University of Maryland, Baltimore County

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, known as UMBC, is a public research university in Catonsville, Maryland, founded in 1966 as a member of the University System of Maryland and classified among R1 doctoral universities with very high research activity.马里兰大学巴尔的摩县分校（University of Maryland，Baltimore County，简称 UMBC）是马里兰州卡顿斯维尔的一所公立研究型大学，1966 年创办、隶属马里兰大学系统，按卡内基分类列 R1 级博士大学、研究活动量极高。

It was the first public college or university in Maryland to admit students of all races, and it now carries one of the largest enrollments in the system, concentrating on the natural sciences and engineering alongside the liberal arts and social sciences.该校是马里兰州第一所面向所有族裔招生的公立高等院校，如今在校生规模居系统前列，以自然科学与工程见长，兼设人文与社会科学专业。

Falling 2025 enrolment stood at 13,530 students, its athletic teams compete as the Retrievers in the America East Conference, and the QS World University Rankings 2027 place the university in the 801-850 band.2025 年秋季在校生 13,530 人，运动队以「寻回犬」（Retrievers）之名参加美国东部联盟赛事，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中列第 801-850 档。

History

• Planning for a Baltimore-area campus of the University of Maryland began in the 1950s, driven by the post-war baby boom, the expansion of higher education under the G.I. Bill, and rapid growth in the Baltimore-Washington region.马里兰大学在巴尔的摩地区设校的计划始于二十世纪五十年代，由战后婴儿潮、《退伍军人权利法案》推动的高教扩张以及巴尔的摩-华盛顿地区的迅猛增长共同促成。

• In 1955 Governor Theodore McKeldin issued the report The Needs of Higher Education in Maryland, the first official statement of the case for expanding the state's university system.1955 年，州长西奥多·麦克尔丁发布《马里兰高等教育需求》报告，首次以官方文件陈述扩建本州大学系统的理由。

• Three years later the Advisory Committee on Higher Education in the State of Maryland recommended a Baltimore branch opened as a two-year programme subordinate to the College Park campus.三年后，马里兰州高等教育咨询委员会建议将巴尔的摩分校作为两年制项目开办、隶属于帕克分校。

• In 1960 the Warfield Commission, appointed by Governor J. Millard Tawes, issued A Plan for Expanding the University of Maryland, advancing the idea of three additional university centres across the state.1960 年，由州长J.米拉德·陶斯任命的沃菲尔德委员会发表《马里兰大学扩建方案》，提出在全州增设三所大学的构想。

• The Maryland Legislature approved new universities in 1963, and by year's end 435 acres had been bought from Spring Grove State Hospital, a psychiatric facility in Catonsville.马里兰州议会于 1963 年批准设立新大学，当年岁末即从卡顿斯维尔的格罗夫州立精神病院购入 435 英亩土地。

• Although the site lay in southwestern Baltimore County, the architectural design and master planning of the new campus were completed at the University of Maryland, College Park.新址虽位于巴尔的摩县西南部，但校园的建筑设计与总体规划均在马里兰大学帕克分校完成。

• In 1965 Albin Owings Kuhn, an administrator and professor at College Park, was named Vice President of the Baltimore Campuses, overseeing both the new UMBC and the founding University of Maryland, Baltimore.1965 年，帕克分校的行政人员兼教授阿尔宾·欧文斯·库恩被任命为巴尔的摩校区副校长，统辖新建的 UMBC 与创办的马里兰大学巴尔的摩分校。

• Kuhn assembled the first leadership with Dr. Homer Schamp as the first dean of faculty, David Lewis as the first full-time faculty member and head of social sciences, and John Haskell Jr. as the first librarian.库恩组建首批班子：霍默·尚普博士任首任教务长，大卫·刘易斯任第一位专职教师兼社会科学系主任，小约翰·哈斯克尔任首任图书馆长。

• UMBC opened its first classes on September 19, 1966, with 750 students, three buildings, 45 faculty members, 35 support staff and 500 parking spaces on the former hospital grounds.UMBC 于 1966 年 9 月 19 日开设首批课程，其时在校 750 人、建筑三栋、教师 45 人、行政人员 35 人、停车位 500 个，校园设于原医院用地之上。

