University of Surrey

The University of Surrey is a public research university in Guildford, Surrey, England, which received its royal charter in 1966 and traces its origin to the Battersea Polytechnic Institute founded in 1891 in London.萨里大学（University of Surrey）是位于英格兰萨里郡吉尔福德的一所公立研究型大学，1966 年获皇家特许状建校，其源头可追溯到 1891 年在伦敦创办的巴特西理工学院。

Its main campus lies on Stag Hill beside Guildford Cathedral, with a second campus at Manor Park, and the university is known for the Surrey Space Centre, the 5G Innovation Centre and its teaching in hospitality and tourism.该校主校区位于吉尔福德大教堂旁的鹿山，第二校区位于庄园公园，因萨里太空中心、5G 创新中心以及酒店与旅游管理教学而闻名。

It is placed joint 246th in the QS World University Rankings 2027, joint 237th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, 339th in the U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027 and in the 401-500 band of the Shanghai ARWU 2026.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中并列第 246 位，2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名并列第 237 位，《美国新闻与世界报道》2026-2027 最佳全球大学排名第 339 位，2026 年软科世界大学学术排名位列 401-500 区间。

History

• The Battersea Polytechnic Institute was founded in 1891 and admitted its first students in 1894, aiming to widen access to further and higher education for Londoners, including the city's poorer inhabitants.巴特西理工学院创办于 1891 年，1894 年迎来首批学生，旨在为伦敦居民——包括城中较贫困的居民——拓宽继续教育与高等教育的入学机会。
• In 1901 its evening classes taught mechanical engineering and building, electrical engineering, chemistry and other trades, physics and natural science, mathematics, languages, commercial subjects and music, alongside domestic economy classes for women.1901 年，其夜校课程涵盖机械工程与建筑、电气工程、化学及其他工艺、物理与自然科学、数学、语言、商科科目与音乐，并为女性开设家政经济等课程。
• The institute concentrated on science and technology and from about 1920 taught students of the University of London, awarding University of London external degrees.该学院专注科学与技术，约自 1920 年起为伦敦大学的学生授课，并颁授伦敦大学校外学位。
• In 1956 it was among the first institutions to be designated a College of Advanced Technology and was renamed Battersea College of Technology.1956 年，它成为首批被授予「高等技术学院」称号的机构之一，并更名为巴特西技术学院。
• The Robbins Report of 1963 recommended that the Colleges of Advanced Technology, including Battersea, should expand and become degree-awarding universities.1963 年的《罗宾斯报告》建议包括巴特西在内的各高等技术学院扩充并升格为可授予学位的大学。
• In 1965 the university-designate acquired a greenfield site in Guildford from Guildford Cathedral, Guildford Borough Council and the Onslow Village Trust.1965 年，这所筹建中的大学从吉尔福德大教堂、吉尔福德自治市议会与昂斯洛村信托手中购得吉尔福德的一块绿地。
• The Guildford site was first announced on 12 March 1964, planned to hold 3,500 full-time students by 1975, and Guildford Borough Council backed the proposal on 31 March 1964.吉尔福德校址于 1964 年 3 月 12 日首次公布，计划到 1975 年容纳 3,500 名全日制学生，吉尔福德自治市议会于 1964 年 3 月 31 日通过该提案。
• A complete model of the 83-acre site was built by December 1964, and the architect was the Building Design Partnership under George Grenfell-Baines, with government planning permission granted on 30 December 1965.1964 年 12 月，83 英亩校址的完整模型制作完成，设计方为乔治·格伦费尔-贝恩斯主持的「建筑设计合作事务所」，政府规划许可于 1965 年 12 月 30 日获批。
• The 4 million pound phase-one contract went to James Longley of Crawley in March 1965 for three four-storey academic blocks, seven five-storey residential blocks, the nine-storey Senate House, lecture theatres and a restaurant, built in only ten months.1965 年 3 月，400 万英镑的一期工程合同授予克劳利的詹姆斯·朗利公司，内容含三栋四层教学大楼、七栋五层宿舍楼、九层的评议会大楼、阶梯教室与餐厅，仅用十个月便建成。
