University of Texas at San Antonio

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is a public research university in San Antonio, Texas, United States, established on 5 June 1969 by the 61st Texas Legislature, and is the largest university in San Antonio.德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥分校（University of Texas at San Antonio，简称 UTSA）是美国德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥的一所公立研究型大学，由第 61 届德州议会于 1969 年 6 月 5 日设立，是圣安东尼奥规模最大的大学。

It enrols approximately 38,200 students across six campuses spanning about 1,200 acres, is classified among R1 doctoral universities with very high research activity, and generates 7 billion US dollars in annual economic impact.该校在六个校区、约 1,200 英亩的范围内共有约 38,200 名学生，被归类为科研活跃度极高的 R1 级博士型大学，每年带动约 70 亿美元的经济影响。

It is the third-largest public research university in Texas by annual research expenditures and is placed in the 1001-1200 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027.按年度科研支出口径，该校是德克萨斯州第三大公立研究型大学，并入列 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名的 1001-1200 区间。

History

• The University of Texas at San Antonio was officially founded on 5 June 1969 by the 61st Texas Legislature as House Bill 42 and signed into law by Governor Preston Smith in a ceremony before the Alamo.德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥分校由第 61 届德州议会以第 42 号众议院法案于 1969 年 6 月 5 日正式设立，州长普雷斯顿·史密斯在阿拉莫前的仪式上签署生效。
• Frank Lombardino, a state legislator representing northwest Bexar County, earned the title "father of UTSA" for his advocacy, and Governor Smith signed the founding bill on Lombardino's back.代表贝克斯县西北部的州议员弗兰克·隆巴迪诺因力主创办该校而被誉为「UTSA 之父」，史密斯州长正是在隆巴迪诺的背上签署了建校法案。
• In 1970 the University of Texas Board of Regents appointed Arleigh B. Templeton as the university's first president, serving from 1970 to 1972, and received a land donation in far northwest San Antonio for the campus site.1970 年，德克萨斯大学董事会任命阿利·B·坦普尔顿为该校首任校长（任期 1970 至 1972 年），并在圣安东尼奥西北远郊获赠建校土地。
• The architecture firm Ford, Powell and Carson was assigned to develop a master plan, and O'Neil Ford, designer of the Tower of the Americas, planned a campus evocative of an Italian village.福特、鲍威尔与卡森建筑事务所受托制定总体规划，曾设计美洲塔的奥尼尔·福特将校园规划为使人联想到意大利山村的风貌。
• The 671 graduate students of the first class began attending classes on 5 June 1973, with upperclassmen admitted in 1975 and lowerclassmen in 1976.首届 671 名研究生于 1973 年 6 月 5 日开始上课，1975 年招收高年级本科生，1976 年招收低年级本科生。
• Students initially attended classes at the Koger Center, which also housed administrative offices until 1975, when construction on the Main Campus was completed with an enrolment of 4,433 students.学生最初在科格中心上课，该处同时也是行政办公地，直到 1975 年主校区建成，当时在校学生为 4,433 人。
• UTSA began with five colleges, namely Business, Fine and Applied Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Multidisciplinary Studies, and Science and Mathematics.学校创办之初设有五个学院，即商学院、美术与应用艺术学院、人文与社会科学学院、多学科研究学院以及科学与数学学院。
• By 1975 the university's colours were being discussed, and blue was selected as UTSA's third colour alongside orange and white, beating proposals such as "fiesta red" and "cactus green".到 1975 年，学校开始讨论校色，最终在橙色与白色之外选定蓝色为第三校色，击败了「节庆红」「仙人掌绿」等方案。
• The John Peace Library opened in 1976 and initially served as the new administrative headquarters for the university.约翰·皮斯图书馆于 1976 年开馆，起初还充当学校新的行政总部。
