University of East London

The University of East London (UEL) is a public university in the London Borough of Newham, England, with roots in the West Ham Technical Institute of 1898 and university status conferred in 1992.东伦敦大学（University of East London，简称 UEL）是英格兰纽汉区的一所公立大学，前身可追溯至 1898 年的西汉姆技术学院，1992 年获得大学资格。

It teaches from three sites in Stratford and the Royal Docks, enrolled 26,755 students in 2024-25, including 15,045 undergraduates and 11,710 postgraduates, and employed 716 academic staff.该校在斯特拉特福与皇家码头一带的三个校区办学；2024 至 2025 学年在校生 26,755 人，其中本科生 15,045 人、研究生 11,710 人，专任教师 716 人。

UEL is placed in the 1001-1200 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, the 801-1000 band of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, and did not enter the 2026-2027 U.S. News or 2026 Shanghai main tables.东伦敦大学在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列 1001-1200 区间，在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中位列 801-1000 区间，未进入 US News 2026 至 2027 年度与 2026 年软科的主榜。

History

• The Technical Instruction Act of 1889 allowed local authorities to fund technical teaching, and in 1892 the newly formed County Borough of West Ham resolved to establish a technical institute for its community.1889 年《技术教育法》允许地方政府资助技术教学；1892 年，新设的西汉姆郡自治市决定为本地社区创办一所技术学院。
• The foundation stone was laid on 29 October 1896 by Alderman Crow JP, Mayor of the Borough of West Ham, which funded the project, and the building cost 45,000 pounds with a further 15,000 pounds for equipment.1896 年 10 月 29 日，出资兴建的西汉姆自治市市长、治安法官克劳市政官安放奠基石；校舍造价 45,000 英镑，设备另耗 15,000 英镑。
• The West Ham Technical Institute opened for teaching on 6 October 1898, when the businessman and philanthropist John Passmore Edwards declared it a people's university.西汉姆技术学院于 1898 年 10 月 6 日正式开学，实业家兼慈善家约翰·帕斯莫尔·爱德华兹在典礼上称其为「人民的大学」。
• University House, the original building on Romford Road, was designed in Renaissance Revival style by James Glen Sivewright Gibson and Samuel Bridgman Russell, with carving by the sculptor W. B. Rhind, and is now Grade II* listed as one of the finest buildings of its style in London.罗姆福德路旁的原有校舍「大学楼」由詹姆斯·格伦·西夫赖特·吉布森与塞缪尔·布里奇曼·拉塞尔以文艺复兴复兴风格设计，雕刻出自雕塑家 W·B·林德之手，现为二级星登录建筑，被视为伦敦该风格最优秀的建筑之一。
• Under its first principal, Albert E. Briscoe, the institute taught science, engineering and art, ran its own internal degrees ratified by the University of London, and maintained a women's department led by Maud J. Foster.在首任院长阿尔伯特·E·布里斯的主持下，学院教授科学、工程与艺术，开设经伦敦大学认可的校内学位，并设有由莫德·J·福斯特领导的妇女部。
• Day secretarial courses for girls were added in 1906, followed by a girls' trade school in 1912, a junior engineering school for boys in 1913 and a junior school of arts and crafts in 1914.1906 年增设女生日间秘书课程，1912 年增设女子职业学校，1913 年增设男生初级工程学校，1914 年又增设初级工艺美术学校。
• The institution became West Ham Municipal College in 1921 and was later renamed West Ham College of Technology, reflecting the growing weight of technical subjects in its curriculum.该校于 1921 年改为西汉姆市立学院，后又更名为西汉姆理工学院，反映出技术学科在课程中的比重不断上升。
