美国乔治梅森大学基本概况

　　乔治梅森大学毗邻华盛顿特区，是美国一所富有发展前景的年轻大学。乔治梅森大学在QS2018美国大学排名中位列第143位，下面是关于它的基本概况，和出国留学网一起来看看吧。

　　关于乔治梅森大学

　　George Mason University, located just outside Washington DC, is one of the largest universities in the capital region. With more than 150+ masters, doctoral, and graduate certificate programs, Mason is an educational and economic engine for the entire region. Students can study in one of 11 graduate colleges in academic areas including health care, business, law, the sciences, engineering, information technology, social sciences, the arts, humanities, education, and many more. 

　　Many of the Mason graduate programs are nationally and internationally ranked as among the best in the world. The faculty is represented by numerous world class teachers and researchers who freely share their expertise with graduate students. Mason is among the fastest growing campuses in the United States. Currently, the university is in the middle of more than $500 million of construction on our four campuses. This new building program continues a long history of state of the art campus life along with innovative technological and research facilities.

　　乔治梅森大学位于华盛顿特区近郊，是首都区最大的大学之一。它有150个以上硕士学位、博士学位和研究生证书计划，是当地的教育和经济发展的一个引擎。学校下设11个研究生院，学科领域涵盖卫生保健、商务、法律、科学、工程、信息技术、社会科学、艺术、人文、教育，等等。乔治梅森大学的许多研究生课程在国内外都享有名声，被评为世界上最好的课程之一。在其师资队伍中，有许多世界级老师和研究员，他们都乐意同研究生分享他们的专业知识。乔治梅森大学是美国发展最快的大学之一。目前，它正处于校园(四个校区)建设计划的中期阶段，该计划投入了五亿多美金。长久以来，乔治梅森大学保持了高水平的校园生活，有着新型的技术和科研设施，而这个新计划延续了这样的特点。

　　faculty staff and students

　　乔治梅森大学师生人数

　　二、乔治梅森大学的历史

　　Mason started in a single building with an enrollment of 17 students.That was in 1957.Today, we are the largest public research university in Virginia with four campuses in Virginia and one in Songdo, Korea.

　　We have grown to more than 34,000 students from 130 countries and all 50 states. Our commitment to serving our students, community and the world is having a measurable impact. And we’re not about to slow down.

　　But let’s take a moment to step back, take a breath, and highlight some of the defining events in Mason’s history.

　　乔治梅森大学成立于1957年。起初，它只有一栋教学楼，只有17名学生。今天，乔治梅森大学已成为弗吉尼亚州最大的公立研究型大学，在弗吉尼亚有四个校区，在韩国的松岛也有一个校区。

　　今天，我们已有3万4千名以上学生，他们来自美国各州和世界130个国家。我们对服务于学生、社区和世界的承诺正在产生着重大影响。我们不会停下脚步，还会继续前行。

　　现在就让我们稍作停留，调整一下呼吸，来看看乔治梅森大学史上的一些重要事件吧。

　　Year Event

　　1972 -Legislation is signed establishing Mason as an independent member of Virginia’s system of colleges and universities.

　　1985 -Mason partners with area businesses to start an engineering program and create the Volgenau School of Engineering

　　2006 -The Krasnow Institute for Advanced Studies at Mason is home to a powerful $1.8 milllion Siemens Magnetom Allegra 3 Tesla brain scanner. Only two other schools, Dartmouth and Princeton, have this sophisticated medical device.

　　2007 -As part of the new Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, Mason students live and learn with some of the world’s leading conservation scientists at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Front Royal, Virginia.

　　2008 -U.S. News & World Report named Mason the nation’s number one university to watch on its first list of up-and-coming schools. We’re still on the list.

　　2009 -The Long and Kimmy Nguyen Engineering Building opens, making it the largest and first LEED-certified building on the Fairfax campus.

　　2010 -The Biomedical Research Laboratory on the Science and Technology Campus is one of 13 biosafety-3 labs that have been or are being built nationwide.

　　2010 -Mason receives a $28.5 million Investing in Innovation (i3) grant from the U.S. Department of Education to lead the Virginia Initiative for Science Teaching and Achievement (VISTA).

