University of Luxembourg

The University of Luxembourg is a public research university and the only university in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, with campuses in Luxembourg City and Esch-sur-Alzette and more than 7,200 students in 2025.卢森堡大学是卢森堡大公国唯一的公立研究型大学，在卢森堡市与埃施叙尔阿尔泽特设有校区，2025 年有 7200 余名学生。

Founded by the Higher Education Act of 12 August 2003, it merged four existing higher education institutions and was created as an international, multilingual and research-centred university.该校依据 2003 年 8 月 12 日颁布的高等教育法创办，整合了四所原有的高等教育机构，被定位为国际化、多语言与以研究为核心的大学。

In the 2027 QS World University Rankings it is placed 376th, it is joint 252nd in the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, it is 538th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities and it falls in the 601-700 band of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, with OpenAlex crediting it with 68,224 research works.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中它位列第 376，在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中并列第 252，在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 538，在 2026 年世界大学学术排名中处于 601-700 区间；OpenAlex 统计其研究成果为 68224 项。

History

• The Higher Education Act of 12 August 2003 combined four institutions, namely the Centre universitaire de Luxembourg, the Institut supérieur de technologie, the Institut supérieur d'études et de recherches pédagogiques and the Institut d'études éducatives et sociales.2003 年 8 月 12 日的法律把四所机构合并为一所大学，即卢森堡大学中心、高等技术学院、高等教育培训与研究院，以及教育与社会研究学院。

• The new university was established in response to calls for an economic reorientation in Luxembourg, and it was intended both to attract intellectual potential back to the country and to offer an education to those who could not study abroad, with the stated aim of a research-centred, international and multilingual institution.新大学的设立回应了卢森堡经济转型的呼声，既要吸引智力人才回国，也要为无法出国求学的人提供教育机会，其既定目标是成为一所研究型、国际化与多语言的大学。

• The first Rector, François Tavenas, died in February 2004, and under the leadership of his successor Rolf Tarrach the university presented its first four-year Strategic Framework in 2005 and launched several new Bachelor programmes.首任校长弗朗索瓦·塔韦纳斯于 2004 年 2 月去世；在其继任者罗尔夫·塔拉赫的领导下，该校于 2005 年提出首个四年战略框架，并开办了若干新的学士课程。

• In 2005 the government decided that the administrative departments, the science faculty and the humanities faculty would in future be housed on the Belval-West brownfield site in the planned Cité des Sciences.2005 年，政府决定日后的行政部门、理学院与人文学科学院将设于贝尔瓦勒西侧的旧工业用地上，即规划中的「科学城」。

• The last blast furnace at Belval had ceased production in 1997, and the derelict steelworks land was later redeveloped into the site of the university's main campus.贝尔瓦勒的最后一座高炉于 1997 年停产，此后废弃的钢铁厂用地被改造为该校主校区的所在地。

• In 2006 the university received its first endowed chair, funded by the Japanese company TDK, and signed its first agreements with foreign universities, including Chinese institutions during a state visit of Luxembourg to China.2006 年，该校获得首个由日本企业（TDK）资助的捐赠教授席位，并首次与外国大学签署合作协议，其中一些协议是随卢森堡国事访问中国期间与中方院校签订的。

• The university's first spin-off company, arising from its Life Sciences Research Unit in the field of health technology, was launched in 2007, when the design for the Maison du Savoir, its future central building at Belval, was presented to the public.2007 年，该校首个衍生企业由其生命科学研究部门孵化，从事卫生技术；同年，贝尔瓦勒未来中心建筑「知识之家」（Maison du Savoir）的设计方案向社会公布。

• In 2008, five years after its foundation, the university had 4,000 students, including 200 doctoral candidates, nearly 30 study programmes, about 20 partnerships with foreign universities and 150 professors and lecturers.2008 年，即建校五年后，该校拥有 4000 名学生，其中博士生 200 人，开设近 30 个课程，与外国大学建立约 20 项合作关系，共有 150 名教授与讲师。

