University of Rijeka

The University of Rijeka, known in Croatian as Sveučilište u Rijeci, is a public research university in the port city of Rijeka on Croatia's northern Adriatic coast.里耶卡大学（克罗地亚语 Sveučilište u Rijeci）是位于克罗地亚北部亚得里亚海沿岸港口城市里耶卡的公立研究型大学。

Its faculties are spread across the Primorje, Istria and Lika regions, and the institution is composed of eleven faculties, one art academy, two departments, university libraries and the Student Centre Rijeka (SCRI).该校各学院分布在滨海、伊斯特拉与利卡地区，全校由十一个学院、一个艺术学院、两个系、大学图书馆系统与里耶卡学生中心（SCRI）组成。

The university enrolled around 20,000 students in total in 2025, including 224 international students, and appears in the 1201-1400 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027.2025 年该校共有约 20,000 名学生，其中包括 224 名国际学生；在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校位列第 1201-1400 位区间。

History

• The first school of higher education in Rijeka was established by the Jesuits in 1627 and enjoyed equal status with the academies of the largest cities of the Austrian Empire.里耶卡第一所高等教育机构由耶稣会士于 1627 年创办，其地位与奥地利帝国最大城市的学院相当。
• The Faculty of Philosophy, founded in 1726, operated for only two years, while the Theological Faculty was established in 1728 and endured far longer.1726 年创办的哲学学院仅运作两年，而 1728 年成立的神学院则延续了更长时间。
• From 1773 to 1780 Rijeka served as the seat of the Royal Academy, an honour that reflected the city's importance within the Habsburg monarchy.1773 年至 1780 年，里耶卡成为皇家学院的所在地，这一荣誉反映了该城在哈布斯堡君主国中的重要地位。
• The Austro-Hungarian naval academy operated in the city from 1857 until the empire's collapse in 1918, training officers for the imperial fleet.奥匈帝国海军学院自 1857 年起在里耶卡办学，直到 1918 年帝国崩溃，为帝国舰队培养军官。
• The modern university was founded on 17 May 1973, when Rijeka joined a wave of new universities across Yugoslavia that included Osijek, Split, Maribor and Podgorica.现代意义的里耶卡大学于 1973 年 5 月 17 日成立，当时里耶卡与奥西耶克、斯普利特、马里博尔和波德戈里察等城市一道，加入了南斯拉夫新建大学的热潮。
• The university's early years were shaped by the Yugoslav system of associated labour, in which individual faculties enjoyed considerable autonomy over budgets and appointments while a central rectorate coordinated planning, a legacy shared with Zagreb University and Ljubljana University.建校初期，学校受南斯拉夫联合劳动制度影响，各学院在预算与人事上享有相当大的自主权，中央校长层负责协调规划，这一传统与萨格勒布大学和卢布尔雅那大学相似。
• The 1990s brought curriculum reform, new quality assurance procedures and the first international partnerships with universities in Italy and Slovenia, as Croatian higher education moved toward European standards and the Bologna model.1990 年代，随着克罗地亚高等教育向欧洲标准与博洛尼亚模式靠拢，学校推行课程改革、建立质量保障程序，并与意大利和斯洛文尼亚的大学建立首批国际合作。
• Zorislav Sapunar served as the first rector from 1973 to 1976, and the university grew out of a network of faculties that had developed after the Second World War.佐里斯拉夫·萨普纳尔于 1973 年至 1976 年担任首任校长，该校由二战后发展起来的一批学院整合而成。
