美国密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校基本概况

　　密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校成立于1839年，是密苏里州最主要的公立大学，目前在QS美国大学排名中位居第113位。下面请看出国留学网整理并翻译的密苏里大学基概况信息，供大家参考。

　　一、关于密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校

　　The University of Missouri-Columbia was founded in 1839 as the first public university west of the Mississippi River, the first public university in Thomas Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase territory. Our distinct mission, as Missouri's only state-supported member of the Association of American Universities, is to provide all Missourians the benefits of a world-class research university. We are stewards and builders of a priceless state resource, a unique physical infrastructure and scholarly environment in which our tightly interlocked missions of teaching, research and service work together on behalf of all citizens. Students work side by side with some of the world's best faculty to advance the arts and humanities, the sciences, and the professions. Scholarship and teaching are daily driven by a sense of public service--the obligation to produce and disseminate knowledge that will improve the quality of life in the state, the nation and the world. The University of Missouri-Columbia, as the state's major land-grant university, honors the public trust placed in it and accepts the associated accountability to the people of Missouri for its stewardship of that trust. Our duty is to acquire, create, transmit, and preserve knowledge, and to promote understanding.

　　密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校成立于1839年，是密西西比河西岸的第一所公立大学兼托马斯·杰斐逊路易斯安那购置地最早的公立大学。密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校是密苏里州在美国大学协会的唯一州立代表，有着独特的使命。它的使命是让所有密苏里州人享受世界级研究型大学应有的福利。密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校汇集了密苏里州宝贵的资源，相当于一个独特的实体基础设施，有着浓厚的学术氛围。在这里，我们的教学、科研和服务使命紧密相连，共同为密苏里州的所有公民服务。在这里，你可以和世界一些最优秀的教员共事，推动艺术、人文、科学和专业的发展。这里的学术和教学每天都为公共服务意识驱动。学校有强烈的创造和传播知识的意识，以此改善密苏里州、美国乃至世界人民的生活质量。作为密苏里州最主要的捐地大学，密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校不负众望，欣然接受了州人民对它的信任，并承担了相应的责任。密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校的职责是获取知识、创造知识、传播知识和保存知识，以及增进人们的理解。

　　Faculty staff and students (by QS)

　　密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校的师生人数(QS提供)

　　二、密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校的历史

　　Our Founding

　　The University of Missouri owes its existence to 900 citizens of Boone County who, in 1839, pledged $117,921 in cash and land to win the bid to locate the new state university in Columbia. This investment in the promise of a better future for all through public higher education made the University of Missouri the first public university west of the Mississippi River. In fact, it's the first in Thomas Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase Territory.

　　建校

　　密苏里大学的成立归功于布恩县的9百名市民。1839年，9百名市民用117,921 美金和土地赢得了支持，新的州立大学得以在哥伦比亚成立。这笔投资使得密苏里大学成为密西西比河西岸的第一所公立大学。事实上，密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校也是托马斯·杰斐逊路易斯安那购置地最早的公立大学。

　　Our Beginnings

　　University cultural life began in 1842 with the formation of two literary societies, the Union Literary and the Athenaean Society. The first department of art was directed by George Caleb Bingham, the famous Missouri artist.

　　In 1849 the first course in civil engineering west of the Mississippi River was taught at MU. Today, the College of Engineering offers courses in everything from biological to nuclear engineering, and its students work on cutting-edge research projects such as designing a better NASA spacesuit and creating more efficient solar cars.

　　The “Normal College,“ now the College of Education, was established in 1867 to prepare teachers for Missouri public schools and enrolled the university's first female students. Women were admitted to all academic classes in 1871. Today the College of Education leads new teachers in efforts to reform the American public school system and develop new classroom technologies.

　　早期的密苏里大学

　　1842年，学校设立了两个文学社——Union Literary 和Athenaean Society，密苏里大学的文化生活由此开始。学校的第一个艺术系由密苏里州著名艺术家乔治·加勒伯·宾汉领导。

　　1849年，密西西比河西岸第一门土木工程课在密苏里大学开设。今天，工程学院的课程涵盖了从生物工程到核电工程的所有领域。工程学院的学生从事尖端的研究，比如设计更科学合理的天空服，造出更高效的太阳能汽车。

　　1867年，教育学院的前身师范学院成立。它的目的是将学生培养成密苏里州公立学校教师。师范学院招收了密苏里大学的第一批女学生。1871年，所有专业课程都招收了女学生。今天，教育学院带领着新的教师对美国公立学校制度进行改革，发展了新的课堂技术。