University of Victoria

The University of Victoria, commonly known as UVic, is a public research university in the municipalities of Oak Bay and Saanich in Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, named after Queen Victoria and located about six kilometres northeast of downtown Victoria.维多利亚大学（University of Victoria，简称 UVic）是加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省大维多利亚地区奥克湾与萨尼奇两市镇的一所公立研究型大学，以维多利亚女王命名，位于维多利亚市中心东北约六公里处。

Established in 1903 as Victoria College, the institution was an affiliated college of McGill University until 1915 and an affiliate of the University of British Columbia from 1921 to 1963, before it was reorganised into an independent university in 1963.该校于 1903 年以维多利亚学院之名创办，1915 年之前是麦吉尔大学的附属学院，1921 至 1963 年间则为不列颠哥伦比亚大学的附属机构，1963 年改组为独立大学。

In the 2027 QS World University Rankings it is placed 370th, it stands in the 301-325 band of the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, it is 417th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities, and it falls in the 301-400 band of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 370；在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中处于 301 至 325 区间；在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 417；在 2026 年世界大学学术排名中处于 301 至 400 区间。

History

• The University of Victoria is the oldest post-secondary institution in British Columbia, first established in 1903 as Victoria College, an affiliated college of McGill University.维多利亚大学是不列颠哥伦比亚省历史最悠久的高等教育机构，1903 年最初以维多利亚学院之名创办，是麦吉尔大学的附属学院。

• Between 1903 and 1915 Victoria College offered first- and second-year McGill courses in the arts and sciences, administered locally by the Victoria School Board and sharing facilities with Victoria High School.1903 至 1915 年间，维多利亚学院开设麦吉尔大学的文科与理科一、二年级课程，由维多利亚学务委员会在本地管理，并与维多利亚中学共用校舍。

• Both the college and the high school were under the direction of a single principal, namely E.B. Paul from 1903 to 1908 and S.J. Willis from 1908 to 1915.学院与中学当时同由一位校长统管，其中 E·B·保罗任职于 1903 至 1908 年，S·J·威利斯任职于 1908 至 1915 年。

• In 1915 the opening of the University of British Columbia, established by an Act of Legislature in 1908, obliged the college to suspend its operations in higher education in Victoria.1915 年，依据 1908 年议会法案创办的不列颠哥伦比亚大学开校，这迫使该学院暂停在维多利亚开展高等教育。

• In 1920, as a result of local demands, Victoria College began the second stage of its development, reborn in affiliation with the University of British Columbia.1920 年，在当地的强烈要求下，维多利亚学院进入发展的第二阶段，以不列颠哥伦比亚大学附属学院的身份重新开办。

• Still administered by the Victoria School Board, the college moved in 1921 into Craigdarroch Castle and became completely separate from Victoria High School.该学院仍由维多利亚学务委员会管理，1921 年迁入克雷格达罗克城堡，并与维多利亚中学完全分离。

• Between 1921 and 1944 enrolment at Victoria College seldom exceeded 250, and it was during this period that the future author Pierre Berton edited and drew cartoons for the student newsletter The Microscope.1921 至 1944 年间，维多利亚学院的在校生人数很少超过 250 人；正是在这一时期，日后成为作家的皮埃尔·伯顿（Pierre Berton）编辑并为学生通讯《显微镜》绘制漫画。

• In 1945, 128 servicemen returning from the Second World War pushed enrolment up to 400, and in 1946 it rose again to 600.1945 年，128 名从第二次世界大战归来的军人使学生人数增至 400 人；1946 年又进一步升至 600 人。

• In 1946 the college was forced by postwar enrolment to move from Craigdarroch Castle to the Lansdowne campus of the Provincial Normal School, now the site of Camosun College.1946 年，受战后学生人数激增所迫，学院从克雷格达罗克城堡迁往省立师范学校的兰斯多恩校区，即今卡莫森学院所在地。

• In 1956 the Normal School joined Victoria College as its Faculty of Education, a step that broadened the college's academic range.1956 年，省立师范学校并入维多利亚学院，成为其教育学院，这一步拓展了学院的学科范围。

• Late in this transitional period the 284-acre campus at Gordon Head, later 385 acres, was acquired through the cooperation of the Department of National Defence and the Hudson's Bay Company.在这一过渡阶段的后期，学院凭借国防部与哈德逊湾公司的协作，取得了戈登角占地 284 英亩、后扩至 385 英亩的校园。

• In 1961 the college, still in affiliation with the University of British Columbia, awarded its first bachelor's degrees.1961 年，仍与不列颠哥伦比亚大学保持附属关系的学院首次授予了学士学位。

