University of Idaho

The University of Idaho (U of I) is a public land-grant research university in Moscow, Idaho, United States, created by the territorial legislature in 1889 and opened for classes on 3 October 1892.爱达荷大学（University of Idaho，简称 U of I）是美国爱达荷州莫斯科市的一所公立赠地研究型大学，由领地议会于 1889 年创设，1892 年 10 月 3 日正式开课。

It enrolls about 12,000 students across its statewide system, retains roughly 11,000 on the Moscow campus, and has been classified among R1 doctoral universities with very high research spending since the 2025 Carnegie review.全校注册学生约 12000 人，其中莫斯科主校区约 11000 人，并在 2025 年卡内基分类中列入研究支出与博士培养水平很高的 R1 博士型大学。

In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the university is placed in the 1201-1400 band, while its land-grant mission, ten colleges and Idaho's largest library anchor its regional standing.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校位列第 1201-1400 位区间，其赠地使命、十个学院与爱达荷州最大图书馆共同支撑了它在区域的地位。

History

• On 30 January 1889 Governor Edward A. Stevenson of Idaho Territory signed Council Bill No. 20, which designated the projected university as the state's land-grant institution before Idaho itself achieved statehood in 1890.1889 年 1 月 30 日，爱达荷领地总督爱德华·A·史蒂文森签署第 20 号议会法案，在爱达荷于 1890 年建州之前就把这所筹办中的大学定为该州的赠地学院。
• Stevenson's choice of Moscow has been described as an "olive branch of peace" offered to north Idaho after his administration helped block a movement to detach the panhandle and attach it to Washington Territory.史蒂文森把校址定在莫斯科，被视为他向爱达荷北部递出的“和平橄榄枝”，因为此前他的政府阻止了把该州狭长北部并入华盛顿领地的运动。
• The university opened on 3 October 1892 with about 40 students and a single professor, John Edwin Ostrander, while Franklin B. Gault served as its first president from 1892 until 1898.学校于 1892 年 10 月 3 日开学，仅有约 40 名学生和一位教授约翰·埃德温·奥斯特兰德，富兰克林·B·高尔特则在 1892 年至 1898 年间担任首任校长。
• Four students, two men and two women, formed the first graduating class on 11 June 1896, and the university awarded its first graduate degree two years later.1896 年 6 月 11 日，两名男生和两名女生组成的首届学生毕业，两年后学校又颁发了第一个研究生学位。
• Ridenbaugh Hall, completed in 1901 for 17,000 dollars as the first women's dormitory, is the oldest surviving building on campus and entered the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.里登博学堂于 1901 年以 1.7 万美元建成，是校园第一座女生宿舍，也是现存最古老的建筑，并于 1977 年列入美国国家史迹名录。
• The original Administration Building burned in 1906, forcing classes into scattered sites around Moscow until a replacement designed by John E. Tourtellotte opened in 1909.原行政楼于 1906 年毁于火灾，课程被迫分散到莫斯科城内多处场所，直到约翰·E·图尔洛特设计的新楼于 1909 年落成。
• Tourtellotte modeled the new Administration Building on Hampton Court Palace in England, and the College of Law was founded in the same year, giving Idaho its only law school for more than a century.图尔洛特以英国汉普顿宫为蓝本设计新行政楼，法学院也在同年创办，此后一个多世纪里它一直是爱达荷州唯一的法学院。
