University of Pardubice

The University of Pardubice (Czech: Univerzita Pardubice, UPCE), also rendered in English as Pardubice University, is a public university in Pardubice, eastern Bohemia, and the only university in the Pardubice Region, placed in the 1401+ band of the QS World University Rankings 2027.帕尔杜比采大学（捷克语：Univerzita Pardubice，简称 UPCE，英文也作 Pardubice University）是捷克东波希米亚帕尔杜比采的一所公立大学，也是帕尔杜比采州唯一的大学，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列 1401+ 区间。

It grew out of the Chemical College founded in 1950 to serve the region's chemical industry, became an independent Institute of Chemical Technology in 1953, and has carried the name University of Pardubice since 31 March 1994.该校源于 1950 年为服务本地区化学工业而创办的化学学院，1953 年成为独立的化学技术学院，并自 1994 年 3 月 31 日起使用帕尔杜比采大学这一名称。

The university has seven faculties, 7,858 students and 666 academic staff, and its campus on the north bank of the Labe river combines teaching buildings, halls of residence and a library opened in 1997.学校设有七个学院，拥有 7858 名学生和 666 名学术人员，位于拉贝河北岸的校园将教学建筑、学生宿舍和 1997 年启用的图书馆融为一体。

History

• The campaign began in the autumn of 1945, when the chemical factories of Pardubice, one of the most industrialised towns in eastern Bohemia, asked for a specialised school in their vicinity.这场推动始于 1945 年秋，当时东波希米亚工业化程度最高的城镇之一帕尔杜比采的化工企业请求在附近设立一所专门学校。
• On 27 June 1950 the government established the Chemical College, and teaching began on 15 October 1950 in the former Technical College of Food Industry building with a four-year curriculum.1950 年 6 月 27 日政府批准成立化学学院，同年 10 月 15 日在原食品工业技术学院大楼开课，学制四年。
• In the following academic year the former Technical College of Engineering building at Čs. Legií Square in the city centre was reconstructed as the college's main building.随后一个学年，位于市中心的捷克斯洛伐克军团广场的原工程技术学院大楼改建为学院主楼。
• In November 1953 the school became an independent body as the Institute of Chemical Technology, headed by a rector, and the curriculum was extended from four to five years with seven specialisations in chemistry and technical chemistry.1953 年 11 月，学校成为独立的化学技术学院，由校长领导，学制由四年延长至五年，并开设化学与技术化学的七个专业方向。
• The institute developed rapidly in what contemporaries called "the city of chemistry", and the number of specialisations later doubled as theoretical subjects and departmental research became central to its mission.学院在当时被称为“化学之城”的帕尔杜比采迅速发展，随着理论课程和系所科研成为核心使命，专业方向数量后来翻了一番。
• Three scientists shaped the early academic staff: Miroslav Jureček, a European authority who founded the Czech school of organic substances analysis, Jiří Klikorka, the first and long-serving rector, and Jan Wanka, an outstanding analytical chemist.三位科学家塑造了早期师资队伍：创立捷克有机物质分析学派的欧洲知名学者米罗斯拉夫·尤雷切克、首任且长期任职的校长伊日·克利科尔卡，以及杰出的分析化学家扬·万卡。
• In the early 1960s a new complex of technological departments was built on the outskirts of the city and two new wings expanded the original main building.20 世纪 60 年代初，新的工艺系馆群在城市边缘建成，两翼扩建了原有主楼。
• Halls of residence, a dining hall and sports facilities rose on the north bank of the Labe in the same years, laying the foundation of the residential campus.同一时期，学生宿舍、食堂和体育设施在拉贝河北岸拔地而起，为居住型校园奠定了基础。
• The Velvet Revolution of November 1989 restored academic self-government and allowed the institute to prepare the new faculties that were created in 1991 and 1992.1989 年 11 月的天鹅绒革命恢复了学术自治，使学院得以筹备随后于 1991 年和 1992 年设立的新学院。
