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第74章 Stockholm University

斯德哥尔摩大学:许多学科领域得到国际广泛认可

英文导读

Stockholm University is situated in the middle of the first National City Park in the world and is characterized by natural beauty, unique architecture and contemporary art and sculpture.In 1878, the university college Stockholms H.gskola started its operations with a series of lectures on natural sciences, open to curious citizens (a tradition still upheld by yearly publicly open lectures). In 1904 the college became an official degree granting institution. In 1960 Stockholm College became a state university and four years later the Faculty of Social Sciences was added. Since 1970 most of the university operations are pursued at the main campus at Frescati north of the city center. Stockholm is a cultural hub and economic centre, with many green areas and surrounded by water, making it an ideal place in which to enjoy a relaxed and exciting student life. Stockholm University is one of the largest universities in Sweden and one of the largest employers in the capital. People of many different nationalities, with contacts throughout the world, contribute to the creation of a highly international atmosphere at Stockholm University. A fascinating architectural mix, the campus contains both old and new, and many of the best-known contemporary architects have helped to shape the University environment.

System: At Stockholm University there are approximately seventy departments and centres within four Faculties. Faculty of Humanities: Ancient Culture and Society, Archaeology (with Numismatics, Osteology), Baltic Studies (Latvian, Lithuanian), Bilingualism, Child Culture, Cinema Studies, Classical Languages (Latin, Ancient and Modern Greek), Comparative Religion, English, Ethnology, French and Italian, German and Dutch, History, History of Art, History of Ideas, Journalism and Communication, Linguistics (with Logopedics, Languages of the Deaf), Musicology, Oriental Languages (Arabic, Chinese, Indology, Japanese, Korean), Philosophy, Portuguese, Spanish and Latin American Studies, Scandinavian Languages, Slavic languages (Czech, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian), Swedish Theatre Studies, and Women"s Studies; Faculty of Law: Administrative Law, Business Economics, Commercial Law, Comparative Law, Constitutional Law, European Law, Insurance Law, Jurisprudence, Law and Informatics, Legal History, Penal Law, Private Law, Public International Law, Tax Law; Faculty of Social Sciences : Business Administration, Computer and Systems Sciences, Criminology, Economic History, Economics, Education, Health Equity Studies, Human Geography, International Economics, International Education, International Migration and Ethnic Relations, Management in Graphic Production and Public Relations, Political Science, Psychology, Social Anthropology, Social Research, Social research in Alcohol and Drugs, Social Work, Sociology, Statistics, and Stockholm Center for Organizational Research; Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences : Mathematics-Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Earth-Sciences sections. Stockholm University offers several graduate programmes in Education, Law, Swedish Social Studies and Business Administration.

生词助读

fascinating [.f.s.ne.t..] a. 迷人的;吸引人的

situate [.s.t..e.t] vt. 使位于;使处于

buzz [b.z] 嗡嗡声

中文概述

斯德哥尔摩大学建立于1878年,位于瑞典首都斯德哥尔摩,其前身斯德哥尔摩大学学院,最初只开设自然科学方面的课程。

1904年斯德哥尔摩大学建立授予学位制度,在随后的20年间创建了法律和人文科学学院。1960成为国立大学,四年后又增加了社会科学学院。斯德哥尔摩大学拥有四个学院,即人文科学学院、法学院、社会科学院和自然科学院。1970年,主校区迁至现在的校址,此后又陆续增建了6个分校区。多年的发展史使斯德哥尔摩大学成为名副其实的“大学城”。 今天的斯德哥尔摩大学已成为一所学科齐全、设施完备、在国际上享有盛誉的大学。

东亚语言研究是斯德哥尔摩大学的特色之一。全世界第一个手势语教授职称就是在斯大被授予的。长跨度研究是斯大的另一个特色,着重点在某个人或某群人在相当长一段时间内的变化。

斯德哥尔摩大学教学用语为瑞典语,但文学方面的课程多用英语教授,交换学生所学课程也使用英语授课。校史上,共有七位在该校从事教学与研究的学者得到过诺贝尔奖。

该大学坐落在全世界第一个国家公园的中心,其特色就是风景秀丽、独特的建筑物和当代艺术及雕塑。学校所在地环境优美,公园式的建筑风格融合了传统文化和现代化气息。

梦想成功录

Men are more easily governed through their vices than their virtues.

人们受邪恶的摆布胜于受道德的约束。

Better go to heaven in rags than to hell in embroidery.

宁可空而有志,不可富而失节。