Université de Bretagne Occidentale

The University of Western Brittany (Université de Bretagne Occidentale, UBO) is a public university in Brest, in the Finistère department of western Brittany, France, created in 1971 from the Brest colleges of the University of Rennes.西布列塔尼大学（Université de Bretagne Occidentale，简称 UBO）是法国布列塔尼西部菲尼斯泰尔省布雷斯特的一所公立大学，1971 年由雷恩大学设在布雷斯特的若干学院组建而成。

It is a multi-site institution with 22,380 students, 1,360 lecturers and researchers, 990 support staff and 34 research units as of 1 September 2023, making it the largest higher education provider in western Brittany.该校为多校区机构，截至 2023 年 9 月 1 日有学生 22,380 人、教研人员 1,360 人、行政与技术人员 990 人、科研单位 34 个，是布列塔尼西部规模最大的高等教育机构。

UBO is placed in the 1001-1200 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027 and in the same band of the Times Higher Education ranking, while its oceanography programme was ranked fifth in the world in the 2023 Shanghai subject ranking.该校在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列 1001-1200 区间，在泰晤士高等教育排名中处于同一区间；其海洋学在 2023 年软科世界一流学科排名中位列全球第五。

History

• Higher education in Brest began in 1959 with a University College of Science, established to serve a city rebuilt after the Second World War and dependent on the naval base and Atlantic trade.布雷斯特的高等教育始于 1959 年设立的一所大学理学院，其目的是服务这座在二战中重建、依托海军基地与大西洋贸易的城市。
• A University College of Literature followed in 1960, and the two colleges shared premises in the city centre while remaining administratively part of the University of Rennes.1960 年又设立了一所大学文学院，两院在市中心共用校舍，但在行政上仍隶属雷恩大学。
• The 1960s brought a rapid sequence of new schools: the Medical School in 1966, the law institute in 1967, the University Institute of Technology in Brest in 1968 and in Quimper in 1969, and a literature centre in Quimper in 1970.1960 年代新设机构接连落地：1966 年医学院、1967 年法学研究所、1968 年布雷斯特技术学院、1969 年坎佩尔技术学院、1970 年坎佩尔文学中心。
• The orientation law of 1968 gave French universities autonomy and encouraged the transformation of the Brest colleges into a university of their own, a process completed by decree in 1971.1968 年的《大学指导法》赋予法国大学自治权，也推动了布雷斯特各学院独立建校，这一进程于 1971 年经法令完成。
• The University of Brest was formally created in 1971 and took the name Université de Bretagne Occidentale, covering the western half of Brittany and the academic district of Brest.布雷斯特大学于 1971 年正式成立，取名「西布列塔尼大学」，覆盖布列塔尼半岛西半部与布雷斯特学区。
• A school of dentistry opened in 1978, completing the health cluster around the university hospital, and the Medical School became one of the largest in western France.1978 年牙科学校成立，完善了围绕大学医院的健康学科群，其医学院也成为法国西部规模最大的医学院之一。
• IPAG Business School opened a campus in Brest in 1985, adding management training to a university then dominated by science, law and medicine.IPAG 商学院于 1985 年在布雷斯特设立校区，为一所以理学、法学与医学为主的大学补上了管理学科。
• The Brest school of microbiology and food safety (ESMISAB) was created in 1993 to serve Brittany's agri-food industry, the region's largest manufacturing employer.布雷斯特微生物与食品安全学院（ESMISAB）于 1993 年创办，服务布列塔尼的农产食品工业——该地区最大的制造业雇主。
• The Pierre-Jakez Hélias university centre opened in Quimper in 1996, and a department of sports sciences was added in the same decade, broadening the university beyond its science and law core.皮埃尔-雅凯兹·埃利亚斯大学中心于 1996 年在坎佩尔启用，同一时期又增设体育科学系，使学校不再局限于理学与法学两大支柱。
