University of Siegen

The University of Siegen is a public research university in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, founded in 1972 and organised into four faculties that teach around 17,500 students. It is a member of the German Research Foundation's network of research universities.锡根大学是位于北莱茵-威斯特法伦州锡根市的一所公立研究型大学，建于 1972 年，设四个学院，约有 1.75 万名学生，并隶属于德国研究联合会的研究型大学网络。

Its roots reach back to a Latin school of 1536 and a land improvement school of 1853, while its modern form emerged from the comprehensive university reform of the 1970s.该校的源头可追溯至 1536 年的拉丁学校与 1853 年的土地改良学校，其现代形态则诞生于 1970 年代的综合大学改革。

The university is known for media research, sensor systems, particle physics and teacher education, and the QS World University Rankings 2027 place it in the 1201-1400 band.该校以媒介研究、传感器系统、粒子物理与教师教育见长，2027 年 QS 世界大学排名将其列于 1201-1400 区间。

History

• Siegen's educational tradition begins in 1536, when Count William I of Nassau-Siegen commissioned the Saxon theologian Erasmus Sarcerius to establish a Latin school in the town.锡根的教育传统始于 1536 年，拿骚-锡根伯爵威廉一世委托萨克森神学家伊拉斯谟·萨尔采里乌斯在城中创办一所拉丁学校。
• Between 1594 and 1600, and again from 1606 to 1609, the Calvinist Herborn Academy moved to Siegen and occupied the buildings of the lower castle during periods of religious conflict.1594 年至 1600 年以及 1606 年至 1609 年，加尔文宗的赫尔博恩学院两度迁至锡根，在宗教冲突时期占用下城堡的建筑。
• In 1853 the Wiesenbauschule opened as a school of land improvement, teaching irrigation and meadow drainage to raise yields in a region dominated by woodland and ironworks.1853 年，草地建设学校成立，教授灌溉与草场排水，以提高这个被林地与铁厂主导的地区的农业产量。
• The school's practical focus made it known beyond the Siegerland, and after the Second World War it shifted towards civil engineering before being renamed the State School of Civil Engineering in 1962.这所学校的实务取向使其声名超出锡格兰地区，二战后其重心转向土木工程，并于 1962 年更名为州立土木工程学校。
• In 1964 the Siegerland teacher training college was founded in Weidenau-Hüttental, and one year later it became the Siegerland section of the Westphalia-Lippe teacher training college.1964 年，锡格兰师范学院在魏德瑙-许滕塔尔成立，一年后成为威斯特法伦-利珀师范学院的锡格兰分部。
• On 1 August 1972 the state's comprehensive university act created a Gesamthochschule at Siegen, merging the teacher training college with the Siegen-Gummersbach University of Applied Sciences.1972 年 8 月 1 日，州综合大学法在锡根设立综合大学，把师范学院与锡根-古默斯巴赫应用技术大学合并在一起。
• The new institution was one of five comprehensive universities founded in North Rhine-Westphalia in that reform period, combining academic, applied and teacher education under one roof and widening access to higher education in a largely rural region, while supporting the industrial Siegerland and opening university study to working-class students.这所新机构是改革年代北莱茵-威斯特法伦州创办的五所综合大学之一，把学术型、应用型与师范教育置于同一屋檐下，扩大了这一乡村地区的高等教育入学机会，同时服务工业化的锡格兰并让工人阶级子弟得以进入大学。
