University of Louisville

The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public research university in Louisville, Kentucky, chartered in 1798 as the Jefferson Seminary and one of the first city-funded public colleges in the United States.路易斯维尔大学（University of Louisville，简称 UofL）是美国肯塔基州路易斯维尔的一所公立研究型大学，1798 年以杰斐逊神学院之名获特许设立，是美国最早由城市出资兴办的公立学院之一。

It belongs to the Kentucky state university system and is classified among R1 doctoral universities, with 12 schools and colleges, about 25,000 students and more than 144,000 alumni.该校隶属肯塔基州立大学系统，被归类为 R1 级博士型大学，下设 12 个学院，在校生约 25,000 人，校友超过 144,000 人。

In the QS World University Rankings 2027 it is placed in the 1001-1200 band, and OpenAlex indexes 87,659 works and 6,527,869 citations associated with the university.该校在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列 1001-1200 区间，OpenAlex 收录其 87,659 篇研究成果与 6,527,869 次引用。

History

• The institution traces its origin to a charter granted in 1798 by the Kentucky General Assembly, which ordered the sale of 6,000 acres of land in south-central Kentucky to underwrite the construction of a school of higher learning.该校的起源是肯塔基州议会 1798 年颁发的特许状，议会下令出售肯塔基中南部的 6,000 英亩土地，为兴建一所高等学府提供资金。
• On 3 April 1798 eight community leaders joined the project and began local fundraising for what was then known as the Jefferson Seminary, opened fifteen years later.1798 年 4 月 3 日，八位社区领袖加入这项计划，为当时称作杰斐逊神学院的学校在当地募款，该校十五年后才正式开学。
• The seminary offered college and high-school level courses, and was headed from 1813 to 1816 by Edward Mann Butler, who later ran the first public school in Kentucky and is regarded as the state's first historian.这所神学院开设大学与中学程度的课程，1813 至 1816 年由爱德华·曼·巴特勒主持，他后来创办肯塔基第一所公立学校，被视为该州第一位历史学家。
• Despite its early success, pressure from newly established public schools and press criticism of the seminary as elitist forced its closure in 1829.尽管起步顺利，新建公立学校的竞争以及报纸批评该校精英化，最终迫使神学院于 1829 年停办。
• In 1837 the Louisville city council established the Louisville Medical Institute at the urging of the physician and medical author Charles Caldwell, who quickly made it one of the leading medical schools in the western United States.1837 年，路易斯维尔市议会在医生兼医学作家查尔斯·考德威尔的推动下创办路易斯维尔医学研究所，后者迅速将其办成美国西部领先的医学院之一。
• Louisville College, a municipal liberal arts school chartered as the Louisville Collegiate Institute, was established in 1840, and in 1844 it inherited land from the Jefferson Seminary intended for higher education.路易斯维尔学院是一所市立文理学院，前身为获特许的路易斯维尔学院研究所，1840 年设立，1844 年继承了杰斐逊神学院用于高等教育的土地。
• In 1846 the Kentucky legislature combined the Louisville Medical Institute, Louisville College and a newly created law school into the University of Louisville, on a campus just west of downtown.1846 年，肯塔基州议会将路易斯维尔医学研究所、路易斯维尔学院与新设的法学院合并为路易斯维尔大学，校址位于市中心以西。
• The early twentieth century brought rapid growth, with a liberal arts college added in 1907 and professional schools following in dentistry, engineering, music and social work.二十世纪初学校迅速扩张，1907 年增设文理学院，随后又相继设立牙医学、工程学、音乐与社会工作等专业学院。
• In 1923 the university bought the land that became the Belknap Campus, moving its liberal arts programmes and law school there while the medical school remained downtown.1923 年，学校购入后来成为贝尔纳普校区的土地，将文理学院与法学院迁往该处，医学院则留在市中心。