• The European Institute for Marine Studies (IUEM) was created by decree on 2 May 1997, six years after Paul Tréguer launched the project, and it became the university's internal school for marine and coastal sciences.欧洲海洋研究所（IUEM）于 1997 年 5 月 2 日经法令设立，距保罗·特雷盖启动该计划已过去六年，此后成为该校海洋与海岸科学的校内学院。
• A University School of Management (IAE) was added in 2001, and continuing education and apprenticeship provision expanded through the 2000s in response to regional demand.2001 年增设大学管理学院（IAE），2000 年代学校又依据地区需求扩大继续教育与学徒制培养。
• In 2005 the IUEM became an Observatory of the Universe Sciences recognised by the CNRS, taking on a national observation mission that includes the Iroise Sea and the Bay of Brest.2005 年，IUEM 成为获法国国家科研中心认可的宇宙科学观测站，承担包括伊鲁瓦兹海与布雷斯特湾在内的国家观测任务。
• Teacher training was integrated in 2007 through the university institute for teacher training, renamed INSPÉ in 2013, with sites in Rennes, Vannes and Saint-Brieuc extending the university across Brittany.2007 年，教师培训通过大学教师学院并入该校，该院 2013 年更名为 INSPÉ，并在雷恩、瓦讷与圣布里厄设点，使学校影响遍及整个布列塔尼。
• The LabexMER laboratory of excellence, coordinated by the IUEM with a ten-year budget of 11 million euros, brought together twelve research units of western France when it was created in 2011.由 IUEM 协调的卓越实验室 LabexMER 于 2011 年设立，十年期预算 1,100 万欧元，联合法国西部十二个科研单位。
• The ESIAB Engineering School, which trains agri-food engineers, was created in 2012 out of the older food science school and remains one of the university's two engineering degree providers.培养农产食品工程师的 ESIAB 工程师学院于 2012 年在原有食品科学学校基础上成立，至今仍是该校两个工程师学位授予单位之一。
• In 2018 UBO became a partner in ISblue, the interdisciplinary Graduate School for the blue planet funded by the national investment programme, which trains doctoral students in marine science and maritime policy.2018 年，该校成为「ISblue」伙伴，这一由法国国家投资计划资助、面向「蓝色星球」的跨学科研究生院培养海洋科学与海洋政策方向的博士生。
• UBO founded the European University of the Seas (SEA-EU) in 2019 with the universities of Cadiz, Kiel, Gdansk, Split, Malta, Algarve and Naples Federico II, later joined by Nord University in Norway to form a nine-member alliance.2019 年，该校与加的斯、基尔、格但斯克、斯普利特、马耳他、阿尔加维和那不勒斯费德里科二世等大学共同发起「欧洲海洋大学」联盟（SEA-EU），挪威诺德大学随后加入，形成九校联盟。
• The 2023 Shanghai subject ranking placed UBO fifth in the world for oceanography, up from eleventh a year earlier, a result shared with the CNRS, IRD and IFREMER units based at the IUEM.2023 年软科世界一流学科排名将该校海洋学列为全球第五，较上一年的第十一大幅上升，这一成绩由设在 IUEM 的法国国家科研中心、发展研究院与海洋开发研究院等单位共享。
• On 1 March 2025 UBO became an établissement public expérimental under decree 2025-177 of 24 February 2025, a status that gives it greater budgetary autonomy within the French system.2025 年 3 月 1 日，依据 2025 年 2 月 24 日第 2025-177 号法令，该校转为「实验性公共机构」，这一地位使其在法国高教体制内获得更大的预算自主权。
• The same reform grouped the ESIAB Engineering School, the IAE management school and the ENIB engineering school into a new National Polytechnic Institute, Bretagne INP, while keeping them within the university's orbit.同一改革将 ESIAB 工程师学院、IAE 管理学院与 ENIB 工程师学院整合为新的国立理工学院「Bretagne INP」，同时仍置于大学的体系之内。
• Pascal Olivard, who had already presided over the university from 2007 to 2016, was elected president again on 28 March 2025 and formed a team of seventeen vice-presidents for the new term.帕斯卡尔·奥利瓦尔曾于 2007 至 2016 年担任校长，2025 年 3 月 28 日再度当选，并为新任期组建了由十七名副校长构成的团队。

