University of New Mexico

The University of New Mexico (UNM) is a public research university in Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1889 as the state's flagship and largest university, and it is placed in the 771-780 band of the 2027 QS World University Rankings.新墨西哥大学（UNM）是位于美国新墨西哥州阿尔伯克基的公立研究型大学，1889 年创立，是该州的旗舰与规模最大的大学，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中处于 771-780 区间。

It enrolled 22,630 students in 2023, is classified among R1 doctoral universities with very high research activity, and its OpenAlex record lists 121,602 research works and 9,104,416 citations.2023 年该校注册学生 22,630 名，属「R1」极高研究活跃度博士大学，其 OpenAlex 记录列有研究成果 121,602 项、被引 9,104,416 次。

Founded by the New Mexico Territorial Legislature on 28 February 1889, it is the state's second oldest university and a designated Hispanic-Serving Institution with nearly half its students being Hispanic.该校由新墨西哥领地立法会于 1889 年 2 月 28 日创立，是州内第二古老的大学，并被认定为西裔服务院校，近半数学生为西裔。

History

• On 28 February 1889 the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico passed House Bill No. 186, creating the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.1889 年 2 月 28 日，新墨西哥领地立法会通过第 186 号众议院法案，在阿尔伯克基创立新墨西哥大学。

• Bernard Shandon Rodey, an Irish-born Albuquerque lawyer later honoured as the father of the university, championed House Bill 186 in the territorial legislature, securing the new institution for the rail town over rivals.生于爱尔兰的阿尔伯克基律师伯纳德·尚登·罗迪后来被尊为「大学之父」，他在领地立法会力推第 186 号法案，击败各竞争城镇把新学府留在了这座铁路城镇。

• Hiram Hadley served as the first president from 1889, opening instruction on the treeless mesa east of downtown Albuquerque with preparatory classes ahead of full college work.海勒姆·哈德利自 1889 年出任首任校长，在阿尔伯克基市中心以东寸草不生的高地上，以预科课程先行的方式开课。

• Albuquerque secured the university through a boom-town competition in 1889, offering land and civic support against rival territorial towns that also wanted the normal school and the agricultural college.1889 年，阿尔伯克基在与领地内各镇的竞争中以土地与市政支持胜出赢得大学落户——那些镇子同样在争夺师范学校与农工学院。

• Instruction began in 1892 in Hodgin Hall, the campus's first building, completed in 1890 with Territorial-style brickwork and later remodelled in the Pueblo Revival style that defines the campus today.1892 年在校园首楼霍金厅开课，该楼 1890 年以领地式砖工建成，后来改造为今日定义全校风貌的普韦布洛复兴风格。

• New Mexico achieved statehood in 1912, and the university grew from a territorial college of preparatory students into the state flagship over the following decades, adding professional schools as Albuquerque itself expanded along the Rio Grande.1912 年新墨西哥建州，大学在此后数十年间从培养预科生的领地学院成长为州旗舰，随着阿尔伯克基沿格兰德河扩张而陆续增设职业学院。

• The School of Law, established in 1947, remains the only law school in New Mexico and counts most of the state judiciary among its alumni.1947 年设立的法学院至今仍是新墨西哥州唯一的法学院，州内司法官大多出自其门下。

• The School of Medicine followed in 1964, anchoring health education and rural medical service across the state through family-medicine residencies placed in small-town hospitals.1964 年设立医学院，通过设在小城镇医院的家庭医学住院医项目，成为全州健康教育与农村医疗服务的支柱。

• Branch campuses in Gallup, Los Alamos, Rio Rancho, Taos and Los Lunas extended the university across the state in the later twentieth century.二十世纪晚期，加洛普、洛斯阿拉莫斯、里奥兰乔、陶斯与洛斯卢纳斯的分校把大学服务延伸至全州。

• The Los Alamos branch ties the university to the national laboratory community of the Manhattan Project heritage, supporting research pipelines in physics, engineering and computational science.洛斯阿拉莫斯分校把大学与承袭曼哈顿计划传统的国家实验室群体连接起来，为物理、工程与计算科学输送研究人才。