• The university's arms were registered on 20 February 1961 by the College of Arms in London, and the blue and gold colours and Latin motto date from this heritage.该校的纹章于 1961 年 2 月 20 日经伦敦纹章院登记注册，其蓝金两色与拉丁文校训均源自这一传承。

• The institution gained its full autonomy and degree-granting status through a charter on 1 July 1963, becoming the University of Victoria.该校于 1963 年 7 月 1 日依据特许状取得完全自治与学位授予权，正式成为维多利亚大学。

• The University Act of 1963 vested administrative authority in a chancellor elected by the convocation of the university, a board of governors, and a president appointed by the board.1963 年颁布的大学法案把行政权授予由全校教职员大会选举产生的校监、一个校务委员会，以及由该委员会任命的校长。

• The same Act gave academic authority to the senate, which was representative both of the faculties and of the convocation.同一法案把学术权授予评议会，其成员既代表各学院，也代表全校教职员大会。

• The university's arms were registered with the Canadian Heraldic Authority on 3 April 2001, and its Hebrew motto may be rendered as "Let there be Light".该校纹章于 2001 年 4 月 3 日在加拿大纹章局登记注册，其希伯来文校训意译为「要有光」。

• In 1993 President David Strong established a review committee, asking the lawyers Beth Bilson and Thomas R. Berger to evaluate the climate of the political science department.1993 年，校长戴维·斯特朗设立审查委员会，请律师贝丝·比尔森与托马斯·伯杰评估政治学系的系内氛围。

• The resulting report was published in August 1993 and included recommendations that President Strong later endorsed, addressing the university's internal culture.由此形成的报告于 1993 年 8 月发表，其中所提建议后来得到斯特朗校长认可，针对的是该校的内部文化。

• The asteroid 150145 Uvic was named in the university's honour on 1 June 2007, and UVic was the first university in British Columbia to have an asteroid named for it.小行星 150145 号于 2007 年 6 月 1 日以该校之名命名，维多利亚大学成为不列颠哥伦比亚省首所拥有同名小行星的大学。

• In 2017 the university announced plans to develop a downtown campus and accommodation centre in the historic area of Victoria, and in 2020 the University Centre was renamed the Jamie Cassels Centre.2017 年，该校宣布计划在维多利亚历史城区建设市中心校区与住宿中心；2020 年，大学中心大楼更名为杰米·卡斯尔斯中心。

• In 2023 the Čeqʷəŋín ʔéʔləŋ building, also called Cheko'nien House, was completed, combining student residences and a primary dining facility with a name honouring the Songhees and Esquimalt nations.2023 年，又称（Cheko'nien House）的建筑落成，集学生宿舍与主餐厅于一体，其名称用以致敬（Songhees）与（Esquimalt）两个原住民族群。

Academics

• The University of Victoria is organised into ten faculties and two divisions, covering business, education, engineering and computer science, fine arts, graduate studies, human and social development, humanities, law, science and social sciences.维多利亚大学下设十个学院与两个分部，涵盖商学、教育学、工程与计算机科学、美术、研究生教育、人类与社会发展、人文学科、法学、理学与社会科学。

• The Peter B. Gustavson School of Business, formerly the Faculty of Business, is EQUIS and AACSB accredited and offers BCom, MBA and other business degrees.原为商学院的彼得·古斯塔夫森商学院通过 EQUIS 与 AACSB 认证，开设商学学士、工商管理硕士及其他商科项目。

• The business programme begins with two years of general studies with six required classes, followed by business-intensive third and fourth years, and three co-op work terms are required.商科项目前两年为通识学习并须完成六门必修课，随后进入以商科为主的第三、第四学年，学生还必须完成三个合作教育实习学期。

• The Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science admits approximately 400 students into first-year programmes each year, and students can specialise in biomedical, civil, computer, electrical, mechanical or software engineering and computer science.工程与计算机科学学院每年录取约 400 名一年级学生，学生可选择生物医学、土木、计算机、电气、机械或软件工程以及计算机科学等方向。

• The Faculty of Law is housed in the Fraser Building together with the Institute for Dispute Resolution and the Diana M. Priestly Law Library, which contains a moot courtroom.法学院设于弗雷泽楼，同楼还有争端解决研究所以及设有模拟法庭的戴安娜·普里斯特利法律图书馆。

• UVic offers more than 160 graduate programmes across the university's faculties and departments, including sciences, social sciences, humanities and professional fields.维多利亚大学在各学院与学系开设 160 多个研究生项目，涵盖理学、社会科学、人文学科与专业领域。

