Utah State University

Utah State University (USU) is a public land-grant research university in Logan, Utah, chartered on 8 March 1888 as the Agricultural College of Utah and renamed Utah State University in 1957.犹他州立大学（USU）是犹他州洛根的公立赠地研究型大学，1888 年 3 月 8 日以犹他农学院之名获准设立，1957 年更名为犹他州立大学。

It is one of Utah's two flagship public universities, enrols about 29,800 students across a statewide system and is classified among R1 doctoral universities with very high research activity.该校是犹他州两所旗舰公立大学之一，在全州体系中注册约 29800 名学生，并被列为研究活动极高的 R1 博士大学。

QS placed USU in the 1201-1400 band for 2027, U.S. News ranked it 869th in its 2026-27 global list, the 2026 ARWU placed it in the 501-600 band, and it did not enter the 2027 Times Higher Education world ranking.QS 将 USU 列入 2027 年 1201-1400 区间，U.S. News 2026-2027 年度全球榜单列第 869 位，2026 年软科将其列入 501-600 区间，该校未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界排名。

History

• The Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act, signed by Abraham Lincoln in 1862, created publicly funded colleges for agriculture and the mechanical arts, and Utah territorial leaders saw it as a route to practical scientific education.1862 年亚伯拉罕·林肯签署的《莫里尔赠地学院法》创建了以农业与机械技艺为主的公立学院，犹他领地领导人将其视为通往实用科学教育的途径。

• After a visit to Denmark, territorial legislator Anthon H. Lund pressed for an agricultural college modelled on European land-grant schools, and Logan citizens lobbied to have it located in Cache Valley rather than Salt Lake City.领地议员安东·伦德在访问丹麦后，推动建立一所仿照欧洲赠地学院的农业学院，洛根市民则游说把校址设在卡什谷而非盐湖城。

• On 8 March 1888 the Agricultural College of Utah was chartered as the territory's land-grant institution, with a mandate to teach agriculture, domestic science and the mechanic arts.1888 年 3 月 8 日，犹他农学院作为领地赠地机构获准设立，使命是教授农业、家政学与机械技艺。

• The college opened on 2 September 1890 with 14-year-old Vendla Berntson as its first student, and Old Main, the campus's first building, was completed the same year on the bench above Cache Valley.学院于 1890 年 9 月 2 日开学，14 岁的文德拉·伯恩特森成为首位学生，校园首栋建筑老主楼同年落成于卡什谷上方的台地。

• William J. Kerr, the first president, expanded the curriculum beyond farming into science and letters, which drew opposition from legislators who feared competition with the University of Utah.首任校长威廉·克尔把课程从农事扩展到科学与文学，招致担心与犹他大学竞争的议员反对。

• A 1907 attempt to consolidate the two institutions ended in a compromise that restricted the Agricultural College to agriculture, domestic science and mechanic arts until the restrictions were lifted in the 1920s.1907 年合并两校的尝试以妥协告终，农学院被限制在农业、家政与机械技艺范围内，直到 20 世纪 20 年代限制才被取消。

• By 1903 the college had organised six schools, agriculture, military science, agricultural engineering and mechanic arts, home economics, general science and commerce, and by 1923 it had seven colleges.到 1903 年，学院已组建农业、军事科学、农业工程与机械技艺、家政、普通科学与商业六个学校，到 1923 年发展为七个学院。

• The statewide Extension Service began in 1914, the first master's degrees were awarded in 1915, and during World War I the campus hosted a Student Army Training Corps detachment.全州推广服务始于 1914 年，1915 年授予首批硕士学位，第一次世界大战期间校园驻扎了学生陆军训练团。

• In 1924 a School of Education was created and the School of General Science was reorganised into the School of Basic Arts and Sciences, completing the college's move toward a broader academic profile.1924 年设立教育学院，普通科学学校改组为基础文科与科学学校，完成了学院向更广泛学术格局的转变。

• The institution was renamed Utah State Agricultural College in 1928, a title it kept for nearly three decades while its research and extension work grew across the Intermountain West.1928 年学校更名为犹他州立农学院，这一名称沿用近三十年，其间其研究与推广工作在整个山间西部扩展。

