University of Hull

The University of Hull is a public research university in Kingston upon Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, founded in 1927 as University College Hull and known for its self-contained main campus on Cottingham Road in the north of the city.赫尔大学是英格兰东约克郡赫爾河畔京斯頓的一所公立研究型大学，1927 年以赫尔大学学院（University College Hull）之名创办，以位于城市北部科廷厄姆路、自成一体的大型主校区著称。

Its main campus hosts the Hull York Medical School, a joint venture with the University of York created in 2003, while student life is organised through Hull University Union and the university's motto is Lampada Ferens, Latin for bearing the torch.其主校区驻有 2003 年与约克大学合办的赫尔约克医学院；学生事务由赫尔大学学生会（Hull University Union）组织，校训为 Lampada Ferens，拉丁文意为「持火炬者」。

In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Hull was placed 575th, the 2027 THE ranked it in the 551-600 band and 53rd nationally in the UK, and the university enrolled 13,402 students in the 2024/25 academic year.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中赫尔大学位列第 575 位；2027 年泰晤士高等教育排名将其列入 551-600 区间、全英第 53 位；2024/25 学年其在校学生为 13,402 人。

History

• The university traces its origin to 2 February 1925, when the local philanthropist and entrepreneur Thomas Ferens pledged a gift of £250,000 and donated land to establish a university in Hull.该校的源起可追溯到 1925 年 2 月 2 日，当地慈善家兼企业家 Thomas Ferens 承诺捐资 25 万英镑并捐出土地，在赫尔创办一所大学。
• Construction on the foundation began on 24 August 1927, and in 1928 the Duke of York, later King George VI, laid the foundation stone at a ceremony held on 28 April.1927 年 8 月 24 日奠基动工；1928 年，约克公爵（后来的国王乔治六世）于 4 月 28 日的仪式上安放奠基石。
• University College Hull opened its doors on 11 October 1928 with around 39 students, 16 academics and 14 departments in the pure sciences and the arts, as an external college of the University of London.赫尔大学学院于 1928 年 10 月 11 日开学，当时约有 39 名学生、16 名教师与 14 个院系，涵盖纯科学与艺术学科，是伦敦大学系统的校外学院。
• The college's first building, now known as the Venn Building, honoured the mathematician John Venn, who was born in Hull, and it today houses the administrative centre of the university.学院最早的教学楼如今称芬恩楼（Venn Building），以出生于赫尔的数学家 John Venn 命名，现为该校行政中心所在。
• Its first principal was Arthur E. Morgan, who led the college from 1926 to 1935, while John H. Nicholson served as principal from 1935 to 1954.首任院长是 Arthur E. Morgan，1926 至 1935 年任职；其后 John H. Nicholson 于 1935 至 1954 年担任院长。
• The college gained its royal charter on 6 September 1954, empowering it to award its own degrees as the third university in Yorkshire and the fourteenth in England, and in 1956 student numbers topped 1,000 for the first time.学院于 1954 年 9 月 6 日获颁皇家特许状，取得自行授予学位的权力，成为约克郡第 3 所、英格兰第 14 所大学；1956 年学生人数首次突破 1,000 人。
• John H. Nicholson then became the university's first vice-chancellor, serving from 1954 to 1956, and the ceremonial mace of gilt silver was presented by the Lord Mayor of Hull in December 1956.John H. Nicholson 随后出任该校首任校长（Vice-Chancellor），1954 至 1956 年在任；1956 年 12 月，镀金银的大学权杖由赫尔市长赠予该校。
• Under vice-chancellor Sir Brynmor Jones, who served from 1956 to 1972, student numbers quadrupled and a large programme of academic building transformed the campus.在 1956 至 1972 年任校长的 Brynmor Jones 爵士领导下，学生人数增长了三倍，大规模的校舍建设改变了校园面貌。
• The Brynmor Jones Library, which now houses more than a million volumes, was completed in its first phase in 1959, with a tower block extension officially opened in 1970.如今藏书逾百万册的布林莫尔·琼斯图书馆（Brynmor Jones Library）一期于 1959 年建成，其塔楼扩建于 1970 年正式启用。
