Editing University of St Andrews

{{short description|Public university in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland}}
{{Redirect|St Andrew's University|other universities|St. Andrews University (disambiguation)}}
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 | latin_name             = Universitas Sancti Andreae apud Scotos
 | motto                  = {{langx|grc|[[Ever to Excel|Αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν]]}}<br />(Aien aristeuein)<ref name="Coat of Arms">{{Cite web|title=University coat of arms|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/about/universitycoatofarms/|access-date=10 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605095922/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/about/Universitycoatofarms/|archive-date=5 June 2011}}</ref>
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 | mottoeng               = Ever to Excel<br />or<br />Ever to be the Best
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 | type                   = [[public university|Public]] [[research university]]
[[Ancient university]]
 | endowment              = £125.9 million (2024)<ref name="St Andrews Financial Statement 23/24">{{cite web | url = https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/finance/documents/financial-statements/financial-statement-31-july-2024.pdf | title = Reports and Financial Statements of the University Court for the year to 31 July 2024 | access-date = 19 December 2024 | publisher = University of St Andrews}}</ref>
 | budget                 = £310.8 million (2023/24)<ref name="St Andrews Financial Statement 23/24" />
 | chancellor             = [[Menzies Campbell|The Lord Campbell of Pittenweem]]
 | rector                 = Stella Maris
 | head_label             = [[Principal of the University of St Andrews|Principal and Vice-Chancellor]]
 | head                   = [[Sally Mapstone|Dame Sally Mapstone]]
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[[St Mary's College, St Andrews|St Mary's College]]<br />
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[[University of St Andrews School of Medicine|School of Medicine]]<br />
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[[St Leonard's College (University of St Andrews)|St Leonard's College]]<br />
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The '''University of St Andrews''' ({{Langx|sco|University o St Andras}}, {{langx|gd|Oilthigh Chill Rìmhinn}};<ref>{{cite web|url=https://faclair.com/ViewEntry.aspx?ID=968A62C797D4C3849BDFB8BC11105AD4|title=Oilthigh Chill Rìmhinn|website=Am Faclair Beag|access-date=2020-08-25|archive-date=14 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414180843/https://faclair.com/ViewEntry.aspx?ID=968A62C797D4C3849BDFB8BC11105AD4|url-status=live}}</ref> abbreviated as '''St And''' in [[post-nominals]]{{efn|from the [[Latin language|Latin]] ''Sancti Andreae''}}) is a [[public university]] in [[St Andrews]], [[Scotland]]. It is the [[List of oldest universities in continuous operation|oldest]] of the four [[ancient universities of Scotland]] and, following the universities of [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], the third-oldest university in the [[English-speaking world]]. St Andrews was founded in 1413 when the [[Avignon Pope|Avignon]] [[Antipope Benedict XIII]] issued a [[papal bull]] to a small founding group of [[Augustinians|Augustinian]] clergy. Along with the universities of [[University of Glasgow|Glasgow]], [[University of Aberdeen|Aberdeen]], and [[University of Edinburgh|Edinburgh]], St Andrews was part of the [[Scottish Enlightenment]] during the 18th century.

St Andrews is made up of a variety of institutions, comprising three colleges&nbsp;— [[United College, St Andrews|United College]] (a union of St Salvator's and St Leonard's Colleges), [[St Mary's College, St Andrews|St Mary's College]], and [[St Leonard's College (University of St Andrews)|St Leonard's College]], the last named being a non-statutory revival of St Leonard's as a post-graduate society. There are 18 academic schools organised into four faculties.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/about/governance |title=University of St Andrews: Governance |access-date=10 August 2014 |publisher=University of St Andrews |archive-date=8 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708010517/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/about/governance/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The university occupies historic and modern buildings located throughout the town. The academic year is divided into two semesters, Martinmas and Candlemas. In term time, over one-third of the town's population are either staff members or students of the university.<ref name="The University today">{{Cite web|title=The University today|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/about/theuniversitytoday/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070601172548/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/about/TheUniversitytoday/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 June 2007|access-date=3 January 2013}}</ref> The student body is known for preserving ancient traditions such as Raisin Weekend, May Dip, and the wearing of distinctive academic dress.<ref name="The low-down on our traditions">{{Cite web |title=The low-down on our traditions |url=http://www.thesaint-online.com/2012/09/the-low-down-on-our-traditions/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202212638/http://www.thesaint-online.com/2012/09/the-low-down-on-our-traditions/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 February 2013 |access-date=3 January 2013}}</ref>

