1960s the campus expanded rapidly with new engineering and science buildings, and in 1971 the university launched a programme in architecture.20 世纪 60 年代后期，校园随新建的工程与理科建筑迅速扩张，1971 年学校又开设了建筑学专业。
• The Banff Centre, originally the Banff School of Fine Arts, affiliated with the University of Calgary in 1966, the same year the university became autonomous.班夫中心（原班夫美术学院）于 1966 年——即大学获得自治的同一年——与卡尔加里大学建立附属关系。
• The university played a central role in hosting Canada's first winter Olympic Games, the XV Olympic Winter Games held in Calgary in 1988.该校在承办加拿大首届冬季奥运会——1988 年卡尔加里第十五届冬奥会——的过程中发挥了核心作用。
• In May 2001 the university's tartan, woven in black, red and gold, was formally accredited, the first such ceremony to be held in Canada.2001 年 5 月学校以黑、红、金三色织成的苏格兰格纹呢正式获得认证，这是加拿大首次举行此类认证仪式。
• In 2005 the engineering faculty received a 50-million-dollar gift from alumnus Seymour Schulich, the fourth-largest donation in Canadian history, and was renamed the Schulich School of Engineering.2005 年工程学院获校友西摩·舒立克 5000 万加元捐赠——这是加拿大历史上第四大捐赠——并更名为舒立克工程学院。
• In 2014 the university received 100 million dollars each from alumnus Geoffrey Cumming and the Government of Alberta, and the medical school was renamed the Cumming School of Medicine.2014 年学校分别获得校友杰弗里·卡明与艾伯塔省政府各一亿加元捐赠，医学院随之更名为卡明医学院。
• In 2007 the university and the City of Calgary began the West Campus Development Project through the West Campus Development Trust.2007 年学校与卡尔加里市通过「西校区开发信托」启动了西校区开发项目。
• The MacKimmie Complex and Professional Faculties redevelopment received an additional 262.8 million dollars announced by the provincial government in March 2017.2017 年 3 月省政府宣布为麦金米综合楼与专业学院楼的重建追加 2.628 亿加元。
• In September 2010 the university opened a downtown campus at 8th Avenue and 8th Street S.W. housing continuing education, business and public policy classes.2010 年 9 月学校在西南第八大道与第八街开设市中心校区，容纳继续教育、商学与公共政策课程。
• The School of Public Policy was founded in 2008 and is based at the downtown campus, organised into economic and social, energy and environmental, and international policy areas.公共政策学院成立于 2008 年，设在市中心校区，分为经济与社会政策、能源与环境政策以及国际政策三个方向。
• In 2022 the university formed an international alliance with the University of Aberdeen in Scotland and Curtin University in Australia.2022 年学校与苏格兰的阿伯丁大学和澳大利亚的科廷大学结成国际大学联盟。
• A ransomware attack in 2016 forced the university to pay a 20,000-dollar ransom, and the FBI charged alleged Iranian hackers in 2018.2016 年的一次勒索软件攻击迫使学校支付了 2 万美元赎金，美国联邦调查局于 2018 年对涉嫌的伊朗黑客提出指控。
• In November 2025 it was reported that the university would lose 34.7 million dollars for the 2025-26 academic year because of declining international student enrolment.2025 年 11 月有报道称，由于国际学生入学人数下降，该校 2025-2026 学年将损失 3470 万加元。
• The university's first library, the MacKimmie Library, opened in 1966, the same year the university became autonomous.学校的第一座图书馆麦金米图书馆于 1966 年启用，正是大学获得自治的那一年。
• In 2016 the university completed the renovation of the Canadian Natural Resources Limited Engineering Complex within the Schulich School of Engineering.2016 年学校完成了舒立克工程学院内加拿大自然资源有限公司工程综合楼的改造。