• The poet Philip Larkin joined the university as librarian in 1955 and served for 30 years, making the library his workplace and shaping its modern collections.诗人 Philip Larkin 于 1955 年出任大学图书馆馆长，任职长达 30 年，以图书馆为其工作岗位并塑造了其现代馆藏。
• The Martin Plan of 1967, drawn up by the university architect Sir Leslie Martin, envisaged a campus with its tallest buildings in the centre and buildings diminishing in height towards the perimeter.1967 年的「马丁规划」（Martin Plan）由大学建筑师 Leslie Martin 爵士拟定，设想把最高建筑置于校园中心，向其边缘逐渐降低高度。
• In 1972 George Gray and Ken Harrison created room-temperature stable liquid crystals in the university chemistry laboratories, an advance that underpinned modern flat-screen displays.1972 年，George Gray 与 Ken Harrison 在该校化学实验室制成室温稳定的液晶，这一进展为现代平板显示技术奠定了基础。
• The university became the first to be awarded a Queen's Award for Technological Achievement for the development of the long-lasting materials that made liquid crystal displays possible.该校因研发出使液晶显示成为可能的耐用材料，成为首所获颁女王技术成就奖的大学。
• In 1984 and 1985 Professor Stuart Palmer and his team applied ultrasound to the diagnosis of osteoporosis, leading to commercial heel scanners used worldwide.1984 至 1985 年，Stuart Palmer 教授及其团队将超声用于骨质疏松症的诊断，推动了全球广泛使用的跟骨超声扫描仪。
• The university bought the site of University College Scarborough on Filey Road in 2000, creating a satellite campus that was later returned to the Hull College group.2000 年，该校购入斯卡伯勒大学学院（University College Scarborough）位于法利路的校区，设立分校区；该校区后来回归赫尔学院集团。
• A further expansion in 2003 saw the purchase of the former Humberside University campus beside the main site, increasing the Cottingham Road campus by more than a third as its West Campus.2003 年进一步扩张，购入紧邻主校区的前亨伯赛德大学校园，使科廷厄姆路校区面积增加三分之一以上，成为西校区。
• Teaching of medicine began in October 2003, when the Hull York Medical School opened on the west campus and students began to receive joint degrees from the universities of Hull and York.2003 年 10 月医学教学启动，赫尔约克医学院在西校区开办，学生开始获得赫尔与约克两校联合颁发的学位。
• The Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation, which has Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu as its patron, carries out graduate research in slavery and human rights.研究奴隶制与废奴的威尔伯福斯研究所（Wilberforce Institute）以荣休大主教 Desmond Tutu 为赞助人，从事有关奴隶制与人权的研究生研究。
• The Hull History Centre opened in 2010 in a new building on Worship Street, uniting the city library's local studies collections with the university's archives.赫尔历史中心于 2010 年在沃希普街的新建筑内开放，将市立图书馆的地方研究馆藏与该校档案合并为一。
• Between 2012 and 2015 the university carried out a £28 million refurbishment of the Brynmor Jones Library, turning the seven-storey building into a contemporary learning hub.2012 至 2015 年，该校斥资 2,800 万英镑翻修布林莫尔·琼斯图书馆，把这座七层建筑改造为当代学习中心。
• Hull was the principal partner of the city's bid to become UK City of Culture in 2017, and Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the Allam Medical Building that year.赫尔大学是赫尔市申办 2017 年英国文化之城的主要合作伙伴；同年伊丽莎白二世女王为阿勒姆医学楼（Allam Medical Building）正式揭幕。
• In June 2024 the vice-chancellor David Petley announced plans to cut up to 150 jobs, later reduced to 127, and in November 2024 the university said it would close its chemistry department and cut schools from 17 to 11.2024 年 6 月，校长 David Petley 宣布拟裁减至多 150 个岗位（后减至 127 个）；2024 年 11 月该校又宣布将停办化学系，并把学院数由 17 个减至 11 个。
• After David Petley stepped down on 10 December 2025, Tom Lawson became vice-chancellor in 2026, while the university looks ahead to its centenary in 2027.2025 年 12 月 10 日 David Petley 卸任后，Tom Lawson 于 2026 年出任校长；该校并展望 2027 年的百年校庆。

