University of Kansas

The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university whose main campus sits on Mount Oread in Lawrence, Kansas, and it is governed by the Kansas Board of Regents.堪薩斯大學（簡稱 KU）是一所公立研究型大學，主校區坐落於堪薩斯州勞倫斯市的芒特奧里德山上，由堪薩斯州董事會治理。

Founded in 1865 and opened for classes in 1866, it is a member of the Association of American Universities, is classified as an R1 doctoral university and enrolled 31,169 students across its campuses in fall 2025.該校於 1865 年創辦、1866 年開學，是美國大學協會成員，並被列為 R1 級研究型大學，2025 年秋季各校區合計註冊學生 31,169 人。

In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Kansas is placed 515th globally, while Times Higher Education 2027 and U.S. News 2026-2027 rank it in the 376-400 band and 357th respectively.在 2027 年 QS 世界大學排名中，堪薩斯大學位列全球第 515 位，而 2027 年泰晤士高等教育排名與 2026 至 2027 年美國新聞排名分別將其列於 376 至 400 區間與第 357 位。

History

• On 20 February 1863 Kansas Governor Thomas Carney signed a bill creating the state university in Lawrence, conditioned on a gift of a 15,000 dollar endowment fund and a site of at least forty acres of land.1863 年 2 月 20 日，堪薩斯州州長托馬斯·卡尼簽署法案，在勞倫斯設立州立大學，條件是當地捐出 15,000 美元基金並提供不少於四十英畝的校址。
• The site chosen was a hill called Hogback Ridge, later known as Mount Oread, which was donated by Charles L. Robinson, the Republican governor of Kansas from 1861 to 1863 and an original settler of Lawrence.選定的校址是名為豬背嶺、後稱芒特奧里德的山丘，由 1861 至 1863 年任堪薩斯州共和黨州長、亦是勞倫斯早期定居者的查爾斯·羅賓遜捐出。
• The philanthropist Amos Adams Lawrence gave 10,000 dollars of the required endowment fund, and the citizens of Lawrence raised the remainder through private donations.慈善家阿莫斯·亞當斯·勞倫斯捐出所需基金中的 10,000 美元，其餘部分由勞倫斯市民透過私人捐款籌足。
• On 2 November 1863 Governor Carney announced that Lawrence had met the conditions, and the following year the university was officially organised.1863 年 11 月 2 日，州長卡尼宣布勞倫斯已滿足條件，次年大學正式組建。
• The Board of Regents held its first meeting in March 1865, the event from which the university dates its founding, and work on the first college building began later that year.董事會於 1865 年 3 月召開首次會議，該校的創校年份即以此為準，同年稍後動工興建第一座教學樓。
• The university opened for classes on 12 September 1866 and the first class graduated in 1873, when its first degree, a Doctor of Divinity, was awarded to the abolitionist preacher Richard Cordley.大學於 1866 年 9 月 12 日開學，首屆學生於 1873 年畢業，其首個學位神學博士授予廢奴主義牧師理查德·科德利。
• Chancellors Joshua Lippincott, Francis H. Snow from 1890 to 1901 and Frank Strong from 1902 worked to make the university both a centre of higher education and a representative agency of the state.歷任校長約書亞·利平科特、1890 至 1901 年在任的弗朗西斯·斯諾，以及 1902 年起在任的弗蘭克·斯特朗，共同把大學打造成高等教育中心與州政府的代表性機構。
• In 1885 Blanche Ketene Bruce became the first African American to graduate from the University of Kansas, earning an A.B. degree.1885 年，布蘭奇·基滕·布魯斯成為堪薩斯大學首位非裔美國畢業生，取得文學士學位。