• Its first decade coincided with the civil-rights movement and the Vietnam War, and the young campus became known for an open, peaceful atmosphere during the era's protests.建校首个十年恰逢民权运动与越战，这所年轻校园在当时的抗议浪潮中以开放、平和的氛围著称。

• In 1971 Albin Owings Kuhn resigned as UMBC's first chancellor and was succeeded by Calvin B. T. Lee, who steered the university through its formative growth.1971 年，阿尔宾·欧文斯·库恩辞去 UMBC 首任校长之职，由加尔文·李接任，后者引领学校度过奠基性成长期。

• Five years later, in 1976, John Dorsey, an administrative vice president at College Park, was appointed as UMBC's third chancellor.五年后的 1976 年，帕克分校行政副校长约翰·多尔西被任命为 UMBC 第三任校长。

• By 1980 undergraduate enrolment had reached 5,800, and in that year the university founded the two traditions of Homecoming and Quadmania that have anchored campus life since.至 1980 年本科生已达 5,800 人，正是在这一年，校方创设了「返校节」与「草坪狂欢」两大传统，此后一直是校园生活的支柱。

• During the 1980s the University Center and Sherman Hall opened together with Hillside and Terrace Apartments, and College Park alumnus Jim Henson funded the Imaging Research Center at UMBC.二十世纪八十年代，大学中心与谢尔曼楼连同希尔赛德、露台公寓相继启用，帕克分校校友吉姆·亨森出资在 UMBC 设立影像研究中心。

• Michael Hooker became chancellor in 1986, holding the post until 1992 when he was named president of the University of Massachusetts system.迈克尔·胡克于 1986 年出任校长，任职至 1992 年，其后被任命为马萨诸塞大学系统总校长。

• A 1988 proposal to merge UMBC with the University of Baltimore was put forward but voted down by the Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland.1988 年曾提议将 UMBC 与巴尔的摩大学合并，但遭马里兰大学系统董事会否决。

• In 1990 undergraduate enrolment passed 10,000, and a 1991 plan to merge UMBC with the University of Maryland, Baltimore cleared the House of Delegates before being rejected by the Senate.1990 年本科生突破 1 万人，1991 年一项 UMBC 与马里兰大学巴尔的摩分校合并的方案虽经众议院通过，却在参议院被否。

• Freeman A. Hrabowski III was appointed in 1992 to become the longest-serving president in the university's history, a post he held until his retirement in 2022.弗雷曼·赫拉博夫斯基三世于 1992 年获任，成为 UMBC 历史上任期最长的校长，直至 2022 年退休。

• Throughout the 1990s UMBC opened the Engineering and Computer Science Building and Potomac Hall, expanding capacity for its growing science and engineering programmes.整个九十年代，UMBC 陆续建成工程与计算机科学大楼和波托马克楼，为不断扩张的工程与理科专业扩充容量。

• Approaching its 40th anniversary in 2006, the university founded the Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education and deepened ties with the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center through the GEST Center.迈向 2006 年四十周年之际，学校创设城市环境与研究教育中心，并经 GEST 中心深化与 NASA 戈达德太空飞行中心的合作。

• In that period UMBC was recognised by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology as a leading producer of chemistry and biochemistry degrees and was classified by the Carnegie Foundation among top-tier research universities.同一时期，美国生物化学与分子生物学学会认定 UMBC 是化学与生物化学学位的主要培养者，卡内基基金会亦将其归入顶尖研究型大学之列。

• On August 1, 2022, following Hrabowski's retirement, Valerie Sheares Ashby became president of UMBC, the first woman to lead the university in its history.2022 年 8 月 1 日，赫拉博夫斯基退休后，瓦莱丽·阿什比就任 UMBC 校长，成为该校历史上首位女性校长。

Academics

• UMBC offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees across a wide range of fields, running 61 majors within 55 distinct programmes together with 70 minors and 36 undergraduate certificate programmes.UMBC 在广泛领域提供本科与研究生学位，设有 55 个专业方向下的 61 个主修专业，另有 70 个辅修与 36 个本科证书项目。

