University of South Wales

The University of South Wales, abbreviated USW, is a public university in Wales with campuses in Cardiff, Newport and Pontypridd, formed on 11 April 2013 by the merger of Glamorgan University and the University of Wales, Newport.南威尔士大学（University of South Wales，简称 USW）是位于威尔士的公立大学，在加的夫、纽波特与庞特普里德设有校区，由格拉摩根大学与威尔士大学纽波特分校于 2013 年 4 月 11 日合并而成。

It is the second largest university in Wales by student numbers, offers more than 300 undergraduate and postgraduate courses through three faculties, and is distinct from the University of New South Wales in Australia, whose name is sometimes confused with it.该校按学生人数计是威尔士第二大的大学，通过三个学院开设 300 多门本科与研究生课程，与澳大利亚的新南威尔士大学并非同一机构，两者校名有时会被混淆。

USW appears in the 1201-1400 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027 and in the 1401-1600 band of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027.南威尔士大学位列 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名第 1201-1400 位区间，并在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中处于第 1401-1600 位区间。

History

• The university traces one line of descent to the Newport Mechanics Institute, founded in 1841 to provide technical and adult education to workers in the growing industrial town, then a busy port at the mouth of the Usk.该校的源流之一可追溯至 1841 年创办的纽波特机械学院，该学院旨在为这座工业城镇的工人提供技术与成人教育，当时纽波特是乌斯克河口的繁忙港口。
• That institute became Gwent College of Higher Education in 1975, reflecting the expansion of teacher training and applied courses in south-east Wales.该学院于 1975 年成为格温特高等教育学院，反映当时威尔士东南部教师培训与应用课程的扩张。
• In 1996 it was renamed University of Wales College, Newport, and in 2004 it became the University of Wales, Newport, with degree-awarding powers of its own.1996 年，学院更名为威尔士大学纽波特学院，2004 年又成为威尔士大学纽波特分校，获得自主授予学位的权力。
• A second line of descent began in 1913 with the South Wales and Monmouthshire School of Mines, established at Treforest in the Taff valley north of Cardiff to train miners and engineers.第二条源流始于 1913 年在加的夫以北塔夫河谷的特雷弗雷斯特创办的南威尔士与蒙茅斯郡矿业学院，旨在培养矿工与工程师。
• The school of mines grew into the Polytechnic of Wales, a large provider of technical education in the Valleys and the Cardiff region.矿业学院后来发展为威尔士理工学院，成为山谷地区与加的夫一带规模庞大的技术教育机构。
• It gained university status in 1992 as Glamorgan University, a name it held until the 2013 merger.该校于 1992 年获得大学地位并改称格拉摩根大学，这一校名一直使用到 2013 年合并。
• The name of the merged institution was chosen after a research exercise among interested parties and announced in December 2012 by Julie Lydon, the prospective vice-chancellor.合并后校名在经过相关各方参与的研究后确定，并由候任校长朱莉·莱登于 2012 年 12 月公布。
• The University of South Wales formally came into being on 11 April 2013, uniting two institutions with roots in nineteenth-century technical and teacher education.南威尔士大学于 2013 年 4 月 11 日正式成立，将两所具有十九世纪技术与教师教育渊源的前身院校合为一体。
