University of Sousse

The University of Sousse (French: Université de Sousse, Arabic: جامعة سوسة) is a public university on Tunisia's Sahel coast, with its institutions distributed through Sousse and the neighbouring town of Hammam Sousse.苏塞大学（法文：Université de Sousse；阿拉伯文：جامعة سوسة）是突尼斯萨赫勒沿海地区的一所公立大学，其教学与研究机构分布在苏塞市与邻近的哈马姆苏塞镇。

Founded in 1986 and reorganised as an independent university in 2004, it is one of the largest higher-education networks in central Tunisia, combining faculties of medicine, science, letters and law with engineering and technology schools.该校始建于 1986 年，并于 2004 年重组为独立大学，是突尼斯中部规模最大的高等教育网络之一，融合了医学、理学、文学与法学等学院以及工程与技术类院校。

In the QS World University Rankings 2027 it is placed in the 1201-1400 band, THE ranks it in the 1601-1800 band, and U.S. News places it 1,471st globally for 2026-2027, while it enrols about 27,971 students and employs some 3,027 academic staff.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中该校位列第 1201-1400 区间，泰晤士高等教育排名将其列入第 1601-1800 区间，2026-2027 年度美国新闻与世界报道全球排名第 1,471 位，现有学生约 27,971 人、学术人员约 3,027 人。

History

• Higher education in Sousse grew out of the post-independence expansion of schooling, when the 1958 reform under President Habib Bourguiba created a national system of secondary and technical education and sharply increased demand for teachers, doctors and engineers.苏塞的高等教育源于独立后教育体系的扩张，1958 年哈比卜·布尔吉巴总统主持的改革建立了全国性的中等与技术教育体系，并大幅增加了对教师、医生与工程师的需求。
• Until 1960 the country had no full university, Tunis University was created that year and for two decades administered institutions across the Sahel from the capital, including the schools that later formed the Sousse network.1960 年之前该国没有完整意义上的大学；突尼斯大学于当年成立，并在随后二十年里从首都管理萨赫勒各地的院校，其中包括后来组成苏塞网络的学校。
• In 1974 the Ibn El Jazzar Faculty of Medicine was established in Sousse, giving the city its first medical school and a permanent base for clinical teaching in its two main hospitals.1974 年，伊本·贾扎尔医学院在苏塞成立，使该市拥有了第一所医学院，并为其两所主要医院开展临床教学提供了长期基地。
• Law No. 86-80 of 9 August 1986 reorganised Tunisian higher education into regional universities, the legal act from which the University of Sousse dates its foundation.1986 年 8 月 9 日的第 86-80 号法律把突尼斯高等教育重组为区域性大学，苏塞大学即以这一法案作为建校起点。
• Under that framework the institutions of Sousse, Monastir and Kairouan were grouped in the University of the Center, whose headquarters were placed in Sousse, the largest city of the region.在这一框架下，苏塞、莫纳斯提尔与凯鲁万的院校被整合进中部大学，校部设在该地区最大的城市苏塞。
• Between 1986 and 2004 the network expanded from a small cluster of faculties into a dense system of schools and institutes covering law, economics, letters, science, engineering and technology.1986 年至 2004 年间，该网络从少数几个学院扩展为覆盖法律、经济、文学、科学、工程与技术的密集院校体系。
• The Center University was reorganised in 1991, and institutional accounts differ on whether it was created then or merely restructured, a discrepancy that also appears in the QS profile of its successor.中部大学于 1991 年重组，但校史资料对其是当年新建还是仅作调整说法不一，这一差异也出现在其继承者苏塞大学的 QS 简介中。