Academics

• UBO is organised into six faculties: humanities and social sciences, science and technology, law and economics, sports sciences, medicine and health sciences, and dentistry.该校设有六个学院：人文与社会科学、科学与技术、法学与经济学、体育科学、医学与健康科学、牙科学。
• Seven specialised institutes complete the structure: the University Institutes of Technology in Brest and Quimper, the IAE in Morlaix, the IUEM, the INSPÉ teacher training institute, the EURIA actuarial school and the IFMK physiotherapy institute.此外还有七个专门研究所：布雷斯特与坎佩尔的两所技术学院、莫尔莱的管理学院、欧洲海洋研究所、INSPÉ 教师培训学院、EURIA 精算学院与 IFMK 物理治疗学院。
• Two professional schools sit alongside the faculties, the ESIAB Engineering School for agri-food and the midwifery school run with the Brest university hospital.学院之外还设有两所专业学校：培养农产食品工程师的 ESIAB 工程师学院，以及与布雷斯特大学医院合办的助产士学校。
• The university offers more than 300 programmes, most of them taught in French, with a small English-taught component in marine science and management and a substantial share delivered through apprenticeships.学校开设 300 多个培养项目，多数以法语授课，海洋科学与管理领域有少量英语课程，学徒制培养也占有相当比重。
• Research is carried out in 34 units as of 2023, supported by 11 doctoral schools, and 113 doctoral degrees were awarded in the reference year.截至 2023 年，该校科研分布于 34 个单位，由 11 所博士生院支撑，参考年度共授予 113 个博士学位。
• Four research priorities shape recruitment and investment: marine sciences, health, agri-food and materials, mathematics and information technology, and the humanities and social sciences.四项科研重点决定人才引进与投入方向：海洋科学，健康、农产食品与材料，数学与信息技术，以及人文与社会科学。
• The IUEM hosts seven joint research units employing about 500 staff, and it teaches 270 master's students and 260 doctoral students in marine and coastal sciences.IUEM 设有七个联合科研单位，雇有约 500 名人员，并在海洋与海岸科学方向培养 270 名硕士生与 260 名博士生。
• Marine research is the university's signature: Brest concentrates 60 per cent of French marine researchers and hosts IFREMER, the National Institute for Ocean Science, and IPEV, the polar institute.海洋研究是该校的标志：布雷斯特聚集了法国 60% 的海洋科研人员，并设有国家海洋开发研究院（IFREMER）与极地研究所（IPEV）。
• Health teaching relies on the Brest university hospital, whose staff hold joint appointments at the university, and on the IFMK physiotherapy and midwifery schools that train allied health professionals.健康学科教学依托布雷斯特大学医院，其人员与学校双聘，并依靠培养相关卫生专业人员的 IFMK 物理治疗与助产士学校。
• Law, economics and management are taught from the Brest campus and the IAE in Morlaix, and the law faculty prepares students for the French bar and judiciary examinations.法学、经济学与管理学在布雷斯特校区与莫尔莱的管理学院授课，法学院为学生参加法国律师与司法考试提供培训。
• The Centre de recherche bretonne et celtique, founded in 1969, makes the university a centre for Breton and Celtic studies, with archives, a library and a journal devoted to the regional languages.布列塔尼与凯尔特研究中心创办于 1969 年，使该校成为布列塔尼与凯尔特研究的重镇，设有档案、图书馆与一份专注地区语言的期刊。
• In the reference year the university held 249 research contracts with companies and participated in 42 European research projects, figures that underline its applied science profile.参考年度内，该校与企业签订 249 项科研合同，并参与 42 个欧洲科研项目，这些数字凸显其应用科学的定位。
• It held 282 accreditations to supervise research, and a third of its doctoral students came from outside France.该校持有 282 项博导资格，三分之一的博士生来自法国以外。
• International students numbered 2,550 in 2023, supported by 384 mobility agreements, and the SEA-EU alliance provides structured exchanges with eight European partner universities.2023 年该校有国际学生 2,550 人，依托 384 项流动协议；SEA-EU 联盟则提供与八所欧洲伙伴大学的结构化交流。
• The annual budget of 220.35 million euros in 2023 is funded mainly by the French state, with research income from the national agency, the regions and European programmes.2023 年 2.204 亿欧元的年度预算主要来自法国政府，科研收入则来自国家科研署、大区与欧洲项目。
• UBO appears in eight fields of the Shanghai subject ranking, a breadth unusual for a university of 22,000 students and a consequence of its association with national research bodies.该校进入软科世界一流学科排名的八个学科领域，对于一所两万余学生的大学而言这一覆盖面相当少见，这与其和国家科研机构的合作密不可分。