• Continuing education has been an integral part of the University of Victoria since its inception in 1963, and today the Division of Continuing Studies serves adult and part-time students.自 1963 年建校起，继续教育便是维多利亚大学的组成部分；如今继续教育分部为成人学生与在职学生提供服务。

• Co-operative education is integrated into many programmes, and three co-op work terms are required in the business programme alone.合作教育已融入许多项目之中，仅在商科项目里就要求完成三个实习学期。

• The university hosts the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives, the Centre on Aging, the Centre for Global Studies and the Centre for the Study of Religion in Society.该校设有亚太倡议中心、老龄研究中心、全球研究中心以及社会宗教研究中心。

• CanAssist, based in the CARSA building, develops customised technologies, programmes and services for people living with disabilities.设于 CARSA 大楼的 CanAssist 为残障人士开发定制技术、项目与服务。

• Research centres include the Astronomy Research Centre, the Water and Climate Impacts Research Centre and the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis.其研究中心包括天文学研究中心、水与气候影响研究中心，以及加拿大气候模拟与分析中心。

• The university has strong environmental science, law and Indigenous studies strengths, reflecting its coastal and nature-rich campus setting.该校在环境科学、法学与原住民研究方面实力突出，与其临海、贴近自然的校园环境相呼应。

• The UVic Libraries collection includes over 4 million physical and electronic resources, almost 200,000 journals and 985 databases.维多利亚大学图书馆的馆藏包含逾 400 万件实体与电子资源、近 200,000 种期刊以及 985 个数据库。

• The libraries hold a unique collection of textbooks used in British Columbia's public schools since the province joined confederation in 1871.该馆独有一套不列颠哥伦比亚省自 1871 年加入联邦以来公立学校所用的教科书收藏。

• The university is a mid-to-large Canadian research university with more than 22,000 students, and admission to many graduate programmes is competitive.该校是加拿大一所中型偏大研究型大学，在校学生超过 22,000 名，许多研究生项目录取竞争激烈。

• The Faculty of Human and Social Development offers programmes in child and youth care, dispute resolution, health information science, Indigenous governance, nursing, public administration and social work.人类与社会发展学院开设儿童与青少年照护、争端解决、健康信息科学、原住民治理、护理、公共行政与社会工作等项目。

• The Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Social Sciences offer programmes ranging from English, history and philosophy to economics, political science and sociology.人文学院与社会科学学院开设的项目涵盖英语、历史与哲学，以及经济学、政治学与社会学等领域。

Campus

• The main campus at Gordon Head covers 385 acres, an increase from the original 284 acres, and parts of it were designed by the American firm Wurster, Bernardi and Emmons.位于戈登角的主校园占地 385 英亩，较最初的 284 英亩有所扩展，其部分设计出自美国事务所沃斯特、贝尔纳迪与埃蒙斯。

• The academic portions of the campus are located inside the Ring Road, which forms a perfect circle 600 metres in diameter.校园的教学区位于环形公路之内，这条环路构成一个直径 600 米的完美圆形。

• Prominent buildings include the Bob Wright Centre for earth and ocean sciences, the Elliott Building with the Climenhaga Observatory, and the MacLaurin Building for education and music.校内主要建筑包括承载地球与海洋科学的鲍勃·赖特中心、设有克利门哈加天文台的埃利奥特楼，以及供教育与音乐专业使用的麦克劳林楼。

• The 2023 Čeqʷəŋín ʔéʔləŋ building honours the Songhees and Esquimalt nations with an Indigenous name and adds student residences and a dining hall.2023 年落成的相关建筑以原住民名称致敬（Songhees）与（Esquimalt）族群，并增添了学生宿舍与餐厅。

• First Peoples House provides space for Indigenous students, and the Sedgewick Buildings house the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives and the Centre on Aging.第一民族之家为原住民学生提供空间，塞奇威克楼群则容纳亚太倡议中心与老龄研究中心。

• The university holds a portfolio of properties around Victoria, including the Legacy Gallery downtown, the University Club, the Swans Hotel complex and the partly forested Queenswood property.该校在维多利亚周边持有一批物业，包括市中心的遗产画廊、大学俱乐部、斯旺斯酒店建筑群，以及部分保持林地的昆斯伍德地块。

• The UVic endowment is estimated at 374 million dollars, and large private donations have allowed the university's estate to keep growing.该校捐赠基金估计达 3.74 亿加元，大额私人捐赠使学校的地产得以持续扩张。

