University of Life Sciences in Poznań

The University of Life Sciences in Poznań (Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu) is a public agricultural and life-sciences university in the western Polish city of Poznań, with roots in faculties that had existed since 1919 at Adam Mickiewicz University.波兹南生命科学大学（Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu）是波兰西部城市波兹南的一所公立农业与生命科学大学，其渊源可追溯至 1919 年起设于亚当·密茨凯维奇大学的农业与林学院，是当地农学传统的直接继承者。

It was established as an independent institution in 1951 and took its present name and full university status on 11 April 2008, after several decades as an agricultural academy.该校于 1951 年成为独立院校，在经历数十年的农学院阶段后，于 2008 年 4 月 11 日改用现名并取得完全大学地位，校史因此横跨波兰战后数十年。

With about 7,000 students and more than 750 academic teachers and scientists across six faculties, it stands in the 1001-1200 band of the 2027 QS World University Rankings.该校设六个学院，在校学生约 7,000 人、教学科研人员逾 750 人，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 1001-1200 位并列区间，是波兰重要的农业与生命科学中心。

History

• Agriculture and forestry had been taught at the University of Poznań since 1919, and in 1949 its joint faculty of agriculture and forestry was divided into separate agricultural and forestry faculties.自 1919 年起，波兹南大学即开设农业与林业课程，1949 年其农业与林业联合学院拆分为各自独立的农学院与林学院，为日后独立建校奠定组织基础。
• On 17 November 1951 the Higher Agricultural School in Poznań was created by decree of the Council of Ministers, which moved those two faculties with their staff and students into a new institution.1951 年 11 月 17 日，部长会议颁令创办波兹南高等农业学校，把上述两个学院连同其教师与学生一并迁入这所新设机构，次年正式运作。
• The new school formally began work on 1 January 1952 with 1,460 full-time students and 217 teaching staff, among them 36 senior academics, and it grew steadily after the launch of part-time studies.新学校于 1952 年 1 月 1 日正式运作，当时有全日制学生 1,460 人与教职人员 217 人，其中资深学者 36 人，在开设在职学习后规模稳步增长。
• Professor Tadeusz Molenda of the Faculty of Forestry served as the first rector from 1951 to 1954, and the solemn inauguration was held on 1 March 1952 with a lecture on new directions in animal science.林学院的塔德乌什·莫伦达教授于 1951 至 1954 年出任首任校长，隆重的开学典礼于 1952 年 3 月 1 日举行，首场讲座以动物科学的新方向为题。
• In 1951 a Faculty of Animal Science was created under Professor Jan Sokołowski, one of the first new units added to the founding faculties and the ancestor of today's veterinary faculty.1951 年，在扬·索科沃夫斯基教授主持下成立动物科学学院，是创办学院之外最早增设的单位之一，也是今日兽医学院的前身。
• A physical education unit was established in 1952, and in 1953 the institution opened its Main Library and a unit for the practical study of foreign languages.1952 年设立体育教学单位，1953 年该校开设总图书馆与外语实践教学单位，图书馆最初只有数十平方米与五名工作人员。
• The Faculty of Wood Technology was created in 1954 from a division of the forestry faculty, with Professor Stanisław Prosiński as its first dean.1954 年，木材技术学院由林学院的一个分部独立而成，首任院长为斯坦尼斯瓦夫·普罗辛斯基教授，专门研究木材加工与利用。