• In 2021 the university spent more than 243 million dollars on research and development according to the National Science Foundation, ranking 103rd in the United States.按国家科学基金会口径，2021 年该校研发支出超过 2.43 亿美元，居全美第 103。

• Research classification reached the top tier as an R1 doctoral university with very high research activity, sustained by the medical school, the national laboratory partnerships and the state's only comprehensive cancer centre.研究分级达到「R1」最高档，即极高研究活跃度博士大学，依托医学院、国家实验室合作与全州唯一的综合癌症中心维持。

• The Hispanic-Serving Institution designation reflects enrollment in which nearly half of students are Hispanic, a demographic signature of the Southwest.「西裔服务院校」的认定反映出近半学生为西裔的注册结构，这是美国西南部的人口特征。

• Garnett Stokes became president in 2018, the first woman to lead the university in its modern era.加内特·斯托克斯于 2018 年出任校长，成为该校现代史上首位女性校长。

• The 2023 enrolment of 22,630 students made UNM the largest university in New Mexico by headcount, ahead of New Mexico State University in Las Cruces.2023 年 22,630 名学生的注册规模，使新墨西哥大学超越拉斯克鲁塞斯的新墨西哥州立大学，成为全州人数最多的大学。

• Zimmerman Library, opened in 1938 with federal Works Progress Administration support, grew into the state's largest academic library across twentieth-century expansions.1938 年在联邦公共事业振兴署支持下启用的齐默尔曼图书馆，历经二十世纪扩建，成长为全州最大的学术图书馆。

• Campus architecture consolidated the Pueblo Revival style after 1908, when Hodgin Hall was remodelled with rounded adobe-inspired walls that echoed the region's mission churches.1908 年霍金厅改造为圆角土坯风格的普韦布洛复兴样式、呼应本地传教站教堂之后，校园建筑风格由此定型。

• The university's 16 varsity programmes won national championships in skiing and cross country running over the twentieth century, with the ski programme collecting titles across the 2000s.该校 16 支校队在二十世纪赢得过滑雪与越野跑的全国冠军，滑雪项目在 2000 年代又数度夺冠。

• Alumni numbers reached approximately 200,000 worldwide by the 2020s, concentrated in the Southwest professional community of medicine, law, engineering and public service.到 2020 年代，全球校友约达 200,000 人，集中于西南部医学、法律、工程与公共服务的职业社群。

• The university's land-grant research mission ties it to state agriculture, mining heritage and tribal communities across New Mexico.大学的赠地研究使命把它与新墨西哥州的农业、矿业遗产和部落社区连接起来。

• The UNM Hospital operated by the Health Sciences Center is New Mexico's largest academic medical centre, anchoring trauma care, poison control and rural outreach services statewide.健康科学中心运营的 UNM 医院是新墨西哥州最大的学术医疗中心，为全州提供创伤救治、毒物控制与农村巡回服务。

• The University of New Mexico Press, founded in 1929, publishes regional scholarship on the Southwest, Native American studies and Latin American history.1929 年创立的新墨西哥大学出版社，出版美国西南部、印第安研究与拉美史的区域学术著作。

• Central Avenue along the campus's southern edge carries historic Route 66 through Albuquerque, embedding the university in the highway mythology of the American Southwest.校区南沿的中央大道承载穿越阿尔伯克基的历史 66 号公路，把大学嵌入美国西南部的公路神话。

• The Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering works with nearby national laboratories on nuclear materials, radiation detection and waste management research.化学与核工程系与附近的国家实验室合作，开展核材料、辐射探测与废物管理研究。

• New Mexico is home to 23 federally recognised tribes and pueblos, and the university's Native American student support programmes are among the largest in the United States.新墨西哥州有 23 个联邦认可的部落与普韦布洛，大学的印第安学生支持项目规模居全美前列。

• Popejoy Hall on the main campus hosts touring Broadway productions and the university's performing arts series throughout the academic year.主校区的波普乔伊厅承办巡演的百老汇剧目与贯穿学年的大学表演艺术季。

• The Center for High Technology Materials researches optoelectronics and semiconductor physics, feeding New Mexico's optics industry cluster alongside Sandia Laboratory collaborations.高技术材料研究中心研究光电子学与半导体物理，与桑迪亚实验室的合作一道，服务于新墨西哥的光学产业集群。

