University of Girona

The University of Girona (UdG) is a public university in the city of Girona, Catalonia, Spain, whose origins go back to the Estudi General founded in 1446.赫罗纳大学（UdG）是西班牙加泰罗尼亚赫罗纳市的一所公立大学，其源头可追溯至1446年创立的“综合学堂”。

Re-established by the Parliament of Catalonia on 12 December 1991, it teaches some 16,000 students through nine faculties and schools on four campuses in and around the city.学校于1991年12月12日由加泰罗尼亚议会重建，目前通过九个院系在市区及周边的四个校区为约1.6万名学生授课。

It is known for its programmes in tourism and hospitality and for research on water, and it combines a historic old-town presence with a modern campus at Montilivi.学校以旅游与酒店管理学科和水资源研究著称，既有老城的历史建筑，也有蒙蒂利维的现代校区。

History

• The historical forerunner of the university, the Estudi General, was founded in 1446 by King Alfonso V of Aragon, known as the Magnanimous, who granted Girona the privilege of awarding degrees.学校的前身“综合学堂”由阿拉贡国王阿方索五世（“宽宏者”）于1446年创立，他授予赫罗纳颁发学位的特权。
• The 1446 privilege covered degrees in grammar, rhetoric, philosophy and theology, law and medicine, and teaching was entrusted to the municipal syndics and the Church.1446年的特许涵盖语法、修辞、哲学与神学、法学和医学学位，教学由市政理事与教会负责。
• Official classes did not begin until 1572, in the Les Àligues building, which was purpose-built as the seat of the university and still stands on the Plaça Sant Domènec in the old town.正式课程直到1572年才开始，校址是专为大学兴建的“雄鹰”大楼，该建筑至今仍矗立在老城的圣多梅内克广场。
• University studies spread with a considerable reputation until 1717, when the institution was closed under the Nueva Planta decrees after the loss of Catalan political autonomy.大学教学声誉日隆，直至1717年在加泰罗尼亚失去政治自治后依《新根本法》被关闭。
• University-level teaching returned only in the twentieth century, through the city's teacher-training college and campaigns in the 1960s to restore higher education in Girona.大学层次的教学直到二十世纪才回归，依托该市师范学校以及1960年代争取恢复赫罗纳高等教育的运动。
• In 1969 the Col·legi Universitari de Girona was created under the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and the Escola Politècnica Universitària de Girona was attached to the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.1969年，赫罗纳大学学院在巴塞罗那自治大学旗下成立，赫罗纳理工学院则隶属加泰罗尼亚理工大学。
• These centres taught business, humanities, science and social science courses that formed the base of the restored Estudi General.这两个中心开设商科、人文、科学与社会科学的课程，为重建的“综合学堂”奠定了基础。
• On 12 December 1991 the Parliament of Catalonia approved Act 35/1991, creating the new University of Girona and bringing the city's existing university schools under a single autonomous institution.1991年12月12日，加泰罗尼亚议会通过第35/1991号法案，创建公立的赫罗纳大学，并把该市原有的高等学校并入这一自主机构。
