University of Sharjah

The University of Sharjah (Arabic: جامعة الشارقة, abbreviated UOS) is a private national university located in University City, Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates.沙迦大学（阿拉伯语 جامعة الشارقة，缩写 UOS）是一所私立国立大学，位于阿拉伯联合酋长国沙迦市的大学城。

It was established in October 1997 by its founder, the Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, to meet the emirate's educational needs.学校由创办人、沙迦酋长苏尔坦·本·穆罕默德·卡西米博士于 1997 年 10 月创办，以满足该酋长国的教育需求。

As of the 2025-2026 fall semester it enrolled 21,174 students, and it places joint 283rd in the QS World University Rankings 2027 and 247th in the U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027.截至 2025 至 2026 学年秋季学期，学校在读学生 21,174 人；在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中并列第 283，在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 247。

History

• The University of Sharjah was founded in October 1997 by Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, the Ruler of Sharjah and a member of the United Arab Emirates' Supreme Council.沙迦大学由沙迦酋长、阿拉伯联合酋长国最高委员会成员苏尔坦·本·穆罕默德·卡西米博士于 1997 年 10 月创办。

• The university was created to fulfil Sheikh Sultan's vision of a distinctive institution rooted in Islamic architecture and the emirate's history, and to answer the educational demand of the UAE and the wider Middle East.学校的创办旨在实现苏尔坦酋长以伊斯兰建筑与该酋长国历史为根基的独特办学设想，并回应阿联酋与更广阔中东地区的教育需求。

• Its main campus was laid out in University City on the southern edge of Sharjah, close to Sharjah International Airport.其主校区设于沙迦市南缘的大学城，临近沙迦国际机场。

• In the same year, 1997, the founder also established the American University of Sharjah, and the two universities went on to anchor the emirate's higher-education sector.同年即 1997 年，创办人还创办了沙迦美国大学，两校此后共同支撑起该酋长国的高等教育体系。

• The university's teaching hospitals, the University Teaching Hospital and the University Teaching Dentistry Hospital, were inaugurated on 11 June 2011 as part of its Medical and Health Sciences campus.学校的教学医院，即大学教学医院与大学教学牙科医院，作为医学与健康科学园区的一部分，于 2011 年 6 月 11 日启用。

• A three-floored library on the women's campus was opened on 24 March 2012, and a men's library followed the next year, raising the number of university libraries to nine.2012 年 3 月 24 日，女子校区一座三层图书馆启用，男子图书馆于次年落成，使学校图书馆总数增至九座。

• Each of the new libraries occupies more than 10,000 square metres and has the capacity to hold up to a million books.这两座新图书馆各占地 10000 多平方米，可容纳多达一百万册藏书。

• The Stock Market for Training virtual monitor was launched on 1 October 2012, set up with the Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority and modelled on the virtual floors of the Dubai Financial Market and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange.股票市场培训虚拟系统于 2012 年 10 月 1 日启用，由阿联酋证券与商品管理局设立，仿照迪拜金融市场与阿布扎比证券交易所的虚拟交易平台。

• In December 2021 the Ruler of Sharjah appointed Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi as President of the University of Sharjah.2021 年 12 月，沙迦酋长任命苏尔坦·本·艾哈迈德·卡西米为沙迦大学校长。

• Expansion continued into the university's third decade, with the addition of the Sharjah Surgical Institute and the Clinical Training Center on its medical campus.进入第三个十年，学校继续扩张，在医学园区增设了沙迦外科研究所与临床培训中心。

• The Clinical Training Center is accredited as a medical training and testing centre by bodies including the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the American Heart Association and the UAE Ministry of Health.临床培训中心获英格兰皇家外科医学院、美国心脏协会以及阿联酋卫生部等机构认证为医学培训与考核中心。

• The Sharjah Surgical Institute delivers training for surgeons from across the region and was established with international partners including Johnson and Johnson and Olympus.沙迦外科研究所面向整个地区的医生提供外科培训，并与强生、奥林巴斯等国际伙伴合作建立。