• President Theodore Roosevelt visited in 1911 and planted the first tree in Presidential Grove, a ceremonial corner of campus that still frames the Hello Walk pathway.西奥多·罗斯福总统于 1911 年到访，并在“总统林”种下第一棵树，这片礼仪性校园角落至今仍与“你好步道”相映。
• The 1920s brought rapid expansion, with the College of Education founded in 1920, the College of Business and Economics in 1925, the steam plant in 1926 and the Memorial Gymnasium in 1928.20 世纪 20 年代学校迅速扩张，教育学院于 1920 年成立，商业与经济学院于 1925 年成立，蒸汽动力站于 1926 年建成，纪念体育馆于 1928 年启用。
• The university golf course was laid out in 1933 and opened with nine holes in 1937, while Neale Stadium began hosting football the same year on the site later occupied by the Kibbie Dome.学校高尔夫球场于 1933 年规划、1937 年以九洞开放，尼尔体育场也在同一年开始承办橄榄球比赛，其址后来由基比穹顶取代。
• The library moved out of the Administration Building into its own 1957 building, and the collection has grown into the largest library in Idaho with more than 1.4 million books, documents and recordings.图书馆于 1957 年迁出行政楼、搬进独立馆舍，其馆藏后来扩展为爱达荷州最大图书馆，藏书、文件与音像资料超过 140 万件。
• For 71 years the University of Idaho was the state's only university, a monopoly that ended in 1963 when other Idaho institutions began granting university degrees.在长达 71 年里，爱达荷大学是该州唯一的大学，这一格局直到 1963 年其他爱达荷高校开始授予大学学位才被打破。
• Neale Stadium was enclosed by a wooden arched roof in time for the 1975 home opener, becoming the Kibbie Dome and giving Vandal football an indoor venue with 16,000 seats.尼尔体育场在 1975 年主场揭幕战前加建木制拱顶，变身为基比穹顶，使汪达尔橄榄球队拥有了一座可容纳 16000 人的室内场馆。
• The library expanded by 50 percent in 1993 and was rededicated in 1994, and its first floor received a major technology renovation during the 2016 academic year.图书馆于 1993 年扩建五成，1994 年重新启用，2016 学年又对一层进行了以协作空间和信息技术为重点的大修。
• In July 2002 the College of Letters and Science was split into the College of Science and the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences, while the College of Mines and Earth Resources was dissolved.2002 年 7 月，文理学院拆分为理学院与文学、艺术及社会科学学院，矿业与地球资源学院同时撤销。
• The College of Law opened a Boise campus in 2010, first for third-year students, then added second-year classes in 2014 and now allows the full three-year curriculum at either location.法学院于 2010 年在博伊西开设校区，起初只接收三年级学生，2014 年增设二年级课程，如今两地均可完成完整的三年法学课程。
• C. Scott Green, a 1984 alumnus with an MBA from Harvard University, became the 19th president on 1 July 2019, and the 4,200-seat Idaho Central Credit Union Arena opened in September 2021 after more than 50 years of planning.1984 届校友 C·斯科特·格林于 2019 年 7 月 1 日就任第 19 任校长，可容纳 4200 人的爱达荷中央信用联盟体育馆在筹划五十余年后于 2021 年 9 月启用。
• Potlatch First Financial Credit Union bought the Kibbie Dome naming rights for 10 million dollars in 2023, and the School of Health and Medical Professions was created in 2024 as the newest academic unit.波特拉奇第一金融信用联盟于 2023 年以 1000 万美元购得基比穹顶冠名权，健康与医疗职业学院则在 2024 年成立，成为最新的教学单位。

