University of Missouri–Kansas City

The University of Missouri–Kansas City (UMKC) is a public research university in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, founded on 1 October 1933 as the University of Kansas City and part of the University of Missouri System since 25 July 1963.密苏里大学堪萨斯城分校（University of Missouri–Kansas City，简称 UMKC）是美国密苏里州堪萨斯城的一所公立研究型大学，1933 年 10 月 1 日以堪萨斯城大学之名创办，自 1963 年 7 月 25 日起隶属密苏里大学系统。

It teaches more than 125 degree programmes in 12 academic units, includes Missouri's only public dental school and a medical school with a six-year combined BA and MD track, and enrolled 15,238 students in autumn 2026.该校在 12 个学术单位开设 125 个以上学位项目，设有密苏里州唯一的公立牙科学院，以及实行六年制文学士与医学博士连读的医学院；2026 年秋季在校生为 15,238 人。

UMKC sits in the 1201-1400 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, the 601-650 band of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 and 727th place in the U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027.该校位列 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名第 1201-1400 区间、2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名第 601-650 区间、《美国新闻与世界报道》2026-2027 最佳全球大学排名第 727 位。

History

• The university grew out of the Lincoln and Lee University movement, launched in the 1920s by the Methodist Church and its Bishop Ernest Lynn Waldorf on the Missouri-Kansas border at 75th and State Line Road.该校源自 1920 年代由卫理公会及主教欧内斯特·林恩·沃尔多夫发起的「林肯与李大学」运动，拟址在密苏里与堪萨斯州界第 75 街与州界路交口。
• Promoters described the border site as a place where North met South and East met West, and the name was to honour both Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee.推动者把这片州界地带形容为「北方与南方、东方与西方交汇之地」，校名则意在同时纪念亚伯拉罕·林肯与罗伯特·E·李。
• In 1930, after the Methodists had absorbed the Kansas City Dental School, the two plans merged under the name Lincoln and Lee, the University of Kansas City, with a four-year college in view.1930 年，卫理公会接管堪萨斯城牙科学院后，两项办学计划合并为「林肯与李，堪萨斯城大学」，并按四年制学院规划。
• William Volker bought and donated the 40-acre plot south-east of the Nelson mansion, and after the sudden death of the homeowner in 1931 he acquired the Dickey mansion as the university's first building.威廉·沃尔克购得并捐赠了纳尔逊宅邸东南侧 40 英亩土地；1931 年宅主猝逝后，他又买下迪基宅邸，作为大学的第一座建筑。
• The organisers promised to open once 125 students had enrolled, the target was met, and the University of Kansas City began classes in October 1933 with 17 faculty and 264 students.创办者承诺招满 125 名学生即开学，目标达成后，堪萨斯城大学于 1933 年 10 月开课，当时有 17 名教师与 264 名学生。
• The Dickey mansion became Scofield Hall, the second building was a library named for first manager Ernest H. Newcomb, and a Carl Milles fountain opposite the Nelson Gallery was called the Volker Fountain.迪基宅邸后来成为斯科菲尔德楼，第二座建筑是以前任校务管理者欧内斯特·H·纽科姆命名的图书馆，纳尔逊美术馆对面的卡尔·米勒斯喷泉则称沃尔克喷泉。
• The Kansas City School of Law, founded in the 1890s and then located downtown, merged into the university in 1938, giving it professional legal training within five years of opening.1890 年代创办、原设于市中心的堪萨斯城法学院于 1938 年并入该校，使大学在开办五年内即拥有专业法学教育。