• In 1980 the institution was renamed Universität-Gesamthochschule Siegen, a double title that expressed its dual academic and applied mission.1980 年，该校更名为锡根大学-综合大学，这一双重名称体现了其学术与应用并重的使命。
• The Gummersbach branch, inherited from the former university of applied sciences, was transferred to Cologne University of Applied Sciences on 1 June 1983.继承自原应用技术大学的古默斯巴赫分部于 1983 年 6 月 1 日移交科隆应用技术大学。
• In 1996 Siegen became the first German university to take part in the Institutional Quality Audit Programme of the Conference of European Rectors, which examined teaching, research and management, and it implemented the auditors' recommendations step by step.1996 年，锡根成为德国第一所参加欧洲大学校长会议院校质量审核计划的高校，该审核考察教学、科研与管理，校方随后逐步落实审核人的建议。
• In 1999 the mathematics and physics departments moved into the Emmy-Noether-Campus on the Fischbacherberg, which has since become one of the university's three core sites.1999 年，数学与物理系迁入菲施巴赫山上的埃米·诺特校区，此后该校区成为该校三个核心校区之一。
• On 1 January 2003 the comprehensive university model was abandoned and the institution took its present name, University of Siegen, following a statewide reform that turned all comprehensive universities into regular universities.2003 年 1 月 1 日，综合大学模式被放弃，该校改用今名锡根大学，此前州级改革已把所有综合大学改为常规大学。
• The Artur-Woll-Haus opened on 25 March 2003 on the eastern slope of the Haardter Berg, providing a guest house and space for externally funded research groups.2003 年 3 月 25 日，阿图尔·沃尔之家在哈德山北坡启用，提供客座公寓与外部资助研究组的空间。
• Siegen introduced bachelor's and master's degrees early in the Bologna process and completed the conversion in most faculties by the winter semester of 2006-07.锡根在博洛尼亚进程中较早引入学士与硕士学位，到 2006/07 学年冬季学期已在大多数学部完成转换。
• The last diploma programmes were converted in the winter semester of 2008-09, making qualifications comparable and strengthening the international orientation of the curriculum.最后的文凭课程于 2008/09 学年冬季学期完成转换，使学历更具可比性，并强化了课程的国际取向。
• North Rhine-Westphalia abolished tuition fees in 2011, and Siegen has since charged only semester contributions that include a regional transport ticket.北莱茵-威斯特法伦州于 2011 年取消学费，此后锡根只收取包含区域交通票的学期注册费。
• In 2017 the university enrolled 18,618 students, its highest figure in the decade, before numbers stabilised at around 17,500.2017 年，该校注册学生达 18,618 人，为那十年间的最高值，此后学生规模稳定在约 1.75 万人。
• In the 2024 Times Higher Education ranking Siegen appeared in the 601-800 band, and it rose to the 501-600 band in 2025.在 2024 年泰晤士高等教育排名中，锡根位列 601-800 区间，2025 年升至 501-600 区间。
• The 2026 edition placed the university at 501-600 globally and at 44-46 nationally, confirming its position in the middle of the German system.2026 年版榜单将该校列于全球 501-600、全德第 44-46 位，确认了其在德国高校体系中的中段位置。
• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Siegen shares the 1201-1400 band with several other German universities, reflecting its broad but regionally anchored profile.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，锡根与另外几所德国高校同处 1201-1400 区间，反映出其广泛而扎根本地的办学特色。

