University of Montpellier

The University of Montpellier is a public research university in Montpellier in the Occitanie region of southern France, and one of the oldest universities in the world, tracing its first statutes to 1220 and its recognition as a university to a papal bull of 1289.蒙彼利埃大学是位于法国南部奥克西塔尼大区蒙彼利埃的一所公立研究型大学，也是世界上最古老的大学之一，其最早的章程可追溯到 1220 年，大学地位则由 1289 年的一道教皇敕令确立。

It was split into three universities in 1970 and reunified on 1 January 2015 through the merger of Montpellier 1 and Montpellier 2, while Paul Valéry University Montpellier 3 remained a separate institution.该校 1970 年一分为三，2015 年 1 月 1 日由蒙彼利埃第一大学与第二大学合并重组，保罗·瓦莱里大学蒙彼利埃三大则保持独立。

It teaches more than 51,000 students through 17 faculties, schools and institutes, and is placed 473rd in the 2027 QS World University Rankings, in the 401-450 band of the 2027 Times Higher Education ranking, 259th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities and in the 151-200 band of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities.该校通过 17 个学院、学校与研究所培养了 51000 多名学生；在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 473，2027 年泰晤士高等教育排名处于 401 至 450 区间，在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 259，2026 年世界大学学术排名处于 151 至 200 区间。

History

• The School of Law was founded by Placentinus, a jurist from the School of Law at Bologna who came to Montpellier in 1160, taught there in two separate periods and died there in 1192.法学院由普拉森蒂努斯创办，这位来自博洛尼亚法学院的法学家于 1160 年来到蒙彼利埃，两度在此执教，并于 1192 年在此去世。

• The School of Medicine is the world's oldest medical school still in operation, for physicians were already working in Montpellier by 1137, and an act of Guilhem VIII in January 1181 allowed any licensed physician to lecture there.医学院是世界上至今仍在运作的最古老医学院，早在 1137 年蒙彼利埃就有优秀医生执业；1181 年 1 月吉耶姆八世的一项法令允许任何持证医生在此授课。

• In 1220 Cardinal Conrad of Urach, legate of Pope Honorius III, gave the schools their first statutes, which were confirmed and extended in 1240 and placed the medical school under the direction of the Bishop of Maguelonne.1220 年，教皇霍诺里乌斯三世的特使、乌拉赫的康拉德枢机为这些学校颁发了最早的章程，该章程于 1240 年得到确认与扩充，并把医学院置于马格洛讷主教的管辖之下。

• In 1289 Pope Nicholas IV issued a papal bull combining the various centuries-old schools into a single university.1289 年，教皇尼古拉四世颁布敕令，把若干已有数百年历史的学校合并为一所大学。

• In the fourteenth century the medical school argued that the Black Death was caused by a miasma entering the pores of the body, citing theories developed by Galen.十四世纪时，医学院援引盖伦的理论，主张黑死病是由进入身体毛孔的瘴气引起的。

• The School of Theology had its origins in lectures in the convents, and two letters of King John II prove that a School of Theology existed at Montpellier independently of the convents in January 1350.神学院起源于修道院中的讲学；国王约翰二世的两封信证明，1350 年 1 月蒙彼利埃存在一所独立于修道院的神学院。

• By a bull of 17 December 1421 Pope Martin V granted canonical institution to the faculty of theology and united it closely with the faculty of law.1421 年 12 月 17 日，教皇马丁五世以敕令正式承认神学院，并把它与法学院紧密结合。

• Among Montpellier's illustrious law students was the poet Petrarch, who spent four years at Montpellier.蒙彼利埃杰出的法学学生中包括诗人彼特拉克，他曾在蒙彼利埃度过四年。

• In 1529 Nostradamus entered the university to study for a doctorate in medicine but was expelled shortly afterwards when it was discovered that he had worked as an apothecary, a manual trade banned by the statutes.1529 年，诺斯特拉达姆士进入该校攻读医学博士学位，但不久便因被发现曾从事章程所禁止的手工行业药剂师而被开除。

• François Rabelais took his medical degree at Montpellier, and his portrait hangs among the gallery of professors that has been assembled since 1239.弗朗索瓦·拉伯雷在蒙彼利埃取得医学学位，其肖像悬挂在自 1239 年以来汇聚而成的教授肖像廊中。