Campus

• UBO's headquarters are at 3 rue des Archives in Brest, and its main teaching campus stretches along avenue Le Gorgeu and rue de Kergoat in the north of the city.该校校部位于布雷斯特档案馆街 3 号，主要教学区沿勒戈尔热大道与凯尔戈阿街在城市北部展开。
• The university is multi-sited by design: Brest concentrates the faculties and the Medical School, Quimper hosts the Pierre-Jakez Hélias centre and a University Institute of Technology, and Morlaix houses the IAE and part of the IUT.该校按多站点模式布局：布雷斯特集中各学院与医学院，坎佩尔设皮埃尔-雅凯兹·埃利亚斯中心与技术学院，莫尔莱则设管理学院与技术学院分部。
• The Brittany University Alliance counts ten campuses and teaching-research sites across Finistère and Morbihan, of which UBO operates the Brest, Quimper and Morlaix sites plus INSPÉ branches in Rennes, Vannes and Saint-Brieuc.布列塔尼大学联盟在菲尼斯泰尔与莫尔比昂两省共有十处校区与教研站点，其中 UBO 运营布雷斯特、坎佩尔与莫尔莱三地，并在雷恩、瓦讷与圣布里厄设有 INSPÉ 分支。
• The IUEM occupies the Technopôle Brest-Iroise at Plouzané, west of Brest, beside the IFREMER campus and the Océanopolis science centre, forming one of Europe's densest marine science clusters.IUEM 位于布雷斯特以西普卢扎内的布雷斯特-伊鲁瓦兹科技园，毗邻 IFREMER 园区与 Océanopolis 海洋科学中心，构成欧洲最密集的海洋科学集群之一。
• Brest is a deep-water roadstead with a naval base and the French naval academy at Lanvéoc-Poulmic nearby, and its economy combines defence, marine research and agri-food, all of which recruit UBO graduates.布雷斯特拥有深水锚地、海军基地，法国海军学院亦设于附近的朗韦奥克-普尔米克；其经济以国防、海洋研究与农产食品为支柱，这些行业都是该校毕业生的雇主。
• The Quimper centre is named after the Breton writer Pierre-Jakez Hélias, author of The Horse of Pride, and it teaches law, humanities and sports sciences to students of southern Finistère.坎佩尔中心以布列塔尼作家皮埃尔-雅凯兹·埃利亚斯命名，其代表作是《骄傲的马》；该中心为南菲尼斯泰尔的学生教授法学、人文与体育科学。
• Brest is about an hour from Paris by air and four hours by high-speed train, and the campus is served by the city's tram and bus network, which links the teaching sites to the town centre.布雷斯特乘飞机约一小时可达巴黎，乘高速列车约四小时；校区由城市有轨电车与公交网络连接，教学站点与市中心往来便利。
• Student housing is provided mainly by the CROUS of Rennes, which operates residences near the Brest campus, while the university runs dining halls and a housing advice service for international students.学生住宿主要由雷恩的 CROUS 提供，其在布雷斯特校区附近运营宿舍；学校自身则设有食堂与面向国际学生的住房咨询服务。

