University of Stirling

The University of Stirling is a public university in Stirling, Scotland, founded by royal charter in 1967 as the first new university established in Scotland for nearly 400 years, and it employs about 1,500 staff drawn from more than 140 nationalities.斯特灵大学（University of Stirling）是位于苏格兰斯特灵的一所公立大学，1967 年经皇家特许状创办，是苏格兰近四百年来创建的第一所新大学，其教职员约 1,500 人，来自 140 多个国籍。

Its campus is built within the walled Airthrey Castle estate in the foothills of the Ochil Hills, about two miles from the centre of Stirling, and covers some 330 acres, and it is regularly named among the most attractive university campuses in Britain.其校园建于奥基尔山麓的围墙式艾尔思雷城堡庄园之内，距斯特灵市中心约两英里，占地约 330 英亩，并常被评为英国最具吸引力的大学校园之一。

In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Stirling was placed 560th, in the THE 2027 it stood in the 501-550 band, the U.S. News 2026-2027 ranked it 949th and the ARWU 2026 placed it in the 801-900 band, while it enrols more than 17,500 students globally.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校位列第 560 位；2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名位于 501-550 区间；《美国新闻与世界报道》2026-2027 排名列第 949 位；2026 年软科世界大学学术排名位于 801-900 区间；其在全球有超过 17,500 名学生。

History

• The University of Stirling was established by royal charter in 1967, the first new university to be created in Scotland for nearly four hundred years.斯特灵大学于 1967 年经皇家特许状设立，是苏格兰近四百年来创建的第一所新大学。
• The founding site was selected from shortlisted competing locations that included Falkirk, Perth and Inverness, and the estate of Airthrey Castle was chosen.创办校址从包括福尔柯克、珀斯与因弗内斯在内的候选地点中选定，最终落地于艾尔思雷城堡庄园。
• Lord Robbins, the author of the Robbins Review that recommended an expansion of the number of British universities in the 1960s, was appointed as the university's first chancellor in 1968.1960 年代《罗宾斯报告》的作者罗宾斯勋爵（其报告建议扩大英国大学数量）于 1968 年被任命为该校首任校监。
• Tom Cottrell was appointed the university's first principal, serving from 1967 until his death in office in 1973.Tom Cottrell 被任命为该校首任校长，自 1967 年任职至 1973 年在任上去世。
• In 1967 a house for the university principal was completed, designed by the architects Morris and Steedman, and it was listed as category A in 2009.1967 年，为校长建造的住宅落成，由建筑师 Morris 与 Steedman 设计，并于 2009 年被列为 A 级保护建筑。
• The Pathfoot Building, the first phase of development on the campus, was completed in 1968 and housed lecture theatres, offices and classrooms as well as the crush hall where the university displayed its collection of contemporary Scottish art.校园建设第一阶段的帕斯福特楼（Pathfoot Building）于 1968 年建成，内含报告厅、办公室与教室，以及陈列当代苏格兰艺术收藏的「crush hall」。
• The Pathfoot Building was extended in 1979 to include a Tropical Aquarium and again in 1987 to add a Virology Unit tied to the university's Institute of Aquaculture.帕斯福特楼于 1979 年扩建，增设热带水族馆；1987 年再次扩建，加入与该校水产养殖研究所相关的病毒学单元。
• In 1993 the Pathfoot Building was selected by the international conservation organisation DoCoMoMo as one of sixty key Scottish monuments of the post-war era.1993 年，帕斯福特楼被国际保护组织 DoCoMoMo 选为战后时期苏格兰六十座重要建筑之一。