• The government announced in 2008 a strategic partnership with three United States research institutions to develop a centre of expertise in molecular medicine.2008 年，政府宣布与美国三所研究机构建立战略伙伴关系，以建设分子医学的专业能力中心。

• In 2009 the first interdisciplinary research centre, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust, was launched under Björn Ottersten, and Rudi Balling was appointed founding director of the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine.2009 年，首个跨学科研究中心，即跨学科安全、可靠性与信任中心，在比约恩·奥特斯滕带领下成立；鲁迪·巴林则获任命为卢森堡系统生物医学中心的创任主任。

• Major endowed chairs were established in 2010 in partnership with the satellite operator SES, the steel producer Arcelor-Mittal and Deutsche Bank, covering satellite communications, media law, façade engineering and international finance.2010 年，该校与卫星运营商（SES）、钢铁企业安赛乐米塔尔以及德意志银行合作设立了多个捐赠教授席位，涵盖卫星通信、媒体法、幕墙工程与国际金融。

• The House of Biomedicine, the first university building on the Belval campus and the home of the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, was inaugurated in 2011.2011 年，生物医学之家落成启用，它是贝尔瓦勒校区首座大学建筑，也是卢森堡系统生物医学中心的所在地。

• In 2012 the judge Marc Jaeger became Chair of the Board of Governors, a doctoral education framework was adopted that created the Doctoral School of Law, and an agreement was signed with the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law.2012 年，法官马克·耶格出任董事会主席；同年通过博士教育框架并创设法学院博士院，还与马克斯·普朗克卢森堡国际、欧洲与监管程序法研究所签署合作协议。

• During an official visit to Luxembourg in 2012 the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gave a speech to students of the university.2012 年，联合国秘书长潘基文在对卢森堡进行正式访问期间，向该校学生发表演讲。

• The foundations of the House of Numbers, the House of Arts and Students and the House of Books, which was designed as the university library, were laid at Belval in 2013.2013 年，数字之家、艺术与学生之家，以及作为大学图书馆设计的书籍之家，在贝尔瓦勒举行奠基仪式。

• In 2014 the largest hall of residence of the university, UNI-VAL I at Belval, was inaugurated, and the third four-year plan, covering the years 2014 to 2017, set out new research priorities.2014 年，该校规模最大的学生公寓（UNI-VAL I）在贝尔瓦勒落成启用；同年，覆盖 2014 年至 2017 年的第三个四年规划确定了新的科研重点。

• In 2015 the administrative staff and the Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education moved to the Belval campus, which became the new headquarters of the university.2015 年，行政部门与语言文学、人文、艺术及教育学院迁入贝尔瓦勒校区，该校区由此成为大学的新总部。

• Also in 2015 the National Research Fund created a national centre of excellence in research on Parkinson's disease coordinated by Rudi Balling, Rainer Klump took office as Rector, and the university was ranked 193rd worldwide in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.同样在 2015 年，国家研究基金设立帕金森病研究国家卓越中心，由鲁迪·巴林协调；赖纳·克伦普就任校长；该校在泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中位列世界第 193。

• In 2016 the government appointed Yves Elsen as the third Chair of the Board of Governors, and the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History was launched as the third interdisciplinary centre of the university.2016 年，政府任命伊夫·埃尔森为第三任董事会主席；同年，卢森堡当代与数字历史中心作为该校第三个跨学科研究中心成立。

• Stéphane Pallage was appointed Rector in 2017 and took office on 1 January 2018, when a new Higher Education Law was adopted and the university concluded its first collective bargaining agreement with the OGBL trade union.斯特凡·帕拉日于 2017 年获任命为校长，2018 年 1 月 1 日就职；同年，新的高等教育法获得通过，该校还与（OGBL）工会缔结了首份集体劳动协议。

• In 2019 the university published its digital strategy and began preparations for a full Bachelor's degree in medicine.2019 年，该校发布数字化战略，并开始筹办完整的医学学士学位课程。

