Western Sydney University

Western Sydney University is a public university in Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and it is one of the largest universities in the country, with six campuses and one precinct spread across the region.西悉尼大学是澳大利亚新南威尔士州大西悉尼地区的一所公立大学，也是全国规模最大的大学之一，拥有六个校区与一个辖区，散布于该区域各处。

It was founded in 1989 under the University of Western Sydney Act 1988 as a federated network of colleges, became a single multi-campus university in 2000, and adopted its present name on 30 August 2015.该校依据 1988 年西悉尼大学法案于 1989 年创办，最初是由多所学院组成的联合网络，2000 年改组成单一的多校区大学，并于 2015 年 8 月 30 日改用现名。

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 242nd 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 242；在 2026 年世界大学学术排名中处于 301 至 400 区间。

History

• In 1813 the foundation stone of the Female Orphan School was laid by Governor Lachlan Macquarie, and the Parramatta campus now occupies that site and houses the Whitlam Institute.1813 年，总督拉克伦·麦夸里为女子孤儿学校奠基；如今帕拉马塔校区正坐落于该旧址之上，并设有惠特拉姆研究所。

• In 1891 the Hawkesbury campus was established as an agricultural college by the New South Wales Agricultural Society, beginning more than a century of agricultural teaching in the region.1891 年，霍克斯伯里校区由新南威尔士州农业协会设立为农学院，开启了该地区长达一个多世纪的农业教育。

• For much of the twentieth century the Hawkesbury college and the teachers' colleges of Sydney's western suburbs provided vocational higher education to the growing region.在 20 世纪的大部分时间里，霍克斯伯里学院与悉尼西郊的师范学院共同为不断成长的区域提供职业教育。

• In 1984 the Macarthur Institute of Higher Education was founded, forming the basis of what later became the Campbelltown and Bankstown campuses.1984 年，麦克阿瑟高等教育学院成立，成为后来坎贝尔敦校区与宾士镇校区的基础。

• In 1987 the New South Wales Labor government planned to name the new institution Chifley University, after the former Labor prime minister Ben Chifley.1987 年，新南威尔士州工党政府计划以工党前总理本·奇夫利之名，把新设院校命名为奇夫利大学。

• In 1988 the Parliament of New South Wales passed the University of Western Sydney Act 1988, giving the institution its original legal framework.1988 年，新南威尔士州议会通过西悉尼大学法案，为该院校确立了最初的法律框架。

• In 1989 a new Liberal government reversed the naming decision and controversially named the institution the University of Western Sydney.1989 年，新上台的自由党政府推翻了此前的命名决定，颇受争议地将其定名为西悉尼大学。

• Also in 1989, teachers' colleges and Colleges of Advanced Education in Sydney's western suburbs were granted university status under the Act of 1988.同在 1989 年，依据 1988 年的法案，悉尼西郊的师范学院与高等教育学院获得了大学地位。

• In 1989 the Macarthur Institute of Higher Education merged into the new university, and the oldest building on the Bankstown campus was opened that year by the treasurer and later Prime Minister Paul Keating.1989 年，麦克阿瑟高等教育学院并入这所新大学；同年，时任财政部长、后来出任总理的保罗·基廷为宾士镇校区最古老的建筑主持启用。

• During the 1990s three member institutions formed a federation, namely UWS Nepean, UWS Hawkesbury and UWS Macarthur, each keeping its own identity.20 世纪 90 年代，三所成员机构组成联合体，即西悉尼大学尼频学院、霍克斯伯里学院与麦克阿瑟学院，各自保留自身特色。

• In 1997 the University of Western Sydney Act 1997 gave the university a legislative basis in New South Wales and empowered it to make by-laws.1997 年，西悉尼大学法案为该大学在新南威尔士州确立了立法依据，并授权其制定内部章程。

• In 1998 the Rydalmere campus was established, and it remains the campus closest to the Sydney central business district.1998 年，莱德米尔校区设立，至今仍是距悉尼中央商务区最近的校区。

