University of Texas at Dallas

The University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas or UTD) is a public research university in Richardson, Texas, United States, and the northernmost institution of the University of Texas System.德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校（University of Texas at Dallas，简称 UT Dallas 或 UTD）是位于美国德克萨斯州理查森市的公立研究型大学，也是德克萨斯大学系统中地理位置最北的成员。

It was founded in 1961 as the Graduate Research Center of the Southwest, a private research arm of Texas Instruments, and became a component of the University of Texas System in 1969.该校于 1961 年作为德州仪器的私立研究机构「西南研究生研究中心」创办，并于 1969 年成为德克萨斯大学系统的成员。

By fall 2025 it enrolled 30,139 students across seven schools offering 160 academic programmes, and had an endowment of about 859 million dollars and a QS World University Ranking of 686th in 2027.截至 2025 年秋季，该校在读学生 30,139 人，下设七个学院，开设 160 个学位课程；其捐赠基金约 8.59 亿美元，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 686 位。

History

• The university's origins lie with Eugene McDermott, Cecil Howard Green and J. Erik Jonsson, who had purchased Geophysical Service Incorporated on 6 December 1941, the day before the attack on Pearl Harbor.该校的源头可追溯至尤金·麦克德莫特、塞西尔·霍华德·格林与 J·埃里克·琼森，三人于 1941 年 12 月 6 日，即珍珠港事件前一天，收购了地球物理服务公司。
• The General Instrument Division of that company grew rapidly under wartime defence contracts and was reorganised in 1951 as Texas Instruments, which struggled to recruit enough qualified engineers in the Dallas–Fort Worth area.该公司的通用仪器部门在战时国防合同下迅速壮大，并于 1951 年重组为德州仪器公司；公司在达拉斯-沃斯堡地区难以招到足够合格的工程师。
• Believing that the region had to grow academically to compete industrially, the three founders established the Graduate Research Center of the Southwest on 14 February 1961.三位创办人深信该地区必须在学术上成长才能在工业上竞争，遂于 1961 年 2 月 14 日创办「西南研究生研究中心」。
• The centre was first housed in the Fondren Science Library at Southern Methodist University, and in 1962 the founders acquired an empty cotton field in Richardson, Texas, for a permanent campus.该中心起初设于南方卫理公会大学的丰德伦科学图书馆内；1962 年，创办人在德克萨斯州理查森购得一片空旷的棉田，用作永久校址。
• The first facility, the Laboratory of Earth and Planetary Science that later became the Founders Building, opened in 1964, and the institution was renamed the Southwest Center for Advanced Studies in 1967.第一座设施「地球与行星科学实验室」（后称创办人楼）于 1964 年启用；该校于 1967 年更名为「西南高等研究中心」。
• On 13 June 1969 Governor Preston Smith signed House Bill 303, adding the institution to the University of Texas System as the University of Texas at Dallas, effective 1 September 1969.1969 年 6 月 13 日，德克萨斯州州长普雷斯顿·史密斯签署第 303 号众议院法案，将该机构以「德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校」之名纳入德克萨斯大学系统，于 1969 年 9 月 1 日生效。
• At the transfer the founders said they envisioned the young university becoming the "MIT of the South", and it initially admitted only graduate students, with Francis S. Johnson serving as interim president.移交时，创办人表示曾设想这所年轻的大学成为「南方的麻省理工」；学校起初仅招收研究生，由弗朗西斯·S·约翰逊担任临时校长。
• In July 1971 Bryce Jordan became the university's first president and served until 1981, when the campus still consisted of a single building.1971 年 7 月，布莱斯·乔丹出任该校首任校长，任至 1981 年；当时整个校园仍仅有一座建筑。
• The university received 275 acres of land from the Hoblitzelle Foundation in 1972, gained accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools the same year, and awarded its first diplomas in 1973.该校于 1972 年从霍布利策尔基金会获得 275 英亩土地，同年取得南方院校协会认证，并于 1973 年颁发首批文凭。