• Josep Maria Nadal i Farreras was elected the first rector and led the university from 1991 to 2002, a period in which the Montilivi campus took shape.何塞普·马里亚·纳达尔·法雷拉斯当选首任校长，1991年至2002年在任，其间蒙蒂利维校区逐步成形。
• The first honorary doctorates were conferred in 1997 on the tenor Jaume Aragall, the fisheries scientist Fred Utter and the psychologist Jerome Bruner.1997年，学校授予首批荣誉博士学位，获得者包括男高音海梅·阿拉加尔、渔业科学家弗雷德·厄特与心理学家杰罗姆·布鲁纳。
• Joan Batlle i Grabulosa succeeded Nadal in 2002 and served until 2005, when Anna Maria Geli became the university's first woman rector.2002年，若安·巴特列·格拉布洛萨接替纳达尔，任职至2005年，同年安娜·玛丽亚·赫利成为该校首位女校长。
• Geli led the university until 2013 and was succeeded by Sergi Bonet Marull, a professor of cell biology who served until 2017.赫利执掌学校至2013年，随后由细胞生物学教授塞尔吉·博内特·马鲁利接任，任职至2017年。
• In 2008 the university awarded honorary doctorates to the philosopher Raimon Panikkar, the historian Eric Hobsbawm, the physician Joan Rodés and the jurist Miquel Roca Junyent.2008年，学校授予哲学家雷蒙·帕尼卡、历史学家埃里克·霍布斯鲍姆、医生若安·罗德斯与法学家米克尔·罗卡·胡尼恩特荣誉博士学位。
• In 2011 the chef Joan Roca, whose El Celler de Can Roca holds three Michelin stars, received an honorary doctorate alongside the engineer Ferran Mir.2011年，拥有米其林三星的“罗卡三兄弟餐厅”主厨若安·罗卡与工程师费兰·米尔获授荣誉博士学位。
• George Steiner, the literary critic, and Encarna Roca, the jurist, were honoured in 2012, the same year as the chemist Josef Havel.2012年，文学评论家乔治·施泰纳、法学家恩卡纳·罗卡与化学家约瑟夫·哈维尔获授荣誉博士学位。
• Josep Fontana, Ramon Garrabou and Jordi Nadal, three historians of Catalan agriculture and industry, received honorary doctorates in 2013.2013年，研究加泰罗尼亚农业与工业史的三位历史学家何塞普·丰塔纳、拉蒙·加拉布与若尔迪·纳达尔获授荣誉博士学位。
• In 2014 the university honoured the physicist and poet David Jou and the Argentine educationist Juan Carlos Tedesco.2014年，学校授予物理学家兼诗人戴维·若乌与阿根廷教育学家胡安·卡洛斯·特德斯科荣誉博士学位。
• In 2015 Ilona Kickbusch, a scholar of health promotion and global health governance, received an honorary doctorate.2015年，健康促进与全球健康治理学者伊洛娜·基克布什获授荣誉博士学位。
• Joaquim Salvi, a computer vision researcher, was elected rector in 2017 and won a second term in 2021.计算机视觉研究者若阿金·萨尔维于2017年当选校长，并于2021年赢得连任。
• Also in 2017 the university honoured the singer Lluís Llach and, posthumously, the poet Miquel Martí i Pol.同样在2017年，学校授予歌手路易斯·利亚克荣誉博士学位，并追授诗人米克尔·马蒂·波尔。
• In 2019 the theoretical chemist Evert Jan Baerends and the ecologist Sovan Lek were awarded honorary doctorates.2019年，理论化学家埃弗特·扬·巴伦兹与生态学家索万·莱克获授荣誉博士学位。
• The university marked its thirtieth anniversary in 2021 and conferred honorary doctorates on the journalist Josep Maria Casasús and the sustainability educator Daniella Tilbury.2021年，学校庆祝建校三十周年，并授予记者何塞普·马里亚·卡萨斯与可持续发展教育学者丹妮拉·蒂尔伯里荣誉博士学位。