• The university marked its twentieth anniversary in 2017, by then one of the largest higher-education providers in the United Arab Emirates.学校于 2017 年迎来建校二十周年，当时已是阿联酋规模最大的高等教育机构之一。

• From its founding in 1997 the university has committed itself to the socioeconomic development of the emirate of Sharjah, a role it continues to play.自 1997 年创办以来，学校始终致力于沙迦酋长国的社会经济发展，并持续发挥这一作用。

• Besides its main campus in Sharjah City, the university has built campus facilities to deliver education, training and research to communities across the emirate, the wider Gulf and internationally.除沙迦市的主校区外，学校还在多地建设校区设施，向本酋长国、更广阔的海湾地区乃至国际社会提供教育、培训与研究。

• Its medical campus grew into a comprehensive academic health complex grouping the teaching hospital, the dentistry hospital, the surgical institute and the clinical training centre.其医学园区发展为综合性学术医疗复合体，汇聚教学医院、牙科医院、外科研究所与临床培训中心。

• The university's libraries expanded from a single central collection into a system of nine libraries serving the women's and men's campuses and the colleges.学校图书馆从单一的中心馆藏扩展为九座图书馆体系，服务于女子、男子校区及各学院。

• By the 2010s the university had added research institutes in the humanities, medical sciences and engineering, giving it a broad research base.到 2010 年代，学校已增设人文、医学与工程等研究机构，形成广泛的研究基础。

• The student body grew from its first cohorts in 1997 to more than 21,000 students by the 2025-2026 academic year.学校学生规模从 1997 年首届入学发展到 2025 至 2026 学年超过 21000 人。

• Throughout its history the university has been fully licensed by the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Education, with its programmes accredited by the Commission for Academic Accreditation.在建校历程中，学校始终获阿联酋教育部完整许可，其课程由学术认证委员会认证。

• In 2011 the university opened its Medical and Health Sciences campus, extending its teaching into clinical medicine and dentistry.2011 年学校启用医学与健康科学园区，将教学延伸至临床医学与牙科领域。

• The Stock Market for Training monitor, launched in 2012, remains one of the university's links to the financial and business community of Sharjah and the wider Emirates.2012 年启用的股票市场培训虚拟系统，至今仍是学校与沙迦及更广阔阿联酋金融商界之间的纽带之一。

• Its two teaching hospitals, opened in 2011, stand at the centre of the university's clinical training, alongside the later Sharjah Surgical Institute and Clinical Training Center.2011 年启用的两座教学医院是学校临床培训的核心，与后来设立的沙迦外科研究所和临床培训中心相辅相成。

• The presidential appointment of December 2021 placed a member of Sharjah's ruling family at the head of a university that had by then grown through more than two decades of steady expansion.2021 年 12 月的校长任命，使沙迦统治家族成员执掌这所历经二十多年持续扩张、规模已相当可观的大学。

Academics

• The University of Sharjah offers 150 academic degree programmes, made up of 63 bachelor's degrees, 60 master's degrees, 23 PhD degrees and 4 diploma degrees.沙迦大学开设 150 个学位课程，包括 63 个学士学位、60 个硕士学位、23 个博士学位与 4 个文凭课程。

• It offers the largest number of accredited programmes in the United Arab Emirates, and every programme is licensed and accredited by the Commission for Academic Accreditation of the UAE Ministry of Education.学校在阿联酋提供数量最多的认证课程，其全部课程均获阿联酋教育部学术认证委员会的许可与认证。

• All engineering programmes are accredited by ABET, the American engineering accreditation body.其全部工程类课程均获美国工程认证机构 ABET 认证。

• The Bachelor of Science degrees in Computer Science, Information Technology and Multimedia, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biotechnology are internationally accredited by ABET through its Applied Science branch.计算机科学、信息技术与多媒体、化学、数学与生物技术等理学学士学位，均通过 ABET 应用科学分委员会获得国际认证。