• In 1970 development began on the building later named the Cottrell Building, in memory of the university's first principal, and it now houses most of the university administration, lecture theatres, departmental offices and computer laboratories.1970 年，后来命名为科特雷尔楼（Cottrell Building）的建筑动工，以纪念首任校长；如今该校大部分行政机构、报告厅、系办公室与计算机实验室都集中于此。
• The University Library, the Atrium and the MacRobert Centre are housed in the adjoining Andrew Miller Building, which was completed in 1971.大学图书馆、中庭与麦克罗伯特中心位于相邻的安德鲁·米勒楼（Andrew Miller Building）内，该楼于 1971 年建成。
• On 13 October 1972, during a visit to the new campus by Queen Elizabeth II, the royal party received a rowdy reception from booing students protesting at the lack of social spaces in the newly built university.1972 年 10 月 13 日，伊丽莎白二世女王访问新校园时，遭遇学生以嘘声抗议的喧闹场面，学生们抗议这所新建大学缺少社交空间。
• On 14 October 1972 the University Court ordered an immediate investigation into the students' behaviour, twenty-four students were charged, and in February 1973 students boycotted the disciplinary trials until all charges were eventually dropped.1972 年 10 月 14 日，大学校务委员会下令立即调查学生行为，24 名学生被指控；1973 年 2 月学生们抵制纪律审判，最终所有指控均被撤销。
• A department of Business Studies and the Institute of Aquaculture, a research institute specialising in fish farming and genetics, were both set up in 1982.1982 年，学校设立了商学系以及专攻鱼类养殖与遗传学的水产养殖研究所。
• In 1983 the university sold 300 acres of land to Wang Laboratories, a sale that helped finance campus development.1983 年，该校将 300 英亩土地出售给王安电脑公司（Wang Laboratories），这笔交易为校园建设提供了资金。
• The R.G. Bomont Building, named after the second University Secretary and housing the Faculty of Social Science, was completed in 1998.以第二任大学秘书命名的 R.G. Bomont 楼于 1998 年建成，安置社会科学学院。
• The Iris Murdoch building was opened in 2002 to house the Dementia Services Development Centre, and the Colin Bell Building was completed in 2003.艾丽丝·默多克楼于 2002 年启用，用于安置失智症服务发展中心；科林·贝尔楼则于 2003 年建成。
• Stirling was designated as Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence by the Scottish Government in 2008, and it offers sports scholarships in five core sports, namely football, golf, swimming, tennis and triathlon.2008 年，苏格兰政府将斯特灵大学定为「苏格兰卓越体育大学」；该校在足球、高尔夫、游泳、网球与铁人三项五个核心项目上提供体育奖学金。
• In August 2016 the university was reorganised into four faculties together with the Stirling Management School and the Stirling Graduate School.2016 年 8 月，该校重组为四个学院，另设斯特灵商学院与斯特灵研究生院。
• In 2016 it was announced that the university would transfer delivery of its nursing and midwifery programmes at Inverness and Stornoway to the University of the Highlands and Islands.2016 年，该校宣布将其因弗内斯与斯托诺韦的护理与助产课程移交高地与群岛大学开办。
• In 2018 the university opened a branch campus in Ras al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates, shared with four other satellite campuses.2018 年，该校在阿拉伯联合酋长国哈伊马角开设分校，与其他四所卫星校区共用设施。
• In September 2015 the university completed a 40 million pound investment programme in student accommodation, adding 800 new rooms among the 2,000 rooms on campus, part of a continuing programme of campus investment.2015 年 9 月，该校完成了一项 4,000 万英镑的学生住宿投资计划，在校内 2,000 间宿舍中新增 800 间，属于其持续的校园投资计划的一部分。
• In November 2020 the university opened a new sports centre as part of a 20 million pound transformation of its sports facilities announced in 2018.2020 年 11 月，该校启用新的体育中心，作为 2018 年宣布的 2,000 万英镑体育设施改造计划的一部分。