• Beginning in 1880 the university fielded intercollegiate athletics, starting with baseball, and it introduced football in 1890 and men's basketball in 1898.自 1880 年起，該校開始參與校際體育，最先成立棒球隊，1890 年增設美式足球，1898 年增設男子籃球。
• During World War I Kansas became a training ground for military personnel, and in 1918 it established a unit of the Students' Army Training Corps to give academic and military instruction.第一次世界大戰期間，堪薩斯大學成為軍事人員的訓練基地，並於 1918 年設立學生陸軍訓練團單位，提供學術與軍事訓練。
• During World War II the university was one of 131 American colleges and universities that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program, which offered students a path to a Navy commission.第二次世界大戰期間，該校是全美 131 所參與 V-12 海軍大學訓練計畫的高校之一，為學生提供取得海軍軍官委任的途徑。
• KU Endowment was established in 1891 as the university's primary institutional foundation to manage and build its endowment.堪薩斯大學捐贈基金會於 1891 年成立，是該校管理與壯大捐贈基金的主要機構性基金會。
• The first student union was built on campus in 1926 as a campus community centre, and the unions remain the living rooms of campus with three locations today.首座學生會館於 1926 年在校園落成，作為校園社群中心，如今學生會館仍是大學校園的「客廳」，設有三處據點。
• The School of Law was founded in 1878 as the leading law school in Kansas, making it one of the university's oldest professional schools.法學院成立於 1878 年，是堪薩斯州頂尖的法學院，也是該校歷史最悠久的專業學院之一。
• The School of Engineering was officially founded in 1891, although the university had awarded engineering degrees as early as 1873.工程學院於 1891 年正式成立，儘管該校早在 1873 年便已授予工程學位。
• The School of Business was founded in 1924 and has more than 130 faculty members and approximately 4,600 students as of fall 2025.商學院成立於 1924 年，截至 2025 年秋季擁有逾 130 名教師與約 4,600 名學生。
• The University of Kansas Natural History Museum was founded in 1927 and the Spencer Museum of Art in 1928, giving the university two major public collections.堪薩斯大學自然史博物館於 1927 年成立，斯賓塞藝術博物館於 1928 年成立，為該校帶來兩大公共館藏。
• In 1965 the university's management science programme provided the foundation for decision-science applications supporting NASA's Apollo capsule recovery operations.1965 年，該校的管理科學課程為支援美國太空總署阿波羅計畫太空艙回收作業的決策科學應用奠定基礎。
• In 2008 the Kansas football team, led by coach Mark Mangino, won the FedEx Orange Bowl by beating Virginia Tech 24-21, the capstone of a 12-1 season.2008 年，由主教練馬克·曼吉諾率領的堪薩斯美式足球隊在橘子碗以 24 比 21 擊敗維吉尼亞理工，達成 12 勝 1 負賽季的高峰。
• Douglas A. Girod began as the eighteenth chancellor of the University of Kansas in July 2017, and the university opened Capitol Federal Hall for its business school in 2016.道格拉斯·吉羅德於 2017 年 7 月出任堪薩斯大學第十八任校長，而該校已於 2016 年為商學院啟用國會大廈聯邦大樓。
• Chancellor Frank Strong helped found the Kansas Branch of the League to Enforce Peace in 1915, and after Congress declared war in April 1917 he sent a letter saying that the university had always been loyal to country and to the flag and that it always would be.校長弗蘭克·斯特朗於 1915 年協助創立「促成和平聯盟」堪薩斯分會，並在 1917 年 4 月國會宣布參戰後致函表示，該校過去一向忠於國家與旗幟，未來也將始終如此，展現其戰時立場。