Academics

• Hull is organised for teaching into four faculties, namely Science and Engineering, Arts Culture and Education, Health Sciences, and Business Law and Politics, which together run several hundred courses.赫尔大学教学上划分为四个学院，即科学与工程学院、艺术文化与教育学院、健康科学学院，以及商学法律与政治学院，合计开设数百门课程。
• The Faculty of Science and Engineering covers chemical, civil, electrical and mechanical engineering, computer science, biomedical engineering, environmental sciences, and biological sciences, chemistry, mathematics, physics and astrophysics.科学与工程学院涵盖化学、土木、电气与机械工程、计算机科学、生物医学工程、环境科学，以及生物科学、化学、数学、物理与天体物理。
• The Faculty of Arts, Culture and Education comprises the Schools of the Arts, Education, Criminology Sociology and Policing, and Humanities, covering drama, film, music, history and English and creative writing.艺术文化与教育学院由艺术学院、教育学院、犯罪学社会学与警务学院及人文学院组成，涵盖戏剧、电影、音乐、历史以及英语与创意写作。
• The Faculty of Health Sciences includes the Hull York Medical School and the Schools of Health Care, Psychology and Social Work, and Sport Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, based in the Calder, Aire and Dearne buildings.健康科学学院包括赫尔约克医学院，以及医疗保健学院、心理学与社会工作学院和体育运动与康复科学学院，设于考尔德、艾尔与迪恩三座大楼。
• The Faculty of Business, Law and Politics brings together Hull University Business School and the School of Law and Politics.商学法律与政治学院汇聚了赫尔大学商学院与法律政治学院。
• Named research centres include the Hull Immersive Visualisation Environment, the Institute for Estuarine and Coastal Studies and the E.A. Milne Centre for Astrophysics.具名研究中心包括赫尔沉浸式可视化环境（HIVE）、河口与海岸研究所，以及 E.A. Milne 天体物理中心。
• Hull University Business School, established in August 1999, has around 3,500 students from more than 100 countries and was accredited by AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB.赫尔大学商学院创立于 1999 年 8 月，约有 3,500 名学生、来自 100 多个国家，并获 AMBA、EQUIS 与 AACSB 认证。
• In 2011 the business school became the first in Yorkshire and the thirteenth in the United Kingdom to hold triple crown accreditation from AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB.2011 年，该商学院成为约克郡首家、全英第 13 家获得 AMBA、EQUIS 与 AACSB「三冠认证」的商学院。
• The Postgraduate Medical Institute, established in 1994, houses the Yorkshire Cancer Research-funded Centre for Magnetic Resonance Investigations for cancer research.成立于 1994 年的研究生医学院设有由约克郡癌症研究会资助的磁共振研究中心，从事癌症相关研究。
• In 2024/25 the university enrolled 13,402 students, comprising 10,478 at the Hull campus, 361 at the London Study Centre, 1,359 on Hull Online programmes and 1,204 on other distance provision.2024/25 学年该校在校学生共 13,402 人，其中赫尔校区 10,478 人、伦敦学习中心 361 人、Hull Online 在线项目 1,359 人、其他远程项目 1,204 人。
• The university employs around 2,000 people, drawn from more than 40 countries, spanning academic, research, professional, technical and support roles.该校雇用约 2,000 名员工，来自 40 多个国家，涵盖教学、研究、专业、技术与支持岗位。
• Hull holds a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework awarded in 2023, the highest rating for teaching quality and student success.赫尔大学在 2023 年教学卓越框架（TEF）评级中获金奖，这是对教学质量与学生成就的最高评级。
• The Gulbenkian Centre, the university's drama teaching building, houses the Donald Roy Theatre and received £50,000 towards its construction from the Gulbenkian Foundation.该校的戏剧教学楼古尔班基安中心（Gulbenkian Centre）内含唐纳德·罗伊剧场，并获古尔班基安基金会 5 万英镑的建造资助。
• The Allam Medical Building contains mock clinical areas, wards, an operating theatre and a midwifery suite within a simulated environment used for health sciences teaching.阿勒姆医学楼设有模拟门诊区、病房、手术室与助产套房，构成用于健康科学教学的情境模拟环境。
• The university validates undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at Leeds Conservatoire and a number of programmes at Rotherham College and other RNN Group locations.该校为利兹音乐学院（Leeds Conservatoire）的本科与研究生学位提供认证，也为罗瑟勒姆学院及 RNN 集团其他教学点的多个课程提供认证。
• The university is an active member of the University of the Arctic, participates in its north2north student mobility programme and has hosted a Confucius Institute since 2016.该校是北极大学（University of the Arctic）的活跃成员，参与其「north2north」学生流动项目，并自 2016 年起设有孔子学院。