Academics

• The university is organised into four faculties covering arts and humanities, education and social sciences, economics and business informatics, and natural sciences and engineering.该校设四个学院，涵盖人文与艺术、教育与社会学、经济学与商业信息学，以及自然科学与工程学。
• Across these faculties it offers 126 degree programmes in 144 fields of study, from teacher training and law to physics, mechanical engineering and media studies.这些学院共开设 126 个学位项目、覆盖 144 个学习领域，从教师教育、法学到物理、机械工程与媒介研究。
• About 17,500 students are enrolled, of whom roughly 13.5 per cent come from abroad, giving the campus a noticeably international character for its size.该校约有 1.75 万名学生，其中约 13.5% 来自国外，使其校园在同等规模高校中具有明显的国际色彩。
• Media research is a signature field, organised in the Institute for Media Research and the Locating Media Graduate School, which trains doctoral researchers in media anthropology and digital culture.媒介研究是该校的标志性领域，由媒介研究所与定位媒介研究生院组织，后者培养媒介人类学与数字文化方向的博士生。
• The university participates in a German Research Foundation research unit on quark flavour physics and effective field theories, linking its physics department to international particle theory.该校参与德国研究联合会的一个夸克味物理与有效场论研究组，使其物理系与国际粒子理论研究相连。
• The Siegen Center for Particle Physics coordinates local work on detector development and data analysis within large international collaborations such as the Large Hadron Collider experiments.锡根粒子物理中心协调该校在大型国际合作中的探测器研制与数据分析工作，例如大型强子对撞机实验。
• The North Rhine-Westphalia centre for sensor systems connects engineering, materials science and computer science around applications in automotive, medical and industrial measurement technology.北莱茵-威斯特法伦传感器系统中心围绕汽车、医疗与工业测量技术应用，把工程、材料科学与计算机科学连接起来。
• A centre for innovative materials studies functional ceramics, metallic composites and nanostructured surfaces, often in cooperation with regional manufacturing firms.创新材料中心研究功能陶瓷、金属复合材料与纳米结构表面，常与区域制造企业合作。
• The Research Institute for Water and Environment works on flood protection, water quality and landscape management in the densely forested hills of southern Westphalia.水与环境研究所致力于南威斯特法伦森林密布的丘陵地区之防洪、水质与景观管理。
• The Institute for European Regional Research examines cross-border economies, structural change and regional policy, with particular attention to the Siegerland and neighbouring regions.欧洲区域研究所考察跨境经济、结构转型与区域政策，尤其关注锡格兰及周边地区。
• The Siegen Institute for Professional Language and Communication provides language training and research on multilingual communication for students and international partners.锡根专业语言与交流研究所为学生与国际伙伴提供语言培训及多语交流研究。
• A centre for teacher training coordinates school placements and subject didactics, continuing a teacher education tradition that reaches back to the 1964 college.教师教育中心协调学校实习与学科教学法，延续可追溯至 1964 年师范学院的传统。
• Economics at Siegen is built around the idea of decentral organisation, with institutes for medium-sized business, company taxation and commercial law serving the region's small and medium enterprises.锡根的经济学围绕分散化组织的理念构建，设有中小企业、企业税务与商法研究机构，服务区域中小企业。
• Business informatics bridges the economics and technology faculties, and students combine information systems, management and software development in integrated projects.商业信息学连接经济学与技术学部，学生在综合项目中结合信息系统、管理与软件开发。
• The university is a member of the German Research Foundation, and its professors compete successfully for national and European research grants in physics, media studies and engineering, with the research profile strengthened by large collaborative projects funded by the state and the European Union.该校是德国研究联合会成员，其教授在物理、媒介研究与工程领域成功竞争国家级与欧洲研究资助，州与欧盟资助的大型合作项目也强化了其研究特色。
• The central library on the Haardter Berg holds the main collection, while departmental libraries at Hölderlinstraße and the engineering campus serve specialised programmes, and the central library offers group study rooms and media technology services, while the canteen and cafeterias provide meeting places between classes and central services support information technology, media technology and language teaching.哈德山的中央图书馆收藏主体文献，赫尔德林街与工程校区的系图书馆则服务专业项目，中央图书馆还提供小组研讨室与媒介技术服务，食堂与咖啡厅是课间聚会的场所，中央服务部门则支持信息技术、媒介技术与语言教学。
• Language courses, exchange semesters and English-taught master's programmes are promoted through the International Office, which maintains partnerships with universities across Europe and beyond.国际处推动语言课程、交换学期与英语授课硕士项目，并与欧洲及欧洲以外的高校保持伙伴关系。
• The Artur-Woll-Haus houses externally funded research groups and guest researchers, giving projects such as sensor technology and media innovation room to grow outside the faculties.阿图尔·沃尔之家容纳外部资助研究组与客座研究人员，为传感器技术、媒介创新等项目提供学院之外的发展空间。