• As demand for technical education grew through the 1930s and 1940s, Essex County Council created the South West Essex Technical College at Walthamstow and the South East Essex Technical College at Dagenham.1930 至 1940 年代技术教育需求增长，埃塞克斯郡议会先后在沃尔瑟姆斯托与达格纳姆创办西南埃塞克斯技术学院和东南埃塞克斯技术学院。
• In 1970 West Ham, Walthamstow and Dagenham were merged into the North East London Polytechnic, a single polytechnic formed from three colleges of higher education.1970 年，西汉姆、沃尔瑟姆斯托与达格纳姆三校合并为东北伦敦理工学院，由三所高等教育学院组成一所统一的理工学院。
• The Arthur Edwards building on the Stratford campus, completed in 1982, was among the works that modernised and enlarged the polytechnic's teaching space.1982 年建成的斯特拉特福校区阿瑟·爱德华兹楼，是当年更新并扩充学院教学空间的工程之一。
• The polytechnic became a higher education institution in 1988 and was renamed the Polytechnic of East London in 1989, a year before the sector was granted university powers.该院于 1988 年取得高等教育机构地位，1989 年更名为东伦敦理工学院；一年后，英国理工学院体系整体获得授大学学位之权。
• In 1992 the Polytechnic of East London became the University of East London, one of the post-1992 universities created when the Further and Higher Education Act allowed polytechnics to take the university title.1992 年，东伦敦理工学院升格为东伦敦大学，成为《继续与高等教育法》允许理工学院使用大学名号后成立的一批「1992 年后大学」之一。
• The Docklands campus opened in 1999 on the Royal Albert Dock, the first new university campus built in London for more than fifty years.码头区校区于 1999 年在皇家阿尔伯特码头启用，是五十多年来伦敦新建的第一座大学校区。
• The Barking campus, which had been part of the university, closed in 2006, leaving Stratford and Docklands as the two main sites until University Square opened in 2013.原属该校的巴金校区于 2006 年关闭，此后直到 2013 年大学广场校区启用前，学校仅余斯特拉特福与码头区两处主要校址。
• Queen Elizabeth II opened the Knowledge Dock business incubator at the Royal Docks campus in 2007, the year the university celebrated its links with the Olympic bid.2007 年，伊丽莎白二世女王为皇家码头校区的「知识码头」创业孵化器揭幕，同年该校也因其与奥运申办的关联而备受关注。
• In 2012 UEL raised its tuition fee to the full 9,000 pounds permitted by the 2010 legislation, up from 3,290 pounds, and became lead academic sponsor of Hackney University Technical College, one of the first university technical colleges in England.2012 年，东伦敦大学把学费从 3,290 英镑提高到 2010 年立法所允许的 9,000 英镑上限，并成为哈克尼大学技术学院的主要学术赞助方，后者是英格兰首批大学技术学院之一。
• The College of Arms granted the university armorial bearings in April 2013.2013 年 4 月，英国纹章院授予该校纹章。
• University Square Stratford opened for the 2013-14 academic year as a building co-owned with Birkbeck, University of London, the first time two higher education institutions had created a new shared building.斯特拉特福大学广场于 2013 至 2014 学年启用，由该校与伦敦大学伯贝克学院共同持有，是两所高校首次合建并共享一座新楼。
• UEL launched its Vision 2028 strategy in 2018 and agreed a partnership with Siemens aimed at making the institution net zero by 2030.该校于 2018 年启动「Vision 2028」战略，并与西门子达成合作，目标是在 2030 年前实现机构净零排放。
• In July 2021 the university bought the remaining shares in University Square, allowing it to expand the Royal Docks School of Business and Law with a trading floor simulator and a marketing analytics lab.2021 年 7 月，学校买下大学广场剩余股份，得以在皇家码头商法学院增设交易大厅模拟室与营销分析实验室。
• The university marked its 125th anniversary in 2023 with a year of events, counting from the opening of the West Ham Technical Institute in 1898.2023 年，学校以全年系列活动纪念建校 125 周年，起算点为 1898 年西汉姆技术学院的开学。