Academics

• The university comprises twelve colleges and schools, including the School of Medicine and the only law school in New Mexico.大学由十二个学院组成，包括医学院与新墨西哥州唯一的法学院。

• Degree and certificate offerings total 215 programmes, including 94 baccalaureate, 71 master's and 37 doctoral programmes.学位与证书课程共 215 个，包括 94 个本科、71 个硕士与 37 个博士项目。

• The main campus spans 800 acres of central Albuquerque at the foot of the Sandia foothills, with branch campuses in Gallup, Los Alamos, Rio Rancho, Taos and Los Lunas.主校区占地 800 英亩（约 320 公顷），位于桑迪亚山麓下的阿尔伯克基中部，另在加洛普、洛斯阿拉莫斯、里奥兰乔、陶斯与洛斯卢纳斯设分校。

• The School of Medicine established in 1964 runs the state's principal teaching hospital network and rural medical placements.1964 年设立的医学院运营着全州主要的教学医院网络与农村医学实习。

• The School of Law founded in 1947 is New Mexico's only Law School and trains the bulk of the state's judiciary and bar through its clinics and judicial clerkships.1947 年设立的法学院是新墨西哥州唯一的 Law School，通过诊所教学与法官助理项目培养州内司法界与律师界的主力。

• Research and development spending exceeded 243 million dollars in 2021, 103rd in the United States per the National Science Foundation.2021 年研发支出超过 2.43 亿美元，按国家科学基金会口径居全美第 103。

• Faculty expertise in optics, photonics and high-performance computing ties into the Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratory partnerships.光学、光子学与高性能计算的师资专长，与洛斯阿拉莫斯及桑迪亚国家实验室的合作相连。

• The Center for Advanced Research Computing supports simulation, visualisation and data science across the colleges, drawing on partnerships with the Sandia and Los Alamos laboratories.先进研究计算中心为各学院提供模拟、可视化与数据科学支持，背后是桑迪亚与洛斯阿拉莫斯两大实验室的合作。

• Enrollment in fall 2023 reached 22,630 students, with the undergraduate majority concentrated on the Albuquerque main campus.2023 年秋季注册学生 22,630 名，本科生大多数集中于阿尔伯克基主校区。

• The R1 Carnegie classification reflects very high research activity alongside the medical enterprise and laboratory collaborations.卡内基 R1 分级反映了极高研究活跃度，背后是医学事业与实验室合作。

• Native American and Chicano studies programmes reflect the state's cultural composition, drawing on the university's tribal partnerships and the Southwest Hispanic Research Institute.印第安人与奇卡诺研究项目呼应全州的文化构成，依托大学与部落社群的伙伴关系以及西南西裔研究院。

• The Anderson School of Management delivers the state's leading MBA and hospitality programmes through its Business School faculty and corporate network.安德森管理学院以其 Business School 师资与企业网络，提供全州领先的 MBA 与酒店管理课程。

• OpenAlex records 121,602 research works with 9,104,416 citations, a corpus weighted toward physics, medicine and earth sciences.OpenAlex 记录 121,602 项研究成果、被引 9,104,416 次，成果以物理、医学与地球科学为主。

• The Health Sciences Center combines the medical school, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry and population health under one academic umbrella spanning north campus hospitals.健康科学中心把医学院、护理、药学、牙医学与人口健康纳入同一学术体系，覆盖北校区各医院。

• Honors education runs through the Honors College with small seminar classes for high-ability undergraduates and a dedicated residential community.荣誉教育通过 Honors College 开展，为高能力本科生提供小班研讨与专属住宿社区。

• Study-abroad and borderlands programmes connect students to Latin America through the Latin American and Iberian Institute.海外学习与边境地带项目通过拉美与伊比利亚研究所把学生与拉丁美洲连接起来。

Campus

• The main campus covers 800 acres of central Albuquerque at coordinates of 35.08449 degrees north and 106.65114 degrees west, on the mesa east of the Rio Grande.主校区占地 800 英亩，位于阿尔伯克基中部，坐标为北纬 35.08449、西经 106.65114，地处格兰德河东岸高地。

• The Sandia Mountains frame the campus to the east, visible from the central mall and campus towers.桑迪亚山脉在校园东侧形成背景，从中轴草坪与校园塔楼即可望见。