• The merged university inherited a dispersed estate of campuses at Treforest, Glyntaff, Caerleon, Newport and Cardiff, a footprint it later reduced as student numbers fell.合并后的大学继承了分布在特雷弗雷斯特、格林塔夫、凯尔里昂、纽波特与加的夫的多个校区，随着学生人数下降，这一版图后来有所收缩。
• At its formation the university reported more than 33,500 students from 122 countries, making it the sixth largest in the United Kingdom and the largest in Wales at the time.建校时该校报告有来自 122 个国家的 33,500 多名学生，当时是英国第六大大学，也是威尔士最大的大学。
• Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, was appointed chancellor in 2014, giving the new university a figure of international standing.曾任坎特伯雷大主教的罗温·威廉姆斯于 2014 年出任校监，为这所新大学带来具有国际声望的人物。
• In 2014 the university spent about 300,000 pounds developing a London campus in the Docklands but cancelled the project in January 2015 before admitting any students, citing new visa rules.2014 年，该校斥资约 30 万英镑在伦敦码头区筹建校区，但在 2015 年 1 月尚未招收学生时便取消项目，理由是新的签证规定。
• The Caerleon campus, opened in 1914 and once the second largest site, closed on 31 July 2016 after 102 years and was later sold for 6.2 million pounds for housing.凯尔里昂校区于 1914 年启用，曾是该校第二大校区，在运营 102 年后于 2016 年 7 月 31 日关闭，随后以 620 万英镑售出用于住宅开发。
• The Welsh Government listed the main Caerleon building and its gatehouses at Grade II in March 2017, despite the university's opposition to the listing.尽管校方反对，威尔士政府仍于 2017 年 3 月将凯尔里昂主楼及门房列为二级保护建筑。
• In 2016 the university launched the National Cyber Security Academy with industrial partners and the Welsh Government, and the academy has been recognised by the national security organisation GCHQ.2016 年，该校与产业伙伴及威尔士政府共同成立国家网络安全学院，该学院获得英国国家安全机构 GCHQ 的认可。
• A data breach in 2019 affected 30,000 students and forced the university to take its student record system offline while the incident was investigated.2019 年发生的数据泄露影响 30,000 名学生，学校在调查期间被迫将学生记录系统下线。
• In 2020 the university entered a strategic alliance with the University of Wales Trinity Saint David through a deed of association, promising joint work on innovation while retaining separate identities.2020 年，该校通过协会契约与威尔士三一圣大卫大学结成战略联盟，承诺在创新领域合作，同时保留各自独立身份。
• The Dubai campus, opened in 2018 to teach aviation maintenance and logistics, stopped accepting applications in 2020 and closed as part of a retreat from overseas sites.2018 年开办的迪拜校区教授航空维修与物流课程，2020 年停止招生并关闭，标志着学校从海外校区收缩。
• Julie Lydon retired as vice-chancellor in 2021 after leading the institution through its formation and its early years as a merged university.朱莉·莱登在带领学校完成合并并度过早期岁月后，于 2021 年从校长职位退休。
• The Research Excellence Framework 2021 found a 49 per cent increase in world-leading research since 2014, with joint first places in several applied fields.2021 年研究卓越框架评估发现，自 2014 年以来该校世界领先研究增长了 49%，并在多个应用领域并列全英第一。