• After Croatia declared independence in 1991, the university became a national institution of the new state and reorganised its programmes around Croatian academic law.1991 年克罗地亚宣布独立后，该校成为新国家的国立高等教育机构，并依据克罗地亚学术法规重组课程。
• Katica Ivanišević served as rector from 1993 to 1998 and was the first woman to lead the university, at a time when war and economic transition strained public higher education.卡蒂察·伊万尼舍维奇于 1993 年至 1998 年担任校长，是该校首位女性校长，当时战争与经济转型正给公立高等教育带来压力。
• Daniel Rukavina, an immunologist, was rector from 2000 to 2009 and oversaw the university's turn toward research assessment and international cooperation.免疫学家丹尼尔·鲁卡维纳在 2000 年至 2009 年担任校长，推动学校转向科研评估与国际合作。
• The Bologna process was implemented in the academic year 2005/06, converting the university's programmes into bachelor's, master's and doctoral cycles.该校在 2005/06 学年实施博洛尼亚进程，将课程体系转换为学士、硕士与博士三级结构。
• Construction of the new Faculty of Engineering building at Trsat began in 2005 on the site of former barracks, part of a larger campus project on the hill above the city, and the finished complex cost more than 300 million euros.新的工程学院大楼于 2005 年在特尔萨特旧军营原址动工，这是城市上方山丘整体校园计划的一部分，建成的建筑群耗资超过 3 亿欧元。
• In 2008 the university created departments of biotechnology, informatics, mathematics and physics, separating them from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.2008 年，该校设立生物技术、信息学、数学与物理四个系，将它们从文理学院中独立出来。
• A fire broke out on 18 April 2009 at the engineering faculty construction site, engulfing three floors in a blaze that investigators most likely traced to a welding spark, while the Rijeka fire brigade and crews from Opatija evacuated every worker without injury.2009 年 4 月 18 日，工程学院建筑工地发生火灾，三层楼被吞没，调查人员认为起火原因很可能是焊接火花；里耶卡消防队与奥帕蒂亚的救援人员将所有工人安全撤离，无人受伤。
• Pero Lučin, a physiologist, became rector in 2009 and led the university until 2017, a period that saw the Trsat campus take shape.生理学家佩罗·卢钦于 2009 年出任校长并任职至 2017 年，这一时期特尔萨特校区逐步成形。
• Snježana Prijić-Samaržija, a philosopher, was rector from 2017 to 2025 and emphasised the university's role in the city's cultural and civic life.哲学家斯涅扎娜·普里伊奇-萨马尔日娅在 2017 年至 2025 年担任校长，强调大学在城市文化与公共生活中的作用。
• Rijeka was European Capital of Culture in 2020, and the university contributed exhibitions, performances and research projects to the year-long programme.里耶卡于 2020 年当选欧洲文化之都，该校为全年计划贡献了展览、演出与研究项目。
• In 2022 the departments of mathematics and informatics became faculties in their own right, completing a reorganisation begun in 2008.2022 年，数学系与信息学系升格为独立学院，完成了始于 2008 年的组织重组。
• The university marked its fiftieth anniversary in 2023 with a programme of conferences, alumni events and public lectures across its faculties.2023 年，该校迎来建校五十周年，各学院举办了会议、校友活动与公开讲座。
• Davor Vašiček, an economist, served as rector in 2025 and 2026, and Goran Hauser, a gastroenterologist, took office in 2026.经济学家达沃尔·瓦希切克在 2025 年至 2026 年担任校长，胃肠病学家戈兰·豪泽于 2026 年接任。