Academics

• The university comprises the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the schools of Architecture Design and Planning, Business, Education, Engineering, Health Professions, Journalism and Mass Communications, Law, Medicine, Music, Nursing, Pharmacy and Social Welfare.該校由文理學院以及建築設計與規劃、商學、教育、工程、衛生專業、新聞與大眾傳播、法律、醫學、音樂、護理、藥學與社會福利等學院組成。
• KU offers more than 345 degree programmes, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences includes the School of the Arts and the School of Public Affairs and Administration.堪薩斯大學開設逾 345 個學位課程，其文理學院下設藝術學院與公共事務與行政學院。
• The business school and its accounting programme hold accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, and its master of accounting programme was ranked ninth out of 529 by Accounting Today.商學院及其會計課程獲國際高等商學院協會認證，其會計碩士課程被 Accounting Today 評為 529 個課程中的第九名。
• The Medical Center features the School of Medicine, School of Nursing and School of Health Professions, and had 3,349 students enrolled as of the fall 2013 semester.醫學中心下設醫學院、護理學院與衛生專業學院，截至 2013 年秋季學期共有 3,349 名學生。
• KU's Edwards Campus in Overland Park was established in 1993 to let adults complete undergraduate, graduate and certificate programmes, and about 2,000 students attend it.位於歐弗蘭帕克的愛德華茲校區成立於 1993 年，供成人完成大學部、研究所與證書課程，約有 2,000 名學生就讀。
• According to the National Science Foundation, KU spent 466 million dollars on research and development in fiscal year 2023, ranking it 73rd in the nation.據美國國家科學基金會資料，該校 2023 財年研發支出為 4.66 億美元，位居全美第 73 名。
• The university is a member of the Association of American Universities and is classified among R1 doctoral universities with very high research activity.該校是美國大學協會成員，並被列為研究活動極高的 R1 級博士型大學。
• In fall 2025 the university employed 3,421 faculty members across its campuses including the Medical Center.2025 年秋季，該校包括醫學中心在內的各校區共聘用 3,421 名教師。
• Of the fall 2025 total of 31,169 students, 24,376 were enrolled at the main campus in Lawrence.2025 年秋季 31,169 名學生中，有 24,376 人就讀於勞倫斯主校區。
• The Medical Center also offers four-year instruction at its Wichita campus and runs a medical school campus in Salina, Kansas devoted to rural health care.醫學中心另在威奇托校區提供四年制教學，並在堪薩斯州薩利納設有專注鄉村醫療的醫學院分校。
• The university's Center for Community Health and Development was designated a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Community Health and Development in 2004.該校社區健康與發展中心於 2004 年被指定為世界衛生組織社區健康與發展合作中心。
• KU's academic computing department helped set up the Internet and developed the early Lynx text-based web browser, which offered hypertext browsing before HTTP and HTML.該校學術計算部門協助架設網際網路，並開發了早期的 Lynx 文字網頁瀏覽器，其超文本瀏覽功能早於 HTTP 與 HTML。
• The engineering school awarded degrees as early as 1873, was officially founded in 1891 and was ranked tied for 102nd among 218 doctoral engineering schools by U.S. News in 2021.工程學院早在 1873 年即授予學位，1891 年正式成立，並在 2021 年美國新聞排名中於 218 所設有博士學位的工程學院中並列第 102 名。
• The School of Journalism and Mass Communications sponsors publications including The University Daily Kansan, Jayplay magazine and KUJH television.新聞與大眾傳播學院資助包括《大學日報堪薩斯人》、Jayplay 雜誌與 KUJH 電視台等出版與播出機構。
• For the 2024 to 2025 academic year, enrolled students had a 50th percentile SAT composite score of 1150, with a math score of 570 and an evidence-based reading and writing score of 580.在 2024 至 2025 學年，錄取學生的 SAT 綜合分數中位數為 1150，數學 570 分、實證閱讀與寫作 580 分。
• KU Endowment, the university's foundation established in 1891, manages a long-term investment programme that supports faculty, students and research across the university.成立於 1891 年的堪薩斯大學捐贈基金會管理一項長期投資計畫，資助全校的教師、學生與研究。
• The Center for Community Health and Development, affiliated with the Department of Applied Behavioural Science and the Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies, runs a free online Community Tool Box that supports community health and development work worldwide.社區健康與發展中心隸屬應用行為科學系與席費爾布施生命歷程研究所，經營免費的線上「社區工具箱」，支援全球各地的社區健康與發展工作。
• In 2009 the university reorganised its School of Fine Arts, and the professional design practice programmes became the Department of Design within the School of Architecture and Design, whose main building is Marvin Hall.2009 年該校重整藝術學院，專業設計實務課程併入建築與設計學院轄下的設計系，該學院的主樓為馬文樓，其建築淵源可溯至 1912 年的建築工程學位課程。