• In May 1968 James Longley won the 1.75 million pound phase-two contract for two academic blocks, six residential blocks, a hall and a restaurant, built with the Bison industrialised building system.1968 年 5 月，詹姆斯·朗利公司获得 175 万英镑的二期合同，建造两栋教学楼、六栋宿舍楼、一座大厅与一间餐厅，采用 Bison 工业化建造体系。
• The University of Surrey was established by royal charter on 9 September 1966, becoming one of the plate-glass universities created after the Robbins Report.萨里大学于 1966 年 9 月 9 日依皇家特许状正式成立，成为《罗宾斯报告》之后创办的「平板玻璃大学」之一。
• Alfred Robens, Baron Robens of Woldingham, was appointed the first Chancellor in 1967, and his decision to proceed with the installation ceremony the day after the Aberfan disaster proved controversial.阿尔弗雷德·罗本斯（沃尔丁厄姆的罗本斯男爵）于 1967 年被任命为该校首任校监，他在阿伯凡矿难次日仍照常举行就职典礼的决定引发了争议。
• On 25 October 1968 visitors to the Battersea campus saw Led Zeppelin play their very first gig in the Victorian Great Hall, and by 1970 the move from Battersea to Guildford was complete.1968 年 10 月 25 日，来到巴特西校区的访客在维多利亚式大厅里观看了齐柏林飞艇乐队的首场演出；到 1970 年，从巴特西迁往吉尔福德的工作全部完成。
• The university's Battersea Court halls of residence were named in honour of its Battersea origins.该校的巴特西庭院宿舍区即是依其巴特西渊源命名的。
• Between 1982 and 2008 the university was trustee of the Guildford Institute building, and the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance moved from Aldershot to its own headquarters on the Stag Hill campus in 1985.1982 至 2008 年间，该校担任吉尔福德学会大楼的受托人；评估与资格联盟则于 1985 年从奥尔德肖特迁入鹿山校区自建的办公大楼。
• The university marked its Silver Jubilee in 1991 with the book Surrey: The Rise of a Modern University by Roy Douglas and a Service of Thanksgiving in Guildford Cathedral in March 1992 attended by Queen Elizabeth II.1991 年，该校以罗伊·道格拉斯所著「Surrey: The Rise of a Modern University」一书庆祝建校二十五周年，并于 1992 年 3 月在吉尔福德大教堂举行感恩礼拜，伊丽莎白二世女王出席。
• In 1998 an academic federation was formed with the Roehampton Institute, which became the University of Surrey Roehampton in 2000 and, between 2000 and 2004, the Federal University of Surrey, before gaining independence on 1 August 2004.1998 年，该校与罗汉普顿学院结成学术联盟，后者于 2000 年成为萨里大学罗汉普顿学院，2000 至 2004 年间双方组成联邦萨里大学，最终于 2004 年 8 月 1 日各自独立。
• The 35th anniversary in May 2002 was marked by the unveiling of The Surrey Scholar sculpture by Allan Sly at the foot of Guildford High Street and by the publication of Understanding the Real World, a visual history by Christopher Pick.2002 年 5 月的 35 周年校庆以两件事为标志：艾伦·斯莱创作的「萨里学者」雕塑在吉尔福德大街尽头揭幕，以及克里斯托弗·皮克所著图文校史「Understanding the Real World」出版。
• Applications rose by 39 per cent in 2007 and by a further 12 per cent in 2008, while in October 2008 the university lost out to Royal Holloway in a bid to merge with St George's, University of London.2007 年申请量增长 39%，2008 年再增 12%；2008 年 10 月，该校在与伦敦大学圣乔治学院的合并竞争中败给了皇家霍洛威学院。
• In September 2009 the Guildford School of Acting became a subsidiary of the university, and in March 2019 the university announced 15 million pounds of cuts, triggering a no-confidence vote in which 96 per cent of unionised staff opposed the Vice-Chancellor and Executive Board.2009 年 9 月，吉尔福德表演艺术学院成为该校的附属学院；2019 年 3 月，该校宣布削减 1,500 万英镑开支，引发不信任投票，参与投票的工会教职工中有 96% 对校长与执行委员会表示不信任。