• Its Graduate School administers 38 master's programmes, 25 doctoral programmes and 29 graduate certificate programmes, the research university's full postgraduate portfolio.其研究生院管理 38 个硕士项目、25 个博士项目与 29 个研究生证书项目，构成这所研究型大学完整的研究生教育版图。

• The university is organised into three colleges, three schools and its graduate school, a structure that sets broad disciplinary colleges alongside focused professional schools.全校由三学院、三门及研究生院组成，这一建制将宽口径的学科学院与专门的专业学院并置。

• The College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences gathers the departments of biological sciences, chemistry and biochemistry, marine biotechnology, mathematics and statistics, naval science and physics.自然与数学科学学院辖生物科学、化学与生物化学、海洋生物技术、数学与统计、海军科学与物理诸学系。

• The College of Engineering and Information Technology spans chemical, biochemical and environmental engineering, computer science and electrical engineering, information systems and mechanical engineering.工程与信息技术学院涵盖化学、生物化学与环境工程，计算机科学与电气工程，信息系统及机械工程等方向。

• The College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences houses the most departments on campus and awards more than half of all undergraduate and graduate degrees, its fields ranging from ancient studies and history to dance, music and visual arts.文艺、人文与社会科学学院下设学系最多，授予全校过半的本硕学位，学科范围从古研究、历史延及舞蹈、音乐与视觉艺术。

• Many of that college's departments moved into the Performing Arts and Humanities Building, whose groundbreaking was held on September 19, 2012 and whose two phases opened on October 17, 2014.该学院许多学系迁入表演艺术与人文大楼，该楼于 2012 年 9 月 19 日奠基、两期工程于 2014 年 10 月 17 日落成启用。

• The Erickson School of Aging Studies runs undergraduate and graduate programmes focused on the policy and management dimensions of aging, a distinctive specialisation within the university.埃里克森老年研究学院提供聚焦老龄化政策与管理面向的本硕项目，是全校独具特色的专业方向。

• The UMBC School of Public Policy carries master's and doctoral degrees in policy studies, standing alongside the Graduate School that binds the campus's combined research and teaching effort.UMBC 公共政策学院承担政策研究的硕士与博士学位，与统合全校科研教学的研究生院并立。

• Social-work education is shared with the University of Maryland, Baltimore, whose School of Social Work links with UMBC to offer graduate and undergraduate programmes respectively.社会工作教育与马里兰大学巴尔的摩分校共享，其社会工作学院与 UMBC 分别提供研究生与本科层次的社工培养。

• UMBC Training Centers extend the university's reach, delivering technical and professional programmes at its South Campus in Arbutus, the Columbia Gateway Campus in Columbia and cybersecurity education in Augusta, Georgia.UMBC 培训中心拓展办学半径，在阿伯图斯南校区、哥伦比亚的哥伦比亚门户校区以及佐治亚州奥古斯塔提供技术与职业培训及网络安全教育。

• The interdisciplinary Language, Literacy and Culture doctoral programme draws faculty from eight departments and programmes spanning the humanities and social sciences.跨学科的「语言、素养与文化」博士项目汇聚人文与社会科学八个学系与项目的师资。

• UMBC is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as an R1 Doctoral University with Very High Research Activity, the top research tier in the American system.UMBC 被卡内基基金会列为 R1 级博士大学、研究活动极高，属美国高校分类中的最高研究层级。

• Its research themes centre on environmental sciences, especially atmospheric physics, remote sensing and ecology, and on Earth and space sciences and remediation.其科研主题集中于环境科学，尤重大气物理、遥感与生态，兼及地球与空间科学及环境治理。

• A second cluster covers health and life sciences, including marine biotechnology and biosciences, while a third pursues data sciences and national security with emphasis on cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.第二类聚焦健康与生命科学，含海洋生物技术与生物科学工程，第三类则攻数据科学与国家安全，侧重网络安全与人工智能。