Academics

• Most Scottish degree programmes are designed to include four years of study, and Stirling has offered four-year, modular degree programmes since it was first founded, with three modules taken in each of two semesters.苏格兰多数本科学位为四年制；斯特灵大学自建校起即开设四年制模块化课程，每学年分为两个学期，每学期修读三个模块。
• The basic module of study at Stirling is assigned 20 Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework credit points, and ordinary degrees have a minimum credit total of 360 points.该校的基础模块计 20 个苏格兰学分与资格框架（SCQF）学分，普通学位的最低学分总额为 360 分。
• The university is organised for teaching and research into five faculties, namely Arts and Humanities, Health Sciences and Sport, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences and the Stirling Management School.该校按教学与科研划分为五个学院，即人文与艺术学院、健康科学与体育学院、自然科学学院、社会科学学院以及斯特灵商学院。
• It offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses covering the liberal arts, natural science, management and health science, and achieved a five-star excellence award for teaching from QS Stars in 2016.该校提供涵盖人文学科、自然科学、管理学与健康科学的广泛本硕课程，并于 2016 年获 QS Stars 教学五星卓越奖。
• Stirling is an interdisciplinary, research-intensive university whose research focuses on Health and Wellbeing, Culture and Society, Environment, Enterprise and the Economy, and Sport.斯特灵是一所跨学科的研究密集型大学，其研究聚焦于健康与福祉、文化与社会、环境、企业与经济以及体育。
• In the Research Excellence Framework 2021 more than 80 per cent of Stirling's research was rated world leading or internationally excellent, and 87 per cent was judged to have outstanding or very considerable impact on society, and it was ranked 5th in Scotland and 40th in the UK for research intensity.在 2021 年「研究卓越框架」（REF）评估中，该校超过八成研究被评为世界领先或国际卓越，87% 的研究被评为对社会具有杰出或相当可观的影响；其研究密集度居苏格兰第 5、全英第 40。
• Specialist research centres at Stirling include the Centre for Environment, Heritage and Policy, the Stirling Media Research Institute, the Dementia Services Development Centre and the Stirling Centre for Scottish Studies.该校的专门研究中心包括环境、遗产与政策研究中心、斯特灵媒介研究所、失智症服务发展中心以及斯特灵苏格兰研究中心。
• The Institute of Aquaculture, founded in 1982, is a specialist research institute working on fish farming and genetics and is among the university's best-known research strengths.水产养殖研究所成立于 1982 年，是专攻鱼类养殖与遗传学的研究机构，也是该校最知名的研究强项之一。
• Stirling has a research publications database, STORRE, which provides free full-text access to its research outputs.该校设有名为 STORRE 的研究成果数据库，免费提供其研究成果的全文访问。
• The university maintains major industrial research links through the Stirling University Innovation Park, a science park founded in 1993 and located next to the main campus, home to around 50 companies.该校通过斯特灵大学创新园保持重要的产业研究联系，该科技园创办于 1993 年，紧邻主校区，约有 50 家公司入驻。
• The university offers the only master's programme in Human Rights and Diplomacy in the world taught in partnership with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research.该校开设全球唯一与联合国训练研究所合作办学的人权与外交硕士项目。
• Stirling has international degree programme partnerships in China with Hebei Normal University, in Singapore with the Singapore Institute of Management, and in Oman and Vietnam, part of a broader strategy of global engagement and transnational education.该校在中国与河北师范大学、在新加坡与新加坡管理学院、以及在阿曼与越南建立了国际学位项目合作，这是其全球化办学与跨国教育战略的一部分。
• The Stirling Management School was accredited by the Association of MBAs for its MBA and MBM programmes in March 2016.2016 年 3 月，斯特灵商学院的 MBA 与 MBM 项目获得工商管理硕士协会（AMBA）认证。
• Teaching at Stirling is delivered on a two-semester basis, with the academic year beginning in mid-September and the first semester ending in mid-December.该校教学按两学期制进行，学年于九月中旬开始，第一学期于十二月中旬结束。
• The university's research strengths include aquaculture, sports science, social work and environmental science, several of which rank highly within Scotland and the United Kingdom.该校的研究强项包括水产养殖、体育科学、社会工作与环境科学，其中多个领域在苏格兰与英国名列前茅。
• Stirling runs the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre and hosts archives including those of the novelist Patrick McGrath and the filmmaker Norman McLaren.该校运营苏格兰水产养殖创新中心，并收藏有小说家 Patrick McGrath 与电影人 Norman McLaren 等人的档案。