• In 1956 the horticultural unit was raised to the rank of a Faculty of Horticulture, whose first dean was Helena Nieć and which was later renamed for horticulture and landscape architecture.1956 年，园艺单位升格为园艺学院，其首任院长为海伦娜·涅奇，其后于 2010 年更名为园艺与景观建筑学院。
• A Faculty of Agro-Food Technology was founded in 1962 under Professor Józef Janicki, and it was later renamed the Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition.1962 年在约瑟夫·亚尼茨基教授主持下成立农产食品技术学院，其后于 1973 年与 2004 年先后更名为食品技术学院与食品科学与营养学院。
• The school acquired the Brody and Dłoń estates in 1957 and completed a new building for the mechanisation of agriculture in the same year.1957 年该校获得布罗迪与德沃恩两处庄园，用于教学与田间试验，并于同年建成农业机械化新楼，扩充了实验设施。
• New buildings for animal science and a complex of student dormitories in Winogrady were opened in 1958, easing pressure on student housing.1958 年，动物科学新楼与维诺格拉迪的学生宿舍群落成启用，缓解了学生住宿紧张的状况。
• The 40th anniversary of academic agricultural and forestry studies in Poznań was marked by an alumni reunion in 1960, at which the idea of an alumni association was born.1960 年，波兹南农业与林业学术教育四十周年以校友聚会纪念，会上萌生了成立校友会的构想，加强了校友联系。
• A branch was opened in Bydgoszcz in 1969, which operated within the school until 1974, when it became an independent technical and agricultural academy.1969 年在比得哥什开设分校，该校在其内运作至 1974 年，其后独立为技术农业大学，成为另一所独立院校的基础。
• In 1970 the water melioration unit became a separate faculty, and a second major alumni reunion marked the 50th anniversary of agricultural and forestry studies.1970 年水利改良单位成为独立学院，同年第二次大型校友聚会纪念农业与林业教育五十周年，该学院其后发展为环境与机械工程学院。
• On 28 September 1972 the Higher Agricultural School was renamed the Agricultural Academy in Poznań, a change that widened its academic ambitions beyond agriculture.1972 年 9 月 28 日，高等农业学校更名为波兹南农学院，这一变更将其学术抱负拓展至农业之外的更广领域。
• Two years later, in 1974, the Collegium Maximum building that houses the rectorate was completed, and a new building for the Faculty of Food Technology was opened.两年后的 1974 年，用作校长办公楼的最高学府大楼落成，食品技术学院新楼亦同时启用，校园格局大体定型。
• The university's folk song and dance ensemble, known as Łany, was founded in 1972 and still performs Polish traditional music and dance.该校名为「Łany」的民歌与舞蹈团于 1972 年成立，至今仍演出波兰传统音乐与舞蹈，活跃于校内外舞台。
• On 4 July 1996 the academy was named after the philosopher August Cieszkowski, becoming the August Cieszkowski Agricultural Academy in Poznań.1996 年 7 月 4 日，该学院以哲学家奥古斯特·切什科夫斯基命名，成为波兹南奥古斯特·切什科夫斯基农学院。
• On 11 April 2008 it gained full university status and took the name University of Life Sciences in Poznań, reflecting its broader life-sciences mission.2008 年 4 月 11 日，该校获得完全大学地位，并改用波兹南生命科学大学之名，以反映其更广泛的生命科学使命。
• In 2026 the university marks its 75th anniversary, celebrated with a special issue of the quarterly Kronika Miasta Poznania devoted to its history.2026 年该校迎来七十五周年，并以专号《波兹南城市编年》季刊庆祝，整期论述其历史、学科发展与人物。