• Grawemeyer Hall, built on the Belknap Campus in 1926 and later dedicated under that name, is the university's main administrative building and stands beside the plaza where The Thinker is displayed.格拉韦迈耶楼 1926 年建于贝尔纳普校区，后来以该名正式命名，是学校的主行政楼，紧邻陈列《思想者》的广场。
• In 1931 the university created the Louisville Municipal College for Negroes on the former campus of Simmons University as a compromise on desegregation, and the college was dissolved in 1951 when the university desegregated.1931 年，学校在西门子大学旧校址设立路易斯维尔市立黑人学院，作为种族隔离问题上的折中方案，该学院于 1951 年学校取消种族隔离时撤销。
• During the Second World War Louisville was one of 131 American colleges that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program, which offered students a route to a naval commission.第二次世界大战期间，路易斯维尔大学是全美 131 所参加 V-12 海军学院训练计划的院校之一，该计划为学生提供取得海军军官委任状的途径。
• In the 1950s and 1960s, while still independent of the state system, the university opened schools of business in 1953, education in 1968 and justice administration in 1969.1950 与 1960 年代，学校尚未加入州立系统，先后于 1953 年设立商学院、1968 年设立教育学院、1969 年设立司法行政学院。
• After years of debate the university joined the state system in 1970, a move largely orchestrated by the then governor and alumnus Louie Nunn, as suburbanisation had drained the city-funded budget.经过多年争论，学校于 1970 年加入州立系统，此举主要由时任州长、校友路易·纳恩促成，此前郊区化已使城市拨款捉襟见肘。
• The first years in the state system were difficult, but schools of nursing and of urban and public affairs were added in 1979 and 1983 respectively as enrolment rose.加入州立系统初期颇为艰难，但随着招生规模扩大，学校分别于 1979 年与 1983 年增设护理学院与城市及公共事务学院。
• John W. Shumaker, president from 1995, raised the endowment from 183 million to 550 million dollars, created the REACH retention programme and hired athletics director Tom Jurich in 1997.1995 年就任校长的约翰·舒梅克把捐赠基金从 1.83 亿美元提高到 5.5 亿美元，创设 REACH 学生留存计划，并于 1997 年聘请体育主管汤姆·尤里奇。
• Jurich raised more than 100 million dollars to clear abandoned factories and parking lots beside the Belknap Campus and replace them with on-campus athletic facilities.尤里奇筹集逾 1 亿美元，清理贝尔纳普校区旁废弃的工厂与停车场，改建为校内体育设施。
• The university's medical teams performed the first successful hand transplant in the United States in 1999 and implanted the world's first fully self-contained artificial heart in 2001.该校医疗团队于 1999 年完成美国首例成功的手部移植，并于 2001 年植入世界第一颗完全独立的人工心脏。
• In June 2016 Governor Matt Bevin disbanded the entire board of trustees, and the university was placed on probation by its accreditor, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, before the sanction was lifted a year later.2016 年 6 月，州长马特·贝文解散了整个校董会，学校被认证机构南方院校协会列入观察期，一年后该项处分才解除。
• In 2017 audits exposed unbudgeted spending at the university foundation, and a federal pay-for-play investigation led to the firing of basketball coach Rick Pitino and the vacating of 123 games.2017 年的审计揭露校基金会存在未列入预算的支出，联邦「付费招募」调查导致篮球教练里克·皮蒂诺被解职、123 场比赛成绩被取消。
• Kim Schatzel became the 19th president on 1 February 2023 and resigned in March 2025, when Gerry Bradley was appointed the university's 20th president.金·沙策尔于 2023 年 2 月 1 日出任第 19 任校长，2025 年 3 月卸任，格里·布拉德利随后被任命为第 20 任校长。

