University of KwaZulu-Natal

The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN, Zulu: INyuvesi yakwaZulu-Natali, Afrikaans: Universiteit van KwaZulu-Natal) is a public research university with five campuses in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.夸祖鲁-纳塔尔大学（缩写 UKZN，祖鲁语「INyuvesi yakwaZulu-Natali」，阿非利卡语「Universiteit van KwaZulu-Natal」）是南非夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省的一所公立研究型大学，设有五处校区。

It was formed on 1 January 2004 through the merger of the University of Natal and the University of Durban-Westville, two institutions whose histories reach back to 1910 and the early 1960s respectively.该校于 2004 年 1 月 1 日由纳塔尔大学与德班-韦斯特维尔大学合并而成，两校的历史分别可追溯至 1910 年与 1960 年代初。

In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the university is placed at 600th, and in the 2026-2027 US News table at 421st, one of South Africa's strongest research universities.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中该校列第 600 位，在 2026-2027 年度 US News 榜单中列第 421 位，是南非实力最强的研究型大学之一。

History

• The two founding institutions brought different traditions to the merger, one historically white and the other created for Indian students under apartheid.两所创始院校为合并带来了不同的传统，一所历史上面向白人，另一所则在种族隔离下为印度裔学生而设。

• Higher education in the region thus combined a colonial-era college, a segregated medical school and an apartheid-era Indian university into a single non-racial institution.该地区的高等教育由此把殖民时代的学院、隔离的医学院与种族隔离时代的印度裔大学合并为一所不分种族的机构。

• The University of Natal was founded in 1910 as the Natal University College in Pietermaritzburg, opening its doors to a first cohort of 57 students.纳塔尔大学于 1910 年以「纳塔尔大学学院」之名在彼得马里茨堡创办，首批招收学生 57 名。

• The college was a multi-campus institution almost from the start, having been extended to Durban after the First World War.该校自始即便带有跨校区性质，在第一次世界大战后即扩展至德班。

• The distinctive Howard College building was opened in 1931 on land donated by Mr T. B. Davis in honour of his son Howard Davis, who died at the Battle of the Somme.别具一格的霍华德学院大楼于 1931 年启用，其用地由戴维斯先生捐出，以纪念其子霍华德·戴维斯——他在索姆河战役中阵亡。

• The University of Natal was granted independent university status in 1949, owing to its rapid growth in numbers, its wide range of courses and its achievements in research.纳塔尔大学于 1949 年获独立的大学地位，其因在于学生人数快速增长、课程门类广泛与科研成就突出。

• The Nelson Mandela School of Medicine campus was created in 1950 as a racially segregated part of the University of Natal reserved for non-white students under apartheid.纳尔逊·曼德拉医学院校区创设于 1950 年，当时是纳塔尔大学在种族隔离制度下专为非白人学生设立的隔离部分。

• It was one of the few tertiary institutions legally allowed to provide education to black people under apartheid, a role that shaped its later identity.它是种族隔离时期少数获准向黑人提供高等教育的机构之一，这一角色塑造了其日后的身份。

• The medical school was granted Nelson Mandela's name on its 50th anniversary in 2000, becoming the Nelson Mandela School of Medicine.该医学院於 2000 年建院 50 周年之际获冠纳尔逊·曼德拉之名，成为纳尔逊·曼德拉医学院。

• The University of Durban-Westville began as a University College on Salisbury Island in Durban Bay, established by the apartheid government for the tertiary education of South African Indians.德班-韦斯特维尔大学最初是设于德班湾索尔兹伯里岛上的一所大学学院，由种族隔离政府为南非印度裔的高等教育而设立。

• The college was inaugurated in 1961 and served Indian students for eleven years, being upgraded to full university status in 1971.该学院于 1961 年正式成立，为印度裔学生服务十一年，并於 1971 年升格为正式大学。

• The following year the newly named University of Durban-Westville moved into its modern campus in Westville and became a major site of anti-apartheid struggle.次年，改称后的德班-韦斯特维尔大学迁入位于韦斯特维尔的现代化校区，并成为反种族隔离斗争的重要场所。

• In 1984 the university became an autonomous institution that opened up to students of all races, defying the apartheid order.1984 年该校成为自治机构，并向所有种族的学生开放，公然违抗种族隔离秩序。