Academics

• Idaho is organized into ten colleges and one school, covering agriculture, art and architecture, business, education, engineering, graduate studies, law, letters and social sciences, natural resources, science and health professions.爱达荷大学设有十个学院和一个学校，涵盖农业、艺术与建筑、商学、教育、工程、研究生、法学、文学与社会科学、自然资源、理学以及健康职业。
• The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences traces its origin to the agriculture department of 1901 and adopted its present name in 2001, while the College of Engineering dates from 1911.农业与生命科学学院可追溯至 1901 年的农业系，2001 年改用现名，工程学院则始建于 1911 年。
• The College of Natural Resources began as a forestry department in 1917 and was renamed in 2000, and the College of Art and Architecture was established in 1981.自然资源学院的前身是 1917 年设立的林学系，2000 年更名，艺术与建筑学院则于 1981 年成立。
• Between 1896 and May 2011 the university conferred 80,233 bachelor's degrees, 21,734 master's degrees, 2,694 doctorates, 3,654 law degrees, 1,164 specialist degrees and 240 honorary degrees.从 1896 年到 2011 年 5 月，学校共授予 80233 个学士学位、21734 个硕士学位、2694 个博士学位、3654 个法学学位、1164 个专家学位和 240 个荣誉学位。
• Fall 2023 enrollment stood at 11,849 students, including 9,796 undergraduates and 1,929 postgraduates, with roughly 11,000 of the total studying on the Moscow campus.2023 年秋季注册人数为 11849 人，其中本科生 9796 人、研究生 1929 人，约 11000 人在莫斯科主校区就读。
• For the 2024-25 academic year the middle 50 percent of admitted students scored between 1030 and 1330 on the SAT, with a median of 1180 and section medians of 590 in reading and writing and 590 in mathematics.2024-25 学年录取学生的 SAT 中间五成区间为 1030 至 1330 分，中位数 1180 分，阅读写作与数学两个单项的中位数均为 590 分。
• The university holds land-grant, space-grant and sea-grant designations and leads the Idaho Space Grant Consortium, which links NASA programs to students and researchers across the state.学校同时拥有赠地、太空赠款与海洋赠款资格，并牵头爱达荷太空赠款联盟，把美国航空航天局的项目与全州学生和研究者连接起来。
• The College of Law has offered its full curriculum in Boise since 2014, and its graduates have included a United States senator, two Idaho governors and a long line of state judges.法学院自 2014 年起可在博伊西完成全部课程，其毕业生中既有美国联邦参议员，也有两位爱达荷州州长和一批州法官。
• The university is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, and its professional programs carry separate accreditations in law, engineering, education and business.学校获西北院校委员会认证，其法学、工程、教育与商学等专业项目还分别持有各自领域的专业认证。
• Idaho's endowment reached 465 million dollars in 2023, a sum that supports scholarships, endowed chairs and research seed funding across the ten colleges.爱达荷大学的捐赠基金在 2023 年达到 4.65 亿美元，用于支持奖学金、讲席教授职位以及十个学院的研究种子资金。
• The library's Special Collections holds first editions by Sir Walter Scott and more than 1,200 texts by and about him, alongside papers and books connected to Idaho writers Ezra Pound and Vardis Fisher.图书馆特藏部藏有沃尔特·司各特爵士的初版作品以及 1200 余种与其相关的研究文献，还收有与爱达荷作家埃兹拉·庞德和瓦迪斯·费舍尔相关的书籍与手稿。
• Research and extension offices operate in all 44 Idaho counties, translating faculty work in agriculture, forestry, water and community development into practical services for residents.研究与推广办公室遍布爱达荷州全部 44 个县，把教师在农业、林业、水利与社区发展方面的成果转化为面向居民的实际服务。
• The 2024 creation of the School of Health and Medical Professions consolidated nursing, medical laboratory science and related programs outside the College of Education and Human Sciences.2024 年设立的健康与医疗职业学院整合了护理、医学检验及相关项目，其建制独立于教育与人文科学学院。
• Each of the ten colleges admits undergraduates directly, and the College of Graduate Studies coordinates master's and doctoral programs across all of them.十个学院均直接招收本科生，研究生院则统筹各学院的硕士与博士项目。
• Idaho's research portfolio is concentrated in natural resources, agriculture, engineering and the biomedical sciences, and the 2025 Carnegie R1 designation reflects very high doctoral production.爱达荷大学的研究重点集中在自然资源、农业、工程与生物医学领域，2025 年获评卡内基 R1 型大学正反映其很高的博士培养规模。

