英國阿伯丁大學(xué)成立于1495年，是世界前1%頂尖大學(xué)之列，目前在QS世界大學(xué)排名中同?？巳卮髮W(xué)并列第158位。阿伯丁大學(xué)的基本概況是怎樣的呢?下面歡迎和出國留學(xué)網(wǎng)一起了解。
一、關(guān)于阿伯丁大學(xué)
Ranked in the top 1% of the world’s universities, the University of Aberdeen combines ancient tradition with the best in modern teaching and learning facilities. It has a student population of over 14,000 and a large international community drawn from more than 120 different countries. Undergraduate students are able to choose from almost 400 first degree courses, and postgraduates can undertake supervised research in all departments of the University and choose from over 140 taught Masters degrees.
An impressive 96.6% of graduates enter into work or further study within six months, placing the University firmly in the top five UK universities for graduate employment. Aberdeen has an excellent reputation for teaching quality and research (the 2014 Research Excellence Framework results classed over 75% of the institution’s research as world leading or internationally excellent), and five Nobel Prize winners are associated with the University.
阿伯丁大學(xué)位于世界前1%頂尖大學(xué)之列，在QS2018年世界大學(xué)排名中和英國?？巳卮髮W(xué)并列第158位。阿伯丁大學(xué)結(jié)合了古老傳統(tǒng)和最優(yōu)秀的現(xiàn)代化教學(xué)設(shè)施。目前有1萬4千多名學(xué)生和由120多個不同國家學(xué)生組成的龐大的國際社區(qū)。阿伯丁大學(xué)有近400個第一學(xué)位課程供本科生選擇，在研究生階段，學(xué)生可以從事各部門的研究，可以從140多個授課型碩士學(xué)位中進(jìn)行選擇。
阿伯丁大學(xué)是英國畢業(yè)生就業(yè)力最強(qiáng)的五所大學(xué)之一，96.6%的畢業(yè)生在畢業(yè)六個月內(nèi)就可以找到工作或繼續(xù)深造。阿伯丁大學(xué)在優(yōu)質(zhì)教研方面也享有名聲，2014年《研究卓越框架》結(jié)果顯示，阿伯丁大學(xué)75%以上的研究達(dá)到“世界領(lǐng)先”或“國際優(yōu)秀”。截至目前，阿伯丁大學(xué)已有五位諾貝爾獎得主。
Faculty staff and students
| Number of academic faculty staff | Number of students | Number of international students | |||
| In total | 1310 | In total | 12005 | In total | 4246 |
| International | 508 | Postgraduate | 23% | Postgraduate | 36% |
| Undergraduate | 77% | Undergraduate | 64% | ||
師生人數(shù)
| 專業(yè)教員人數(shù) | 學(xué)生人數(shù) | 國際學(xué)生人數(shù) | |||
| 總共 | 1310 | 總共 | 12005 | 總共 | 4246 |
| 國際教員 | 508 | 研究生占比 | 23% | 研究生占比 | 36% |
| 本科生占比 | 77% | 本科生占比 | 64% | ||
二、阿伯丁大學(xué)的歷史
1495
The University is founded by William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen and Chancellor of Scotland, with the ambition “...to found a university, which would be open to all and dedicated to the pursuit of truth in the service of others”. The University of Aberdeen becomes the UK’s fifth university.
1505
The University opens with 36 staff and students, having eight years earlier boasted the first chair of medicine in the English-speaking world. The University embraces all the known branches of learning - arts, theology, and canon and civil law.
1860
King's College and Marischal College merge to form the University of Aberdeen. Initially, arts and divinity are taught at King's and law and medicine at Marischal.
1892
The University opens all Faculties to women and in 1894 the first 20 matriculated female students begin their studies. Four women graduate in arts in 1898; by the following year, women make up a quarter of the Faculty.
1921
The first of five Nobel Prizes is awarded for work begun or carried out at the University. Inventions include the life-saving drug insulin and the development of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).
1999
The University launches its ambitious fundraising campaign with the aim of raising ￡150 million to mark the start of the University’s sixth century of existence. In 2004 this continues with a ￡9 million investment programme to appoint exceptional academics to the University, thereby strengthening the intellectual capital of the institution.