• All communication programmes are accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (ACEJMC).全部传播类课程均获新闻与大众传播教育认证委员会（ACEJMC）认证。

• All programmes of the College of Business Administration are accredited by AACSB International, the global business-school accreditor.工商管理学院的全部课程均获国际商学院认证机构 AACSB 认证。

• Teaching is organised into colleges, including the College of Business Administration and a medical college based on the Medical and Health Sciences campus.教学以学院为单位组织，包括工商管理学院以及设于医学与健康科学园区内的医学院。

• The university houses three research institutes, the Research Institute of Humanities and Social Science (RIHSS), the Research Institute of Medical and Health Sciences (RIMHS) and the Research Institute of Sciences and Engineering (RISE).学校设有三个研究机构，即人文与社会科学研究所（RIHSS）、医学与健康科学研究所（RIMHS）以及科学与工程研究所（RISE）。

• The Research Institute of Humanities and Social Science contains four centres, including the Centre for Applied Sociology Studies, the Centre for Family and Child Studies and the Sharjah Centre for Public Opinion Polls.人文与社会科学研究所下设四个中心，包括应用社会学研究中心、家庭与儿童研究中心以及沙迦民意调查中心。

• The Research Institute of Medical and Health Sciences includes three Centres of Excellence, for Cancer Research, for Public Health and for Precision Medicine.医学与健康科学研究所设有三个卓越中心，分别聚焦癌症研究、公共卫生与精准医学。

• The Research Institute of Sciences and Engineering is divided into seven research centres, among them the Advanced Biotechnology Research Centre and the Centre for Advanced Materials Research.科学与工程研究所分为七个研究中心，其中包括先进生物技术研究中心与先进材料研究中心。

• Further centres of the science and engineering institute include the Centre for Data Analytics and Cybersecurity, the Centre for Sustainable Energy and Power Systems Research and the Water and Environment Conservation Research Centre.该科学与工程研究所的其他中心还包括数据分析与网络安全中心、可持续能源与电力系统研究中心以及水与环境保育研究中心。

• Funding of these institutes and their fourteen centres reflects the university's emphasis on research alongside its large teaching operation.这些研究机构及其十四个中心的投入，体现出学校在庞大教学规模之外对科研的重视。

• The Sharjah Surgical Institute, based on the Medical and Health Sciences campus, runs training programmes for surgeons from across the region.设于医学与健康科学园区的沙迦外科研究所，面向整个地区的医生开展培训项目。

• The Clinical Training Center is recognised as a medical training and testing centre by the Royal College of Surgeons of England, IFSO, the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery and the American Heart Association.临床培训中心获英格兰皇家外科医学院、IFSO、欧洲内镜外科协会与美国心脏协会认可为医学培训与考核中心。

• The university's master's and PhD programmes span engineering, medicine, law, business and the arts and sciences across its colleges.学校的硕士与博士课程依托各学院，涵盖工程、医学、法律、商学以及文理学科。

• The Centre for Family and Child Studies and the Sharjah Innovation Centre for Legal and Judicial Studies are further research units of the humanities institute.家庭与儿童研究中心与沙迦法律与司法研究创新中心是人文研究所的其他研究单位。

• Its portfolio includes 23 doctoral programmes, one of the broadest doctoral offerings among universities in the United Arab Emirates.学校开设 23 个博士课程，是阿联酋各大学中博士项目最为丰富的院校之一。

• Teaching on the main campus is grouped by gender, with separate colleges, libraries and facilities for women and men.主校区教学按性别分区，男女各设独立的学院、图书馆与设施。

• The medical and health sciences programmes are supported by the University Teaching Hospital and the University Teaching Dentistry Hospital on the same campus.其医学与健康科学课程由同一园区内的大学教学医院与大学教学牙科医院支撑。

Campus

• The main campus occupies University City on the southern edge of Sharjah, in close proximity to Sharjah International Airport.主校区位于沙迦南缘的大学城，临近沙迦国际机场。