• A mascot election was held in the fall of 1977, and after a run-off between the roadrunner and the armadillo the roadrunner was announced on 9 December 1977 as UTSA's first and only mascot.1977 年秋季学校举行吉祥物选举，在走鹃与犰狳进入第二轮对决后，走鹃于 1977 年 12 月 9 日被宣布为 UTSA 首个也是唯一的吉祥物。
• In 1978 James W. Wagener was selected as UTSA's third president, the Alumni Association was formed, and the first Fiesta UTSA was held in April with multiple bands and a school dance.1978 年，詹姆斯·W·瓦格纳出任该校第三任校长，校友会成立，首届 Fiesta UTSA 于当年 4 月举办，多支乐队轮番演出并以一场校园舞会收尾。
• At the end of the 1970s enrolment numbered 9,400 undergraduate and graduate students.到 1970 年代末，本科与研究生在校人数达到 9,400 人。
• The Paisano was established in 1981 as the first independent student publication in the state, and that fall the university began competing in intercollegiate athletics with immediate NCAA Division I status.《佩萨诺》于 1981 年创刊，成为德州首家独立学生报刊；同年秋季，学校开始参加校际体育比赛，并直接获得 NCAA 一级会员资格。
• In 1983, the university's 10th anniversary, the Student Representative Assembly oversaw the burial of a time capsule instructed to be opened on 5 June 2023.1983 年该校十周年之际，学生代表议会主持埋下一枚时间胶囊，并规定于 2023 年 6 月 5 日开启。
• In 1986 UTSA acquired the Institute of Texan Cultures as a campus, and both the University Center and Chisholm Hall, the university's first on-campus housing complex, opened.1986 年，学校将德州文化研究所并入成为一处校区，大学中心与校内首个住宿区奇泽姆堂也在同年启用。
• In 1994 the U.S. Department of Education designated UTSA a Hispanic Serving Institution, reflecting its large Hispanic student population.1994 年，美国教育部将 UTSA 认定为西班牙裔服务机构，反映其庞大的西班牙裔学生群体。
• The University Center broke ground in 1995 on a 97,500-square-foot, 13.2-million-dollar expansion known as UC Phase II, and the Downtown Campus opened at its permanent location on Interstate 10 in 1997.大学中心于 1995 年动工兴建 97,500 平方英尺、造价 1,320 万美元的二期扩建工程；市中心校区则于 1997 年在 10 号州际公路旁的永久校址启用。
• Ricardo Romo became UTSA's fifth president in May 1999 and launched the "Roadmap to Excellence", during which enrolment grew 68% while new programmes and facilities were added.里卡多·罗莫于 1999 年 5 月出任该校第五任校长，提出「卓越路线图」，任内学生规模增长 68%，并新增了多项教学项目与设施。
• From 2006 to 2009 UTSA completed over 250 million dollars in construction, including the 84-million-dollar Biotechnology, Sciences and Engineering Building in 2006 and the 83-million-dollar Applied Engineering and Technology building in 2009.2006 至 2009 年，学校完成逾 2.5 亿美元的建设，包括 2006 年造价 8,400 万美元的生物技术、科学与工程大楼，以及 2009 年造价 8,300 万美元的应用工程与技术大楼。
• Proposition 4, passed by Texas voters in November 2009, named UTSA one of seven emerging research universities eligible to compete for additional state funds to create more Tier One institutions in Texas.2009 年 11 月德州选民通过的第四号提案，将 UTSA 列为七所新兴研究型大学之一，可竞逐州追加拨款，以推动德州建成更多一流研究型大学。
• In 2010 UTSA reached an enrolment benchmark of 30,000 students, a growth rate of more than 39% over the preceding decade, and fielded its first football team in 2011.2010 年，学校达到 30,000 名在校生的里程碑，较前十年增长逾 39%，并于 2011 年组建了首支橄榄球队。
• On 1 September 2017 Thomas Taylor Eighmy, formerly vice chancellor for research at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, became UTSA's sixth president.2017 年 9 月 1 日，曾任田纳西大学诺克斯维尔分校科研副校长的托马斯·泰勒·艾米出任该校第六任校长。
• In August 2024 the University of Texas Board of Regents announced that UTSA and the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio would merge, a move approved by SACSCOC in June 2025 that retained the UTSA name under president Eighmy from 1 September 2025.2024 年 8 月，德克萨斯大学董事会宣布 UTSA 将与圣安东尼奥德州大学健康科学中心合并，此举于 2025 年 6 月获南方院校协会批准，保留 UTSA 校名，并自 2025 年 9 月 1 日起由艾米校长领导合并后的新机构。