Academics

• The university is organised into nine faculties and schools: Sciences, Law, Economics and Business, Education and Psychology, the Polytechnic School, Nursing, Arts, Medicine and Tourism.学校设有九个院系：理学院、法学院、经济与商学院、教育与心理学院、理工学院、护理学院、文学院、医学院与旅游学院。
• Twenty-four departments deliver teaching and research, alongside thirteen university research institutes and 107 research groups.二十四个系承担教学与研究，此外还有十三个校级研究所与107个研究组。
• In the 2025-2026 academic year it offers 41 bachelor's degrees, 15 double degrees, 30 master's degrees, 20 joint programmes and 15 doctoral programmes.2025-2026学年，学校开设41个本科专业、15个双学位项目、30个硕士专业、20个联合项目与15个博士项目。
• The School of Doctoral Studies coordinates the 15 doctoral programmes and organises transversal training in research methods, ethics and scientific communication.博士研究生院协调15个博士项目，并组织研究方法、科研伦理与科学传播方面的通识培训。
• The Faculty of Tourism teaches tourism management and planning at bachelor's and master's level and hosts INSETUR, the university's tourism research institute.旅游学院在本科与硕士层次开设旅游管理与规划课程，并下设学校旅游研究所INSETUR。
• The Faculty of Medicine teaches in collaboration with the Dr Josep Trueta University Hospital, while nursing degrees are taught in the Faculty of Nursing.医学院与何塞普·特鲁埃塔医生大学医院合作开展教学，护理学位则由护理学院开设。
• In 2024-2025 the university enrolled 16,213 students and employed 1,720 teaching and research staff and 632 administrative staff.2024-2025学年，学校共有16213名学生，并聘有1720名教研人员与632名行政人员。
• The 2026 budget totals 139 million euros, up from 137 million in 2025, of which 68 million is basic funding from the Catalan government.2026年预算总额为1.39亿欧元，高于2025年的1.37亿欧元，其中6800万欧元为加泰罗尼亚政府提供的基础经费。
• Research concentrates on two strategic lines, water science and management and tourism and sustainability, alongside computer simulation, food and agriculture, biomedicine and cultural heritage.研究集中于两大战略方向——水科学与管理、旅游与可持续性，此外还包括计算机模拟、食品与农业、生物医学与文化遗产。
• Of the 107 research groups, 58 work in science, technology and health and 49 in the humanities and social sciences.在107个研究组中，58个从事科学、技术与健康研究，49个从事人文与社会科学研究。
• The Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis, known as IQCC, trains doctoral students in theoretical and computational chemistry.计算化学与催化研究所（IQCC）培养理论与计算化学方向的博士生。
• The Institute of Aquatic Ecology studies Mediterranean rivers, wetlands and coastal systems, and it works closely with the Catalan Institute for Water Research.水生生态研究所研究地中海河流、湿地与海岸系统，并与加泰罗尼亚水研究所密切合作。
• The Catalan Institute for Water Research, a CERCA centre known as ICRA, is based on the Science and Technology Park and works with university groups on water treatment and resource recovery.加泰罗尼亚水研究所（ICRA）是CERCA体系的研究中心，坐落于科技园，与学校团队合作研究水处理与资源回收。
• The university hosts 56 sponsored chairs, funded by companies and public bodies, and three foundations that support research and scholarships.学校设有56个由企业和公共机构资助的讲席教授席位，以及三个支持科研与奖学金的基金会。
• Five affiliated centres deliver UdG-validated degrees, mainly in health sciences and sport, such as EUSES, the university school of health and sport, extending the university's reach beyond its own buildings.五个附属中心主要开设健康科学与体育领域由赫罗纳大学认证的学位课程，例如健康与体育大学学院EUSES，使学校的影响超出自有校舍。
• Catalan is the university's own language and normal language of instruction, and the language policy offers Catalan courses to exchange students while some master's programmes are taught in English.加泰罗尼亚语是学校的本校语言与常规教学语言，学校为交换生开设加泰罗尼亚语课程，部分硕士项目则以英语授课。
• The university uses Consul, an open-source participation platform, so that staff and students can propose, debate and vote on administration, teaching and budgeting.学校采用开源参与平台Consul，让师生就行政、教学与预算事务提出提案、展开辩论并进行表决。
• With the University of the Balearic Islands and the University of Perpignan Via Domitia it formed PRES-PM, a Pyrenees-Mediterranean cross-border group for research and higher education.学校与巴利阿里群岛大学、佩皮尼昂维亚多米提亚大学共同组建“比利牛斯—地中海”跨境研究与高等教育集团PRES-PM。
• It also joined the University of the Balearic Islands, the Catalan Institute for Water Research and the Spanish National Research Council in CEI-PM, a campus of international excellence.学校还与巴利阿里群岛大学、加泰罗尼亚水研究所及西班牙国家研究委员会共建“国际卓越校园”CEI-PM。
• The university belongs to the Florence Network for Nursing and Midwifery and to the Vives Network, which links Catalan-language universities in Spain, France and Andorra.学校是弗洛伦斯护理与助产网络成员，也加入连接西班牙、法国与安道尔加泰罗尼亚语大学的比韦斯网络。