Academics

• Teaching is organised into schools that include the Royal Docks School of Business and Law, the School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering and the School of Education and Communities.教学按学院组织，包括皇家码头商法学院、建筑计算与工程学院以及教育与社区学院。
• The remaining schools are Health, Sport and Bioscience, Psychology, and Arts and Creative Industries, and a Graduate School supports postgraduate research students.其余学院为健康体育与生物科学学院、心理学院以及艺术与创意产业学院；研究生院则为研究型研究生提供支持。
• In 2024-25 UEL enrolled 26,755 students, of whom 15,045 were undergraduates and 11,710 postgraduates, and reported 716 academic staff and about 1,700 employees in total.2024 至 2025 学年东伦敦大学有学生 26,755 人，其中本科生 15,045 人、研究生 11,710 人；学校公布专任教师 716 人，员工总数约 1,700 人。
• The university's annual turnover exceeded 280 million pounds in 2024-25, and its income supports a 350 million pound investment programme in estates and digital infrastructure. UEL is an exempt charity regulated by the Office for Students.2024 至 2025 学年该校年收入超过 2.8 亿英镑，其收入支撑着一项 3.5 亿英镑的校舍与数字基础设施投资计划；该校为受学生事务办公室监管的豁免慈善机构。
• UEL submitted 208.5 full-time equivalent staff to REF 2021, 61 per cent more than in 2014, and its research power rose 54 per cent to 538 from 350.该校在 2021 年科研卓越框架中提交 208.5 个全职等效人员，比 2014 年增加 61%，科研实力值从 350 上升 54% 至 538。
• In REF 2021, 92 per cent of the university's research was rated world-leading, internationally excellent or internationally recognised, and 55 per cent of its overall submission reached the top two grades.在 2021 年科研卓越框架中，该校 92% 的研究被评为世界领先、国际优秀或国际认可，其全部提交材料中有 55% 达到最高两级。
• Computer science was rated 73 per cent world-leading or internationally excellent, allied health 72 per cent and social work and social policy 76 per cent in the same assessment.同一轮评估中，计算机科学有 73% 达到世界领先或国际优秀，联合健康 72%，社会工作与社会政策 76%。
• The university holds a silver rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework of 2023, an improvement on the bronze award it received six years earlier.该校在 2023 年教学卓越框架中获银级评级，较六年前的铜级有所提升。
• UEL runs 16 degree apprenticeship programmes in fields including podiatry, youth work, civil engineering, teaching and digital technology, and expected 950 apprentices by September 2026.该校开设 16 个学位学徒项目，涵盖足病诊疗、青年工作、土木工程、教学与数字技术等领域，预计到 2026 年 9 月学徒人数达 950 人。
• Undergraduate entry standards range from 120 to 64 UCAS tariff points, equivalent to BBB to DDE at A-level, and about 13 per cent of entrants in 2024 came through clearing.本科录取线为 120 至 64 个 UCAS 积分，相当于 A-level 的 BBB 至 DDE；2024 年约 13% 的新生通过补录入学。
• Every degree includes the Professional Fitness and Mental Wealth programme, which records achievements in a digital career passport that counts towards the final degree result.每个学位都包含「职业素养与心理资本」课程，学习成绩记入数字职业护照，并计入最终学位成绩。
• The Centre for Clinical Education, opened in January 2008 with the National Health Service, is London's only provider of podiatric education.临床教育中心于 2008 年 1 月与国民保健署合作开设，是伦敦唯一的足病诊疗教育机构。
• Knowledge Dock is accredited by the European Business Network as a Business Innovation Centre, the only such centre in London and one of twelve in the United Kingdom.知识码头获欧洲商业网络认证为商业创新中心，是伦敦唯一、全英十二家之一。
• The Royal Docks School of Business and Law offers programmes recognised by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, the Chartered Management Institute and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.皇家码头商法学院的课程获特许公认会计师公会、特许管理学会以及特许人事与发展协会认可。
• UEL validates the BA honours musical theatre course of the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, a partnership begun in 2018.该校自 2018 年起与意大利康蒂戏剧艺术学院合作，为其音乐剧荣誉学士课程提供学位认证。
• The university delivers an MBA in Malaysia with the Women's Institute of Management and teaches programmes with academic partners in the United Kingdom and abroad.该校与马来西亚妇女管理学院合作在马来西亚开设 MBA，并与英国及海外学术伙伴共同开设课程。
• More than 40,000 students, including those on partner programmes, study for UEL awards, and the student body represents over 160 countries.包括合作项目学生在内，共有逾 40,000 名学生攻读东伦敦大学的学位，学生群体来自 160 多个国家。