• In 2000, after internal restructuring and cost-cutting, the three member institutions ceased to exist and the university became the single multi-campus University of Western Sydney.2000 年，经过内部重组与削减开支，三个成员机构不再单独存在，该校转变为单一的多校区西悉尼大学。

• In 2000 the university also merged its schools of arts, humanities and social sciences and psychology, and in the following decade it first offered undergraduate degrees in nanotechnology and biotechnology.2000 年，该校还把艺术、人文社科与心理学等学院合并；此后十年间，又首次开设了纳米技术与生物技术本科项目。

• In 2004 the School of Agriculture's commercial dairy closed, and the university joined Metro Screen and SLICE TV in obtaining Sydney's first permanent community television licences.2004 年，农学院的商业乳牛场关闭；同年，该校与 Metro Screen 及 SLICE TV 一同获得悉尼首批永久性社区电视牌照。

• In 2007 the School of Medicine was established and began offering the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery for the first time in the university's history.2007 年，医学院成立，并首次开设医学学士与外科学士项目。

• In 2009 the UWS Village accommodation opened in February, the third Campus Living Villages property to be established in Sydney.2009 年 2 月，西悉尼大学村宿舍启用，这是 Campus Living Villages 在悉尼设立的第三处物业。

• In 2012 the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment was officially opened, funded by a 40 million dollar grant from the Australian Government's Education Investment Fund.2012 年，霍克斯伯里环境研究所正式启用，其经费来自澳大利亚政府教育投资基金 4,000 万澳元的拨款。

• In 2013 the student newspaper cruWsible was established, later renamed WSUPnews, and the university continued to expand its campus network.2013 年，学生报纸 cruWsible 创刊，后来更名为 WSUPnews；该校的校区网络也持续扩展。

• In 2014 the university announced a new campus in the Parramatta central business district as an extension of the existing Parramatta campus.2014 年，该校宣布在帕拉马塔中央商务区设立新校区，作为现有帕拉马塔校区的扩展。

• On 30 August 2015 the University of Western Sydney was rebranded as Western Sydney University, and in 2023 a campus in Surabaya, Indonesia, opened on 9 November.2015 年 8 月 30 日，西悉尼大学更改品牌名称为 Western Sydney University；2023 年 11 月 9 日，该校在印度尼西亚泗水的校区开校。

Academics

• The university is organised into schools covering business, computer and data sciences, education, engineering and built environment, health sciences, humanities and communication arts, law, medicine, nursing and midwifery, psychology, science and social sciences.该校按学院建制，涵盖商学、计算机与数据科学、教育学、工程与建筑环境、健康科学、人文与传播艺术、法学、医学、护理与助产、心理学、理学以及社会科学。

• The School of Medicine, established in 2007, trains graduates who are expected to practise in the Western Sydney region and to redress the shortage of health care professionals there.2007 年成立的医学院旨在培养预计在西悉尼地区执业、以缓解当地医疗从业人员短缺的毕业生。

• The university offers undergraduate, postgraduate and higher degree research programmes, and teaching is spread across its campuses so that students may study across sites.该校开设本科、研究生与高等研究学位项目，教学分布在各校区之间，学生可以跨校区修课。

• The Bankstown campus is best known for its interpreting and translating programmes, which have produced many interpreters and translators accredited by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters.宾士镇校区以口译与笔译专业著称，培养了大批获得国家翻译资格认证机构认可的口译员与笔译员。

• The Campbelltown campus offers degrees in medicine, health, sciences, nursing, law and business, and it also hosts a number of the university's research centres.坎贝尔敦校区开设医学、保健、理学、护理、法学与商学等学位，并设有该校的若干研究中心。

• The Hawkesbury campus offers forensic science courses and is equipped with a crime scene laboratory and forensic laboratory equipment, and it hosts the Centre for Plant and Food Science.霍克斯伯里校区开设法医学课程，配备犯罪现场实验室与法医实验设备，并设有植物与食品科学研究中心。

• The university publishes Translation and Interpreting, a peer-reviewed open access journal on translation and interpreting research that was established in 2009.该校出版《翻译与口译》期刊，这是一份创立于 2009 年的同行评审开放获取期刊，聚焦翻译与口译研究。