• In 2020 the university played a central role in Luxembourg's COVID-19 task force, launched its Institute for Advanced Studies and celebrated its 1,000th doctoral graduate.2020 年，该校在卢森堡新冠疫情防控专项工作组中发挥核心作用，成立高等研究院，并迎来第 1000 位博士毕业生。

• In 2021 the university launched the AION supercomputer, was chosen to lead the first pan-European Master's programme in high performance computing and adopted a long-term strategic framework extending to 2039.2021 年，该校启用（AION）超级计算机，被选为欧洲首个高性能计算联合硕士项目的主办方，并通过了延伸至 2039 年的长期战略框架。

• Jens Kreisel was appointed Rector in 2022 and took office on 1 January 2023, the year in which the university marked its 20th anniversary and launched new Bachelors in specialised nursing sciences and in teacher training and a Master's programme in cybersecurity.延斯·克赖塞尔于 2022 年获任命为校长，2023 年 1 月 1 日就职；同年该校庆祝建校二十周年，新设专业护理学学士、师资培养学士与网络安全硕士课程。

• In 2024 the former Max Planck Institute Luxembourg became the Luxembourg Centre for European Law, a Master's programme in digital and public history was launched, and the university coordinated LuxHyVal, a green hydrogen project with 17 partners from seven countries.2024 年，原马克斯·普朗克卢森堡研究所并入该校，成为卢森堡欧洲法中心；同年新设数字与公共史硕士课程，该校还协调了「LuxHyVal」绿色氢能项目，参与方共 17 家、来自 7 个国家。

• In 2025 the university joined The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities, a network of 23 leading research universities.2025 年，该校加入欧洲研究密集型大学协会（The Guild），该网络由 23 所顶尖研究型大学组成。

Academics

• The university is organised into three faculties, the Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine, the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance and the Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences.该校设三个学院，分别是科学、技术与医学学院，法律、经济与金融学院，以及人文、教育与社会学院。

• It maintains five interdisciplinary research centres, among them the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust, the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History and the Luxembourg Centre for European Law.该校设有五个跨学科研究中心，其中包括跨学科安全、可靠性与信任中心、卢森堡系统生物医学中心、卢森堡当代与数字历史中心，以及卢森堡欧洲法中心。

• It offers 26 Bachelor degree programmes, 52 Master degree programmes and 11 continuing education courses, and 55 of its programmes are bilingual or multilingual.该校提供 26 个学士学位课程、52 个硕士学位课程与 11 个继续教育课程，其中有 55 个课程为双语或多语言授课。

• Teaching is delivered in four languages, French, German, English and Luxembourgish, and the curriculum combines research-driven teaching with an international outlook.教学使用四种语言，即法语、德语、英语与卢森堡语；课程体系把研究驱动的教学与国际化视野结合起来。

• Every Bachelor student is obliged to complete a mobility period abroad, and the university has mobility arrangements with more than 100 universities around the world.所有本科生都必须完成一段海外流动学习，该校与世界 100 多所大学建立了流动学习安排。

• As of 2025 the university employed more than 1,700 academic staff, including 305 professors, and more than 2,800 staff members in total.截至 2025 年，该校拥有 1700 余名学术人员，其中教授 305 人，教职员总数超过 2800 人。

• The student body numbers more than 7,200, with a high proportion of postgraduate students and about 1,000 doctoral candidates.在校生超过 7200 人，其中研究生比例较高，博士生约有 1000 人。

• Research concentrates on three key areas, digital transformation, medicine and health, and sustainable and societal development.科研集中于三大重点领域，即数字化转型、医学与健康，以及可持续与社会发展。

• The university offers a medical degree, the only such programme in the country, alongside law, economics, finance, engineering, computer science and the humanities.该校开设医学学位课程，这是卢森堡唯一的此类课程；此外还设法律、经济、金融、工程、计算机科学与人文等学科。