Academics

• The university's academic activity is organised into three faculties: the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, and the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences.该校的教学科研按三个学部组织：艺术与社会科学学部、工程与物理科学学部、健康与医学科学学部。
• The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences includes schools of economics, hospitality and tourism management, law, and literature and languages, together with departments of music and media, politics and sociology, the Surrey Business School and the Guildford School of Acting.艺术与社会科学学部包括经济学院、酒店与旅游管理学院、法学院、文学与语言学院，以及音乐与媒体系、政治系、社会学系、萨里商学院与吉尔福德表演艺术学院。
• The Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences covers chemistry, chemical and process engineering, civil and environmental engineering, computer science, electrical and electronic engineering, mathematics, mechanical engineering sciences and physics.工程与物理科学学部涵盖化学、化学与过程工程、土木与环境工程、计算机科学、电气与电子工程、数学、机械工程科学与物理学。
• The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences comprises the schools of biosciences, health sciences, medicine, psychology and veterinary medicine.健康与医学科学学部由生物科学学院、健康科学学院、医学院、心理学院与兽医学院组成。
• In the 2024/25 academic year the university enrolled 16,430 students, made up of 12,500 undergraduates and 3,930 postgraduates.2024/25 学年，该校在校生为 16,430 人，其中本科生 12,500 人、研究生 3,930 人。
• Around 3,000 international students from more than 130 countries study at the university.来自一百三十多个国家的约 3,000 名国际学生在该校就读。
• The Surrey Space Centre conducts research on small satellites and spun off the commercial company Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd, founded by the academic Martin Sweeting.萨里太空中心从事小卫星研究，并衍生出商业公司萨里卫星技术公司，由学者马丁·斯威廷创办。
• The 5G Innovation Centre opened in September 2015 to develop the first worldwide 5G network, drawing more than 40 million pounds from telecommunications firms such as BT, EE, Huawei, Samsung, Telefonica and Vodafone and a further 11.6 million pounds from the Higher Education Funding Council for England.5G 创新中心于 2015 年 9 月启用，旨在研发全球首个 5G 网络，获英国电信、EE、华为、三星、西班牙电信与沃达丰等电信企业逾 4,000 万英镑支持，另获英格兰高等教育拨款委员会 1,160 万英镑。
• The university owns the Surrey Research Park, a 28-hectare low-density development that provides facilities for more than 110 companies engaged in research, development and design.该校拥有萨里研究园，这是一片 28 公顷的低密度园区，为 110 多家从事研发与设计的公司提供设施。
• In the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise the university earned a 5-star rating in sociology, electrical and electronic engineering, physics, applied mathematics and several other fields.在 2001 年科研评估（RAE）中，该校在社会学、电气与电子工程、物理学、应用数学等若干领域获得五星评级。
• The Advanced Technology Institute, directed by Ravi Silva, works on nanotechnology and electronic devices.由拉维·席尔瓦主持的先进技术研究所从事纳米技术与电子器件研究。
• The Centre for Environment and Sustainability was founded by Roland Clift in 1992 as the Centre for Environmental Strategy.环境与可持续性中心由罗兰·克利夫特于 1992 年以「环境战略中心」之名创办。
• Tim Jackson, professor of sustainable development, published Prosperity Without Growth in 2009.可持续发展教授蒂姆·杰克逊于 2009 年出版「Prosperity Without Growth」一书。
• Hospitality and leisure management and petroleum engineering are among the subjects in which the university ranks in the top 20 in the United Kingdom.酒店与休闲管理、石油工程是该校在英国排名前 20 的学科。
• In 2007 the university and the Dongbei University of Finance and Economics in Dalian, China, launched the Surrey International Institute, which offers Surrey degrees and dual-degree programmes in China.2007 年，该校与中国大连的东北财经大学合作创办萨里国际学院，在中国提供萨里学位与双学位项目。
• The university is a member of the Association of MBAs, the SETsquared partnership with Bath, Bristol, Southampton and Exeter, and the University Global Partnership Network.该校是工商管理硕士协会成员，并与巴斯、布里斯托、南安普顿和埃克塞特组成 SETsquared 联盟，同时是大学全球伙伴网络成员。