• The university maintains a consistent presence among the top 100 public institutions in the United States for federal research and development expenditure.该校在联邦研发支出上一贯稳居全美公立高校前 100 位之列。

• bwtech@UMBC, the campus incubator and research park, houses more than 130 companies and three incubators dedicated to cybersecurity, life sciences and clean technology.校内孵化器与研究园「bwtech@UMBC」入驻企业逾 130 家，并设网络安全、生命科学与清洁技术三个专门孵化器。

• More than twenty campus-wide centres and institutes operate at UMBC, among them the Hilltop Institute, the Imaging Research Center and the UMBC AI Center.UMBC 设有二十余个全校性中心与研究所，其中含希尔托普研究所、影像研究中心与 UMBC 人工智能中心。

Campus

• UMBC's main campus occupies 500 acres in Catonsville, roughly fifteen minutes from Baltimore's Inner Harbor, an hour from Washington and about ten minutes from Baltimore-Washington International Airport.UMBC 主校区占地 500 英亩于卡顿斯维尔，距巴尔的摩内港约十五分钟车程、距华盛顿约一小时、距巴尔的摩-华盛顿国际机场约十分钟。

• The land has deep roots, the state of Maryland having bought the Stabler Estate in 1840, an property connected to James P. Stabler, chief engineer of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.此地渊源深厚，马里兰州 1840 年购下斯塔布勒庄园，该庄园与巴尔的摩-俄亥俄铁路总工程师詹姆斯·斯塔布勒家族相关。

• The site later passed to Spring Grove State Hospital, whose 1921 Hillcrest Building was the first structure in the United States built specifically to house mentally ill prisoners.该地后归格罗夫州立精神病院，其 1921 年建成的希尔克利夫楼是全美首座专为关押精神失常囚犯而建的建筑。

• Hillcrest served UMBC as its administration building from 1965 before becoming offices for residential life, and it was demolished in 2007, leaving the farm silo as the oldest surviving structure on campus.希尔克利夫楼自 1965 年起充任 UMBC 行政楼，后改作住宿生活办公用房，2007 年因安全顾虑拆除，留下农场筒仓成为校园现存最古老建筑。

• Academic Row is the central pedestrian concourse, lined by the Administration Building, the Retriever Activities Center, Sondheim Hall, Sherman Hall, the University Center and the Meyerhoff Chemistry Building.学术长廊是核心步行通廊，沿途排列行政楼、寻回犬活动中心、桑德海姆厅、谢尔曼楼、大学中心与梅耶霍夫化学楼。

• Row terminates at the Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery, near the Commons student union, the grassy Quad and Erickson Field where the university gathers for events.长廊止于以阿尔宾·库恩命名的图书馆与艺廊，毗邻学生活动中心「公共空间」、草坪广场 Quad 与用于集会的埃里克森田野。

• UMBC Research and Technology Park is a 71-acre development and the oldest university research park in Maryland, split into a cybersecurity-focused North Campus and a life-science South Campus that has graduated more than fifty firms.UMBC 研究与科技园占地 71 英亩、是马里兰州最古老的大学科技园，分为以网络安全为主的北园与以生命科学为主、已孵化逾 50 家企业的南园。

• Research Park tenants include federal bodies such as the United States Geological Survey and the United States Forest Service alongside many private technology firms.科技园入驻机构包括美国地质调查局、美国林务局等联邦部门，亦有众多民营科技企业。

• The campus is reached by the MARC Penn Line at Halethorpe Station two miles away and by Maryland Transit Authority bus lines 35, 77 and 95, while free Downtown Lines connect UMBC to central Baltimore.校园可经两英里外的黑瑟索普站乘 MARC 宾州线抵达，亦可乘马里兰交通局 35、77、95 路公交，另有免费市区专线连通 UMBC 与巴尔的摩中心。

• Seven undergraduate and four graduate programmes are also taught at the Universities at Shady Grove in Rockville, a shared campus used by nine Maryland public universities.罗克维尔的树荫社区大学园另授七个本科专业与四个研究生项目，该园区由马里兰州九所公立大学共用。