Academics

• Teaching is organised into three faculties, each spanning several campuses and a wide range of professional and academic disciplines.教学由三个学院组织，每个学院横跨多个校区以及广泛的专业与学术领域。
• The university offers more than 300 undergraduate and postgraduate courses, from further education and foundation degrees to bachelor's, master's and doctoral study, delivered on campus and through partner institutions.该校开设 300 多门本科与研究生课程，涵盖继续教育、基础学位、学士、硕士与博士阶段，既在校内授课也通过伙伴院校交付。
• The Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science has eight subject areas, including mechanical and aeronautical engineering and aircraft maintenance engineering.计算、工程与科学学院设有八个学科领域，包括机械与航空工程以及飞机维修工程。
• It also teaches biological and forensic sciences, built environment and civil engineering, chemical and environmental sciences, computing and mathematical sciences, cyber security, and informatics and electronics.该学院还教授生物与法证科学、建筑环境与土木工程、化学与环境科学、计算与数学科学、网络安全以及信息学与电子学。
• The Faculty of Business and Creative Industries covers twelve subject areas, among them accounting and finance, business management, global business, law, leadership and public services, and operations management, and it is based at the ATRiuM in Cardiff, while much computing and engineering teaching takes place in Pontypridd.商业与创意产业学院涵盖十二个学科领域，其中包括会计与金融、工商管理、全球商务、法学、领导力与公共服务以及运营管理，学院设在加的夫的 ATRiuM，而计算与工程类教学大部分在庞特普里德进行。
• Its creative side includes culture and animation, fashion, marketing and photography, film and television, games and design, and music and drama, taught largely at the Cardiff campus.其创意方向包括文化与动画、时尚、营销与摄影、电影与电视、游戏与设计以及音乐与戏剧，主要在加的夫校区授课。
• The Faculty of Life Sciences and Education has fourteen subject areas, including adult nursing and nursing for learning disability, mental health and child fields.生命科学与教育学院设有十四个学科领域，包括成人护理以及学习障碍、心理健康与儿童护理方向。
• It also covers allied health and chiropractic, health and social care, initial teacher education, operational policing, policing and criminology, psychology, sport and therapeutic studies.该学院还涵盖联合健康与脊椎推拿、健康与社会照护、职前教师教育、警务实务、警务与犯罪学、心理学、体育与治疗研究。
• Youth, community and social work, post-compulsory education and professional learning in education complete a faculty that supplies many public service professionals in Wales.青年、社区与社会工作、继续教育以及教育专业学习共同构成这个为威尔士输送大量公共服务专业人员的学院。
• The university has a film school, animation facilities, broadcasting studios and a photography school, and its creative courses benefit from professional production spaces.该校设有电影学院、动画设施、广播演播室与摄影学院，其创意课程受益于专业制作空间。
• The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, the national conservatoire of Wales, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the university and a key part of its cultural footprint.威尔士皇家音乐与戏剧学院是威尔士的国家级音乐学院，也是该校的全资附属机构及其文化布局的重要组成部分。
• A network of 106 partner colleges, universities and further education institutions delivers USW programmes in the United Kingdom and in 18 other countries.由 106 所伙伴学院、大学与继续教育机构组成的网络在英国以及另外 18 个国家开设南威尔士大学的课程。
• The National Cyber Security Academy, based at the Newport campus, combines academic teaching with industry projects and has been recognised by GCHQ as a centre of expertise.设在纽波特校区的国家网络安全学院将课堂教学与产业项目结合，并获得 GCHQ 认可为专业中心。
• As a post-1992 university, USW emphasises applied and STEM subjects, with engineering, computing, nursing, policing and sport among its largest recruitment areas.作为 1992 年后获得大学地位的院校，南威尔士大学重视应用学科与 STEM 领域，工程、计算、护理、警务与体育是招生规模较大的方向。
• Research strengths include mechanical and aeronautical engineering, social work and social policy, education, history, art and design, nursing and midwifery, and media studies.研究优势包括机械与航空工程、社会工作与社会政策、教育学、历史学、艺术与设计、护理与助产以及媒体研究。
• The university has provided a partnership platform for think tanks such as the Joseph Rowntree Foundation to debate public policy reform in the United Kingdom.该校为约瑟夫·朗特里基金会等智库提供合作平台，就英国公共政策改革展开讨论。
• OpenAlex attributes 7,708 works and 174,987 citations to the university, a research base concentrated in engineering, health sciences and the social sciences.OpenAlex 为该校收录 7,708 篇成果与 174,987 次引用，研究基础集中于工程、健康科学和社会科学。
• Most teaching is delivered in English, and the university's partner network supports transnational education for students who cannot travel to Wales.大部分教学以英语进行，学校的伙伴网络为无法前往威尔士的学生提供跨国教育。
• Many programmes include placements with employers, a feature that reflects the university's vocational origins and its emphasis on graduate employability.许多课程包含企业实习，这一特点反映该校的职业教育的起源以及对毕业生就业能力的重视。