Campus

• The main campus occupies a self-contained site in a residential district of north Hull on Cottingham Road, about two miles from the city centre.主校区位于赫尔北部科廷厄姆路的住宅区，占地自成一体，距市中心约两英里。
• The campus is a campus university whose site is clearly defined and provides catering, entertainment and sports facilities, with extensive playing fields and a large Students' Union building.该校属「校园式大学」，校区界限分明，设有餐饮、娱乐与体育设施，并有开阔的运动场和一座大型学生会大楼。
• Middleton Hall, the campus concert venue designed by Sir Leslie Martin, opened in 1967, reopened after refurbishment in 2016 and was listed as Grade II in 2014 alongside the Larkin Building.由 Leslie Martin 爵士设计的校园音乐厅米德尔顿堂（Middleton Hall）于 1967 年启用，2016 年翻修后重开，并于 2014 年与拉金楼一同被列为二级保护建筑。
• The Venn Building, the university's original teaching building opened in the late 1920s, now houses the administrative centre and is named after the mathematician John Venn.芬恩楼是该校 1920 年代末启用的最早教学楼，现为行政中心所在，以数学家 John Venn 命名。
• The Canham Turner Building was built in 1948 as the Students' Union, while the Cohen Building, which originally housed the college library, was among the earliest structures on the site.坎纳姆·特纳楼建于 1948 年，原为学生会；科恩楼（Cohen Building）最初则为学院图书馆，是校区最早一批建筑之一。
• The Gulbenkian Centre, opened in 1969 as the first purpose-built drama teaching building at a British university, was designed by Peter Moro and Partners and listed as Grade II in 2015.古尔班基安中心于 1969 年启用，是英国大学首座专为戏剧教学而建的建筑，由（Peter Moro and Partners）设计，并于 2015 年被列为二级保护建筑。
• On-campus halls of residence include Taylor Court with 288 en-suite rooms, The Courtyard opened in 2016 with 562 rooms, and Westfield Court, which fully opened in 2019 with 1,462 rooms.校内宿舍包括设有 288 间套房的泰勒苑（Taylor Court）、2016 年启用的 562 间房的庭院（The Courtyard），以及 2019 年全面启用的 1,462 间房的韦斯特菲尔德苑（Westfield Court）。
• The West Campus, acquired in 2003, houses the Hull York Medical School and the business school in the Wharfe, Derwent and Esk buildings, and the university opened a London Study Centre in Bloomsbury in 2024.2003 年购入的西校区以沃夫、德文特与埃斯克三座大楼安置赫尔约克医学院与商学院；2024 年该校又在布卢姆斯伯里开设伦敦学习中心。
• The former Scarborough campus at Filey Road, attended by about 2,000 students and running its own branch of the students' union, was transferred to the Hull College group in 2015.位于法利路的前斯卡伯勒校区约有 2,000 名学生，设有自己的学生会分部，于 2015 年移交赫尔学院集团。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the University of Hull was placed 575th in the world.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，赫尔大学位列世界第 575 位。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 placed Hull in the 551-600 band globally and 53rd among United Kingdom universities.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将赫尔大学列入全球 551-600 区间，并在英国大学中位列第 53。
• The Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026 placed Hull in the 801-900 band, a position that corresponds to between 48th and 55th nationally in the United Kingdom.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名将赫尔大学列入 801-900 区间，这一位次相当于英国国内第 48 至第 55 位。
• The U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027 ranked the University of Hull 721st in the world.《美国新闻与世界报道》2026-2027 年度全球最佳大学排名将赫尔大学列为世界第 721 位。
• Hull is a member of the University Alliance mission group and holds a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework awarded in 2023.赫尔大学是大学联盟（University Alliance）成员，并在 2023 年教学卓越框架评级中获金奖。
• Hull's declared research strengths include renewable energy, flood resilience, palliative and wound care, mental health and addiction, and the fight against modern slavery.赫尔大学自述的研究强项包括可再生能源、防洪韧性、缓和医疗与伤口护理、心理健康与成瘾问题，以及打击现代奴役。
• OpenAlex records around 46,931 research works and 2,243,273 citations associated with the University of Hull, a measure of its research output.OpenAlex 收录与赫尔大学相关的研究成果约 46,931 项、被引约 2,243,273 次，反映其科研产出规模。
• The university's research on liquid crystals in the 1970s led to a Queen's Award for Technological Achievement, the first granted to a British university.该校 1970 年代的液晶研究为其赢得女王技术成就奖，是首所获此奖的英国大学。
• Its business school holds triple crown accreditation, placing Hull among a small group of schools worldwide accredited by AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB.其商学院拥有「三冠认证」，使赫尔跻身全球少数同时获 AMBA、EQUIS 与 AACSB 认证的商学院之列。