Academics

• The university is organised into six faculties, namely Agriculture, Horticulture and Biotechnology, Forestry and Wood Technology, Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Food Science and Nutrition, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, and Economics.该校设六个学院，即农业、园艺与生物技术学院，林业与木材技术学院，兽医学与动物科学学院，食品科学与营养学院，环境与机械工程学院，以及经济学院。
• Its programmes cover agronomy, forestry, horticulture, veterinary medicine, animal science, food technology, environmental engineering, economics and biotechnology.其专业涵盖农学、林业、园艺、兽医学、动物科学、食品技术、环境工程、经济学与生物技术，兼顾基础科学与应用技术。
• Agriculture, horticulture and forestry form the traditional core of the university, reflecting the agricultural character of the Greater Poland region around Poznań.农业、园艺与林业构成该校的传统核心，体现了波兹南所在大波兰地区浓厚的农业特色与其在粮食经济中的地位。
• The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science traces its ancestry to the Faculty of Animal Science founded in 1951 under Professor Jan Sokołowski.兽医学与动物科学学院可追溯至 1951 年由扬·索科沃夫斯基教授主持成立的动物科学学院，长期从事动物饲养与生物学研究。
• The Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology combines forest science with the technology of wood, a specialism the university has taught since the 1950s.林业与木材技术学院把林学与木材技术相结合，该校自 20 世纪 50 年代起即教授这一专业，与地区木材工业关系密切。
• More than 750 academic teachers and scientists work at the university, including over 100 professors, and their research spans the whole field of life sciences.该校有逾 750 名教学科研人员，其中包括 100 余名教授，其研究覆盖生命科学的各个领域。
• Over 1,300 people are employed by the university in total, including academic, technical and administrative staff, making it a significant public employer in Poznań.该校共雇用逾 1,300 人，包括教学、技术与行政人员，是波兹南地区重要的公立雇主之一。
• About 7,000 students are enrolled, studying across some 25 fields of study at bachelor's and master's level, many of them tied to agriculture and food.该校在校学生约 7,000 人，分布于约 25 个本科与硕士专业，其中不少专业与农业和食品产业直接相关。
• Ten master's degree programmes are taught in English for international students, chiefly in the life sciences.该校为国际学生开设十个英语授课硕士项目，多集中于生命科学领域，方便海外学生就读。
• The university offers almost 30 postgraduate and specialist courses for professionals in agriculture and related fields, supporting lifelong learning.该校为农业及相关领域的专业人士开设近 30 个进修与专业课程，支持在职人员的终身学习。
• Some 25 student science clubs are active at the university, giving undergraduates the chance to take part in research and present their work.该校有约 25 个学生科研社团，为本科生提供参与研究并展示成果的机会，涵盖植物保护到食品加工等主题。
• The university holds the right to confer doctoral degrees in agricultural, forestry, veterinary and related sciences, and it supervises several hundred doctoral candidates.该校拥有授予农业、林业、兽医学及相关学科博士学位的资格，并指导数百名博士生。
• Its research centres include a Biocentrum building at Dojazd 11 in Poznań, opened for advanced research in biology and biotechnology.其研究设施包括位于波兹南多亚兹德街 11 号的生物中心大楼，用于生物学与生物技术的先进研究。
• The university maintains the Main Library and the Scientific Information Centre, together with a university publishing house.该校设有总图书馆与科学信息中心，并拥有校出版社，用于出版学术期刊与专著。
• The Foreign Language Centre and the Sports Centre are institution-wide teaching units serving all students regardless of their field of study.外语中心与体育中心是面向全体学生的全校性教学单位，不受专业限制。
• As a public university, the institution is supervised by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education and funded mainly by the state.作为公立大学，该校由波兰科学和高等教育部监管，经费主要来自国家拨款。
• The rector is Professor Krzysztof Szoszkiewicz, who leads the university in the current term and is a specialist in environmental science.现任校长为克日什托夫·绍什凯维奇教授，在现任期领导该校，其专长为环境科学。
• The university cooperates with foreign institutions, including a summer school programme for its agriculture and horticulture students in China.该校与国外院校合作，包括为其农业与园艺学生在中国举办的暑期学校项目，拓展学生的国际视野。
• It also works with the Warsaw University of Life Sciences and the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine on joint courses in artificial intelligence, and partners with the Centralny Port Komunikacyjny project.该校还与华沙生命科学大学、乌克兰国立生命与环境科学大学合作开设人工智能联合课程，并与中央交通港项目方建立合作。
• Research at the university spans plant and animal science, food technology, forestry, environmental engineering and rural economics, closely linked to regional industry.该校研究涵盖植物与动物科学、食品技术、林业、环境工程与农村经济等领域，与区域产业紧密对接。