Campus

• The Stratford campus is centred on University House, the Grade II* listed 1898 building on Romford Road, and sits close to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.斯特拉特福校区以罗姆福德路旁 1898 年建成、列为二级星登录建筑的大学楼为核心，紧邻伊丽莎白女王奥林匹克公园。
• A replacement library at Stratford, designed by Make Architects on a budget of 13 million pounds, opened in June 2013.斯特拉特福校区的新图书馆由梅克建筑事务所设计，预算 1,300 万英镑，于 2013 年 6 月启用。
• The Docklands campus, opened in 1999, is the largest of the three and stands on the Royal Albert Dock in east London, which had closed to commercial shipping in the 1980s.1999 年启用的码头区校区是三处校区中最大的一处，位于伦敦东部的皇家阿尔伯特码头，该码头自 1980 年代起停止商业航运。
• London City Airport lies across the dock from the campus, and Cyprus station on the Docklands Light Railway adjoins it, linking to Canary Wharf and central London.伦敦城市机场隔码头与校区相望，码头区轻轨的塞浦路斯站紧邻校园，可通往金丝雀码头与伦敦市中心。
• Docklands provides 1,200 student rooms alongside shops, cafes and a restaurant, and its SportsDock centre opened in March 2012 at a cost of 21 million pounds.码头区校区提供 1,200 间学生宿舍，并配有商店、咖啡馆与餐厅；其体育中心 SportsDock 于 2012 年 3 月启用，耗资 2,100 万英镑。
• University Square Stratford, opened in September 2013, was built jointly with Birkbeck and houses the Royal Docks School of Business and Law and the Institute of Performing Arts, with shared teaching space for both institutions and their partners.斯特拉特福大学广场于 2013 年 9 月启用，与伯贝克学院合建，驻有皇家码头商法学院与表演艺术学院，并为两校及其合作方提供共享教学空间。
• Facilities in University Square include performance studios, editing suites, a mooting room and lecture theatres, and the building was nominated for the 2014 Carbuncle Cup.大学广场内设表演排练厅、剪辑室、模拟法庭与阶梯教室，该建筑还曾入围 2014 年「最丑建筑」 Carbuncle Cup 候选名单。
• The Docklands campus was shortlisted for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' Building of the Year award in 2001, and UEL also teaches at the Barking Learning Centre in the neighbouring borough of Barking and Dagenham.码头区校区曾入围 2001 年皇家特许测量师学会年度建筑奖；此外该校还在邻区巴金-达格纳姆的巴金学习中心授课。
• The university's address is University Way, London E16 2RD, and its sites sit in Newham, the host borough of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.该校地址为伦敦 E16 2RD 大学路，各校址均位于纽汉区——2012 年奥运会与残奥会的承办区。
• Off-campus teaching includes the Barking Learning Centre in a neighbouring borough, while students registered with partner institutions in the United Kingdom and overseas also study for UEL awards.校外教学包括邻区的巴金学习中心；此外，在英国及海外合作院校注册的学生也可攻读东伦敦大学的学位。