Student life

• The university motto is Lampada Ferens, Latin for bearing the torch, chosen in 1928 to honour the founding ambition of Thomas Ferens.该校校训为 Lampada Ferens，拉丁文意为「持火炬者」，1928 年选定，以纪念创办人 Thomas Ferens 的抱负。
• The university's coat of arms, designed by Sir Algernon Tudor-Craig in 1928, combines a torch for learning, a rose for Yorkshire and a dove from the arms of Thomas Ferens.该校校徽由 Algernon Tudor-Craig 爵士于 1928 年设计，融合象征求知的火炬、代表约克郡的玫瑰，以及取自 Thomas Ferens 纹章的白鸽。
• Hull University Union provides student catering, services and entertainment and has more than 100 student societies affiliated to it, along with a volunteering and charity hub.赫尔大学学生会提供学生餐饮、服务与娱乐，下属 100 多个学生社团，并设有志愿服务与慈善中心。
• About 50 sports clubs are affiliated to the union's Athletic Union, many of which compete in BUCS national university leagues, and the union was voted Students' Union of the Year in July 2012.约 50 个体育俱乐部隶属于学生会体育联盟，其中许多参加 BUCS 全国大学联赛；该学生会于 2012 年 7 月当选「年度学生会」。
• The monthly student newspaper is The Hullfire, alongside an online television station Hullfire TV and a student radio station, JAM Radio, which relaunched in 2018.学生月报为《The Hullfire》，另有网络电视台 Hullfire TV 与于 2018 年重启的学生广播电台 JAM Radio。
• Historically the university's traditional catered halls stood in Cottingham, including Cleminson Hall closed in 2004, Needler Hall closed in 2016 and Thwaite Hall closed in 2017.该校传统的包餐宿舍历史上位于科廷厄姆，包括 2004 年关闭的克莱明森堂、2016 年关闭的尼德勒堂与 2017 年关闭的斯韦特堂。
• In March 2019 it was announced that The Lawns halls in Cottingham, which could hold around 1,000 students, would close, moving students to the on-campus residences.2019 年 3 月宣布，可容纳约 1,000 名学生的科廷厄姆草坪堂（The Lawns）将关闭，学生迁至校内宿舍。
• Hull's student accommodation now includes on-campus halls together with houses in the terraced streets around the campus and the Newland Avenue and Beverley Road areas.赫尔大学的学生住宿如今既有校内宿舍，也有校园周边排屋街区以及纽兰大道与贝弗利路一带的房屋。
• The refurbished Brynmor Jones Library, opened in 2015 with a new Reading Room, Art Gallery and Exhibition Hall, was inaugurated by the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy.翻修后的布林莫尔·琼斯图书馆于 2015 年启用，设有新的阅览室、美术馆与展览厅，并由桂冠诗人 Carol Ann Duffy 揭幕。