• During World War II Utah State hosted one of six U.S. Navy Primary Schools for the Electronics Training Program, graduating more than 2,700 Navy students between 1942 and 1944.第二次世界大战期间，犹他州立承办美国海军电子训练计划的六所初级学校之一，1942 至 1944 年间培训了 2700 多名海军学员。

• The wartime electronics programme created lasting ties to the Department of Defense and NASA, relationships that later underpinned the Space Dynamics Laboratory and the university's aerospace research.战时电子项目与国防部和 NASA 建立了持久联系，这些关系后来支撑了空间动力学实验室与大学的航空航天研究。

• After 1945 the GI Bill brought a surge of returning veterans, the college added schools and dormitories, and in 1950 it established a School of Graduate Studies to coordinate master's and doctoral work.1945 年后《退伍军人法案》带来大量复员学生，学院增设学校与宿舍，并于 1950 年设立研究生院以统筹硕士与博士工作。

• In 1957 the institution was renamed Utah State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, soon shortened to Utah State University, recognising its wider range of degrees and research.1957 年学校更名为犹他州立农业与应用科学大学，不久简称为犹他州立大学，以承认其学位与研究范围的扩大。

• The first statewide campus was designated at Uintah Basin by the Utah Legislature in 1967, and in the following years flying professors travelled weekly to regional centres until satellite links were installed in 1996.1967 年犹他州议会指定尤因塔盆地为首个全州校区，此后“飞行教授”每周前往各地区中心授课，直到 1996 年安装卫星链路。

• Utah State founded its undergraduate research programme in 1975, the second such programme in the United States after MIT, and it became a national model for involving freshmen and sophomores in laboratory work.犹他州立于 1975 年创立本科生研究项目，是继麻省理工学院之后美国第二个此类项目，并成为让一二年级学生参与实验室工作的全国典范。

• Under President George H. Emert from 1992 to 2000 the endowment grew from 7 million to80 million, research funding reached new highs and distance education moved toward digital delivery.在 1992 至 2000 年校长乔治·埃默特任内，捐赠基金从 700 万美元增至 8000 万美元，研究经费创新高，远程教育转向数字化交付。

• The Merrill-Cazier Library opened in 2005, the university acquired the Swaner Preserve and the College of Eastern Utah in 2010, and in 2012 it completed a $400 million fundraising campaign.梅里尔-卡齐尔图书馆于 2005 年启用，大学于 2010 年获得斯旺纳保护区与东犹他学院，2012 年完成 4 亿美元筹款运动。

• Noelle Cockett became USU's first female president in 2017 and served until 2023, when Elizabeth Cantwell took office and was in turn succeeded by Brad Mortensen as 18th president on 10 November 2025.诺埃尔·科克特于 2017 年成为 USU 首位女校长并任职至 2023 年，随后伊丽莎白·坎特韦尔接任，2025 年 11 月 10 日布拉德·莫滕森成为第 18 任校长。

• In 2021 the Air Force Research Laboratory awarded USU a $1 billion contract for space and nuclear prototyping, the largest contract in the laboratory's history, and in 2022 the university opened Utah's first four-year veterinary college.2021 年美国空军研究实验室授予 USU 一份 10 亿美元的太空与核原型合同，为该实验室史上最大合同，2022 年大学又开设了犹他州首个四年制兽医学院。

• On 1 July 2025 USU merged five colleges into two, creating a College of Arts and Sciences and a College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, a restructuring driven by state budget reductions and House Bill 265.2025 年 7 月 1 日，USU 将五个学院合并为两个，成立艺术与科学学院以及农业与自然资源学院，此次重组由州预算削减与第 265 号众议院法案推动。

Academics

• USU offers more than 370 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programmes, including 137 bachelor's, 95 master's and 39 doctoral degrees, across its Logan campus and statewide system.USU 在洛根主校区与全州体系开设 370 多个本科、研究生与博士项目，其中包括 137 个学士、95 个硕士与 39 个博士学位。