Campus

• The Stirling campus is set within about 330 acres of grounds beneath the Ochil Hills, two miles from the centre of Stirling and close to the town of Bridge of Allan.斯特灵校园位于奥基尔山麓约 330 英亩的园区内，距斯特灵市中心两英里，紧邻布里奇-奥夫-阿兰镇。
• The campus is regularly described as one of the most beautiful in the world, and it was ranked first in the UK for its campus environment in the International Student Barometer 2016 and first in the UK and top ten in the world in the 2024 survey, with its setting above the loch and beneath the hills central to the university's identity.该校校园常被誉为全球最美的校园之一，在 2016 年国际学生晴雨表中其校园环境居英国第一，2024 年调查中居英国第一、全球前十；坐拥湖泊之上、群山之下的环境，是该校形象的核心。
• The site includes the Robert Adam-designed eighteenth-century Airthrey Castle, the Hermitage woods, Airthrey Loch and a nine-hole Airthrey golf course.校园用地上有罗伯特·亚当设计的 18 世纪艾尔思雷城堡、隐修林、艾尔思雷湖以及一座九洞的艾尔思雷高尔夫球场。
• In 2002 the University of Stirling and the landscape of the Airthrey Estate were designated by the International Council on Monuments and Sites as one of the UK's top 20 heritage sites of the twentieth century.2002 年，斯特灵大学与艾尔思雷庄园景观被国际古迹遗址理事会（ICOMOS）列为英国二十世纪二十大遗产地之一。
• The Andrew Miller Building incorporates an Atrium containing retail and food outlets including a bookstore, bank and general store, and links the Library with the Students' Union and the MacRobert Arts Centre.安德鲁·米勒楼内含中庭，设书店、银行与杂货店等零售与餐饮设施，并将图书馆与学生会及麦克罗伯特艺术中心相连。
• The Library holds more than 500,000 volumes and over 9,000 journals, and it reopened in August 2010 after a major refurbishment programme.该校图书馆藏书 50 万册以上、期刊 9,000 余种，并在大规模翻修后于 2010 年 8 月重新开放。
• MacRobert Arts Centre is a small theatre and cinema complex open to members of the university and the general public, and the Pathfoot Building holds a fine art collection of more than 300 works.麦克罗伯特艺术中心是一座向师生与公众开放的小型剧院与影院；帕斯福特楼藏有 300 余件美术作品。
• Student accommodation can cater for almost 3,000 students in more than 20 properties on and off campus, mostly in halls of residence on campus.该校学生住宿可容纳近 3,000 名学生，分布于校内外的 20 多处物业，其中多数为校内学生宿舍。
• On-campus halls of residence include Andrew Stewart Hall, Willow Court, Beech Court, Juniper Court, Fraser of Allander House, Muirhead House and Polwarth House.校内宿舍包括安德鲁·斯图尔特楼、柳树苑、山毛榉苑、杜松苑、阿兰德·弗雷泽楼、缪尔黑德楼与波尔沃思楼。
• Sports facilities include the Gannochy National Tennis Centre, a 50-metre swimming pool completed in 2001 as part of the National Swimming Academy, a fitness centre and all-weather playing fields.体育设施包括甘诺基国家网球中心、2001 年作为国家游泳学院一部分建成的 50 米泳池、健身中心以及全天候运动场。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the University of Stirling was placed 560th in the world.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，斯特灵大学位列世界第 560 位。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place it in the 501-550 band, and the U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027 ranks it 949th.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将其列入 501-550 区间；《美国新闻与世界报道》2026-2027 最佳全球大学排名列第 949 位。
• The Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026 places it in the 801-900 band.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名将其列入 801-900 区间。
• The university was named Scottish University of the Year and UK Sport University of the Year in the Daily Mail University Guide 2027, awards that reflect its high teaching quality and student experience.该校在《每日邮报》2027 年大学指南中被评为「苏格兰年度大学」与「英国体育年度大学」，这些奖项体现了其高水准的教学质量与学生体验。
• Stirling ranked 55th overall in the UK in the Complete University Guide 2027 and 51st in the Complete University Guide 2026, and 37th overall in the UK in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2027.该校在 2027 年完全大学指南中位居全英第 55，2026 年位居全英第 51；在 2027 年《泰晤士报》与《星期日泰晤士报》优秀大学指南中位居全英第 37。
• In the Research Excellence Framework 2021 Stirling ranked 4th in Scotland and 43rd in the UK for research impact.在 2021 年研究卓越框架评估中，该校研究影响力居苏格兰第 4、全英第 43。
• The university is among the top 50 universities in the world under 50 years old, ranked 2nd in the UK and 46th in the world by the Times Higher Education Young University Rankings.该校位列全球建校五十年以下大学前五十，被《泰晤士高等教育》年轻大学排名列为英国第 2、全球第 46。
• Stirling ranked 1st in Scotland and 3rd in the UK for graduate employability according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency, with more than 96 per cent of graduates in employment or further study within six months of graduating.据英国高等教育统计局数据，该校毕业生就业力居苏格兰第 1、全英第 3，超过 96% 的毕业生在毕业六个月内就业或继续深造。
• The university achieved a five-star overall rating in the QS Stars ratings, including five stars for teaching, employability, facilities, inclusiveness and internationalisation, a rating reserved for world-class universities.该校在 QS Stars 评级中获整体五星，在教学、就业力、设施、包容性与国际化等方面均获五星，这是授予世界一流大学的评级。
• Stirling was one of twenty institutions awarded a Queen's Anniversary Prize in 2014, recognising work led by its Institute of Social Marketing on the effects of tobacco, alcohol and food marketing on young people's health.该校是 2014 年获颁女王周年奖的二十所院校之一，其社会营销研究所关于烟草、酒精与食品营销对青少年健康影响的研究获此殊荣。