• The Kansas City-Western Dental College followed in 1941 and the Kansas City College of Pharmacy in 1943, assembling the health-professions core that still defines the university.堪萨斯城—西部牙科学院于 1941 年、堪萨斯城药学院于 1943 年相继并入，构成了至今仍界定该校特色的健康专业核心。
• The School of Administration was established in 1953, the School of Education in 1954 and the Division for Continuing Education in 1958, widening the curriculum beyond law and health.该校于 1953 年设立管理学院、1954 年设立教育学院、1958 年设立继续教育部门，使课程范围超出法学与健康领域。
• The Kansas City Conservatory of Music, founded in 1906 as the Kansas City Conservatory, merged in 1959 and became the university's conservatory of music and dance.堪萨斯城音乐学院创办于 1906 年，1959 年并入该校，成为其音乐与舞蹈学院。
• On 25 July 1963, at the urging of alumnus Hilary A. Bush, the university joined the University of Missouri System, transferring $20 million in assets and 23 buildings to the state.1963 年 7 月 25 日，在校友希拉里·A·布什推动下，该校加入密苏里大学系统，向州方移交了价值 2,000 万美元的资产与 23 座建筑。
• At the merger the former University of Kansas City had 3,300 students, 2,000 of them full-time, and 175 full-time faculty, and it took the name University of Missouri–Kansas City.合并时，原堪萨斯城大学有 3,300 名学生（其中 2,000 名全日制）与 175 名全职教师，并改用密苏里大学堪萨斯城分校之名。
• The School of Graduate Studies followed in 1964, the School of Medicine in 1970, the School of Nursing in 1980 and the School of Basic Life Sciences in 1985.研究生院于 1964 年、医学院于 1970 年、护理学院于 1980 年、基础生命科学学院于 1985 年相继设立。
• The School of Computing and Engineering was created in 2001, consolidating engineering and computer science teaching that had been scattered across older departments.计算机与工程学院于 2001 年成立，把此前分散在旧有系科的工程与计算机教学整合起来。
• In 2012 the university studied a return to the name University of Kansas City, but abandoned the idea after students, faculty and alumni opposed it while prospective students favoured it.2012 年，校方研究是否恢复「堪萨斯城大学」旧名，最终因在校生、教师与校友反对、而潜在学生支持，决定不予更改。
• In 2017 UMKC joined University Health Truman Medical Center, Children's Mercy Hospital and state agencies to form the Health Sciences District on Hospital Hill, described as a first-in-the-nation partnership.2017 年，该校与大学健康杜鲁门医疗中心、仁慈儿童医院及州级机构共同在医院山组建健康科学区，被称为全美首个此类合作。
• In February 2025 the Carnegie Classification named UMKC an R1 doctoral university with very high research activity, the first institution in Kansas City to hold that designation.2025 年 2 月，卡内基分类将 UMKC 列为「R1 极高研究活动博士型大学」，这是堪萨斯城首所获此认定的高校。
• In July 2026 the National Science Foundation chose the UMKC-led Critical Materials Crossroads Engine as one of 12 Regional Innovation Engines, with 15 million for two years and up to160 million over ten.2026 年 7 月，美国国家科学基金会将 UMKC 主导的「关键材料十字路口引擎」选为 12 个区域创新引擎之一，前两年获 1,500 万美元，十年内最高可达 1.6 亿美元。
• Construction began in 2024 on the Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Building at 25th and Charlotte, a five-storey, 160,000-square-foot project of about $145 million due to open in 2027.2024 年，位于第 25 街与夏洛特街交口的医疗服务与创新大楼动工，这座五层、16 万平方英尺的建筑造价约 1.45 亿美元，计划 2027 年启用。

