Founded in 1413.
Oldest university in Scotland.
Third oldest university in the English speaking world.
No campus as university integrated with town: ancient buildings juxtaposed with state of the art science facilities.
St Andrews is set in a spectacular position on the east coast of Scotland.
On one side of the town are the wooded hills of the Fife countryside. To the north and east the town looks out over a rocky headland to the dramatic waters of the North Sea.
Much of Scotland can be accessed conveniently from St Andrews. Edinburgh airport is an hour away.
St Andrews’ graduates include statesmen, inventors, authors, political leaders and journalists.
Among them are:
Inventor of the logarithm, John Napier.
James Wilson, one of the fathers of the American Constitution.
Nobel Prize Winner Sir James Black.
First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond.
Writer Fay Weldon,
Actress Siobhan Redmon.
Actors Michael Forsythe and Crispin Bonham-Carter.
Broadcaster Hazel Irvine.
HRH Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and HRH Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.
Consistently one of the top mainstream university for student satisfaction (National Student Survey 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2012).
St Andrews is set in a spectacular position on the east coast of Scotland.
On one side of the town are the wooded hills of the Fife countryside. To the north and east the town looks out over a rocky headland to the dramatic waters of the North Sea.
Much of Scotland can be accessed conveniently from St Andrews. Edinburgh airport is an hour away.