康奈爾大學(Cornell University),是一所位於美國東北部紐約上州的手指湖伊薩卡市的世界頂級研究型綜合大學,另有兩所分校位於紐約市和卡達教育城,是著名的常春藤聯盟成員,共有40多位師生曾榮獲諾貝爾獎。
Cornell University, the world’s top research university in Lake Ithaca, Northeastern New York, and two other campuses in New York City and Qatar Education City, are members of the prestigious Ivy League, with more than 40 Nobel Prize winners.
康奈爾大學由埃茲拉·康奈爾和安德魯·迪克森·懷特於1865年建立,為八個常春藤名校中唯一一所在美國獨立戰爭後創辦。立校之本是任何人都有獲得教育的平等權利,是常春藤盟校中第一所實行性別平等的男女合校大學,招生錄取上不計貴族身份,不分信仰和種族,並且其校訓的宗旨是創建學科齊全、包羅萬象的新型綜合性大學,因而該校一直被譽為美國歷史上第一所具有真正意義的全民大學。
Cornell University, founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dixon White, was the only one of the eight Ivy League schools to be founded after the American Revolution. Based on the equal right of everyone to access education, Cornell university has been hailed as the first truly universal university in American history to recruit both male and female students, regardless of aristocratic status, creed or race. Its motto is to create a new type of comprehensive university with a wide range of disciplines.
康奈爾歷史上的中國校友也都很有名,比如胡適、茅以升等,是常春藤聯盟中中國學生最熱衷的學校,每年都會錄取一定數量的中國學生。
There have been some well-known Chinese alumni of Cornell as well, such as Hu Shi and Mao Yisheng. It is one of the most popular universities in the Ivy League with Chinese students being admitted every year.
2020年US News美國大學綜合排名:17(與萊斯大學並列)。
2020年Times全球大學綜合排名:19
2020 US News ranking: 17(tied with Rice University).
2020 Times Global Universities Ranking:19