Campus

• The Moscow campus sits on the rural Palouse about 8 miles from Washington State University in Pullman and covers 1,585 acres, with 253 buildings insured at a replacement value of 812 million dollars.莫斯科主校区位于乡村化的帕卢斯地区，距普尔曼的华盛顿州立大学约 8 英里，占地 1585 英亩，拥有 253 座建筑，重置价值达 8.12 亿美元。
• The campus abuts the Washington state line and includes 18-hole golf grounds, arboreta, farms, 22 computer labs and a network of bike paths and parking lots.校园紧邻华盛顿州界，内有 18 洞高尔夫球场、树木园、农场、22 个计算机实验室以及自行车道和停车场网络。
• The Administration Building, built from 1907 to 1909, is a Collegiate Gothic landmark with a clock tower and houses the president's and provost's offices plus classrooms and an auditorium.行政楼建于 1907 至 1909 年，是一座带钟楼的学院哥特式地标，内设校长与教务长办公室、教室和礼堂。
• Its north wing was added in 1912, the south wing in 1916 and 1936, a functional annex in 1950 and the Albertson addition in 2002, and the building joined the National Register in 1978.其北翼于 1912 年加建，南翼分别于 1916 年和 1936 年扩展，1950 年增添功能附楼，2002 年完成阿尔伯特森扩建，整座建筑于 1978 年列入国家史迹名录。
• Hello Walk is the campus's best-known path, passing Presidential Grove, a Spanish-American War memorial statue and the Administration Lawn designed by the Olmsted Brothers landscape firm.“你好步道”是校园最著名的步行路，沿途经过总统林、美西战争纪念雕像以及由奥姆斯特德兄弟景观事务所设计的行政楼草坪。
• The Idaho Student Union Building opened in 2000 as the Commons and gained classrooms with the Teaching and Learning Center in 2005, creating a single hub for dining, study and student services.爱达荷学生会大楼于 2000 年以“共享大厅”之名启用，2005 年随教学与学习中心落成而增加教室，形成餐饮、学习与学生服务一体化的枢纽。
• The Bruce M. Pitman Center began as the Blue Bucket Inn motel purchased in 1936, was renamed in 2014 for a retiring dean of students and now houses admissions, financial aid and the registrar.布鲁斯·M·皮特曼中心的前身是 1936 年购入的“蓝桶旅馆”，2014 年以一位退休学生事务院长命名，现设招生、资助与注册办公室。
• The Kibbie Dome, enclosed in 1975, seats 16,000 for football, 7,500 for concerts and 7,000 for basketball in the Cowan Spectrum configuration introduced in 2001.基比穹顶于 1975 年封顶，橄榄球赛可容纳 16000 人，音乐会 7500 人，2001 年启用的“考恩看台”篮球模式可容纳 7000 人。
• Idaho Central Credit Union Arena opened in 2021 at a cost of about 51 million dollars, seats 4,200 and uses more than 850 Douglas fir beams logged from the university's experimental forest.爱达荷中央信用联盟体育馆于 2021 年启用，造价约 5100 万美元，设 4200 个座位，结构使用 850 余根道格拉斯冷杉梁，木料来自学校实验林。
• The university golf course opened as nine holes in 1937, was expanded to 18 holes in 1970 and plays to a par of 72 with a slope rating of 135 from the back tees.学校高尔夫球场 1937 年以九洞开放，1970 年扩为 18 洞，标准杆 72，从后发球台计算的坡度值为 135。
• The Shattuck Arboretum was conceived in 1910 by forestry professor Charles H. Shattuck, named for him in 1933 and later joined by a newer section below the president's residence of 1967.沙塔克树木园由林学教授查尔斯·H·沙塔克于 1910 年构想，1933 年以他的名字命名，后来又在 1967 年建成的校长住宅下方增辟新园区。
• The library building opened in 1957 on former tennis courts, was expanded by half in 1993 and renovated on the first floor in 2016 to add collaborative study space.图书馆馆舍于 1957 年在原网球场址上启用，1993 年扩建五成，2016 年又翻修一层以增加协作学习空间。
• The Tudor Gothic Memorial Gymnasium opened in 1928 to honor Idahoans killed in the Spanish-American War and World War I, seats 1,500 and is guarded by whimsical athletic gargoyles.都铎哥特式纪念体育馆于 1928 年开放，以纪念在美西战争和第一次世界大战中阵亡的爱达荷人，设 1500 个座位，外墙饰有诙谐的体育主题石像鬼。