• Doctoral candidates are recruited on fixed-term contracts of no more than five years, and women make up about 50 per cent of doctoral students, 39 per cent of research scientists and 21 per cent of full professors.博士生以最长不超过五年的固定期限合同聘用；女性约占博士生的一半、科研人员的 39% 以及正教授的 21%。

• The university holds 22 chairs, 16 of which are endowed chairs that are currently occupied, mostly funded by external partners in Luxembourg.该校设有 22 个教授席位，其中 16 个为当前有人的捐赠教席，多由卢森堡的外部合作方资助。

• In March 2021 the university reported 114 projects funded under Horizon 2020, the European Union's research framework programme for the period 2014 to 2020.2021 年 3 月，该校报告有 114 个项目获得「地平线 2020」计划资助，该计划是欧洲联盟 2014 年至 2020 年的研究框架计划。

• As of 2025 the university had been awarded 27 grants by the European Research Council since the council began operating in 2007.截至 2025 年，自欧洲研究理事会 2007 年开始运作以来，该校共获得 27 项资助。

• Research staff are employed both on permanent contracts and on fixed-term contracts, and the university reports 1,199 fixed-term and 416 permanent researchers.科研人员既有终身合同也有固定期限合同；该校报告有 1199 名固定期限研究人员与 416 名终身研究人员。

• The Institute for Advanced Studies supports outstanding visiting researchers in residence at the university, reinforcing its links with the international scientific community.高等研究院支持杰出的访问研究者驻校工作，从而加强该校与国际科学界的联系。

• The Luxembourg Learning Centre at Belval serves as the central library, and additional collections for the faculties are distributed across the university's campuses.位于贝尔瓦勒的卢森堡学习中心是中心图书馆，面向各学院的文献收藏则分布在该校各个校区。

• The Luxembourg School of Finance supports research and postgraduate training in banking, finance and insurance, while institutions such as the John E. Dolibois European Center of Miami University and Sacred Heart University Luxembourg also maintain private campuses in the country.卢森堡金融学院为银行、金融与保险领域的研究与研究生培养提供支持；此外，迈阿密大学的约翰·E·多利布瓦欧洲中心与卢森堡圣心大学等机构也在该国设有私立校区。

Campus

• The university operates three campuses, the Belval campus in Esch-sur-Alzette and the Kirchberg and Limpertsberg campuses in Luxembourg City.该校设有三个校区，即位于埃施叙尔阿尔泽特的贝尔瓦勒校区，以及位于卢森堡市的基尔希贝格校区与林佩茨贝格校区。

• The Belval campus stands on a former steelworks site and preserves industrial monuments, including blast furnaces, alongside new buildings for teaching and research.贝尔瓦勒校区建于旧钢铁厂用地上，在新建的教学科研楼之外，还保留了高炉等工业遗迹。

• The most prominent building at Belval is the Maison du Savoir, the House of Knowledge, which houses lecture halls, the rectorate and central administration.贝尔瓦勒校区最醒目的建筑是「知识之家」（Maison du Savoir），内设讲堂、校长办公室与中央行政部门。

• The Kirchberg campus lies in the European district of Luxembourg City, close to the institutions of the European Union, and houses the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance.基尔希贝格校区位于卢森堡市的欧洲区，邻近欧洲联盟机构，容纳法律、经济与金融学院。

• The Limpertsberg campus, on the historic main building of the old Centre universitaire, continues to host parts of the humanities and social sciences.林佩茨贝格校区依托原卢森堡大学中心的历史主楼，继续容纳人文与社会科学的若干部分。

• Under the Cité des Sciences plan, the Belval site was conceived as a combined science quarter that also includes shops, housing and a concert hall next to the university buildings.按照「科学城」规划，贝尔瓦勒地块被设计为综合性的科学街区，在大学建筑之外还包括商店、住宅与一座音乐厅。

• The campus and the city of Esch-sur-Alzette are connected to Luxembourg City by the Belval-Université railway station on the regional rail network.校区与埃施叙尔阿尔泽特市区经区域铁路网上的贝尔瓦勒大学站与卢森堡市相连。