• A restructuring in 1991 created two faculties, the Faculty of Chemical Technology and the Faculty of Economics and Administration, which became the nuclei of the future university.1991 年的重组催生了化学技术学院和经济与管理学院两个学院，它们成为未来大学的雏形。
• The Institute of Languages and Humanities was established in 1992 to meet the demand for qualified foreign-language teachers, and the same year brought a new high-rise building and lecture hall near the halls of residence.语言与人文学院于 1992 年设立，以满足对合格外语教师的需求，同年宿舍区附近还落成了一座新高楼和阶梯教室。
• The Jan Perner Transport Faculty was established on 1 April 1993, named after the 19th-century railway engineer Jan Perner, and it was renamed the Faculty of Transport Engineering in 2017.扬·佩尔纳交通学院于 1993 年 4 月 1 日成立，以 19 世纪铁路工程师扬·佩尔纳命名，并于 2017 年更名为交通工程学院。
• Since 31 March 1994 the former Institute of Chemical Technology has held university status under the name Univerzita Pardubice, confirming its transition from a single-purpose chemical school into a multi-faculty university.自 1994 年 3 月 31 日起，原化学技术学院以帕尔杜比采大学之名获得大学地位，标志着它从单一化学学校转型为多学院大学。
• A high-quality university library was built in the centre of the campus and opened to the public in the autumn of 1997, followed by a new university auditorium and lecture rooms in 1999.一座高质量的大学图书馆在校园中心建成，于 1997 年秋向公众开放，随后在 1999 年又建成了新的大学礼堂和教室。
• In January 2001 the Institute of Languages and Humanities became the Faculty of Humanities, the university's fourth faculty, and it was renamed the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy in 2004.2001 年 1 月，语言与人文学院升格为大学第四个学院人文学院，并于 2004 年更名为文哲学院。
• Two institutes were founded in 2002, the Institute of Informatics, later the Institute of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, and the Institute of Health Studies, which prepared the ground for two further faculties.2002 年成立了两个研究所，即后来的电气工程与信息研究所的前身信息研究所以及健康研究所，为另两个学院奠定了基础。
• In July 2005 a new artistic faculty, the Faculty of Restoration, was established in Litomyšl, continuing restoration teaching that had taken place in the town since 1993 and remaining one of the few Czech institutions in the field.2005 年 7 月，新的艺术类学院修复学院在利托米什尔成立，延续该镇自 1993 年以来的修复教学，至今仍是捷克少数开设该领域的高校之一。
• The Institute of Health Studies became the Faculty of Health Studies on 1 January 2007, and the Institute of Electrical Engineering and Informatics became the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics on 1 January 2008.健康研究所于 2007 年 1 月 1 日升格为健康科学学院，电气工程与信息研究所则于 2008 年 1 月 1 日升格为电气工程与信息学院。
• In March 2022 the university became a member of ACROSSEU, a European University alliance of nine institutions from eight countries that promotes cross-disciplinary and cross-territorial cooperation.2022 年 3 月，学校加入 ACROSSEU，这是一个由八国九所院校组成的欧洲大学联盟，致力于推动跨学科与跨地域合作。
• Petr Pavel, the president of the Czech Republic, visited the university in 2024, when its researchers also announced a cancer-detection method that received a US patent.捷克共和国总统彼得·帕维尔于 2024 年访问该校，同年该校研究人员宣布的一项癌症检测方法获得了美国专利。
• The Faculty of Restoration was renamed the Faculty of Conservation and Restoration in 2026, completing the current structure of seven faculties.修复学院于 2026 年更名为保护与修复学院，最终形成如今七个学院的格局。