• The Legacy Art Galleries has two locations, Legacy Downtown and Legacy Maltwood at UVic Libraries, which host exhibitions of local artists, students and faculty.遗产美术馆设有市中心的遗产画廊与图书馆内的马尔特伍德两处馆址，展出本地艺术家、学生与教师的作品。

• The campus retains nine single-storey wooden huts built in 1940 as Second World War army facilities, which are listed on the Registry of Historic Places of Canada.校园内保留着九座建于 1940 年、原为二战军队设施的单层木屋，它们已被列入加拿大历史遗迹名录。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings the University of Victoria is placed 370th, and in the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings it stands in the 301-325 band.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，维多利亚大学位列第 370；在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中处于 301 至 325 区间。

• In the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities it is 417th, and in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities it falls in the 301-400 band.在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中，该校位列第 417；在 2026 年世界大学学术排名中处于 301 至 400 区间。

• In the 2024 Times Higher Education World University Rankings the university was placed 322nd in the world, and in the 2025 QS rankings it stood 349th.在 2024 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校位居全球第 322；在 2025 年 QS 排名中位居第 349。

• In the 2023 Academic Ranking of World Universities it fell in the 301-400 band, and in the 2024-2025 U.S. News ranking it stood 346th.在 2023 年世界大学学术排名中，该校处于 301 至 400 区间；在 2024 至 2025 年度 US News 排名中位居第 346。

• In the CWTS Leiden Ranking of 2024 the university was placed 519th, and in the Times Higher Education 2022 global employability ranking it stood 181st in the world and eighth in Canada.在 2024 年 CWTS 莱顿排名中，该校位列第 519；在 2022 年泰晤士高等教育全球就业力排名中位居全球第 181、加拿大第八。

• In 2019 the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities ranked the university 374th in the world and 15th in Canada.2019 年，世界大学科研论文绩效排名将该校列为全球第 374、加拿大第 15。

• According to OpenAlex, the university has produced 74,121 research works, reflecting the productivity of its science and social science faculties.据 OpenAlex 统计，该校已产出 74,121 项研究成果，反映出其理学与社会科学各学院的研究产出。

• By 2011 the university had grown into the fourth-largest research university in Canada, a position built on its environmental science, law and Indigenous studies strengths.至 2011 年，该校已成长为加拿大第四大研究型大学，这一地位建立在其环境科学、法学与原住民研究的实力之上。

• The university has over 88,000 alumni, and as of 2020 it counted 7 Guggenheim Fellows, 3 Killam Prize winners, 14 members of the Order of Canada, 13 Rhodes Scholars and 43 Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada.该校校友超过 88,000 名；截至 2020 年，共有 7 位古根海姆奖得主、3 位基拉姆奖得主、14 位加拿大勋章获得者、13 位罗德学者与 43 位加拿大皇家学会会士。

Student life

• The Victoria Vikes, commonly known as Vikes Nation, represent the university in competitive sports including rowing, swimming, rugby and basketball.校队维多利亚维克斯（Victoria Vikes）通常被称作「维克斯之国」，代表该校参加赛艇、游泳、橄榄球与篮球等竞技项目。

• The Vikes have especially long ties to competitive rowing and have competed for several international titles, and sailing remains an important sport.维克斯队与竞技赛艇渊源尤深，曾多次角逐国际桂冠；帆船运动也仍是该校的重要项目。

• The UVic Sailing Club maintains training facilities and boats at nearby Cadboro Bay, and UVic has 25 sport clubs administered by Vikes Recreation.校帆船俱乐部在附近的卡德伯勒湾设有训练设施与船只；该校共有 25 个由维克斯康乐部门管理的体育俱乐部。

• The Student Union Building houses a movie theatre, restaurants, a stationery store, book vendors and the university radio station CFUV, as well as a large student bar known as Felicita's Campus Pub.学生会大楼内设影院、餐厅、文具店、书店与校园电台 CFUV，还有一间名为菲利西塔的大型学生酒吧。

• CARSA, the Centre for Athletics, Recreation and Special Abilities, houses the university's athletics and recreation programmes as well as offices and labs for CanAssist.名为 CARSA 的体育、康乐与特殊能力中心容纳该校的体育与康乐项目，并设有 CanAssist 的办公室与实验室。

• The Halpern Centre for Graduate Students, known as the Grad Centre, houses the Graduate Student Society, the Grad House restaurant and a bookable boardroom.供研究生使用的哈尔彭中心（研究生中心）设有研究生会、研究生之家餐厅，以及可预约的会议室。