Reputation

• UBO is placed in the 1001-1200 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, a tied interval shared with several hundred other institutions in the global table.该校在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列 1001-1200 区间，这一并列区间在全球榜单中由数百所院校共享。
• It stands in the same 1001-1200 band of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, having entered the table in 2024.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校同样处于 1001-1200 区间，它于 2024 年首次进入该榜。
• It does not appear in the U.S. News Best Global Universities list for 2026-2027, and it is absent from the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026, so two of the four global tables carry no UBO position.该校未进入 US News 2026-2027 年度全球最佳大学榜单，也未出现在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中，因此在四大全球榜单中有两项没有该校名次。
• The university's strongest international marker is the 2023 Shanghai subject ranking, where oceanography placed fifth in the world, ahead of most larger French universities in that field.该校最突出的国际指标是 2023 年软科世界一流学科排名，其海洋学位列全球第五，在该领域领先于多数规模更大的法国大学。
• UBO appears in eight fields of that same subject ranking, from oceanography and earth sciences to public health and management, a range that reflects its links with the CNRS, IRD and IFREMER.该校在同一学科排名中进入八个领域，从海洋学、地球科学延伸到公共卫生与管理学，这一覆盖面反映出它与法国国家科研中心、发展研究院及海洋开发研究院的合作。
• OpenAlex indexes 17,511 works and 751,892 citations for UBO, with marine science, health and information technology accounting for a large share of the record.OpenAlex 为该校收录 17,511 项成果与 751,892 次引用，其中海洋科学、健康与信息技术占据相当比重。
• In 2023 the university received 35 million euros of direct government research funding, 15.3 million euros of competitive government funding and 2.9 million euros from private sources.2023 年，该校获得 3,500 万欧元政府直接科研拨款、1,530 万欧元竞争性政府科研经费以及 290 万欧元私人来源科研经费。
• Its research profile is unusually contract-driven for a French university: 249 industrial research contracts and 42 European projects were running in the reference year, alongside 282 research supervision accreditations.对一所法国大学而言，该校科研的应用合同色彩相当突出：参考年度内执行 249 项工业科研合同与 42 个欧洲项目，另有 282 项博导资格。
• The 2025 reform that made UBO an établissement public expérimental is presented by the university as a means of strengthening its position in national and European research competition.2025 年使该校成为「实验性公共机构」的改革，被校方视为巩固其在全国与欧洲科研竞争中地位的手段。

Student life

• UBO has no formal motto, and its public identity is built instead around the sea, with a logo and communications that stress marine science, health and the Breton language.该校没有正式校训，其公共形象围绕海洋建构，校徽与宣传材料突出海洋科学、健康与布列塔尼语。
• The Brittany University Alliance lists 63 student associations across its three institutions, ranging from sailing and diving clubs to the Breton music and dance groups that perform at the Brest maritime festivals.布列塔尼大学联盟在三所院校中共列出 63 个学生社团，从帆船与潜水俱乐部到在布雷斯特海洋节上演出的布列塔尼音乐舞蹈团体。
• The university sports service runs sailing, diving, kite-surfing and coastal rowing on the Iroise Sea, and its facilities are shared with the city's sailing clubs.大学体育部在伊鲁瓦兹海组织帆船、潜水、风筝冲浪与海岸赛艇活动，其设施与城市帆船俱乐部共用。
• International students, 2,550 in 2023, are supported by a buddy scheme and French courses run by the language centre, and a third of doctoral candidates come from abroad.2023 年该校有国际学生 2,550 人，学校通过学伴计划与语言中心开设的法语课程提供支持，三分之一的博士生来自海外。
• Students elect delegates to the university's central councils, and the boards that govern teaching, research and campus life include student representatives alongside faculty and staff.学生选举代表进入学校中央委员会，负责教学、科研与校园生活的各委员会中，学生代表与教师、职员一同任职。
• Brest holds a maritime festival every four years, drawing tall ships into the roadstead, and students volunteer during the event while the university opens its marine laboratories to visitors.布雷斯特每四年举办一次海洋节，把大型帆船引入锚地；学生参与志愿服务，学校也在此期间向公众开放海洋实验室。
• Campus dining is provided by CROUS restaurants near the letters and sciences sites, and the student associations organise welcome weeks and second-hand book sales at the start of each semester.校园餐饮由文学与理学站点附近的 CROUS 食堂提供，学生社团则在每学期开学时组织迎新周与二手书市。
• The city's Océanopolis centre, its botanical conservatory and its naval museum give marine science students venues for practical work, and the Iroise Sea serves as a natural laboratory for field courses.城市的 Océanopolis 海洋中心、植物保育园与海军博物馆为海洋科学学生提供实践场所，伊鲁瓦兹海则充当野外课程的自然实验室。

