University of Utah

The University of Utah, commonly known as the U or U of U, is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, and serves as the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education.犹他大学（University of Utah）是美国犹他州盐湖城的一所公立研究型大学，也是犹他州高等教育系统的旗舰学府。

It was established on February 28, 1850, as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it the oldest institution of higher education in Utah and predating statehood by forty-six years.该校于 1850 年 2 月 28 日由临时沙漠州议会以「沙漠大学」名义创办，是犹他州历史最悠久的高等教育机构，比犹他州成为美国一州早四十六年。

As of fall 2025 the university enrolled more than 38,000 students and reported $781 million in research funding for fiscal year 2025, spread over 2,577 awarded research grants, and by enrolment it is the second-largest public university in Utah.截至 2025 年秋季，该校注册学生超过 38000 人；2025 财年科研经费达 7.81 亿美元，覆盖 2577 项获资助科研项目；按注册人数计，它是犹他州第二大公立大学。

History

• As early as 1847, soon after the Mormon pioneers arrived in the Salt Lake valley, Brigham Young began organizing a Board of Regents to found a university for the new settlement.早在 1847 年摩门拓荒者抵达盐湖谷后不久，杨百翰便开始筹组校董会，为新定居地创办一所大学。

• The university was established on February 28, 1850, as the University of Deseret, and Orson Spencer was appointed its first chancellor.该校于 1850 年 2 月 28 日以「沙漠大学」之名创办，Orson Spencer 被任命为首任校监。

• Early classes were held in private homes or wherever space could be found, and the institution closed in 1853 because of a lack of funds and a lack of feeder schools.早期课程在私宅或任何可容身的场所进行；1853 年该校因经费与预备学校不足而停办。

• After years of intermittent classes in the Salt Lake City Council House, the university was re-established in 1867 under the direction of David O. Calder, who was succeeded by John R. Park in 1869.在盐湖城市政厅断断续续授课多年后，该校于 1867 年在 David O. Calder 主持下重建，1869 年由 John R. Park 接任。

• The university moved out of the council house into the Union Academy building in 1876 and then onto Union Square in 1884.该校于 1876 年迁出市政厅、进驻联合学院大楼，1884 年又迁至联合广场。

• In 1892 the school's name was changed to the University of Utah, four years before Utah attained statehood, under the presidency of John R. Park.1892 年该校更名为犹他大学，比犹他州正式成为美国一州早四年，时任校长为 John R. Park。

• John R. Park began arranging to obtain land belonging to the U.S. Army's Fort Douglas on the east bench of the Salt Lake Valley, where the university moved permanently in 1900.John R. Park 着手取得盐湖谷东坡美国陆军道格拉斯堡的土地，该校于 1900 年永久迁入。

• When Dr. John R. Park died in 1900 he bequeathed his entire fortune to the university, and further Fort Douglas land was granted to the university over the following decades.John R. Park 博士于 1900 年去世时把全部财产捐给该校，此后数十年间又有更多道格拉斯堡土地拨归校方。

• The fort itself was officially closed on October 26, 1991, ending its long military role above the campus.道格拉斯堡本身于 1991 年 10 月 26 日正式关闭，结束了它在校园上方的长期军事用途。

• The university grew rapidly in the early twentieth century but was shaken in 1915 when president Joseph T. Kingsbury recommended the dismissal of five faculty members after a graduation speaker criticised Utah's governor, William Spry.该校在二十世纪初迅速壮大，但 1915 年因校长 Joseph T. Kingsbury 在毕业典礼演讲者批评犹他州州长 William Spry 后建议解聘五名教师而震动。

• One third of the faculty resigned in protest at the dismissals, and the controversy was largely resolved when Kingsbury himself resigned in 1916.三分之一的教师辞职以示对解聘的抗议，这场风波最终在 Kingsbury 本人于 1916 年去职后基本平息。

• University operations were again interrupted by World War I and later by the Great Depression and World War II, with enrolment falling to a low of 3,418 in the last year of the war.该校的运作又先后被第一次世界大战、大萧条与第二次世界大战打断，战时最后一年的注册人数降至 3418 人的低点。

• President A. Ray Olpin made substantial additions to campus after the war, and enrolment reached 12,000 by the time he retired in 1964.战后校长 A. Ray Olpin 大规模扩建校园，到他 1964 年退休时注册人数已达 12000 人。

• Growth continued in the following decades as the university developed into a research centre for fields such as computer science and medicine.此后数十年该校持续发展，逐渐成为计算机科学与医学等领域的研究重镇。

