University of Salford

The University of Salford is a public research university in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, about 1.5 miles west of Manchester city centre on the banks of the River Irwell, and it is placed in the 1001-1200 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027.索尔福德大学是位于英格兰大曼彻斯特郡索尔福德市的一所公立研究型大学，主校区在曼彻斯特市中心以西约 1.5 英里处、艾尔维尔河畔，位列 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名的 1001-1200 区间。

It traces its origins to the Royal Technical Institute, Salford, which opened in 1896 and became a College of Advanced Technology in 1956 before gaining university status by Royal Charter on 10 February 1967.该校的历史可追溯到 1896 年创办的索尔福德皇家技术学院，该学院 1956 年改组为先进技术学院，并于 1967 年 2 月 10 日经皇家特许取得大学资格。

It taught 26,030 students in 2024/25, of whom 18,975 were undergraduates and 7,050 postgraduates, on 160 acres (65 hectares) of parkland, and OpenAlex records 36,302 works drawing 1,238,894 citations.2024/25 学年该校在校生为 26,030 人，其中本科生 18,975 人、研究生 7,050 人，占地 160 英亩（65 公顷）的园林地；OpenAlex 收录其成果 36,302 篇、被引 1,238,894 次。

History

• The university's history runs back to 19th century industrial Salford, where the Manchester Ship Canal opened in 1894 and gave the city's textile mills direct trade access to the sea.该校的历史可回溯到 19 世纪的工业索尔福德，1894 年通航的曼彻斯特运河使本地纺织厂获得直接出海贸易的通道。
• Demand for new industrial skills after the decline of the docks produced the Pendleton Mechanics Institute in 1850 and the Salford Working Men's College in 1858.码头衰落之后对新兴工业技能的需求，催生了 1850 年的彭德尔顿力学研究所与 1858 年的索尔福德工人夜学院。
• The two institutions merged at the end of the century to form the Royal Technical Institute, Salford, opened in 1896 by the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George V and Queen Mary.世纪之交这两所机构合并组建索尔福德皇家技术学院，由约克公爵与公爵夫人（后来的国王乔治五世与王后玛丽）于 1896 年为其揭幕。
• That royal attendance allowed the word Royal to be appended to the name, and the opening is commemorated in the red brick Peel Building, the oldest surviving building on the campus.正是这次王室出席使校名得以冠以「皇家」二字，揭幕仪式则由校园内现存最古老的红砖建筑皮尔大楼加以纪念。
• Nine departments opened in the first session, namely engineering, electrical engineering and applied physics, mathematics, chemistry, building, dyeing, spinning and weaving, domestic and art, and 1,240 students registered with only 19 members of staff.首届开学即开办九个系，即工程、电气工程与应用物理、数学、化学、建筑、染色、纺织、家庭与艺术，首学期注册学生 1,240 人，教职人员仅 19 人。
• The mechanical engineering, chemical works, textiles and construction that dominated turn-of-century Salford explain why the early curriculum was built around these nine subjects.世纪之交索尔福德以机械工程、化工、纺织与建筑业为主导产业，这一产业结构正是早期课程围绕上述九个学科设置的原因。
• In 1921 the institute was renamed the Royal Technical College, Salford, and in 1956 it was designated a College of Advanced Technology, becoming the Royal College of Advanced Technology.1921 年该学院更名为索尔福德皇家理工学院，1956 年被指定为先进技术学院，名称定为皇家先进技术学院。
• In 1958 the institution split into two bodies, the remaining Royal College of Advanced Technology and the breakaway Peel Park Technical College.1958 年该校分裂为两所机构，即留存的皇家先进技术学院与独立出去的皮尔公园技术学院。
• The breakaway college became Peel Park Technical Institute in 1961, the Salford College of Technology in 1970 and University College Salford in 1992.分出的一方于 1961 年改称皮尔公园技术学院，1970 年成为索尔福德技术学院，1992 年成为索尔福德大学学院。