Reputation

• UEL is placed in the 1001-1200 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, a tied interval within the global table.东伦敦大学在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列 1001-1200 区间，为该全球榜单中的并列档位。
• It stands in the 801-1000 band of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, its strongest position among the major global tables.该校在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中位列 801-1000 区间，是其主要全球榜单中的最好位次。
• It did not enter the main table of the U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking for 2026-2027 or of the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026.该校未进入 US News 2026 至 2027 年度全球最佳大学主榜，也未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜。
• The Guardian University Guide 2026 placed UEL in the top 40 in the United Kingdom, and The Times and The Sunday Times named it University of the Year for Teaching Quality in 2025.《卫报》2026 年大学指南将东伦敦大学列入全英前 40；《泰晤士报》与《星期日泰晤士报》则于 2025 年将其评为年度教学质量大学。
• In the National Student Survey of 2025 the university ranked in the top ten in the United Kingdom for overall positivity, having placed third of 139 institutions in 2024.在 2025 年全国学生调查中，该校总体满意度位列全英前十；2024 年曾在 139 所院校中排第三。
• REF 2021 returned research power of 538, up 54 per cent from 350 in REF 2014, with 92 per cent of submitted research rated at least internationally recognised.2021 年科研卓越框架给出 538 的科研实力值，比 2014 年的 350 增长 54%，92% 的提交研究至少达到国际认可水平。
• UEL ranks fourth in the United Kingdom for annual student start-ups, up from 97th, and has supported 543 new student companies since Vision 2028 began.该校年度学生创业数量在全英排第四，此前为第 97 位；自「Vision 2028」启动以来已扶持 543 家学生新创企业。
• The university estimates its annual contribution to the United Kingdom economy at 814 million pounds, including 245 million pounds from teaching and research, with every pound of income returning 4.24 pounds.该校估算每年对英国经济的贡献为 8.14 亿英镑，其中教学与研究贡献 2.45 亿英镑，每 1 英镑收入可带来 4.24 英镑回报。
• Research indexed by OpenAlex records 12,010 works and 344,898 citations for the university, and UEL supports an estimated 3,545 jobs across the United Kingdom.OpenAlex 收录该校 12,010 篇研究成果与 344,898 次引用；该校估计在全英支撑 3,545 个就业岗位。

Student life

• The university motto is Scientia et votorum impletio, Latin for knowledge and the fulfilment of vows, and its colours are teal, black and white.校训为拉丁语「Scientia et votorum impletio」，意为「知识与誓愿的实现」，校色为青绿、黑与白。
• The University of East London Students' Union is affiliated to the National Union of Students, holds annual elections to its executive committee, runs more than 50 societies and provides advice and campaign support to students.东伦敦大学学生会隶属于全国学生联合会，每年选举执行委员会，运营 50 多个社团，并为学生提供咨询与维权支持。
• The union provides social space at both main campuses, including the Dome at Stratford, and publishes a student e-zine called Your Universe with student writers.学生会在两大校区均设有社交空间，包括斯特拉特福的「圆顶」；并与学生作者合作出版电子杂志《Your Universe》。
• UELSports manages clubs that compete in British Universities and Colleges Sport leagues, and in 2011 the university was named the most improved university for sport after climbing 43 places.UELSports 管理参加英国高校体育联赛的各俱乐部；2011 年该校因排名跃升 43 位被评为体育进步最大的大学。
• SportsDock contains two indoor arenas, ten badminton courts, two competition basketball courts, cricket bays, two five-a-side pitches and covered seating for 400 spectators.体育中心设有两座室内场馆、十片羽毛球场、两片比赛用篮球场、板球练习道、两块五人制球场，以及可容纳 400 名观众的带顶看台。
• During the London 2012 Games, SportsDock served as the high-performance training centre for Team USA, and Michelle Obama addressed American athletes there on 27 July 2012.2012 年伦敦奥运会期间，体育中心作为美国队的高性能训练基地；米歇尔·奥巴马于 2012 年 7 月 27 日在此向美国运动员讲话。
• Seventy per cent of UEL students identify as being from the Global Ethnic Majority, 75 per cent of its United Kingdom students come from households with multiple indicators of deprivation, and 56.7 per cent are the first in their family to attend university.该校 70% 的学生自认属于全球族裔多数群体，75% 的英国学生来自具有多项贫困指标的家庭，56.7% 是家中第一代大学生。
• UEL was ranked first in the United Kingdom for the number of care-experienced undergraduate students, and its students represented 158 nationalities in December 2021.该校在有过收养或寄养经历的本科生数量上位居全英第一；2021 年 12 月，学生群体涵盖 158 个国籍。
• Student-run cafes Nook at Docklands and Idle at the Stratford health campus plough their profits back into students' union activities, and the university ran a Year of Health programme in 2026.码头区的 Nook 与斯特拉特福健康校区的 Idle 两家学生经营咖啡馆将利润回投学生会活动；学校还在 2026 年推出「健康之年」计划。