Academics

• The university has seven faculties: Chemical Technology, Economics and Administration, Arts and Philosophy, Transport Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Health Studies, and Conservation and Restoration.大学设有七个学院：化学技术学院、经济与管理学院、文哲学院、交通工程学院、电气工程与信息学院、健康科学学院以及保护与修复学院。
• It offers 68 study programmes divided into 137 specialisations, of which 22 programmes are taught in English for international students.学校开设 68 个学习项目、细分为 137 个专业方向，其中 22 个项目以英语授课，面向国际学生。
• Teaching follows the three-cycle Bologna structure, most bachelor's programmes have a follow-up master's programme, and students may choose between full-time and part-time study.教学遵循博洛尼亚进程的三级学位结构，多数本科项目都设有衔接硕士项目，学生可选择全日制或非全日制学习。
• The student body numbers 7,858, made up of 70 per cent bachelor's, 24 per cent master's and 6 per cent doctoral students, with 80 per cent studying full time and 20 per cent part time.学校共有 7858 名学生，其中本科生占 70%、硕士生占 24%、博士生占 6%，80% 为全日制学生，20% 为非全日制学生。
• Doctoral study is coordinated by the University Doctoral School, which supports supervision, international mobility and the defence of dissertations across the seven faculties.博士阶段学习由大学博士生院统筹，负责导师指导、国际流动以及七个学院的学位论文答辩。
• The university employs 1,142 people in total, including 666 academic staff, and produces 2,033 graduates a year while teaching 968 students in continuing lifelong-learning courses.学校共有 1142 名员工，其中学术人员 666 名，每年培养 2033 名毕业生，并有 968 名学生参加继续教育课程。
• It hosts 443 international students and maintains 430 bilateral contracts with 290 institutions in 49 countries, figures published on its facts and figures page.学校接收 443 名国际学生，并与 49 个国家的 290 所机构签有 430 份双边协议，这些数据来自校方的事实与数据页面。
• The Faculty of Chemical Technology, the oldest faculty, offers around twenty specialisations at bachelor's, master's and doctoral level in chemical engineering and applied chemistry.历史最悠久的化学技术学院在化学工程与应用化学领域开设约 20 个本科、硕士和博士层次的专攻方向。
• The Faculty of Transport Engineering is named after Jan Perner, offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral courses, and holds the right to conduct professorial appointment procedures.交通工程学院以扬·佩尔纳命名，开设本科、硕士和博士课程，并拥有教授任职资格评审权。
• The Faculty of Economics and Administration teaches public administration, regional and economic management and informatics at bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels.经济与管理学院在本科、硕士和博士层次教授公共行政、区域与经济管理以及信息学。
• The Faculty of Arts and Philosophy grew out of the language and humanities institute and covers philology and social sciences with BA and MA courses.文哲学院由语言与人文学院发展而来，覆盖语言学与社会科学，开设文学学士和文学硕士课程。
• The Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics focuses on information technologies and electrical engineering, while the Faculty of Health Studies educates nurses and midwives.电气工程与信息学院侧重信息技术与电气工程，健康科学学院则培养护士和助产士。
• The Faculty of Conservation and Restoration in Litomyšl is one of only a handful of Czech institutions providing higher education in art restoration, conservation techniques and technologies.位于利托米什尔的保护与修复学院是捷克少数提供艺术品修复、保护技术与工艺高等教育的机构之一。
• Research activity is supported by 158 projects, including international ones, and by five joint laboratories operating with industrial or institutional partners.学校的科研活动由 158 个项目支撑，其中包括国际合作项目，并设有五个与产业或机构伙伴共建的联合实验室。
• The Centre for Technology and Knowledge Transfer brokers patents, licences and contract research, and the university's portfolio includes a US patent for a cancer-detection method granted in 2024.技术与知识转移中心负责专利、许可和合同研究的对接，该校的成果组合包括 2024 年获得的一项癌症检测方法美国专利。
• Its researchers publish around 271 papers a year in impacted journals, and the university ranks 11th in the Czech Republic for citations under the national research assessment methodology.该校研究人员每年在影响因子期刊上发表约 271 篇论文，按捷克国家科研评估方法计算，其引用量在全国排名第 11 位。
• The university's budget was 922 million CZK, of which 361 million CZK went to research and development, split between institutional projects and competitive grants.学校预算为 9.22 亿捷克克朗，其中 3.61 亿克朗用于研发，分为机构项目和竞争性资助两部分。
• The University of Pardubice Library holds 209,689 volumes and serves all seven faculties from its building at the centre of the campus.帕尔杜比采大学图书馆藏书 209689 册，从校园中心的馆舍为全部七个学院服务。
• Halls of residence provide 1,329 beds, and the university dining hall serves 341,682 meals a year.学生宿舍提供 1329 个床位，大学食堂每年供应 341682 份餐食。