• The Jardin des Plantes, founded in 1593, is the oldest botanical garden in France and gave rise to the biological theory of vitalism elaborated by Barthez between 1734 and 1806.1593 年创办的植物园是法国最古老的植物园，生命力论这一生物学理论也在此发源，由巴尔泰兹在 1734 至 1806 年间加以阐发。

• In the sixteenth century the local triumph of Calvinism interrupted the Catholic School of Theology, which was reinstated in 1622 before disappearing at the Revolution.十六世纪加尔文主义在当地的胜利使天主教神学院一度中断，它于 1622 年恢复，最终在大革命时期消失。

• The medical school was housed from 1795 in a former Benedictine monastery that had been converted into the bishop's palace.自 1795 年起，医学院设在一座由本笃会修道院改建而成的主教府内。

• In 1793, at the outbreak of the French Revolution, the University of Montpellier was suppressed like the other provincial universities of France.1793 年法国大革命爆发时，蒙彼利埃大学如同法国其他外省大学一样被关闭。

• The School of Science and the School of Letters were re-established in 1810, and the School of Law in 1880, rebuilding the institution piece by piece.理学院与文学院于 1810 年重新设立，法学院于 1880 年重建，学校由此逐步恢复。

• The university was reorganised in 1969 in the aftermath of the May 1968 student revolt and split into Montpellier 1, Montpellier 2 and Montpellier 3.在 1968 年五月学生运动之后，该校于 1969 年重组，拆分为蒙彼利埃第一、第二与第三大学。

• Montpellier 1 comprised the former schools of medicine, law and economics, Montpellier 2 covered science and technology, and Montpellier 3 the social sciences, humanities and liberal arts.蒙彼利埃第一大学由原医学院、法学院与经济学院组成，第二大学以理工为主，第三大学则涵盖社会科学、人文与文科。

• On 1 January 2015 Montpellier 1 and Montpellier 2 merged to recreate the University of Montpellier, while Paul Valéry University Montpellier 3 remained a separate institution.2015 年 1 月 1 日，蒙彼利埃第一大学与第二大学合并，重建蒙彼利埃大学；保罗·瓦莱里大学蒙彼利埃三大则保持独立。

• On 1 January 2022 the university became an experimental public institution under French law and reorganised its research into five thematic clusters.2022 年 1 月 1 日，该校依法国法律成为实验性公立机构，并把研究重组为五个主题集群。

• On 19 June 2024 the university was accepted as a member of the Udice group of leading French research universities.2024 年 6 月 19 日，该校获接纳为法国研究型大学联盟 Udice 的成员。

• On 9 July 2026 the university awarded an honorary doctorate to Kōichi Tanaka, winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, recognising his links with its clinical proteomics platform.2026 年 7 月 9 日，该校向 2002 年诺贝尔化学奖得主田中耕一授予名誉博士学位，以表彰其与该校园临床蛋白质组学平台的联系。

Academics

• The University of Montpellier comprises 17 faculties, schools and institutes covering law, economics, business administration, political and social sciences, science, technology and health.蒙彼利埃大学由 17 个学院、学校与研究所组成，涵盖法律、经济、工商管理、政治与社会科学、科学、技术与健康。

• Its eight colleges are Law and Political Science, Economics, Education, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Sciences, and Physical and Sports Sciences and Technology.其八个学院分别为法律与政治科学学院、经济学院、教育学院、医学院、牙科学院、药学院、理学院，以及体育运动科学与技术学院。

• It has seven institutes, namely the Institute for Preparation for General Administration, the National Institute for Teacher Training and Education, the Institute of Business Administration, Montpellier Management and the university institutes of technology at Béziers, Montpellier-Sète and Nîmes.该校设有七个研究所，即综合行政预科研修所、国家教师培训教育研究所、企业管理研究所、蒙彼利埃管理学院，以及贝济耶、蒙彼利埃-塞特与尼姆三所大学技术学院。

• Two schools, the Montpellier Environmental Research Observatory and Polytech Montpellier, are attached to the university, together with the constituent Montpellier National School of Chemistry.蒙彼利埃环境研究观测站与蒙彼利埃综合理工学校两所学校隶属该校，此外还有作为组成部分的蒙彼利埃国立化学高等学校。

• The university has more than 51,000 students and awards 657 national and school-issued diplomas.该校有 51000 多名学生，授予 657 种国家与校颁文凭。