Academics

• UTSA is composed of 15 colleges and schools, spanning the Carlos Alvarez College of Business, the College of AI, Cyber and Computing and the Margie and Bill Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design.UTSA 由 15 个学院与学部组成，涵盖卡洛斯·阿尔瓦雷斯商学院、人工智能与网络计算学院以及玛吉与比尔·克莱斯工程与综合设计学院。
• Other academic units include the College of Education and Human Development, the College for Health, Community and Policy, the College of Liberal and Fine Arts, the College of Sciences, the Honors College and University College.其他学术单位还包括教育与人类发展学院、健康、社区与政策学院、人文与美术学院、理学院、荣誉学院与大学学院。
• The health science centre schools include the School of Dentistry, the Long School of Medicine, the School of Nursing, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the School of Health Professions and the Kate Marmion School of Public Health.健康科学中心的学部包括牙科学院、朗医学院、护理学院、生物医学研究生院、健康职业学院以及凯特·马米恩公共卫生学院。
• In 2021 the College of Engineering and the College of Architecture, Construction and Planning were merged to form the College of Engineering and Integrated Design, officially launched on 1 September 2021.2021 年，工程学院与建筑、建造与规划学院合并为工程与综合设计学院，并于 2021 年 9 月 1 日正式启动。
• In January 2024 the university announced the creation of the College of AI, Cyber and Computing, centred on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and computer and data science, which launched in fall 2025.2024 年 1 月，学校宣布成立人工智能与网络计算学院，聚焦人工智能、网络安全以及计算机与数据科学，并已于 2025 年秋季正式开办。
• The School of Data Science, which opened on 9 January 2023, became the first and only data science school in the state of Texas.数据科学学院于 2023 年 1 月 9 日开办，成为德克萨斯州首个也是唯一一个数据科学学院。
• In September 2023 UTSA introduced a dual degree combining medicine and artificial intelligence, with students spending four years at the Long School of Medicine and one year at UTSA to earn an M.D. and a master's degree in artificial intelligence.2023 年 9 月，该校推出医学与人工智能双学位，学生先在朗医学院学习四年、再到 UTSA 学习一年，最终取得医学博士与人工智能硕士学位。
• The university is designated a Hispanic Serving Institution and received Excelencia in Education's Seal of Excelencia in 2020.该校被认定为西班牙裔服务机构，并于 2020 年获得「Excelencia in Education」颁发的卓越教育印章。
• The Human Health Initiative, launched in November 2018, led to the establishment of the College for Health, Community and Policy in 2019, and the six-year graduation rate of UTSA's Roadrunner cohort rose to 50.8% by fall 2019.2018 年 11 月启动的人类健康计划促成了 2019 年健康、社区与政策学院的成立，UTSA 走鹃队列的六年毕业率到 2019 年秋季提升至 50.8%。
• UTSA is designated a Texas Tier One institution and classified among R1 doctoral universities, and it holds the CAE-Cyber Operations, CAE-Information Assurance Research and CAE-Cyber Defense designations.该校被认定为德州一流研究型大学并被归类为 R1 级博士型大学，同时持有网络行动、信息保障研究与网络防御三项国家级学术卓越中心（CAE）认证。
• Research programmes span advanced materials, cloud computing, cyber security and data analytics, integrative biomedicine, social and educational transformation, and sustainable communities and critical infrastructure.其研究方向涵盖先进材料、云计算、网络安全与数据分析、整合生物医学、社会与教育变革，以及可持续社区与关键基础设施。
• The College of Sciences collaborates with the Southwest Research Institute, Texas Biomedical Research Institute and UT Health-San Antonio, and since 2005 has run a joint doctoral programme with the Southwest Research Institute in space physics.理学院与西南研究院、德州生物医学研究所及圣安东尼奥德州大学健康科学中心合作，并自 2005 年起与西南研究院合办空间物理学联合博士项目。
• In 2013 UTSA established Facilitated Acceptance to Medical Education, an accelerated medical programme for highly qualified high school seniors who complete a three-year undergraduate education before matriculating to UT Health-San Antonio.2013 年，学校设立「医学教育便捷录取计划」（FAME），为成绩优异的应届高中生提供加速通道，用三年完成本科后直升圣安东尼奥德州大学健康科学中心。
• In December 2019 UTSA established the Bold Promise programme, which covers 100% of tuition and fees for qualified incoming freshmen from middle and low-income Texan families for eight fall and spring semesters.2019 年 12 月，学校设立「无畏承诺」计划，为来自德州中低收入家庭的合格新生全额支付八个秋季与春季学期的学费与杂费。
• The UTSA Top Scholar programme, launched in fall 2013, combines a four-year merit scholarship with personalised experiences in academics, leadership and service, including a global opportunity.2013 年秋季启动的 UTSA 顶尖学者计划，将四年制奖学金与学术、领导力及服务方面的个性化培养相结合，并包含一次全球交流机会。
• In 2025 UTSA remained the largest university in San Antonio and the third-largest public research university in Texas by annual research expenditures.到 2025 年，该校仍是圣安东尼奥规模最大的大学，并按年度科研支出口径保持德州第三大公立研究型大学的地位。