• The 1963 Robbins Report on higher education paved the way for the Royal College of Advanced Technology to assume university status by Royal Charter, and on 10 February 1967 Queen Elizabeth II handed the Charter to the institution.1963 年关于高等教育的罗宾斯报告，为皇家先进技术学院经皇家特许取得大学资格铺平了道路，1967 年 2 月 10 日伊丽莎白二世女王将该特许状授予该校。
• Clifford Whitworth was the first Vice-Chancellor from 1967, and the university's main library was renamed the Clifford Whitworth Library in 1984 after his death.克利福德·惠特沃思自 1967 年起任首任副校长，该校主图书馆于 1984 年以他的名字更名为克利福德·惠特沃思图书馆，以志纪念。
• Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was the first Chancellor and held the post until 1991, and he visited the university's acoustics laboratories in 2008.爱丁堡公爵菲利普亲王首任校监并任职至 1991 年，2008 年他还参观了该校获奖的声学实验室。
• A multistorey chemistry tower built in the 1960s between the Peel Building and the Salford Library, Museum and Art Gallery had to be demolished in the 1980s because it was damaging the foundations of those neighbours.20 世纪 60 年代在皮尔大楼与索尔福德图书馆、博物馆和美术馆之间建起的多层化学塔，因危及两座邻建建筑的地基，不得不在 1980 年代拆除。
• University College Salford merged back with the University of Salford in 1996 to form a single institution, exactly 100 years after the Royal Technical Institute was founded.1996 年索尔福德大学学院重新并入索尔福德大学合为单一机构，距索尔福德皇家技术学院创办恰好 100 年。
• A 150 million pound investment programme launched in 2004 delivered the 22 million pound Mary Seacole Building of 2006 and the 10 million pound Lady Hale Building opened in February 2008 for Salford Law School.该校于 2004 年启动 1.5 亿英镑投资计划，陆续建成 2006 年落成的 2,200 万英镑玛丽·西科尔大楼，以及 2008 年 2 月为索尔福德法学院启用的 1,000 万英镑黑尔夫人大楼。
• The Lady Hale Building stores its own night-time heating and cooling through a Termodeck system, and the 10 million pound Innovation Forum Building also formed part of the programme.黑尔夫人大楼依靠「Termodeck」系统自行储存夜间的供暖与制冷能量，1,000 万英镑的创新论坛大楼也是该投资计划的组成部分。
• In October 2011 a new building for the College of Arts, Media and Social Sciences, designed by 3XN Architects, opened at MediaCityUK in Salford Quays to house five BBC departments.2011 年 10 月，由 3XN 建筑师事务所设计的新艺术、媒体与社会科学学院大楼在索尔福德码头的 MediaCityUK 落成，容纳英国广播公司五个部门。
• Construction of the 55 million pound New Adelphi building started in summer 2013 and it opened in September 2016 with a 350 seat theatre, two television acting studios, 36 rehearsal rooms, six industry standard recording studios and three floors of workshops.耗资 5,500 万英镑的新阿德尔菲大楼于 2013 年夏动工，2016 年 9 月启用，内设 350 座剧场、两间电视表演摄影棚、36 间排练室、六间符合行业标准的录音棚与三层工作坊。
• Plans for a 16 million pound extension to the Newton Building were shelved in favour of a wider campus redesign, and an autonomous vehicle research centre was built in their place.原计划耗资 1,600 万英镑扩建牛顿大楼的方案被搁置，改为更大范围的校园重新设计，并在原址建起一座自动驾驶汽车研究中心。
• Work on a 65 million pound science, engineering and environment building started in July 2020 and the four-storey, 15,550 square metre building opened in September 2022.耗资 6,500 万英镑的科学、工程与环境大楼于 2020 年 7 月动工，这栋四层、建筑面积 15,550 平方米的建筑于 2022 年 9 月启用。
• The current Vice-Chancellor is Professor Nic Beech, who took office in 2023 and launched the Innovating to Enrich Lives strategy at the end of the 2024/25 year, and the current Chancellor is the business leader Lucy Meacock, appointed in 2022.现任副校长是 2023 年上任的尼奇·比奇教授，他在 2024/25 学年年末推出「以创新丰富人生」战略；现任校监则是 2022 年获任的企业界人士露西·米科克。