• The first bachelor's degrees were awarded in spring 1976, the Callier Center for Communication Disorders joined the university in 1975, and enrolment rose from 700 in 1974 to more than 5,300 by 1977.首批学士学位于 1976 年春季颁发；卡利尔语言障碍中心于 1975 年并入该校；在校生从 1974 年的 700 人增至 1977 年的 5,300 余人。
• Polykarp Kusch, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1955, taught on the physics faculty from 1972 to 1982 and became the university's first Nobel laureate.1955 年诺贝尔物理学奖得主波利卡普·库施于 1972 至 1982 年在物理系任教，成为该校首位诺贝尔奖得主。
• Robert H. Rutford, an Antarctic explorer honoured by the naming of the Rutford Ice Stream and Mount Rutford, became the second president in May 1982 and served until 1994.南极探险家罗伯特·H·拉特福德曾获以他命名的拉特福德冰流与拉特福德山殊荣；他于 1982 年 5 月出任第二任校长，任至 1994 年。
• Under Rutford the university secured approval for a school of engineering, added freshmen and sophomores, and built its first on-campus housing.在拉特福德任内，该校获准设立工程学院，开始招收大一大二学生，并兴建了首批校内宿舍。
• The university became a four-year institution in fall 1990 and admitted its first freshman class of about 100 students, with state-mandated admission criteria no less stringent than those of UT Austin.该校于 1990 年秋季成为四年制大学，招收了约 100 名首批大一新生，州政府规定其录取标准不得低于德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校。
• Franklyn Jenifer became the third president in 1994 and served until 2005, a period in which enrolment increased by more than 61 per cent, from under 8,500 to nearly 14,000.弗兰克林·杰尼弗于 1994 年出任第三任校长，任至 2005 年；在此期间在校生增长逾 61%，从不足 8,500 人增至近 14,000 人。
• A steel band in the headpiece of the university's ceremonial mace and a foot fashioned from a scientific instrument were flown aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in September 1995.该校礼仪权杖顶端的一圈钢带、以及由一件科学仪器改制的杖脚，于 1995 年 9 月搭乘「奋进号」航天飞机进入太空。
• In June 2005 David E. Daniel, previously dean of engineering at the University of Illinois, was appointed the fourth president, and the campus gained almost 600,000 square feet of new facilities between 2007 and 2010.2005 年 6 月，曾任伊利诺大学工程学院院长的戴维·E·丹尼尔获任第四任校长；2007 至 2010 年间，校园新增近 60 万平方英尺的设施。
• In 2016 Richard C. Benson, formerly dean of engineering at Virginia Tech, became the fifth president, and in 2018 the university received the Barrett collection of Swiss art.2016 年，曾任弗吉尼亚理工大学工程学院院长的理查德·C·本森出任第五任校长；2018 年，该校获赠巴雷特瑞士艺术收藏。
• In January 2019 the family of Trammell and Margaret Crow donated the entire Crow Museum of Asian Art collection to UT Dallas, together with 23 million dollars to build a campus structure for the artworks.2019 年 1 月，特拉梅尔与玛格丽特·克罗家族将克罗亚洲艺术博物馆的全部藏品捐给该校，并附赠 2,300 万美元，用于在校内建造展示这些艺术品的建筑。
• In fall 2019 the university marked 50 years as a Texas public university, 44 years of junior and senior enrolment and 58 years as a research centre.2019 年秋季，该校迎来作为德克萨斯公立大学 50 周年、招收大三大四学生 44 周年，以及作为研究中心 58 周年。
• On 20 July 2023 UT Dallas announced it would leave the American Southwest Conference and transition to NCAA Division II, joining the Lone Star Conference.2023 年 7 月 20 日，该校宣布退出美国西南联盟，转入 NCAA 二级联赛并加入孤星联盟。
• The Athenaeum, a cultural district featuring a new home for the Crow Museum of Asian Art, opened its first phase in September 2024.汇集克罗亚洲艺术博物馆新馆的「雅典娜神殿」文化区于 2024 年 9 月开放首期。
• On 7 May 2025 the UT System Board of Regents named Prabhas Moghe, former executive vice president for academic affairs at Rutgers University, as the sole finalist for the sixth presidency.2025 年 5 月 7 日，德克萨斯大学系统董事会提名罗格斯大学前教务长普拉巴斯·莫格为第六任校长的唯一最终人选。