• After the 2025 reorganisation the university is organised into seven colleges and schools plus the Graduate School, covering arts and sciences, agriculture and natural resources, engineering, education, business and veterinary medicine.2025 年重组后，大学设七个学院以及研究生院，涵盖艺术与科学、农业与自然资源、工程、教育、商学与兽医学。

• The College of Arts and Sciences combines the former Caine College of the Arts, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the College of Science, and it houses the USU Museum of Anthropology in Old Main.艺术与科学学院整合了原凯恩艺术学院、人文与社会科学学院及理学院，其人类学博物馆设于老主楼。

• The S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Agriculture and Natural Resources merges the former agriculture and natural-resources colleges and runs the university's aviation and flight-technology programmes from Logan-Cache Airport.S.J. 与杰西·奎尼农业与自然资源学院合并了原农业学院与自然资源学院，并在洛根-卡什机场运营大学的航空与飞行技术项目。

• The College of Engineering grants degrees in biological, civil, computer, electrical, environmental and mechanical engineering, and its graduate programmes include aerospace, space systems and composites.工程学院授予生物、土木、计算机、电气、环境与机械工程学位，研究生项目包括航空航天、空间系统与复合材料。

• The Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, founded in 1889 and renamed in 2007 after a $26 million gift, is the oldest continuously operating business college in the western United States.乔恩·亨茨曼商学院创办于 1889 年，2007 年因 2600 万美元捐赠而更名，是美国西部历史最悠久且持续运营的商学院。

• The Huntsman School houses the Shingo Institute, which awards the Shingo Prize for operational excellence, and the Stephen R. Covey Leadership Center, named for the author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.亨茨曼商学院设有颁发新乡卓越运营奖的新乡研究所，以及以《高效能人士的七个习惯》作者命名的斯蒂芬·柯维领导力中心。

• The Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services, founded in 1924, enrols about 5,700 students and includes the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management.艾玛·埃克尔斯·琼斯教育与人类服务学院创办于 1924 年，约有 5700 名学生，并设国家听力评估与管理中心。

• The College of Veterinary Medicine, established in 2022, is Utah's only four-year veterinary college and builds on a regional partnership with Washington State University.兽医学院成立于 2022 年，是犹他州唯一的四年制兽医学院，建立在与华盛顿州立大学的区域合作基础之上。

• USU's Space Dynamics Laboratory is a university-affiliated research centre owned by the university and the only UARC serving the Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Space Force.USU 的空间动力学实验室是大学拥有的附属研究中心，也是唯一同时服务导弹防御局与美国太空军的 UARC。

• With SDL the university has participated in more than 500 space missions and deployed more payloads and software systems into space than any other university in the world.借助空间动力学实验室，大学参与了 500 多次太空任务，向太空部署的有效载荷与软件系统超过世界上任何一所大学。

• The Utah Water Research Laboratory is the oldest and largest academic water research facility in the United States, and it has completed more than 100 major projects with over $400 million in international funding.犹他水资源研究实验室是美国历史最悠久、规模最大的学术水研究设施，已完成 100 多个重大项目，国际资助超过 4 亿美元。

• In 2022 USU undergraduates launched GASPACS, the first CubeSat built entirely by students and the first to use a Raspberry Pi Zero as its flight computer, from the International Space Station.2022 年，USU 本科生从国际空间站发射了 GASPACS，这是首颗完全由学生建造、也是首颗以树莓派 Zero 作为飞行计算机的立方星。

• Total enrollment was 28,900 in fall 2024, including 25,702 undergraduates and 3,198 graduate students, and it rose to 29,831 in fall 2025 across the statewide system.2024 年秋季总注册人数为 28900 人，其中本科生 25702 人、研究生 3198 人，2025 年秋季全州体系增至 29831 人。

• The university employs 1,101 academic staff and 11,077 total staff, maintains a 19-to-1 student-faculty ratio and teaches nearly half of its classes to fewer than 20 students.大学有 1101 名学术人员与 11077 名全体员工，师生比为 19 比 1，近一半课程班级人数少于 20 人。

