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第17章 名校风采Famous Universities(1)

University St. Andrews

圣安德鲁斯大学

圣安德鲁斯大学创建于公元1410年,位于圣安德鲁斯镇市中心,距离邓迪市20公里处。是苏格兰最古老的大学,在英国其悠久的历史仅次于牛津和剑桥大学。她不仅是世界闻名的教学研究中心,也是英国最优秀的大学之一。2000年《时代》周刊在对世界知名大学的排行榜中,圣安德鲁斯大学排名第七;教学研究质量与水平在苏格兰大学中排名第一。

她是一所由文学院、理学院和神学院组成的小型大学;大学与城市联为一体,与城市一样的美丽;12%的本科生来自海外,男女学生的比例为48%对52%;教学科研质量都很高,学生都为能穿上红色学生袍而感到自豪。

圣安德鲁斯大学拥有全天24小时服务的科技信息中心,免费的电子邮件及现代化的图书馆。设施完善的音乐中心及顶级的运动器材,圣安德鲁斯大学的硬体设备可充分满足学生的需求。

圣安德鲁斯大学拥有14栋学生宿舍,为学生提供安全、设备完善的自炊式或含膳食的学生宿舍。所有的房间均可拨接上网,学生只需有台手提电脑,就可在自己的宿舍内畅游互联网络和收发电子邮件。

圣安德鲁斯大学所在的圣安德鲁斯镇是苏格兰境内风景最美的海滨城镇之一,也是高尔夫运动的发源地,各项娱乐设施、运动设备、餐厅及商店样样俱全。

课程设置:

PAC (Postgraduate Access Course) 研究生英语班

针对想在英国攻读研究生课程学位及加强其学术写作与口语表达能力的学生,其中并包含参与研究自己专业领域的课程。

TAC(Taiwan Access Course)中国学生先修课程

针对中国高中毕业欲申请英国大学之学生,此课程是强调大学学术英语和学习技巧的强化班。

PreMBA企管硕士先修课程

针对已有大学文凭并想进修企管课程或其他商科,但欲先加强其英文能力及修习相关的商业课程。

DBE(Diploma in Business and English)商业及英文文凭课程

针对无大学学历背景之专科生,但想在英国大学进修商业硕士课程的学生。

杰出课程:

经济学,化学,地理学,数学和统计学,物理学,历史学,细胞和分子生物学,有机生物学,欧洲语言,心理学

教学设备:

拥有24小时的科技信息中心,免费的电子邮件及现代化的图书馆,除此之外,多媒体语言学习中心、设施完善的音乐中心及顶级的运动器材,圣安德鲁斯大学的硬体设备可充分满足学生的需求。

St. Andrews is Scotland,s first University and the third oldest in the UK. For almost six centuries, It has proudly upheld the tradition of academicacademic adj.学院的, 理论的 excellence, attracting scholars of international repute and students from all over the world.

Today, It continues to offer the latest in teaching and research, all within a superblysuperbly adv.雄伟地, 壮丽地 picturesque mediaeval setting. Although St. Andrews is not a campus University, it has grown and developed with the town and is now comfortably integratedintegrated adj.综合的, 完整的.

Owing to the size of St. Andrews, students feel they belong here and enjoy the benefits of studying at a highly residential University where academic and social lives intermingleintermingle n.混合.

History of the University

Founded in 1413, St. Andrews is the oldest university in Scotland. By the middle of the sixteenth century the University had three colleges-St. Salvator,s (1450), St. Leonard,s (1511), and St Mary,s (1538): the buildings of St Mary,s College and St Salvator,s Chapel both date from this period.

The 16th to 18th centuries saw a period of mixed fortunes for the University. During this time St. Salvator,s and St. Leonard,s Colleges joined to form the United College which still survivessurvive v.幸免于, 幸存, 生还 in a greatly enlarged form.

In the 19th century the University made considerable progress in developing teaching and research in the Arts, Divinity and the Biological and Physical Sciences. In 1897 the University was joined by a new academic centre in Dundee and with it gained notable achievements in Medical and Applied Science. This association ended in 1967 with the foundation of a separate University of Dundee.

The University history, its personalitiespersonality n.个性, 人格, 人物, 名人, (用复数)诽谤、人身攻击 and its teaching practices can be traced through the collections of documents, art works, furniture, laboratory equipment and specimens that it has accumulated in its Museum collections.

The University Today

The University provides an invigoratinginvigorating adj.精力充沛的, 爽快的 intellectual climate in which staff have close contacts with one another and with colleagues in other U.K. and overseas universities and research establishments. All Schools in both the sciences and the arts are actively involved in pushing back the frontiers of knowledge.

Physically the University is closely integrated with the town; the modern purposebuilt library and many academic Schools are located centrally. The growth in physical and mathematicalmathematical adj.数学的, 精确的 sciences has been accommodated at the North Haugh on the edge of St. Andrews. A modern sports centre with adjacent playing fields and halls of residence are also located in this area.

St Andrews is relatively small, despite being a “city”, with a population of 16,000. The University population (Staff and students) numbers around 6,000. On average one in three people you see in the street have something to do with the University. You start to feel that you belong very quickly.

University Government

The constitution of the University is laid down in a series of Acts of Parliament enacted between 1858 and 1966. Under these the University Court is the supreme governing body having responsibilitiesresponsibility n.责任, 职责 for the finances, appointment of staff and general managerial functions. Its twentyfive members come from within the University, the local community and beyond. The Court is chaired by the Rector, elected by the matriculatedmatriculate v.被录取入学 n.被录取者 students of the University.

The Senatus Academicus is the supreme academic body under the presidency of the Principal. It consists of all professors, heads of school, a number of elected nonprofessorial members of staff, and four student members. Much of the Senate,s business is delegated to a smaller body, the Academic Council.

The University is divided into four Faculties-Arts, Divinity, Science, Medicine-each one governed by a Faculty Council comprising all permanent members of academic staff in each school in the Faculty (members of cross faculty schools may attend either or both Faculty Councils). These Faculty Councils, in associationassociation n.协会, 联合, 结交, 联想 with the Senatus Academicus, are ultimately responsible inter alia for the approval of new undergraduate and postgraduate courses and for overseeing monitoring of the progress of students. The Deans of Faculties and other Faculty officers, including those responsible for postgraduatepostgraduate n.研究所学生, 研究生 adj.毕业后的 matters, are elected by the Faculty Councils. The Faculty Councils meet once annually, towards the end of each academic year.

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