• In 2004 the Tunisian government divided the regional universities, and the University of Sousse emerged as an independent institution with its own president, governing council and budget.2004 年突尼斯政府拆分区域性大学，苏塞大学由此成为拥有独立校长、理事会与预算的自治机构。
• The same 2004 reform created Monastir University, Kairouan University and Gafsa University, completing a map of regional universities that still shapes Tunisian higher education.同一次 2004 年改革还在莫纳斯提尔、凯鲁万与加夫萨设立了独立大学，形成了延续至今的突尼斯区域大学格局。
• When Tunisia adopted the LMD system in 2005, Sousse reorganised its degrees into semesters and ECTS credits so that its diplomas would align with the bachelor, master and doctorate cycles used across Europe.2005 年突尼斯引入 LMD 学制后，苏塞把学位课程重组为学期与欧洲学分互认体系，使文凭与欧洲通行的学士、硕士、博士三阶段接轨。
• The 2011 revolution that ended the rule of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali also ended the old political control of campuses and opened university governance to elected councils and greater institutional autonomy.2011 年结束宰因·阿比丁·本·阿里统治的革命，也终结了旧体制对校园的政治控制，使大学治理向选举产生的理事会与更大的院校自治开放。
• The 2014 constitution guaranteed freedom of expression and research, and the university subsequently revised its internal statutes to match the new legal framework for public universities.2014 年宪法保障表达与科研自由，该校随后修订内部章程，以符合新的公立大学法律框架。
• During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, the Faculty of Medicine and the teaching hospitals treated patients from across central Tunisia while the university moved most of its teaching online within weeks.2020 年新冠疫情期间，医学院与教学医院收治来自突尼斯中部各地的患者，同时该校在数周内把大部分课程转为线上教学。
• By 2022 the university reported 57 international cooperation agreements, a portfolio built up largely after the 2004 reorganisation and concentrated in France, Italy, Spain and sub-Saharan Africa.到 2022 年，该校已报告 57 项国际合作协定，这一网络主要是在 2004 年重组之后建立的，集中在法国、意大利、西班牙与撒哈拉以南非洲。
• The university's own histories emphasise continuity from 1986, while external profiles such as QS describe the 2004 split as the decisive founding moment, and both readings are reflected in its official communications.该校自身的校史强调自 1986 年以来的延续性，而 QS 等外部简介则把 2004 年的拆分视为决定性的建校节点，两种说法都体现在其官方宣传之中。
• Through the 2010s and 2020s the institution added doctoral programmes and research units, shifting gradually from a teaching-led network towards a university with a measurable research output.2010 年代至 2020 年代，该校增设博士课程与研究单位，逐步从以教学为主的院校网络转向具有可衡量科研产出的大学。
• The Faculty of Law and Political Sciences became a training ground for lawyers, magistrates and local officials, and supplied cadres to the Tunisian state and to the region's municipalities.法律与政治学院成为律师、法官与地方官员的培养基地，为突尼斯国家机构及本地区市政部门输送干部。
• Engineering and technology schools were added to meet demand from Tunisia's automotive, textile and logistics industries, which are concentrated along the Sahel coast between Sousse and Monastir.为满足集中在苏塞至莫纳斯提尔一带萨赫勒沿海的汽车、纺织与物流产业需求，该校陆续增设工程与技术类院校。
• The university has also cultivated heritage, language and music studies, drawing on Sousse's position as a Mediterranean port with a continuous urban history from antiquity to the present.该校还发展遗产、语言与音乐研究，借助苏塞作为从古代延续至今的地中海港口的地位。