Reputation

• The QS World University Rankings 2027 place the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in the 801-850 band, the ranking position on which this entry is written.2027 年 QS 世界大学排名将马里兰大学巴尔的摩县分校列入第 801-850 档，本条目即据此档位收录。

• In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 UMBC is placed in the 701-800 band, a firmer position than the same broad range it occupied in the prior edition.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将 UMBC 列入第 701-800 档，较其此前所占的同一宽档更为稳固。

• The 2026-2027 US News Best Global Universities ranking lists the university at number 862 worldwide, while the 2026 ARWU Shanghai Ranking places it in the 601-700 band.2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名将该校列全球第 862 位，2026 年软科世界大学学术排名则列第 601-700 档。

• Domestically, U.S. News and World Report ranked UMBC tied 127th among National Universities in 2025 and tied 74th among public universities, alongside ties for 15th in undergraduate teaching and 14th in innovation.全美维度上，《美国新闻与世界报道》2025 年将 UMBC 列全国性大学并列第 127 位、公立大学并列第 74 位，本科教学并列第 15、创新并列第 14。

• On subject lines the university ranks fourth among United States research universities for producing information-technology degrees and certificates, placed 21st for master's and 31st for doctoral IT degrees by federal education data.学科维度上，按联邦教育数据该校在全美研究型大学 IT 学位与证书产出中列第 4 位，硕士 IT 学位第 21、博士 IT 学位第 31。

• As a quantified research indicator UMBC reports federal research and development spending placing it within the top 100 public institutions nationally, together with 40 National Science Foundation CAREER Awards won by its faculty since 1995.作为可量化科研指标，UMBC 的联邦研发支出跻身全美公立高校前 100，教师自 1995 年以来获美国国家科学基金会 CAREER 奖 40 项。

• The university ranks among the top 15 United States institutions for funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, its centres at Goddard receiving further support for astrophysics.该校在获得美国国家航空航天局资助的美国高校中居前 15 位，其在戈达德的中心另获天体物理研究追加资助。

• No confirmed Nobel, Turing or Fields laureate is among its ranks, but its hardest research honours include a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, a National Academy of Sciences member and two Presidential Early Career Awards in Science and Engineering.其内未见确证的诺贝尔奖、图灵奖或菲尔兹奖得主，但最硬科研荣誉含霍华德·休斯医学研究所研究员、美国国家科学院院士及两项总统青年科学家与工程师奖。

Student life

• Campus life is organised by the Resident Student Association and the Student Events Board, which together sponsor social programming across the academic year for more than 220 student-run organisations.校园生活由住校学生协会与学生活动委员会组织，二者全年为逾 220 个学生社团主办社交活动。

• Homecoming is held each October and centres on the 5K Dawg Chase race and a comedy show, with past performers including Trevor Noah, Jim Gaffigan and Bo Burnham.每年十月举办返校节，以「5 公里追犬」路跑和喜剧演出为核心，历届登台者含特雷弗·诺亚、吉姆·加菲根与布·伯纳姆。

• Quadmania is the spring festival held outdoors near the Quad and Erickson Field, its headliners over the years including Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Capital Cities, Kesha, Fetty Wap and T-Pain.「草坪狂欢」是春季户外音乐节，在主草坪与埃里克森田野旁举行，历年主打艺人含梅克尔莫与瑞恩·刘易斯、首都城市、凯莎、费提·瓦普与 T-痛。

• Greek life comprises 20 registered sororities and fraternities, with nearly five percent of undergraduate students joining one of them.希腊社团含 20 个注册姐妹会与兄弟会，近百分之五的本科生加入其一。

• UMBC fields an undergraduate mock-trial team in the American Mock Trial Association, winning the 2021 national championship by defeating Yale University in one of the closest final rounds in the competition's history.UMBC 派本科生模拟法庭队参加美国模拟法庭协会赛事，于 2021 年击败耶鲁大学夺得全国冠军，那场决赛被视为赛事史上最胶着的一次。