Campus

• The university has three campuses in South Wales, in Cardiff, Newport and Pontypridd, and each has a distinct academic profile.该校在南威尔士的加的夫、纽波特与庞特普里德设有三个校区，每个校区都有不同的学科侧重。
• The Cardiff campus consists of the ATRiuM building at 86-88 Adam Street in Adamsdown, near Cardiff Queen Street railway station.加的夫校区由位于亚当斯敦亚当街 86 至 88 号的 ATRiuM 大楼组成，邻近加的夫皇后街火车站。
• The ATRiuM was opened by Glamorgan University in 2007 and extended at a cost of 14.7 million pounds before reopening in September 2016.ATRiuM 由格拉摩根大学于 2007 年启用，后耗资 1,470 万英镑扩建，并于 2016 年 9 月重新开放。
• Its facilities include a design studio, a television studio, a 180-seat theatre, a cinema and a 180-seat main lecture theatre.其设施包括设计工作室、电视演播室、180 座剧场、电影院以及 180 座主报告厅。
• A two-storey extension known as ATRiuM 2A opened in September 2014 with part of the South Wales Business School, a students' union bar and an ideas factory.名为 ATRiuM 2A 的两层扩建部分于 2014 年 9 月启用，容纳南威尔士商学院的一部分、学生会酒吧与创意工坊。
• The Newport City Campus is a 40 million pound development on the west bank of the River Usk, opened in 2011 by Sir Terry Matthews and within walking distance of the city's main commercial centre and central railway station.纽波特市校区是位于乌斯克河西岸、耗资 4,000 万英镑的建筑群，由特里·马修斯爵士于 2011 年启用，步行可达市中心主要商业区与中央火车站。
• It now hosts much of the Faculty of Life Sciences and Education, including teaching, social work and youth work, together with the National Cyber Security Academy.该校区现承载生命科学与教育学院的大部分教学，包括教育、社会工作与青年工作，并设有国家网络安全学院。
• Pontypridd is the largest campus and the former main site of Glamorgan University, with buildings at Treforest, Glyntaff and a Sport Park, served by Treforest and Treforest Estate railway stations.庞特普里德是最大的校区，也是格拉摩根大学原来的主校区，分为特雷弗雷斯特、格林塔夫与体育公园三个部分，由特雷弗雷斯特及特雷弗雷斯特庄园火车站服务。
• Treforest teaches accounting and finance, art, business, computing, criminology, engineering, English, history, law, mathematics, psychology and sociology, among other subjects.特雷弗雷斯特校区教授会计与金融、艺术、商学、计算、犯罪学、工程、英语、历史、法学、数学、心理学与社会学等学科。
• Glyntaff specialises in biological, chemical and pharmaceutical sciences, health and social care, forensic and environmental sciences, medical sciences, midwifery, nursing and policing.格林塔夫侧重生物、化学与药学，健康与社会照护，法证与环境科学，医学科学，助产、护理与警务。
• The Sport Park covers coaching and development, sport and exercise therapy, sport and exercise science, strength and conditioning, sport leadership, performance, administration and journalism.体育公园涵盖教练与发展、运动与运动疗法、运动科学、力量与体能训练、体育领导、运动表现、体育管理与体育新闻。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 USW is placed in the 1201-1400 band, a shared interval rather than a single position, and the band is occupied by several hundred institutions worldwide.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，南威尔士大学位列第 1201-1400 位区间，这是并列区间而非单一名次，全球有数百所院校处于该区间。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place it in the 1401-1600 band, its position in the main global table.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将其列入第 1401-1600 位区间，这是其在全球主榜中的位置。
• USW entered the 2026-2027 U.S. News global universities list but did not receive a rank in that edition, a list that ranks institutions by global research performance.南威尔士大学进入 2026-2027 年度 U.S. News 全球大学榜单，但在该届未获名次；该榜单按全球科研表现对院校排序。
• The university did not enter the main table of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, which rewards concentrated high citation performance.该校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜，该榜单更看重集中的高引用表现。
• In the Guardian University Guide 2025 the university achieved its highest-ever position, 51st out of 122 institutions, a guide that ranks universities on student satisfaction, teaching and graduate outcomes.在 2025 年《卫报》大学指南中，该校取得历史最好成绩，在 122 所院校中位列第 51 位；该指南依据学生满意度、教学与毕业生去向对大学排序。
• Health professions ranked fifth in the same guide, and law rose 31 places to 19th, two subject results that illustrate its applied strengths.同一指南中，健康类专业位列第五，法学上升 31 位至第 19 位，这两项学科成绩体现其应用型优势。
• The university came 81st in the 2022 WhatUni Awards, a student-voted ranking that measures satisfaction with courses and facilities.该校在 2022 年 WhatUni 奖项中位列第 81 位，该排名由学生投票，衡量对课程与设施的满意度。
• In the 2017 National Student Survey the university was placed equal 140th out of 149 institutions, a result that underlined the challenge of merging student experience across several sites.在 2017 年全国学生调查中，该校在 149 所院校中并列第 140 位，这一结果凸显了在多个校区之间整合学生体验的挑战。
• The Research Excellence Framework 2021 recorded a 49 per cent increase in world-leading research since 2014 and joint first places in several applied fields, with the assessment scoring outputs, impact and research environment.2021 年研究卓越框架评估记录显示，自 2014 年以来该校世界领先研究增长 49%，并在多个应用领域并列第一；该评估对成果、影响与研究环境分别打分。
• USW is one of Wales's five major universities and a member of the St David's Day Group, which represents the country's university sector.南威尔士大学是威尔士五所主要大学之一，也是代表该国大学界的圣大卫日集团的成员。
• Its National Cyber Security Academy has been recognised by GCHQ, giving the university a distinctive niche in a field of growing national importance.该校的国家网络安全学院获得 GCHQ 认可，使其在日益重要的国家安全领域占据独特位置。
• OpenAlex records 7,708 works and 174,987 citations, a modest research base that reflects the university's teaching-intensive mission.OpenAlex 记录该校有 7,708 篇成果与 174,987 次引用，规模适中的研究基础反映其以教学为主的使命。