• OpenAlex records 60,400 works and 3,172,888 citations for USU, the largest research output among the five universities in this group.OpenAlex 记录 USU 有 60400 篇成果与 3172888 次引用，是本组五所大学中科研产出最大的一所。

• Admission is accessible rather than highly selective, with a 93.7 percent acceptance rate for first-time freshmen in fall 2022, a 30.7 percent yield and a 74.5 percent freshman retention rate.该校招生门槛较为宽松，2022 年秋季首次入学新生录取率为 93.7%，入学率为 30.7%，一年级留存率为 74.5%。

• The university operates USU Extension offices in all 29 Utah counties and offers online degrees through its statewide campuses, making it the state's main provider of distance higher education.大学在犹他州全部 29 个县设有推广办公室，并通过全州校区提供在线学位，是该州远程高等教育的主要提供者。

Campus

• The Logan campus covers more than 600 acres at the mouth of Logan Canyon, on a bench overlooking Cache Valley with the Bear River Range rising to the east.洛根主校区占地 600 多英亩，位于洛根峡谷入口的台地上，俯瞰卡什谷，东侧是贝尔河山脉。

• Old Main, completed in 1890, is the university's oldest building and still houses administrative offices and parts of the College of Arts and Sciences.老主楼建于 1890 年，是大学最古老的建筑，至今仍容纳行政办公室与艺术与科学学院的部分单位。

• The Merrill-Cazier Library, opened in 2005, covers 305,000 square feet and provides study spaces, special collections and the university's main research collections.梅里尔-卡齐尔图书馆于 2005 年启用，面积 30.5 万平方英尺，提供学习空间、特藏与大学主要研究馆藏。

• Maverik Stadium, home of Aggie football, and the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum, home of basketball and gymnastics, anchor the athletic edge of the campus.举行橄榄球比赛的梅弗里克体育场与举行篮球和体操比赛的迪格伦·史密斯体育馆构成校园体育设施的两端。

• The Aggie Recreation Center, a 117,000-square-foot facility, offers courts, climbing walls, pools and fitness space, alongside the HPER building and Nelson Fieldhouse.占地 11.7 万平方英尺的阿吉娱乐中心提供球场、攀岩墙、泳池与健身空间，另有 HPER 大楼与纳尔逊体育馆。

• The campus is an accredited arboretum with more than 7,000 trees and 30 of Utah's largest tree species, and it is divided by the Logan City Cemetery into academic and research zones.校园是获认证的树木园，有 7000 多棵树与犹他州 30 种最大的树种，洛根市公墓把校园分为教学区与研究区。

• Beyond Logan, USU operates residential campuses in Price and Blanding, regional campuses in a dozen Utah cities and 14 research farms, with total campus acreage of about 6,896 acres.除洛根外，USU 在普赖斯与布兰丁运营住宿校区，在犹他州十余座城市设地区校区，并拥有 14 个研究农场，校园总占地约 6896 英亩。

• The main campus is directly adjacent to Logan Canyon and the Cache National Forest, giving students access to hiking, climbing, fishing and skiing at Beaver Mountain within half an hour.主校区紧邻洛根峡谷与卡什国家森林，学生半小时内可徒步、攀岩、钓鱼并在比弗山滑雪。

Reputation

• QS placed Utah State in the 1201-1400 band for 2027, a position that understates its research expenditure because QS weights reputation surveys heavily.QS 将犹他州立列入 2027 年 1201-1400 区间，这一位置低估了其研究支出，因为 QS 对声誉调查赋予较高权重。

• U.S. News ranked USU 869th in its 2026-27 global universities list, and the 2026 ARWU placed it in the 501-600 band, its strongest result among the four main tables.U.S. News 在 2026-2027 年度全球大学榜单把 USU 列第 869 位，2026 年软科则将其列入 501-600 区间，这是该校在四大主榜中的最好成绩。

• Utah State did not enter the 2027 Times Higher Education world ranking, although its research income and citation profile would place it within the table's broader range.犹他州立未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界排名，尽管其研究收入与引用状况本可使其落入该榜较宽的区间。