Campus

• The main campus lies on the north bank of the Labe river at Studentská 95, Pardubice 2, where teaching buildings, halls of residence, the library and sports facilities are grouped together.主校区位于拉贝河北岸的学生街 95 号、帕尔杜比采 2 区，教学楼、学生宿舍、图书馆和体育设施集中于此。
• The university's original home, a building at Čs. Legií Square in the city centre, still houses the Faculty of Chemical Technology.学校最早的家园——市中心的捷克斯洛伐克军团广场建筑——至今仍是化学技术学院的所在地。
• A high-rise building and lecture hall added in 1992, the library of 1997 and the auditorium of 1999 form the core of the modern campus on the river's north bank.1992 年增建的高楼与阶梯教室、1997 年的图书馆和 1999 年的礼堂，构成了河北岸现代校园的核心。
• Halls of residence, a dining hall and sports grounds were built on the north bank in the 1960s, establishing the residential character that the campus retains today.20 世纪 60 年代，宿舍、食堂和运动场在河北岸建成，奠定了校园延续至今的居住型格局。
• The Faculty of Conservation and Restoration occupies a separate site in Litomyšl, a historic town about 50 kilometres southeast of Pardubice whose castle is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.保护与修复学院设在利托米什尔的独立校区，这座历史城镇位于帕尔杜比采东南约 50 公里，其城堡已列入联合国教科文组织世界遗产名录。
• The city of Pardubice lies roughly 100 kilometres east of Prague on the Elbe, is a major railway junction and is known for its chemical industry and its gingerbread.帕尔杜比采市位于布拉格以东约 100 公里的拉贝河畔，是重要的铁路枢纽，以化学工业和姜饼闻名。
• The campus is linked to the city centre by public transport, and the halls of residence are within walking distance of the library, the dining hall and the sports facilities.校园通过公共交通与市中心相连，学生宿舍步行即可到达图书馆、食堂和体育设施。
• The university also maintains a language centre, a publishing and printing centre, a counselling centre and a Centre for Information Technology and Services on its campuses.学校还在各校区设有语言中心、出版与印刷中心、咨询中心以及信息技术与服务中心。
• Sports facilities on the north bank support the Department of Physical Education and Sports, which provides courses and recreational sport for students of all faculties.河北岸的体育设施支持体育与运动部的工作，该部门为各学院学生提供体育课程和休闲运动。
• The Accommodation and Catering Centre manages the halls of residence and the dining hall, while the university's sports facilities unit runs the campus grounds used for physical education.住宿与餐饮中心管理学生宿舍和食堂，大学体育设施部门则负责用于体育教学的校园场地。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the University of Pardubice is placed in the 1401+ band, the shared final range of the ranking.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，帕尔杜比采大学位列 1401+ 区间，这是该榜单末段的并列区间。
• In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 it appears in the 1601–1800 band, and it is listed in the 2026-2027 U.S. News global university ranking without a numerical position.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校进入 1601–1800 区间，并进入 2026-2027 年度 U.S. News 全球大学榜单但未获具体名次。
• The university is absent from the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities main table, so its visible ranking profile rests on QS, THE and the regional U.S. News listing.该校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜，因此其可见的排名表现主要来自 QS、THE 和 U.S. News 榜单。
• Its chemical technology tradition dates from 1950, and the university ranks 11th in the Czech Republic for citations under the national research assessment, with 271 papers a year in impacted journals.该校的化学技术传统可追溯至 1950 年，按国家科研评估计算其引用量在捷克排名第 11，每年在影响因子期刊发表 271 篇论文。
• The Faculty of Chemical Technology is the oldest and most research-intensive part of the university, with around twenty specialisations and five joint laboratories.化学技术学院是该校历史最悠久、研究最为密集的部分，拥有约 20 个专业方向和五个联合实验室。
• It is the only university in the Pardubice Region, which gives it a distinctive regional role in teacher training, health studies, transport engineering and public administration.该校是帕尔杜比采州唯一的大学，这使它在师范教育、健康科学、交通工程和公共行政领域具有独特的区域作用。
• Its 430 bilateral contracts with 290 institutions in 49 countries underpin Erasmus mobility and research cooperation across Europe and beyond.该校与 49 个国家 290 所机构签订的 430 份双边协议，支撑着跨越欧洲及更广地区的 Erasmus 流动与科研合作。
• The award of a US patent for a cancer-detection method in 2024, announced during President Petr Pavel's visit, illustrates the university's applied research ambitions.2024 年在彼得·帕维尔总统访问期间公布的癌症检测方法美国专利，体现了该校的应用研究抱负。
• As the region's only university, it supplies chemists for the local chemical industry, engineers for the transport sector, health professionals for regional hospitals, and graduates in economics and the humanities for public administration and cultural institutions.作为该州唯一的大学，它为当地化学工业输送化学人才，为交通部门培养工程师，为地区医院培养卫生专业人员，并为公共行政和文化机构输送经济与人文专业毕业生。