Academics

• The university is organised into four schools, namely Arts, Media and Creative Technology, Science, Engineering and Environment, Health and Society, and Salford Business School.学校由四个学院组成，即艺术、媒体与创意技术学院，科学、工程与环境学院，健康与社会学院，以及索尔福德商学院。
• The School of Health and Society is the largest school in the university with over 8,000 students, and Salford is one of the largest providers of nursing and midwifery training in the region.健康与社会学院是全校规模最大的学院，在校生超过 8,000 人，索尔福德大学也是该地区最大的护理与助产人才培养机构之一。
• Total income for the year ended 31 July 2025 was 285.0 million pounds, of which 222.1 million came from tuition fees and education grants, 24.4 million from funding body grants and 8.5 million from investment income.截至 2025 年 7 月 31 日的年度，该校总收入为 2.85 亿英镑，其中 2.221 亿英镑来自学费与教育拨款，2,440 万英镑来自资助机构拨款，850 万英镑来自投资收入。
• Total expenditure over the same year was 272.6 million pounds against academic departments at 109.3 million, academic support at 45.3 million, administration and student support at 50.2 million and estates costs at 45.4 million, leaving an operating surplus of 12.4 million pounds.同年总支出为 2.726 亿英镑，其中学术院系 1.093 亿英镑、学术支持 4,530 万英镑、行政与学生支持 5,020 万英镑、房产运营 4,540 万英镑，实现 1,240 万英镑经营盈余。
• The university spent 24.0 million pounds on information technology services in 2024/25 under its One Digital Campus programme and 32.5 million pounds on the Campus Connectivity Plan.2024/25 学年该校在「数字校园一体化」计划下投入 2,400 万英镑用于信息技术服务，并在「校园连通计划」上支出 3,250 万英镑。
• The current phase of Campus Connectivity provides a clinical facility called Thrive, a Greater Manchester Institute of Technology building, a new acoustics teaching, research and enterprise facility, and concept design for a new Business School.「校园连通计划」当前阶段将建设名为 Thrive 的临床设施、大曼彻斯特理工学院教学楼、新的声学教学科研与产业化设施，以及新商学院的概念设计。
• The United National Institute for Prosthetics and Orthotics Development sits in the School of Health, Sport and Rehabilitation Sciences and is the only prosthetics and orthotics higher education provider in England.全国假肢与矫形器发展研究所设于健康、运动与康复科学学院，是英格兰唯一的假肢与矫形器高等教育提供机构。
• The KidsCan Children's Cancer Research Centre, established in 2002 in the John Armstrong Welsh Laboratories, develops cancer treatments with fewer side effects for children and young adults.KidsCan 儿童癌症研究中心于 2002 年在约翰·阿姆斯特朗·威尔士实验室成立，致力于为儿童与青少年开发副作用更小的癌症疗法。
• OpenAlex records 36,302 works and 1,238,894 citations for the university, and among its research strengths are acoustics, robotics, prosthetics, autonomous vehicles and energy affordable housing.OpenAlex 为该大学记录成果 36,302 篇、被引 1,238,894 次，其研究强项包括声学、机器人学、假肢技术、自动驾驶汽车与能源可负担住房。
• The university works with the Professional Footballers' Association on a physiotherapy degree, and by 2007 more than 70 former professional footballers had graduated from Salford.该校与职业足球运动员协会合作开展物理治疗学位项目，到 2007 年已有 70 余名已退役职业足球运动员从索尔福德毕业。
• In the 2024 Guardian University League Tables Salford placed 83rd out of 122 universities, and The Times ranked it 72nd in 2024.在 2024 年《卫报》大学排行榜中索尔福德位列 122 所大学中的第 83 位，《泰晤士报》2024 年将其排在第 72 位。
• The university is a founding member of the Northern Consortium of universities and is affiliated with University Alliance, the Association of Commonwealth Universities and NCUK.该校是北方大学联盟的创始成员，同时隶属于大学联盟、英联邦大学协会与 NCUK。
• The Students' Union, a separate registered charity, received 1.5 million pounds of grants from the university in the latest financial year and represents over 26,000 students.学生会是独立注册慈善机构，最近一个财年获得学校 150 万英镑拨款，代表超过 26,000 名学生。
• Research and enterprise leadership changed in December 2024, when Professor Simon Green joined from Aston University as Pro Vice-Chancellor Research and Enterprise, and Professor Katy Mason became Dean of the Business School from Lancaster University.2024 年 12 月，科研与产业化领导层发生变动：从阿斯顿大学加入的西蒙·格林教授出任研究与产业化执行副校长，来自兰卡斯特大学的凯蒂·梅森教授出任商学院院长。
• In 2012 the university and BAE Systems, with Liverpool, Manchester, UCLan and Lancaster, joined the Gamma Programme to develop autonomous systems, and in 2020 an autonomous vehicle research centre opened on the Peel Park campus.2012 年该校与英航武器公司以及利物浦大学、曼彻斯特大学、中央兰开夏大学和兰卡斯特大学共同加入 Gamma 计划，研发自主系统；2020 年皮尔公园校区落成一座自动驾驶汽车研究中心。
• Professor Katy Mason is the driving force behind a planned Social Innovation Institute intended to showcase collaborative social science research with an explicit aim of enriching lives and protecting the planet.凯蒂·梅森教授是筹建中的社会创新研究所的推动者，该研究所将以合作式社会科学研究为特色，明确以改善民生与保护地球为目标。