1495年
阿伯丁大學(xué)由阿伯丁主教兼蘇格蘭大臣的威廉·艾爾芬斯通成立。威廉·艾爾芬斯通受蘇格蘭國王詹姆士四世差遣，希望成立一所向所有人開放、致力于在服務(wù)于人中探求真理的大學(xué)。阿伯丁大學(xué)是英國第五所大學(xué)。
1505年
阿伯丁大學(xué)開放，有36名教師和學(xué)生，率先在英語世界中設(shè)立醫(yī)學(xué)教授職位。八年后，英語世界才出現(xiàn)第二個醫(yī)學(xué)教授職位。阿伯丁大學(xué)擁抱所有當(dāng)時知道的知識領(lǐng)域，包括藝術(shù)、神學(xué)、教會法和民法。
1860年
國王學(xué)院和馬歇爾學(xué)院合并，形成阿伯丁大學(xué)。起初，藝術(shù)和神學(xué)在國王學(xué)院授課，法律和醫(yī)學(xué)在馬歇爾學(xué)院授課。
1892年
阿伯丁大學(xué)所有學(xué)院向女性開放。1894年，第一批錄取注冊的女學(xué)生在阿伯丁大學(xué)開始學(xué)業(yè)，當(dāng)時有20名女學(xué)生。1898年，藝術(shù)學(xué)院四名女學(xué)生畢業(yè)。次年，女性比例占到了四分之一。
1921年
阿伯丁大學(xué)首次有人獲諾貝爾獎。發(fā)明包括拯救生命的藥品胰島素和磁共振成象。
1999年
阿伯丁大學(xué)啟動雄心勃勃的籌款運(yùn)動，意欲籌集1.5億英鎊資金，以紀(jì)念學(xué)校成立600周年。2004年，籌款運(yùn)動繼續(xù)，籌集了900萬英鎊，聘用了一些優(yōu)異的學(xué)術(shù)人員，增加了阿伯丁大學(xué)的知識資本。
2003
The Institute of Medical Sciences at the Foresterhill campus is completed. The custombuilt Institute provides state-of-the-art facilities for medical researchers and their students. Six years on, the Suttie Centre, the new training centre at the heart of the academic and hospital campus, opens for the modern teaching of anatomy linked to other medically-related sciences.
2005-6
In 2005 the University celebrates 500 years of teaching and learning and The Old Town House on King’s College campus is transformed to become a visitor gateway to the University and Old Aberdeen.
2006 sees the enhancement of student facilities on campus. ‘The Hub’, an ￡8 million renovation project, boasts a superb range of services, including dining, retail and drop-in centres for the student community.
2009
The University’s first class sports and leisure facilities are further boosted by the opening of the newly developed Aberdeen Sports Village, a ￡28 million Olympic standard sports centre highlighting the University’s commitment to sustaining sporting excellence.
2011
The University’s brand new ￡57 million Sir Duncan Rice Library opens to students and the wider community. The library is established as a major intellectual and cultural learning centre for students in the 21st century.
2014
The new Aquatics Centre opened in May 2014. The centre provides a first class training and competition venue for elite athletes and offers a community facility that encourages participation in waterbased activities at all ages and abilities. The world-class facility includes a 50-metre, 10 lane Olympic-standard swimming pool, an international-standard diving pool with moveable floor and a health suite, and is located adjacent to Aberdeen Sports Village.
2003年
Foresterhill 校區(qū)的醫(yī)學(xué)科學(xué)研究生建成。這個可定制的研究所為其研究員和學(xué)生提供了最先進(jìn)的設(shè)備。六年后，位于學(xué)術(shù)和醫(yī)學(xué)校園中心的新培訓(xùn)中心建成，用于與其他醫(yī)療科學(xué)相關(guān)的現(xiàn)代解剖學(xué)教學(xué)。
2005年至2006年
2005年，阿伯丁大學(xué)慶祝建校500周年，國王學(xué)院的舊城屋被改造為景區(qū)大門，供游客通往餐館阿伯丁大學(xué)和阿伯丁舊城區(qū)。
2006年，阿伯丁大學(xué)的校園學(xué)生設(shè)施得到改善。800萬英鎊的翻新計劃涵蓋眾多服務(wù)領(lǐng)域，包括餐廳、零食店和學(xué)生社區(qū)免費(fèi)服務(wù)中心。
2009年
阿伯丁大學(xué)一流的體育文娛設(shè)施得到進(jìn)一步改善，阿伯丁體育村開放。這是一個2800萬英鎊成本的奧運(yùn)水準(zhǔn)的體育中心，顯示了阿伯丁大學(xué)在維持優(yōu)秀體育方面的承諾和決心。
2011年
阿伯丁大學(xué)全新的5700萬英鎊成本的Sir Duncan Rice 圖書館向?qū)W生和廣大社區(qū)開放。該圖書館旨在成為21世紀(jì)學(xué)生的一個主要的智力和文化學(xué)習(xí)中心。
2014年
2014年5月，新的水上運(yùn)動中心開放。該中心為其精英運(yùn)動員提供一流的訓(xùn)練和比賽場館。提供一個社區(qū)設(shè)施，通過社區(qū)設(shè)施鼓勵參與各個年齡段和各能力層次的水上運(yùn)動。世界級的設(shè)施包括一個50米長、40泳道寬的奧運(yùn)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)游泳池，一個帶活動地板的國際標(biāo)準(zhǔn)跳水池和一個衛(wèi)生
套件。世界級設(shè)施就在阿伯丁體育村附近。