Academics

• The university comprises eleven faculties, one art academy and two departments, with the Academy of Applied Arts, the Faculty of Civil Engineering and the Faculty of Economics among its oldest units.该校由十一个学院、一个艺术学院和两个系组成，其中应用艺术学院、土木工程学院与经济学院属于历史较久的单位。
• Its faculties include Engineering, Medicine, Law, Maritime Studies, Humanities and Social Sciences, Teacher Education, Informatics and Mathematics, while the tourism faculty is based in Opatija.其学院包括工程学院、医学院、法学院、海事研究学院、人文与社会科学学院、教师教育学院、信息学学院与数学学院，旅游与酒店管理学院则设在奥帕蒂亚。
• The 2025 institutional profile records about 20,000 students, 906 academic staff and 224 international students, giving a student to staff ratio of roughly twenty-two to one.2025 年校情资料显示，该校约有 20,000 名学生、906 名学术人员和 224 名国际学生，师生比约为二十二比一。
• Medicine and maritime studies are among its signature fields, and the Faculty of Maritime Studies trains officers for Croatia's merchant fleet and port sector.医学与海事研究是该校的标志性领域，海事研究学院为克罗地亚商船队与港口部门培养高级船员。
• The Faculty of Engineering offers civil, mechanical, electrical and computer engineering programmes, and its Trsat building is one of the largest academic facilities in the region.工程学院开设土木、机械、电气与计算机工程课程，其特尔萨特大楼是该地区规模最大的学术设施之一。
• The Department of Biotechnology, founded in 2008, has more than sixty staff and offers an undergraduate programme in biotechnology and drug research, three master's programmes and a doctoral programme in medical chemistry, alongside an English-taught master's in biotechnology for the life sciences.生物技术系成立于 2008 年，拥有六十多名教职员，开设生物技术与药物研究本科课程、三个硕士项目与医化学博士项目，另有英语授课的“生命科学生物技术”硕士。
• The Department of Physics supports teaching in the natural sciences and runs research in materials, computational physics and science education.物理系支持自然科学教学，并开展材料、计算物理与科学教育研究。
• The Faculty of Medicine conducts clinical teaching at the Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, the region's largest hospital, and its research spans oncology, cardiology, paediatrics and public health, while the Applied Arts Academy trains painters and designers in studios near the city centre.医学院在里耶卡临床医院中心开展临床教学，这是该地区最大的医院，其研究覆盖肿瘤学、心脏病学、儿科与公共卫生；应用艺术学院则在市中心附近的工作室培养画家与设计师。
• The Faculty of Maritime Studies operates bridge and engine-room simulators, trains officers under international conventions and cooperates with the port authority and shipping companies on projects funded by the Croatian Science Foundation.海事研究学院配备驾驶台与轮机模拟器，按照国际公约培养高级船员，并与港务局和航运企业合作开展由克罗地亚科学基金资助的项目。
• The Faculty of Informatics adopted the Bologna structure in 2005/06 and offers bachelor's and master's degrees in informatics, business informatics and informatics education.信息学学院于 2005/06 学年采用博洛尼亚结构，开设信息学、商业信息学与信息学教育等学士与硕士课程。
• In 2012 the informatics department became an NVIDIA CUDA Teaching Center, integrating parallel computing into its computer science curriculum.2012 年，信息学系成为英伟达 CUDA 教学中心，将并行计算纳入计算机科学课程。
• The Faculty of Mathematics organised a NATO Science for Peace conference on information security and combinatorics in 2010, reflecting its strength in discrete mathematics.数学学院于 2010 年举办北约和平与安全科学计划下的信息安全与组合数学会议，体现其在离散数学方面的实力。
• The Center for Iconographic Studies, based in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, publishes the journal IKON, hosts an annual conference on visual culture and has been a partner in the European culture project Francia media since 2010.图像研究中心设在人文与社会科学学院，出版《IKON》期刊，每年举办视觉文化会议，并自 2010 年起参与欧洲文化项目“法兰西亚媒介”。
• The Center for Advanced Studies of Southeastern Europe is a regional hub for social science and humanities research on the post-Yugoslav space.东南欧高级研究中心是该地区研究后南斯拉夫空间社会科学与人文学术的区域枢纽。
• The Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management in Opatija trains managers for hotels, destinations and event industries, drawing on the town's long resort tradition.设在奥帕蒂亚的旅游与酒店管理学院依托当地悠久的度假传统，培养酒店、目的地与会展产业的管理人才。
• The Faculty of Teacher Education prepares primary and preschool teachers and works with schools across the Rijeka region on teaching practice.教师教育学院培养小学与幼儿教师，并与里耶卡地区学校合作开展教学实习。
• The Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Economics offer the university's largest social science programmes, with law, business and public administration among the most subscribed.法学院与经济学院提供该校规模最大的社会科学课程，法学、商学与公共管理是最受欢迎的方向。
• Teaching is mainly in Croatian, but the university offers courses in English, Italian and Hungarian, reflecting the region's multilingual history and its position between the Croatian, Slovenian and Italian cultural spheres.教学主要以克罗地亚语进行，但学校也开设英语、意大利语与匈牙利语课程，反映该地区多语言的历史，以及学校处于克罗地亚、斯洛文尼亚与意大利文化圈交汇处的位置。
• OpenAlex attributes 23,273 works and 645,094 citations to the university, with research concentrated in medicine, engineering, biotechnology and the social sciences.OpenAlex 为该校收录 23,273 篇成果与 645,094 次引用，研究集中于医学、工程、生物技术与社会科学的领域。