• It employs 5,197 staff members, including 2,797 professors and researchers who form its faculty.该校在职人员共 5197 人，其中 2797 名教授与研究员构成其师资。

• Its research is organised into nine doctoral schools, 81 research structures, four technology platforms and about 7,800 scientific publications in 2022.其研究组织包括 9 个博士生院、81 个研究机构、4 个技术平台，2022 年发表约 7800 篇科研论文。

• Research is grouped into five thematic clusters: Agriculture, Environment and Biodiversity, Biology and Health, Chemistry, Mathematics/Computer Science/Physics/Systems, and Social Sciences.研究被归入五个主题集群，即农业、环境与生物多样性，生物学与健康，化学，数学、计算机科学、物理与系统，以及社会科学。

• The Agriculture, Environment and Biodiversity cluster alone brings together more than 3,000 permanent staff from organisations such as BRGM, CIRAD, CNRS, IFREMER, INRAE and IRD.仅农业、环境与生物多样性集群就汇聚了来自 BRGM、CIRAD、CNRS、IFREMER、INRAE 与 IRD 等机构的三千多名长期人员。

• The Biology and Health cluster organises research around seven themes including quantitative biology, cancer research, genetics and epigenetics, infectious diseases and immunology, and neurosciences.生物学与健康集群围绕七个主题组织研究，包括定量生物学、癌症研究、遗传学与表观遗传学、传染病与免疫学，以及神经科学。

• The School of Medicine, descended from the medieval medical school, works closely with the Montpellier University Hospital and hosts several biomedical research institutes.医学院承袭中世纪医学院而来，与蒙彼利埃大学医院紧密合作，并设有多个生物医学研究所。

• The university is a member of the Coimbra Group and the Mediterranean Universities Union, and a founding member of the European University alliance CHARM-EU.该校是科英布拉集团与地中海大学联盟的成员，也是欧洲大学联盟 CHARM-EU 的创始成员。

• Its I-SITE programme of excellence, funded under the French France 2030 scheme, supports research in the fields of food, health and environment.其卓越计划 I-SITE 受法国「2030 计划」资助，支持食品、健康与环境领域的研究。

• In 2019 the university received 50,069 applications for the 6,961 places available in its bachelor's programmes, an average of 7.19 candidates per place.2019 年，该校学士项目的 6961 个名额共收到 50,069 份申请，平均每个名额有 7.19 名竞争者。

• Polytech Montpellier is the university's engineering school, and the Montpellier National School of Chemistry trains chemists and chemical engineers.蒙彼利埃综合理工学校是该校的工程师学院，蒙彼利埃国立化学高等学校则培养化学家与化学工程师。

• Among its recognised strengths are ecology, agriculture, food science, water resources, robotics and medicine, fields in which it ranks highly in national and international subject tables.其公认的强项包括生态学、农业、食品科学、水资源、机器人技术与医学，这些领域在国内外的学科排名中都名列前茅。

Campus

• The university is spread across several sites in Montpellier, and line 1 of the city's tramway connects almost all of them.该校分散在蒙彼利埃的多个校区，城市有轨电车 1 号线几乎串联起全部校区。

• The Richter campus in the south of the city houses the School of Economics, Montpellier Management, the Institute for Preparation for General Administration and the student house Aimé-Schonenig.位于城市南部的里希特校区设有经济学院、蒙彼利埃管理学院、综合行政预科研修所与学生之家艾梅·舍内尼格。

• In the city centre are the School of Law and Political Science, the historic building of the School of Medicine, the botanical garden and the presidency of the university on Auguste-Broussonnet street.市中心则有法律与政治科学学院、历史悠久的医学院建筑、植物园，以及位于奥古斯特-布鲁索内街的校长办公地。

• The Triolet campus, with an area of 30 hectares, houses the School of Sciences, the Institute of Business Administration, the National School of Chemistry and Polytech Montpellier.占地 30 公顷的特里奥莱校区设有理学院、企业管理研究所、国立化学高等学校与蒙彼利埃综合理工学校。

• The School of Pharmacy occupies a four-hectare campus in the Boutonnet district in the north of the city, and the IUT of Montpellier sits on a nine-hectare campus in the Occitanie district.药学院位于城北布托内区一片 4 公顷的校区，蒙彼利埃大学技术学院则设在奥克西塔尼区一片 9 公顷的校区。