Academics

• The university coordinates 17 higher-education institutions, namely four faculties, four schools and nine institutes, according to the profile published for QS rankings.根据为 QS 排名发布的院校简介，该校协调 17 所高等教育机构，即四个学院、四所学校与九个研究所。
• Its faculties include Medicine, Sciences, Letters and Human Sciences, and Law and Political Sciences, each awarding national degrees recognised by the Ministry of Higher Education.其学院包括医学院、理学院、文学与人文科学学院以及法律与政治学院，各自颁发经高等教育部认可的国家学位。
• The National Engineering School of Sousse offers five-year engineering programmes in mechanical, electrical, computer and industrial engineering, and the Preparatory Institute for Engineering Studies supplies it with entrants after two years of intensive mathematics and physics.苏塞国立工程学院提供机械、电气、计算机与工业工程等五年制工程师课程，实践与项目环节占较大比重。
• The Higher Institute of Computer Science and Mathematics teaches applied mathematics, software engineering and data science to several thousand students from Sousse and the surrounding governorates.计算机与数学高等学院向来自苏塞及周边省份的数千名学生教授应用数学、软件工程与数据科学。
• The Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology combines technology diplomas with applied research in materials, energy and industrial maintenance, often in partnership with local firms.应用科学与技术高等学院把技术文凭教育与环境、能源及工业维护领域的应用研究结合起来，并常与当地企业合作。
• The Higher Institute of Transport and Logistics trains managers for ports, freight forwarding and supply chains, sectors central to the economy of Sousse and its hinterland.运输与物流高等学院为港口、货运代理与供应链培养管理人才，这些行业是苏塞及其腹地经济的核心。
• The Faculty of Medicine runs a long medical curriculum with clinical rotations in the Farhat Hached and Sahloul teaching hospitals, and also offers dental training.医学院开设长学制医学课程，学生在法尔哈特·哈谢德与萨赫卢勒教学医院完成临床轮转，学院还提供口腔医学培训。
• Medical students rotate through those hospitals, which together form the largest care and training complex in central Tunisia and receive referrals from a wide rural catchment.医学生在这两所医院轮转，二者共同构成突尼斯中部最大的医疗与培训综合体，并接收来自广大农村地区的转诊病人。
• The Faculty of Law and Political Sciences offers undergraduate and master's degrees in private law, public law, international relations and political science, with a steady flow of graduates into the magistracy.法律与政治学院开设私法、公法、国际关系与政治学等本科与硕士课程，毕业生持续进入法官队伍。
• Economics and management programmes cover accounting, finance, marketing and business administration, and recruit strongly into Tunisian banks, insurance companies and family firms.经济与管理课程涵盖会计、金融、市场营销与工商管理，毕业生大量进入突尼斯银行、保险公司与家族企业。
• The Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences teaches Arabic, French, English, history, geography and philosophy, and trains a large share of the secondary-school teachers in the region.文学与人文科学学院教授阿拉伯语、法语、英语、历史、地理与哲学，并培养本地区相当一部分中学教师。
• The Faculty of Sciences provides foundation courses in mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology that feed the engineering schools and the medical faculty.理学院提供数学、物理、化学与生物基础课程，为工程类院校与医学院输送生源。
• Four doctoral colleges organise research training and thesis defence across the university's laboratories and its partner institutions in Sousse and Monastir.四个博士学院统筹全校实验室及苏塞与莫纳斯提尔合作机构的研究训练与论文答辩。
• Research is structured around 16 laboratories, 22 research units and six public-service research units, according to the university's own institutional count.按该校自身的机构统计，科研体系包括 16 个实验室、22 个研究单位与 6 个公共服务型研究单位。
• Priority research themes include health and epidemiology, materials and energy, water and environment, transport and logistics, and Mediterranean heritage and society.重点研究主题包括健康与流行病学、材料与能源、水与环境、运输与物流以及地中海遗产与社会。
• The university employs about 3,027 academic staff, giving a student-to-teacher ratio of roughly nine to one when all faculties and institutes are counted together.该校约有 3,027 名学术人员，把各学院与研究所合并计算，师生比约为九比一。
• Total enrolment is about 27,971 students, of whom 666 are international, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, with a small number from Europe and Asia.全校注册学生约 27,971 人，其中 666 人为国际学生，主要来自撒哈拉以南非洲与中东，另有少量来自欧洲与亚洲。
• Degrees follow the LMD structure of three, five and eight years, with courses taught mainly in Arabic and French and increasingly in English at master's level.学位遵循三年、五年与八年的 LMD 结构，课程主要以阿拉伯语与法语授课，硕士阶段越来越多使用英语。
• The university also runs continuing education, summer schools and professional certificates for teachers, health workers and public administrators in the Sousse region.该校还面向苏塞地区的教师、医护人员与公共管理人员开设继续教育、暑期学校与职业证书课程。