• During the 2002 Winter Olympics the university hosted the Olympic Village as well as the opening and closing ceremonies, and carried out extensive renovations to the Rice–Eccles Stadium together with a new light rail line to downtown.2002 年冬季奥运会期间，该校承办奥运村以及开闭幕式，并对莱斯-埃克尔斯体育场进行大规模翻新，同时新建通往市中心的轻轨线路。

• The University of Utah Asia Campus opened as an international branch campus in the Incheon Global Campus in Songdo, Incheon, South Korea in 2014, funded by the South Korean government.犹他大学亚洲校区于 2014 年在韩国仁川松岛仁川全球校区启用，是由韩国政府出资的国际分校区。

• In 2015 the university helped to open the Ensign College of Public Health in Kpong, Ghana.2015 年该校协助在加纳 Kpong 创办恩赛因公共卫生学院。

• In 2019 the university was named a member of the Association of American Universities, an invitation-only group of leading research institutions, and its University of Utah Press had been founded in 1949.2019 年该校获邀加入美国大学协会，该协会为只经邀请的顶尖研究型大学团体；其犹他大学出版社则创办于 1949 年。

• Long-running journals edited at the university include the Western Humanities Review, published since 1947, and the literary magazine Quarterly West, published since 1976.由该校编辑的长期刊物包括自 1947 年起出版的《Western Humanities Review》以及自 1976 年起出版的文学杂志《Quarterly West》。

• The University of Utah Health system, anchored by the University of Utah Hospital and the Huntsman Cancer Institute, has become one of the largest academic health networks in the Intermountain West, operating four hospitals and twelve community clinics and specialty centres such as the Moran Eye Center.以犹他大学医院与亨茨曼癌症研究所为核心的犹他大学医疗系统，已成为美国山间西部地区规模最大的学术医疗网络之一，运营四家医院、十二家社区诊所，以及莫兰眼科中心等专科中心。

Academics

• The University of Utah organizes 150 academic departments and programmes into 17 colleges and schools on a semester calendar.犹他大学把 150 个学术系所与项目组织为 17 个学院，实行学期制。

• The School for Cultural and Social Transformation is the university's newest college, having graduated its first class in 2018.文化与社会转型学院是该校最新的学院，2018 年迎来首届毕业生。

• The S.J. Quinney College of Law, founded in 1913, was the only law school in Utah until the 1970s and placed 28th nationally in the 2024 U.S. News law rankings.1913 年创办的 S.J. Quinney 法学院在 1970 年代以前是犹他州唯一的法学院，并在 2024 年全美法学院排名中位居第 28 名。

• The School of Medicine is Utah's first medical school and in 1982 administered the world's first permanent artificial heart, the Jarvik-7, to Barney Clark.医学院是犹他州第一所医学院，1982 年曾为 Barney Clark 植入世界上第一颗永久性人工心脏 Jarvik-7。

• The university established the first Cerebrovascular Disease Unit west of the Mississippi River in 1970.该校于 1970 年建立了密西西比河以西第一个脑血管病科。

• The College of Pharmacy ranks 15th nationally for NIH research grants, and its PharmD programme ranks 14th in the nation.药学院在美国国立卫生研究院科研经费方面位列全美第 15 名，其药学博士项目位列全美第 14 名。

• The School of Dentistry, approved in 2012, was the university's first new academic college in sixty years and enrolled its first students in autumn 2013.2012 年获批的牙医学院是该校六十年来首个新设学院，于 2013 年秋季招收首批学生。

• The School of Computing was one of the original four nodes of ARPANET and produced pioneers such as Turing Award winner Alan Kay, Pixar founder Ed Catmull, Atari founder Nolan Bushnell and Adobe founder John Warnock.计算机学院是最初四个 ARPANET 节点之一，培养了图灵奖得主 Alan Kay、皮克斯创始人 Ed Catmull、雅达利创始人 Nolan Bushnell 与 Adobe 创始人 John Warnock 等先驱。

• Computer-graphics research at Utah produced the Gouraud shading model, the Phong reflection model, the Phong shading method and the rendering equation.犹他大学的计算机图形学研究催生了 Gouraud 着色模型、Phong 反射模型、Phong 着色法与渲染方程。

• The Division of Games, created in 2023, grew out of the Entertainment Arts & Engineering programme, whose Bachelor of Science in Games dates to 2017.2023 年设立的电子游戏系脱胎于娱乐艺术与工程专业，其游戏理学士学位可上溯至 2017 年。