Academics

• The university consists of 12 schools and colleges, among them the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Business, the College of Education and Human Development and the Graduate School.学校由 12 个学院组成，其中包括文理学院、商学院、教育与人类发展学院以及研究生院。
• The remaining units are the J. B. Speed School of Engineering, the Raymond A. Kent School of Social Work and Family Science, the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law and the School of Dentistry.其余单位包括 J. B. 斯皮德工程学院、雷蒙德·肯特社会工作与家庭科学学院、路易斯·布兰代斯法学院以及牙医学院。
• The School of Medicine, the School of Music, the School of Nursing and the School of Public Health and Information Sciences complete the list, the last reestablished in 2002.医学院、音乐学院、护理学院与公共卫生及信息科学学院构成其余部分，其中后者于 2002 年重建。
• Louisville offers bachelor's degrees in 70 fields, master's degrees in 78 and doctorates in 22, and spent 176 million dollars on research and development in 2018, ranking 125th nationally in National Science Foundation data.该校在 70 个领域开设学士学位、78 个领域开设硕士、22 个领域开设博士；2018 年科研与开发支出为 1.76 亿美元，在美国国家科学基金会数据中列全美第 125 位。
• The School of Medicine, founded in 1837, and its University Hospital are known for the first civilian ambulance, the first accident service that became the emergency department in 1911, and one of the first blood banks in the country.创办于 1837 年的医学院及其大学医院以多项创举闻名，包括美国第一辆民用救护车、1911 年演变为急诊科的第一个事故救治服务，以及全国最早的血库之一。
• Autotransfusion was developed at Louisville in 1935, and the medical campus later produced the 1999 hand transplant and the 2001 self-contained artificial heart.自体输血技术于 1935 年在路易斯维尔研发成功，医学园区后来又完成 1999 年的手部移植与 2001 年的独立人工心脏手术。
• The J. B. Speed School of Engineering was founded in 1925 and is named for the Louisville industrialist who endowed it, while the Brandeis School of Law dates from 1846 and was named for Justice Louis D. Brandeis in 1997.J. B. 斯皮德工程学院创办于 1925 年，以捐资的路易斯维尔实业家命名；布兰代斯法学院源自 1846 年，1997 年以大法官路易斯·布兰代斯命名。
• Louis D. Brandeis and his wife Alice are buried beneath the portico of the law school that was renamed for him in 1997, a site that remains a stop on campus tours.路易斯·布兰代斯与妻子爱丽丝安葬于 1997 年以他命名的法学院门廊之下，该处至今仍是校园参观的一站。
• The Kent School of Social Work was founded in 1936 and the College of Education and Human Development in 1968, while the College of Business dates from 1953.肯特社会工作学院创办于 1936 年，教育与人类发展学院创办于 1968 年，商学院则始于 1953 年。
• The College of Business runs professional MBA programmes in Panama City, Athens, Hong Kong and Singapore, the first of them a full-time course of about 16 months with some 200 students.商学院在巴拿马城、雅典、香港与新加坡开设专业 MBA 项目，其中巴拿马城为全日制项目，学制约 16 个月，学生约 200 人。
• The School of Public Health and Information Sciences traces its origins to 1919-1924 and was reestablished in 2002, completing the university's portfolio of health professions.公共卫生及信息科学学院的渊源可追溯至 1919 至 1924 年，2002 年重建，补齐了该校的医疗卫生类专业布局。
• The honors programme admits incoming freshmen with a 3.5 cumulative high-school GPA and a 29 on the ACT, and current students who maintain a GPA of 3.35 or higher.荣誉项目招收高中累计平均绩点 3.5、ACT 成绩 29 分的本科新生，也接纳绩点保持 3.35 以上的在校生。
• Under the Metropolitan College agreement, UPS reimburses full tuition for Louisville students who work overnight at Worldport, its air hub at Louisville International Airport, and more than 75 percent of the hub's workers are students.根据「大都会学院」协议，联合包裹公司为在路易斯维尔国际机场航空枢纽 Worldport 上夜班的学生全额报销学费，该枢纽逾 75% 的员工是在校学生。
• The libraries belong to the Association of Research Libraries, and the William F. Ekstrom Library, opened in 1981 and expanded in 2006, has shelving capacity for more than 1.3 million books and uses a robotic retrieval system.该校图书馆是美国研究图书馆协会成员，威廉·埃克斯特罗姆图书馆 1981 年启用、2006 年扩建，书架可容纳逾 130 万册图书，并采用机器人取书系统。
• Louisville was the seventh academic institution in North America to install such a robotic system, and five other libraries hold more than 400,000 volumes between them.路易斯维尔大学是北美第七所安装此类机器人系统的学术机构，其余五座图书馆合计藏书逾 40 万册。
• For the freshman class entering in autumn 2015 the university received 9,430 applications, accepted 6,758 applicants, or 71.7 percent, and enrolled 2,797 students.2015 年秋季入学的本科新生班级共收到 9,430 份申请，录取 6,758 人，录取率 71.7%，最终注册 2,797 人。