Academics

• UT Dallas is organised into seven schools: the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology, the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, the School of Interdisciplinary Studies, the Naveen Jindal School of Management, and the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校下设七个学院：哈里·W·巴斯人文与艺术学院、行为与脑科学学院、埃里克·琼森工程与计算机科学学院、经济政治与政策科学学院、交叉学科研究学院、纳文·金达尔管理学院，以及自然科学与数学学院。
• The university offers 160 academic programmes, comprising 67 bachelor's degrees, 62 master's degrees, 30 doctoral programmes and one professional doctorate in audiology.该校开设 160 个学位课程，包括 67 个学士、62 个硕士、30 个博士课程，以及一个听力学专业博士学位。
• In fall 2025 it enrolled 30,139 students, 76 per cent of them undergraduates and 24 per cent graduate students, and the student-to-faculty ratio was 23 to 1.2025 年秋季该校在读学生 30,139 人，其中本科生占 76%，研究生占 24%；师生比为 23:1。
• The entering class of 4,948 freshmen included 176 National Merit Scholars, and students came from more than 110 nations.该届新生共 4,948 人，其中含 176 名国家功绩学者；学生来自 110 多个国家。
• Its four-year graduation rate is 63 per cent, the third highest among Texas public universities, and the six-year rate is 79 per cent.该校四年毕业率为 63%，在德克萨斯州公立大学中位列第三；六年毕业率为 79%。
• The Hobson Wildenthal Honors College offers programmes and support resources for high-achieving students, including admission to the Collegium V honours college and competitive scholarships.霍布森·威尔登塔尔荣誉学院为学业优异的学生提供课程与支持，包括进入 Collegium V 荣誉学院以及竞争性奖学金。
• The McDermott Scholars Program, established in 2000, provides full scholarships and cultural opportunities to academically talented high school students.创办于 2000 年的麦克德莫特学者计划为优秀高中生提供全额奖学金与文化机会。
• All admitted freshmen are automatically considered for the Academic Excellence Scholarship, and since 2006 the university has been one of the Texas institutions affiliated with the Terry Foundation Scholarship.所有被录取的新生都会被自动纳入学业卓越奖学金的评定；自 2006 年起，该校成为德克萨斯州与特里基金会奖学金合作的院校之一。
• The university is classified among R1 doctoral universities with very high research activity, and its research expenditure reached 140 million dollars in the 2022 fiscal year, 60 million of it from federal funds.该校被列为 R1 级「极高研究活动」博士大学；2022 财年其研究支出达 1.4 亿美元，其中 6,000 万美元来自联邦经费。
• UT Dallas hosts more than 50 research centres and institutes, spanning space science, bioengineering, cybersecurity, nanotechnology and behavioural and brain sciences.该校设有 50 多个研究中心与机构，涵盖太空科学、生物工程、网络安全、纳米技术以及行为与脑科学。
• The Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, founded in 2001 and renamed in 2007, has produced more than 200 refereed articles, 13 of them in Science or Nature.艾伦·G·麦克德尔米德纳米技术研究院创办于 2001 年，2007 年更名，已发表 200 余篇同行评审论文，其中 13 篇见于《科学》或《自然》。
• The William B. Hanson Center for Space Studies, affiliated with the physics department, designed the mass spectrometer for the Phoenix Mars Lander's TEGA experiment with the University of Arizona.隶属物理系的威廉·B·汉森太空研究中心与亚利桑那大学合作，为「凤凰号」火星着陆器的 TEGA 实验设计了质谱仪。
• The Center for BrainHealth, part of the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, studies conditions including autism, dementia, stroke and traumatic brain injury.隶属行为与脑科学学院的脑健康中心研究自闭症、痴呆、中风与创伤性脑损伤等病症。
• The Naveen Jindal School of Management bears the name of alumnus Naveen Jindal, whose 2011 pledge created endowed chairs, scholarships and the Naveen Jindal Institute for Indo-American Business Studies.纳文·金达尔管理学院以校友纳文·金达尔命名，他 2011 年的捐赠设立了讲席教授、奖学金以及纳文·金达尔印美商业研究所。
• The entering freshmen of fall 2017 recorded an average SAT composite score of 1323 and an ACT composite of 29, the highest averages in the university's history.2017 年秋季入学的新生平均 SAT 综合分为 1323、ACT 综合分为 29，均为该校历史最高。
• The Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science and the Callier Center for Communication Disorders are among the university's best-known academic units.埃里克·琼森工程与计算机科学学院以及卡利尔语言障碍中心，是该校最知名的学术单位之一。