• The Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment houses some of the largest and most complex facilities in the world for researching the effects of climate change.霍克斯伯里环境研究所拥有世界上规模最大、设备最复杂的气候变化影响研究设施之一。

• The university conducts research in plant and food science, environmental science, health and urban studies, and it publishes the results of its work through its own journals.该校在植物与食品科学、环境科学、健康与城市研究领域开展研究，并通过自办期刊发表成果。

• The university has a strong focus on the Greater Western Sydney region, and it works with local communities, industry and government on regional development.该校高度关注大西悉尼地区，与当地社区、产业界与政府合作推动区域发展。

• The Whitlam Institute is housed at the Parramatta campus, and the MARCS Institute conducts research on cognition, language and the brain.惠特拉姆研究所设于帕拉马塔校区，MARCS 研究所则从事认知、语言与大脑方面的研究。

• The Sydney Graduate School of Management is part of the university's business provision, offering postgraduate management programmes in the Parramatta area.悉尼管理研究生院是该校商科体系的组成部分，在帕拉马塔一带开设管理类研究生项目。

• In 2007 the university joined Griffith University and the University of Melbourne in securing funding for a national centre of excellence for Islamic studies.2007 年，该校与格里菲斯大学、墨尔本大学一同获得资助，用于设立一个国家级的伊斯兰研究卓越中心。

• The university is a member of the Innovative Research Universities group of Australian universities, which shares research and teaching collaboration.该校是澳大利亚创新研究型大学联盟的成员，该联盟成员之间共享科研与教学合作。

• According to OpenAlex, the university has produced 62,599 research works, reflecting the research output of its health, science and social science schools.据 OpenAlex 统计，该校已产出 62,599 项研究成果，反映出其健康、理学与社会科学各学院的科研产出。

• Admission is open to domestic and international students, and the university offers pathway and enabling programmes for students entering from the region.该校面向本国与国际学生招生，并为来自本区域的学生提供衔接课程与预科项目。

Campus

• The university consists of six campuses and one precinct, each with its own course profile, and students can choose to study across campuses.该校由六个校区与一个辖区组成，各校区课程设置不同，学生也可以跨校区修读。

• The Bankstown campus, located in Milperra about five kilometres from the Bankstown central business district, focuses on social sciences including psychology, sociology, arts and linguistics.宾士镇校区位于米尔佩拉，距宾士镇中央商务区约五公里，以心理学、社会学、艺术学与语言学等社会科学为主。

• The Campbelltown campus lies in the semi-rural Macarthur region of South Western Sydney, and its student accommodation, known as Gunydji, was renovated in 2010 to hold 205 units.坎贝尔敦校区位于悉尼西南部的半乡村麦克阿瑟地区，其名为 Gunydji 的学生宿舍于 2010 年翻修，可容纳 205 个单元。

• The Campbelltown campus hosts a rotating observatory designed by Dr Ragbir Bhathal, with two domes of 4.5 and 2.9 metres that opened on 15 July 2000.坎贝尔敦校区设有由拉格比尔·巴塔尔博士设计的旋转天文台，配有两个直径分别为 4.5 米与 2.9 米的观测圆顶，于 2000 年 7 月 15 日启用。

• The Hawkesbury campus, next to Richmond TAFE, contains the Hawkesbury Forest Experiment, which consists of twelve giant chambers each holding an individual living tree.霍克斯伯里校区毗邻里士满技术与继续教育学院，设有霍克斯森林实验所，内有十二个大型实验室，每个栽有一棵单独生长的树木。

• The Hawkesbury Earthcare Centre, an organic farming organisation with a seed bank affiliated with the Henry Doubleday Research Association, is also on the Hawkesbury campus.霍克斯伯里校区还设有霍克斯伯里地球保护中心，这是一个拥有种子库的有机农作机构，隶属于亨利·道布尔迪研究协会。