• The Council of the University of Natal voted on 31 May 2002 to appoint the medical scientist Professor Malegapuru Makgoba as Vice-Chancellor and Principal.纳塔尔大学校务委员会於 2002 年 5 月 31 日表决，任命医学科学家马莱加普鲁·马科戈巴教授为副校长兼校长。

• Professor Makgoba, a world-renowned medical scientist and former President of the Medical Research Council, assumed office on 1 September 2002.马科戈巴教授为世界知名的医学科学家、曾任医学研究理事会主席，於 2002 年 9 月 1 日就任。

• Entrusted with leading the University of Natal into the merger, he became its last Vice-Chancellor, succeeding Professor Brenda Gourley in the post.他受命带领纳塔尔大学完成合并，因而成为该校最后一任副校长，接替布伦达·古尔利教授之职。

• Having briefly served as interim Vice-Chancellor in 2004, Makgoba was formally appointed the founding Vice-Chancellor of the merged University of KwaZulu-Natal.马科戈巴在 2004 年短暂担任过渡期副校长后，正式获任合并后的夸祖鲁-纳塔尔大学首任副校长。

• He was installed at a ceremony on 30 September 2005, and went on to serve two five-year terms of office before retiring in 2015.其就职典礼於 2005 年 9 月 30 日举行，此后连任两个五年任期，并於 2015 年卸任。

• Professor Makgoba was succeeded as Vice-Chancellor by Dr Albert van Jaarsveld, and later by Professor Nana Poku, who took office on 24 June 2019.马科戈巴之后，阿尔伯特·范雅斯维尔德博士继任副校长，其后由纳纳·波库教授接任，於 2019 年 6 月 24 日就职。

• The Edgewood College of Education was incorporated into the University of Natal in 2001, and its buildings now form the Edgewood campus of UKZN.埃奇伍德教育学院於 2001 年并入纳塔尔大学，其建筑如今构成 UKZN 的埃奇伍德校区。

• The KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV, built in cooperation with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, opened in 2012 on the medical school campus.夸祖鲁-纳塔尔结核病与艾滋病研究所与美国霍华德·休斯医学研究所合作兴建，於 2012 年在医学院校区落成。

• The university's strategic plan for 2023 to 2032 anticipates a cap on student headcount enrolment at 45,000 with postgraduate enrolment rising toward 30 percent of the total.该校 2023 至 2032 年战略规划预计将学生总数上限设为 45000 人，并使研究生占比上升至总量的三成。

Academics

• The university is made up of four colleges, each of which is in turn made up of several schools, and in most cases a subdivision is spread across more than one campus.该校由四所学院（college）组成，每所学院下又设若干学系，且多数教学单位分布于不止一处校区。

• The four colleges are the College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science, the College of Health Sciences, the College of Humanities and the College of Law and Management Studies.四所学院分别为农业、工程与科学学院，健康科学学院，人文学院，以及法律与管理研究学院。

• The College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science groups the School of Engineering with the School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences.农业、工程与科学学院把工程学院与农业、地球及环境科学学院并置一体。

• The College of Health Sciences contains the School of Medicine and the School of Health Sciences, and is centred on the Nelson Mandela medical school campus.健康科学学院设有医学院与健康科学学院，并以纳尔逊·曼德拉医学院校区为中心。

• The College of Humanities brings together the School of Arts, the School of Social Sciences and the School of Education.人文学院把文学院、社会科学学院与教育学院汇聚一处。

• The College of Law and Management Studies comprises the Graduate School of Business and Leadership, the School of Commerce and the School of Law.法律与管理研究学院包括商业与领导力研究生院、商学院与法学院。

• Chemistry is taught on both the Pietermaritzburg and Westville campuses, illustrating how academic divisions span the university's sites.化学系在彼得马里茨堡与韦斯特维尔两处校区同时开课，体现出教学单位如何横跨各校址。

• The university has historically held a very strong reputation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and has been ranked first in South Africa for physical sciences and engineering.该校在科学、技术、工程与数学领域历来声誉卓著，曾在南非的物理科学与工程学科排名中位居第一。