• The Department of Ballet was founded by William F. Christensen in 1951 and is among the oldest and most reputable university ballet departments in the United States.芭蕾系由 William F. Christensen 于 1951 年创办，是全美历史最悠久、声誉最好的大学芭蕾系之一。

• The department of Pharmacology and Toxicology is known for its Anticonvulsant Drug Development programme in the treatment of epilepsy.药理学与毒理学系以癫痫治疗领域的抗惊厥药物开发项目而闻名。

• The university has been accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities since 1933.该校自 1933 年以来即获西北学院与大学委员会认证。

• The Hinckley Institute of Politics places more than 350 students each year in local, state, national and global internships.欣克利政治研究所每年为超过 350 名学生安排地方、州、全国与国际实习。

• The university advances research through the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, focused on biomedical visualisation, scientific computing and image analysis, working with the health system on medical imaging.该校通过科学计算与成像研究所推进研究，聚焦生物医学可视化、科学计算与图像分析，并与医疗系统在医学成像方面合作。

• The Genetic Science Learning Center uses the unusually complete genealogical records of the Latter-day Saint church to teach genetics to the public online.遗传科学学习中心借助后期圣徒会异常完整的家谱记录，在网上向公众普及遗传学知识。

• Undergraduate tuition differs sharply between Utah residents and non-residents, with non-resident students paying several times the resident rate.该校本科生学费在犹他州居民与非居民之间差距悬殊，非居民学生所缴学费为居民的数倍。

Campus

• The campus covers 1,534 acres including the Health Sciences complex, Research Park and Fort Douglas, on the east bench of the Salt Lake Valley about two miles east of downtown Salt Lake City, and includes a 180-room campus hotel and conference centre.校园占地 1,534 英亩，涵盖健康科学园区、研究园与道格拉斯堡，位于盐湖谷东坡、距盐湖城市中心约两英里，并设有一座 180 间房的校园酒店与会议中心。

• The J. Willard Marriott Library and the S.J. Quinney Law Library serve lower campus, whose Presidents Circle is a loop of buildings named after past university presidents.J. Willard Marriott 图书馆与 S.J. Quinney 法律图书馆服务下校区，其「校长圆环」是一圈以历任校长命名的建筑。

• The A. Ray Olpin University Union is the primary student activity centre, alongside the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Complex and the Eccles Student Life Center.A. Ray Olpin 大学活动中心是主要的学生活动场所，另有健康、体育与娱乐综合馆以及埃克尔斯学生生活中心。

• Public venues on campus include the Rice–Eccles Stadium, the Jon M. Huntsman Center and the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, whose permanent collection spans American, European, African and Asian art.校内公共场馆包括莱斯-埃克尔斯体育场、Jon M. Huntsman 中心，以及永久收藏涵盖美洲、欧洲、非洲与亚洲艺术的犹他艺术博物馆。

• Performing-arts venues include Kingsbury Hall, the Pioneer Memorial Theatre, David P. Gardner Hall and the Marriott Center for Dance.表演艺术场馆包括 Kingsbury 礼堂、先驱者纪念剧院、David P. Gardner 音乐厅与万豪舞蹈中心。

• Red Butte Garden and the Natural History Museum of Utah occupy the far east side of campus near the Wasatch Range.红丘花园与犹他自然历史博物馆位于校园最东侧、紧邻瓦萨奇山脉。

• The health sciences complex at the north-east end includes the University of Utah Medical Center, Primary Children's Medical Center, the Huntsman Cancer Institute and the Moran Eye Center.位于东北端的健康科学建筑群包括犹他大学医学中心、初级儿童医学中心、亨茨曼癌症研究所与莫兰眼科中心。

• Student housing is provided in a 34-building complex of nine areas, including Lassonde Studios, built in 2016 for 400 students, and Kahlert Village, completed in August 2020 for 990 first-year students.学生宿舍为 34 栋、分为九个区域，其中包括 2016 年建成、可供 400 名学生住宿的 Lassonde Studios，以及 2020 年 8 月落成、可容纳 990 名新生的 Kahlert 村。

• Research Park at the south-east end of campus houses research companies including ARUP Laboratories, Evans & Sutherland, Sarcos, Biofire Diagnostics and Myriad Genetics.位于校园东南端的研究园入驻了 ARUP 实验室、Evans & Sutherland、Sarcos、Biofire 诊断与 Myriad 遗传等研究型企业。

• In July 2017 the Academic Senate designated the university a tobacco-free campus, with the rule enforced from 2018 across all property owned, leased or controlled by the university.2017 年 7 月，校学术评议会把该校定为无烟校园，该规定自 2018 年起在学校拥有、租赁或控制的全部场所执行。