Campus

• The main campus occupies a 30-hectare site on Stag Hill beside Guildford Cathedral, to which the university began moving in 1968 and completed its transfer by 1970.主校区占地 30 公顷，位于吉尔福德大教堂旁的鹿山，该校自 1968 年开始迁入，至 1970 年完成搬迁。
• A further 90 hectares allocated to the university remained undeveloped until 2005.划拨给该校的另外 90 公顷土地直到 2005 年才得到开发。
• The Manor Park campus, designed as a car-free village, lies 1.6 kilometres from Stag Hill on the other side of the A3 trunk road and combines residences, research and teaching buildings and sporting facilities.庄园公园校区被设计成无车村落，距鹿山 1.6 公里，位于 A3 主干道另一侧，集住宿、科研与教学楼及体育设施于一体。
• Surrey Sports Park opened in April 2010 at a cost of 36 million pounds, replacing the former UniSport facilities, and houses a 50-metre swimming pool, three multi-sports halls, six squash courts, a gym, floodlit pitches and a climbing centre.萨里体育公园于 2010 年 4 月启用，造价 3,600 万英镑，取代了此前的 UniSport 设施，内设 50 米泳池、三个综合体育馆、六个壁球场、健身房、灯光球场与攀岩中心。
• The 1,000-seat indoor arena is home to the Surrey Scorchers basketball team and the Surrey Storm netball team, two-time Netball Superleague champions.这座可容纳 1,000 人的室内体育馆是萨里 Scorchers 篮球队与两度夺得无板篮球超级联赛冠军的萨里风暴队的主场。
• The 45 million pound School of Veterinary Medicine was opened in October 2015 by the Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh.造价 4,500 万英镑的兽医学院于 2015 年 10 月由女王在爱丁堡公爵陪同下揭幕。
• The old Sports Centre was converted into the Ivy Arts Centre, a performing arts venue with a 200-seat theatre and studio and workshop space.旧体育中心被改建为常春藤艺术中心，一座拥有 200 座剧场、排练室与工作坊空间的表演艺术场所。
• BBC Surrey has its studios on the campus, which also hosts the student-run Stag Radio, and the Battersea Court halls preserve the memory of the original Battersea campus.BBC 萨里电台的演播室设于校园内，这里还设有学生自办的 Stag Radio；巴特西庭院宿舍则保存着对原巴特西校区的记忆。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the University of Surrey is placed joint 246th in the world.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，萨里大学位列世界并列第 246 位。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 places it joint 237th.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将其列为并列第 237 位。
• The U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027 ranks it 339th in the world.《美国新闻与世界报道》2026-2027 最佳全球大学排名将其列为世界第 339 位。
• In the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026 it appears in the 401-500 band.在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中，其位列 401-500 区间。
• Within the United Kingdom the university was 21st in The Times and The Sunday Times, 12th in the Complete University Guide and 19th in The Guardian University Guide for 2024.在英国国内榜单中，该校在《泰晤士报》与《星期日泰晤士报》排名第 21，在完全大学指南排名第 12，在 2024 年《卫报》大学指南排名第 19。
• The Sunday Times named it University of the Year in 2016 and University of the Year for Graduate Employment in 2022, and it was again nominated for the former in 2023.《星期日泰晤士报》于 2016 年将其评为年度大学，2022 年评为毕业生就业年度大学，并于 2023 年再度获得前一奖项提名。
• In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework the university rose 12 places to 33rd in the UK for overall research quality, with 41 per cent of its outputs classified as world-leading.在 2021 年科研卓越框架（REF）中，该校整体科研质量在英国上升 12 位至第 33 名，41% 的成果被评为世界领先。
• Surrey has won Queen's Anniversary Prizes in 1996, 2002, 2011 and 2017, a Queen's Award for Export Achievement in 1991, and its spin-off Surrey Satellite Technology won a Queen's Award for Technological Achievement in 1998.萨里大学曾于 1996、2002、2011 与 2017 年四度获得女王周年奖，1991 年获女王出口成就奖，其衍生公司萨里卫星技术公司于 1998 年获女王技术成就奖。
• The OpenAlex database credits the university with 80,781 works and 4,350,145 citations, and its graduates abbreviate it to Sur in post-nominal letters.OpenAlex 数据库收录该校 80,781 篇成果与 4,350,145 次引用，其毕业生在学位后留名中将其缩写为 Sur。
• Among British universities the University of Surrey had the 41st highest average UCAS Tariff for new entrants in 2020, reflecting its status as a medium-tariff institution.在 2020 年英国各大学新生平均 UCAS 分数中，萨里大学排名第 41 位，体现其「中等录取线」院校的定位。