Academics

• The university offers about 250 programmes leading to bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees and is composed of 14 faculties, 55 departments and more than 85 research institutes and centres.学校开设约 250 个本科、硕士与博士专业，由 14 个学院、55 个系以及逾 85 个研究所与中心组成。
• It is accredited under Alberta's Post-Secondary Learning Act and is classified as a comprehensive academic and research university.学校依艾伯塔省《中学后学习法》获得认证，被归类为综合性学术与研究型大学。
• Its faculties span arts, science, engineering, medicine, law, nursing, business, kinesiology, social work, veterinary medicine, environmental design, education, graduate studies and continuing education.其学院涵盖文学、理学、工程、医学、法学、护理、商学、人体工学、社会工作、兽医学、环境设计、教育、研究生院与继续教育。
• The Faculty of Science comprises six departments: biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, geosciences, mathematics and statistics, and physics and astronomy.理学院下设六个系，即生物科学、化学、计算机科学、地球科学、数学与统计学、物理与天文学。
• The Cumming School of Medicine, renamed in 2014 after a gift of 200 million dollars, concentrates research on brain and mental health, infectious disease, and inflammation and chronic disease.卡明医学院因合计两亿加元的捐赠于 2014 年更名，其研究集中于脑与心理健康、传染病以及炎症与慢性病。
• The Schulich School of Engineering and the Department of Geosciences maintain close ties with the petroleum and geoscience industry of Alberta.舒立克工程学院与地球科学系同艾伯塔省的石油与地球科学产业保持密切联系。
• The Haskayne School of Business, the Faculty of Law and the Werklund School of Education are among the university's professional and applied schools.哈斯凯恩商学院、法学院与沃克伦德教育学院是该校的专业与应用型学院。
• The Faculty of Arts was formed in 2010 by merging the faculties of communication and culture, social sciences, humanities, and fine arts.文学院于 2010 年由通信与文化、社会科学、人文学科以及艺术四个学院合并而成。
• The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, established in 2008, was the second veterinary school in western Canada.兽医学院成立于 2008 年，是加拿大西部第二所兽医学院。
• The university's libraries and cultural resources include eight libraries, two art galleries, archives and special collections, and the University of Calgary Press.学校的图书馆与文化资源系统包括 8 座图书馆、2 个美术馆、档案与特藏部以及卡尔加里大学出版社。
• The library system holds over 3.7 million printed volumes plus online access to more than 300,000 full-text electronic journals and 800 electronic databases.图书馆系统馆藏逾 370 万册纸本图书，并提供逾 30 万种全文电子期刊与 800 个电子数据库的在线访问。
• As of 2012 the library system was the eighth largest in Canada by number of volumes held.截至 2012 年，其图书馆系统按馆藏册数计为加拿大第八大。
• With faculty holding 80 Canada Research Chairs, the university reported sponsored research revenue of 380.4 million dollars and total revenues exceeding 1.2 billion dollars.学校拥有 80 个加拿大研究讲席，其报告获资助研究收入为 3.804 亿加元，总收入逾 12 亿加元。
• The university has produced more than 170,000 alumni, who live in 152 countries, and has counted 14 Rhodes Scholars among its graduates.学校已培养逾 17 万名校友，分布在全球 152 个国家，其中产生了 14 位罗德学者。
• The Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases is housed on the Health Sciences Campus and reopened a Biosafety Level 3 laboratory in November 2020.斯奈德慢性病研究所设于健康科学校区，并于 2020 年 11 月重新启用一座生物安全三级实验室。
• The Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning, opened for the university's 50th anniversary, occupies a two-storey 4,000-square-metre building with mock classrooms and a simulation centre.泰勒教学与学习研究所为庆祝建校 50 周年而启用，坐落在一座两层、4000 平方米的建筑中，配备模拟教室与模拟中心。
• Innovate Calgary, based in the 170,000-square-foot Alastair Ross Technology Centre, serves as the university's incubator and technology-transfer office.「创新卡尔加里」设于 17 万平方英尺的阿拉斯泰尔·罗斯技术中心，是学校的孵化器与技术转移办公室。