The student body is also notably diverse: over 145 nationalities are represented with about [[International students in the United Kingdom#By proportion of International Students|45% of its intake]] from countries outside the UK; a tenth of students are from Europe with the remainder from the rest of the world—20% from North America alone.<ref name=domicile>{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study#provider|title=Where do HE students study?: Students by HE provider|work=HESA|at=HE student enrolments by HE provider|access-date=8 February 2023|archive-date=4 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104163711/https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study#provider|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |user=univofstandrews |number=823884472538034177 |date = 24 January 2017 |title=We proudly do our part to bring the world to Scotland}}</ref> Undergraduate admissions are now among the most selective in the country, with the university having the third-lowest offer rate for 2022 entry (behind only Oxford and Cambridge)<ref name="offer rate22"/> and the highest entry standards of new students, as measured by UCAS entry tariff, at 212 points.<ref name="CUG Entry"/>

In 2024, St Andrews [[Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom|ranked tied-second nationally]] for [[undergraduate education]]. St Andrews has many notable alumni and affiliated faculty, including eminent mathematicians, scientists, theologians, philosophers, and politicians. Recent alumni include the former first minister of Scotland [[Alex Salmond]]; former Cabinet Secretary [[Mark Sedwill]]; former Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) [[Alex Younger]]; Olympic cycling gold medalist [[Chris Hoy]]; Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations Dame [[Barbara Woodward]]; and royals [[William, Prince of Wales]], and [[Catherine, Princess of Wales]]. Five Nobel laureates are among St Andrews' alumni and former staff: three in [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] and two in [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]].

==History==
{{Main|History of the University of St Andrews}}

===Foundation===
[[File:College Hall St Andrews B.JPG|thumb|College Hall, within the 16th-century St Mary's College building]]
In 1410, a group of [[Augustinians|Augustinian]] clergy, driven from the [[University of Paris]] by the [[Western Schism|Avignon schism]] and from the universities of [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] by the [[Anglo-Scottish Wars]], formed a society of higher learning in St Andrews, offering courses of lectures in divinity, logic, philosophy, and law. A [[charter]] of privilege was bestowed upon the society of masters and scholars by the [[Archbishop of St Andrews|Bishop of St Andrews]], [[Henry Wardlaw]],<ref name="Wardlaw, Henry, d.1440, Bishop of St Andrews">{{Cite DNB|last=Sprott |first=George Washington |wstitle=Wardlaw, Henry|volume=59|pages=352-353}}</ref> on 28 February 1411–12.<ref name="Mediaeval university">{{Cite web|title=Mediaeval university|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/court-office/documents/medieval_university.pdf|access-date=24 July 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722053757/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/court-office/documents/medieval_university.pdf|archive-date=22 July 2013}}</ref> Wardlaw then successfully petitioned the [[Antipope Benedict XIII|Avignon Pope Benedict XIII]] to grant the school university status by issuing a series of [[papal bull]]s, which followed on 28 August 1413.<ref name="Scotland1837">{{Cite book|author=Great Britain. Commission for Visiting the Universities and Colleges of Scotland|title=University of St. Andrews|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iCwPAQAAMAAJ&pg=Pag173|year=1837|publisher=W. Clowes and Sons|pages=173–}}</ref> King [[James I of Scotland]] confirmed the [[charter]] of the university in 1432. Subsequent kings supported the university, with King [[James V of Scotland]] "confirming privileges of the university" in 1532.<ref name="St Andrews history of the university">{{Cite web|title=A brief history of the University|publisher=University of St Andrews|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/about/history/brief/|access-date=9 January 2016|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923172128/https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/about/history/brief/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Lyon|first1=C.J.|title=History of St. Andrews, episcopal, monastic, academic, and civil&nbsp;..., Volume 2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oe49AAAAcAAJ&q=james+V++st+andrews+university+1532&pg=PA234|publisher=Tait |year = 1843| pages =230–34|access-date=9 January 2016|quote=King James I of Scotland confirmed the charter of the university in 1432...There are four ...confirmations by James V; in the year 1532...}}</ref>