Campus

• The university is based in Poznań, in the Greater Poland region of western Poland, and its main campus lies among the green areas of the city district of Sołacz.该校位于波兰西部大波兰地区的波兹南，其主校区坐落在索瓦奇城区一带的绿地之中，环境格外开阔。
• The historic heart of the campus is the Sołacz area, while a second cluster of buildings is known as the Cieszkowskich campus, and both house teaching and research.校园的历史核心位于索瓦奇一带，另一组建筑群则被称为切什科夫斯基校区，两者共同承担教学与研究。
• The Biocentrum building at Dojazd 11 provides modern laboratory space for biological and biotechnological research and teaching.位于多亚兹德街 11 号的生物中心大楼为生物学与生物技术研究及教学提供现代化实验室与空间。
• The Collegium Maximum, completed in 1974, houses the rectorate and is one of the university's landmark buildings on the Sołacz campus.1974 年落成的最高学府大楼用作校长办公楼，是索瓦奇校区内该校的标志性建筑之一。
• The Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition occupies a dedicated building opened in the 1970s, fitted with facilities for food processing experiments.食品科学与营养学院使用一栋于 20 世纪 70 年代启用的专设大楼，配备食品加工实验设施。
• A building for the mechanisation of agriculture was completed in 1957, and new buildings for animal science followed in 1958.一座农业机械化大楼于 1957 年建成，动物科学新楼随后于 1958 年落成。
• Student accommodation is provided in the dormitory complexes built from the late 1950s on the Winogrady side of the city, close to the campus.学生住宿由 20 世纪 50 年代末起建于城市维诺格拉迪一带的宿舍群提供，距主校区不远。
• The university also operates estates and experimental farms such as Brody and Dłoń for teaching and field research.该校还经营布罗迪与德沃恩等庄园与试验农场，用于教学与田间研究，体现其农科特色。
• Its location places the university within easy reach of the centre of Poznań, a city known for trade fairs and historic architecture, and of the Poznań University of Technology, the Poznań University of Medical Sciences and the main campus of Adam Mickiewicz University.这一区位使该校可便捷到达波兹南市中心，该市以贸易博览会与历史建筑著称，周边还有波兹南工业大学、波兹南医科大学以及亚当·密茨凯维奇大学主校区。
• The campus is served by city transport and forms part of the capital's green belt, which the university shares with nearby parks.校区由城市交通接驳，并与附近公园共享这片绿带，使学习与研究环境清幽宜人。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings the University of Life Sciences in Poznań is placed in the 1001-1200 band, a shared range rather than a single position.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，波兹南生命科学大学位列第 1001-1200 位区间，属并列区间而非单一席位。
• It did not enter the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, so the QS table is its only major international ranking that year.该校未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名，故 QS 榜单是它当年唯一的主要国际排名。
• In the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking it stands at number 1,853 in the world.在 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中，该校位居全球第 1,853 位。
• The 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, published by ShanghaiRanking, does not list the university.软科发布的 2026 年世界大学学术排名未收录该校。
• In the 2026 GRAS world ranking it was placed first in Poland for agricultural sciences, ahead of all other Polish universities.在 2026 年 GRAS 世界排名中，该校的农业科学在波兰位居第一，领先于波兰所有其他高校。
• It was also ranked first in Poland for agricultural and life sciences by the Research.com ranking of 2026.该校的农业与生命科学在 2026 年 Research.com 排名中亦位居波兰第一。
• OpenAlex attributes to the university more than 22,500 scholarly works and about 620,000 citations, a strong record for a specialised institution.OpenAlex 收录该校学术成果逾 22,500 项、被引约 620,000 次，对一所专门学科院校而言成绩突出。
• Researchers recognised in the 2026 Research.com ranking include Piotr Tryjanowski in ecology and Henryk Jeleń in chemistry.该校在 2026 年 Research.com 排名中获认可的研究者包括生态学领域的彼得·特雷亚诺夫斯基与化学领域的亨里克·耶伦。
• The university is recognised as a leading Polish centre for agricultural and life-sciences teaching and research, and its reputation rests on applied work in farming, forestry, food and veterinary science.该校被公认为波兰农业与生命科学教学与研究的领先中心，其声誉建立于农业、林业、食品与兽医学等领域的应用研究之上。