• The Saint-Priest campus houses research laboratories of the School of Sciences, while the School of Odontology is located in the Euromédecine district in the very north of Montpellier.圣普里斯特校区设有理学院的科研实验室，牙科学院则位于蒙彼利埃最北部的欧洲医学区。

• Beyond the city the university has branches in Nîmes, Béziers, Sète, Perpignan, Carcassonne, Mende and Albaret-Sainte-Marie in Lozère.市外方面，该校在尼姆、贝济耶、塞特、佩皮尼昂、卡尔卡松、芒德以及洛泽尔的阿尔巴雷-圣玛丽设有分支机构。

• The Jardin des Plantes, founded in 1593 and maintained by the university, is the oldest botanical garden in France and stands next to the historic School of Medicine.1593 年创办、由该校维护的植物园是法国最古老的植物园，紧邻历史悠久的医学院。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings the University of Montpellier is placed 473rd, the 2027 Times Higher Education ranking places it in the 401-450 band, the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranks it 259th and the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities puts it in the 151-200 band.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，蒙彼利埃大学位列第 473；2027 年泰晤士高等教育排名把它列入 401 至 450 区间；2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名第 259；2026 年世界大学学术排名处于 151 至 200 区间，以各榜单官方发布为准。^[1]

• In the Academic Ranking of World Universities the university has been ranked among the world's top 151-200 institutions for eight consecutive years, having risen from the top 400 since 2016.在世界大学学术排名中，该校连续八年位居全球前 151 至 200 之列，自 2016 年尚处前 400 以来持续上升。

• In the Shanghai subject rankings its ecology is placed 14th in the world and first in France, while robotics, water resources and agricultural sciences are among the world's top 75.在软科学科排名中，其生态学位列全球第 14、法国第一；机器人技术、水资源与农业科学则跻身全球前 75。

• Remote sensing, statistics and oceanography are ranked in the world's top 100, food science and technology is second in France, and chemistry remains among the world's top 150.遥感、统计学与海洋学位列全球前 100，食品科学与技术居法国第二，化学则保持在全球前 150。

• In the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings the university was placed in the global top 101-200 and first in France, ranking 30th worldwide for Good Health and Well-being and 30th for Life Below Water.在泰晤士高等教育影响力排名中，该校位列全球前 101 至 200 区间并居法国第一，在「良好健康与福祉」和「水下生物」两项上均列全球第 30。

• In the 2026 edition of the World's Top Universities ranking published by TIME magazine, the university was placed 244th worldwide, the third-best French university and the best outside Paris.在《时代》杂志发布的 2026 年全球最佳大学排名中，该校位列全球第 244，是法国第三好的大学、也是巴黎以外最好的大学。

• In the 2024 CWTS Leiden Ranking it was placed 4th nationally and 203rd globally, and in the Reuters ranking of the world's most innovative universities it was 55th in the world and 16th in Europe in 2018.在 2024 年 CWTS 莱顿排名中，该校位列全法第 4、全球第 203；在路透社全球最具创新力大学排名中，2018 年位列全球第 55、欧洲第 16。

• In the 2022 National Taiwan University ranking it was placed 137th in the world, and the university appears among the world's best in the QS and Academic Ranking of World Universities subject tables.在 2022 年台湾大学排名中，该校位列全球第 137；在 QS 与世界大学学术排名的学科榜单中，该校同样名列前茅。

• According to OpenAlex the university has produced 108,152 research works attracting 6,508,731 citations, reflecting its long tradition of research in medicine and the sciences.据 OpenAlex 统计，该校已产出 108,152 项研究成果，累计被引 6,508,731 次，体现出其在医学与科学领域悠久的研究传统。

Student life

• The university presents itself under the tagline The Future Since 1220 and has no formal Latin motto, instead emphasising its nearly eight centuries of continuous teaching.该校以「自 1220 年以来的未来」为宣传语，没有正式的拉丁文校训，而是强调其近八百年不间断的办学历史。

• Student life is coordinated by the Student Life Office, which is run by students for students.学生事务由学生事务办公室统筹，这是一个由学生为学生运营的机构。

• Two student centres and a student activity space on the Richter and Triolet campuses provide places for meetings, events and student services.里希特与特里奥莱校区的两个学生中心与一处学生活动空间，为聚会、活动与学生服务提供了场所。

