University of Guelph

The University of Guelph (U of G) is a comprehensive public research university in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, established in 1964 through the amalgamation of three founding colleges.贵湖大学（University of Guelph，简称 U of G）是加拿大安大略省贵湖市的一所综合性公立研究型大学，于 1964 年由三所创始学院合并而成。

It was formed from the Ontario Agricultural College of 1874, the MacDonald Institute of 1903 and the Ontario Veterinary College, and today offers 94 undergraduate degrees, 48 graduate programmes and six associate degrees.该校由 1874 年的安大略农业学院、1903 年的麦当劳学院与安大略兽医学院合并组建，现开设 94 个本科学位、48 个研究生项目与 6 个副学士学位。

In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the University of Guelph is placed 546th globally, and it enrols nearly 30,000 students from more than 140 countries while employing 823 full-time faculty as of 2025.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，贵湖大学位列全球第 546 位；截至 2025 年，它招收了来自 140 多个国家近 30,000 名学生，并聘有 823 名全职教师。

History

• The university traces its origins to 1874, when the Ontario government bought 200 hectares, or 500 acres, of farmland from Frederick William Stone and opened the Ontario School of Agriculture on 1 May 1874.该校的渊源始于 1874 年，安大略省政府从弗雷德里克·威廉·斯通手中购得 200 公顷（500 英亩）农地，并于 1874 年 5 月 1 日开办安大略农业学校。
• The institution was renamed the Ontario Agricultural College in 1880, and its first building, Moreton Lodge, stood where Johnston Hall now stands and contained classrooms, residences, a library and a dining room.该校于 1880 年更名为安大略农业学院；其第一座建筑莫顿小屋位于今约翰斯顿大楼处，内设教室、宿舍、图书馆与餐厅。
• In 1874 the school started an apiculture department, teaching students about bees and beekeeping in a dedicated building, a tradition continued today by the Honey Bee Research Centre in the arboretum.1874 年，该校设立养蜂系，在专设建筑中教授蜜蜂与养蜂知识；这一传统延续至今，由植物园内的蜜蜂研究中心承接。
• The Ontario Veterinary College, the oldest veterinary college in North America, was founded in Mimico in 1862 and moved to Guelph in 1922.安大略兽医学院是北美最早成立的兽医学院，1862 年创立于米米科，1922 年迁至贵湖。
• The Macdonald Institute was established in 1903 for women's home economics programmes and was named after its financier Sir William Macdonald, who promoted domestic sciences in rural Canada.麦当劳学院于 1903 年成立，开设面向女性的家政课程，并以资助人威廉·麦克唐纳爵士命名，他致力于在加拿大农村推广家政科学。
• The economist John Kenneth Galbraith was an undergraduate at the Ontario Agricultural College, graduating in 1931 before going on to international academic and public service renown.经济学家约翰·肯尼思·加尔布雷思曾是安大略农业学院的本科生，于 1931 年毕业，其后在国际学术界与公共服务领域声名卓著。
• In 1919 the Ontario Agricultural College aimed to recruit farm boys through a low-cost, two-year programme costing 20 dollars a year, while offering the lowest possible rate for room and board.1919 年，安大略农业学院以每年仅 20 加元的低成本两年制课程招收农家子弟，并提供尽可能低廉的食宿费用。
• On 8 May 1964 the Ontario Legislature amalgamated the three colleges into a single body, the University of Guelph, through the University of Guelph Act, creating a non-denominational institution known for agriculture and veterinary science.1964 年 5 月 8 日，安大略省议会通过《贵湖大学法案》，将三所学院合并为统一的贵湖大学，由此形成了一所以农业与兽医学见长的非宗派院校。
