University of Seville

The University of Seville is a public research university in the city of Seville in Andalusia, southern Spain, and one of the oldest higher education institutions in the country, whose degrees are recognised across Europe.塞维利亚大学是位于西班牙南部安达卢西亚塞维利亚市的一所公立研究型大学，也是该国历史最悠久的高等学府之一，其学位在欧洲各国均获承认。

It traces its origins to the Colegio de Santa María de Jesús, founded in 1505 by Maese Rodrigo Fernández de Santaella, archdeacon of Seville Cathedral, and was authorised by a papal bull of Pope Julius II that same year.其前身是 1505 年由塞维利亚大教堂总执事马埃塞·罗德里戈·费尔南德斯·德·圣塔埃利亚创办的圣玛利亚耶稣学院，同年获教皇尤利乌斯二世的敕令批准。

It is the second public university in Spain and the first in Andalusia by number of enrolments, with more than 70,000 students, and lies 485th in the 2027 QS World University Rankings and 437th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities.该校按注册人数计是西班牙第二大公立大学、安达卢西亚第一大，拥有逾 7 万名学生，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 485，在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 437。

History

• The university's antecedents reach back to the thirteenth century, when the Dominicans organised schools for teaching Arabic, Hebrew and Greek in order to prepare missionaries for work among the Moors and Jews.该校的渊源可追溯至十三世纪，当时多明我会为培养前往摩尔人与犹太人中间传教的传教士，而开办教授阿拉伯语、希伯来语与希腊语的学校。

• In 1254 Alfonso the Wise established general schools of Arabic and Latin in Seville, and Alexander IV recognised the foundation as a generale litterarum studium by a bull of 21 June 1260.1254 年，智者阿方索十世在塞维利亚设立阿拉伯语与拉丁语的通识学堂，亚历山大四世则于 1260 年 6 月 21 日以敕令承认这一机构为「总学」。

• Maese Rodrigo Fernández de Santaella, archdeacon of the cathedral, began constructing a university building in 1472, and in 1502 the Catholic Monarchs issued a royal decree creating the university.大教堂总执事马埃塞·罗德里戈·费尔南德斯·德·圣塔埃利亚于 1472 年开始兴建学院校舍，1502 年天主教双王颁布王室敕令创办该大学。

• In 1505 Pope Julius II granted the bull of authorisation to teach theology, philosophy, law, medicine and arts, and the chapel of Santa María de Jesús was consecrated on 17 May 1506.1505 年教皇尤利乌斯二世颁敕，准其开设神学、哲学、法学、医学与文艺诸科，圣玛利亚耶稣礼拜堂于 1506 年 5 月 17 日祝圣。

• The college building was completed around 1520 and enlarged in 1526 with the acquisition of an adjoining plot belonging to the Alcázar.学院建筑约于 1520 年完工，1526 年又购得毗邻王宫的一块土地而得以扩建。

• In 1551 the city council, by means of a royal provision, allowed the college to become a university enjoying all the privileges of the other Spanish universities.1551 年，市议会凭王室特许允许该学院升格为大学，享有与西班牙其他大学同等的全部特权。

• New statutes drawn up in 1621 gave the university greater independence from the college, which was renamed Colegio Mayor de Santa María de Jesús and sponsored by the Count-Duke of Olivares.1621 年制定的新章程使大学相对学院获得更大独立性，学院则更名为圣玛利亚耶稣大学院，由奥利瓦雷斯伯爵公爵赞助。

• In 1767 the Jesuits were expelled from Spain, and in 1768 Pablo de Olavide proposed moving the university to their former professed house on Laraña Street, a move carried out in 1771.1767 年耶稣会士被逐出西班牙，1768 年巴勃罗·德·奥拉维德提议将大学迁至其原拉腊尼亚街的宣誓院，1771 年完成搬迁。

• A royal decree of 1769 approved Olavide's report, which ended the theology study centres, secularised the chairs so that they were no longer held for life and added a new course in mathematics.1769 年的王室敕令批准了奥拉维德的报告，终结了神学研习中心，使教席世俗化而不再终身任职，并增设数学课程。

• In 1772 the institution, now separated from the Colegio Mayor de Santa María de Jesús, was renamed Real Universidad Literaria, a name it retained until 1845.1772 年，已与圣玛利亚耶稣大学院分离的该校改称「皇家文学大学」，此名沿用至 1845 年。