Campus

• The main Peel Park campus sits beside the River Irwell and the 160 acre (65 hectare) estate, within 2 kilometres of Manchester city centre, and Peel Park next door opened on 22 August 1846 as possibly the first public park in the world.主校区皮尔公园坐落于艾尔维尔河畔，占地 160 英亩（65 公顷），距曼彻斯特市中心 2 公里以内，毗邻的皮尔公园于 1846 年 8 月 22 日开放，可能是世界上第一座公共公园。
• Salford Crescent railway station lies between the Peel Park and Frederick Road campuses with direct services to Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Airport and Victoria, about 10 minutes from central Manchester.索尔福德新月火车站位于皮尔公园校区与弗雷德里克路校区之间，有直达曼彻斯特皮卡迪利、曼彻斯特机场与维多利亚车站的班次，距曼彻斯特市中心约 10 分钟车程。
• Other university sites within a mile include the Adelphi campus, which houses music, performance, art, design and architecture teaching in the New Adelphi building opened in 2016.一英里范围内的其他校区包括阿德尔菲校区，2016 年启用的新阿德尔菲大楼在此承载音乐、表演、艺术、设计与建筑教学。
• The Peel Building is a red brick and terracotta Victorian building that now contains Peel Hall, seating nearly 400 people and hosting the main venue for midday recitals.皮尔大楼是一座红砖与陶土砌成的维多利亚时期建筑，内设可容纳近 400 人的皮尔大厅，是正午独奏音乐会的举办地。
• The Salford Museum and Art Gallery on the Peel Park campus, said to be the first unconditionally free public library in England, sits beside the campus and is fronted by statues of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert commemorating the royal visit to Salford in 1851.皮尔公园校区内的索尔福德博物馆与美术馆据称是英格兰第一座无条件免费的公共图书馆，馆前矗立着维多利亚女王与阿尔伯特亲王的雕像，以纪念 1851 年王室对索尔福德的访问。
• The Clifford Whitworth Library was opened in 1971 by Prince Philip, extended in the 1990s and again in the 2000s into the top floor of the Lady Hale Building via a link bridge, and refurbished for 6.2 million pounds between 2016 and 2018.克利福德·惠特沃思图书馆于 1971 年由菲利普亲王揭幕，20 世纪 90 年代扩建，其后于 2000 年代经连廊接入黑尔夫人大楼顶层，并在 2016 至 2018 年间投入 620 万英镑翻新。
• The Tom Husband Leisure Centre next to the Students' Union has a gym, a 25 metre swimming pool, sauna and spa, squash courts, a climbing wall and a multi-use sports hall, and the chapel adds a 100 square metre double-height band and live room in the Adelphi complex.紧邻学生会大楼的汤姆·赫斯本德休闲中心设有健身房、25 米游泳池、桑拿与水疗、壁球场、攀岩墙与多功能体育馆，阿德尔菲校区内的教堂还设有一间 100 平方米的双层高乐团与现场演出室。
• Since October 2010 the university has run a learning, teaching and research space at MediaCityUK in Salford Quays, where the BBC is establishing its northern headquarters, and staff and students travel free on the number 50 bus between the campuses on production of a university identity card.自 2010 年 10 月起，该校在索尔福德码头的 MediaCityUK 运营一处学习、教学与研究空间，英国广播公司正在此建设其北方总部；教职工与学生凭校园卡可免费乘坐 50 路公交往来各校区。