Campus

• The university spreads over four campuses, Montilivi, Barri Vell, Centre and the Science and Technology Park, all within the city of Girona.学校分布在蒙蒂利维、老城、市中心与科技园四个校区，均在赫罗纳市境内。
• The Montilivi campus is the largest and houses the faculties of Sciences, Economics and Business and Law, the Polytechnic School, the main library and the sports facilities.蒙蒂利维校区规模最大，容纳理学院、经济与商学院、法学院、理工学院、主图书馆与体育设施。
• The Barri Vell campus occupies historic buildings in the old town, including the Les Àligues building at Plaça Sant Domènec, which houses the rectorate.老城校区位于旧城的历史建筑中，包括圣多梅内克广场上设校长办公室的“雄鹰”大楼。
• The Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Tourism occupy buildings around the Plaça Ferrater Mora, a square named after the philosopher Josep Ferrater Mora.文学院与旅游学院位于费拉特·莫拉广场周边的建筑内，该广场以哲学家何塞普·费拉特·莫拉命名。
• The Centre campus groups education, psychology and nursing in buildings between the city centre and the railway station.市中心校区将教育、心理与护理学科集中在市中心与火车站之间的建筑内。
• The Science and Technology Park, next to the Montilivi campus, houses research institutes, spin-off companies and technology transfer offices.科技园毗邻蒙蒂利维校区，入驻研究机构、衍生企业与技术转移办公室。
• The university's buildings total 197,496 square metres, ranging from the sixteenth-century Les Àligues building in the old town to the laboratories at Montilivi.学校建筑总面积达197496平方米，既有老城的十六世纪“雄鹰”大楼，也有蒙蒂利维的实验室。
• A fifth health sciences campus has been proposed next to the Dr Josep Trueta University Hospital, to bring medicine, nursing and health research onto one site.学校还计划在何塞普·特鲁埃塔医生大学医院旁建设第五个健康科学校区，把医学、护理与健康研究集中到一处。
• Girona lies about 100 kilometres northeast of Barcelona, around 40 minutes away by high-speed train, 12 kilometres from Girona-Costa Brava Airport, which serves low-cost routes across Europe, and some 20 kilometres from the beaches of the Costa Brava.赫罗纳位于巴塞罗那东北约100公里处，乘高铁约40分钟可达，距运营欧洲多地低成本航线的赫罗纳—布拉瓦海岸机场12公里，距布拉瓦海岸海滩约20公里。

Reputation

• In the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities the university is placed in the 901-1000 band.在2026年软科世界大学学术排名中，学校位列第901-1000名区间。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place it in the 801-1000 band.在2027年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，学校位列第801-1000名区间。
• It does not appear in the 2027 QS World University Rankings.学校未进入2027年QS世界大学排名。
• Nor is it included in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities list.学校也未进入2026-2027年度U.S. News全球大学榜单。
• Its strongest subject showing came in the 2022 QS World University Rankings by Subject, where hospitality and leisure management was ranked 12th in the world and first in Spain.学校最突出的学科表现出现在2022年QS世界大学学科排名中，酒店与休闲管理位列全球第12名、西班牙第1名。
• In 2023-2024 its researchers published 1,610 works, of which 1,140 were indexed in Scopus, and produced 75 monographs and 102 doctoral theses.2023-2024学年，学校研究人员发表1610项成果，其中1140项被Scopus收录，并出版75部专著、完成102篇博士论文。
• The same year it carried out 548 research projects and contracts financed by competitive grants, public bodies and companies.同年，学校执行了548个由竞争性资助、公共机构与企业提供经费的研究项目与合同。
• All of its degrees are accredited by AQU Catalunya, the Catalan university quality agency, and undergo external review before renewal.学校所有学位均经加泰罗尼亚大学质量保障局AQU Catalunya认证，并在续期前接受外部评审。
• Its doctoral programmes attract international students, and the university takes part in the Serra Húnter programme, through which the Catalan government co-finances academic posts across the public university system.学校博士项目吸引国际学生，并参与“塞拉·温特”计划，该计划由加泰罗尼亚政府为公立大学系统共同资助教职。