Academics

• UMKC's 12 academic units include the Conservatory, the Henry W. Bloch School of Management, the School of Science and Engineering, the School of Law, the School of Medicine and the School of Dentistry.UMKC 的 12 个学术单位包括音乐学院、亨利·W·布洛赫管理学院、科学与工程学院、法学院、医学院与牙科学院。
• It also comprises the School of Nursing and Health Studies, the School of Pharmacy, the School of Education, Social Work and Psychological Sciences, the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and the School of Graduate Studies.此外还有护理与健康研究学院、药学院、教育、社会工作与心理科学学院、人文与社会科学学院以及研究生院。
• Enrolment in autumn 2026 stood at 15,238 students, of whom 11,218 were undergraduates and 4,110 postgraduates, supported by 3,812 staff.2026 年秋季在校生为 15,238 人，其中本科生 11,218 人、研究生 4,110 人，教职工共 3,812 人。
• The university's budget for fiscal 2027 was 501.17 million, and its endowment, counted for UMKC alone, stood at254 million in 2026.该校 2027 财年预算为 5.0117 亿美元；仅计入 UMKC 部分的校产基金在 2026 年为 2.54 亿美元。
• The School of Medicine runs a six-year programme that awards both a Bachelor of Arts and a Doctor of Medicine, one of a small number of combined degrees of that length in the United States.医学院实行六年制项目，同时授予文学士与医学博士学位，这种长度的联合学位在美国数量不多。
• Medical teaching is split between the Health Sciences District campus on Hospital Hill, adjoining University Health Truman Medical Center, and a campus in St. Joseph, Missouri.医学教学分设两处：医院山的健康科学区校区毗邻大学健康杜鲁门医疗中心，另一处在密苏里州圣约瑟夫。
• In August 2025 the St. Joseph campus opened a 22,000-square-foot, $14.5 million medical education building with classrooms, simulation laboratories and clinical training space for rural health teaching.2025 年 8 月，圣约瑟夫校区启用一座 2.2 万平方英尺、造价 1,450 万美元的医学教育大楼，内设教室、模拟实验室与面向农村健康教学的临床训练空间。
• The School of Dentistry is Missouri's only public dental school, and the School of Law is one of four law schools in the state.牙科学院是密苏里州唯一的公立牙科学院，法学院则是该州四所法学院之一。
• The law school is one of only seven American law schools to have educated both a President of the United States and a Justice of the Supreme Court, Harry S. Truman and Charles Evans Whittaker.该法学院是全美仅有的七所同时培养出美国总统与最高法院大法官的法学院之一，二人分别是哈里·S·杜鲁门与查尔斯·埃文斯·惠特克。
• The Conservatory descends from the Kansas City Conservatory of Music of 1906 and now teaches music, dance and theatre in the James C. Olson Performing Arts Center, opened in 1979.音乐学院源自 1906 年的堪萨斯城音乐学院，如今在 1979 年启用的詹姆斯·C·奥尔森表演艺术中心教授音乐、舞蹈与戏剧。
• The Henry W. Bloch School of Management carries the name of the H&R Block co-founder, and the School of Science and Engineering houses chemistry, physics, geosciences and computing.亨利·W·布洛赫管理学院以 H&R Block 联合创始人之名命名；科学与工程学院则涵盖化学、物理、地球科学与计算学科。
• The university publishes New Letters, a literary magazine, and produces the syndicated radio programme New Letters on the Air.该校出版文学杂志《新信札》，并制作联合播出的广播节目《新信札广播》。
• KCUR, the university's radio station and an NPR affiliate, has broadcast live, taped and syndicated programming for more than 50 years.该校广播电台 KCUR 是美国国家公共广播电台的附属台，五十多年来持续播出直播、录播与联合节目。
• The Fungal Genetics Stock Center, founded in 1960 and supported by the National Science Foundation, moved to UMKC in 2004 and distributes research strains worldwide.真菌遗传学种质中心成立于 1960 年、由美国国家科学基金会资助，2004 年迁入 UMKC，向全球分发研究用菌株。
• The centre belongs to the World Federation for Culture Collections and works with the Broad Institute and the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute.该中心隶属世界培养物保藏联盟，并与布罗德研究所及美国能源部联合基因组研究所合作。
• UMKC is the site where Supplemental Instruction was established and developed, a peer-led study-session model since adopted by universities in several countries.UMKC 是「补充教学」项目的创立与发展之地，这一由同伴主导的学习辅导模式后来被多国高校采用。
• Research output indexed by OpenAlex totals 40,332 works and 2,489,763 citations, spread across medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, engineering and the social sciences.OpenAlex 收录的研究产出共 40,332 项、引用 2,489,763 次，分布于医学、牙科、药学、工程与社会科学。