• Hodgin Hall, the first campus building of 1890, anchors the historic core in the Pueblo Revival style adopted campus-wide after its 1908 remodelling.1890 年建成的首楼霍金厅坐镇历史核心，其 1908 年改造确立的普韦布洛复兴风格随后推行至全校。

• Zimmerman Library of 1938 is the flagship library, designed in the Southwestern style with murals depicting New Mexico history.1938 年的齐默尔曼图书馆是旗舰馆，以西南风格设计，并绘有新墨西哥历史壁画。

• The Pit, the basketball arena opened in 1966, is sunk below grade and is celebrated as one of college basketball's loudest venues.1966 年启用的篮球馆「The Pit」沉入地下，被誉为大学篮球最具声势的场馆之一。

• University Stadium, expanded across the 2000s to hold more than 30,000 fans, hosts Lobo football beside the South Campus athletic complex.2000 年代扩容后可容纳三万余名观众的大学体育场，在南校区体育区旁承办「狼队」橄榄球赛。

• Branch campuses in Gallup, Los Alamos, Rio Rancho, Taos and Los Lunas carry education to rural and laboratory communities statewide.加洛普、洛斯阿拉莫斯、里奥兰乔、陶斯与洛斯卢纳斯的分校把教育送到全州的乡村与实验室社区。

• Campus shuttle and Albuquerque Rapid Transit buses connect the university to downtown Albuquerque in minutes, and the Sunport international airport lies ten minutes further south.校园接驳车与阿尔伯克基快速公交数分钟可达市中心，桑波特国际机场在南面十分钟车程处。

• Residential halls cluster north of the main mall, housing first-year students in the campus's core.宿舍楼群集中于中轴草坪以北，在校园核心容纳一年级学生。

• The health sciences complex occupies the north campus, adjoining hospitals and research clinics.健康科学综合区占据北校区，与医院和研究诊所相邻。

Reputation

• The University of New Mexico is placed in the 771-780 band of the 2027 QS World University Rankings.新墨西哥大学在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中处于 771-780 区间。

• It is absent from the THE World University Rankings 2027, a genuine omission following the annual cull of institutions that did not submit data, and should not be substituted with older-year positions.该校未进入 2027 年度 THE 世界大学排名，属未提交数据高校被剔除后的真实缺席，不应以旧年份名次顶替。

• The 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities survey ranks it 471st worldwide.2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名将其列于世界第 471。

• The Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026 places it in the 501-600 band.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名（ARWU）将其列于 501-600 区间。

• Carnegie classification places it among R1 doctoral universities with very high research activity, with 2021 research spending over 243 million dollars ranked 103rd nationally.卡内基分级将其列为「R1」极高研究活跃度博士大学，2021 年研发支出超 2.43 亿美元、居全美第 103。

• Its OpenAlex record lists 121,602 research works and 9,104,416 citations, a corpus anchored by physics, medicine and earth sciences.其 OpenAlex 记录列有研究成果 121,602 项、被引 9,104,416 次，成果以物理、医学与地球科学为支柱。

• It is the state's flagship and largest university, holding New Mexico's only law school and its principal medical school.它是全州的旗舰与最大大学，拥有新墨西哥唯一的法学院与最主要的医学院。

• The Hispanic-Serving Institution designation and the nation's only hospitality-focused business school programmes give it distinctive regional standing.「西裔服务院校」的认定与全美独具特色的酒店业商科项目，赋予它鲜明的区域地位。

• National championships in skiing and cross country running complement its academic reputation in the Mountain West Conference context.滑雪与越野跑的全国冠军为其在山地西部联盟语境中的学术声誉锦上添花。

Student life

• The university does not adopt a single Latin motto, and its identity rests on the Lobo, the wolf mascot adopted after a 1920 campus campaign.该校不采用单一拉丁文校训，其身份寄托于 1920 年校园征名后选定的「狼」（Lobo）吉祥物。

• School colours of cherry and silver, adopted in the 1890s, are displayed across campus signage, graduation regalia and athletics uniforms.1890 年代采用的樱桃红与银色校色，遍布校园标识、毕业礼服与运动队服。