• The school was confiscated in 1835 and used as a barracks for the local militia, later housing the diocesan seminary, and in 1909 the building was demolished to create the present Constitution Avenue.该校舍 1835 年被没收并充作地方民兵的营房，后又用作教区修院；1909 年建筑被拆除，以开辟如今的宪法大道。

• The Provincial and University Library of Seville was founded in 1843, and after its remodelling between 1845 and 1868 it became one of the most important libraries in Spain.塞维利亚省立暨大学图书馆创建于 1843 年，经 1845 至 1868 年的改造后成为西班牙最重要的图书馆之一。

• The Moyano Law of 1857 created the Faculty of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences of the University of Seville.1857 年的莫亚诺教育法催生了塞维利亚大学精确科学、物理与自然科学学院。

• Medicine ceased to be taught in Seville in 1845 and moved to Cadiz, a Free School of Medicine was created in Seville in 1868 and the Faculty of Medicine was founded there in 1917.医学教学于 1845 年停止并迁往加的斯，1868 年塞维利亚创办自由医学院，1917 年正式在该市设立医学院。

• After a major remodelling the university moved to the Real Fábrica de Tabacos between 1954 and 1956, a conversion carried out by the architects Alberto Balbontín de Orta, Delgado Roig and Toro Buiza.经过大规模改造，大学于 1954 至 1956 年间迁入皇家烟草工厂，此改建工程由建筑师阿尔韦托·巴尔邦廷·德奥塔、德尔加多·罗伊格与托罗·布伊萨主持。

• In the 1960s the Higher Technical Schools of Architecture and Industrial Engineering were created, and in the following decade the schools of Economics and Pharmacy followed.1960 年代设立了高等建筑技术学院与高等工业工程学院，随后的十年又增设经济学院与药学院。

• The Faculty of Sciences was divided, giving rise to the schools of Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, while the University College of La Rábida became the seed of the future University of Huelva.理学院被拆分，衍生出生物、物理、化学与数学等学院；拉维达大学学院则成为日后韦尔瓦大学的雏形。

• In 2005 the university celebrated the 500th anniversary of its foundation, marking five centuries of continuous teaching in Seville.2005 年，该校庆祝建校 500 周年，标志着塞维利亚五百年来教学不辍。

• In 2025 it marked its 520th anniversary with a floral offering, the illumination of the Rectorate façade and the publication of a complete Spanish translation of the 1505 founding bull.2025 年，该校以献花、点亮校长楼立面以及出版 1505 年建校敕令全文西班牙语译本的方式庆祝建校 520 周年。

• The university leads Ulysseus European University, one of the 68 European Universities selected by the European Commission to become the universities of the future.该校领衔乌利修斯欧洲大学联盟，这是欧盟委员会选定、旨在塑造未来大学形态的 68 所欧洲大学之一。

• Ulysseus brings Seville together with the University of Genoa, Université Côte d'Azur, the Technical University of Košice, MCI Innsbruck, Haaga-Helia, the University of Münster and the University of Montenegro.乌利修斯联盟将塞维利亚与热那亚大学、蔚蓝海岸大学、科希策技术大学、因斯布鲁克 MCI、哈格-赫利亚应用科技大学、明斯特大学与黑山大学联合在一起。

Academics

• The University of Seville has more than 26 own centres and more than a hundred departments spread across the city, making it one of the largest Spanish universities by number of teaching units.塞维利亚大学拥有 26 个以上的自有教学中心与一百多个系，分布于全城各处，是西班牙教学单位数量最多的大学之一。

• It is organised into faculties, higher technical schools and university schools, together with centre councils and department councils.学校由学院、高等技术学院与大学学校组成，另设中心理事会与系理事会等治理机构。

• The former tobacco factory, its main building, now houses the Faculty of Geography and History and the Faculty of Philology alongside the Rectorate.作为其主要建筑的旧烟草工厂如今设有地理与历史学院、语文学学院以及校长办公楼。

• Other faculties are distributed across the city, including health sciences at La Macarena, the business school in Nervión and engineering and communication at La Cartuja.其他学院散布全城，包括位于拉马卡雷纳的卫生科学各院、内尔维翁的商学院，以及拉卡尔图哈的工程与传播各院。