Campus

• The main campus sits on Mount Oread overlooking the city of Lawrence, whose roughly 100,000 residents make it one of the most consistently ranked college towns in the United States.主校區坐落於俯瞰勞倫斯市的芒特奧里德山上，該市約有 10 萬居民，是美國長期上榜的最佳大學城之一。
• The university operates five principal campuses: the main campus in Lawrence, the Edwards Campus in Overland Park, the Medical Center in Kansas City, and medical campuses in Wichita and Salina.該校設有五個主要校區，即勞倫斯主校區、歐弗蘭帕克愛德華茲校區、堪薩斯城醫學中心，以及威奇托與薩利納的醫學院校區。
• Allen Fieldhouse is heralded as one of the greatest basketball arenas in the world, and David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium is the eighth oldest college football stadium in the country.艾倫菲爾德體育館被譽為全球最偉大的籃球場館之一，而大衛·布斯堪薩斯紀念體育場則是全美第八古老的大學美式足球場。
• The university's libraries include Watson Library, the Kenneth Spencer Research Library, the Murphy Art and Architecture Library, the Thomas Gorton Music and Dance Library and Anschutz Library.該校圖書館包括沃森圖書館、肯尼斯·斯賓塞研究圖書館、墨菲藝術與建築圖書館、托馬斯·戈頓音樂與舞蹈圖書館以及安舒茨圖書館。
• The University of Kansas Natural History Museum holds important collections in mammalogy, ornithology, vertebrate palaeontology and entomology, and the Spencer Museum of Art emphasises American Indian materials.堪薩斯大學自然史博物館收藏哺乳動物學、鳥類學、脊椎動物古生物學與昆蟲學的重要標本，斯賓塞藝術博物館則以美洲原住民文物為重點。
• Campus landmarks include the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, the Lied Center of Kansas and the radio stations KJHK at 90.7 FM and KANU at 91.5 FM.校園地標包括羅伯特·多爾政治研究所、堪薩斯利德中心，以及 90.7 FM 的 KJHK 與 91.5 FM 的 KANU 電台。
• The main campus lies in the heart of Lawrence at coordinates near 38.97167 degrees north and 95.23525 degrees west, a short distance from downtown and the Kansas River.主校區位於勞倫斯市中心地帶，座標約為北緯 38.97167 度、西經 95.23525 度，距市中心與堪薩斯河不遠。
• The KU Memorial Unions Corporation manages the KU Bookstore with seven locations and KU Dining Services with more than twenty campus locations, all operated not for profit.堪薩斯大學紀念會館公司管理設有七處的堪薩斯大學書店，以及在校內有二十多處據點的餐飲服務，兩者皆為非營利經營。
• The Edwards Campus in Overland Park and the Medical Center in Kansas City extend the university's teaching into the Kansas City metropolitan area.位於歐弗蘭帕克的愛德華茲校區與堪薩斯城的醫學中心，把該校的教學延伸到堪薩斯城都會區。
• Lawrence is also home to Haskell Indian Nations University, the university's traditional sporting rival is Kansas State University in Manhattan, and other Kansas institutions include Washburn University in Topeka and Baker University in Baldwin City.勞倫斯另設有哈斯克爾印第安民族大學，該校的傳統體育宿敵是曼哈頓的堪薩斯州立大學，堪薩斯州內其他院校還包括托皮卡的沃什伯恩大學與鮑德溫城的貝克大學。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the University of Kansas is placed 515th in the world.在 2027 年 QS 世界大學排名中，堪薩斯大學位列全球第 515 位。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place Kansas in the 376-400 band globally.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大學排名將堪薩斯大學列入全球 376 至 400 區間。
• The Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026 places the university in the 301-400 band.2026 年軟科世界大學學術排名將該校列入 301 至 400 區間。
• The U.S. News Best Global Universities edition of 2026-2027 ranks Kansas 357th in the world.在 2026 至 2027 年版美國新聞最佳全球大學排名中，堪薩斯大學位列世界第 357 位。
• Domestically U.S. News ranked KU 74th among top public national universities and 31st among public institutions for best value in its 2026 rankings.在國內，美國新聞 2026 年排名將堪薩斯大學列為頂尖公立國立大學第 74 名、公立機構最佳價值榜第 31 名。
• OpenAlex attributes 115,655 works to the University of Kansas with 8,155,818 citations, reflecting its large research output.OpenAlex 為堪薩斯大學收錄 115,655 篇成果，被引 8,155,818 次，顯示其科研產出規模龐大。
• The university's teams have won thirteen national championships all time, including six in men's basketball, most recently the 2022 NCAA title.該校運動隊歷來共奪得十三次全國冠軍，其中男子籃球六次，最近一次為 2022 年 NCAA 冠軍。
• Kansas has produced 325 Fulbright Scholars, 27 Rhodes Scholars, 10 Marshall Scholars, 12 MacArthur Fellows, seven Pulitzer Prize winners and two Nobel laureates.堪薩斯大學共培養出 325 名傅爾布萊特學者、27 名羅德學者、10 名馬歇爾學者、12 名麥克阿瑟獎得主、七名普立茲獎得主與兩名諾貝爾獎得主。
• The university has been a member of the Association of American Universities and has competed in the Big 12 Conference across NCAA Division I sports.該校是美國大學協會成員，並在 NCAA 一級賽事中於大十二聯盟角逐。
• In the U.S. News 2026 rankings KU's business school was listed 40th out of 367 public institutions, and its online MBA programme was ranked seventh overall in the 2025 edition of the best online programmes list.在美國新聞 2026 年排名中，堪薩斯大學商學院在 367 所公立機構中列第 40 名，其線上 MBA 課程則在 2025 年最佳線上課程榜中整體排名第七。
• In the 2021 U.S. News rankings the School of Law was tied for 70th out of 198 nationally, and the School of Engineering was tied for 102nd out of 218 doctoral engineering schools.在 2021 年美國新聞排名中，法學院在全美 198 所中並列第 70 名，工程學院則在 218 所設有博士學位的工程學院中並列第 102 名。
• KU Endowment held total assets of about 3.23 billion dollars as of 30 June 2025, and in fiscal year 2025 donors gave 353.6 million dollars while KU Endowment provided 446 million dollars of support to the university.堪薩斯大學捐贈基金會截至 2025 年 6 月 30 日持有約 32.3 億美元總資產，而在 2025 財年，捐贈者捐款 3.536 億美元，基金會則向大學提供 4.46 億美元的支持。