A college of theology and arts, called [[St John's College, St Andrews|St John's College]], was founded in 1418<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gashe.ac.uk/isaar/P0243.html |title=Lindores, Lawrence of, ? 1372–1437, Rector, University of St Andrews, Scotland |publisher=Gashe.ac.uk |date=15 August 2002 |access-date=17 April 2011}}{{Dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> by Robert of Montrose and Lawrence of Lindores. [[St Salvator's College, St Andrews|St Salvator's College]] was established in 1450 by Bishop [[James Kennedy (bishop)|James Kennedy]].<ref name="Kennedy, James, ? 1406–1465, Bishop of St Andrews">{{Cite DNB|last=Millar |first=Alexander Hastie |wstitle=Kennedy, James (1406?-1465)|volume=30|pages=421-422}}</ref> [[St Leonard's College, St Andrews|St Leonard's College]] was founded in 1511 by Archbishop [[Alexander Stewart (archbishop of St Andrews)|Alexander Stewart]], who intended it to have a far more monastic character than either of the other colleges. St John's College was refounded by Cardinal [[James Beaton]] under the name [[St Mary's College, St Andrews|St Mary's College]] in 1538 for the study of divinity and law. It was intended to encourage traditional Catholic teachings in opposition to the emerging [[Scottish Reformation]], but once Scotland had formally split with the [[Pope|Papacy]] in 1560, it became a teaching institution for Protestant clergy.<ref name="Beaton, James, d 1539, Archbishop of St Andrews">{{Cite DNB|last=MacArthur |first=Margaret |wstitle=Beaton, James (d.1539)|volume=4|pages=18-19}}</ref> At its foundation in 1538 St Mary's was intended to be a college for instruction in divinity, law, and medicine, as well as in Arts, but its career on this extensive scale was short-lived. Under a new foundation and erection, confirmed by Parliament in 1579, it was set apart for the study of Theology, and it has remained a Divinity College ever since.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Scott |first1=Hew |title=Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation |date=1928 |publisher=Oliver and Boyd |location=Edinburgh |pages=[https://archive.org/details/fastiecclesiaesc07scot/page/417 417]–418 |volume=7 |url=https://archive.org/details/fastiecclesiaesc07scot |access-date=8 July 2019}}{{PD-notice}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Holloway|first1=Ernest, R. |date=2011|title=Andrew Melville and Humanism in Renaissance Scotland 1545–1622|url=https://archive.org/details/AndrewMelvilleAndHumanismInRenaissanceScotland15451622/page/n5|pages=1–388|publisher=Brill|location=Leiden, Boston}}</ref>

Some university buildings that date from this period are still in use today, such as [[St Salvator's Chapel]], St Leonard's College Chapel and St Mary's College quadrangle. At this time, the majority of the teaching was of a religious nature and was conducted by clerics associated with [[St Andrews Cathedral]].

===Development===
[[File:St Salvators chapel and north street -St Andrews.jpg|left|thumb|St Salvator's Chapel]]
During the 17th and 18th centuries, the university had mixed fortunes and was often beset by civil and religious disturbances. In a particularly acute depression in 1747, severe financial problems triggered the dissolution of St Leonard's College, whose properties and staff were merged into St Salvator's College to form the [[United College, St Andrews|United College of St Salvator and St Leonard]].<ref name="Mediaeval university" /> Throughout this period student numbers were very low; for instance, when [[Samuel Johnson]] visited the university in 1773, the university had fewer than 100 students, and was in his opinion in a steady decline. He described it as "pining in decay and struggling for life".<ref name="gutenberg.org">{{Cite web |url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2064/2064-h/2064-h.htm |title=A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland |publisher=Gutenberg.org |date=20 April 2005 |access-date=17 April 2011 |archive-date=16 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716233921/http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2064/2064-h/2064-h.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The poverty of Scotland during this period also damaged St Andrews, as few were able to patronise the university and its colleges, and with state support being improbable, the income they received was scarce.