Campus

• The main Volker Campus covers 157 acres in Kansas City's Rockhill neighbourhood, east of the Country Club Plaza and inside a square formed by Volker Boulevard, Oak Street, 53rd Street and Troost Avenue.主校区沃尔克校区占地 157 英亩，位于堪萨斯城罗克希尔街区、乡村俱乐部广场以东，处于沃尔克大道、橡树街、第 53 街与特鲁斯特大道围成的方形区域内。
• It adjoins the Stowers Institute for Medical Research and the Linda Hall Library, and Rockhurst University, a Jesuit institution, stands directly across Troost Avenue.校区毗邻斯托尔斯医学研究所与琳达·霍尔图书馆，耶稣会背景的罗克赫斯特大学就在特鲁斯特大道对面。
• Scofield Hall, the former Dickey mansion of 1912, anchors the north end of the Quad, where Flarsheim, Newcomb, Manheim, Royall and Haag halls carry most undergraduate teaching.原迪基宅邸、建于 1912 年的斯科菲尔德楼位于方庭北端，弗拉尔沙伊姆、纽科姆、曼海姆、罗亚尔与哈格诸楼承担大部分本科教学。
• Newcomb Hall, built in 1936 as the library, now holds the University Archives, the Western Historical Manuscript Collection and the Edgar Snow Collections.1936 年作为图书馆建成的纽科姆楼，现藏大学档案、西部历史手稿集与埃德加·斯诺特藏。
• Flarsheim Hall, completed in 1999 and the largest building on campus, was named for Robert H. Flarsheim, who left the university a $9 million endowment.1999 年落成、为校园最大建筑的弗拉尔沙伊姆楼，以向学校遗赠 900 万美元的罗伯特·H·弗拉尔沙伊姆命名。
• Haag Hall of 1937 is known for murals along its main stairwell, and Royall Hall of 1968 carries an astronomical observatory on its roof.1937 年的哈格楼以主楼梯沿墙的巨幅壁画著称，1968 年的罗亚尔楼屋顶设有天文观测台。
• Epperson House, a 48-room Tudor-Gothic residence completed in 1923 at a cost of $450,000, was donated in 1942 and served as a men's dormitory until 1956.埃珀森宅邸是一座 48 个房间的都铎—哥特式住宅，1923 年建成、造价 45 万美元，1942 年被捐赠给学校，至 1956 年一直用作男生宿舍。
• Katz Hall, completed in 1965, honours Isaac and Michael Katz, founders of a Kansas City drug store chain, and once housed the School of Pharmacy.卡茨楼 1965 年落成，以堪萨斯城一家连锁药店的创办人艾萨克·卡茨与迈克尔·卡茨命名，曾长期安置药学院。
• The University Center of 1961 was rededicated as the Atterbury Student Success Center in 2012 and renovated again in 2025-26 to gather admissions, advising and career services.1961 年建成的大学中心于 2012 年改称阿特伯里学生成功中心，2025 至 2026 年再度翻新，把招生、学业指导与就业服务集中一处。
• Swinney Recreation Center, given by E. F. Swinney in 1941, holds five basketball courts, an Olympic-sized pool and the squash courts that are among only three such facilities in the city.斯温尼康乐中心由 E·F·斯温尼于 1941 年捐赠，内设五片篮球场、一个奥运规格泳池，以及全市仅三处之一的壁球场。
• The James C. Olson Performing Arts Center, designed by Kivett and Myers and opened in 1979, contains White Recital Hall, the Helen F. Spencer Theatre and the Studio 116 black box.詹姆斯·C·奥尔森表演艺术中心由基维特与迈尔斯事务所设计，1979 年启用，内有怀特独奏厅、海伦·F·斯宾塞剧院与 116 号黑匣子剧场。
• Ground was broken on 23 September 2026 for a $41 million expansion of the performing arts centre, beginning with a 35,000-square-foot addition of rehearsal and theatre space.2026 年 9 月 23 日，表演艺术中心 4,100 万美元的扩建工程破土动工，首期包括 3.5 万平方英尺的排练与剧场空间。
• The KC Streetcar Main Street Extension opened on 24 October 2025, running 3.5 miles south from Union Station to 51st Street and Brookside Boulevard beside the campus.2025 年 10 月 24 日，堪萨斯城有轨电车主街延伸线开通，自联合车站向南延伸 3.5 英里，终点为校园旁的第 51 街与布鲁克赛德大道。