Student life

• The university has no formally adopted motto, and its public mission stresses sustainable agriculture, forestry and the life sciences.该校没有正式采用的校训，其公开使命强调可持续农业、林业与生命科学。
• Its folk song and dance ensemble, Łany, has performed Polish traditional music and dance since it was founded in 1972.其民歌与舞蹈团「Łany」自 1972 年成立以来一直演出波兰传统音乐与舞蹈，活跃于校内外舞台。
• An alumni association was created following the 40th anniversary reunion of 1960, linking graduates to the university.1960 年四十周年校友聚会之后成立了校友会，把毕业生与该校长期相连。
• The Sports Centre offers students physical education and recreational sport as part of their studies, and the university fields competitive teams.体育中心为学生提供体育教学与康乐运动，作为其学业的一部分，校方亦组织竞技队伍。
• Students may join around 25 science clubs, which organise field trips, conferences and student research meetings, and the university hosts a student biotechnology conference.学生可加入约 25 个科研社团，这些社团组织实地考察、会议与学生科研活动，校方还主办学生生物技术会议。
• The university's campus setting among green areas, with its own experimental farms, gives it an unusually rural character for an urban university.该校校园坐落于绿地之中并拥有自己的试验农场，使其在城市大学中具有难得的田园气息。
• Poznań itself is known for its trade fairs, its renaissance old town and its lively student population.波兹南以贸易博览会、文艺复兴老城与活跃的学生群体著称，为该校学生提供丰富的城市生活。
• International students, particularly in the English-taught master's programmes, bring a global dimension to campus life.国际学生尤其是英语授课硕士项目的学生，为校园生活带来全球色彩。
• Teaching and research are closely tied to nature and the countryside, in keeping with the university's name and mission.该校的教学与研究紧密依托自然与乡村，与其校名和使命相符，形成独特学风。

Notable people

• August Cieszkowski, the nineteenth-century Polish philosopher, is the university's patron and gave his name to the academy from 1996.十九世纪波兰哲学家奥古斯特·切什科夫斯基是该校的庇护人与冠名者，该校自 1996 年起以其命名。
• Tadeusz Molenda, a professor of forestry, was the first rector of the Higher Agricultural School and served from 1951 to 1954.林学教授塔德乌什·莫伦达是高等农业学校首任校长，任期为 1951 年至 1954 年，奠定了该校早期架构。
• Kazimierz Gawęcki, an animal nutrition specialist, was rector from 1954 to 1959 and led the university through its early expansion.动物营养专家卡齐米日·加文茨基于 1954 至 1959 年任校长，带领该校度过早期扩张阶段。
• Władysław Węgorek, an entomologist and member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, was rector from 1959 to 1965.昆虫学家、波兰科学院院士瓦迪斯瓦夫·文古雷克于 1959 至 1965 年任校长。
• Zbyszko Tuchołka, rector from 1965 to 1972, initiated the building of the rectorate and of the wood technology building.1965 至 1972 年任校长的兹比什科·图霍乌卡推动兴建了校长办公楼与木材技术楼。
• Karol Mańka, a plant pathologist and full member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, received an honorary doctorate from the Agricultural Academy in Poznań in 1996.植物病理学家、波兰科学院正式院士卡罗尔·曼卡于 1996 年获波兹南农学院荣誉博士学位。
• Marek Świtoński, a professor of genetics, is a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences long associated with the university.遗传学教授马雷克·希维通斯基是波兰科学院院士，长期与该校的教学与研究相关。
• Piotr Tryjanowski has been professor and head of the Department of Zoology since 2009 and is known for work in ecology.彼得·特雷亚诺夫斯基自 2009 年起任教授兼动物学系主任，以生态学研究著称。
• Henryk Jeleń, a professor of chemistry, is among the university's most cited researchers and was recognised in the 2026 Research.com ranking.化学教授亨里克·耶伦是该校被引最多的研究者之一，并在 2026 年 Research.com 排名中获认可。
• Stanisław Karpiński, a biotechnologist, graduated from the Agricultural Academy in Poznań before an academic career in plant biology.生物技术学家斯坦尼斯瓦夫·卡尔平斯基毕业于波兹南农学院，其后从事植物生物学学术生涯。
• Kazimierz Szebiotko, a professor of food technology, was the first director of the Institute of Food Technology of Plant Origin.食品技术教授卡齐米日·谢比奥特科是植物源食品技术研究所首任所长。
• Zbigniew Sobek, a graduate in animal science, became a professor and founded an information technology company serving agriculture.动物科学专业毕业生兹比格涅夫·索贝克后成为教授，并创办了一家面向农业的信息技术公司。