• Student housing is provided in converted industrial buildings and in new residences at Belval, including the UNI-VAL complex, while many students also rent flats in Esch-sur-Alzette and in Luxembourg City.学生住宿由改造后的工业建筑与贝尔瓦勒的新建公寓提供，其中包含（UNI-VAL）公寓群；同时也有许多学生在埃施叙尔阿尔泽特与卢森堡市租房居住。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings the University of Luxembourg is placed 376th, and in the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings it is joint 252nd.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，卢森堡大学位列第 376；在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中并列第 252。

• In the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities it is placed 538th, and in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities it falls in the 601-700 band.在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中，该校位列第 538；在 2026 年世界大学学术排名中处于 601-700 区间。

• In the 2024 Times Higher Education Young University Rankings the university was placed 20th in the world, a strong result for an institution founded in 2003.在 2024 年泰晤士高等教育年轻大学排名中，该校位列世界第 20，对一所 2003 年创办的大学而言成绩突出。

• In the 2024 Times Higher Education World University Rankings the university appeared among the top 250 universities worldwide, and in the 2026 QS ranking it stood 381st out of 1,501 institutions.在 2024 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校进入全球前 250；在 2026 年 QS 排名中，它在 1501 所院校中位列第 381。

• The university reached 193rd place worldwide in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2015-2016, its highest position in that ranking to date.该校在 2015 至 2016 年度泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中位列世界第 193，这是它至今在该榜单上的最高位次。

• In the Times Higher Education Interdisciplinary Science Rankings of 2026 the university was placed 147th among 911 universities from 94 countries.在 2026 年泰晤士高等教育跨学科科学排名中，该校在来自 94 个国家的 911 所大学中位列第 147。

• The university is among the most international institutions in the world, with 57 per cent international students, students and professors from 148 countries, and fourth place worldwide for international outlook in the 2023 Times Higher Education ranking.该校是全球最国际化的高校之一，国际学生占 57%，师生来自 148 个国家，并在 2023 年泰晤士高等教育排名中位列国际化视野全球第 4。

• According to OpenAlex the university has produced 68,224 research works, a substantial output for an institution of its size and age, and research strength is reflected in 27 European Research Council grants and 2,679 scientific publications in 2025.据 OpenAlex 统计，该校已产出 68224 项研究成果，对于其规模与建校时间而言产出相当可观；其研究实力还体现为 27 项欧洲研究理事会资助与 2025 年 2679 篇科学出版物。

• As a young university it is particularly strong in security and computer science, systems biomedicine, finance and European law, fields built around its interdisciplinary centres, and it belongs to the European University Association and to The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities.作为一所年轻大学，它在安全与计算机科学、系统生物医学、金融与欧洲法方面尤为突出，这些领域都围绕其跨学科研究中心建立；它同时是欧洲大学协会与欧洲研究密集型大学协会（The Guild）的成员。

Student life

• The university has no traditional motto, and its guiding vision is stated as A University for Luxembourg and the world, shaping societal, cultural, technological and economic development in dialogue with society.该校没有传统校训，其指导性愿景表述为（A University for Luxembourg and the world，即「为卢森堡与世界而设的大学」），主张与社会对话，共同塑造社会、文化、技术与经济的发展。

• Its three missions are research, higher education and contribution to the social, cultural and economic development of Luxembourg.其三大使命是科研、高等教育，以及为卢森堡的社会、文化与经济发展作出贡献。

• The university names excellence, an international and multilingual character, being grounded in society, agility and flexibility, inclusiveness and fairness, and independence among its core values.该校把卓越、国际化与多语言、扎根社会、敏捷与灵活、包容与公平，以及独立性列为自身的核心价值。

• Teaching at the university is distinguished by its human scale compared with neighbouring institutions, favouring personalised, research-driven and multilingual learning.与邻国院校相比，该校教学的一大特点是规模较小、更人性化，偏向个性化、研究驱动与多语言的学习。