Reputation

• Salford is placed in the 1001-1200 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, alongside universities from more than 100 countries in a ranking that also lists it 145th style high in the EECA region in earlier editions.索尔福德大学位列 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名的 1001-1200 区间，该榜单覆盖 100 多个国家的大学，而在此前版本的东欧与中亚地区排名中该校亦位居前列。
• In the THE World University Rankings 2027 the university falls in the 801-1000 band, placing it a tier above its QS position.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中该校处于 801-1000 区间，高于其在 QS 榜单上的位次层级。
• The US News and World Report Best Global Universities ranking for 2026-2027 placed Salford 1393rd in the world, well below the ARWU band, since the institution did not enter the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities main table.《美国新闻与世界报道》2026-2027 年最佳全球大学排名将索尔福德列在世界第 1393 位，明显低于软科榜单区间，因该校未进入 2026 年世界大学学术排名主榜。
• In the 2024 Guardian University League Tables Salford ranked 83rd out of 122 institutions and The Times ranked it 72nd, which are strong domestic positions for a post-1992 university.在 2024 年《卫报》大学排行榜中索尔福德于 122 所院校中列第 83 位，《泰晤士报》列第 72 位，对一所 1992 年后升格的大学而言是很强的国内位置。
• By subject, the university is best known domestically for acoustics and sound engineering, prosthetics and orthotics, nursing and midwifery, and for its built environment and media practice work.按学科看，该校在国内以声学与声音工程、假肢与矫形器、护理与助产，以及建筑环境与媒体实践方向最为知名。
• Professor Trevor Cox of the School of Science, Engineering and Environment was President of the Institute of Acoustics from 2015 to 2017 and received its Tyndall Medal, and he also won an ASA Science Writing Award for his book Sonic Wonderland.科学与工程环境学院的特雷弗·考克斯教授于 2015 至 2017 年担任英国声学会主席并获该会廷德尔奖章，其著作《声音奇境》还赢得美国声学会科学写作奖。
• Professor Allan Boardman, a physicist at Salford whose work on nonlinear guided waves and surface polaritons underpinned research on electromagnetic metamaterials, was elected a Fellow of Optica in 2006.索尔福德大学物理学家艾伦·博德曼教授关于非线性导波与表面激元的研究为电磁超材料研究奠定了基础，他于 2006 年当选 Optica（美国光学学会）会士。
• Salford has not produced a Nobel, Turing or Fields laureate, and its reputation rests instead on applied industrial research, including the award winning acoustics laboratories visited by Prince Philip in 2008.索尔福德大学尚未产出诺贝尔奖、图灵奖或菲尔兹奖得主，其声誉主要建立在应用型工业研究之上，包括 2008 年菲利普亲王参观的获奖声学实验室。
• OpenAlex counts 36,302 research works and 1,238,894 citations attributable to the university, which on a per student basis is a substantial research output for a 26,030 student institution.OpenAlex 记录该大学的研究成果 36,302 篇、被引 1,238,894 次，对一所在校生 26,030 人的大学而言人均科研产出可观。