Campus

• The Main Campus originated from a 600-acre donation to the University of Texas Board of Regents and opened in 1975, having been nicknamed "UT Boerne" for its remoteness from the city at the time.主校区源于向德克萨斯大学董事会捐赠的 600 英亩土地，1975 年启用，因当时远离市区而被戏称为「UT 伯恩」。
• Until 2009 the Main Campus was known as the "1604 Campus" after its Loop 1604 West address, before being renamed, and it now has four residence halls and three apartment-style villages.主校区在 2009 年前因地址位于 1604 环路西段而被称为「1604 校区」，其后更名，现拥有四座宿舍楼与三个公寓式住宿村。
• The Downtown Campus opened at its permanent location on Interstate 10 and Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard in 1997 and is linked to the Main Campus by VIA Metropolitan Transit's Route 93 "Roadrunner Express".市中心校区于 1997 年在 10 号州际公路与塞萨尔·E·查韦斯大道旁的永久校址启用，并通过 VIA 都会交通的 93 路「走鹃快线」与主校区相连。
• San Pedro I and San Pedro II, built along San Pedro Creek and Commerce Street, opened in 2023 and 2026 respectively and house the College of AI, Cyber, and Computing.沿圣佩德罗溪与商业街而建的圣佩德罗一号与二号楼，分别于 2023 年与 2026 年启用，容纳人工智能与网络计算学院。
• The Institute of Texan Cultures, housed in the Texas Pavilion built as a 10-million-dollar project for HemisFair '68, was designated a UTSA campus in 1986 and in 2010 gained Smithsonian affiliate status.德州文化研究所设于为 1968 年世博会打造的、造价 1,000 万美元的德州馆内，1986 年被划为 UTSA 的一处校区，并于 2010 年取得史密森学会附属机构地位。
• The 125-acre Park West Campus, less than two miles west of the Main Campus, hosts the Roadrunners' soccer and track-and-field facilities and community sporting events.占地 125 英亩、距主校区不到两英里的西园校区，是走鹃队足球与田径设施所在地，也承办社区体育赛事。
• The Southwest Campus on the San Antonio River occupies the former Ursuline Convent and Academy, which opened in 1851, and hosts both academic and community art classes.位于圣安东尼奥河畔的西南校区沿用 1851 年开办的原乌尔苏拉修女会修院与学院建筑，既开设学术艺术课程，也面向社区授课。
• One Riverwalk Place, purchased in March 2025, is home to the Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design's School of Architecture and Planning.2025 年 3 月购入的 One Riverwalk Place 大楼，是克莱斯工程与综合设计学院建筑与规划学院的所在地。