• The University of Guelph Act also established a Board of Governors to oversee administration and finance, and a Senate to address academic concerns, giving the university a bicameral governance structure.《贵湖大学法案》同时设立负责行政与财务的董事会（Board of Governors）以及负责学术事务的理事会（Senate），赋予该校两院制治理结构。
• Wellington College was established shortly after the University of Guelph Act and, five years later, split into three colleges: the College of Arts, the College of Physical Science and the College of Social Science.威灵顿学院在《贵湖大学法案》通过后不久成立，五年后拆分为三所学院：文学院、物理科学学院与社会科学学院。
• The Macdonald Institute was renamed the College of Family and Consumer Studies during that split, reflecting the university's early emphasis on home economics and family studies.麦当劳学院在这次拆分中更名为家庭与消费者研究学院，体现了该校早期对家政与家庭研究的重视。
• Reorganisation into its present form began with the establishment of the College of Biological Sciences in 1971, formed from the School of Physical Education, the OAC's Department of Nutrition and parts of the botany, microbiology and zoology departments.该校向现行格局的重组始于 1971 年成立的生物科学学院，由体育学院、安大略农业学院营养系以及植物学、微生物学与动物学系部分组成。
• In 1989 the College of Physical Science merged with the OAC's School of Engineering to create the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences.1989 年，物理科学学院与安大略农业学院的工程学院合并，组建了工程与物理科学学院。
• In 1998 the College of Social Science and the College of Family and Consumer Studies were joined to create the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences, and in 2006 the College of Management and Economics was established.1998 年，社会科学学院与家庭与消费者研究学院合并为社会与应用人类科学学院；2006 年，管理与经济学院成立。
• The University of Guelph is named after the city of Guelph, which comes from the Italian Guelfo and the Bavarian-Germanic Welf, a reference to King George IV, whose House of Hanover was a younger branch of the House of Welf.贵湖大学以贵湖市命名，而「贵湖」一词源自意大利语 Guelfo 与巴伐利亚-日耳曼语 Welf，指涉当时的英王乔治四世，其汉诺威王朝正是韦尔夫家族的幼支。
• The University of Guelph-Humber was created in 2002 as a partnership between the University of Guelph and Humber College, located on Humber's North Campus in Toronto.贵湖-汉博大学（University of Guelph-Humber）于 2002 年由贵湖大学与汉博学院合作创建，位于多伦多汉博学院北校区。
• In 2014 the university announced that academic programmes at the Alfred and Kemptville campuses of the Ontario Agricultural College would close once existing students completed their studies, and by 2017 it no longer offered programmes at either location.2014 年，该校宣布安大略农业学院阿尔弗雷德与肯普特维尔校区的课程将在在读学生完成学业后停办；到 2017 年，这两个校区已不再开设课程。
• In 2024 the atrium of the Summerlee Science Complex was renamed Waasamowin, meaning "to be bathed in light", in support of efforts to Indigenise science at the university.2024 年，萨默利科学综合体中庭被命名为「Waasamowin」（意为「沐浴于光中」），以支持该校推动科学领域的原住民化。
• Charlotte Yates served as the university's ninth president and vice-chancellor from 2020 to 2024, and Dr Rene Van Acker was appointed its tenth president and vice-chancellor effective 2 July 2025.夏洛特·耶茨于 2020 至 2024 年出任该校第九任校长兼校监，勒内·范阿克博士则自 2025 年 7 月 2 日起获任第十任校长兼校监。
• The university conducts significant research and has since grown into an institution of more than 30,000 students and more than 185,000 alumni living in 160 countries.该校开展大量研究，如今已发展成为拥有 30,000 余名学生、逾 185,000 名校友遍布 160 个国家的学府。