• The campus is divided into separate women's and men's facilities, each with its own colleges, libraries, student centre and sports provision.校园分为女子与男子两套独立设施，各有自己的学院、图书馆、学生中心与体育设施。

• Two student centres serve the University City campus, housing the office of the Dean of Student Affairs, student union offices, club and society rooms, a fine arts room and a bookstore.大学城校区设两座学生中心，内有学生事务院长办公室、学生会办公室、社团活动室、美术室与书店。

• Branches of the Sharjah Cooperative Society and Sharjah Islamic Bank operate within the student centres, alongside barbershops, restaurants and coffee shops.沙迦合作社与沙迦伊斯兰银行的分支设于学生中心内，另有理发店、餐馆与咖啡馆。

• Two separate dormitories on the University City campus accommodate students, with the Deanship of Student Affairs organising entertainment, sports events and weekly outings.大学城校区设两座独立学生宿舍，由学生事务院组织文娱、体育活动与每周外出。

• Dormitory rooms are offered in one, two and three-bedroom configurations, and the buildings provide clinics, study halls, computer labs, laundry facilities, gardens and television rooms.宿舍提供单卧、双卧与三卧等房型，楼内设有诊所、自习室、计算机房、洗衣设施、花园与电视室。

• A transport service links the dormitories with the colleges and shopping centres, and provides airport transport to Sharjah and Dubai and emergency transport to hospitals for female students.校车服务连接宿舍与各学院、购物中心，并为女学生提供往返沙迦与迪拜机场的交通及前往医院的应急交通。

• The Medical and Health Sciences campus holds the University Teaching Hospital, the University Teaching Dentistry Hospital, the Sharjah Surgical Institute and the Clinical Training Center.医学与健康科学园区内有大学教学医院、大学教学牙科医院、沙迦外科研究所与临床培训中心。

• The men's campus sports complex includes a fully equipped football field, while two separate sports centres, one for men and one for women, each contain a swimming pool, a sports hall and a gymnasium.男子校区体育综合体配有设施完备的足球场，另有两座分别为男女学生设立的体育中心，各含游泳池、体育馆与健身厅。

Reputation

• The University of Sharjah places joint 283rd in the QS World University Rankings 2027 and sits in the 301-325 band of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027.沙迦大学在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中并列第 283，在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中位于 301 至 325 区间。

• In the U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027 ranking it is placed 247th, and in the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026 it appears in the 901-1000 band.在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中，学校位列第 247；在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中，则位于 901 至 1000 区间。

• It is one of the principal higher-education institutions in the United Arab Emirates, a group that also includes United Arab Emirates University, Khalifa University, the American University of Sharjah, Ajman University, Abu Dhabi University and Gulf Medical University.学校是阿联酋主要的高等教育机构之一，同类院校还包括阿联酋大学、哈利法大学、沙迦美国大学、阿治曼大学、阿布扎比大学与海湾医科大学。

• Its subject strengths lie in engineering, medicine and business, whose programmes carry international accreditation from ABET, AACSB and ACEJMC.其学科强项在于工程、医学与商学，相关课程均获 ABET、AACSB 与 ACEJMC 的国际认证。

• According to OpenAlex, the university has produced 28,597 research works that have attracted 1,082,054 citations.据 OpenAlex 统计，学校累计产出 28,597 项研究成果，共获 1,082,054 次引用。

• Its three research institutes, RIHSS, RIMHS and RISE, together run fourteen research centres across the humanities, medical sciences and engineering.学校的三个研究机构 RIHSS、RIMHS 与 RISE 共运营十四个研究中心，覆盖人文、医学与工程领域。

• Its medical campus hosts internationally accredited training facilities, including a clinical training centre recognised by the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the American Heart Association.其医学园区设有获国际认可的培训设施，包括获英格兰皇家外科医学院与美国心脏协会认可的临床培训中心。

• It is the largest higher-education institution in the emirate of Sharjah, with more than 21,000 students enrolled in the 2025-2026 academic year.学校是沙迦酋长国规模最大的高等教育机构，2025 至 2026 学年在读学生超过 21000 人。