• The fight song Hail, New Mexico, the Lobo bark chant and the Howling Wolf mascot anchor athletic traditions in the Mountain West Conference.战歌《向新墨西哥致敬》、狼嚎呐喊与「嚎狼」吉祥物构成山地西部联盟的体育传统。

• The Daily Lobo, the student newspaper, has covered campus affairs since the 1890s under successive titles, moving online alongside print in the 2000s.学生报《每日狼报》自 1890 年代以历代刊名报道校园事务，2000 年代起在纸质版之外增设网络版。

• Games at The Pit rank among college basketball's signature atmospheres, with the sunken arena's noise celebrated nationally since its 1966 opening beneath the campus parking lots.「The Pit」球赛的氛围是大学篮球的招牌，这座 1966 年启用、沉入校园停车场之下的场馆以声浪闻名全国。

• Roughly 200,000 alumni worldwide sustain a career network centred on the Southwest.全球约 200,000 名校友维系着以西南部为中心的职业网络。

• Cultural life draws on New Mexico's tri-ethnic heritage, with Native American, Hispanic and Anglo traditions visible in campus festivals such as the spring Gathering of Nations week activities.文化生活汲取新墨西哥三种族群的遗产，春季「万族大会」周期间，校园节庆中可见印第安、西裔与盎格鲁传统交映。

• Residential life concentrates first-year students near the central mall under the live-on requirement adopted in the 2010s.住宿生活按住校要求把一年级学生集中于中轴草坪附近。

• The campus's altitude of over 1,500 metres and high-desert climate shape outdoor recreation, with the Sandia Mountains available for hiking and skiing.校园海拔逾 1,500 米的高原荒漠气候塑造了户外活动，桑迪亚山可徒步与滑雪。

Notable people

• Bernard Shandon Rodey, the Irish-born lawyer honoured as father of the university, pushed the 1889 bill that located UNM in Albuquerque.伯纳德·尚登·罗迪，生于爱尔兰的律师，被尊为「大学之父」，力推 1889 年把新墨西哥大学落户阿尔伯克基的法案。

• Hiram Hadley, first president from 1889, opened the university's first classes on the Albuquerque mesa.海勒姆·哈德利，1889 年起的首任校长，在阿尔伯克基高地上开出了大学的头几堂课。

• Garnett Stokes, president since 2018, is the first woman to lead the university and oversees its health-sciences and laboratory partnerships.加内特·斯托克斯，2018 年起任校长，是首位执掌该校的女性，统辖健康科学与实验室合作。

• Rudolfo Anaya, alumnus and long-serving faculty member, wrote Bless Me, Ultima and is regarded as a founding voice of Chicano literature.鲁道夫·阿纳亚，校友与长期任教的教师，著有《保佑我，乌尔蒂玛》，被视为奇卡诺文学的奠基之声。

• Manuel Lujan Jr., UNM alumnus, served as United States Secretary of the Interior from 1989 to 1993.小曼努埃尔·卢汉，该校校友，1989 至 1993 年出任美国内政部长。

• Pete Domenici, who studied at UNM before law school, represented New Mexico in the United States Senate for six terms from 1973 to 2009.皮特·多梅尼西，曾在该校求学后进入法学院，1973 至 2009 年连任六届联邦参议员。

• Gary Johnson, who earned his engineering degree at UNM in 1975, served two terms as Governor of New Mexico and ran for president in 2016.加里·约翰逊，1975 年在该校取得工程学位，两度出任新墨西哥州州长，并曾于 2016 年竞选总统。

• Sidney Gutierrez, UNM engineering alumnus, flew as a NASA astronaut on two Space Shuttle missions.西德尼·古铁雷斯，该校工程校友，作为 NASA 宇航员执行过两次航天飞机任务。

• Brian Urlacher, who played college football for the Lobos, entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame after a Chicago Bears career.布赖恩·厄尔巴克，曾为「狼队」出战大学橄榄球，芝加哥熊队生涯后入选职业橄榄球名人堂。

• Faculty affiliated with the Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories sustain the university's physics and engineering research pipelines.与洛斯阿拉莫斯及桑迪亚国家实验室保持合作的教师，维系着该校物理与工程的研究管线。