Student life

• Stirling does not foreground a formal Latin motto, and its stated purpose is captured in the strapline Be the difference, alongside its strategic pillars of People, Place and Purpose, and it describes itself as a place where ability rather than background is valued.该校未凸显正式的拉丁文校训，其宗旨体现在标语「Be the difference」之中，并以「人、地、目的」为战略支柱；它自称为一个看重能力而非出身的地方。
• The University of Stirling Students' Union is based in the Robbins Centre on campus, is affiliated to the National Union of Students, and supports more than 90 clubs and societies and 53 sports clubs.斯特灵大学学生会设于校内的罗宾斯中心，隶属于英国全国学生联合会，支持 90 多个社团与 53 个体育俱乐部。
• The union's four sabbatical officers are the Union President, Sports President, Vice-President Education and Vice-President Communities, and senior members hold seats on the University Court.学生会设有四位全职带薪干事——学生会主席、体育主席、教育副主席与社群副主席，其资深成员在大学校务委员会拥有席位。
• Brig has been the campus newspaper since 1969, Air3 Radio was the first campus radio station in Scotland, and AirTV is a student television station set up in 2002.《Brig》自 1969 年起即为校园报纸，Air3 Radio 是苏格兰首家校园电台，AirTV 则是 2002 年设立的学生电视台。
• The university has student-run media services and the campus is the headquarters for sports agencies including the sportscotland institute of sport, Commonwealth Games Scotland and Scottish Swimming.该校设有学生自主运营的媒体服务；校园还是多个体育机构的总部所在地，包括苏格兰体育学院、苏格兰英联邦运动会组织与苏格兰游泳协会。
• At Rio 2016, Stirling students and alumni competed for Great Britain, with swimmers Duncan Scott and Robbie Renwick both earning silver medals and Ross Murdoch a Commonwealth gold medallist.2016 年里约奥运会上，该校学生与校友代表英国出战，游泳选手 Duncan Scott 与 Robbie Renwick 均获银牌，Ross Murdoch 则为英联邦运动会金牌得主。
• Tennis players Andy Murray and his brother Jamie Murray trained on the university's courts when they were young, and Gordon Reid, a wheelchair gold medallist in 2016, was a tennis scholar at Stirling.网球选手安迪·穆雷与其兄杰米·穆雷年少时曾在特拉夫校网球场训练；2016 年轮椅网球金牌得主戈登·里德也曾是该校的网球奖学金学员。
• In January 2023 the men's football team reached the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, losing 1-0 away to Dundee United, a historic result for the club.2023 年 1 月，该校男子足球队历史性地闯入苏格兰杯第四轮，客场 0 比 1 负于邓迪联队。

Notable people

• Lord Robbins, the economist and author of the Robbins Review, served as the university's first chancellor from 1967 to 1978.经济学家、《罗宾斯报告》作者罗宾斯勋爵于 1967 至 1978 年担任该校首任校监。
• Tom Cottrell was the university's first principal, serving from 1967 until his death in office in 1973.Tom Cottrell 是该校首任校长，自 1967 年任职至 1973 年在任上去世。
• Andrew Miller served as principal of the university from 1994 to 2001, and the building that houses the library and students' union is named after him.Andrew Miller 于 1994 至 2001 年任该校校长，安置图书馆与学生会的建筑即以他命名。
• Kate Andrews, a writer on economics, and the economists David Blanchflower, a former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, are among its academic community.经济评论作家 Kate Andrews 与前英国央行货币政策委员会成员、经济学家 David Blanchflower 都曾在该校任教或任职。
• Norman MacCaig, one of Scotland's best-known poets, was Reader in Poetry at Stirling from 1972 to 1977 and received the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1986.苏格兰最著名的诗人之一 Norman MacCaig 于 1972 至 1977 年任该校诗歌讲席，并于 1986 年获女王诗歌金奖。
• Iain Banks, the novelist, studied English at the University of Stirling and is among its best-known literary graduates.小说家伊恩·班克斯（Iain Banks）曾在斯特灵大学攻读英语，是该校最知名的文学界毕业生之一。
• Graeme Armstrong, the author of The Young Team, and the writer Harry Josephine Giles are also graduates of the university's English studies programme.《The Young Team》作者 Graeme Armstrong 与作家 Harry Josephine Giles 也都是该校英语专业毕业生。
• Lord Jack McConnell, First Minister of Scotland from 2001 to 2007, has served as Chancellor of the University of Stirling since 2018.2001 至 2007 年任苏格兰首席部长的杰克·麦康奈尔勋爵自 2018 年起担任斯特灵大学校监。
• Dame Diana Rigg, the actress, served as Chancellor of the University of Stirling from 1998 to 2008.女演员黛安娜·里格女爵士于 1998 至 2008 年担任斯特灵大学校监。
• Gerry McCormac has served as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the university since 2010, and he was also elected Convener of Universities Scotland for 2020 to 2022.Gerry McCormac 自 2010 年起任该校校长兼副校长，并曾于 2020 至 2022 年当选苏格兰大学联盟召集人。