• The National Science Foundation ranked USU 80th nationally and among the top 50 public universities for research expenditures, which reached 401.5 million in 2023,497.4 million in 2024 and $517 million in 2025.美国国家科学基金会将 USU 的研究支出列为全国第 80 位、公立大学前 50 位，其研究支出在 2023 年为 4.015 亿美元，2024 年为 4.974 亿美元，2025 年为 5.17 亿美元。

• USU counts seven Rhodes Scholars, one Nobel laureate, one MacArthur Fellow and 34 Goldwater Scholarship recipients among its alumni and faculty, a record unusual for a university of its size.USU 的校友与教师中有七位罗德学者、一位诺贝尔奖得主、一位麦克阿瑟研究员与 34 位戈德华特奖学金获得者，这一记录对如此规模的大学而言颇为罕见。

• Washington Monthly ranked USU 54th among 438 national universities and eighth among public universities in 2024 for social mobility, research and public service.《华盛顿月刊》2024 年依据社会流动、研究与公共服务把 USU 列为 438 所全国大学第 54 位、公立大学第 8 位。

• In the QS world university rankings by subject, USU appears in the 201-250 band for agriculture and forestry, reflecting its land-grant strengths in irrigation, animal science and plant breeding.在 QS 世界大学学科排名中，USU 的农业与林业位列 201-250 区间，反映其在灌溉、动物科学与植物育种方面的赠地传统优势。

• OpenAlex records 60,400 works and 3,172,888 citations, and the university's citation impact is strongest in space science, water resources, ecology and agricultural economics.OpenAlex 记录 60400 篇成果与 3172888 次引用，其引用影响在空间科学、水资源、生态学与农业经济学领域最强。

• The Huntsman School's Shingo Prize and the Covey Leadership Center give USU a distinctive reputation in operations management and leadership studies that is not captured by global rankings.亨茨曼商学院的新乡奖与柯维领导力中心赋予 USU 在运营管理与领导力研究方面独特的声誉，这并未体现在全球排名中。

Student life

• USU's motto is "Research, Service, Teaching," a three-word statement of the land-grant mission that appears on the university seal and in ceremonial speeches.USU 的校训“研究、服务、教学”以三个英文词概括赠地使命，出现在校徽与礼仪演讲中。

• The True Aggie tradition requires a student to kiss someone who is already a True Aggie on top of the Block A, or to become one with a partner on Homecoming night or A-Day.“真阿吉”传统要求学生与已是“真阿吉”的人在字母 A 石标上接吻，或在返校夜与 A 日与同伴共同完成仪式。

• Big Blue, the mascot, began as a real white bull dusted with blue chalk and is now a student performer who leads the football team onto the field between pillars of fire.吉祥物“大蓝”最初是一头撒上蓝色粉笔灰的白牛，如今由学生扮演，在火柱之间引领橄榄球队入场。

• The Scotsman is the university's best-known fight song, performed with coordinated hand motions by the student section, alongside Hail the Utah Aggies and the chant I Believe.《苏格兰人》是大学最著名的战歌，学生看台配合整齐手势演唱，另有《犹他阿吉万岁》与“我相信”口号。

• The Howl is the largest student Halloween celebration in Utah, and the Luminary Processional welcomes new students each autumn while the End of Year Bash closes the spring semester.“嚎叫”是犹他州最大的学生万圣节活动，秋季的灯笼游行迎接新生，春季学期则以年终狂欢收尾。

• More than 200 clubs, seven fraternities and three sororities operate on campus, and the Utah State University Student Association represents students through 17 elected and five appointed officers.校园有 200 多个社团、七个兄弟会与三个姐妹会，犹他州立大学学生协会通过 17 名选举产生的成员与 5 名委任成员代表学生。

• Aggie Ice Cream has been produced on campus since 1888, and the university also runs the Aggie Chocolate Factory, whose Frozen As drink is sold at athletic events.阿吉冰淇淋自 1888 年起在校园生产，大学还经营阿吉巧克力工厂，其“冻 A”饮品在体育赛事上出售。