• Students are members of the University Club of Victoria, a private club on campus where faculty, staff and alumni also meet for dinners and awards celebrations.学生可加入位于校内的维多利亚大学俱乐部，这是一个私立俱乐部，教师、职员与校友也常在此聚餐与举行颁奖活动。

• The university emphasises applied learning and sustainability, and its coastal setting near Cadboro Bay gives students easy access to beaches and natural areas.该校强调应用型学习与可持续发展；其临近卡德伯勒湾的海岸环境让学生可以便捷地接触海滩与自然区域。

Notable people

• Pierre Berton, the author and historian, edited and drew cartoons for the student newsletter The Microscope while studying at Victoria College in the 1920s and 1930s.作家兼历史学家皮埃尔·伯顿（Pierre Berton）于 20 世纪 20 至 30 年代就读维多利亚学院期间，曾编辑学生通讯《显微镜》并为其绘制漫画。

• Alan Astbury, a physics professor emeritus, played a part in the Nobel-prize winning discovery of a new subatomic particle and won the Rutherford Medal and Prize for physics.物理学荣休教授艾伦·阿斯特伯里（Alan Astbury）参与了一项获得诺贝尔奖的新亚原子粒子发现，并荣获卢瑟福物理学奖章与奖金。

• Andrew Weaver, a leading climate researcher and member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change co-awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, led the Green Party of British Columbia from 2015 to 2020.著名气候研究人员、共同获得 2007 年诺贝尔和平奖的政府间气候变化专门委员会成员安德鲁·韦弗（Andrew Weaver），于 2015 至 2020 年领导不列颠哥伦比亚省绿党。

• Stewart Butterfield, a 1996 graduate, co-founded the photo sharing website Flickr and its parent company Ludicorp, and later founded the team communication app Slack.1996 年毕业的斯图尔特·巴特菲尔德（Stewart Butterfield）联合创办了图片分享网站 Flickr 及其母公司 Ludicorp，后来又创办团队协作应用 Slack。

• Ryan Holmes founded and led the social media dashboard Hootsuite, while Jeff Mallett served as president and chief operating officer of Yahoo!.瑞安·霍姆斯（Ryan Holmes）创办并领导社交媒体管理平台 Hootsuite，杰夫·马莱特（Jeff Mallett）则曾任雅虎总裁兼首席运营官。

• Jody Wilson-Raybould, a former federal Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, was the country's first Indigenous Minister of Justice.曾任加拿大联邦司法部长兼总检察长的乔迪·威尔逊—雷布尔德（Jody Wilson-Raybould），是该国首位原住民出身的司法部长。

• Frances Kelsey, a pharmacologist and physician, prevented the approval of thalidomide in the United States and received the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service.药理学家兼医生弗朗西丝·凯尔西（Frances Kelsey）阻止了沙利度胺在美国获批上市，并获颁总统杰出联邦文职服务奖。

• Mark Chao, a Taiwanese singer, actor and model, and Calvin Chen, a member of the Taiwanese boy band Fahrenheit, are both counted among the university's alumni.台湾歌手、演员与模特赵又廷（Mark Chao），以及台湾男子组合飞轮海成员陈亦飞（Calvin Chen），均为该校校友。

• Soong Ching-ling, the Chinese political figure and honorary president of the People's Republic of China, received an honorary doctor of laws degree from the university in 1981.中国政治人物、中华人民共和国名誉主席宋庆龄于 1981 年接受了该校授予的名誉法学博士学位。

• Rabbie Namaliu, who studied at the university, served as Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 1988 to 1992.曾在维多利亚大学就读的拉比·纳马利乌（Rabbie Namaliu）于 1988 至 1992 年出任巴布亚新几内亚总理。

• Kirsten Barnes won two Olympic gold medals in rowing in 1992, and Lauren Woolstencroft won eight Paralympic gold medals in alpine skiing.柯尔斯滕·巴恩斯（Kirsten Barnes）于 1992 年赢得两枚赛艇奥运金牌，劳伦·伍尔斯滕克罗夫特（Lauren Woolstencroft）则摘得八枚高山滑雪残奥会金牌。

• W. P. Kinsella wrote the 1982 novel Shoeless Joe, which was adapted into the film Field of Dreams, and Esi Edugyan became a Booker Prize-shortlisted novelist.W·P·金塞拉（W. P. Kinsella）创作了 1982 年小说《无鞋的乔》，后被改编为电影《梦幻之地》；埃西·埃杜吉安（Esi Edugyan）则是入围布克奖的小说家。