Campus

• The main campus lies about 10 kilometres northwest of downtown Calgary, immediately south of the Varsity neighbourhood, and is bounded by Crowchild Trail, 32 Avenue NW, Shaganappi Trail NW and 24 Avenue NW.主校区位于卡尔加里市中心西北约 10 公里、瓦西蒂社区正南，四至为克罗柴尔德路、西北 32 大道、西北沙加纳皮路与西北 24 大道。
• The campus covers 213 hectares, an area larger than Calgary's entire downtown, and its architecture mixes Brutalist and Postmodern buildings erected between 1960 and 1980.校园占地 213 公顷，比卡尔加里整个市中心还大，其建筑以 1960 至 1980 年间所建的粗野主义与后现代主义风格混合为主。
• The main campus connects to Calgary's C-Train light-rail system at University Station, and a large central park holds specially commissioned sculptures and transplanted old oak trees.主校区经「大学站」接入卡尔加里轻铁系统，中央的大型公园内置有专门委托创作的雕塑与移栽的老橡树。
• The university also maintains a Health Sciences Campus, centred on the Health Sciences Building opened in 1972 beside the Foothills Medical Centre.学校还设有健康科学校区，以 1972 年启用的健康科学楼为核心，毗邻山麓医疗中心。
• The Taylor Family Digital Library, launched on 20 October 2011, replaced the MacKimmie Library as the university's primary library and houses the Nickle Galleries.泰勒家族数字图书馆于 2011 年 10 月 20 日启用，取代麦金米图书馆成为学校的主图书馆，并设有尼克尔美术馆。
• The library was named in recognition of a 25-million-dollar gift made in December 2006 by Don and Ruth Taylor.该图书馆的命名是为铭记唐与露丝·泰勒在 2006 年 12 月捐出的 2500 万加元。
• The West Campus, a tract granted by the Province of Alberta in 1995 that overlooks the Bow River valley, is being developed as the mixed-use University District.西校区是艾伯塔省于 1995 年拨给学校的一片俯瞰鲍河河谷的土地，正被开发为多用途的「大学区」。
• A satellite Spy Hill Campus in the far northwest houses the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and the climate-controlled High Density Library.位于西北角的 Spy Hill 卫星校区设有兽医学院与恒温控制的密集型书库。
• Since 2007 the university has operated the University of Calgary in Qatar, a Doha campus focused on nursing education that awards Bachelor of Nursing and Master of Nursing degrees.自 2007 年起，学校在卡塔尔多哈运营卡尔加里大学卡塔尔校区，专注护理教育，开设护理学士与护理硕士学位。
• The Olympic Oval, part of the 1988 Winter Olympic legacy on campus, is a 400-metre speed-skating arena known as the fastest ice in the world.奥林匹克椭圆馆是 1988 年冬奥会留存在校园的遗产之一，是一座 400 米速滑场馆，被誉为世界上最快的冰。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the university is placed 249th in the world, and in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 it is placed joint 185th.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中该校位列世界第 249 位，在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中位列并列第 185 位。
• The U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027 ranking places it 208th in the world, and the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026 places it in the 201-300 band.2026-2027 年《美国新闻与世界报道》全球最佳大学排名将其列为世界第 208 位，2026 年世界大学学术排名将其列入 201 至 300 区间。
• Maclean's placed Calgary fifth among Canadian medical-doctoral universities in its 2026 national ranking.在《麦克林》2026 年全国大学排名中，卡大在加拿大医博类大学中位列第五。
• In the QS World University Rankings by Subject its chemical and petroleum engineering is placed in the 101-150 band in the world.在 QS 世界大学学科排名中，其化学与石油工程位列世界 101 至 150 区间。
• Research Infosource ranked the University of Calgary among the top five research universities in Canada in 2025.2025 年 Research Infosource 将卡尔加里大学列为加拿大前五的研究型大学之一。
• In the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2019 the university stood 131-140 in the world and seventh in Canada.在 2019 年 QS 毕业生就业能力排名中，该校位列世界 131 至 140 区间、加拿大第七。
• OpenAlex attributes 198,585 works and 16,139,415 citations to the University of Calgary, reflecting a large research output.OpenAlex 为卡尔加里大学收录 198585 项成果与 16139415 次被引，显示其可观的科研产出。
• In 2019 the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities placed it 132nd in the world, and the University Ranking by Academic Performance 2018-19 placed it 139th.2019 年世界大学科研论文绩效排名将其列为世界第 132 位，2018-2019 年世界大学学术表现排名将其列为第 139 位。
• In the QS World University Rankings 2024 the university was placed 182nd in the world and eighth in Canada.在 2024 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校位列世界第 182 位、加拿大第八。
• The Association of Research Libraries rated the university library 43rd in North America for total library expenditures in 2011-2012.美国研究图书馆协会在 2011-2012 年将该校图书馆的馆藏总支出列为北美第 43 位。