• A TRAX Red Line light-rail station links the campus to downtown Salt Lake City and onward to FrontRunner commuter rail and the airport, while six campus shuttle routes also circle the campus.TRAX 红线轻轨站把校园与盐湖城市中心相连，并可续接 FrontRunner 通勤铁路与机场，另有六条校园班车线路环绕校园。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings the University of Utah is placed 533rd in the world.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，犹他大学位列世界第 533 名。

• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place the university tied at 242nd, its strongest position among the four major tables.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名把该校并列在第 242 位，是其在四大榜单中的最好名次。

• In the U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking for 2026-2027 the institution is ranked 170th in the world.在 2026-2027 年度《美国新闻与世界报道》全球最佳大学排名中，该校位列世界第 170 名。

• The 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities places Utah in the 151-200 band, signalling top-200 standing in research output.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名把犹他大学列入 151 至 200 区间，显示其科研产出处于世界前 200 之列。

• OpenAlex attributes about 224,708 scholarly works and 23,372,430 citations to the university, reflecting a very large and sustained research output.OpenAlex 把约 224708 项学术成果与 23372430 次引用归于该校，显示其科研产出规模庞大且持续。

• According to the National Science Foundation the university received $723.7 million in research and development funding in fiscal year 2023, ranking it 47th in the nation.据美国国家科学基金会数据，该校 2023 财年获得 7.237 亿美元研究与开发经费，位列全美第 47 名。

• Twenty-two Rhodes Scholars, four Nobel Prize winners, three Turing Award winners and eight MacArthur Fellows have been affiliated with the university, whose health sciences and computing programmes also produce many doctoral graduates each year.有 22 位罗德学者、4 位诺贝尔奖得主、3 位图灵奖得主与 8 位麦克阿瑟奖得主与该校相关，其健康科学与计算机相关项目还每年培养大批博士毕业生。

• Utah is a member of the Association of American Universities and is classified among R1 doctoral universities with very high research activity.犹他大学是美国大学协会成员，并被归入研究活动极高的 R1 级博士型大学。

• In 2005 Utah became the first school to produce the number one overall pick in both the NFL draft and the NBA draft in the same year.2005 年该校成为全美第一所在同一年度同时产生 NFL 与 NBA 状元秀的学校。

• In the 2024 U.S. News rankings the S.J. Quinney College of Law stood 28th nationally and the College of Pharmacy's PharmD programme 14th.在 2024 年《美国新闻与世界报道》排名中，S.J. Quinney 法学院位列全美第 28 名，药学院药学博士项目位列第 14 名。

Student life

• The University of Utah has no formal Latin motto, and its identity instead rests on its seal and on the fight song "Utah Man", commonly played at athletic and university events, with the seal rather than a classical motto serving as the chief emblem at formal ceremonies.犹他大学没有正式的拉丁文校训，其身份认同更多依托校印标识以及在校内与体育活动中常奏的校歌《Utah Man》，在正式典礼上校印标识而非古典校训仍是主要象征。

• Close to 50 percent of freshmen live on campus, while only 13 percent of all undergraduates do so, and many students live in the neighbourhoods immediately surrounding the university.近 50% 的新生住在校内，但全体本科生中仅 13% 如此，许多学生住在紧邻学校的社区。

• The A. Ray Olpin University Union hosts Crimson Nights, roughly monthly student activity nights begun in 2008, PlazaFest at the start of the year and the Grand Kerfuffle concert at year's end.A. Ray Olpin 大学活动中心承办「Crimson Nights」活动之夜（自 2008 年起近乎每月一次）、学年伊始的 PlazaFest 以及学年末的 Grand Kerfuffle 音乐会。

• The Associated Students of the University of Utah appropriates funds to student groups and holds elections each year, typically drawing 10 to 15 percent of the student body.犹他大学学生会负责向学生社团拨款，并每年举行选举，通常有 10% 至 15% 的学生参与投票。

• Because of the large number of Latter-day Saints at the university, an LDS Institute of Religion building and 46 campus wards serve students near the main campus.由于校内后期圣徒会信徒众多，主校区附近设有一座 LDS 宗教研究所与 46 个校园教区。

• Approximately 650 students belong to six sororities and eight fraternities, most of which have chapter houses on Greek Row just off campus.约 650 名学生分属 6 个姐妹会与 8 个兄弟会，多数在校园外「希腊街」设有会所。

• The university is a dry campus, meaning that alcohol is banned on university property.该校为禁酒校园，即校方产业范围内禁止饮酒。