===Modern period===
====Women====
[[File:The Gateway, St Andrews geograph-6299409-by-Bill-Harrison.jpg|thumb|The Gateway building, built in 2000 as an International Golf Club and now used by the university's School of Management]]
In the second half of the 19th century, the pressure was building upon universities to open up higher education to women.<ref name="Discovery in archives">{{Cite web|url=https://standrewsrarebooks.wordpress.com/2012/02/27/discovery-in-archives-sheds-new-light-on-jex-blakes-campaign-for-medical-education-for-women/|title=Discovery in archives sheds new light on Jex-Blake's campaign for medical education for women|date=27 February 2012|access-date=3 February 2013|archive-date=3 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303172745/https://standrewsrarebooks.wordpress.com/2012/02/27/discovery-in-archives-sheds-new-light-on-jex-blakes-campaign-for-medical-education-for-women/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1876, the university senate decided to allow women to receive an education at St Andrews at a level roughly equal to the [[MA (Scotland)|Master of Arts degree]] that men were able to take at the time. The scheme came to be known as the '[[Lady Literate in Arts|LLA examination]]' (Lady Literate in Arts). It required women to pass five subjects at an ordinary level and one at honours level and entitled them to hold a diploma from the university. Not being required to attend the university in person, the women were learning by [[Distance education|correspondence]], taking as many years as needed to complete the course. They were both examined and assisted in their studies by [[educator|educationalists]] in the town or city in which they lived in the UK or abroad.<ref name="Ladies Literate in Arts">{{Cite web|title=Ladies Literate in Arts|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/didyouknow/lla/|access-date=2 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620201913/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/didyouknow/lla/|archive-date=20 June 2012}}</ref>