• Around 140 student associations are active in humanitarian commitment, sport, culture and other fields.约 140 个学生社团在公益、体育、文化及其他领域积极开展活动。

• The Jardin des Plantes and the Place de la Comédie in the city centre are popular gathering places for students in Montpellier.植物园与市中心喜剧广场是蒙彼利埃学生常去的聚集地。

• The university's sports tradition is strong, with the Faculty of Physical and Sports Sciences and Technology and its own Stade Philippidès stadium, and in 2026 it competed at the EUSA Games.该校体育传统浓厚，设有体育运动科学与技术学院与自有的菲利皮代斯体育场，并在 2026 年参加了欧洲大学生体育协会运动会。

• The university takes part in the annual Festival of Science and hosts public lectures, exhibitions and conferences on its campuses throughout the year.该校参与一年一度的科学节，全年在校区举办公众讲座、展览与会议。

• The student house Aimé-Schonenig on the Richter campus and the student centres offer accommodation services, advice and social events.里希特校区的学生之家艾梅·舍内尼格与学生中心提供住宿服务、咨询与社交活动。

Notable people

• Placentinus founded the School of Law at Montpellier in the twelfth century, having come from the School of Law at Bologna in 1160.普拉森蒂努斯于十二世纪创办蒙彼利埃法学院，他于 1160 年来自博洛尼亚法学院。

• Pope Nicholas IV granted the university its charter in 1289, and Cardinal Conrad of Urach issued its first statutes in 1220 as legate of Pope Honorius III.教皇尼古拉四世于 1289 年为该校颁发特许状；乌拉赫的康拉德枢机则于 1220 年作为教皇霍诺里乌斯三世的特使颁发了最早的章程。

• Nostradamus, the French apothecary and reputed seer known for his book Les Propheties, studied medicine at Montpellier before being expelled in 1529.以《预言集》闻名的法国药剂师与预言家诺斯特拉达姆士曾在蒙彼利埃学医，1529 年被开除。

• François Rabelais, the Renaissance humanist writer, took his medical degree at Montpellier and is portrayed among the faculty's gallery of professors.文艺复兴时期的人文主义作家弗朗索瓦·拉伯雷在蒙彼利埃取得医学学位，其肖像列于学院教授肖像廊中。

• Francesco Petrarca, known as Petrarch and widely regarded as a founder of humanism, spent four years studying law at Montpellier.被称为彼特拉克、被广泛视为人文主义奠基者的弗朗切斯科·彼特拉克，曾在蒙彼利埃研习法律四年。

• Auguste Comte, the French philosopher regarded as the founder of sociology and positivism, was an alumnus of the university.被视为社会学与实证主义奠基者的法国哲学家奥古斯特·孔德是该校校友。

• Alexander Grothendieck, winner of the Fields Medal in 1966, was a professor of mathematics at Montpellier from 1973 to 1988.1966 年菲尔兹奖得主亚历山大·格罗滕迪克，1973 至 1988 年任蒙彼利埃大学数学教授。

• Enver Hoxha, who led communist Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985, studied abroad in Montpellier and Paris.1944 年至 1985 年逝世领导阿尔巴尼亚共产政权的恩维尔·霍查，曾在蒙彼利埃与巴黎留学。

• Sahle-Work Zewde, an alumna, is an Ethiopian diplomat who became the first woman to serve as President of Ethiopia.该校校友萨赫勒-沃克·祖德是埃塞俄比亚外交官，成为该国首位女性总统。

• Shi Zhengli, a Chinese virologist and director of the Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, is an alumna of the university.中国病毒学家、中国科学院武汉病毒研究所新发传染病研究中心主任石正丽是该校校友。

• Li Jieren, a noted twentieth-century Chinese author and translator, studied literature at Montpellier between 1922 and 1924.二十世纪中国知名作家与翻译家李劼人，1922 至 1924 年在蒙彼利埃研习文学。

• Mohed Altrad, a Syrian-born French billionaire businessman and rugby chairman, and Raja Rao, an Indian writer awarded the Neustadt Prize in 1988, are among its alumni.叙利亚出生的法国亿万富翁、橄榄球俱乐部主席穆赫德·阿尔特拉德，以及 1988 年获纽斯塔特国际文学奖的印度作家拉贾·拉奥，都是该校校友。