• Its public record lists no Nobel laureate, Fields medallist or Turing Award winner among its alumni or faculty, so its reputation rests on accreditation and regional standing.其公开记录未列出校友或教师中的诺贝尔奖、菲尔兹奖或图灵奖得主，因此其声誉主要建立在认证资质与地区地位之上。

Student life

• The university has no formal Latin motto, and it states its mission as becoming a leading academic institution in the Middle East and around the world.学校没有正式的拉丁文校训，其使命陈述是成为中东乃至全球领先的学术机构。

• Students live in two separate dormitories on the University City campus, one on the women's side and one on the men's side.学生住在大学城校区的两座独立宿舍中，男女各一座。

• The Deanship of Student Affairs organises entertainment, sports events and weekly outings for students living in the dormitories.学生事务院为住宿学生组织文娱、体育活动与每周外出。

• The university's Sport Department regulates participation in a wide range of sports, and two separate sports centres, for men and women, are equipped with swimming pools, sports halls and gymnasiums.学校体育部管理各类运动的参与，男女各设一座配游泳池、体育馆与健身厅的体育中心。

• Sports on offer include swimming, volleyball, karate, shooting, aerobics, yoga, table tennis, chess, billiards, tennis, squash, football and basketball.开设的运动项目包括游泳、排球、空手道、射击、有氧操、瑜伽、乒乓球、国际象棋、台球、网球、壁球、足球与篮球。

• Students who excel in athletics are awarded grants and scholarships by the university.体育表现突出的学生可获学校颁发的助学金与奖学金。

• Two student centres form the focus of campus social life, with student union offices, club and society rooms and a fine arts room.两座学生中心是校园社交生活的核心，内设学生会办公室、社团活动室与美术室。

• The student body in the 2025-2026 autumn semester included 11,934 Emirati nationals, 5,192 other Arabs and 1,894 international students.2025 至 2026 学年秋季学期的学生当中，有阿联酋本国学生 11,934 人、其他阿拉伯国家学生 5,192 人与国际学生 1,894 人。

• Transport services connect the dormitories with the colleges, shopping centres, airports and hospitals, easing student life on a campus beside the desert edge of the city.交通服务连接宿舍与各学院、购物中心、机场与医院，便利了这座位于城市沙漠边缘的校园中的学生生活。

Notable people

• Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, the Ruler of Sharjah and a member of the United Arab Emirates' Supreme Council, founded the University of Sharjah in October 1997.沙迦酋长、阿拉伯联合酋长国最高委员会成员苏尔坦·本·穆罕默德·卡西米博士于 1997 年 10 月创办了沙迦大学。

• Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi is also a historian and a playwright, holding a doctorate in history and known for his writings on the Gulf and Islamic heritage.苏尔坦·本·穆罕默德·卡西米还是一位历史学家与剧作家，拥有历史学博士学位，以关于海湾与伊斯兰遗产的著述闻名。

• He founded the American University of Sharjah in the same year, 1997, making him the driving force behind the emirate's modern university sector.他还在同一年即 1997 年创办了沙迦美国大学，是该酋长国现代大学教育的核心推动者。

• The founder's vision of a university built upon Islamic architecture and the emirate's history gave the institution its distinctive identity.创办人以伊斯兰建筑与该酋长国历史为本建设大学的设想，赋予学校鲜明的身份特征。

• Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, a member of Sharjah's ruling family, was appointed President of the University of Sharjah in December 2021.沙迦统治家族成员苏尔坦·本·艾哈迈德·卡西米于 2021 年 12 月获任命为沙迦大学校长。

• As President he leads a university that enrolled more than 21,000 students in the 2025-2026 academic year across its colleges and campuses.作为校长，他领导的大学在 2025 至 2026 学年于各学院与校区共招收超过 21000 名学生。

• The royal founder and his appointee as President together keep the university under the direct stewardship of the ruling family of Sharjah.王室创办人与其任命的校长共同使学校处于沙迦统治家族的直接管理之下。