In 1889, the [[Ancient university governance in Scotland|Universities (Scotland) Act]]<ref name="Act 1889">{{Cite web|title=Universities (Scotland) Act 1889|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/52-53/55/contents|access-date=2 January 2013|archive-date=2 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002064256/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/52-53/55/contents|url-status=live}}</ref> made it possible to admit women to St Andrews formally and to receive an education equal to that of male students. In September 1892, the university was reported as having "lately taken the lead in opening its classes to women"  and proclaimed  that "St Andrews hails a ladies' school –  [[St Leonards School|St Leonards]]  – second to none in the land, and probably second to few in England".<ref>{{cite news |title=Fifeshire Journal Fife, Scotland |url=https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=ladies%20school%20university%20garret%20anderson&county=fife%2c%20scotland&from=1892&to=1896 |access-date=19 February 2022 |publisher=Fifeshire Journal Fife, Scotland |date=15 Sep 1892 |quote=...lately taken the lead in opening its classes to ladies ...St Andrews hails a ladies' school second to none in the land, and probably second to few in England conducted on the English public-school system... |archive-date=5 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405231718/https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=ladies%20school%20university%20garret%20anderson&county=fife,%20scotland&from=1892&to=1896 |url-status=live }}</ref> By 1892, the headmistress of St  Leonard's Ladies School, [[Frances Dove|Dame Frances Dove]], had  become "possessor" of the buildings of the university's old [[St Leonard's College, St Andrews|St Leonard's College]]  which were being used again for their original purpose of providing accommodation for students, only this time not for males but for "girl graduates and [[undergraduates]]".<ref>{{cite book |title=25 Years at St Andrews – 1865–1890 – [Chapter, After The Assembly] |date=1892 |publisher=Longmans, Greene & Co |page=371 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0zFAAAAAYAAJ&dq=women%20at%20%20Gifford%20Lectures%20%20in%201890s&pg=PA371 |access-date=23 April 2022 |archive-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406100009/https://books.google.com/books?id=0zFAAAAAYAAJ&dq=women%20at%20%20Gifford%20Lectures%20%20in%201890s&pg=PA371 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Having [[matriculation|matriculated]], [[Agnes Forbes Blackadder]] entered the university in 1892 and became the first woman to graduate from St Andrews on the same level as men on 29 March 1895, when she gained her [[Master of Arts|MA]].<ref name="St Andrews Special Collections">{{Cite web|url=https://standrewsrarebooks.wordpress.com/2017/03/07/trailblazing-women-at-the-university-of-st-andrews-a-celebration-for-international-womens-day/|title=Trailblazing Women at the University of St Andrews: A Celebration for International Women's Day|last=St Andrews Special Collections|date=7 March 2017|website=Echoes from the Vault|language=en|access-date=25 September 2019|archive-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925160600/https://standrewsrarebooks.wordpress.com/2017/03/07/trailblazing-women-at-the-university-of-st-andrews-a-celebration-for-international-womens-day/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Who was the first female graduate of the University of St Andrews?">{{Cite web|title=Who was the first female graduate of the University of St Andrews?|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/didyouknow/femalegraduate/|access-date=2 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110152020/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/didyouknow/femalegraduate/|archive-date=10 January 2013}}</ref> The first female lecturer at the university was [[Alice Marion Umpherston]], appointed in 1896 to teach Physiology to women students.<ref>{{Cite web|title=International Women's Day 2019: The first women in the Library – Special Collections blog|url=https://special-collections.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2019/03/08/international-womens-day-2019-the-first-women-in-the-library/|access-date=31 July 2023|website=special-collections.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk|archive-date=31 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731234253/https://special-collections.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2019/03/08/international-womens-day-2019-the-first-women-in-the-library/|url-status=live}}</ref> In response to the increasing number of female students attending the university, the first women's [[hall of residence]] was founded in 1896 by [[Louisa Lumsden|Dame Louisa Lumsden]], the first principal of [[St Leonards School]], which adjoined the university. The residence was named [[University Hall (University of St Andrews)|University Hall]].<ref name="Literate Ladies – A fifty year experiment">{{Cite web|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/special-collections/documents/Literate%20Ladies%20Alumnus%20Chronicle%20vol%2059%20June%201968.pdf|title=Literate Ladies – A fifty year experiment|access-date=2 January 2013|archive-date=19 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819225951/https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/special-collections/documents/Literate%20Ladies%20Alumnus%20Chronicle%20vol%2059%20June%201968.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Fifeshire Journal Fife, Scotland |url=https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=ladies%20school%20university%20garret%20anderson&county=fife%2c%20scotland&from=1892&to=1896 |access-date=19 February 2022 |publisher=Fifeshire Journal Fife, Scotland |date=15 Sep 1892 |quote=...lately taken the lead in opening its classes to ladies ...St Andrews hails a ladies' school second to none in the land, and probably second to few in England conducted... |archive-date=5 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405231718/https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=ladies%20school%20university%20garret%20anderson&county=fife,%20scotland&from=1892&to=1896 |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Dundee====
Until the start of the 20th century, St Andrews offered a traditional education based on classical languages, divinity and philosophical studies, and was slow to embrace more practical fields such as science and medicine that were becoming more popular at other universities. In response to the need for modernisation and in order to increase student numbers and alleviate financial problems, the university had, by 1883, established a university college in [[University College, Dundee|Dundee]] which formally merged with St Andrews in 1897.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Prof. E. Waymouth Reid, F.R.S|first=P. T.|last=Herring|date=11 April 1948|journal=Nature|volume=161|issue=4094|pages=591–592|doi=10.1038/161591a0|bibcode=1948Natur.161..591H|doi-access=free}}</ref> From its inception, the Dundee college had a focus on scientific, and professional subjects; the college's [[co-education|mixed sexes]] read [[Classics]] and  English at St Andrews. The union was fraught with difficulties; in 1894, ''The Educational Times'' reported in the article ''The Quarrel between St Andrews and Dundee'' that University College, Dundee was "forbidden" to give such instruction in the Arts "as he [the Dundeen student] might require".<ref>{{cite news |title=Times Education |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rJtAAQAAMAAJ&dq=dundee+university+of+St+andrews+fine+arts&pg=PA30 |access-date=13 January 2021 |publisher=Times Education |page=30 |date=1 January 1894 |archive-date=12 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412145037/https://books.google.com/books?id=rJtAAQAAMAAJ&dq=dundee+university+of+St+andrews+fine+arts&pg=PA30 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Records of University College, Dundee, being the University of St Andrews in Dundee. |date=1871–1953 |publisher=University of St Andrews |url=https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/f3a74f1f-988d-33c6-bcd9-4e0870d6e511 |access-date=13 January 2021 |quote=The Commission of 1878 recommended a college be established in Dundee to teach mathematical and physical and natural sciences and medicine, '''leaving the literary part of the Arts faculty to St Andrews'''. The deed of an endowment provided for the erection of a comprehensive 'University College', providing courses for both sexes in a wide variety of subjects except divinity (forbidden by the non-conformist founder) and medicine (which would follow). After 1 October 1897 the college became subject to the academic control of the senate and its teaching staff was appointed by the St Andrews University Court. In an effort to avoid duplication the two Arts chairs (Classics and English) in University College lapsed into lectureships after the professors left in 1895 and 1901 respectively. The other Dundee chairs at this date were Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, Natural History, Anatomy and Physiology. A chair in Botany in the University replaced the College chair and teaching was in both Dundee and St Andrews. In 1898 the Conjoint School of Medicine was established at Dundee. |archive-date=8 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508144040/https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/f3a74f1f-988d-33c6-bcd9-4e0870d6e511 |url-status=live }}</ref> After the incorporation of University College Dundee, St Andrews' various problems generally receded. For example, it was able to offer medical degrees. Until 1967, many students who obtained a degree from the University of St Andrews had in fact spent most, and sometimes all, of their undergraduate career based in Dundee.