Student life

• Students are represented through faculty-level student organisations and take part in the academic senate, which elects the rector and approves key academic decisions.学生通过院级学生组织获得代表权，并参与选举校长、审议重要学术决策的学术评议会。
• The university's student organisations run cultural, sporting and professional events, and the counselling centre offers psychological and career support alongside academic advising.学校的学生组织举办文化、体育和专业活动，咨询中心则在学业指导之外提供心理与职业支持。
• The Department of Physical Education and Sports uses the north-bank sports grounds and offers courses and recreational sport to students from all seven faculties.体育与运动部利用河北岸的运动场，为全部七个学院的学生提供课程和休闲运动。
• Pardubice's best-known sporting event is the Velká pardubická, a steeplechase first run in 1874 and still held on the city's racecourse each October.帕尔杜比采最著名的体育赛事是始于 1874 年的大帕尔杜比采障碍赛马，至今每年十月仍在城市赛马场举行。
• The city's cultural calendar includes the Pardubice gingerbread tradition and a theatre and music scene that students reach easily by public transport from the campus.城市的文化日历包括帕尔杜比采姜饼传统以及戏剧和音乐活动，学生从校园乘公共交通即可方便抵达。
• Halls of residence provide 1,329 beds and the dining hall serves 341,682 meals a year, making the north-bank campus a self-contained student quarter.学生宿舍提供 1329 个床位，食堂每年供应 341682 份餐食，使河北岸校园成为自足的学生社区。
• International students, 443 in number, are supported by the International Office and by Erasmus and bilateral exchange arrangements with 290 partner institutions.443 名国际学生由国际办公室提供支持，并受益于与 290 所伙伴机构的 Erasmus 和双边交流安排。
• The university library, open to the public since 1997, provides study space and 209,689 volumes for students of all faculties.大学图书馆自 1997 年起向公众开放，为各学院学生提供学习空间和 209689 册藏书。
• Erasmus+ exchanges with partner institutions in 49 countries allow students to spend a semester abroad, and the International Office advises international students on visas, accommodation and enrolment.学校与 49 个国家的伙伴机构开展 Erasmus+ 交流，学生可赴海外学习一学期，国际办公室则为国际学生提供签证、住宿和注册咨询。
• Pardubice's calendar includes the Golden Helmet speedway meeting and the Czech Open chess festival, while the city's theatres and the East Bohemian Museum are a short bus ride from the campus.帕尔杜比采的年度活动包括金头盔摩托车场地赛和捷克公开象棋节，市内的剧院与东波希米亚博物馆距校园只有几站公交路程。

Notable people

• Jiří Klikorka, a chemist, was the first rector of the independent Institute of Chemical Technology and led the institution through its early expansion in the 1950s.化学家伊日·克利科尔卡是独立化学技术学院的首任校长，带领学校走过 20 世纪 50 年代的早期扩张。
• Miroslav Jureček, a professor of European reputation, founded the Czech school of organic substances analysis and helped establish the institute's first specialised departments.享有欧洲声誉的米罗斯拉夫·尤雷切克教授创立了捷克有机物质分析学派，并协助建立了学院最早的专门化系所。
• Jan Wanka, an assistant professor and analytical chemist, was one of the experienced specialists who founded the institute's first specialised departments alongside Jureček and Klikorka.助理教授、分析化学家扬·万卡是与尤雷切克和克利科尔卡一同创建学院首批专门化系所的经验丰富的专家之一。
• Jan Perner, a 19th-century railway engineer who trained at the Prague Polytechnic, the forerunner of the Czech Technical University, gave his name to the transport faculty founded in 1993.19 世纪铁路工程师扬·佩尔纳曾就读于布拉格理工学院，即捷克技术大学的前身，1993 年成立的交通学院以他的名字命名。
• Petr Pavel, president of the Czech Republic, visited the university in 2024 and used the occasion to highlight its cancer-detection research and its regional role.捷克共和国总统彼得·帕维尔于 2024 年访问该校，并借此次访问强调其癌症检测研究和区域作用。
• The Faculty of Chemical Technology's first specialised departments were founded by Jureček, Klikorka and Wanka, whose names remain associated with the institute's formative period.化学技术学院最早的专门化系所由尤雷切克、克利科尔卡和万卡创建，他们的名字至今与学院的奠基时期联系在一起。
• The Faculty of Transport Engineering carries the name of Jan Perner, whose 19th-century railway work shaped the line through Pardubice and made the city a transport hub.交通工程学院以扬·佩尔纳命名，他在 19 世纪的铁路工作塑造了经过帕尔杜比采的线路，使该市成为交通枢纽。
• The university's modern profile was shaped by the rectors and deans who converted a chemical institute into a seven-faculty university between 1991 and 2008.该校的现代格局由 1991 年至 2008 年间历任校长和院长塑造，他们把一所化学学院转变为拥有七个学院的大学。