Notable people

• John Passmore Edwards, the Victorian philanthropist and newspaper owner, opened the West Ham Technical Institute in 1898 and called it a people's university.维多利亚时代慈善家、报业主约翰·帕斯莫尔·爱德华兹于 1898 年为西汉姆技术学院揭幕，并称其为「人民的大学」。
• Alderman Crow JP, Mayor of the Borough of West Ham, laid the foundation stone of the institute on 29 October 1896 on behalf of the borough that paid for it.西汉姆自治市市长、治安法官克劳市政官于 1896 年 10 月 29 日代表出资的自治市安放了学院奠基石。
• Albert E. Briscoe was the institute's first principal, presiding over courses in science, engineering and art and over its internal London-ratified degrees.阿尔伯特·E·布里斯是学院首任院长，主持科学、工程与艺术课程以及经伦敦大学认可的校内学位。
• Maud J. Foster of the London County Council Training School led the institute's women's department, which opened technical education to women in east London.伦敦郡议会师范学校的莫德·J·福斯特领导学院妇女部，为东伦敦女性打开了技术教育之门。
• Roger Taylor, drummer of Queen, studied biology at the institution and graduated in 1968 before the band was formed in 1970.皇后乐队鼓手罗杰·泰勒曾在此攻读生物学，1968 年毕业，乐队则于 1970 年成立。
• Alexander Trotman, Baron Trotman, an engineering graduate, was chairman and chief executive of Ford Motor Company from 1993 to 1998.工程专业毕业生、特罗特曼男爵亚历山大·特罗特曼于 1993 至 1998 年任福特汽车公司董事长兼首席执行官。
• Edison James, an alumnus, served as Prime Minister of Dominica from 1995 to 2000.校友爱迪生·詹姆斯于 1995 至 2000 年任多米尼克总理。
• Kemi Adeosun, who studied public financial management at UEL, was Nigeria's Minister of Finance from 2015 to 2018.在东伦敦大学攻读公共财政管理的凯米·阿德奥松于 2015 至 2018 年任尼日利亚财政部长。
• Gina Miller, who did not complete her degree, brought the 2016 case that required parliamentary approval before the United Kingdom could trigger Article 50.未完成学位的吉娜·米勒于 2016 年提起诉讼，要求英国启动《里斯本条约》第 50 条前须经议会批准。
• Dario Vignali, an alumnus, became a distinguished professor and holder of the Frank Dixon Chair for Cancer Immunology at the University of Pittsburgh.校友达里奥·维尼亚利现任匹兹堡大学杰出教授，并持有弗兰克·狄克逊肿瘤免疫学讲席。
• Jake and Dinos Chapman, artists and brothers who studied at UEL, were nominated for the Turner Prize in 2003.曾在东伦敦大学就读的艺术家兄弟杰克与迪诺斯·查普曼于 2003 年获得特纳奖提名。
• Sonam Kapoor, the Bollywood actress, and Marina Diamandis, the singer-songwriter known as Marina and the Diamonds, are also counted among the university's alumni.宝莱坞女演员索娜姆·卡普尔与艺名「Marina and the Diamonds」的创作歌手玛丽娜·迪亚曼迪斯也被列为该校校友。