Campus

• Sousse lies on the Gulf of Hammamet about 140 kilometres south of Tunis, and the university's buildings are distributed across the city rather than concentrated on a single campus.苏塞位于哈马马特湾沿岸，距突尼斯市约 140 公里，该校建筑分布于全市，而非集中在一个校区。
• The city occupies the site of Hadrumetum, a Phoenician foundation later developed as a Roman port and then as an early Islamic ribat town on the Sahel coast.该市坐落于哈德鲁梅图姆遗址之上，这座腓尼基人建立的城市后来发展为罗马港口，继而成为萨赫勒沿海的早期伊斯兰要塞城镇。
• Sousse's medina was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1988, and its ribat, Great Mosque and ramparts stand a short walk from several university buildings.苏塞老城于 1988 年列入联合国教科文组织世界遗产名录，其要塞、大清真寺与城墙距若干校舍仅数步之遥。
• The main academic sites are in the Sahloul and city-centre districts, where the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Sciences and the central administration are located.主要教学区位于萨赫卢勒与市中心一带，医学院、理学院与中央行政机构均设于此。
• The Farhat Hached and Sahloul university hospitals serve as clinical campuses, with lecture halls, laboratories and wards shared between patient care and student training.法尔哈特·哈谢德与萨赫卢勒两所大学医院兼具临床校区功能，讲堂、实验室与病房在医疗与教学之间共用。
• The Higher School of Sciences and Technology is based in Hammam Sousse, a coastal town immediately north of Sousse that is linked to the city by a continuous urban corridor.科学与技术高等学院设在苏塞以北紧邻的沿海城镇哈马姆苏塞，该镇与苏塞由连续的城市走廊相连。
• The National Engineering School and the technology institutes occupy modern blocks on the urban fringe, close to industrial zones and to the main road and rail links.国立工程学院与技术类研究所位于城市边缘的现代建筑群中，靠近工业区以及主要的公路与铁路干线。
• Because institutions were added incrementally, the estate mixes purpose-built faculty blocks with older adapted buildings, and there is no single central quadrangle.由于各机构是逐步增设的，校园建筑群混合了专门建造的学院大楼与改造利用的旧建筑，并没有单一的中央方庭。
• The climate is Mediterranean, with hot dry summers and mild winters, and students move between sites on foot, by bus or by shared taxi.当地为地中海气候，夏季炎热干燥、冬季温和，学生在各校区之间主要步行、乘公交或合乘出租车。
• Sousse is connected by rail and motorway to Tunis, Sfax and Monastir, and Monastir's international airport lies about 20 kilometres to the south of the city.苏塞通过铁路与高速公路连接突尼斯市、斯法克斯与莫纳斯提尔，莫纳斯提尔国际机场位于该市以南约 20 公里。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the University of Sousse is placed in the 1201-1400 band, a shared interval rather than a single position.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，苏塞大学位于第 1201-1400 区间（并列名次），而非单一名次。
• THE ranks it in the 1601-1800 band in the 2027 world ranking, reflecting a broadly similar position among research-intensive universities worldwide.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校位于第 1601-1800 区间，反映其在全球研究型大学中的位置大体相近。
• U.S. News places it 1,471st in its 2026-2027 global ranking, the most precise of the three major listings that include the university.在 2026-2027 年美国新闻与世界报道全球排名中，该校位列第 1,471 位，是三大收录该校的榜单中最具体的名次。
• The university does not appear in the main table of the 2026 Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities and is therefore recorded as not entering the main list.该校未进入 2026 年上海软科世界大学学术排名主榜，因此按未进入主榜记录。
• In the QS Arab Region ranking the university stands 97th, a stronger position than its global band and a marker of its standing within North Africa.在 QS 阿拉伯地区大学排名中，该校位列第 97 位，高于其全球区间，显示其北非地区地位。
• QS also places it in the 911-920 band of its Sustainability Rankings, recognising work on energy, water and regional development rather than broad research strength.QS 可持续发展排名把该校列入第 911-920 区间，认可其在能源、水资源与区域发展方面的工作，而非广泛的科研实力。
• Bibliometric data record about 17,532 works and 352,416 citations, a volume consistent with a large teaching-intensive university rather than an elite research institution.文献计量数据记录约 17,532 项成果与 352,416 次引用，这一体量与大型教学型大学相符，而非精英研究型高校。
• Sousse University's medical faculty is its most visible internationally, and its hospitals are referral centres for a wide catchment extending from Sousse to Kairouan and Mahdia.医学是该校在国际上最受关注的学院，其附属医院是自苏塞延伸至凯鲁万与马赫迪耶的广阔地区的转诊中心。
• Engineering, logistics and applied computer science have gained visibility through industry partnerships, though the university remains under-represented in global subject tables.工程、物流与应用计算机科学通过产业合作提升了能见度，但该校在全球学科榜单中仍然代表性不足。
• Its research profile is strongest in clinical medicine, materials science and environmental studies, fields in which Sousse collaborates with European and African partners.该校的科研优势集中在临床医学、材料科学与环境研究，苏塞在这些领域与欧洲及非洲伙伴开展合作。