Campus

• The main campus lies in Richardson, Texas, next to the Dallas Telecom Corridor about 18 miles north of downtown Dallas, on the boundary of Dallas and Collin counties.主校区位于德克萨斯州理查森市，毗邻达拉斯电信走廊，距达拉斯市中心约 18 英里，地处达拉斯县与科林县交界处。
• The university owns about 465 acres for campus development and another 265 acres of adjacent land, at coordinates near 32.66 degrees north and 96.80 degrees west.该校拥有约 465 英亩校园用地及相邻的 265 英亩发展用地，坐标约为北纬 32.66 度、西经 96.80 度。
• Although the campus address falls within Richardson and Collin County, roughly one-third of the campus lies within Dallas County, including the Visitor Center and the Naveen Jindal School of Management.尽管校址属理查森市与科林县，但约三分之一的校园位于达拉斯县境内，包括访客中心与纳文·金达尔管理学院。
• The Eugene McDermott Library, the Founders Building and the Cecil H. Green Hall are among the campus's earliest named structures, dating from the university's first decades.尤金·麦克德莫特图书馆、创办人楼与塞西尔·H·格林楼是校园最早的一批命名建筑，均建于建校初期。
• The Student Services building, completed in 2010, was the first academic structure in Texas to be rated a LEED Platinum facility.2010 年落成的学生服务楼是德克萨斯州第一座获 LEED 白金认证的学术建筑。
• The 68,459-square-foot Edith and Peter O'Donnell Jr. Athenaeum, designed by the Los Angeles firm Morphosis, began construction in 2022 and opened its first phase in September 2024.由洛杉矶建筑事务所 Morphosis 设计的伊迪丝与彼得·奥唐奈二世「雅典娜神殿」建筑面积 68,459 平方英尺，2022 年动工，2024 年 9 月开放首期。
• Several university facilities sit in downtown Dallas, including the Crow Museum of Asian Art in the Arts District and the Center for BrainHealth and Callier Center near UT Southwestern Medical Center.该校若干设施位于达拉斯市中心，包括艺术区的克罗亚洲艺术博物馆，以及毗邻德克萨斯大学西南医学中心的脑健康中心与卡利尔中心。
• Many campus buildings are linked by elevated indoor walking paths, known as skybridges, to protect users against inclement weather and extreme temperatures.校园内许多建筑由被称为「天桥」的高架室内步道相连，以抵御恶劣天气与极端气温。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 UT Dallas is placed 686th in the world, one of the strongest showings for a young American public university.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校位列世界第 686 位，是美国年轻公立大学中排名最高的院校之一。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place the university in the 451 to 500 bracket worldwide, after a 401 to 500 band in 2026.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将该校列于世界第 451 至 500 区间，其 2026 年为第 401 至 500 区间。 ^[1]
• The U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking for 2026 to 2027 places UT Dallas 503rd in the world.2026 至 2027 年版《美国新闻与世界报道》最佳全球大学排名将该校列为世界第 503 位。
• The Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026, compiled by ShanghaiRanking, places the university within the 301 to 400 band worldwide.由上海软科编制的 2026 年世界大学学术排名将该校列于世界第 301 至 400 区间。
• UT Dallas is classified among R1 doctoral universities and recorded research expenditure of 140 million dollars in the 2022 fiscal year.该校被列为 R1 级博士大学，2022 财年研究支出达 1.4 亿美元。
• Its faculty, alumni and researchers are associated with four Nobel Prizes, and its endowment reached 858.9 million dollars in the 2024 fiscal year before surpassing one billion dollars in 2026.其教师、校友与研究人员与四项诺贝尔奖相关联；2024 财年捐赠基金达 8.589 亿美元，并于 2026 年突破 10 亿美元。
• The university's chess programme, launched in 1996, has recruited more than 30 grandmasters and won the President's Cup four times.该校的国际象棋项目始于 1996 年，已招募 30 余名国际特级大师，并四度赢得「总统杯」。
• The university is particularly known for programmes in management, space science, engineering, nanotechnology, computer science, audiology, neuroscience and criminology.该校在管理、太空科学、工程、纳米技术、计算机科学、听力学、神经科学与犯罪学等专业领域尤为知名。
• In 2025 U.S. News ranked UT Dallas tied for 109th among national universities in its Best Colleges list, one of its highest placements in that table.2025 年《美国新闻与世界报道》最佳大学榜单将该校列为全美国家级大学并列第 109 位，是其在该榜单中的较高名次之一。