Student life

• Student life is organised around the four campuses, and the university's 16,213 students make it a mid-sized public university in Catalonia.学生生活围绕四个校区展开，学校16213名学生的规模使其成为加泰罗尼亚一所中等规模的公立大学。
• In 2023-2024, 259 students went abroad on Erasmus+ study exchanges and 354 incoming Erasmus+ students studied at Girona.2023-2024学年，259名学生通过Erasmus+项目出国学习，同时有354名Erasmus+学生来赫罗纳就读。
• The university also exchanges students through the Spanish SICUE scheme, with 60 places out and 26 in, and through the PROMETEU programme, with 66 out and 99 in.学校还通过西班牙SICUE计划交换学生，派出60人、接收26人，并通过PROMETEU项目派出66人、接收99人。
• The Josep Torrellas programme allows people over 50 to follow university courses without a prior degree, and it enrolled 195 students in 2024-2025.“何塞普·托雷利亚斯”项目允许50岁以上、无前置学位者修读大学课程，2024-2025学年招收了195名学生。
• Students elect representatives to the university's governing bodies through the Student Council, which also organises cultural and leisure activities.学生通过学生理事会选举代表进入学校治理机构，理事会还组织文化与休闲活动。
• The university runs a theatre classroom, a choir and an orchestra that perform during the university's cultural season, including an annual production in the assembly hall.学校设有戏剧工作坊、合唱团与管弦乐队，在校园文化季期间演出，并在礼堂上演年度剧目。
• The Barri Vell campus places students a short walk from the old town's squares and from Temps de Flors, the flower festival held every May.老城校区使学生步行即可到达旧城广场，以及每年五月举办的“花之时”花卉节。
• The Xoriguers de la UdG, the university's colla castellera, build human towers at local festivals and recruit new members each autumn.学校的“绍里格斯”人塔队在当地节庆上搭建人塔，每年秋季招募新成员。
• Sports facilities on the Montilivi campus include a swimming pool, tennis courts and pitches, and teams compete in the Catalan university championships.蒙蒂利维校区设有游泳池、网球场与球场，校队参加加泰罗尼亚大学生锦标赛。
• The Montilivi library opens extended hours during the examination periods in January and June, and students also use study rooms in the Barri Vell and Centre buildings.蒙蒂利维图书馆在一月与六月的考试季延长开放时间，学生还可使用老城与市中心楼宇内的自习室。

Notable people

• Josep Maria Nadal i Farreras, rector from 1991 to 2002, oversaw the creation of the modern university and its first campuses.何塞普·马里亚·纳达尔·法雷拉斯于1991年至2002年任校长，主持了现代大学的创建与首批校区建设。
• Anna Maria Geli, rector from 2005 to 2013, was the first woman to lead the university.安娜·玛丽亚·赫利于2005年至2013年任校长，是该校首位女性领导者。
• Joaquim Salvi, rector since 2017, is a computer vision researcher known for work on underwater robotics and three-dimensional reconstruction.若阿金·萨尔维自2017年起任校长，是计算机视觉研究者，以水下机器人与三维重建研究著称。
• Jerome Bruner, the American psychologist who received an honorary doctorate in 1997, helped shape constructivist psychology and education.1997年获荣誉博士学位的美国心理学家杰罗姆·布鲁纳，对建构主义心理学与教育学影响深远。
• Eric Hobsbawm, honoured in 2008, was a British historian of nationalism, capitalism and the twentieth century.2008年获荣誉博士学位的埃里克·霍布斯鲍姆，是研究民族主义、资本主义与二十世纪的英国历史学家。
• George Steiner, honoured in 2012, was a literary critic and translator whose work spanned comparative literature and the philosophy of language.2012年获荣誉博士学位的乔治·施泰纳，是文学评论家与翻译家，其研究横跨比较文学与语言哲学。
• Raimon Panikkar, honoured in 2008, was a philosopher of religion known for dialogue between Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism.2008年获荣誉博士学位的雷蒙·帕尼卡，是宗教哲学家，以基督教、印度教与佛教之间的对话研究闻名。
• Lluís Llach, honoured in 2017, is a singer-songwriter whose songs became anthems of the Catalan democratic movement.2017年获荣誉博士学位的路易斯·利亚克，是创作歌手，其歌曲成为加泰罗尼亚民主运动的象征。
• Joan Roca, honoured in 2011, is the chef of El Celler de Can Roca, which was named the world's best restaurant in 2013 and 2015.2011年获荣誉博士学位的若安·罗卡是“罗卡三兄弟餐厅”主厨，该餐厅于2013年与2015年被评为世界最佳餐厅。
• Pere Balsells, honoured in 2016, is a Catalan engineer and philanthropist whose foundation funds fellowships for Catalan students in the United States, including at the University of California, Irvine.2016年获荣誉博士学位的佩雷·巴尔塞尔斯是加泰罗尼亚工程师与慈善家，其基金会资助加泰罗尼亚学生赴美深造，包括在加州大学欧文分校学习。
• Daniella Tilbury, honoured in 2021, is a scholar of education for sustainable development and was vice-chancellor of the University of Gibraltar.2021年获荣誉博士学位的丹妮拉·蒂尔伯里是可持续发展教育学者，曾任直布罗陀大学校长。
• Miquel Martí i Pol, honoured posthumously in 2017, was one of the most widely read Catalan poets of the twentieth century.2017年获追授荣誉博士学位的米克尔·马蒂·波尔，是二十世纪最受读者欢迎的加泰罗尼亚诗人之一。