• In 1996 the university introduced Swoop as its mascot, and the annual BYU–Utah football game, traditionally the season finale, is known to broadcasters as the Holy War.1996 年该校推出吉祥物 Swoop；每年传统上作为赛季收官战的杨百翰大学对犹他大学橄榄球赛被播音员称为「圣战」。

• The university's ski team has won fifteen NCAA Skiing Championships, most recently in 2023, while the women's gymnastics team has captured ten national championships and the men's basketball team won the 1944 NCAA title.该校滑雪队十五次夺得 NCAA 滑雪锦标赛冠军（最近一次为 2023 年），女子体操队十次问鼎全国冠军，男子篮球队则曾在 1944 年夺得 NCAA 冠军。

• In 2004 Utah became the first state with a law expressly permitting concealed weapons on public university campuses, and the Utah Supreme Court rejected the university's own gun ban in 2006.2004 年犹他州成为首个以法律明确允许在公立大学校园携带隐蔽武器的州，2006 年犹他州最高法院又驳回了该校自行的持枪禁令。

• The Daily Utah Chronicle, known as the Chrony, has been the independent, student-run paper since 1890, and KUER 90.1 FM is the campus public-radio station.《每日犹他纪事报》（俗称 Chrony）自 1890 年起即为该校独立的学生报纸，KUER 90.1 FM 则是校园公共广播电台。

• Students and staff may ride Utah Transit Authority buses, TRAX light rail and FrontRunner commuter rail by presenting their university IDs.学生与教职工凭校园卡即可乘坐犹他州交通局的公交、TRAX 轻轨与 FrontRunner 通勤铁路。

Notable people

• Brigham Young, the Latter-day Saint leader, organised the Board of Regents that founded the university, and Orson Spencer served as its first chancellor.后期圣徒会领袖杨百翰筹组了创办该校的校董会，Orson Spencer 出任首任校监。

• John R. Park, president from 1869, secured the Fort Douglas land for the permanent campus and left his fortune to the university in 1900.1869 年起任校长的 John R. Park 为永久校园争取到道格拉斯堡土地，并于 1900 年把财产留给学校。

• Mario Capecchi, a professor of human genetics, shared the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.人类遗传学教授 Mario Capecchi 分享了 2007 年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖。

• Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, who carried out postdoctoral research at Utah, shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.曾在犹他大学从事博士后研究的 Venkatraman Ramakrishnan 分享了 2009 年诺贝尔化学奖。

• Alan Kay, a graduate of the university, won the 2003 Turing Award and helped pioneer the modern personal computer.该校毕业生 Alan Kay 获得 2003 年图灵奖，并推动了现代个人计算机的发展。

• Ed Catmull, a computer-graphics alumnus, co-founded Pixar, while Nolan Bushnell founded Atari and John Warnock co-founded Adobe Systems.计算机图形学校友 Ed Catmull 联合创办了皮克斯，Nolan Bushnell 创办了雅达利，John Warnock 联合创办了 Adobe。

• Henry Eyring, a long-serving chemistry professor, became known for his work on the rates of chemical reactions.长期任教的化学教授 Henry Eyring 以其化学反应速率研究著称。

• Stephen Jacobsen, a professor, founded the robotics company Sarcos, while Ivan Sutherland and David Evans founded Evans and Sutherland.教授 Stephen Jacobsen 创办了机器人公司 Sarcos，Ivan Sutherland 与 David Evans 则创办了「Evans & Sutherland」。

• Jon Huntsman, Jr., a former governor of Utah, later served as United States ambassador to China from 2009 to 2011 and to Russia from 2017 to 2019.犹他州前州长 Jon Huntsman Jr. 后来于 2009 至 2011 年任美国驻中国大使，并于 2017 至 2019 年任驻俄罗斯大使。

• J. Willard Marriott founded Marriott International, David Neeleman founded JetBlue and Robert A. McDonald led Procter & Gamble.J. Willard Marriott 创办了万豪国际，David Neeleman 创办了捷蓝航空，Robert A. McDonald 曾执掌宝洁公司。

• Karl Rove, the political strategist, and Gordon B. Hinckley and Russell M. Nelson, presidents of the Latter-day Saint church, all studied at the university.政治策略家 Karl Rove，以及后期圣徒会会长 Gordon B. Hinckley 与 Russell M. Nelson，都曾就读于该校。

• Wallace Stegner, the novelist and environmentalist, and Orson Scott Card, author of Ender's Game, both studied at the university.小说家兼环保主义者 Wallace Stegner 与《安德的游戏》作者 Orson Scott Card 都曾就读于该校。