Università della Svizzera italiana

The Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) is a public Swiss research university with its main campus in Lugano and further sites in Mendrisio and Bellinzona in the Canton of Ticino, established by cantonal law in 1995 and opened in 1996.提契诺大学（Università della Svizzera italiana，简称 USI）是一所瑞士公立研究型大学，主校区位于卢加诺，并在提契诺州的门德里西奥与贝林佐纳设有教学与研究点，1995 年依州法设立，1996 年正式开办。

It is the only public university in Switzerland in which Italian is an official language of instruction, alongside a broad range of programmes taught in English, and it has five faculties, namely Economics, Communication, Culture and Society, Informatics, Biomedical Sciences and the Academy of Architecture.它是瑞士唯一一所以意大利语为官方授课语言的公立大学，同时开设大量英语课程；该校设有五个学院，即经济学院、传播文化与社科学院、信息学院、生物医学学院以及建筑学院。

In the 2027 QS World University Rankings the Università della Svizzera italiana is placed 456th, and OpenAlex records 17,617 research works and 1,119,403 citations for the university.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，提契诺大学位列第 456；OpenAlex 统计该校研究成果 17,617 项、被引用 1,119,403 次。

History

• The intellectual origins of higher education in present-day Ticino pre-date modern Switzerland, for archival records held in Lucerne note that in 1588 a proposal was discussed to establish a higher-education institution in Lugano.当今提契诺地区高等教育的思想渊源早于现代瑞士：保存于卢塞恩的档案记载，1588 年曾讨论在卢加诺设立一所高等教育机构。

• In 1844 the Grand Council of Ticino approved a project for a cantonal academy developed by the statesman and educational reformer Stefano Franscini, who later became a member of the Swiss Federal Council.1844 年，提契诺州大议会批准了由政治家与教育改革家斯特凡诺·弗兰斯基尼设计的一项州立学园计划，他后来成为瑞士联邦委员会委员。

• Financial constraints and political rivalries among Locarno, Bellinzona and Lugano prevented implementation, although proposals for a Higher School of Italian Culture resurfaced periodically during the twentieth century.洛迦诺、贝林佐纳与卢加诺之间的财政限制与政治竞争使该计划未能实现；不过二十世纪间，「意大利文化高等学院」等构想仍不时浮现。

• In the 1970s the debate took institutional form through the project known as the Centro Universitario della Svizzera Italiana, which the Grand Council of Ticino approved on 11 December 1985.二十世纪七十年代，相关讨论以「瑞意大学中心」（CUSI）项目的形式制度化，提契诺州大议会于 1985 年 12 月 11 日批准了该项目。

• Opposition gathered the required signatures for a referendum, and on 20 April 1986, with a turnout of 41.5 per cent, voters rejected the proposal by 47,011 votes against 21,512 in favour.反对派征集到足够的签名将法案付诸公投；1986 年 4 月 20 日，投票率为 41.5%，选民以 47,011 票反对、21,512 票赞成否决了该提案。

• In May 1990 a group of scholars published a manifesto in Libera Stampa, and on 27 October 1990 Federal Councillor Flavio Cotti publicly endorsed the initiative in a speech at Poschiavo.1990 年 5 月，一批学者在《自由新闻报》上发表宣言；1990 年 10 月 27 日，联邦委员弗拉维奥·科蒂在波斯基亚沃的演讲中公开支持该倡议。

• Between 1991 and 1993 the architect and planner Pier Giorgio Gerosa drafted strategic studies for the Council of State of Ticino outlining a multi-faculty university integrated into the Swiss academic system.1991 至 1993 年间，建筑师与规划师皮耶尔·乔治·杰罗萨为提契诺州政府起草了战略研究，规划一所融入瑞士学术体系的多学院大学。

• In parallel the ETH Board commissioned the architect Mario Botta to develop a proposal for a national academy of architecture, which evolved into the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio.与此同时，瑞士联邦理工学院董事会委托建筑师马里奥·博塔拟订一项国家建筑学院方案，该方案最终演变为门德里西奥建筑学院。

• In 1993 the Municipality of Lugano, led by mayor Giorgio Giudici, commissioned Mauro Baranzini, Sergio Cigada and Lanfranco Senn to design two faculties in economics and communication sciences.1993 年，由市长乔治·朱迪奇领导的卢加诺市政府委托毛罗·巴兰齐尼、塞尔吉奥·奇加达与兰弗兰科·森设计经济学院与传播科学学院两个学院。