Student life

• The student body is known collectively as the Comets, and the mascot is Temoc, which is "comet" spelled backwards.该校学生群体统称「彗星队」（Comets），吉祥物名为特莫克（Temoc），即「comet」一词的倒拼。
• UT Dallas has more than 400 registered student organisations and 26 fraternity and sorority chapters, and traditional spectator sports are not the institution's primary focus.该校有 400 多个注册学生组织与 26 个兄弟会、姐妹会分支；观赛型传统体育并非学校的主要重心。
• The internationally ranked chess team was launched in 1996, and 24 grandmasters and international masters played for the university between 1996 and 2018.享誉国际的校象棋队成立于 1996 年；1996 至 2018 年间共有 24 名国际特级大师与国际大师为该校效力。
• The Mercury has been the official student newspaper since 1980, publishing 5,000 copies every other Monday during the fall and spring semesters.《水星报》自 1980 年起为该校官方学生报纸，秋季与春季学期每隔一周的周一发行 5,000 份。
• The Spirit Rocks were three "free speech" rocks on campus on which students could paint messages, until their removal by the administration in November 2023.「精神之石」是校园内三块「言论自由」岩石，学生可在其上涂写信息，直至 2023 年 11 月被校方移除。
• Varsity teams compete in the NCAA Division II Lone Star Conference, with sports including baseball, basketball, soccer, golf, tennis, volleyball and track and field.校代表队参加 NCAA 二级联赛的孤星联盟，项目包括棒球、篮球、足球、高尔夫、网球、排球与田径。
• On-campus housing includes the University Commons halls and University Village apartments, while the mixed-use Northside development opened for fall 2016 with 600 beds and retail space.校内住宿包括大学公馆宿舍与「大学村」公寓；而综合用途的北城项目于 2016 年秋季启用，提供 600 个床位及零售空间。
• Because of its location in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the university maintains close ties with dozens of corporate headquarters that provide internships for students.凭借地处达拉斯-沃斯堡大都会区的位置，该校与数十家企业总部保持密切联系，为学生提供实习机会。

Notable people

• Eugene McDermott, J. Erik Jonsson and Cecil H. Green, founders of Texas Instruments, established the Graduate Research Center of the Southwest in 1961 that became UT Dallas.德州仪器创办人尤金·麦克德莫特、J·埃里克·琼森与塞西尔·H·格林于 1961 年创办「西南研究生研究中心」，即德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校的前身。
• Bryce Jordan served as the university's first president from 1971 to 1981 and oversaw the shift from a graduate research centre to a degree-granting university.布莱斯·乔丹于 1971 至 1981 年担任该校首任校长，主导了学校由研究生研究中心向授予学位的大学的转变。
• Robert H. Rutford, the second president from 1982 to 1994, was an Antarctic explorer honoured by the Rutford Ice Stream and Mount Rutford.第二任校长罗伯特·H·拉特福德（1982 至 1994 年在任）是南极探险家，拉特福德冰流与拉特福德山即以他命名。
• Polykarp Kusch, who won the 1955 Nobel Prize in Physics, taught physics at UT Dallas from 1972 to 1982.1955 年诺贝尔物理学奖得主波利卡普·库施于 1972 至 1982 年在该校讲授物理学。
• Alan G. MacDiarmid shared the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery and development of conductive polymers, and the university's NanoTech Institute was renamed in his memory.艾伦·G·麦克德尔米德因发现并发展导电聚合物而共获 2000 年诺贝尔化学奖，该校纳米技术研究院以他命名以作纪念。
• Russell Hulse, who shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physics, joined UT Dallas in 2004 and founded its Science and Engineering Education Center.1993 年诺贝尔物理学奖得主拉塞尔·赫尔斯于 2004 年加入该校，并创办了科学与工程教育中心。
• Aziz Sancar, who earned his doctorate in molecular and cell biology from UT Dallas in 1977, received the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for mechanistic studies of DNA repair.阿齐兹·桑贾尔 1977 年在该校获得分子与细胞生物学博士学位，因对 DNA 修复机制的研究获得 2015 年诺贝尔化学奖。
• Naveen Jindal, an alumnus and chairman of Jindal Steel and Power, is a member of India's Parliament and a major benefactor whose name adorns the business school.校友纳文·金达尔是金达尔钢铁与电力公司董事长、印度国会议员，也是该校的重要资助人，商学院以他命名。
• James Von Ehr II, founder of Zyvex, the world's first molecular nanotechnology company, has been a benefactor of the university's nanotechnology research.全球首家分子纳米技术公司 Zyvex 的创办人詹姆斯·冯·埃尔二世，长期资助该校的纳米技术研究。
• Harold Clarke, Ashbel Smith professor of political science, and Marianne Stewart have been co-principal investigators of the long-running British Election Study, which began in 1964.政治学阿什贝尔·史密斯讲席教授哈罗德·克拉克与玛丽安·斯图尔特，长期共同主持始于 1964 年的英国选举研究。
• Jim Love, an artist active in Texas, created the sculpture Jack, installed on campus in 1976 and one of the university's first public artworks.活跃于德克萨斯州的艺术家吉姆·洛夫创作了雕塑《杰克》，1976 年安放于校园，是该校最早的一批公共艺术品之一。