Student life

• Around 28,000 students are enrolled across the network, making the university one of the largest student communities in central Tunisia and a major presence in the city.该网络注册学生约 28,000 人，使该校成为突尼斯中部最大的学生群体之一，也是这座城市的重要存在。
• The 666 international students are concentrated in medicine, engineering and letters, and most live in university residences or shared flats near Sahloul.666 名国际学生主要集中在医学、工程与文学专业，多数住在大学宿舍或萨赫卢勒附近的合租公寓。
• Each faculty and institute has student associations that organise orientation, tutoring and cultural weeks, and the university supports elected student representatives on its councils.各学院与研究所均有学生协会，组织迎新、辅导与文化周活动，学校在理事会中支持经选举产生的学生代表。
• Sport is organised through university teams in football, handball, athletics and swimming, using grounds shared with municipal clubs and with the regional sports authority.体育活动通过足球、手球、田径与游泳等校队开展，并使用与市政俱乐部及地区体育主管部门共用的场地。
• Student housing is provided in several residences, but demand exceeds supply, so many students rent rooms in the private market around Sahloul and the city centre.学校在若干宿舍区提供住宿，但需求超过供给，许多学生在萨赫卢勒与市中心一带的私人市场租房。
• Living costs are moderate by Tunisian standards, with subsidised university restaurants and transport passes easing pressure on student budgets.按突尼斯标准生活成本适中，大学食堂与交通月票的补贴减轻了学生的预算压力。
• The Mediterranean beaches and marina offer a social life centred on the sea, and the corniche fills with students during the warm months.地中海海滩与游艇码头提供了以海为中心的社会生活，温暖月份的海滨大道上满是学生。
• The Aoussou festival brings music and theatre to Sousse each summer, and the Higher Institute of Music feeds performers and audiences into the city's cultural scene.阿乌苏节每年夏天为苏塞带来音乐与戏剧演出，音乐高等学院则为城市文化场景输送演奏者与观众。
• Cafes around the medina and in the modern Ville Basse are the main informal study spaces, alongside the faculty libraries and the university's central documentation centres.老城周边与新城区的咖啡馆是主要非正式自习场所，与各学院图书馆及大学中央文献中心互为补充。
• Internships in tourism, health, automotive wiring and logistics give students paid experience, though placement quality varies sharply between institutions.旅游、医疗、汽车线束与物流领域的实习为学生提供带薪经验，但不同机构之间的实习质量差异明显。

Notable people

• Samir Dilou, a lawyer and human-rights activist, studied law at Sousse and served as Minister of Human Rights and Transitional Justice after the 2011 revolution.律师与人权活动人士萨米尔·迪卢曾在苏塞学习法律，并在 2011 年革命后出任人权与过渡司法部长。
• Adnen Mansser, a historian and writer, is counted among the university's alumni and has published on the cultural and religious history of the Sahel.历史学家与作家阿德南·曼塞尔被列为该校校友，著有关于萨赫勒文化与宗教史的著作。
• Ahmed Nourreddine Helal is remembered as a founding rector of the independent university and guided its first expansion after 2004.艾哈迈德·努尔丁·希拉勒被视为独立建校初期的校长，主持了 2004 年之后的首次扩张。
• Ibn El Jazzar, the tenth-century physician whose name the Faculty of Medicine bears, links the institution to the classical medical tradition of Ifriqiya.医学院以十世纪医生伊本·贾扎尔命名，这一名称把该校与伊夫里基亚的古典医学传统联系起来。
• Farhat Hached, the trade union leader assassinated in 1952, is commemorated in the name of the main teaching hospital where students train.1952 年遇刺的工会领袖法尔哈特·哈谢德，其名字被用于学生实习的主要教学医院。
• Sousse and Hammam Sousse are the birthplace of national figures Taieb Baccouche, Kamel Morjane and Habib Essid, who studied elsewhere but remain associated with the city.苏塞与哈马姆苏塞是塔伊卜·巴库什、卡迈勒·莫尔詹与哈比卜·埃西德等国家政治人物的出生地，他们虽在别处求学，却始终与这座城市联系在一起。
• Graduates of the Faculty of Medicine staff public hospitals throughout central Tunisia, and many pursue specialisation in France or Germany before returning to practise.医学院毕业生遍布突尼斯中部的公立医院，许多人前往法国或德国深造专科后回国行医。
• Engineering alumni from the Sousse National School of Engineering work in automotive plants, ports and logistics firms along the coast, and some found their own technology companies.国立工程学院的工程校友在沿海的汽车工厂、港口与物流企业工作，其中一些人创办了自己的科技公司。
• Law graduates have moved into the magistracy, the bar and local government, forming a dense professional network in Sousse and Monastir.法律毕业生进入法官队伍、律师界与地方政府，在苏塞与莫纳斯提尔形成密集的职业网络。
• Teachers trained in the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences staff secondary schools across the Sahel and the interior, sustaining the university's influence beyond its own classrooms.文学与人文科学学院培养的教师供职于萨赫勒及内陆地区的中学，使该校的影响力超出自身课堂。