• In March 1995 the Municipal Council of Lugano approved the project for the faculties of Economics and Communication Sciences, and in October 1995 the Grand Council of Ticino adopted the law establishing the university.1995 年 3 月，卢加诺市议会批准了经济学院与传播科学学院的方案；1995 年 10 月，提契诺州大议会通过了设立该校的法律。

• The institution was structured around three founding components, namely the Faculty of Economics, the Faculty of Communication Sciences and the Accademia di architettura di Mendrisio.该机构围绕三个创始部分组建，即经济学院、传播科学学院与门德里西奥建筑学院。

• The Swiss Science Council expressed a favourable opinion in autumn 1996, which enabled the university to commence teaching.1996 年秋季，瑞士科学委员会给出肯定意见，使该校得以开始授课。

• USI officially opened on 21 October 1996, with Marco Baggiolini as its first president and Mauro Dell'Ambrogio as secretary general.提契诺大学于 1996 年 10 月 21 日正式开办，马尔科·巴吉奥利尼出任首任校长，毛罗·德尔安布罗焦出任秘书长。

• The first Lugano campus was established in the former Ospedale Civico area on Via Giuseppe Buffi in the Molino Nuovo district, a hospital complex inaugurated in 1909 whose activities had moved to a new hospital on Ricordone Hill in 1980.首个卢加诺校区设在莫利诺新城区朱塞佩·布菲街的旧市立医院，该医院建筑群于 1909 年启用，其医疗业务已于 1980 年迁往里科尔多内山的新医院。

• In 2000 USI awarded its first degrees, and the Swiss Federal Council recognised Ticino as a university canton, integrating the institution fully into the Swiss higher-education system.2000 年，提契诺大学授予首批学位，瑞士联邦委员会承认提契诺为大学州，标志着该校全面融入瑞士高等教育体系。

• In 2001 USI became the first Swiss university to align its curricula with the principles of the Bologna Declaration, introducing the three-cycle structure ahead of most other Swiss institutions.2001 年，提契诺大学成为瑞士首所按《博洛尼亚宣言》原则调整课程的大学，先于大多数瑞士院校引入三级学位结构。

• In 1999 the Faculty of Economics established the Institute of Finance, which later became part of the Swiss Finance Institute, and in 2004 the university created the Faculty of Informatics.1999 年，经济学院设立金融研究所，该所后来并入瑞士金融研究院；2004 年，该校又创建了信息学院。

• In 2010 the Institute for Research in Biomedicine in Bellinzona became affiliated with USI, and in 2014 the university established the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences.2010 年，位于贝林佐纳的生物医学研究所（IRB）成为提契诺大学的附属机构；2014 年，该校成立生物医学学院。

• In 2015 the University Council approved a governance reform introducing a rectorate model and an Academic Senate, and in 2016 the mathematician Boas Erez was appointed rector.2015 年，大学理事会通过治理改革，引入校长制与学术评议会；2016 年，数学家博阿斯·埃雷兹被任命为校长。

• On 22 March 2021 the East Campus in Lugano was inaugurated in cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, and in 2022 the economist Luisa Lambertini was appointed rector, taking office on 1 July 2023 as the first woman to lead the university.2021 年 3 月 22 日，卢加诺东校区与瑞士南部应用科学与艺术大学合作启用；2022 年，经济学家路易莎·兰贝尔蒂尼被任命为校长，并于 2023 年 7 月 1 日就任，成为该校首位女性校长。

• In 2025 USI created the Institute of Translational Research with the Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale and signed the Magna Charta Universitatum, and the neurologist Claudio Bassetti was appointed rector for a term beginning on 1 September 2026.2025 年，提契诺大学与提契诺州医院共同创建转化研究所，并签署了《大学大宪章》；神经学家克劳迪奥·巴塞蒂被任命为校长，任期自 2026 年 9 月 1 日起。

Academics

• USI is organised into five faculties, namely the Faculty of Economics, the Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society, the Faculty of Informatics, the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences and the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio.提契诺大学分为五个学院，即经济学院、传播文化与社科学院、信息学院、生物医学学院以及位于门德里西奥的建筑学院。

• The Faculty of Economics, based in Lugano, teaches economics, management, finance and public policy, and its Institute of Finance, founded in 1999, forms part of the Swiss Finance Institute.设在卢加诺的经济学院教授经济学、管理、金融与公共政策，其 1999 年创立的金融研究所是瑞士金融研究院的组成部分。

• The Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society brings together communication sciences, media studies, humanities, philosophy and the social sciences and grew out of one of the university's founding faculties.传播文化与社科学院汇集传播学、媒体研究、人文学科、哲学与社会科学，由该校创始学院之一发展而来。