• Its library system holds about 777,000 volumes and ranks among the largest university libraries in Spain.其图书馆系统藏书约 777,000 册，是西班牙规模最大的大学图书馆之一。

• It offers 65 different subjects and one of the widest ranges of academic and sporting facilities in Spain, making it popular with Spanish and international students.学校开设 65 个不同专业，拥有西班牙最丰富的教学与体育设施之一，深受本国与国际学生欢迎。

• In 2004 it had 73,350 students spread across its campuses, second in number among Spanish universities, a scale that underpins its role as the principal public university of western Andalusia.2004 年该校各校区共有 73,350 名学生，按人数计位列西班牙各大学第二，这一体量支撑起其作为安达卢西亚西部主要公立大学的地位。

• It maintains agreements with 15 international organisations, including the Council on International Educational Exchange, the College Consortium for International Studies and International Studies Abroad.学校与 15 个国际组织订立协议，包括国际教育交流理事会、国际研究学院联盟与国际海外学习组织。

• Since 1994 North American exchange students have been able to take classes taught in Spanish by Seville faculty in the Faculty of Philology and the Faculty of Geography and History.自 1994 年起，北美交换生可在语文学学院与地理和历史学院选修由塞维利亚教师以西班牙语授课的课程。

• Since 2015 the university has had a partnership with the Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard University.自 2015 年起，该校与哈佛大学皇家康普顿斯学院建立了合作关系。

• Its stated mission is to educate students who will carry out the research and development necessary for scientific and technological innovation.学校申明的使命是培养能够开展科技创新所需研发工作的学生。

• The Instituto de Idiomas, or language institute, provides language teaching for students and for the wider public of Seville.其语言学院为在校学生以及塞维利亚社会各界提供语言教学。

• The university appears in the seven most reputed international rankings and maintains a strategic plan aimed at a more open, flexible and innovative institution.该校跻身七项最具声誉的国际大学排名之列，并制定了面向更开放、灵活与创新型机构的战略规划。

• It generates 6.2 euros in its surroundings for every euro invested in it, accounting for 5.2 per cent of provincial GDP and 1.2 per cent of the GDP of Andalusia.该校每获得 1 欧元投入即可在其周边带动 6.2 欧元产出，占全省 GDP 的 5.2%、安达卢西亚大区 GDP 的 1.2%。

• Its teaching hospitals include the Virgen Macarena and Virgen del Rocío university hospitals in Seville.其附属教学医院包括塞维利亚的比尔亨马卡雷纳大学医院与比尔亨德尔罗西奥大学医院。

• Among its recognised strengths are medicine, engineering, philology and law, which draw students from across Spain and abroad.其公认优势学科包括医学、工程、语文学与法学，吸引着来自西班牙各地及海外的学生。

• The university awards degrees across the arts and humanities, the sciences, health sciences, social and legal sciences and engineering through its faculties and schools.学校通过各学院与学校在人文艺术、自然科学、卫生科学、社会与法律科学以及工程等领域授予学位。

• Its Faculty of Medicine trains doctors in partnership with the Virgen Macarena and Virgen del Rocío university hospitals, two of the largest hospitals in Andalusia.其医学院与比尔亨马卡雷纳大学医院和比尔亨德尔罗西奥大学医院合作培养医生，这两所医院是安达卢西亚规模最大的医院之一。

• The library system is coordinated by the Biblioteca de la Universidad de Sevilla and holds early printed books and manuscripts alongside its modern collections.其图书馆体系由塞维利亚大学图书馆统筹，除现代馆藏外还收藏有早期印本与手稿。

Campus

• The university is spread across multiple campuses throughout Seville rather than concentrated on a single site.这所大学散布在塞维利亚全城的多个校区，而非集中在单一校园。

• The Rectorate occupies the Real Fábrica de Tabacos, an eighteenth-century tobacco factory that was the largest industrial building of its time.校长办公楼设在皇家烟草工厂内，这座 18 世纪的烟草工厂是当时世界上最大的工业建筑。

• The old tobacco factory, which remained in use until the 1950s, is also the setting of Bizet's opera Carmen, whose heroine was a fictional worker there.这座一直使用到 1950 年代的旧烟草工厂，也是比才歌剧《卡门》的故事发生地，剧中女主角即工厂的虚构女工。