• Nationally it has been ranked second in computer science and third in mathematics, reflecting a broad strength in the STEM fields.在国内其计算机科学列第二、数学列第三，反映出在 STEM 诸领域的整体实力。

• Two law clinics, one in Pietermaritzburg and one in Durban, provide free legal assistance specialising in HIV and AIDS, family law and social justice.该校在彼得马里茨堡与德班各设一个法律诊所，就艾滋病、家庭法与社会正义事务提供免费法律援助。

• The law clinics also train final-year law students, who are mentored by experienced practitioners and travel to remote communities on outreach work.法律诊所同时培训法律专业毕业班学生，由资深执业者指导，并赴偏远社区开展外展服务。

• Its research output is recorded by OpenAlex at about 80,883 works with more than 4.1 million citations, among the largest totals in Africa.OpenAlex 记录该校科研产出约 8.1 万件作品、被引逾 410 万次，为非洲地区总量最大的机构之一。

• The university operates the Centre for Creative Arts, a multi-disciplinary arts organisation based in the School of Arts, established in 1996.该校於 1996 年设立创意艺术中心，这所跨学科艺术机构隶属文学院。

• Its Graduate School of Business and Leadership was developed in cooperation with Hampton College Durban, linking academic study with management practice.其商业与领导力研究生院与德班汉普顿学院合作发展，把学术研究与管理实务相连。

• The university is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities and maintains partnerships with institutions across Africa and beyond.该校为英联邦大学协会成员，并与非洲及其他地区的院校保持合作。

• Programmes are offered from undergraduate degrees through to master's and doctoral study across the four colleges, in English, South Africa's medium of higher education.四所学院均自本科学位开设至硕士与博士研究，授课语言为英语，即南非高等教育的通用语。

• The university awards degrees in agriculture, engineering, medicine, nursing, law, commerce, humanities and education, matching the four-college structure.该校在农业、工程、医学、护理、法律、商科、人文与教育等领域授予学位，与四学院建制相合。

Campus

• The university is geographically divided into five distinct campuses, which partly correspond to its managerial and academic divisions.该校在地理上划分为五处各自独立的校区，其分布与行政及教学划分大体对应。

• The five campuses are Edgewood, Howard College, the Nelson Mandela medical school, Pietermaritzburg and Westville.五处校区分别为埃奇伍德、霍华德学院、纳尔逊·曼德拉医学院、彼得马里茨堡与韦斯特维尔。

• Two campuses, Edgewood and the medical school, house specific academic divisions, education and medicine respectively, while the other divisions span Howard College, Pietermaritzburg and Westville.其中埃奇伍德与医学院两处校区分别承载教育与医学等特定学科，其余教学单位则分布于霍华德学院、彼得马里茨堡与韦斯特维尔三处。

• The Pietermaritzburg campus was the main location of the University of Natal and its predecessor until the opening of Howard College in Durban.在德班的霍华德学院启用之前，彼得马里茨堡校区一直是纳塔尔大学及其前身的主校区。

• The Pietermaritzburg campus contains the university's oldest structure, the Old Main Building, built in 1912, and is the only campus teaching agriculture, theology and fine arts.彼得马里茨堡校区留有该校最古老的建筑「主楼」，建于 1912 年，且是唯一开设农业、神学与美术的校区。

• The Howard College campus sits on the Berea Ridge in Durban within a thriving environmental conservancy, having opened in 1931.霍华德学院校区坐落于德班的贝雷亚山脊，地处一处生机盎然的环境保护区，於 1931 年启用。

• Howard College hosts a large engineering department with electrical and chemical engineering, and the Centre for Creative Arts with the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre.霍华德学院校区设有规模可观的工程系，涵盖电气与化学工程，并拥有创意艺术中心与伊丽莎白·斯内登剧院。

• The Westville campus lies in an environmental conservancy about 10 kilometres west of Durban, and was the site of the University of Durban-Westville before 2004.韦斯特维尔校区位于德班以西约 10 公里的一处环境保护区，2004 年之前是德班-韦斯特维尔大学的校址。

• The Edgewood campus is located in Pinetown, about 20 kilometres west of Durban, and is the main location of the Faculty of Education.埃奇伍德校区位于德班以西约 20 公里的派恩敦，是教育学院的所在地。