• The Parramatta campus occupies the Female Orphan School site of 1813 at the eastern end of Parramatta and houses the Whitlam Institute, while the Rydalmere campus dates from 1998.帕拉马塔校区位于帕拉马塔东端，占用 1813 年女子孤儿学校的旧址，并设有惠特拉姆研究所；莱德米尔校区则建于 1998 年。

• The Penrith campus is divided into Kingswood, Werrington South and Werrington North, where the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor's offices and the Nepean Observatory are located.彭里斯校区分为金斯伍德、沃灵顿南部与沃灵顿北部三部分，校监与校长办公室以及尼皮恩天文台即设于沃灵顿北部。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings Western Sydney University 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，西悉尼大学位列第 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 242nd, 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 242；在 2026 年世界大学学术排名中处于 301 至 400 区间。

• In the 2026 Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings the university attained 400th place, and in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026 it stood in the 301-350 band.在 2026 年 Quacquarelli Symonds 世界大学排名中，该校位列第 400；在 2026 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中处于 301 至 350 区间。

• In the 2025 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings the university attained first place globally for the fourth consecutive year, assessing contributions to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.在 2025 年泰晤士高等教育影响力排名中，该校连续第四年位居全球第一，该榜单评估高校对联合国可持续发展目标的贡献。

• In the 2025 Academic Ranking of World Universities it attained a position in the 301-400 band, tied 14th to 20th nationally.在 2025 年世界大学学术排名中，该校处于 301 至 400 区间，在澳大利亚国内并列第 14 至 20。

• In the 2024 Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities, which measures aggregate performance across QS, THE and ARWU, the university attained 302nd place and 21st nationally.在 2024 年顶尖大学综合排名中——该排名综合衡量 QS、THE 与 ARWU 的表现——该校位列第 302、国内第 21。

• In the Australian Financial Review Best Universities Ranking 2025 the university was tied 29th among Australian universities.在《澳大利亚金融评论》2025 年最佳大学排名中，该校在澳大利亚高校中并列第 29。

• In the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2024 the university attained 519th place and 21st nationally, and OpenAlex records 62,599 research works.在 2024 年 CWTS 莱顿排名中，该校位列第 519、国内第 21；OpenAlex 记录其研究成果为 62,599 项。

• The university's consistently high placing in the Impact Rankings has made sustainability and community engagement central to its public profile.该校在影响力排名中的持续高位，使可持续发展与社区参与成为其公众形象的核心。

• In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026 the university attained a position in the 301-350 band, tied 21st to 22nd nationally.在 2026 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校处于 301 至 350 区间，在澳大利亚国内并列第 21 至 22。

Student life

• The UWS Village provides on-campus accommodation adjacent to the Parramatta campus, opened in February 2009 with apartments ranging from one to eight bedrooms.西悉尼大学村在帕拉马塔校区旁提供校内住宿，于 2009 年 2 月启用，房型从一居室到八居室不等。

• The village was the third Campus Living Villages property established in Sydney, after the Macquarie University Village and the Sydney University Village.该宿舍村是 Campus Living Villages 在悉尼设立的第三处物业，此前两处分别位于麦考瑞大学村与悉尼大学村。

• The student newspaper WSUPnews, previously known as cruWsible, was established in 2013 and reports on campus and community affairs.学生报纸 WSUPnews 前身为 cruWsible，创刊于 2013 年，报道校园与社区事务。

• In 1989 the first football club of the university was formed at the Kingswood campus, competing against other universities in intervarsity competitions.1989 年，该校第一个足球俱乐部在金斯伍德校区成立，并在校际赛事中与其他大学较量。

• The university has a strong regional identity rooted in the communities of Greater Western Sydney, and many students are the first in their families to attend university.该校深深扎根于大西悉尼各社区，具有鲜明的区域认同，许多学生是家庭中第一代大学生。

• The university is known for its commitment to access and equity, and many of its students come from Greater Western Sydney and from non-English-speaking backgrounds.该校以致力于入学机会与教育公平著称，许多学生来自大西悉尼地区以及非英语背景家庭。

• Each campus offers library and computing facilities, food outlets and sporting amenities, and the Kingswood campus holds the largest share of student services.各校区均设有图书馆、计算机房、餐饮设施与体育场地，其中金斯伍德校区的学生服务设施最为集中。