Student life

• The university motto is Altiora Petamus, Latin for Let us seek higher things, and the university has no separate formal university song beyond the choral and orchestral traditions of its music school.该校校训为拉丁语 Altiora Petamus，意为「让我们追求更高」，除音乐学院的合唱与管弦传统外，校方没有另设正式校歌。
• The Students' Union at University House on the Peel Park campus represents over 26,000 students and runs services including shops, an Advice Centre, a bar and Atmosphere Kitchen and Bar.位于皮尔公园校区大学楼的学生会代表超过 26,000 名学生，运营商店、咨询中心、酒吧以及 Atmosphere 餐饮空间等服务。
• There are five self catering halls of residence, with Peel Park Quarter comprising nine blocks and 1,367 rooms that opened in summer 2015, and Castle Irwell Student Village once housed up to 1,600 students.学校共有五处自炊式学生宿舍，其中皮尔公园区于 2015 年夏启用，含九栋楼共 1,367 个房间，而伊尔韦尔堡学生村曾容纳多达 1,600 名学生。
• Peel Park Quarter is owned by Campus Living Villages, and Eddie Colman and John Lester Courts, which contain 755 rooms shared by two to four people, were sold to the same provider in December 2008 as its first British properties.皮尔公园区由 Campus Living Villages 持有，埃迪·科尔曼与约翰·莱斯特公寓共 755 个房间、每间二至四人合住，于 2008 年 12 月出售给同一机构，成为其首批英国物业。
• Eddie Colman Court is named for a resident of nearby Archie Street, the model for the television series Coronation Street and a Manchester United player who died in the Munich air disaster of 6 February 1958.埃迪·科尔曼公寓以附近阿奇街居民命名，此人是电视剧《加冕街》的原型，亦为曼联球员，在 1958 年 2 月 6 日的慕尼黑空难中遇难。
• The Two Cities Boat Race has run annually since 1972 as a fixture of the Salford and Manchester sporting and social calendars, raising money for charities, with SPARKS, a children's medical research charity, the 2007 beneficiary.自 1972 年起，两城赛艇赛每年举办，已成为索尔福德与曼彻斯特体育和社会日历上的固定赛事，所得款项捐予多家慈善机构，2007 年受益方为资助儿童医学研究的 SPARKS。
• Salford runs around 35 sports clubs ranging from football to ultimate, and since 2016 Salford and Chester University have contested a varsity challenge, Chester winning 12-7 in 2016 and Salford 12-8 in 2017.学校运营约 35 个体育社团，项目从足球到极限运动，2016 年起索尔福德与切斯特大学举行校际对抗赛，切斯特 2016 年以 12 比 7 取胜，索尔福德 2017 年以 12 比 8 捧杯。
• The university rugby league club won the UAU Championship in 1971-72, beating Sheffield University in the final at The Willows, and the Robert Powell Theatre and Chapman Gallery named for the Salford born actor and for the university art space stage performances and exhibitions.校橄榄球队在 1971-72 赛季夺得大学联盟锦标赛冠军，在威洛斯球场决赛中击败谢菲尔德大学；以索尔福德出生的演员命名的罗伯特·鲍威尔剧院与作为校内艺术空间的查普曼画廊则承办演出与展览。
• With more than 50 student societies and around 27 per cent international students drawn from China, India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Malaysia, Romania and Bulgaria, campus life at Salford is closely tied to Manchester, a 20 minute walk away.校内有 50 多个学生社团，国际学生约占 27%，来自中国、印度、巴基斯坦、沙特阿拉伯、尼日利亚、马来西亚、罗马尼亚与保加利亚，索尔福德的校园生活与步行 20 分钟可达的曼彻斯特紧密相连。