Reputation

• The University of Texas at San Antonio is placed in the 1001-1200 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, a tied interval within the global table.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥分校位列 1001-1200 区间，是该全球榜单中的一个并列区间。
• It stood in the 451-500 band of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027.该校在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中位列 451-500 区间。
• It was ranked 296th in the U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027 list.该校在 US News 2026-2027 年度全球最佳大学排名中位列第 296 位。
• It was placed in the 401-500 band of the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026.该校在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中位列 401-500 区间。
• According to U.S. News & World Report's 2026 rankings, UTSA was tied for 213th among national universities, tied for 118th among U.S. public schools, tied for 42nd for social mobility and tied for 56th among most innovative schools.据 US News 2026 年排名，该校列全美大学并列第 213 位、公立院校并列第 118 位，在社会流动性方面并列第 42 位，在最具创新性院校中并列第 56 位。
• UTSA is one of seven Texas emerging research universities named by Proposition 4 of 2009 and holds Carnegie Tier One research status, attained at the end of 2021.UTSA 是 2009 年第四号提案指定的七所德州新兴研究型大学之一，并于 2021 年底获得卡内基一流研究型大学地位。
• UTSA reported 141.7 million dollars in total research expenditures in fiscal year 2022, including 70.55 million dollars in restricted research expenditures.该校 2022 财年的科研总支出为 1.417 亿美元，其中受限科研支出为 7,055 万美元。
• Research indexed by OpenAlex records 41,708 works and 2,216,338 citations for the university, spanning engineering, biomedicine, the sciences and the social sciences.OpenAlex 收录该校 41,708 篇研究成果与 2,216,338 次引用，覆盖工程、生物医学、自然科学与社会科学领域。
• In the 2020 Global M.B.A. Rankings by CEO Magazine, UTSA's Executive M.B.A. programme was ranked 8th globally and its M.B.A. was rated a Tier One global programme.在《CEO 杂志》2020 年全球 MBA 排名中，该校高级工商管理硕士项目位列全球第 8，其 MBA 项目被评为全球第一梯队。

Student life

• UTSA has 350 student organisations on campus, and only sponsored organisations receiving funds from the University Student Services fee may use "UTSA" in their name.UTSA 校内有 350 个学生组织，其中只有获得学生服务费资助的赞助社团方可在名称中使用「UTSA」。
• The Student Government Association, originally founded as the Student Representative Assembly in 1976, follows a three-branch system modelled on the United States federal government.学生自治会原名学生代表议会，创立于 1976 年，采用仿照美国联邦政府的三权分立架构。
• SGA is credited with facilitating the 1977 mascot vote, advocating for a university centre in 1979, sponsoring the first Fiesta UTSA in 1980 and expanding dining hours.学生自治会因促成了 1977 年的吉祥物投票、1979 年推动兴建大学中心、1980 年主办首届 Fiesta UTSA 以及延长就餐时间而广受认可。
• Fiesta UTSA, held annually in April since 1978 and added to the official Fiesta San Antonio schedule in 1980, was renamed Día en la Sombrilla by students in 2022.自 1978 年起每年 4 月举办的 Fiesta UTSA，于 1980 年被纳入圣安东尼奥节庆的官方日程，并在 2022 年由学生改名为「筒仓伞下的日子」。
• Best Fest, an annual October celebration begun in 1978, salutes Texas festivals, while the annual Golf Cart Parade has been an official part of homecoming ceremonies since 1993.1978 年创办的 Best Fest 每年 10 月举办、致敬德州各地节庆，而每年一度的「高尔夫球车巡游」自 1993 年起成为校友返校庆典的正式环节。
• The Birds Up hand sign dates to 1979 and the roadrunner mascot, voted in 1977, appears at university functions as "Rowdy the Roadrunner".「Birds Up」手势可追溯至 1979 年，1977 年选定的走鹃吉祥物则以「罗迪走鹃」之名出现在各类校园活动中。
• UTSA runs one of the most extensive Air Force ROTC programmes in the United States, the nation's seventh largest, and Greek life at the university dates to 1977.该校运营着全美规模最大之一的空军后备军官训练团项目，规模位居全国第七，其希腊字母社团生活则可追溯至 1977 年。
• The Paisano student newspaper has remained fully independent since 1981, holds a gold medal from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association awarded in 2000, and is the oldest independent collegiate newspaper in Texas.学生报纸《佩萨诺》自 1981 年创刊以来始终保持完全独立，曾于 2000 年获哥伦比亚学术新闻协会金奖，是德州历史最悠久的独立大学学生报。