Reputation

• QS places UMKC in the 1201-1400 band of the World University Rankings 2027, a joint interval rather than a single rank.QS 将 UMKC 列入 2027 年世界大学排名第 1201-1400 区间，这是并列区间而非单一名次。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 put it in the 601-650 band, by some distance its strongest result among the main global tables.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将其列入第 601-650 区间，这是它在各主要全球榜单中明显最好的成绩。
• U.S. News ranks it 727th in the Best Global Universities 2026-2027, and 250th among national universities in its 2026 Best Colleges list.《美国新闻与世界报道》2026-2027 最佳全球大学排名将其列为第 727 位，并在 2026 年最佳大学排名中列全美综合性大学第 250 位。
• The same domestic list places UMKC 137th among public universities and 56th in nursing, and its bachelor of science in nursing was named the top public nursing programme in Missouri in September 2026.同一国内榜单将 UMKC 列为公立大学第 137 位、护理学第 56 位；2026 年 9 月，其护理理学学士项目被评为密苏里州公立高校第一。
• UMKC does not appear in the main table of the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026, and no ARWU placement is claimed for it.该校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜，校方也未主张任何软科名次。
• Its Carnegie R1 designation, awarded in February 2025, requires at least $50 million of annual research spending and 70 research doctorates, benchmarks UMKC met as one of 187 institutions.其 2025 年 2 月获得的卡内基 R1 认定，要求年度科研支出至少 5,000 万美元、授予至少 70 个研究型博士学位，UMKC 以 187 所入选高校之一的身份达到这些标准。
• OpenAlex records 40,332 works and 2,489,763 citations, figures that place its output above several better-ranked peers in the same QS band.OpenAlex 记录 40,332 项成果与 2,489,763 次引用，这一产出水平超过同一 QS 区间内若干排名更高的院校。
• The 501.17 million operating budget for fiscal 2027 and the254 million endowment are modest for a doctoral university but underpinned by a steady flow of federal research awards.2027 财年 5.0117 亿美元运营预算与 2.54 亿美元校产基金，对博士型大学而言规模不大，但有稳定的联邦科研经费支撑。
• UMKC's selection to lead a National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engine in July 2026 is its most visible national research distinction to date.2026 年 7 月获选主导美国国家科学基金会区域创新引擎，是该校迄今最受瞩目的国家级研究殊荣。
• Within Kansas City its reputation rests on the health professions, the conservatory and the law school, which supply the metropolitan area's dentists, physicians, musicians and lawyers.在堪萨斯城本地，该校声誉建立在健康类专业、音乐学院与法学院之上，它们为都会区输送牙医、医师、音乐家与律师。

Student life

• The university motto is Salus populi suprema lex esto, Latin for let the welfare of the people be the supreme law, a phrase shared with the state of Missouri.该校校训为拉丁文「Salus populi suprema lex esto」，意为「人民福祉乃最高法律」，这句话也是密苏里州的格言。
• Hobo Day began on 8 May 1935 as an end-of-semester celebration in which students dressed as hobos, and it later became Bum Friday.「流浪汉日」始于 1935 年 5 月 8 日，是学期末的庆祝活动，学生装扮成流浪汉，后来演变为「流浪汉星期五」。
• The Student Life Office ended Bum Friday in 1982 and replaced it with Roo Fest, which dropped most of the older competitions and rituals.1982 年，学生生活办公室终止了「流浪汉星期五」，改以「袋鼠节」取代，多数旧有比赛与仪式随之消失。
• The Bounder Bells, a Van Bergen carillon of 49 bells, was dedicated in May 1989 after alumni of the Bounders Fraternity raised nearly $30,000, and it rings the hour from Swinney tower.「邦德钟」是一套 49 铃的范伯根钟琴，由邦德斯兄弟会校友募得近 3 万美元后于 1989 年 5 月落成，安放在斯温尼中心塔楼，每逢整点鸣响。
• About 24 Greek-letter organisations operate on campus, a small population relative to the student body but one whose chapters have won awards from their national offices.校内约有 24 个希腊字母社团，人数占在校生比例不高，但多个分会曾获其全国性组织颁奖。
• UMKC fields 16 intercollegiate sports, and on 1 July 2019 the athletics programme rebranded from UMKC Kangaroos to the Kansas City Roos.UMKC 开展 16 个校际体育项目；2019 年 7 月 1 日，校队从「UMKC 袋鼠」更名为「堪萨斯城袋鼠」。
• The Roos rejoined the Summit League on 1 July 2020 after seven years in the Western Athletic Conference, and the men's soccer team won Summit titles in 1996, 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2010.袋鼠队在西 Athletic 联盟七年后，于 2020 年 7 月 1 日重返 Summit 联盟；男子足球队曾于 1996、1999、2001、2003 与 2010 年夺得联盟冠军。
• On 12 October 2001 the men's soccer team set an NCAA record by scoring three goals in 1 minute 46 seconds against Valparaiso University.2001 年 10 月 12 日，男子足球队在对瓦尔帕莱索大学的比赛中用 1 分 46 秒连入三球，创下 NCAA 纪录。
• Kasey the Kangaroo, the mascot, was originally drawn by Walt Disney, and from the 2026-27 season the men's basketball team plays its home games at Municipal Auditorium downtown.吉祥物袋鼠凯西最初由华特·迪士尼绘制；自 2026-27 赛季起，男篮主场移师市中心的市政礼堂。