• The Cartuja campus across the river houses the Engineering School and the School of Communications, close to the site of Expo 92.河对岸的拉卡尔图哈校区设有工程学院与传播学院，紧邻 1992 年世博会的会址。

• The Macarena campus groups the health sciences faculties beside the Virgen Macarena hospital in the north of the city centre.拉马卡雷纳校区把卫生科学各院集中在市中心北部的比尔亨马卡雷纳医院旁。

• The Reina Mercedes campus in the south of the city hosts science and engineering faculties on a large green site.城市南部的雷纳梅塞德斯校区拥有大片绿地，设有理科与工科各院。

• The university has 80,000 square metres of sports facilities distributed across Seville.该校在塞维利亚全城拥有 80,000 平方米的体育设施。

• The former chapel of Santa María de Jesús has been preserved, and its façade was moved to the Santa Clara convent and re-erected in 1922.圣玛利亚耶稣礼拜堂得以保存，其立面被移至圣克拉拉修院并于 1922 年重新安放。

• The city's tramway and metro network link the university campuses with the historic centre and the Santa Justa railway station.城市的轻轨与地铁网络把各校区与历史城区及圣胡斯塔火车站连接起来。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings the University of Seville is placed 485th.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，塞维利亚大学位列第 485。^[1]

• In the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings it lies in the 801-1000 band, and in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities it is placed 437th.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校处于 801 至 1000 区间，在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 437。

• In the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities it lies in the 401-500 band, as published by ShanghaiRanking.在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中，该校处于 401 至 500 区间。

• In 2022 the university had a student body of 57,214 and was ranked 6th among Spanish universities, reflecting its weight in Andalusian higher education.2022 年，该校在读学生为 57,214 人，在西班牙各大学中排名第 6，体现出其在安达卢西亚高等教育中的分量。

• According to OpenAlex, the University of Seville has produced 116,414 research works attracting a total of 5,371,450 citations.据 OpenAlex 统计，塞维利亚大学已产出 116,414 项研究成果，累计被引 5,371,450 次。

• It is present in the seven most reputed international university rankings, reflecting its standing as one of Spain's leading public universities.该校位列七项最具声誉的国际大学排名，体现出其作为西班牙主要公立大学之一的地位。

• Its economic study found that each euro invested returns 6.2 euros to its surroundings, with the university accounting for 5.2 per cent of provincial GDP.该校的经济研究显示，每投入 1 欧元可在周边带动 6.2 欧元产出，学校占全省 GDP 的 5.2%。

• Its mathematics and engineering subjects rank among the strongest in Spanish subject tables and appear in international subject rankings, with mathematics placed among the world's top 100 in past editions.其数学与工程学科在西班牙学科排名中位居前列并进入国际学科榜单，其数学在往届排名中曾跻身全球前 100。

• Ulysseus European University, led by Seville, is one of the 68 European Universities selected by the European Commission.由塞维利亚领衔的乌利修斯欧洲大学联盟，是欧盟委员会选定的 68 所欧洲大学之一。

• The University of Seville is one of the largest employers in the city of Seville, with thousands of academic and administrative staff.塞维利亚大学是塞维利亚市最大的雇主之一，拥有数千名教学与行政人员。

Student life

• The university's ancient motto is Equality, Liberty, Justice and Pluralism, a formulation it has carried since its early modern statutes.该校的古老校训是「平等、自由、正义与多元」，这一表述自其近代早期章程沿用至今。

• Student life is woven into the city, as the historic centre and its university buildings sit within the daily life of Seville.学生生活与城市交织，历史城区及其大学建筑融入了塞维利亚的日常生活。

• Many students live in university residences and shared flats in the Triana, Nervión and Macarena districts.许多学生居住在大学宿舍以及特里亚纳、内尔维翁与拉马卡雷纳区的合租房中。

• The Feria de Abril, Seville's April Fair dating to 1847, and the Semana Santa processions shape the rhythm of the academic year in the city.始于 1847 年的塞维利亚四月节与圣周游行，塑造着这座城市学年生活的节奏。

• The university offers one of the widest ranges of sporting facilities in Spain, with 80,000 square metres of sports provision across the city.该校拥有西班牙最丰富的体育设施之一，全城体育设施面积达 80,000 平方米。