• The university's recorded geographic position is latitude -29.8579 and longitude 31.0292, placing it in coastal KwaZulu-Natal on the Indian Ocean seaboard.该校登记的地理坐标为南纬 29.8579、东经 31.0292，位于濒临印度洋的夸祖鲁-纳塔尔沿海地区。

• Durban and Pietermaritzburg, the province's two principal cities, are linked by road and rail, and its coastal setting gives the university access to the Indian Ocean seaboard.德班与彼得马里茨堡是该省两座主要城市，以公路与铁路相连，其滨海位置使该校得以通达印度洋沿岸。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027, the edition to which this entry belongs, the University of KwaZulu-Natal is placed at 600th in the world.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，也就是本条目所属的榜单版本，夸祖鲁-纳塔尔大学列全球第 600 位。

• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place the university in the 501-550 band, its strongest showing among the main tables used here.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将该校列入第 501-550 档，是本条目所采各主榜中的最佳表现。

• In the 2026-2027 US News Best Global Universities table the university is listed at 421st, a high placing for a South African institution.在 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中，该校列第 421 位，就南非院校而言位次颇高。

• In the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities the university is placed in the 601-700 band, keeping it inside the world's top thousand.在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中，该校列第 601-700 档，稳居全球前一千之列。

• The university reports about 80,883 works and 4,112,210 citations in OpenAlex, one of the largest research outputs in sub-Saharan Africa.OpenAlex 记录该校约 8.1 万件作品与 411 万次被引，在撒哈拉以南非洲属于科研产出最大的机构之一。

• In 2018 UKZN was ranked fourth among South African universities by Times Higher Education and sixth by QS, placing it among the country's leading institutions.2018 年，该校在泰晤士高等教育排名中列南非高校第四、在 QS 中列第六，跻身本国领先院校之列。

• It was ranked first in sub-Saharan Africa in the fourth quarter of 2020 by the amount of venture capital raised by unicorn startups founded by its alumni.依校友创办的独角兽企业所融风险资本计，该校於 2020 年第四季度在撒哈拉以南非洲排名第一。

• Its Vice-Chancellor has noted that UKZN has helped produce over 45 percent of the political, industrial and commercial leaders of post-apartheid South Africa.其副校长指出，该校培养了种族隔离结束后的南非政治、产业与商业领袖中的逾 45%。

• Its national strength in physical sciences and engineering, where it has led the country, underpins its position as a research university rather than merely a teaching institution.其在物理科学与工程领域的全国领先地位，奠定了它作为研究型大学而非单纯教学机构的定位。

• Its medical school and the KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV give it a leading position in infectious-disease research in Africa.其医学院与夸祖鲁-纳塔尔结核病与艾滋病研究所，使该校在非洲传染病研究中处于领先地位。

Student life

• The university uses the tagline "Inspiring Greatness", which it applies to student awards that recognise excellence in community service, leadership, music and academic prowess.该校使用「Inspiring Greatness」的宣传语，并将其用于表彰在社区服务、领导力、音乐与学业上表现卓越的学生奖项。

• It has no single formal Latin motto in its public material, and its public identity rests on the 2004 merger and the "Inspiring Greatness" tagline.其公开材料未见单一正式拉丁校训，其公众形象依托 2004 年的合并与「Inspiring Greatness」的宣传语。

• On-campus residences accommodate 1,810 students in four blocks, S-Block, R-Block, P-Block and O-Block, the last reserved for women.校内宿舍可容纳 1810 名学生，分为 S、R、P、O 四栋，「O 栋」仅限女生入住。

• UKZN is home to debating unions, film clubs, poetry societies, student political organisations and sports teams across its campuses.该校各校区设有辩论会、电影社、诗社、学生政治组织与运动队等团体。

• The UKZN Impi rugby team features in the Varsity Cup national rugby competition, and the Howard College Debating Union competes at the World Universities Debating Championships.UKZN 的「Impi」橄榄球队参加全国性校际橄榄球赛「Varsity Cup」，霍华德学院辩论会则出征世界大学辩论锦标赛。

• The Centre for Creative Arts coordinates respected annual festivals, among them Time of the Writer, running since 1998, and Poetry Africa, which began in 1997.创意艺术中心统筹多个知名年度艺术节，其中包括自 1998 年开办的「Time of the Writer」与 1997 年启幕的「Poetry Africa」。