Notable people

• William Volker, a Kansas City businessman and philanthropist, bought and donated the 40 acres on which the campus was built and later acquired the Dickey mansion for its first classrooms.堪萨斯城商人、慈善家威廉·沃尔克购得并捐赠了建校所用的 40 英亩土地，后又买下迪基宅邸作为最早的教室。
• Ernest H. Newcomb, the university's first manager, mediated between the Methodist and civic factions and gave his name to Newcomb Hall, the original library.欧内斯特·H·纽科姆是该校首任校务管理者，在卫理公会与市民派系之间斡旋，最初的图书馆纽科姆楼即以他命名。
• Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States, attended the Kansas City School of Law without graduating and never practised law.美国第 33 任总统哈里·S·杜鲁门曾就读于堪萨斯城法学院但未毕业，也从未执业律师。
• Charles Evans Whittaker, a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1957 to 1962, graduated from the same law school.查尔斯·埃文斯·惠特克在 1957 至 1962 年间任美国最高法院大法官，毕业于同一所法学院。
• Ernest Manheim, a sociologist who founded the university's sociology programme, is commemorated in Manheim Hall on the Quad.社会学家欧内斯特·曼海姆创立了该校社会学专业，方庭中的曼海姆楼即以他命名。
• Carolyn Cockefair, a humanities professor, is remembered in Cockefair Hall of 1950, which now houses history, English and philosophy.人文学科教授卡罗琳·科克费尔的名字留在 1950 年建成的科克费尔楼上，该楼现供历史、英语与哲学系使用。
• Hilary A. Bush, an alumnus and later a Missouri political figure, urged the 1963 merger that brought the university into the University of Missouri System.校友希拉里·A·布什后来成为密苏里州政界人物，正是他推动 1963 年的合并，使学校并入密苏里大学系统。
• Robert H. Flarsheim left the university a $9 million endowment, and the largest building on campus, completed in 1999, carries his name.罗伯特·H·弗拉尔沙伊姆向学校遗赠 900 万美元，1999 年落成的校园最大建筑以他命名。
• Helen Spencer paid for the Spencer Chemistry Building of 1972, and the Helen F. Spencer Theatre in the performing arts centre also bears her name.海伦·斯宾塞出资兴建了 1972 年的斯宾塞化学楼，表演艺术中心内的海伦·F·斯宾塞剧院同样以她命名。
• Walt Disney originally drew Kasey the Kangaroo, the mascot that still represents the university's athletic teams.华特·迪士尼最初绘制了袋鼠凯西，这一吉祥物至今仍代表该校运动队。
• C. Mauli Agrawal, a biomedical engineer by training, has served as chancellor since June 2018 and has overseen the R1 designation and the Hospital Hill construction programme.身为生物医学工程师的 C·莫利·阿格拉瓦尔自 2018 年 6 月起任校长，任内见证了 R1 认定与医院山建设计划的推进。