• The Faculty of Informatics was established in 2004 and offers teaching and research in computer science, software systems, artificial intelligence and computational science.信息学院成立于 2004 年，在计算机科学、软件系统、人工智能与计算科学领域开展教学与研究。

• The Faculty of Biomedical Sciences was established in 2014 and coordinates medical education, biomedical research and links with Swiss hospitals and research institutes.生物医学学院成立于 2014 年，统筹医学教育、生物医学研究以及与瑞士医院和研究机构的联系。

• The Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, founded in 1996, is USI's Faculty of Architecture and operates within a distributed campus integrated into the historic centre of the town.门德里西奥建筑学院创办于 1996 年，是提契诺大学的建筑学院，其校园分布于该镇历史城区之内。

• The Faculty of Theology of Lugano is affiliated with USI, and its affiliation was formally announced in 2021 during the twenty-fifth Dies academicus of the university.卢加诺神学院是提契诺大学的附属机构，其隶属关系在 2021 年该校第二十五届大学日上正式宣布。

• USI offers bachelor's programmes in architecture, communication, economics, informatics, data science, Italian language and literature, medicine, philosophy and theology.提契诺大学开设建筑、传播、经济、信息、数据科学、意大利语言文学、医学、哲学与神学等学士项目。

• Master's programmes are offered in areas including architecture, economics, finance, management, communication, public policy, philosophy, informatics, artificial intelligence, computational science, data science and medicine.其硕士项目涵盖建筑、经济、金融、管理、传播、公共政策、哲学、信息、人工智能、计算科学、数据科学与医学等领域。

• Teaching is delivered in Italian and English depending on the discipline and level of study, reflecting both its role as the university of Italian-speaking Switzerland and its international orientation.教学依学科与学习阶段以意大利语或英语授课，既体现其作为瑞士意大利语区大学的角色，也反映其国际化取向。

• Research at USI concentrates on economics and finance, communication sciences and media studies, informatics and artificial intelligence, architecture, biomedical sciences, immunology, oncology and solar physics.提契诺大学的研究集中于经济与金融、传播科学与媒体研究、信息与人工智能、建筑、生物医学、免疫学、肿瘤学与太阳物理学。

• Doctoral programmes are offered in the university's principal academic areas, including architecture, communication, economics, finance, informatics, computational science, biomedical sciences and philosophy.该校在其主要学科领域开设博士项目，包括建筑、传播、经济、金融、信息、计算科学、生物医学与哲学。

• The university is associated with a network of research institutes, including the Institute for Research in Biomedicine and the Institute of Oncology Research in Bellinzona and the Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence Research in Lugano.该校与研究机构网络相衔接，包括贝林佐纳的生物医学研究所与肿瘤研究所，以及卢加诺的达勒莫莱人工智能研究所。

• The Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence Research, known as IDSIA, was founded in 1988 and is a joint institute of USI and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland.达勒莫莱人工智能研究所（简称 IDSIA）成立于 1988 年，是提契诺大学与瑞士南部应用科学与艺术大学的联合研究所。

• USI participates in the Swiss National Science Foundation funding schemes and in European research frameworks including Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe, and several of its researchers appear among the world's most cited scientists in their fields.提契诺大学参与瑞士国家科学基金会的资助计划，并参与「地平线 2020」与「地平线欧洲」等欧洲研究框架；其多位研究人员跻身各自领域全球被引最多的科学家之列。

• Since 2013 the university has hosted a UNESCO Chair in information and communication technologies for sustainable tourism in World Heritage Sites, and in 2026 the USI Startup Centre entered the Financial Times ranking of Europe's leading start-up hubs.自 2013 年起，该校设有联合国教科文组织「以信息与通信技术促进世界遗产地可持续旅游」教席；2026 年，其创业中心入选《金融时报》「欧洲领先创业枢纽」榜单。
• IRSOL, the Aldo and Cele Daccò Solar Research Institute based near Locarno, is active in solar physics and is associated with USI in the natural sciences.设在洛迦诺附近的阿尔多与切莱·达科太阳研究所（IRSOL）从事太阳物理学研究，并在自然科学领域与提契诺大学相关联。

Campus

• USI is organised as a multi-site urban university within the Canton of Ticino, with its principal campuses in Lugano and Mendrisio and a research presence in Bellinzona.提契诺大学以多校区都市型大学的形式组织，主要校区位于卢加诺与门德里西奥，并在贝林佐纳设有研究机构。