• A mobility period abroad is compulsory for all Bachelor students, and students and researchers take part in exchanges with over 100 partner universities.所有本科生都必须赴海外流动学习，学生与研究人员还参与同 100 多所伙伴大学的交流项目。

• Graduate outcomes are strong in the local labour market, with 18,800 graduates to date and 53 per cent of them taking their first job in Luxembourg.毕业生的就业表现良好，该校累计有 18800 名毕业生，其中 53% 的第一份工作在卢森堡获得。

• Belval campus life is urban and multilingual, with students sharing a district that also contains the Rockhal concert hall, shops and housing, and the university runs a large hall of residence, UNI-VAL I, on the site.贝尔瓦勒校区的生活具有都市与多语言特色，学生们共享的街区中还有（Rockhal）音乐厅、商店与住宅；该校在园区内运营着大型学生公寓（UNI-VAL I）。

• With a high share of doctoral candidates and a student body drawn from 148 countries, the university cultivates a tolerant and internationally minded campus culture.由于博士生比例较高，且学生来自 148 个国家，该校营造出一种包容、具国际视野的校园文化。

Notable people

• François Tavenas, the first Rector of the university, took office in 2003 and died in February 2004.该校首任校长弗朗索瓦·塔韦纳斯于 2003 年就任，2004 年 2 月去世。

• Rolf Tarrach, a physicist and former rector of the University of Lisbon, led the University of Luxembourg as Rector from 2005 and shaped its first strategic framework.物理学家、曾任里斯本大学校长的罗尔夫·塔拉赫自 2005 年起出任卢森堡大学校长，并主导制定了该校首个战略框架。

• Rainer Klump, an economist, served as Rector from 2015 to 2017, and Stéphane Pallage led the university from 2018 before Jens Kreisel took office in 2023.经济学家赖纳·克伦普于 2015 年至 2017 年任校长，斯特凡·帕拉日自 2018 年起领导该校，延斯·克赖塞尔则于 2023 年就任。

• Jens Kreisel, a materials scientist, became Rector in 2023 and leads the university through its four-year plan for 2026 to 2029.材料科学家延斯·克赖塞尔于 2023 年出任校长，带领该校实施 2026 年至 2029 年的四年规划。

• Raymond Kirsch chaired the first Board of Governors appointed when the university was created in 2003, and the judge Marc Jaeger and Yves Elsen later chaired the board.雷蒙·基尔希担任 2003 年建校时任命的首届董事会主席，法官马克·耶格与伊夫·埃尔森后来相继出任主席。

• Björn Ottersten, a professor of signal processing, founded and directs the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust, and Rudi Balling was the founding director of the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine.信号处理教授比约恩·奥特斯滕创办并执掌跨学科安全、可靠性与信任中心，鲁迪·巴林则是卢森堡系统生物医学中心的创任主任。

• Alexandre Tkatchenko, a professor of theoretical chemical physics, and Emma Schymanski, a chemist working on environmental data, are among the university's research staff.理论化学物理教授亚历山大·特卡琴科，以及在环境数据领域工作的化学家艾玛·希曼斯基，都是该校的科研人员。

• Alex Biryukov, a cryptographer, and Leon van der Torre, a computer scientist, are professors whose work underpins the university's strengths in security and digital technology.密码学家亚历克斯·比留科夫与计算机科学家莱昂·范德托雷都是该校教授，他们的研究支撑了学校在安全与数字技术方面的优势。

• Jean-François Rischard, a former vice-president of the World Bank, is counted among the university's alumni.曾任世界银行副行长的让-弗朗索瓦·里沙尔被列为该校校友。

• Philip Hoffmann, a member of the German Bundestag, and Djuna Bernard, a Luxembourgish politician, are listed among its graduates, as is Amin Mekki Medani, a Sudanese lawyer and human rights advocate.德国联邦议院议员菲利普·霍夫曼与卢森堡政治家朱娜·贝尔纳都被列为该校毕业生，苏丹律师与人权倡导者阿明·迈基·迈达尼同样如此。