• International mobility is central to student life, with exchange students arriving from North America and partner universities since 1994.国际流动是学生生活的重要内容，自 1994 年起便有来自北美与各合作大学的交换生前来就读。

• Students are represented through their own student council and take part in the governance of the university.学生通过自己的学生会参与校务治理与自我管理。

• The university's cultural service runs museums, exhibitions and performances open to the whole city.学校的文化服务机构举办向全城市民开放的博物馆、展览与演出。

• The university sports service organises teams and competitions across the city's campuses, in sports ranging from rowing on the Guadalquivir to athletics.学校体育部门在各校区组织运动队与赛事，项目从瓜达尔基维尔河上的划船到田径不等。

Notable people

• Maese Rodrigo Fernández de Santaella, a humanist and archdeacon of Seville Cathedral, founded the Colegio de Santa María de Jesús in 1505 and began the building work in 1472.人文主义者、塞维利亚大教堂总执事马埃塞·罗德里戈·费尔南德斯·德·圣塔埃利亚于 1505 年创办圣玛利亚耶稣学院，并于 1472 年启动校舍建设。

• Pablo de Olavide, assistant of Seville, drove the university reform approved by royal decree in 1769 that secularised the chairs and added mathematics.塞维利亚市政长官巴勃罗·德·奥拉维德推动了 1769 年王室敕令批准的大学改革，使教席世俗化并增设数学。

• Felipe González, Prime Minister of Spain from 1982 to 1996, is an alumnus of the University of Seville.1982 至 1996 年任西班牙首相的费利佩·冈萨雷斯是塞维利亚大学的校友。

• Alfonso Guerra, who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Spain, and Baltasar Garzón, the judge known for investigating Franco-era crimes, are both alumni.曾任西班牙副首相的阿方索·格拉，以及以调查佛朗哥时期罪行闻名的法官巴尔塔萨·加尔松，都是该校校友。

• Luis Cernuda, a leading poet of the Generation of 27, was educated at Seville.「27 一代」代表诗人路易斯·塞尔努达在塞维利亚接受教育。

• Pedro Salinas, poet and scholar of the Generation of 27, taught at the University of Seville.「27 一代」诗人与学者佩德罗·萨利纳斯曾在塞维利亚大学任教。

• Juan Ramón Jiménez, winner of the 1956 Nobel Prize in Literature, is among the literary figures associated with Seville.1956 年诺贝尔文学奖得主胡安·拉蒙·希梅内斯是与塞维利亚相关的文学名家之一。

• Mateo Alemán, author of the picaresque novel Guzmán de Alfarache, and the writer José María Blanco White are associated with the university.流浪汉小说《古斯曼·德·阿尔法拉切》的作者马特奥·阿莱曼，以及作家何塞·玛利亚·布兰科·怀特，都与该校有关。

• Stephen Sommers, the American director and writer of The Mummy film series, is an alumnus of the university.《木乃伊》系列电影的美国导演兼编剧斯蒂芬·索莫斯是该校校友。

• Pastora Filigrana, a Roma lawyer, human rights activist and writer, and the actress María Galiana are among its graduates.罗姆族律师、人权活动家兼作家帕斯托拉·菲利格拉纳，以及演员玛丽亚·加利亚纳，都是该校毕业生。

• The university's former students also include Manuel Olivencia, professor and lawyer who chaired the commission that drafted Spain's takeover code.该校校友还包括教授兼律师曼努埃尔·奥利文西亚，他主持了起草西班牙收购守则的委员会。

• Francisco Elías de Tejada y Spínola, a professor of the philosophy of law, and José María de Azcárate, an art historian of medieval Castilian art, both taught at Seville.法哲学教授弗朗西斯科·埃利亚斯·德特哈达·伊·斯皮诺拉，以及研究中世纪卡斯蒂利亚艺术的艺术史学家何塞·玛丽亚·德阿斯卡拉特，都曾在塞维利亚任教。

• The politician Antonio Cuevas and the radio and television host Raquel Martínez Rabanal are among its alumni.政治家安东尼奥·奎瓦斯与广播电视主持人拉克尔·马丁内斯·拉巴纳尔都是该校校友。

• Mark D. Levine, a member of the New York City Council, also studied at the University of Seville.纽约市议会议员马克·D·莱文也曾在塞维利亚大学就读。