Notable people

• Raymond-François Le Bris was the first president of the university, leading the institution from 1969 to 1972 through the transition from a group of Rennes colleges to an autonomous university.雷蒙-弗朗索瓦·勒布里是该校首任校长，1969 至 1972 年主政，经历了从雷恩大学下属学院群到独立大学的转型。
• Paul Tréguer, an oceanographer, launched the IUEM project in 1991, became its first director in 1997 and coordinated the LabexMER laboratory of excellence from 2011.保罗·特雷盖是海洋学家，1991 年发起 IUEM 计划，1997 年出任首任所长，并于 2011 年起协调卓越实验室 LabexMER。
• Benoît Hamon, a graduate in history, was France's minister of national education from 2014 to 2017 and stood as the Socialist Party candidate in the 2017 presidential election.伯努瓦·阿蒙毕业于历史学专业，2014 至 2017 年任法国国民教育部长，并于 2017 年作为社会党候选人参加总统选举。
• Kofi Yamgnane, an engineering graduate, served as France's secretary of state for integration from 1991 to 1993 and was mayor of Saint-Coulitz in Brittany.科菲·亚姆加内毕业于工程学专业，1991 至 1993 年任法国融合事务国务秘书，并曾任布列塔尼圣库利茨市市长。
• François Cuillandre, a law graduate, has been mayor of Brest since 2001 and has presided over the Brest metropolitan authority, the city that hosts the university's main campus.弗朗索瓦·屈扬德尔毕业于法学专业，自 2001 年起任布雷斯特市长，并主持布雷斯特都市圈管理机构——该校主校区正位于这座城市。
• Joëlle Bergeron, a graduate in English, sat in the European Parliament from 2014 to 2019, where she worked on fisheries and regional policy affecting Brittany.若埃尔·贝热龙毕业于英语专业，2014 至 2019 年任欧洲议会议员，参与涉及布列塔尼的渔业与区域政策事务。
• Didier Le Gac, an alumnus, has represented Finistère in the French National Assembly since 2017 and sits on committees dealing with maritime affairs.迪迪埃·勒加克是该校校友，自 2017 年起在法国国民议会代表菲尼斯泰尔省，并在处理海洋事务的委员会任职。
• Christian Gourcuff, a former professional footballer, managed Lorient and Rennes and is remembered for the passing game he built at Lorient between 2003 and 2014.克里斯蒂安·古尔库夫曾是职业足球运动员，执教过洛里昂与雷恩，其在 2003 至 2014 年间为洛里昂打造的传控打法令人印象深刻。
• Paul Le Guen, a former defender and manager, won league titles with Paris Saint-Germain as a coach and later managed Rangers and the Cameroon national team.保罗·勒冈曾是后卫与主教练，执教巴黎圣日耳曼期间夺得联赛冠军，后执教格拉斯哥流浪者与喀麦隆国家队。
• Christophe Miossec, a singer and songwriter, studied at the university before becoming one of the best-known voices of Breton rock in the 1990s.克里斯托夫·米奥塞克是歌手与词曲作者，曾在该校就读，后成为 1990 年代布列塔尼摇滚最知名的声音之一。
• Chantal Conand, a marine biologist, built her career on the taxonomy and ecology of sea cucumbers in the Indian Ocean and worked with the IUEM's marine laboratories.尚塔尔·科南是海洋生物学家，以印度洋海参的分类学与生态学研究建立学术声誉，并与 IUEM 的海洋实验室合作。