Notable people

• Among the university's notable staff, Professor Trevor Cox has been Professor of Acoustic Engineering since 1995, was President of the Institute of Acoustics from 2015 to 2017, and presented 26 documentary programmes for BBC Radio.在该校著名教职人员中，声学工程教授特雷弗·考克斯自 1995 年起任职，2015 至 2017 年出任英国声学会主席，并为英国广播公司广播节目制作了 26 部纪录片。
• Professor Allan Boardman, a physicist at the university, pioneered theoretical work on solitons, surface polaritons and magneto-optical waves in metamaterials and was elected a Fellow of Optica in 2006.该校物理学家艾伦·博德曼教授在孤子、表面激元与超材料中的磁光波方面开创了理论研究，并于 2006 年当选 Optica 会士。
• Professor Ralph Darlington joined Salford in 1991, became Professor of Employment Relations in 2006 and wrote Labour Revolt in Britain, 1910-1914, published in 2023.拉尔夫·达灵顿教授 1991 年加入索尔福德大学，2006 年出任劳动关系教授，其著作《1910-1914 年英国劳工起义》于 2023 年出版。
• Professor Andy Miah is known for work on science communication and future media, Professor Garry Crawford for cultural sociology and Professor Miklas Scholz for water resources engineering.安迪·米亚教授以科学传播与未来媒体研究著称，加里·克劳福德教授从事文化社会学研究，米克拉斯·肖尔茨教授研究水资源工程。
• Clifford Whitworth was the university's first Vice-Chancellor from 1967, and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was its first Chancellor, holding the office until 1991.克利福德·惠特沃思自 1967 年起担任该校首任副校长，爱丁堡公爵菲利普亲王则是首任校监并任职至 1991 年。
• John Pombe Magufuli, the fifth President of the United Republic of Tanzania from 2015 to 2021, studied at Salford, as did Anwar Choudhury, a former British High Commissioner to Bangladesh.坦桑尼亚联合共和国第五任总统约翰·庞贝·马古富利于 2015 至 2021 年在位期间曾就读索尔福德大学，曾任英国驻孟加拉国高级专员的钱杜里也在此求学。
• Politicians who studied at Salford include Alok Sharma, Conservative Member of Parliament for Reading West, Richard Tice of Reform UK, and Andrew Gwynne and Trudy Harrison, Labour and Conservative MPs for Greater Manchester and Cumbria seats.曾就读索尔福德大学的后、政治人物包括代表雷丁西区的保守党议员阿洛克·夏尔马、改革英国党的理查德·泰斯，以及分别代表大曼彻斯特郡与坎布里亚选区的工党议员安德鲁·格温和特鲁迪·哈里森。
• Business figures include Andy Bond, former Chief Executive of Asda, Richard Parry-Jones, former group vice president of global product development and Chief Technical Officer at Ford Motor Company, and Kamaruddin Taib, Chairman of HSBC Bank Malaysia.商界人士包括阿斯达前首席执行官安迪·邦德、福特汽车全球产品开发前集团副总裁兼首席技术官理查德·帕里-琼斯，以及马来西亚汇丰银行主席卡马鲁丁·泰卜。
• Scientists linked to the university include Byrana Nagappa Suresh, an Indian aerospace scientist who received the Padma Shri in 2002, and Darwin Caldwell, Research Director at the Italian Institute of Technology and a key figure in the iCub robot project.与该校相关的科学家包括 2002 年获印度「莲花士」勋章的航空航天科学家拜拉纳·纳加帕·苏雷什，以及意大利技术研究院研究主任、iCub 人形机器人项目关键参与者达尔文·考德威尔。
• In the arts, painter L. S. Lowry studied at the Salford Royal Technical College and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters in 1975, while comedian Peter Kay, actor Maxine Peake, Robert Powell, Sian Gibson and Peter Kay's comedy masterclass at the university on 12 December 2012 are all Salford alumni.在艺术领域，画家 L. S. 劳里曾就读索尔福德皇家理工学院，并于 1975 年获荣誉文学博士；喜剧演员彼得·凯、演员马克辛·皮克、罗伯特·鲍威尔与希安·吉布森同样是索尔福德校友，彼得·凯还在 2012 年 12 月 12 日于该校开设喜剧大师课。