Student life

• The university has no formal motto, and its Students' Union was incorporated as a non-profit charity in July 2011.该校没有正式校训；其学生会于 2011 年 7 月注册为非营利慈善机构。
• The Students' Union is organised into four zones, Support, Voice, Community and Activity, each led by a sabbatical officer, with a president sitting on the University Council.学生会分为支持、发声、社区与活动四个板块，各由一名专职休假的干事负责，主席则进入大学理事会。
• The university mascot is Steve the Stag, and in 2017 the Free Speech University Rankings noted union byelaws restricting depictions of the mascot as drinking, smoking or engaged in lewd acts.该校吉祥物为雄鹿「史蒂夫」；2017 年英国大学言论自由排行榜指出，学生会章程限制将吉祥物描绘为饮酒、吸烟或从事不雅行为。
• Student media include the television station StagTV, the radio station Stag Radio and The Stag magazine, which in 2019 published the article Paygate on the Vice-Chancellor's bonuses.学生媒体包括电视台 StagTV、电台 Stag Radio 与《The Stag》杂志，后者于 2019 年发表「Paygate」一文，质疑校长的奖金。
• The Students' Union runs venues such as Rubix and The Basement, where weekly events are held.学生会运营 Rubix 与 The Basement 等场所，每周在此举办活动。
• Sport at the university is branded Team Surrey, and the university has produced Olympic gold medallists as well as the Surrey Scorchers basketball and Surrey Storm netball teams.该校体育以「Team Surrey」为名，培养过奥运金牌得主，并拥有萨里 Scorchers 篮球队与萨里风暴无板篮球队。
• Surrey Sports Park has hosted major events, staging all but four matches of the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup and serving as a training base for teams at the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics, and the university hosted the 2017 Women's Lacrosse World Cup.萨里体育公园承办过多项大型赛事，2010 年女子橄榄球世界杯除四场外全部在此举行，它还是 2012 年伦敦奥运会与残奥会多支队伍的集训基地，该校亦承办了 2017 年女子长曲棍球世界杯。
• The university operates halls of residence on both the Stag Hill and Manor Park campuses, so that most students can walk to academic buildings in a compact campus layout.该校在鹿山与庄园公园两个校区均设有学生宿舍，校园布局紧凑，多数学生可步行抵达教学楼。

Notable people

• Alfred Robens, Baron Robens of Woldingham, chairman of the National Coal Board, was the university's first Chancellor, appointed in 1967.沃尔丁厄姆的罗本斯男爵阿尔弗雷德·罗本斯是英国国家煤炭委员会主席，1967 年出任该校首任校监。
• Peter Leggett, the last Principal of Battersea College of Technology, became the university's first Vice-Chancellor.彼得·莱格特是巴特西技术学院的最后一任院长，后成为该校首任校长。
• Jim Al-Khalili, the theoretical physicist and broadcaster, graduated from Surrey with a BSc in 1986 and a PhD in 1989.理论物理学家、科普主持人吉姆·阿尔-哈利利 1986 年在该校获学士学位，1989 年获博士学位。
• Sir Martin Sweeting, who took his BSc at Surrey in 1974 and his PhD in 1979, founded and chairs Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.马丁·斯威廷爵士 1974 年在该校获学士学位、1979 年获博士学位，创办并任萨里卫星技术公司董事长。
• John Pickett, a Surrey graduate of 1967 and 1971, won the Wolf Prize in Agriculture.约翰·皮克特是该校 1967 年与 1971 年的毕业生，曾获沃尔夫农业奖。
• Beatrice Shilling, who earned a PhD at Surrey, was an aeronautical engineer and motor racer who devised the wartime Miss Shilling's orifice.比阿特丽斯·希林在该校获得博士学位，身为航空工程师与赛车手，她在战时发明了「希林孔」。
• Hassan Diab, who took an MSc at Surrey in 1982, served as Prime Minister of Lebanon from 2020 to 2021.哈桑·迪亚卜 1982 年在该校获硕士学位，2020 至 2021 年任黎巴嫩总理。
• Ameenah Gurib, a Surrey BSc graduate of 1983, was President of Mauritius from 2015 to 2018.阿米娜·古里布 1983 年在该校获学士学位，2015 至 2018 年任毛里求斯总统。
• Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who holds an MSc from Surrey, served as Prime Minister of Thailand from 2024 to 2025.佩通坦·西那瓦拥有该校硕士学位，2024 至 2025 年任泰国总理。
• Wong Li-Lin, a Singaporean actress of Chinese descent, took an MA at Surrey in 2001.新加坡华裔女演员黄丽玲 2001 年在该校获硕士学位。