• Its chess programme is a national standout, the team winning the Pan American Chess Tournament nine times in thirteen years from 1996 to 2009 on scholarships that recruit grandmaster-level players.该校国际象棋是全国亮点，队自 1996 至 2009 年的十三年间九次夺得泛美象棋锦标赛，靠招募大师级棋手的奖学金建成。

• On the court and field, the Retrievers compete in the NCAA Division I as members of the America East Conference, covering 17 varsity sports across men's and women's teams.在球场与赛场上，「寻回犬」队作为美国东部联盟成员征战 NCAA 一级联赛，男女队共涉 17 项校际运动。

• On March 16, 2018 the men's basketball team became the first No. 16 seed ever to defeat a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament, beating the Virginia Cavaliers 74 to 54.2018 年 3 月 16 日，男篮成为 NCAA 锦标赛历史上首支击败头号种子的十六号种子球队，以 74 比 54 战胜弗吉尼亚大学骑士队。

• Residential life rests on ten housing areas for about 3,900 students, yet UMBC remains a commuter campus where roughly 65 percent of the whole student population lives off campus.住宿依托十处宿舍区、容纳约 3,900 人，但 UMBC 仍属走读型校园，全校约 65% 学生住在校外。

Notable people

• Freeman A. Hrabowski III, appointed president in 1992, was named by Time magazine among the 100 Most Influential People in the World and honoured as one of America's Top 10 College Presidents in 2009.1992 年出任校长的弗雷曼·赫拉博夫斯基三世被《时代》周刊评为全球最具影响力百人之一，2009 年又获列全美十佳大学校长。

• Valerie Sheares Ashby succeeded him in 2022 as the first female president of the university, closing three decades of Hrabowski's transformative leadership.瓦莱丽·阿什比于 2022 年接任，成为该校首位女性校长，终结赫拉博夫斯基逾三十年的变革性领导。

• The founding chancellor Albin Owings Kuhn and his successors Calvin B. T. Lee, John Dorsey and Michael Hooker shaped the university's early governance through its first decades of growth.创校校长阿尔宾·欧文斯·库恩与其继任者加尔文·李、约翰·多尔西、迈克尔·胡克，在学校头几十年扩张中奠定了治理根基。

• Its first academic leaders, Dean of Faculty Homer Schamp, social-sciences head David Lewis and first librarian John Haskell Jr., built the faculty and library from three buildings in 1966.首批学术负责人教务长霍默·尚普、社会科学系主任大卫·刘易斯与首任图书馆长小约翰·哈斯克尔，于 1966 年以三栋楼起家创建师资与图书馆。

• Grandmaster Alexander Onischuk, former captain of the chess team, went on to become United States Chess Champion in 2006, the most decorated figure of the university's chess dynasty.国际象棋特级大师亚历山大·奥尼丘克曾任校队队长，2006 年夺得全美国际象棋冠军，是该校象棋王朝荣誉最高的人物。

• Professor of Computer Science Alan Sherman was credited with recruiting players from around the world and building the UMBC chess programme into a national powerhouse.计算机科学教授艾伦·谢尔曼因从全球招揽棋手、把 UMBC 象棋项目建成全国劲旅而功绩卓著。

• Mock-trial competitor Sydney Gaskins became the only individual to take part in the Trial by Combat one-on-one championship three times, and head coach Benjamin Garmoe hosts a podcast on the subject.模拟法庭选手悉尼·加斯金斯成为唯一三度参加「单挑赛」个人赛的选手，主教练本杰明·加莫还就这一主题主持播客节目。

• Cultural figures have touched the campus, College Park alumnus Jim Henson funding the Imaging Research Center and the philanthropists Janet and Walter Sondheim lending their name to the university's concert hall.文化界人士与校园相交：帕克分校校友吉姆·亨森资助影像研究中心，慈善家珍妮特与沃尔特·桑德海姆夫妇则以己名为学校音乐厅冠名。

• The university's research distinctions rest on named scholarly marks such as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and a recipient of NASA's 2012 Distinguished Public Service Medal, held by UMBC faculty.该校科研声望系于具名的学术标志，如霍华德·休斯医学研究所研究员与 NASA 2012 年杰出公共服务奖得主，均由 UMBC 教师获得。