Academics

• The University of Guelph is composed of eight colleges delivering teaching and research across a range of disciplines: the College of Arts, the College of Biological Science and the Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics.贵湖大学由八所学院组成，在多个学科门类开展教学与研究：文学院、生物科学学院，以及戈登·S·朗商学院与经济学院。
• The remaining colleges are the College of Computational, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, the College of Engineering, the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences, the Ontario Agricultural College and the Ontario Veterinary College.其余学院为计算、数学与物理科学学院、工程学院、社会与应用人类科学学院、安大略农业学院与安大略兽医学院。
• The Ontario Veterinary College is one of only five veterinary colleges in Canada and the only one in Ontario, while the Ontario Agricultural College remains central to the university's agricultural teaching and research.安大略兽医学院是加拿大仅有的五所兽医学院之一，也是安大略省唯一的一所；安大略农业学院则始终是该校农业教学与研究的核心。
• The university employs 823 full-time faculty members as of 2025 and enrols nearly 30,000 students from more than 140 countries, including those at the Humber, Ridgetown and off-campus programmes.截至 2025 年，该校聘有 823 名全职教师，招收来自 140 多个国家的近 30,000 名学生，其中包括汉博校区、里奇敦校区与校外课程的学生。
• The faculty holds 31 Canada Research Chair positions across the natural sciences, engineering, health sciences and social sciences, supporting research leadership in those fields.该校教师持有多达 31 个加拿大研究讲席（Canada Research Chair），覆盖自然科学、工程、健康科学与社会科学的各个领域。
• The university offers 94 undergraduate degrees, 48 graduate programmes and six associate degrees, and it is ranked among Canada's top comprehensive and research-intensive universities.该校开设 94 个本科学位、48 个研究生项目与 6 个副学士学位，并位列加拿大顶尖综合性研究密集型大学之列。
• Academic achievements at Guelph include the first scientific validation of water on Mars, the alpha particle X-ray spectrometer on board the Curiosity rover and the Barcode of Life project for species identification.贵湖大学的学术成就包括首次科学验证火星上存在水、搭载于「好奇号」火星车的阿尔法粒子 X 射线谱仪，以及用于物种鉴定的「生命条形码」项目。
• The Guelph-Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry and Biochemistry is one of Canada's largest and most successful graduate schools, jointly operated with the University of Waterloo.贵湖-滑铁卢化学与生物化学研究生中心是加拿大规模最大、最成功的研究生院之一，由该校与滑铁卢大学联合运营。
• The Guelph-Waterloo Physics Institute is a joint graduate programme offered by the physics departments of the University of Guelph and the University of Waterloo.贵湖-滑铁卢物理研究所是贵湖大学与滑铁卢大学物理系合办的研究生项目。
• As of the 2024/2025 academic year, 4,523 students were enrolled at the University of Guelph-Humber, of whom 78 percent were full-time and 22 percent part-time.截至 2024/2025 学年，贵湖-汉博大学共有 4,523 名学生注册，其中 78% 为全日制、22% 为兼读制。
• The Summerlee Science Complex houses the Advanced Analysis Centre, a group of research laboratories providing advanced analytical capabilities at the interface of the physical and biological sciences.萨默利科学综合体设有高级分析中心，是提供物理与生物科学交叉领域先进分析能力的一组研究实验室。
• The university's Ontario Veterinary College placed sixth worldwide and first in Canada for veterinary science in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025.在 2025 年 QS 世界大学学科排名中，该校的安大略兽医学院位列兽医学全球第 6、加拿大第 1。
• The Ontario Agricultural College ranked 30th in the world and second in Canada for agriculture and forestry in the same QS subject rankings.在同一份 QS 学科排名中，安大略农业学院在农业与林业领域位列世界第 30、加拿大第 2。
• According to the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, the University of Guelph has the highest research index for hospitality and tourism management in Canada.据《酒店与旅游研究期刊》，贵湖大学在酒店与旅游管理领域的研究指数为加拿大最高。
• The university partners with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness through the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance, which conducts research and supports student training for the agri-food sector.该校通过「安大略农业食品创新联盟」与安大略省农业、食品及农商部合作，开展研究并为农业食品行业支持学生培训。
• The Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics was established in 2006 as the College of Management and Economics through the segregation of business, management and economics degrees and courses.戈登·S·朗商学院与经济学院的前身为 2006 年通过分离商学、管理与经济学位课程而成立的管理与经济学院。
• The University of Guelph-Humber, in partnership with Humber College, offers seven four-year programmes that grant an honours degree from the University of Guelph together with a diploma from Humber College.贵湖-汉博大学与汉博学院合作，开设七个四年制项目，学生可同时获得贵湖大学的荣誉学位与汉博学院的文凭。