Student life

• The University of Kansas has no official Latin motto, and its identity is carried by the mythical Jayhawk mascot and the colours crimson and blue.堪薩斯大學沒有正式的拉丁文校訓，其身分認同由神話中的「傑霍克」吉祥物與深紅、藍兩色承載。
• The Jayhawk name is rooted in Kansas' abolitionist history and its design was evolved by students, making the mascot the ultimate expression of KU identity.「傑霍克」之名源自堪薩斯的廢奴歷史，其造型由學生逐步演化而成，是堪薩斯大學身分認同的極致表達。
• The Rock Chalk Chant, a historic college cheer, is the university's best-known tradition, along with the waving of the wheat at games.「Rock Chalk」吶喊是該校最具代表性的歷史傳統，比賽中另有「麥浪招手」的助威方式。
• The university's alma mater is Crimson and the Blue, and the fight song I'm a Jayhawk is known for its polyrhythmic hand claps.該校校歌為「Crimson and the Blue」，而戰歌「I'm a Jayhawk」以其複雜的複節奏拍手著稱。
• The Kansas Jayhawks compete in the Big 12 Conference, field sixteen varsity sports and also support club sports such as rugby, ice hockey and men's volleyball.堪薩斯傑霍克隊在大十二聯盟角逐，設有十六項校隊運動，並支持橄欖球、冰球與男子排球等社團運動。
• The university's debate team has had more teams compete in the National Debate Tournament than any other university and has won the tournament six times, in 1954, 1970, 1976, 1983, 2009 and 2018.該校辯論隊參加全國辯論錦標賽的次數超過任何其他大學，並六度奪冠，分別為 1954、1970、1976、1983、2009 與 2018 年。
• The University Daily Kansan, the student newspaper, reaches at least 30,000 daily readers, and the student-run radio station KJHK has roots back to 1952.學生報《大學日報堪薩斯人》每日至少觸及 30,000 名讀者，由學生經營的 KJHK 電台則可追溯至 1952 年。
• Students organise their social life around the Kansas Union and Burge Union in Lawrence and Jayhawk Central at the Edwards Campus, alongside hundreds of clubs.學生在勞倫斯的堪薩斯會館、布爾吉會館以及愛德華茲校區的 Jayhawk Central 周圍組織社交生活，並有數百個社團。
• The KU Memorial Unions Corporation manages the not-for-profit KU Bookstore and KU Dining Services, whose proceeds support student programmes such as Student Union Activities.堪薩斯大學紀念會館公司管理非營利的堪薩斯大學書店與餐飲服務，其收益用於支持學生會活動等學生計畫。