• Memorial Gym was designed by architecture department chairman David C. Lang and entered the National Register in 1977 after only 49 years, an unusually short interval for a building of its age.纪念体育馆由建筑系主任戴维·C·朗设计，建成仅 49 年后的 1977 年便列入国家史迹名录，对同类建筑而言间隔异常之短。
• On-campus housing includes Wallace Residence Center, Theophilus Tower, McConnell Hall and living-learning communities, supported by South Hill, South Hill Vista and Elmwood apartments for families and law students.校内住宿包括华莱士宿舍中心、西奥菲勒斯塔、麦康奈尔楼与学习生活社区，另有南山、南山景和榆木公寓供家庭与法学院学生使用。
• Beyond Moscow the university runs branch campuses in Coeur d'Alene, Boise and Idaho Falls, a research park in Post Falls and dozens of extension offices across the state, while the Idaho Falls center works with the Idaho National Laboratory on nuclear and energy research.除莫斯科主校区外，学校还在科达伦、博伊西和爱达荷福尔斯设有分校区，在波斯特福尔斯运营研究园，并在全州设有数十个推广办公室。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the University of Idaho is placed in the 1201-1400 band, the same broad tier as several other land-grant institutions of similar size.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，爱达荷大学位于第 1201-1400 位区间，与若干规模相近的赠地大学处于同一档次。
• The university did not enter the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, so its reputation rests on national and regional measures rather than a THE position.该校未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名，因此其声誉更多依赖美国国内与区域指标，而非泰晤士名次。
• U.S. News placed Idaho at 1,435th in its 2026-2027 Best Global Universities rankings, a position that reflects its research output and doctoral activity rather than undergraduate selectivity.《美国新闻与世界报道》在 2026-2027 年度全球最佳大学排名中把爱达荷大学列在第 1435 位，这一位置更多反映其科研产出与博士培养，而非本科录取难度。
• The university did not enter the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities main table, so that ranking assigns it no position.该校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜，因此该榜单未给出其名次。
• U.S. News ranked Idaho tied for 89th among public universities and tied for 179th among national universities in its 2020 edition, the last year it published those undergraduate categories.《美国新闻与世界报道》2020 年版把爱达荷大学列为公立大学并列第 89 位、全国大学并列第 179 位，那是该刊最后一次公布这一本科分类。
• Washington Monthly placed Idaho 83rd among 438 national universities in 2024, crediting its record in social mobility, research and public service rather than wealth or selectivity.《华盛顿月刊》2024 年把爱达荷大学列为全美 438 所全国性大学中的第 83 位，依据是其在社会流动、科研与公共服务方面的表现，而非财富或录取选拔度。
• The 2025 Carnegie Classification moved Idaho into the R1 category of doctoral universities with very high research spending and doctorate production, alongside 186 other institutions.2025 年卡内基分类把爱达荷大学列入研究支出与博士培养水平很高的 R1 博士型大学，与另外 186 所院校同列。
• Princeton Review included Idaho in its 2021 "Best 386 Colleges" guide and also listed it among 286 environmentally responsible colleges in the United States.《普林斯顿评论》把爱达荷大学收入 2021 年版“最佳 386 所大学”指南，同时还把它列入全美 286 所对环境负责的大学。
• In 2010 the Corporation for National and Community Service named Idaho to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for the fifth consecutive year, citing 3,800 volunteers and 150,000 service hours.2010 年，美国国家和社区服务公司连续第五年把爱达荷大学列入总统高等教育社区服务荣誉榜，依据是 3800 名志愿者与 15 万小时服务。
• OpenAlex indexes 47,131 works and 2,203,880 citations for Idaho, while its athletes have won four Olympic gold medals through Dan O'Brien and Kristin Armstrong.OpenAlex 为爱达荷大学收录 47131 项成果与 2203880 次引用，其运动员丹·奥布莱恩和克里斯汀·阿姆斯特朗共赢得四枚奥运金牌。