Campus

• The main campus occupies the Trsat hill above the city, on the site of former Austro-Hungarian barracks, and is reached by bus or by the 561-step Petar Kružić staircase.主校区位于城市上方的特尔萨特山，建在旧奥匈军营原址上，可乘巴士或沿 561 级的彼得·克鲁日奇石阶抵达。
• The campus clusters the Faculty of Engineering, the Department of Biotechnology, the University Library and the Student Centre around shared squares and car parks.校区将工程学院、生物技术系、大学图书馆与学生中心围绕共享广场与停车场集中布局。
• The University Library of Rijeka serves as the central library for the university and the city, with reading rooms, digital collections and a depository for regional publications.里耶卡大学图书馆是该校与城市的中心图书馆，设有阅览室、数字馆藏与地区出版物保存库。
• The Trsat campus is linked to the city centre by trolleybus and bus lines, and the climb on foot rewards students with views over the Kvarner bay, the port and the islands.特尔萨特校区通过无轨电车与公交线路连接市中心，步行登山的学生可以俯瞰克瓦内尔湾、港口与岛屿。
• The Student Centre Rijeka, known as SCRI, provides dormitory places, a sports hall, a cinema and cultural spaces for students from all faculties.里耶卡学生中心简称 SCRI，为各学院学生提供宿舍床位、体育馆、电影院与文化空间。
• Several faculties remain in the city centre, including Law, Economics and Humanities, which occupy historic buildings near the Korzo pedestrian street.法学院、经济学院与人文学院等仍留在市中心，占据着科尔佐步行街附近的历久建筑。
• The Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management is in Opatija, a Habsburg-era resort town about fifteen kilometres west of Rijeka along the coast.旅游与酒店管理学院位于奥帕蒂亚，这座哈布斯堡时期的度假小镇在里耶卡以西约十五公里的海滨。
• Trsat Castle, a thirteenth-century fortress, and the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Trsat stand next to the campus and overlook the Kvarner Gulf.建于十三世纪的特尔萨特城堡与特尔萨特圣母圣殿紧邻校园，俯瞰克瓦内尔湾。
• Rijeka is Croatia's largest port and lies 131 kilometres northeast of Zagreb, 76 kilometres from Trieste and 115 kilometres from Ljubljana.里耶卡是克罗地亚最大的港口，位于萨格勒布东北 131 公里处，距的里雅斯特 76 公里、距卢布尔雅那 115 公里。
• The city's waterfront, the Molo Longo breakwater and the Korzo promenade give students easy access to the sea and to the cafés that line the old port.城市滨水区、莫洛隆戈防波堤与科尔佐长廊使学生易于亲近大海，也能享受老港沿岸的咖啡馆。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the University of Rijeka is placed in the 1201-1400 band, the same broad tier as several Central European comprehensive universities.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，里耶卡大学位列第 1201-1400 位区间，与若干中欧综合性大学同处一档。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place it in the 1601-1800 band, a position shaped by its broad teaching base and moderate citation impact.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将其列入第 1601-1800 位区间，这一位置与其广泛的教学基础和中等的引用影响有关。
• U.S. News & World Report ranks it 1,500th in the 2026-2027 Best Global Universities, its strongest showing among the four major global tables.在 2026-2027 年度 U.S. News 全球大学排名中，该校位列第 1,500 位，这是它在四大全球榜单中的最好成绩。
• The university did not enter the main table of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, which rewards concentrated high citation performance.该校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜，该榜单更看重集中的高引用表现。
• QS places the university in the 701-850 band of its World University Rankings by Subject 2025, reflecting strengths across several broad disciplinary areas.在 2025 年 QS 世界大学学科排名中，该校位列第 701-850 位区间，反映其在多个学科领域的综合实力。
• The QS Sustainability Rankings 2025 place it in the 981-990 band, and the QS Europe rankings place it around 479th on the continent.2025 年 QS 可持续发展排名将该校列入第 981-990 位区间，QS 欧洲大学排名则将其列在欧洲第 479 位左右。
• OpenAlex counts 23,273 works and 645,094 citations, with medicine, engineering and the natural sciences accounting for the largest shares.OpenAlex 统计该校有 23,273 篇成果与 645,094 次引用，医学、工程与自然科学占据最大份额。
• The university is one of Croatia's largest, after Zagreb, and serves a region that includes Istria, the Kvarner coast and the mountainous hinterland of Lika.该校是克罗地亚规模最大的大学之一，仅次于萨格勒布大学，服务范围涵盖伊斯特拉、克瓦内尔沿海与利卡山区腹地。
• Its research profile is strongest in maritime studies, medicine, biotechnology and engineering, fields tied to the port and shipbuilding economy of Rijeka.该校的研究优势集中在海事研究、医学、生物技术与工程，这些领域与里耶卡的港口和造船经济紧密相关。
• European framework projects, Erasmus partnerships and cross-border programmes with Slovenia and Italy give the university a strongly international research agenda.欧盟框架项目、伊拉斯谟伙伴关系以及与斯洛文尼亚和意大利的跨境计划，使该校拥有高度国际化的研究议程。
• Its medical and engineering faculties attract the largest share of competitive research funding, followed by biotechnology and the social sciences, while the humanities rely more heavily on national block grants, and the university belongs to the European University Association and cooperates with the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts on doctoral programmes.医学院与工程学院获得最大份额的竞争性科研经费，生物技术与社会科学次之，人文学科则更多依赖国家整笔拨款；该校是欧洲大学协会成员，并与克罗地亚科学与艺术院合作开展博士项目。