• The historic and administrative core is the Lugano West Campus at Via Giuseppe Buffi 13, created by converting the former Ospedale Civico complex in the mid-1990s.其历史与行政核心是位于朱塞佩·布菲街 13 号的卢加诺西校区，该校区由二十世纪九十年代中期改造旧市立医院建筑群而成。

• The West Campus contains the Rectorate, central administration, lecture halls, the university library and the faculties of Economics and of Communication, Culture and Society.西校区设有校长办公室、中央行政部门、讲堂、大学图书馆以及经济学院与传播文化社科学院。

• The Aula magna of the West Campus, designed by Könz Architetto with Aurelio Galfetti, was placed partly below ground so that its paved roof forms a tree-lined public surface above it.西校区的大礼堂由 Könz 建筑事务所与奥雷利奥·加尔费蒂设计，部分置于地下，其铺装屋顶在地面之上形成一片绿树成荫的公共空间。

• The Lugano East Campus was inaugurated in March 2021 in the Viganello district on the former Campari industrial site and was built between 2017 and 2021 to a Minergie energy standard with 27,130 square metres of energy reference area.卢加诺东校区于 2021 年 3 月在维加内洛区的旧金巴利工业用地上启用，2017 至 2021 年间建成，达到 Minergie 节能标准，能量参考面积为 27,130 平方米。

• The East Campus hosts the Faculty of Informatics, part of the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, a department of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland and the IDSIA research institute.东校区容纳信息学院、生物医学学院的一部分、瑞士南部应用科学与艺术大学的一个系，以及 IDSIA 研究所。

• The Mendrisio campus hosts the Accademia di Architettura within the historic urban fabric of the town, using restored structures associated with the former Servite convent, and its Casa dell'Accademia residence accommodates about 72 students.门德里西奥校区将建筑学院置于该镇的历史城区之中，利用前塞尔维特修道院相关的修复建筑，其「学院之家」宿舍可容纳约 72 名学生。

• In Bellinzona the university is connected to major biomedical research institutions, while the University Library in Lugano focuses on economics, communication and informatics and the Academy maintains a specialised library on architecture.在贝林佐纳，该校与主要生物医学研究机构相衔接；卢加诺的大学图书馆以经济、传播与信息学科为重点，建筑学院则设有专门的建筑图书馆。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings the Università della Svizzera italiana is placed 456th, making it one of the younger European universities evaluated globally.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，提契诺大学位列第 456，是参与全球评估的较年轻的欧洲大学之一。^[1]

• In the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings the university stands in the 301-325 band.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校处于 301 至 325 区间。

• In the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities it is placed 524th.在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中，该校位列第 524。

• In the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities it falls in the 601-700 band.在 2026 年世界大学学术排名中，该校处于 601 至 700 区间。

• According to OpenAlex the university has produced 17,617 research works that have attracted 1,119,403 citations.据 OpenAlex 统计，该校已产出 17,617 项研究成果，累计被引用 1,119,403 次。

• In 2024 Times Higher Education ranked USI ninth worldwide among universities with fewer than 5,000 students in its World's Best Small Universities ranking.2024 年，泰晤士高等教育在其「全球最佳小型大学」排名中，将提契诺大学列为全球第九，该榜单面向学生数少于 5,000 的院校。

• USI entered the QS World University Rankings in 2020 as one of the youngest European universities evaluated globally, and in the 2022 edition it reached 240th position worldwide.提契诺大学于 2020 年首次进入 QS 世界大学排名，是参与全球评估的最年轻欧洲大学之一；在 2022 年版中，其全球排名一度达到第 240 位。

• In the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024 the university was included in Economics and Econometrics, with strong results in indicators related to citation impact.在 2024 年 QS 世界大学学科排名中，该校进入经济与计量经济学榜单，在引用影响力相关指标上表现突出。

• Approximately 60 per cent of USI students come from outside Switzerland, one of the highest proportions among Swiss universities, giving the institution a strongly international profile.提契诺大学约 60% 的学生来自瑞士以外，是瑞士高校中国际学生比例最高的院校之一，赋予其鲜明的国际化特征。

• The university is a member of swissuniversities and the European University Association and is linked to national research networks through the Swiss Finance Institute and joint institutes such as IDSIA.该校是「瑞士大学」联席会议与欧洲大学协会的成员，并通过瑞士金融研究院及 IDSIA 等联合研究所与国家研究网络相衔接。