Campus

• The university has three campuses in the Louisville area, namely Belknap, the Health Sciences Campus and Shelby, together with an international campus in Panama City and satellite facilities elsewhere in Kentucky.该校在路易斯维尔地区拥有三个校区，即贝尔纳普校区、健康科学校区与谢尔比校区，另在巴拿马城设有国际校区，并在肯塔基州其他地方设有卫星设施。
• The Belknap Campus, acquired in 1923, lies three miles south of downtown in the Old Louisville neighbourhood and houses seven of the 12 colleges, including law, engineering and arts and sciences.贝尔纳普校区购置于 1923 年，位于市中心以南三英里的老路易斯维尔街区，容纳 12 个学院中的 7 个，包括法学院、工程学院与文理学院。
• A cast of Auguste Rodin's The Thinker stands in front of Grawemeyer Hall, and the campus grounds were originally an orphanage, several of whose buildings were reused.格拉韦迈耶楼前立有奥古斯特·罗丹《思想者》的一件铸件，校园用地原为孤儿院，其中若干建筑被继续使用。
• Since 1998 the campus has gained L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium, the Trager Center fieldhouse, Owsley B. Frazier Cardinal Park, Jim Patterson Stadium, a natatorium and a sports medicine centre.自 1998 年以来，校园陆续建成 L&N 联邦信用合作社体育场、特拉格中心训练馆、奥克斯利·弗雷泽红雀公园、吉姆·帕特森棒球场、游泳馆与运动医学中心。
• Other landmarks include the Rauch Planetarium, the Covi Gallery of the Hite Art Institute and the Speed Art Museum, a private institution surrounded by but not part of the campus.其他地标包括劳赫天文馆、海特艺术学院的科维画廊，以及斯皮德艺术博物馆，后者是一所被校园包围但并不隶属学校的私立机构。
• The Health Sciences Campus lies just east of downtown in the Louisville medical park, houses the remaining five colleges with a 14-storey Medical Research Tower and a ten-storey University Hospital, and runs outreach programmes in Paducah, Campbellsville and Glasgow.健康科学校区位于市中心以东的路易斯维尔医疗园区，容纳其余五个学院，区内建有 14 层的医学研究大楼与 10 层的大学医院，并在帕迪尤卡、坎贝尔斯维尔与格拉斯哥开展外展项目。
• In April 2026 the university broke ground on a Health Science Building estimated at 280 million dollars, the largest single-project funding package in its history, linking dentistry, medicine, nursing and public health.2026 年 4 月，学校为估算造价 2.8 亿美元的健康科学大楼动工，这是其历史上最大的单体项目投资，将把牙医、医学、护理与公共卫生连为一体。
• The Shelby Campus on Shelbyville Road occupies the former Kentucky Southern College, a Baptist liberal arts college that operated from 1961 to 1969, and now hosts the Center for Predictive Medicine and the ShelbyHurst office park.位于谢尔比维尔路的谢尔比校区原为肯塔基南方学院，这所浸信会文理学院于 1961 至 1969 年办学，现设预测医学中心与谢尔比赫斯特办公园区。
• The university's TIF district covers more than 900 acres stretching from Belknap Campus south to the Watterson Expressway and is expected to generate an estimated 2.6 billion dollars of investment over 30 years.该校的税收增量融资区占地逾 900 英亩，从贝尔纳普校区向南延伸至沃特森快速路，预计 30 年内带动约 26 亿美元投资。