Student life

• The university has no single formal motto, and its student culture is tied to the port city's carnival, football and seaside traditions.该校没有单一的正式校训，其学生文化更多与港口城市的狂欢节、足球与海滨传统相连。
• The Student Day Festival, held each spring, is one of the largest student music events in Croatia and draws performers from across the region.每年春季举办的学生节是克罗地亚规模最大的学生音乐活动之一，吸引来自周边地区的演出者。
• The Riteh Racing Team, formed by engineering students, designs and builds formula-style cars for international student competitions.由工程学院学生组成的 Riteh 赛车队设计并制造方程式赛车，参加国际学生竞赛。
• NeuRi, the neuroscience student congress, and the Rijeka Debate League give students venues for research communication and public argument.神经科学学生大会 NeuRi 与里耶卡辩论联盟为学生提供科研传播与公共辩论的平台。
• Onetius, a student-run organisation, coordinates projects that connect students with local companies and civic initiatives.由学生运营的 Onetius 协调各类项目，将学生与本地企业和公共倡议联系起来。
• The Rijeka Carnival, held since 1982, is the largest in Croatia, and student groups build floats and perform in the parade each February.里耶卡狂欢节自 1982 年举办以来一直是克罗地亚规模最大的狂欢节，学生团体每年二月制作花车并参加游行。
• HNK Rijeka, the city's top football club, plays at Rujevica stadium, and student tickets and match-day culture are part of campus conversation.里耶卡足球俱乐部是该市顶级球队，主场设在鲁耶维察体育场，学生票与比赛日文化常成为校园话题。
• The city's beaches at Kantrida, Preluk and Kostrena, and the nearby islands of Krk and Cres, offer swimming and sailing within easy reach.坎特里达、普雷卢克与科斯特雷纳的海滩，以及附近的克尔克岛和茨雷斯岛，为学生提供便捷的游泳与帆船去处。
• Rijeka's year as European Capital of Culture in 2020 left a legacy of renovated industrial spaces that students now use for exhibitions and concerts.里耶卡 2020 年欧洲文化之都的身份留下了改造后的工业空间，如今学生常在那里举办展览与音乐会。
• The university sports association enters teams in Croatian university championships in football, basketball, rowing and sailing, and uses the coastal location for training camps that draw students from Trieste University and other neighbours.该校体育协会组队参加克罗地亚大学足球、篮球、赛艇与帆船锦标赛，并利用沿海位置举办训练营，吸引的里雅斯特大学等邻校学生参与。