Campus

• The main campus lies in Guelph, Ontario, on traditional Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee territory, about a one-hour drive west of Toronto, and covers 412 hectares including a 12-hectare Research Park and a 165-hectare arboretum.主校区位于安大略省贵湖市，坐落在阿尼希纳贝与豪德诺索尼人的传统领地上，距多伦多约一小时车程，占地 412 公顷，含 12 公顷的研究园与 165 公顷的植物园。
• The university's oldest building on campus is Alumni House, built in 1879, while the most visible landmark is Johnston Hall, constructed in 1931 on the site of the demolished Moreton Lodge.校园内最古老的建筑是 1879 年建成的校友之家，最醒目的地标则是 1931 年在拆除的莫顿小屋旧址上建造的约翰斯顿大楼。
• Johnston Hall was built as the new home for the Ontario Agricultural College's administration, and the portico from the original Moreton Lodge remains on Johnston Green after its demolition.约翰斯顿大楼原为安大略农业学院的新行政中心，原莫顿小屋拆除后留下的门廊至今仍保留在约翰斯顿草坪上。
• The War Memorial Hall was erected in 1924 of stone-cut limestone by the Ontario Agricultural College, designed by architect Harry Reginald Coales as a lecture hall honouring students who died in the First World War.战争纪念堂由安大略农业学院于 1924 年以切割石灰石建成，建筑师哈里·雷金纳德·科尔斯将其设计为讲堂，以纪念在第一次世界大战中阵亡的学生。
• Two bronze tablets in the Memorial Chapel remember alumni who died in the First and Second World Wars, and the W.F. Mitchell Athletic Centre was upgraded and expanded in 2016 after students voted to contribute 45 million dollars.纪念堂内的两块铜牌铭刻着在两次世界大战中阵亡的校友；在学生投票决定出资 4,500 万加元后，W·F·米切尔体育中心于 2016 年完成升级扩建。
• Student residences at Guelph form the largest residence system in Ontario, housing over 5,000 students across 16 communities and four residence styles, with South Residence home to 1,800 students.贵湖大学的学生宿舍是安大略省规模最大的住宿系统，在 16 个社区、四种宿舍类型中容纳 5,000 余名学生，其中南宿舍可住 1,800 人。
• South Residence, the largest on campus, was built in 1968 by the Australian Brutalist architect John Andrews, who also designed several Canadian university residences and Toronto's CN Tower, and is split into Mountain, Maritime and Prairie halls.校园内规模最大的南宿舍由澳大利亚粗野主义建筑师约翰·安德鲁斯于 1968 年建造，他还设计了数座加拿大大学宿舍与多伦多地标 CN 塔；南宿舍分为山地、海洋与草原三座独立楼。
• The six-storey McLaughlin Library provides students with more than 400 computers and access to books, periodicals, films and archival materials, and received over 1.4 million visitors during the 2017/2018 school year.六层高的麦克劳克林图书馆为学生提供 400 多台电脑及图书、期刊、影片与档案资料，2017/2018 学年接待访客逾 140 万人次。
• The Ridgetown campus of the Ontario Agricultural College offers diploma programmes in agriculture, veterinary technology, environmental management and horticulture across more than 180 hectares.安大略农业学院的里奇敦校区在 180 余公顷土地上开设农业、兽医技术、环境管理与园艺等文凭课程。
• The Honey Bee Research Centre, located in the university's arboretum, conducts research on honeybee health and offers apiculture and beekeeping courses.位于校园植物园内的蜜蜂研究中心开展蜜蜂健康研究，并开设养蜂课程。
• The Summerlee Science Complex, built in 2006 with support from Ontario's Super Build programme, is a classroom and research complex primarily for student learning and scientific research.萨默利科学综合体于 2006 年在安大略省「超级建设」计划支持下建成，是主要用于学生教学与科学研究的教学科研综合体。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the University of Guelph is placed 546th in the world.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，贵湖大学位列全球第 546 位。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place Guelph in the 451-500 band globally.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将贵湖大学列入全球 451 至 500 区间。
• The U.S. News Best Global Universities edition of 2026-2027 ranks the University of Guelph 559th in the world.在 2026 至 2027 年版美国新闻最佳全球大学排名中，贵湖大学位列世界第 559 位。
• The Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026 places the University of Guelph in the 701-800 band.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名将贵湖大学列入 701 至 800 区间。
• In 2025 the university was ranked in the top six for Best Comprehensive University and first for Total Research Dollars according to the Maclean's University Rankings.在 2025 年《麦克林》大学排名中，该校位列最佳综合性大学前六，并在科研经费总额上排名第一。
• In the 2024 Research Infosource ranking of Canada's Top 50 Research Universities, U of G was ranked second in the comprehensive category.在 2024 年「加拿大研究信息源」全国研究型大学 50 强排名中，贵湖大学位居综合性类别第 2。
• The 2025 Times Higher Education World University Rankings by subject placed the University of Guelph among the top 150 universities in the world for life sciences.2025 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学学科排名将贵湖大学列入世界生命科学前 150 名。
• OpenAlex attributes 93,213 works to the University of Guelph with 6,342,363 citations, and Forbes ranked it 61st on its 2019 list of Canada's Best Employers.OpenAlex 为贵湖大学收录 93,213 篇成果、被引 6,342,363 次；《福布斯》将其列在 2019 年加拿大最佳雇主榜第 61 位。
• The university's Sustainability MBA programme was ranked the best in Canada and ninth in the world in the 2018 Better World MBA Rankings by Corporate Knights.该校的可持续 MBA 项目在 Corporate Knights 2018 年「更美好世界 MBA 排名」中位列加拿大第 1、全球第 9。