Campus

• Siegen is a campus university with about 92,000 square metres of floor space, distributed across three core areas on and around the Haardter Berg.锡根是一所校园型大学，建筑面积约 9.2 万平方米，分布在哈德山及其周边的三个核心区域。
• Shops, cafés and a supermarket are within a few minutes' walk of the main lecture buildings. The Adolf-Reichwein-Straße campus on the Haardter Berg contains the largest lecture halls, the central canteen, the central library and part of the information and media technology centre.哈德山的阿道夫·赖希魏因街校区拥有最大的讲堂、中央食堂、中央图书馆以及信息与媒介技术中心的一部分。
• Some 500 metres south-east, the Hölderlinstraße campus accommodates the information and media technology centre, the central course guidance service and a departmental library.向东南约 500 米的赫尔德林街校区设有信息与媒介技术中心、中央学业咨询处与一个系图书馆。
• Another 400 metres south, the Paul-Bonatz-Straße engineering campus is the modern descendant of the nineteenth-century land improvement and civil engineering school, and its laboratories still focus on construction, mechanical engineering and materials.再向南约 400 米的保罗·博纳茨街工程校区，是十九世纪土地改良与土木工程学校的现代传承者，其实验室仍以建筑、机械工程与材料为主。
• The Emmy-Noether-Campus on the Fischbacherberg has housed mathematics and physics since 1999 and provides lecture rooms, laboratories and a mathematics library.菲施巴赫山上的埃米·诺特校区自 1999 年起容纳数学与物理学科，设有讲堂、实验室与数学图书馆。
• The art faculty occupies a former brewery between Weidenau and Geisweid, where students paint, photograph and exhibit in studios converted from industrial buildings.艺术学院占用魏德瑙与盖斯魏德之间的一家旧啤酒厂，学生在由工业建筑改造的工作室里绘画、摄影并举办展览。
• University administration and student services sit in the former inland revenue offices at Herrengarten in the city centre, while the International Office uses Siegen's former telegraph office.大学行政与学生服务部门位于市中心的旧税务局大楼，国际处则使用锡根昔日的电报局建筑。
• The university was planned alongside other North Rhine-Westphalian universities, so similar building modules appear at Duisburg-Essen, Paderborn and Wuppertal. The Artur-Woll-Haus, designed by the Dutch firm rau architecten, opened in 2003 at a cost of about 8.6 million euros and consists of an arc-shaped core with three wings resembling a tugboat, an unusual landmark on the wooded hillside.阿图尔·沃尔之家由荷兰 RAU 建筑事务所设计，2003 年启用，造价约 860 万欧元，由弧形主体与三个形似拖船的翼楼组成，成为林木山坡上不同寻常的地标。
• Siegen lies in the Siegerland, a hilly, heavily forested region of about 100,000 inhabitants, connected by the A45 motorway and rail lines towards Cologne and Frankfurt.锡根位于锡格兰地区，这是一片约 10 万人口的丘陵森林地带，通过 A45 高速公路以及通往科隆、法兰克福的铁路连接外界。
• The city and state are working to hand the lower castle over to the university, which would add teaching and exhibition space in the historic centre.市政府与州政府正推动把下城堡移交给大学，这将为历史城区增加教学与展览空间。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the University of Siegen is placed in the 1201-1400 band, a shared range rather than a single position.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，锡根大学位列 1201-1400 区间，这是一个共享区间而非单一排名。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place Siegen in the 501-550 band, its strongest result among the four major global rankings.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将锡根列于 501-550 区间，这是该校在四大全球榜单中的最好成绩。
• In the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking, Siegen is placed 1,308th in the world.在 2026-2027 年度 U.S. News 全球最佳大学排名中，锡根位列世界第 1,308 位。
• The university does not appear in the main table of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, although individual groups maintain strong publication records.该校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜，但其个别研究组保持着强劲的发表记录。
• OpenAlex records 30,120 works and 2,241,037 citations for Siegen, with particularly high citation counts in physics and computer science.OpenAlex 记录锡根有 30,120 项成果与 2,241,037 次引用，其中物理与计算机科学的引用量尤其突出。
• The university climbed from the 601-800 band in the 2024 Times Higher Education ranking to 501-600 in 2025 and held that range in 2026.该校在 2024 年泰晤士高等教育排名中处于 601-800 区间，2025 年升至 501-600，并在 2026 年保持该区间。
• Nationally, the 2026 Times Higher Education table ranks Siegen between 44th and 46th among German universities, placing it in the middle of a crowded national field.在全德范围内，2026 年泰晤士高等教育榜单将锡根列于德国高校第 44 至 46 位，处于竞争激烈的中段。
• Its 1996 participation in the Conference of European Rectors quality audit is still cited as evidence of an early commitment to institutional self-evaluation.该校 1996 年参加欧洲大学校长会议质量审核，至今仍被视为其较早致力于院校自我评估的证据。*
• Regionally, Siegen's reputation rests on structural change, engineering and teacher education, and the university presents itself as a modern institution focused on basic research, practical training and structural change in South Westphalia.在区域层面，锡根的声誉建立在结构转型、工程与教师教育之上，该校把自己定位为一所以基础研究、实践训练与南威斯特法伦结构转型为重的现代大学。