　　2010 -The College of Health and Human Services receives a $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration to establish the Mason Partners for Access to Health Care (PATH) program, which will help improve access to health care for low-income patients in Fairfax County.

　　大事年表

　　1972——立法批准成立乔治梅森大学，将其作为弗吉尼亚高校系统的一位独立成员。

　　1985——乔治梅森大学同本区的商界合作，开始提供工科课程，并成立了沃尔格诺工程学院。

　　2006——克拉斯诺高级研究所拥有价值180万美金的西门子脑部扫描仪。当时，只有达特茅斯学院和普林斯顿大学拥有如此高端的医疗设备。

　　2007——史密森国家动物园生物保护研究所在弗吉尼亚州的弗兰特罗亚尔成立。该研究所是新成立的史密森-梅森环保学院的一个组成部分。学生可以在这里同世界顶尖的一些环保科学家一起生活，学习。

　　2008——《美国新闻与世界报道》将乔治梅森大学评为美国排名第一的后起之秀大学。现在我们还在名单上。

　　2009——Long and Kimmy Nguyen Engineering Building 开放，它是费尔法克斯校区规模最大、最先得到 LEED认证的建筑。

　　2010——生物化学研究实验室在科学技术校区建成。它是美国仅有的13个生物安全三级实验室之一。同年，学校获得美国教育部提供的2850万美金投资创新拨款。该款项同于引领弗吉尼亚科学教学和成就计划。

　　同年，美国卫生与人类服务部健康资源和服务管理局向卫生与人类服务学院提供了160万美金拨款。该款项用于建立梅森医疗保健伙伴准入项目，用于帮助解决费尔法克斯县低收入病人的看病难问题。

　　2011 -Mason’s new custom-built, state-of-the-art 32-inch Ritchey Chrétien telescope is installed in the Research Hall observatory on the Fairfax Campus.

　　2012 -Mason School of Law graduates taking the Virginia Bar Exam for the first time achieve a 100% pass rate for the February 2012 sitting of the exam.

　　2012 -In recognition of its sustainability achievements, Mason received a STARS Silver Rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. Mason is one of only two universities in Virginia and 38 nationwide to receive the distinction.

　　2013 -Mason joins the Atlantic 10 Conference. The university has 22 NCAA Division I sports and is a founding member of the Colonial Athletic Association.

　　2014 -The university dedicates Alan and Sally Merten Hall, formerly University Hall, which was built during Alan Merten’s tenure as Mason’s fifth president. He served from 1996 to 2012.

　　2014 -The university launches the Mason Korea campus in Songdo, Korea, which initially focuses on economics.

　　2015 -George Mason launches the Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research on its campus in Prince William County and renamed that campus the Science and Technology Campus. The multidisciplinary institute will focus on cures and treatments for complex and pervasive diseases.

　　Mason was also the first university in the country to offer doctoral programs in conflict resolution, information technology, bioinformatics and computational social science.

　　2011——乔治梅森大学新定制的32英寸高端望远镜Ritchey Chrétien 费尔法克斯校区Research Hall 天文台安装完成。

　　2012——在2月的律师资格考试中，法学院学生取得了100%的通过率。同年，为了表示对乔治梅森大学可持续成就的认可，可持续促进协会给了学校银色级别评级。乔治梅森大学的弗吉尼亚州仅有的两所获得该评级认可的大学之一，在全美，也仅有38所大学获得该级别评级。

　　2013——乔治梅森大学加入太平洋十校联合会。乔治梅森大学在全美大学体育协会第一级联赛中有22个参赛项目，同时也是殖民地运动协会的创始会员之一。

　　2014—— 乔治梅森大学将Alan and Sally Merten Hall(前身为大学堂)题献。大学堂建于乔治梅森大学第五任校长艾文达任职期间，即1996至2012年。同年，韩国松岛校区启动，这是一个以经济学为重的校区。

　　2015——高级生物医学研究所在威廉王子郡校区启动。同时，学校将该校区重命名为科学技术校区。高级生物医学研究所是一个多学科研究所，它专注于复杂且普遍的疾病的治疗。

　　此外，乔治梅森大学也是美国最早提供与冲突解决、信息技术、生物信息学和计算社会科学相关的博士课程的大学。

　　三、乔治梅森大学的教研情况（见下一页）