Student life

• USI does not use a formal Latin motto, and its academic life is shaped by its relatively small scale, its multilingual environment and its international student body.提契诺大学没有正式的拉丁文校训，其学术生活由相对较小的规模、多语言环境与国际化的学生群体塑造。

• The main institutional ceremony is the Dies academicus, held annually and usually in May, and the thirtieth edition took place in 2026.该校的主要机构庆典是每年举办的大学日（Dies academicus），通常在五月举行，其第三十届于 2026 年举办。

• In 2019 USI established the Student Media Center, which brings together student-run media including the web radio Radio Campus, the web television channel USI TV and the digital magazine L'Universo.2019 年，该校成立学生媒体中心，汇集学生运营的媒体，包括网络电台 Radio Campus、网络电视台 USI TV 与数字杂志 L'Universo。

• Several student associations operate across the university, among them the Student Corporation, which supports associative activities and student media, and USI Students for Climate, which is active on sustainability issues.校内活跃着若干学生社团，其中包括支持社团活动与学生媒体的学生联合会，以及关注可持续议题的「提契诺大学气候行动学生」。

• Since 2019 USI has promoted an annual Sustainability Week together with the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, covering environmental, economic and social sustainability.自 2019 年起，提契诺大学与瑞士南部应用科学与艺术大学共同推动年度「可持续周」，涵盖环境、经济与社会可持续议题。

• Sports activities are coordinated by Sport USI-SUPSI, the joint sports service of the two institutions, and since 2018 the university has taken part in the European Universities Games.体育活动由两校共设的 Sport USI-SUPSI 体育服务统筹；自 2018 年起，该校参加欧洲大学运动会。

• In 2022 the university inaugurated the permanent USI Art Collection, comprising works by contemporary artists active in Switzerland and Europe and installed within university spaces.2022 年，该校设立常设的提契诺大学艺术收藏，收录活跃于瑞士与欧洲的当代艺术家作品，并陈列于校内空间。

• USI collaborates with cultural institutions such as the Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana and promotes conferences, public lectures, exhibitions and film screenings across its campuses.提契诺大学与瑞士意大利语区艺术博物馆等文化机构合作，并在各校区推动会议、公开讲座、展览与电影放映。

Notable people

• Marco Baggiolini, an immunologist, was the founding president of USI and led the university from 1996 to 2006.免疫学家马尔科·巴吉奥利尼是提契诺大学的创始校长，1996 至 2006 年间领导该校。

• Mauro Baranzini, an economist, was a member of the founding commission that prepared the establishment of the university.经济学家毛罗·巴兰齐尼是筹备该校创立的创始委员会成员。

• Mario Botta, the Swiss architect, was one of the founders of the Accademia di architettura di Mendrisio.瑞士建筑师马里奥·博塔是门德里西奥建筑学院的创始人之一。

• Luigi Dadda, a computer engineer and former Rector of the Polytechnic University of Milan, was a member of the founding group of USI.计算机工程师、米兰理工大学前校长路易吉·达达是提契诺大学创始团队的成员。

• Shane Legg, an artificial intelligence researcher and co-founder of Google DeepMind, received the first USI Alumni Award in 2024.人工智能研究者、谷歌 DeepMind 联合创始人肖恩·莱格于 2024 年获得首届提契诺大学校友奖。

• Jürgen Schmidhuber, an artificial intelligence researcher known for work on neural networks and long short-term memory, is a professor at USI and a researcher at IDSIA.以神经网络与长短期记忆研究著称的人工智能研究者于尔根·施米德胡贝尔是提契诺大学教授、IDSIA 研究员。

• Peter Zumthor, the Swiss architect who received the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2009, has taught at the Accademia di architettura di Mendrisio since 1996.2009 年获得普利兹克建筑奖的瑞士建筑师彼得·卒姆托自 1996 年起执教于门德里西奥建筑学院。

• Kenneth Frampton, the architectural historian and critic, received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale in 2018.建筑史学家与评论家肯尼斯·弗兰普顿于 2018 年获得威尼斯双年展终身成就金狮奖。

• Michele Parrinello, the physicist known for the Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics method, received the Marcel Benoist Prize in 2011.以「卡尔—帕里内洛」分子动力学方法闻名的物理学家米凯莱·帕里内洛于 2011 年获得马塞尔·伯努瓦奖。

• Antonio Lanzavecchia, an immunologist and founder of the Institute for Research in Biomedicine, received the Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine in 2018.免疫学家、生物医学研究所创始人安东尼奥·兰扎韦基亚于 2018 年获得路易-让泰医学奖。