Student life

• With about 17,500 students in a city of 100,000, the university shapes much of Siegen's cultural and social life, from concerts to public lectures, and many of its events are open to the wider public.这座 10 万人口的城市拥有约 1.75 万名学生，大学从音乐会到公开讲座深刻影响着锡根的文化与社会生活，许多活动也向公众开放。
• Student housing is provided by the Studentenwerk in several dormitory complexes, while many students live in shared flats in Weidenau, Geisweid and the city centre.学生服务中心在多个宿舍区提供住宿，许多学生则住在魏德瑙、盖斯魏德与市中心的合租公寓。
• Radius 92.1, a student-run radio station, and Campus TV give students practical experience in journalism, audio production and film.学生运营的电台 Radius 92.1 与校园电视台为学生提供新闻、音频制作与影视的实践经验。
• Siegen lies in one of Germany's most densely forested regions, and hiking, mountain biking and climbing are popular escapes from the lecture hall.锡根位于德国森林最密的地区之一，徒步、山地骑行与攀岩是离开讲堂后的热门消遣。
• The International Office runs a welcome week each semester with city tours, bank accounts, health insurance registration and intercultural training for new arrivals.国际处每学期举办迎新周，为新到者安排城市参观、银行开户、医疗保险登记与跨文化培训。
• Excursions to nearby cities, high-rope courses and language tandems help international students build networks beyond their own programmes.前往附近城市的短途旅行、高空绳索课程与语言互助帮助国际学生在本专业之外建立网络。
• The semester contribution includes a transport ticket valid on regional buses and trains, making Cologne, Bonn and the Ruhr area accessible for day trips.学期注册费包含可在区域公交与火车上使用的交通票，使科隆、波恩与鲁尔区成为一日游目的地。
• Because the state abolished tuition fees in 2011, students pay only the semester contribution, and the university advertises its programmes as socially open, while the winter semester runs from 1 October to 31 March and the summer semester from 1 April to 30 September.由于州政府在 2011 年取消学费，学生只需缴纳学期注册费，校方也将其项目宣传为社会开放，冬季学期为 10 月 1 日至次年 3 月 31 日，夏季学期为 4 月 1 日至 9 月 30 日。

Notable people

• Axel Weber, born in 1957, studied economics at Siegen and later served as president of the Deutsche Bundesbank from 2004 to 2011 before becoming chairman of UBS.阿克塞尔·韦伯生于 1957 年，在锡根学习经济学，2004 至 2011 年出任德国联邦银行行长，随后担任瑞银集团董事长。
• Frank Schirrmacher, born in 1959, was co-publisher of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and one of Germany's most influential intellectual journalists.弗兰克·席尔马赫生于 1959 年，曾任《法兰克福汇报》联合出版人，是德国最具影响力的知识型记者之一。
• Uwe Boll, born in 1965, studied literature and economics at Siegen before becoming a film director, producer and screenwriter known for independent genre cinema.乌韦·波尔生于 1965 年，在锡根学习文学与经济学，后来成为以独立类型片闻名的导演、制片人与编剧。
• Marcel Beyer, born in 1965, is a novelist and poet whose work has won the Georg Büchner Prize and other major German literary awards.马塞尔·拜尔生于 1965 年，是小说家与诗人，其作品曾获格奥尔格·毕希纳奖等德国重要文学奖项。
• Thomas Kellner, born in 1966, is a fine art photographer known for his cubist contact-sheet compositions and has taught as a guest professor at Siegen.托马斯·凯尔纳生于 1966 年，是以立体主义接触印相构图闻名的艺术摄影师，并曾在锡根担任客座教授。
• Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, born in 1948, studied at Siegen and became a professor of Romance literatures at Stanford University.汉斯·乌尔里希·古姆布雷希特生于 1948 年，曾在锡根求学，后成为斯坦福大学罗曼语文学教授。
• Andreas Pinkwart, born in 1960, held the chair of small business economics at Siegen and served as deputy minister-president of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2005 to 2009.安德烈亚斯·平克瓦特生于 1960 年，曾在锡根任中小企业经济学教席，并于 2005 至 2009 年任北莱茵-威斯特法伦州副州长。
• Peter Hussing, born in 1948, was a heavyweight boxing champion who won European titles and competed in multiple Olympic Games.彼得·胡辛生于 1948 年，是重量级拳击冠军，曾获欧洲冠军头衔并多次参加奥运会。
• Klaus-Peter Thaler, born in 1949, was a professional cyclist who won world championships in cyclo-cross and stages in the Tour de France.克劳斯-彼得·塔勒生于 1949 年，是职业自行车手，曾获自行车越野世界冠军并在环法自行车赛中获得赛段胜利。
• Paul Breuer, born in 1950, studied at Siegen and became the Christian Democratic Union's parliamentary spokesman on defence policy.保罗·布罗伊尔生于 1950 年，曾在锡根求学，后成为基督教民主联盟联邦议院的国防政策发言人。
• Georg Klute, born in 1952, is an ethnologist and sociologist who taught at the University of Bayreuth and researched violence and statehood in West Africa.格奥尔格·克卢特生于 1952 年，是民族学家与社会学家，曾在拜罗伊特大学任教，研究西非的暴力与国家性问题。
• Frank Sauer, born in 1959, is a cabaret artist, actor and writer whose satirical programmes have toured German-speaking stages.弗兰克·绍尔生于 1959 年，是卡巴莱艺术家、演员与作家，其讽刺节目曾在德语区舞台巡演。