Reputation

• The University of Louisville is placed in the 1001-1200 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, a tied interval within the global table.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，路易斯维尔大学位列 1001-1200 区间，是该全球榜单中的一个并列区间。
• The university was not listed in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027.该校未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名。
• In the U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027 it was ranked 701st.在 US News 2026-2027 年度全球最佳大学排名中，该校位列第 701 位。
• It was placed in the 601-700 band of the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026, its strongest showing among the four global tables.该校在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中位列 601-700 区间，这是其在四大全球榜单中的最好成绩。
• U.S. News ranked its undergraduate programme tied for 158th among national universities and tied for 84th among public universities in the 2025 edition.在 US News 2025 年版排名中，该校本科项目在全美综合性大学中并列第 158 位，在公立大学中并列第 84 位。
• Forbes placed the university 309th among 500 American universities, colleges and service academies.《福布斯》将该校列为全美 500 所大学、学院与军事院校中的第 309 位。
• Louisville is classified among R1 doctoral universities with very high research activity, and the Kentucky General Assembly mandates it to be a preeminent metropolitan research university.该校被归类为科研活跃度极高的 R1 级博士型大学，肯塔基州议会并以立法形式要求其成为卓越的大都市研究型大学。
• OpenAlex records 87,659 works and 6,527,869 citations for the university, a research footprint driven largely by its medical, engineering and public-health faculties.OpenAlex 记录该校 87,659 篇成果与 6,527,869 次引用，这一科研体量主要来自医学、工程与公共卫生等学院。
• Its medical school's record of firsts, including the 1999 hand transplant and the 2001 artificial heart, is the university's most frequently cited claim to international distinction.其医学院创下的多项第一，包括 1999 年的手部移植与 2001 年的人工心脏，是该校最常被援引的国际声誉依据。

Student life

• The university's motto is "It's Happening Here", a phrase drawn from its contemporary branding and used across publications and admissions material.该校的校训是「It's Happening Here」（此处正在发生），这一短语出自学校当代的品牌表述，广泛用于出版物与招生材料。
• Twelve housing options serve students, among them Belknap Village North and South, Bettie Johnson Hall, Kurz Hall, Louisville Hall and Unitas Tower, the last named for the quarterback Johnny Unitas.学校提供 12 处住宿选择，包括贝尔纳普村南北区、贝蒂·约翰逊楼、库尔兹楼、路易斯维尔楼与尤尼塔斯塔楼，后者以四分卫约翰尼·尤尼塔斯命名。
• Denny Crum Hall honours the basketball coach who led the Cardinals from 1971 to 2001, and Cardinal Towne includes restaurants on its ground floor.丹尼·克拉姆楼纪念 1971 至 2001 年执教红雀队的篮球教练，卡迪纳尔镇的底层则设有餐馆。
• The Louisville Cardinal, an independent student weekly, was founded in 1926 and has maintained financial and editorial independence since 1980, overseen by a board of local media professionals.《路易斯维尔红雀报》是一份独立学生周报，创办于 1926 年，自 1980 年起保持财务与编辑独立，由当地媒体专业人士组成的董事会监督。
• The university holds a prominent role in the city's Public Radio Partnership, which operates three NPR stations under one roof, including its namesake classical station WUOL-FM, and holds one-third of the board seats.该校在城市公共广播伙伴关系中举足轻重，该机构在同一屋檐下运营三家美国国家公共电台附属电台，其中包括与学校同名的古典音乐台 WUOL-FM，学校占董事会三分之一席位。
• The Floyd Theatre, a 228-seat cinema inside the Student Activities Center, is run by the Student Activities Board and can screen both 35 mm prints and digital video.学生会活动中心内的弗洛伊德影院设 228 个座位，由学生活动委员会运营，可放映 35 毫米胶片与数字影像。
• More than 20 Greek-letter organisations are active on campus, and roughly 14 percent of undergraduate men and 11 percent of undergraduate women belong to them.校园内有 20 多个希腊字母社团，约 14% 的本科男生与 11% 的本科女生加入其中。
• The Cardinals field 21 varsity sports and have competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference since 2014-15, after spells in Conference USA and the American Athletic Conference.红雀队参加 21 个校队项目，自 2014 至 2015 学年起加入大西洋海岸联盟，此前曾先后隶属美国联盟与美国竞技联盟。
• Men's basketball won national titles in 1980 and 1986 and a third in 2013 that was later vacated after the infractions case, and the programme has reached nine Final Fours.男子篮球队于 1980 年与 1986 年两夺全国冠军，2013 年的第三冠因违规案后被取消，该队共九次闯入四强。
• Women's volleyball won three consecutive Big East tournament titles from 2008 to 2010 and ACC titles in 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021 and 2022, while baseball reached the College World Series in 2007, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019 and 2025.女排于 2008 至 2010 年三夺大东联盟锦标赛冠军，并在 2015、2017、2020、2021 与 2022 年夺得大西洋海岸联盟冠军；棒球队则于 2007、2013、2014、2017、2019 与 2025 年跻身大学世界系列赛。

