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第72章 Uppsala University: Truth through God’s mercy and

乌普萨拉大学:通过上帝的仁慈和本质获得真理

英文导读

Uppsala University (Swedish: Uppsala Universitet) is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the oldest university in Scandinavia, founded in 1477. The university rose to pronounced significance during the rise of Sweden as a great power at the end of the 16th century and was then given a relative financial stability with the large donation of King Gustavus Adolphus in the early 17th century. Uppsala also has an important historical place in Swedish national culture, identity and for the Swedish establishment: in historiography, literature, politics, and music. Many aspects of Swedish academic culture in general, such as the white student cap, originated in Uppsala.The university has a famous anatomical theatre in the old university building Gustavianum. The building is now a museum. The university has 13 student fraternities, known as "nations", each traditionally representing a geographical region of Sweden. The university has academic departments within three different “Disciplinary Domains,” including Arts and Social Sciences, Medicine and Pharmacy, and Science and Technology. There are 15 Uppsala alumni who have won Nobel prizes. Uppsala University has exchange programs with 24 universities and colleges in the United States, including Boston College, Cornell University and Harvard University.

System: Uppsala belongs to the Coimbra Group of European universities. The university has nine faculties distributed over three "disciplinary domains". The university has evolved into the present nine faculties: Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Languages, Faculty of Theology, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Educational Sciences(formerly the Department of Education, that was raised to the status of a faculty in its own right in 2002), Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy , and Faculty of Science and Technology.

City show: Uppsala is the capital of Uppsala County and the fourth largest city of Sweden. The city features the small Fyris River flowing through the landscape surrounded by lush vegetation. The city has a distinct town and gown divide with clergy, royalty and academia historically residing on the river"s western shore, somewhat separated from the rest of the city, and the ensemble of cathedral, castle and university buildings has remained mostly undisturbed until today. The most outstanding building in Uppsala is the Uppsala Cathedral, Scandinavia"s largest church standing at 118.70m high, which is visible from most parts of town and from the motorway.

生词助读

significance [s.g.n.f.k.ns] .n.. 意义;重要性

historiography [h..st.ri..gr.fi] n. 历史编纂学

evolve [.’v.lv] vi. 发展;进化

ensemble [ɑ:n.sɑ:mbl] n. 全体;总效果

motorway [.m..t.we.] n. 高速公路

中文概述

乌普萨拉大学是世界百强大学之一,建立于1477年,是瑞典及整个斯堪的纳维亚半岛最早的大学。在500多年的漫长历史中,乌大经历了多次改革,发展至今已成为一所现代化的世界著名高等学府之一。素有“瑞典的剑桥大学”之称号。

乌普萨拉大学下设九个学院:包括艺术学院,社会科学学院,语言学院,神学院,法学院,教育科学学院,医学院,药剂学院,科学技术学院。

乌普萨拉大学为国际留学生开设了英语授课的国际硕士专业,比如欧洲文化 ,应用生物技术,生物信息学,生物学,化学,计算机科学,计算机与系统科学,计算机科学,早期现代北欧研究(1450——1850),发展研究,地球科学,经济学,英语,人机交互,感染生物学,国际卫生,国际人道主义行动,数学,医学核素技术,物理学,政治和国际研究,道路,以民主,社会科学,可持续发展,人文学等等。

乌普萨拉大学著名校友或教员包括奥洛夫·鲁德贝克(他首先发现了淋巴管,被誉为“瑞典对科学史所作出的第一次独立贡献”), 伊瓦尔·桑兹托姆(他在19世纪70年末80年代初第一个发现了甲状旁腺),诺贝尔生理学医学奖获得者耳鼻喉科教授的罗伯特·巴拉尼,斯堪的纳维亚语教授的阿道夫·诺林(他是一位语言方面的开拓者,是开展瑞典方言研究的先驱之一)以及被誉为植物学天才、瑞典最伟大的自然科学家、博物学家、瑞典的“自然史之父”、“鲜花国王”的卡尔·林奈等等。

乌普萨拉大学校内有美丽的人工湖畔,绿树成荫,风景如画。校内有环境优雅的现代化学生宿舍,从吃住全包式的到伙食自理式的,从传统式的学生宿舍到农庄式的独立小院,应有尽有。乌普萨拉大学坐落在瑞典第四大城市,乌普萨拉市。该市不仅是瑞典的工业、军事中心和铁路枢纽,还是瑞典的文化、教育和宗教中心。

梦想成功录

Miracles can be made, but only by sweating.

奇迹可以创造,但是只有通过汗水。

Only through focus can you do world-class things, no matter how capable you are.

不管你的能力如何,只有专注你才能成就非凡。