• The Durban International Film Festival, first held in 1979, is coordinated by the Centre for Creative Arts and is among the oldest and largest film festivals in southern Africa.德班国际电影节於 1979 年首办，由创意艺术中心统筹，是南部非洲历史最久、规模最大的电影节之一。

• Student life is bound up with Durban and Pietermaritzburg, two cities whose coastal and inland settings give the five campuses very different characters.学生生活与德班、彼得马里茨堡两城紧密相连，滨海与内陆两种环境赋予五处校区迥异的气质。

• The arts festivals run by the Centre for Creative Arts, from film to poetry and dance, draw international writers and filmmakers to Durban each year.创意艺术中心举办的各类艺术节——涵盖电影、诗歌与舞蹈——每年为德班吸引国际作家与电影人。

Notable people

• The university's founding Vice-Chancellor, Professor Malegapuru Makgoba, was a world-renowned medical scientist and a former President of South Africa's Medical Research Council.该校首任副校长马莱加普鲁·马科戈巴教授是世界知名的医学科学家，曾任南非医学研究理事会主席。

• Dr Frene Ginwala, the first Chancellor of the merged university, was a prominent South African politician and the founding Speaker of the National Assembly.合并后该校首任校监弗蕾娜·金瓦拉博士是南非著名政治家，也是国民议会首任议长。

• Dr Reuel Khoza, appointed Chancellor in October 2021, is a business and transformation leader and an acclaimed author in the South African political economy.於 2021 年 10 月获任校监的雷埃尔·科扎博士是商界与转型领袖，也是南非政治经济领域的知名作者。

• John Smit, the World Cup winning captain of the South African national rugby team, is among the university's best-known sporting alumni.南非国家橄榄球队夺冠时的队长约翰·斯米特，是该校最知名的体育校友之一。

• Dr Gita Ramjee, a scientist and researcher in HIV prevention, and Dr Ncoza Dlova, the university's first black dermatologist, are counted among its distinguished alumni.艾滋病预防领域的科学家吉塔·拉姆吉博士，以及该校培养的首位黑人皮肤科医生恩科扎·德洛瓦博士，均属其杰出校友。

• Professor Salome Maswime, a global health expert and activist, is among the university's noted medical alumni.全球健康专家与活动家萨洛梅·马斯维梅教授，是该校知名的医学界校友之一。

• Mondo Mazwai, a legal practitioner and chair of South Africa's Competition Tribunal from 2019, and Mosa Moshabela, the eleventh Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town, also studied there.执业律师、自 2019 年起任南非竞争法庭庭长的蒙多·马兹瓦伊，以及开普敦大学第十一任副校长莫萨·莫沙贝拉，亦曾在该校就读。

• Nomfundo Moh, a platinum-awarded singer-songwriter, and Lize Heerman, a singer-songwriter and media personality, are among its arts alumni.获白金唱片的女创作歌手诺姆丰多·莫，以及创作歌手兼媒体人莉泽·希尔曼，是其艺术界校友。

• Imani Sanga, a composer and ethnomusicologist, and Nokwanda Makunga, a biotechnologist, are also numbered among the university's alumni.作曲家与民族音乐学家伊马尼·桑加、生物技术专家诺克万达·马孔加，亦在其校友之列。

• Eunice Nangueve Inácio, an Angolan peace activist, and Promise Mthembu, an HIV and AIDS activist, are counted among its alumni.安哥拉和平活动家尤妮斯·南格韦·伊纳西奥，以及艾滋病活动家普罗米斯·姆特姆布，均被列为该校校友。

• Dr Zweli Mkhize, a former Chancellor of UKZN, graduated from the university with a Master's in Administration.UKZN 前校监兹韦利·姆希泽博士在该校取得行政管理硕士学位。

• Dr Albert van Jaarsveld, who succeeded Makgoba as Vice-Chancellor, and Professor Nana Poku, the incumbent from 2019, have led the university through its post-merger consolidation.接替马科戈巴出任副校长的阿尔伯特·范雅斯维尔德博士，以及自 2019 年起在任的纳纳·波库教授，带领该校完成了合并后的整合。