Notable people

• Thomas Ferens, the philanthropist and entrepreneur whose 1925 gift of £250,000 and land established the university, is remembered as its founding father.慈善家兼企业家 Thomas Ferens 于 1925 年捐资 25 万英镑并捐地创办该校，被尊为创校之父。
• Arthur E. Morgan served as the college's first principal from 1926 to 1935, while John H. Nicholson was principal from 1935 to 1954 and became its first vice-chancellor.Arthur E. Morgan 于 1926 至 1935 年任学院首任院长；John H. Nicholson 于 1935 至 1954 年任院长，并成为该校首任校长。
• Sir Brynmor Jones, vice-chancellor from 1956 to 1972, gave his name to the university library and presided over a period of rapid expansion.1956 至 1972 年任校长的 Brynmor Jones 爵士，其名被用于命名大学图书馆，并主持了学校的快速扩张时期。
• The poet Philip Larkin served as university librarian from 1955 for over thirty years and is closely associated with the Brynmor Jones Library.诗人 Philip Larkin 自 1955 年起任大学图书馆馆长逾三十年，与布林莫尔·琼斯图书馆关系密切。
• Andrew Motion, a former Poet Laureate, worked at the university, and the poet Roger McGough studied there.曾任英国桂冠诗人的 Andrew Motion 曾在该校工作，诗人 Roger McGough 也曾在此就读。
• Guido Imbens, a Hull graduate, shared the 2021 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.赫尔毕业生 Guido Imbens 分享了 2021 年诺贝尔经济学奖。
• Dame Sarah Gilbert, a vaccinologist who was project lead on the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, studied at Hull.疫苗学家、牛津—阿斯利康新冠疫苗项目负责人 Sarah Gilbert 女爵士曾就读于赫尔大学。
• John Prescott, who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, was a Hull graduate and member of parliament.曾任英国副首相的 John Prescott 是赫尔大学毕业生与国会议员。
• Roy Hattersley, a former deputy leader of the Labour Party, and Tom Watson, also a former deputy leader, both studied at Hull.工党前副党魁 Roy Hattersley 与同样曾任副党魁的 Tom Watson 都曾就读于赫尔大学。
• Chris Mullin, the former Labour MP and author, and Richard Corbett, a former Labour leader in the European Parliament, are Hull alumni.前工党议员兼作家 Chris Mullin 与曾任欧洲议会工党领袖的 Richard Corbett 都是赫尔校友。
• The film director, playwright and screenwriter Anthony Minghella was an alumnus of the University of Hull.电影导演、剧作家兼编剧 Anthony Minghella 是赫尔大学校友。
• The social scientist Anthony Giddens, a member of the House of Lords, is counted among the university's academic community.社会科学家、上议院议员 Anthony Giddens 也被列入该校的学术群体。
• The marine biologist Sir Alister Hardy, the architect Sir Leslie Martin and the mathematician and historian Jacob Bronowski all served as academics at Hull.海洋生物学家 Alister Hardy 爵士、建筑师 Leslie Martin 爵士，以及数学家兼历史学家 Jacob Bronowski 都曾在赫尔大学任教。