Notable people

• Edward Mann Butler, who headed the Jefferson Seminary from 1813 to 1816, later ran Kentucky's first public school and wrote the state's early histories.1813 至 1816 年主持杰斐逊神学院的爱德华·曼·巴特勒后来创办肯塔基第一所公立学校，并撰写了该州早期史著作。
• Charles Caldwell, a physician and medical author, persuaded the city to found the Louisville Medical Institute in 1837 and led it to national standing.医生兼医学作家查尔斯·考德威尔说服市政府于 1837 年创办路易斯维尔医学研究所，并使其跻身全国一流。
• Marsha Norman, who earned a BFA in 1969, won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1983 for her play "night, Mother".1969 年获艺术学士学位的玛莎·诺曼凭剧作《晚安，母亲》于 1983 年获得普利策戏剧奖。
• Mitch McConnell, a 1964 graduate, served as majority leader of the United States Senate from 2015 to 2021, the longest-serving Republican leader in that chamber.1964 届毕业生米奇·麦康奈尔在 2015 至 2021 年任美国参议院多数党领袖，是该院任职最久的共和党领袖。
• Gina Haspel, a 1978 graduate, became the first woman to direct the Central Intelligence Agency, serving from 2018 to 2021.1978 届毕业生吉娜·哈斯佩尔成为首位女性中央情报局局长，2018 至 2021 年在任。
• Chang-Lin Tien, who took a master's degree in mechanical engineering in 1983, became chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, from 1990 to 1997, the first Asian American to lead a major American research university.1983 年获机械工程硕士学位的田长霖于 1990 至 1997 年任加州大学伯克利分校校长，是首位执掌美国主要研究型大学的亚裔美国人。
• Johnny Unitas, who attended the university from 1950 to 1954, became a Hall of Fame quarterback and a ten-time NFL Pro Bowler, and the campus tower bearing his name is a local landmark.1950 至 1954 年在该校就读的约翰尼·尤尼塔斯成为名人堂四分卫并十次入选全美职业橄榄球联盟全明星，以他命名的校园塔楼是当地地标。
• Lamar Jackson, who won the Heisman Trophy in 2016, and Will Smith, a three-time All-Star and World Series champion, are among the university's sporting alumni.2016 年海斯曼奖得主拉马尔·杰克逊与三度入选全明星并夺得世界大赛冠军的威尔·史密斯，均为该校体育界校友。
• Louie Nunn, a graduate who served as governor of Kentucky from 1967 to 1971, orchestrated the university's entry into the state system in 1970.毕业生路易·纳恩在 1967 至 1971 年任肯塔基州州长，并于 1970 年促成该校加入州立系统。
• Kim Schatzel, president from 2023 to 2025, and Gerry Bradley, appointed the 20th president in March 2025, have led the university through its most recent period of financial and academic restructuring.2023 至 2025 年任校长的金·沙策尔与 2025 年 3 月就任第 20 任校长的格里·布拉德利，带领学校度过最近一轮财政与学术重组。