Student life

• The university motto is "A Legacy of Leading", a phrase that appears in presidential addresses and recruitment material rather than on the historic seal.学校校训是“A Legacy of Leading”（领导力的传承），这一表述见于校长演讲与招生材料，而非历史校徽之上。
• Idaho's official colors are silver and gold, chosen to honor the state's mining tradition, although black and gold dominate athletic uniforms because the metallic pair does not contrast well on television.学校官方颜色为银与金，以纪念该州采矿业传统，但由于这两种金属色在电视转播中对比不足，运动队服主要以黑金配色出现。
• The Idaho Vandals compete in NCAA Division I as members of the Big Sky Conference, and the Kibbie Dome hosts football, soccer, tennis and indoor track and field.爱达荷“汪达尔人”队参加 NCAA 一级联赛，隶属大天空联盟，基比穹顶承办橄榄球、足球、网球与室内田径赛事。
• Vandal football won the 1998 Humanitarian Bowl, and the men's basketball team has reached the NCAA tournament on multiple occasions from the Big Sky.“汪达尔人”橄榄球队曾赢得 1998 年人道主义碗，男篮也多次代表大天空联盟打进 NCAA 锦标赛。
• More than 200 clubs and organizations operate on campus, and the Palousafest fair held just before the fall semester introduces new students to them.校园内有 200 多个社团与组织，秋季学期开学前举办的“帕卢斯节”市集专门向新生介绍这些团体。
• Greek life is unusually prominent for a rural public university, with 35 Greek-letter organizations, 27 housed chapters and more than 20 percent of students participating.对一所乡村公立大学而言，希腊生活格外突出，共有 35 个希腊字母组织、27 个住宿分会，参与学生超过两成。
• Student media include the Argonaut newspaper, KUOI-FM radio and Blot magazine, all housed on the third floor of the Bruce M. Pitman Center.学生媒体包括《阿尔戈诺特》报、KUOI-FM 电台与《Blot》杂志，办公地点都在布鲁斯·M·皮特曼中心三层。
• Freshmen are required to live on campus, and the university's location in Moscow places students about 8 miles from Pullman and 30 miles from Lewiston, in a region known for Lentil Festival each August.新生必须住校，学校所在的莫斯科距普尔曼约 8 英里、距刘易斯顿约 30 英里，该地区以每年 8 月的扁豆节闻名。

Notable people

• Edward A. Stevenson, governor of Idaho Territory, signed the 1889 bill that created the university, and Franklin B. Gault served as its first president from 1892 to 1898.爱达荷领地总督爱德华·A·史蒂文森签署了 1889 年创建该校的法案，富兰克林·B·高尔特则于 1892 至 1898 年出任首任校长。
• After graduating from Stanford University in 1947, Frank Church earned his law degree at Idaho in 1950 and represented the state in the U.S. Senate from 1957 to 1981, chairing the committee that investigated intelligence abuses.弗兰克·丘奇 1950 年在爱达荷大学取得法学学位，1957 至 1981 年代表该州出任美国联邦参议员，并主持了调查情报机构滥权的委员会。
• Larry Craig graduated from Idaho in 1969 and served in the U.S. Senate from 1991 to 2009, while Jim Risch earned bachelor's and law degrees there before becoming governor and senator.拉里·克雷格 1969 年毕业于爱达荷大学，1991 至 2009 年任联邦参议员，吉姆·里施则在此取得学士与法学学位，后来先后出任州长与参议员。
• Butch Otter, governor of Idaho from 2007 to 2019, graduated in 1967, and Tom McCall, governor of Oregon from 1967 to 1975, studied journalism at Idaho in the 1930s.2007 至 2019 年任爱达荷州州长的布奇·奥特 1967 年毕业，1967 至 1975 年任俄勒冈州州长的汤姆·麦考尔则于 1930 年代在爱达荷大学学习新闻。
• Jerry Kramer, a guard on the Green Bay Packers teams that won the first two Super Bowls, played at Idaho and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018.杰里·克莱默是绿湾包装工首夺两届超级碗时的护锋，大学时代效力于爱达荷，2018 年入选职业橄榄球名人堂。
• Dan O'Brien won the 1996 Olympic decathlon gold medal after attending Idaho, and Kristin Armstrong won Olympic cycling time trial gold in 2008, 2012 and 2016.丹·奥布莱恩在爱达荷大学就读后夺得 1996 年奥运会十项全能金牌，克里斯汀·阿姆斯特朗则在 2008、2012 与 2016 年三夺奥运会公路计时赛金牌。
• Mark Few, Gonzaga University's head basketball coach since 1999, graduated from Idaho in 1987 and began his coaching career as a graduate assistant under the Vandals.马克·富自 1999 年起担任冈萨加大学男篮主教练，他 1987 年毕业于爱达荷大学，并在“汪达尔人”队以研究生助理身份开始教练生涯。
• Mike Iupati, a consensus All-American at Idaho in 2009, became a first-round NFL draft pick and a four-time Pro Bowl guard with the San Francisco 49ers and Arizona Cardinals.迈克·尤帕蒂 2009 年在爱达荷大学入选全美最佳阵容，随后成为 NFL 首轮新秀，并在旧金山 49 人与亚利桑那红雀担任四届职业碗护锋。