Notable people

• Frank Lombardino, the state legislator known as the "father of UTSA", championed the university's establishment and signed the first diploma alongside Governor Preston Smith.被誉为「UTSA 之父」的州议员弗兰克·隆巴迪诺力主创办该校，并与州长普雷斯顿·史密斯一同签署了首份毕业文凭。
• Arleigh B. Templeton served as UTSA's first president from 1970 to 1972 after his appointment by the University of Texas Board of Regents.阿利·B·坦普尔顿经德克萨斯大学董事会任命，于 1970 至 1972 年担任该校首任校长。
• Thomas Taylor Eighmy, UTSA's sixth president since 2017, led the institution through its 2025 merger with the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio.托马斯·泰勒·艾米自 2017 年起任该校第六任校长，带领学校完成 2025 年与圣安东尼奥德州大学健康科学中心的合并。
• Henry Cisneros, a UTSA alumnus, served as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Bill Clinton, while John Danny Olivas, also an alumnus, became a NASA astronaut who flew on the STS-117 and STS-128 shuttle missions.该校校友亨利·西斯内罗斯（Henry Cisneros）曾在比尔·克林顿总统任内担任美国住房与城市发展部部长；校友约翰·丹尼·奥利瓦斯（John Danny Olivas）成为美国国家航空航天局宇航员，先后执行 STS-117 与 STS-128 两次航天飞机任务。
• Graham Weston, a UTSA alumnus and co-founder of Rackspace, gave 15 million dollars in 2018 and chairs the 80/20 Foundation, while the merged institution's senior executive vice president for health affairs, Francisco Cigarroa, is a physician-scientist该校校友、卫戌托管公司（Rackspace）联合创始人格雷厄姆·韦斯顿（Graham Weston）于 2018 年捐出 1,500 万美元并担任 80/20 基金会主席；合并后机构主管健康事务的高级执行副校长弗朗西斯科·西加罗亚（Francisco Cigarroa）是一位医学科学家。
• Ruyan Guo, who took her bachelor's and master's degrees at Xi'an Jiaotong University and is a fellow of the American Ceramic Society, the International Society for Optics and Photonics and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, received the American Ceramic Society's John Jeppson Award in 2023郭如燕（Ruyan Guo）的学士与硕士学位均取自西安交通大学，是美国陶瓷学会、国际光学与光子学会以及电气电子工程师学会会士，2023 年获美国陶瓷学会约翰·杰普森奖。
• Travis Scott, a rapper and eight-time Grammy Award nominee who also won a Latin Grammy, is an alumnus of the university.说唱歌手特拉维斯·斯科特曾八次获格莱美奖提名并摘得拉丁格莱美奖，是该校校友。
• Farnam Jahanian, the 10th president of Carnegie Mellon University, is a UTSA alumnus.卡内基梅隆大学第十任校长法纳姆·贾哈尼安是该校校友。
• Devin Brown, a UTSA alumnus, won an NBA championship with the San Antonio Spurs in 2005, and Riq Woolen became an NFL Super Bowl champion and Pro Bowler.校友德文·布朗随圣安东尼奥马刺队于 2005 年夺得 NBA 总冠军，里奇·伍伦则成为 NFL 超级碗冠军与职业碗球员。
• Monica De La Cruz, a UTSA graduate, became a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and the first Republican to represent Texas's 15th congressional district.校友莫妮卡·德拉·克鲁兹成为美国联邦众议员，也是首位代表德州第 15 选区的共和党人。
• Michelle Beadle, a sports broadcaster, and Dayna Devon, an actress and former co-host of Extra, are both alumni of the university.体育播音员米歇尔·比德尔与演员、前《Extra》主持人戴娜·德文均为该校校友。
• Anthony J. Rock, a lieutenant general of the U.S. Air Force, and Sarah E. Zabel, a major general of the U.S. Air Force, are noted alumni of UTSA.美国空军中将安东尼·J·罗克与空军少将萨拉·E·扎贝尔都是该校知名校友。