Notable people

• Zorislav Sapunar, the first rector, led the university from 1973 to 1976 during its formative years as a Yugoslav public institution.首任校长佐里斯拉夫·萨普纳尔在 1973 年至 1976 年领导这所尚处成型期的南斯拉夫公立大学。
• Katica Ivanišević, rector from 1993 to 1998, was the first woman to head the university and guided it through the Croatian war years.1993 年至 1998 年担任校长的卡蒂察·伊万尼舍维奇是该校首位女性校长，带领学校度过克罗地亚战争年代。
• Daniel Rukavina, rector from 2000 to 2009, is an immunologist known for research on aging and inflammatory responses.2000 年至 2009 年担任校长的丹尼尔·鲁卡维纳是免疫学家，以衰老与炎症反应研究著称。
• Pero Lučin, rector from 2009 to 2017, is a physiologist who studied cellular aging and led the expansion of the Trsat campus.2009 年至 2017 年担任校长的佩罗·卢钦是生理学家，研究细胞衰老，并主导了特尔萨特校区的扩建。
• Snježana Prijić-Samaržija, rector from 2017 to 2025, is a philosopher of science known for work on epistemic trust and social epistemology.2017 年至 2025 年担任校长的斯涅扎娜·普里伊奇-萨马尔日娅是科学哲学家，以认知信任与社会认识论研究著称。
• Davor Vašiček, rector in 2025 and 2026, is an economist specialising in public sector accounting and local finance.2025 年至 2026 年担任校长的达沃尔·瓦希切克是经济学家，专攻公共部门会计与地方财政。
• Goran Hauser, rector from 2026, is a gastroenterologist and hepatologist at the Faculty of Medicine.2026 年上任的校长戈兰·豪泽是医学院的胃肠病学家与肝病学家。
• Petar Šarčević, a legal scholar, served as rector in the 1990s and is known for comparative commercial law and arbitration.法学家彼得·沙尔切维奇在 1990 年代担任校长，以比较商法与仲裁研究著称。
• Vojko Obersnel, mayor of Rijeka from 2000 to 2021, studied at the university and shaped the city's cultural and campus development.沃伊科·奥贝尔斯内尔在 2000 年至 2021 年担任里耶卡市长，曾在该校学习，并推动了城市文化与校园建设。
• Marko Filipović, mayor of Rijeka since 2021, is a graduate of the university's engineering faculty and a former city official.马尔科·菲利波维奇自 2021 年起担任里耶卡市长，毕业于该校工程学院，曾任市政官员。
• The city's older literary figures, including Janko Polić Kamov and Ödön von Horváth, belong to Rijeka's heritage rather than to the university's alumni roll.扬科·波利奇·卡莫夫与厄登·冯·霍瓦特等城市文学人物属于里耶卡的文化遗产，并不在校友名册之列。