Student life

• The University of South Wales Students' Union is a member-led organisation that represents students and provides advice, societies and events from its base at the Treforest campus.南威尔士大学学生会是由会员主导的组织，代表学生并在特雷弗雷斯特校区提供咨询、社团与活动。
• All students are automatically members of the union, which operates across the three campuses and supports student campaigns and representation.所有学生自动成为学生会成员，学生会在三个校区运作，支持学生运动与权益代表工作。
• Pontypridd has halls of residence and student facilities on the Treforest campus, including an indoor sports centre and a students' union building.庞特普里德在特雷弗雷斯特校区设有学生宿舍与设施，包括室内体育中心与学生会大楼。
• Students at the Cardiff campus use private halls of residence shared with other universities in the city, while Newport students live in nearby private halls.加的夫校区的学生使用与市内其他大学共享的私人宿舍，纽波特的学生则住在附近的私人宿舍。
• Cardiff offers the cultural life of a capital city, with the ATRiuM a short walk from Queen Street station and the city-centre shops and venues.加的夫提供首都的文化生活，ATRiuM 距皇后街车站以及市中心的商店与场馆仅几步之遥。
• The Pontypridd campus sits in the Valleys, close to hill walks and the heritage of the south Wales coalfield.庞特普里德校区位于山谷地区，靠近山间步道与南威尔士煤田的工业遗产。
• The Sport Park gives students in coaching, therapy and performance programmes access to specialist pitches, laboratories and conditioning facilities.体育公园为教练、运动疗法与运动表现专业的学生提供专用场地、实验室与体能训练设施。
• Newport's riverside campus places students near the city centre, the Riverfront theatre and the transport links of the Usk corridor.纽波特的河畔校区使学生靠近市中心、河岸剧院以及乌斯克走廊的交通线路。
• The university's international student community, drawn from more than 120 countries at formation, is supported by partner colleges and exchange arrangements.该校的国际学生社群在建校时来自 120 多个国家，由伙伴学院与交换安排提供支持。

Notable people

• Asif Kapadia, the film maker behind Amy and Senna, studied at the university's forerunner institution and became an Academy Award winner when Amy took the documentary feature prize.阿斯弗·卡帕迪尔是《艾米》与《塞纳》的导演，曾在该校前身院校学习，《艾米》获得奥斯卡最佳纪录长片奖，使他成为奥斯卡得主。
• Gareth Evans, director of The Raid, and Kirk Jones, director of Waking Ned Devine, are among the university's best-known film graduates.加雷斯·埃文斯是《突袭》的导演，柯克·琼斯是《欧游奇遇》的导演，两人都是该校最知名的电影毕业生。
• Max Boyce, the entertainer and rugby comedian, and Jayde Adams, a comedian and actor, both studied or graduated in South Wales, and Boyce is known for the song Hymns and Arias.艺人与橄榄球喜剧演员马克斯·博伊斯以及喜剧演员兼演员杰德·亚当斯都曾在南威尔士学习或毕业，博伊斯以歌曲《赞美诗与咏叹调》闻名。
• Leanne Wood, former leader of Plaid Cymru, and Jill Evans, a former Member of the European Parliament for Wales, are among its political alumni, with Wood leading the party from 2012 to 2018.威尔士党前领袖莉安·伍德与前欧洲议会议员吉尔·埃文斯都是该校的政治界校友，伍德在 2012 年至 2018 年间领导该党。
• Nigel Walker, an Olympic hurdler and Wales rugby international, later became national director at the English Institute of Sport.奈杰尔·沃克是奥运跨栏选手与威尔士橄榄球国脚，后来担任英国体育学院的国家总监。
• Tish Murtha, the documentary photographer known for her images of working-class life, studied at the university's predecessor in Newport.蒂什·默撒是以工人阶级生活影像闻名的纪实摄影师，曾在纽波特的前身院校学习。
• Philip Gross, a poet and novelist who won the T.S. Eliot Prize in 2009 for The Water Table, is among the university's literary alumni.菲利普·格罗斯是诗人与小说家，凭《水位表》于 2009 年获得 T.S. 艾略特奖，也是该校的文学界校友之一。
• Rachel Trezise, a novelist and short-story writer whose debut collection won the Dylan Thomas Prize, and Gareth L. Powell, a science fiction author, represent the university's strength in creative writing.小说家与短篇作家蕾切尔·特雷齐斯的首部作品集曾获迪伦·托马斯奖，她与科幻作家加雷斯·L·鲍威尔共同代表该校在创意写作方面的实力。
• Mark Labbett, a television personality known as the Beast on the quiz show The Chase, graduated from the university.马克·拉贝特是智力竞赛节目《追逐》中以“野兽”形象闻名的电视人物，毕业于该校。
• Roger Cecil, a painter and mixed-media artist, and Emma Darwin, a novelist, are also counted among its creative alumni.画家与混合媒介艺术家罗杰·塞西尔以及小说家艾玛·达尔文也被列为该校创意界的校友。
• Julie Lydon, the first vice-chancellor, was appointed an OBE in 2014 for services to higher education in Wales.首任校长朱莉·莱登因对威尔士高等教育的贡献，于 2014 年获授大英帝国官佐勋章。