Student life

• The university's motto is "Rerum cognoscere causas", a quotation from Virgil meaning "to learn the reasons of realities", and its colours are red, black and yellow or gold.该校校训为「Rerum cognoscere causas」，出自维吉尔，意为「探究事物的成因」；其代表色为红、黑与黄（金）三色。
• The university's sports teams are known as the Guelph Gryphons and its mascot is a Gryphon named Gryph, competing in Ontario University Athletics and U Sports.该校运动队名为「贵湖狮鹫」（Guelph Gryphons），吉祥物是名为 Gryph 的狮鹫，参加安大略大学体育协会与加拿大大学体育联赛。
• There are 19 intramural teams, 20 varsity teams and 22 sports clubs, and seven out of every ten Guelph students take part in athletics, recreation or fitness programming.该校有 19 支校内队、20 支校队与 22 个体育俱乐部，每十名贵湖学生中就有七人参与体育、休闲或健身活动。
• The Central Student Association accredits the most student groups, with approximately 200 accredited today, including special-interest, political and religious groups.中央学生会认证的学生团体最多，目前约有 200 个，涵盖兴趣、政治与宗教团体。
• College Royal, the largest student-run open house in North America, was begun in 1925 and celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2024, featuring livestock shows, club displays and a pancake breakfast.College Royal 是北美规模最大的学生自办开放日，始于 1925 年，并于 2024 年迎来百年庆典，内容包括牲畜展览、社团展示与煎饼早餐。
• Painting Old Jeremiah, an antique British naval gun resting along Winegard Walk in Branion Plaza, has been a campus tradition since the 1950s, when a student began painting messages on the landmark.为「老耶利米」涂色是该校自 1950 年代延续至今的传统——这门停放在布拉尼恩广场怀恩加德步道旁的古董英制舰炮，最初由一名学生在其上涂写消息。
• Old Jeremiah was last fired in April 1913, had its barrel plugged after the First World War and was brought to campus by students as a sign of remembrance for those lost in battle.「老耶利米」最后一次鸣放是在 1913 年 4 月，一战后炮管被封堵，并由学生带至校园，作为对战场阵亡者的纪念。
• Student media at Guelph include The Ontarion, published since 1951, At Guelph, the university's official newspaper, and CFRU-FM, a community campus radio station.贵湖大学的学生媒体包括自 1951 年起出版的《The Ontarion》、校方官方报纸《At Guelph》，以及社区校园电台 CFRU-FM。