• The Gunydji accommodation at the Campbelltown campus holds 205 units that each house five residents, forming a residential community on campus.坎贝尔敦校区的 Gunydji 宿舍拥有 205 个单元，每个单元可住五名住户，在校园内形成住宿社区。

• The Nepean Observatory runs community astronomy programmes in cooperation with the Macarthur Astronomical Society and hosts the Macarthur Astronomy Forum.尼皮恩天文台与麦克阿瑟天文学会合作开展社区天文观测项目，并承办麦克阿瑟天文学论坛。

Notable people

• Alexis Wright, who won the 2007 Miles Franklin Literary Award, was a postdoctoral research fellow at the university in 2010.2007 年迈尔斯·富兰克林文学奖得主亚历克西斯·赖特（Alexis Wright）于 2010 年在该校担任博士后研究员。

• Anita Heiss, an Australian author, was an adjunct associate professor attached to the Badanami Centre for Indigenous Education in 2011.澳大利亚作家安妮塔·海斯（Anita Heiss）于 2011 年任该校巴达纳米原住民教育中心的兼任副教授。

• Gail Jones, an award-winning Australian author, was a professor in the university's Writing and Society Research Centre as of 2019.屡获殊荣的澳大利亚作家盖尔·琼斯（Gail Jones）截至 2019 年任该校写作与社会研究中心教授。

• Peter Jonason, a psychology professor, and a colleague won the 2014 Ig Nobel Prize in Psychology for research on the dark side of human nature.心理学教授彼得·乔纳森（Peter Jonason）与一位同事因研究人性中的「黑暗面」而获得 2014 年搞笑诺贝尔心理学奖。

• Joel Edgerton and David Wenham trained at the university's Theatre Nepean acting school, and both went on to international film careers.乔尔·埃杰顿（Joel Edgerton）与大卫·文汉姆（David Wenham）均在该校尼皮恩戏剧表演学校受训，后来都走向国际影坛。

• Yvonne Strahovski, known for the television series Chuck and The Handmaid's Tale, and the comedian Celeste Barber are also associated with the university's acting graduates.因电视剧《超市特工》与《使女的故事》知名的伊冯娜·斯特拉霍夫斯基（Yvonne Strahovski），以及喜剧演员塞莱斯特·巴伯（Celeste Barber），也与该校的表演系毕业生相关联。

• Nathaniel Buzolic, an Australian actor known for the television series The Originals, is a graduate of the university.因电视剧《初代吸血鬼》知名的澳大利亚演员纳撒尼尔·布佐利奇（Nathaniel Buzolic）是该校校友。

• Chen Wei-tao, a Taiwanese businessman, studied at the university and is listed among its notable alumni.台湾商人陈威陶（Chen Wei-tao）曾在该校就读，被列为该校知名校友之一。

• Paul Keating, who later served as Prime Minister of Australia from 1991 to 1996, opened the oldest building on the Bankstown campus in 1989 when he was treasurer.后来于 1991 至 1996 年出任澳大利亚总理的保罗·基廷，在 1989 年任财政部长时为宾士镇校区最古老的建筑主持启用。

• Jennifer Westacott became the university's fourth chancellor in January 2023, following Peter Shergold, who served as chancellor from 2014 to 2022.詹妮弗·韦斯塔科特（Jennifer Westacott）于 2023 年 1 月出任该校第四任校监，其前任彼得·舍戈尔德于 2014 至 2022 年在任。

• George Williams became the fifth Vice-Chancellor and President of the university in July 2024, succeeding Barney Glover, who had served since 2014.乔治·威廉姆斯（George Williams）于 2024 年 7 月出任该校第五任校长兼校务主席，接替自 2014 年起任职的巴尼·格洛弗。

• Lachlan Macquarie, the Governor of New South Wales, laid the foundation stone of the Female Orphan School in 1813 on what is now the Parramatta campus.新南威尔士州总督拉克伦·麦夸里于 1813 年在今帕拉马塔校区所在地为女子孤儿学校奠基。