Student life

• The university has no formal Latin motto and instead expresses its identity through the motto of its arms and through its strong research and community mission.该校没有正式的拉丁文校训，其身份更多通过校徽图记所附的格言以及研究与社区使命来体现。
• A significant proportion of students live on campus, with approximately 2,500 to 3,000 students and faculty members resident each academic year in halls named after Rocky Mountain ranges.相当一部分学生住在校内，每个学年约有 2500 至 3000 名学生与教职员居住在以落基山脉命名的宿舍楼中。
• Rundle Hall and Kananaskis Hall were built in the early 1960s, while Glacier and Olympus Halls were built before the 1988 Winter Olympics as the athletes' village.鲁德尔楼与卡纳纳斯基斯楼建于 20 世纪 60 年代初，冰川楼与奥林匹斯楼则在 1988 年冬奥会前作为运动员村建成。
• Yamnuska Hall opened in 2011, Aurora and Crowsnest Halls opened in 2015, and Hotel Alma offers 96 rooms for guests of the university.雅姆努斯卡楼于 2011 年启用，极光楼与克罗斯内斯特楼于 2015 年启用，阿尔玛酒店则为学校访客提供 96 间客房。
• The Gauntlet, the university's student publication, was first published in 1960 as a weekly newspaper and became a monthly magazine in 2017.学生刊物《挑战报》（The Gauntlet）于 1960 年以周报形式首次出版，2017 年改为月刊。
• CJSW broadcasts on 90.9 MHz FM and NUTV, established in 1983, is one of the oldest campus television societies in Canada, making Calgary the only Canadian university with three media operations on campus.CJSW 以 90.9 兆赫调频播出，1983 年成立的 NUTV 是加拿大最早的校园电视社团之一，使卡大成为唯一在校内拥有三家媒体的加拿大大学。
• Bermuda Shorts Day was an annual end-of-term tradition until it was discontinued in 2019, and it was replaced by the alcohol-free UCalgaryStrong Festival.「百慕大短裤日」是每年学期末的传统活动，至 2019 年停办，其后由不含酒精的「UCalgaryStrong 节」取代。
• The Chi Gamma chapter of the Zeta Psi fraternity was chartered in December 1967 and is the oldest Greek organisation on campus, while Kappa Sigma's Mu Lambda chapter was founded in 1981.泽塔赛兄弟会 Chi Gamma 分会于 1967 年 12 月获得特许，是校内历史最久的希腊字母社团，而卡帕西格玛兄弟会 Mu Lambda 分会则成立于 1981 年。
• The Calgary Dinos compete in 14 varsity sports within U Sports, and the football team has won the Vanier Cup five times, in 1983, 1985, 1988, 1995 and 2019.卡尔加里 Dinos 队在 U Sports 体系内参加 14 个校队项目，其橄榄球队五度夺得瓦尼埃杯，分别是在 1983、1985、1988、1995 与 2019 年。

Notable people

• Stephen Harper, who took a bachelor's degree and a master's degree at Calgary by 1991, served as Prime Minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015.斯蒂芬·哈珀于 1991 年前在卡大取得学士与硕士学位，并在 2006 至 2015 年担任加拿大总理。
• James Gosling, who earned a Bachelor of Science in 1977, is the computer scientist credited as the inventor of the Java programming language.詹姆斯·高斯林于 1977 年取得理学士学位，是被公认为 Java 程序设计语言发明者的计算机科学家。
• Garrett Camp, an engineering graduate, co-founded the website StumbleUpon and later the ride-hailing company Uber.加勒特·坎普是工程学毕业生，曾共同创办网站 StumbleUpon，其后又共同创办网约车公司 Uber。
• Robert Thirsk, who earned a Bachelor of Science in 1976, became a Canadian Space Agency astronaut and flew on long-duration missions to the International Space Station.罗伯特·瑟斯克于 1976 年取得理学士学位，后成为加拿大航天局宇航员，并执行过前往国际空间站的长驻任务。
• Chip Wilson, who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in economics in 1980, founded the athletic-wear company Lululemon Athletica.奇普·威尔逊于 1980 年取得经济学文学士学位，创办了运动服装公司 Lululemon。
• Theo de Raadt, who earned a Bachelor of Science in 1992, founded and leads the OpenBSD and OpenSSH open-source projects.西奥·德·拉特于 1992 年取得理学士学位，创建并领导了 OpenBSD 与 OpenSSH 开源项目。
• Naheed Nenshi, who took a Bachelor of Commerce in 1993, served as mayor of Calgary from 2010 to 2021.纳希德·南希于 1993 年取得商学士学位，并在 2010 至 2021 年担任卡尔加里市长。
• Susanne Craig, who graduated in political science in 1991, is a New York Times investigative journalist who shared the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting.苏珊娜·克雷格于 1991 年取得政治学学位，是《纽约时报》调查记者，并共同获得 2018 年普利策解释性报道奖。
• Christine Nesbitt, a Calgary graduate, won the women's 1,000-metre speed-skating gold medal for Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics and set a world record over the distance in 2012.克里斯蒂娜·内斯比特毕业于卡大，曾在 2010 年冬奥会为加拿大夺得女子 1000 米速滑金牌，并于 2012 年刷新该项世界纪录。
• Joseph Sung, a physician awarded an honorary doctorate by Calgary in 1992, served as president of the Chinese University of Hong Kong from 2010 to 2017.沈祖尧是 1992 年获卡大荣誉博士学位的医生，曾在 2010 至 2017 年出任香港中文大学校长。