• Student media include The Utah Statesman, founded as Student Life before 1979, Aggie Radio 92.3 KBLU-LP and Utah Public Radio, which began in 1953 as KVSC and became KUSU-FM in 1961.学生媒体包括前身为 1979 年前《学生生活》的《犹他政治家报》、92.3 KBLU-LP 阿吉电台，以及 1953 年以 KVSC 开播、1961 年改为 KUSU-FM 的犹他公共广播。

Notable people

• Harry Reid, U.S. Senator from Nevada and Senate Majority Leader from 2007 to 2015, graduated from USU in 1961 and is the university's most prominent political alumnus.哈里·里德是内华达州联邦参议员、2007 至 2015 年参议院多数党领袖，1961 年毕业于 USU，是该校最著名的政治校友。

• Lars Peter Hansen, who received the 2013 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for work on asset pricing, earned his bachelor's degree at USU in 1974.拉尔斯·彼得·汉森因资产定价研究获得 2013 年诺贝尔经济学奖，1974 年在 USU 获得学士学位。

• May Swenson, one of the twentieth century's leading American poets, grew up in Logan and studied at USU before working as a poetry editor in New York.梅·斯文森是二十世纪美国重要诗人之一，在洛根长大并在 USU 就读，后赴纽约担任诗歌编辑。

• Merlin Olsen, a Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive tackle and later television actor, graduated from USU in 1962 and starred for the Los Angeles Rams.梅林·奥尔森是职业橄榄球名人堂防守截锋、后来的电视演员，1962 年毕业于 USU，曾效力洛杉矶公羊队。

• Mary L. Cleave, a NASA astronaut who flew on two Space Shuttle missions, earned a master's degree at USU in 1975 and a doctorate in 1980 in civil and environmental engineering.玛丽·克利夫是执行过两次航天飞机任务的 NASA 宇航员，1975 年在 USU 获硕士学位，1980 年获土木与环境工程博士学位。

• Spencer Cox, the 18th Governor of Utah since 2021, studied at USU and began his political career in local government in Fairview and Sanpete County.斯宾塞·考克斯自 2021 年起任犹他州第 18 任州长，曾在 USU 就读，并从费尔维尤与桑皮特县的地方政府开始政治生涯。

• Hesham Qandil, Prime Minister of Egypt from 2012 to 2013, earned a master's degree in water engineering at USU in 1988 and worked as an irrigation specialist.希沙姆·甘迪勒于 2012 至 2013 年任埃及总理，1988 年在 USU 获水资源工程硕士学位，曾任灌溉专家。

• Ardeshir Zahedi, Iran's Foreign Minister from 1966 to 1971 and ambassador to the United States, graduated from USU in 1950 with a degree in agriculture.阿尔德希尔·扎赫迪于 1966 至 1971 年任伊朗外交部长并曾任驻美大使，1950 年毕业于 USU，获农业学位。

• Ezra Taft Benson, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under Dwight Eisenhower and later president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, studied at USU and remained a lifelong supporter.埃兹拉·塔夫特·本森在艾森豪威尔政府任美国农业部长，后任耶稣基督后期圣徒教会会长，曾在 USU 就读并终身支持该校。

• Randy Lewis, a professor of biology, bred transgenic goats whose milk contains spider silk proteins, a project that brought USU international attention in materials science.生物学教授兰迪·刘易斯培育出乳汁含蜘蛛丝蛋白的转基因山羊，该项目使 USU 在材料科学领域获得国际关注。

• Noelle Cockett, a geneticist and USU's first female president from 2017 to 2023, expanded statewide programmes and research capacity during her tenure.遗传学家诺埃尔·科克特于 2017 至 2023 年任 USU 首位女校长，任内扩大了全州项目与研究能力。

• Brad L. Mortensen, former president of Weber State University, became USU's 18th president on 10 November 2025 and has emphasised fiscal accountability and academic restructuring.布拉德·莫滕森曾任韦伯州立大学校长，2025 年 11 月 10 日成为 USU 第 18 任校长，强调财政问责与学术重组。