Notable people

• Sir William Macdonald, a Canadian tobacco magnate and philanthropist, financed the Macdonald Institute established in 1903 to promote domestic sciences in rural Canada.加拿大烟草巨头与慈善家威廉·麦克唐纳爵士资助了 1903 年成立的麦当劳学院，以在加拿大农村推广家政科学。
• John Kenneth Galbraith, the influential economist and public intellectual, graduated from the Ontario Agricultural College in 1931 and later taught at Harvard University.极具影响力的经济学家与公共知识分子约翰·肯尼思·加尔布雷思于 1931 年毕业于安大略农业学院，后任教于哈佛大学。
• Frederick William Stone sold the 200 hectares of farmland to the Ontario government in 1874 on which the Ontario School of Agriculture, the university's forerunner, was founded.弗雷德里克·威廉·斯通于 1874 年将 200 公顷农地售予安大略省政府，该校前身安大略农业学校正是在这块土地上创立。
• Roberta Bondar, the neurologist and astronaut who became Canada's first woman in space in 1992, earned a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Guelph.神经学家与宇航员罗伯塔·邦达尔于 1992 年成为加拿大首位进入太空的女性，她在贵湖大学取得理学士学位。
• Harry Reginald Coales, the architect who designed the university's War Memorial Hall of 1924, also designed academic buildings at several other Canadian institutions.设计该校 1924 年战争纪念堂的建筑师哈里·雷金纳德·科尔斯，也为加拿大多所院校设计过教学建筑。
• John Andrews, the Australian Brutalist architect who designed South Residence in 1968, also worked on several Canadian university residences and on Toronto's CN Tower.1968 年设计南宿舍的澳大利亚粗野主义建筑师约翰·安德鲁斯，也参与了多座加拿大大学宿舍与多伦多 CN 塔的设计。
• Charlotte Yates, a political scientist, served as the ninth president and vice-chancellor of the University of Guelph from 2020 to 2024.政治学家夏洛特·耶茨于 2020 至 2024 年出任贵湖大学第九任校长兼校监。
• Dr Rene Van Acker, appointed the university's tenth president and vice-chancellor effective 2 July 2025, is a scholar with long-standing ties to the University of Guelph community.勒内·范阿克博士自 2025 年 7 月 2 日起出任该校第十任校长兼校监，是一位与贵湖大学社群渊源深厚的学者。
• The university's alumni number more than 185,000 and live in 160 countries, and the university has produced figures drawn from the natural sciences, engineering, health sciences and social sciences.该校校友逾 185,000 名，遍布 160 个国家，毕业生来自自然科学、工程、健康科学与社会科学的各个领域。
• The Ontario Veterinary College and Ontario Agricultural College, integral to the university, were led in their formative years by the college directors whose work shaped Guelph's reputation in agriculture and veterinary medicine.作为该校重要组成部分的安大略兽医学院与安大略农业学院，在其形成时期由各学院院长领导，他们的工作奠定了贵湖在农业与兽医学领域的声誉。