Notable people

• Charles L. Robinson, the first Republican governor of Kansas, donated the forty-acre Mount Oread site on which the university was built.堪薩斯州首任共和黨州長查爾斯·羅賓遜捐出四十英畝的芒特奧里德山作為建校用地。
• Amos Adams Lawrence, the philanthropist who gave 10,000 dollars of the founding endowment, is commemorated in the university's name.捐出 10,000 美元創校基金的慈善家阿莫斯·亞當斯·勞倫斯，其名被銘刻於校名之中。
• James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, was the university's first basketball coach and founded the programme on which its reputation was built.籃球運動的發明者詹姆斯·奈史密斯是該校首位籃球教練，他創立的球隊奠定了學校的聲譽。
• Forrest Phog Allen, a Kansas alumnus and Basketball Hall of Fame inductee known as the father of basketball coaching, founded the National Association of Basketball Coaches.堪薩斯校友、籃球名人堂成員、被譽為籃球教練之父的福雷斯特·福格·艾倫創立了全美籃球教練協會。
• Wilt Chamberlain, perhaps the programme's best-recognised player, played at Kansas in the 1950s before becoming an NBA star and a Harlem Globetrotter.或為該隊最知名的球員威爾特·張伯倫於 1950 年代在堪薩斯效力，之後成為 NBA 球星與哈林籃球隊成員。
• Adolph Rupp and Dean Smith, both later Hall of Fame basketball coaches, played on Kansas national championship teams under Phog Allen.後來皆成為籃球名人堂教練的阿道夫·魯普與迪恩·史密斯，都曾在福格·艾倫麾下為堪薩斯的全國冠軍隊效力。
• Dean Smith, who played at Kansas from 1949 to 1953 and coached at North Carolina, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama in 2013.1949 至 1953 年在堪薩斯打球、後執教於北卡羅來納的迪恩·史密斯，於 2013 年獲巴拉克·歐巴馬頒授總統自由勳章。
• Bob Dole, the long-serving senator and presidential candidate who played at Kansas, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Bill Clinton in 1997.長期任職參議員並曾參選總統、亦曾在堪薩斯效力的鮑勃·多爾，於 1997 年獲比爾·柯林頓頒授總統自由勳章。
• Bill Self, the Basketball Hall of Fame coach, has led the Kansas men's basketball team since 2003 and guided it to national titles.籃球名人堂教練比爾·塞爾夫自 2003 年起執教堪薩斯男子籃球隊，並率隊奪得全國冠軍。
• Blanche Ketene Bruce became the university's first African American graduate in 1885, a milestone in its nineteenth-century history.布蘭奇·基滕·布魯斯於 1885 年成為該校首位非裔美國畢業生，是其十九世紀歷史上的里程碑。
• Amelia Earhart, the aviation pioneer, attended the University of Kansas in the 1910s before her record-setting flying career.航空先驅愛米莉亞·埃爾哈特在締造飛行紀錄之前，曾於 1910 年代就讀堪薩斯大學。
• Douglas A. Girod has served as the eighteenth chancellor of the University of Kansas since July 2017, and Barbara A. Bichelmeyer is its provost and executive vice chancellor.道格拉斯·吉羅德自 2017 年 7 月起任堪薩斯大學第十八任校長，芭芭拉·比切爾邁耶則任其教務長暨執行副校長。