In 1967, the union with Queen's College Dundee (formerly University College Dundee) ended, when it became an independent institution under the name of the [[University of Dundee]]. As a result of this, St Andrews lost its capacity to provide degrees in many areas such as Medicine, Dentistry, Law, Accountancy, and Engineering. As well as losing the right to confer the undergraduate medical degree [[MBChB]], it was also deprived of the right to confer the postgraduate degree MD. St Andrews was eventually able to continue to offer the opportunity to study medicine through a new arrangement with the [[University of Manchester]] in England.

In 1974, the College of St Leonard was reconstituted as a postgraduate institute.<ref name="St leonards college">{{Cite web|title=St leonards college|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/pgstudents/stleonards/|access-date=3 January 2013|archive-date=13 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213151127/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/pgstudents/stleonards/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Links with the United States===
[[File:+ 908 wurde St Andrews bereits Bischohfssitz. 10.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|St Salvator's Quadrangle from the cloisters]]
[[File:The Scores, St Andrews - geograph.org.uk - 139944.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|The Scores]]
St Andrews' historical links with the United States predate the country's independence. [[James Wilson (Founding Father)|James Wilson]], a signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]], attended (but did not graduate from) St Andrews. Wilson was one of six original justices appointed by [[George Washington]] to the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] and was a founder of the [[University of Pennsylvania Law School]]. Other prominent American figures associated with St Andrews include Scottish American industrialist [[Andrew Carnegie]], who was elected [[Rector of the University of St Andrews|Rector]] in 1901 and whose name is given to the prestigious [[Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland|Carnegie Scholarship]], and [[Edward Harkness]], an American philanthropist who in 1930 provided for the construction of [[St Salvator's Hall]]. American [[Bobby Jones (golfer)|Bobby Jones]], co-founder of the [[Augusta National Golf Club]] and the [[Masters Tournament]], was named a [[Freedom of the City|Freeman of the City]] of St Andrews in 1958, becoming only the second American to be so honoured, the other being Benjamin Franklin in 1759.<ref name="Citizen Jones">{{Cite news|title=Citizen Jones|url=http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/bobbyjones|access-date=11 August 2014|archive-date=12 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112225249/http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/bobbyjones|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1976, a reciprocal scholarship programme named in honour of Jones was established between St Andrews and [[Emory University]] in Georgia, where Jones studied for his law degree.<ref>{{cite news |title=University of St. Andrews awards 2024 Bobby Jones scholarships |url=https://www.golfdom.com/university-of-st-andrews-awards-2024-bobby-jones-scholarships/ |work=Golfdom |date=6 March 2024}}</ref>

Links with the United States have been maintained into the present day and continue to grow. In 2009, [[Louise Richardson]], an Irish-American political scientist specialising in the study of terrorism, was drawn from Harvard to serve as the first female [[Principal (academia)|Principal]] and [[Chancellor (education)|Vice Chancellor]] of St Andrews.<ref name="The Catholic coup at St Andrews">{{Cite news|title=The Catholic coup at St Andrews|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/the-catholic-coup-at-st-andrews-1668258.html|access-date=2 January 2013|location=London|work=The Independent|date=14 April 2009|archive-date=13 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413170950/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/the-catholic-coup-at-st-andrews-1668258.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She later went on to her next appointment as the vice chancellor to the [[University of Oxford]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ox.ac.uk/about/organisation/university-officers/vice-chancellor?wssl=1|title=Vice-Chancellor&nbsp;— University of Oxford|website=www.ox.ac.uk|access-date=9 May 2016|archive-date=28 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528070737/https://www.ox.ac.uk/about/organisation/university-officers/vice-chancellor?wssl=1|url-status=live}}</ref>

Active recruitment of students from North America first began in 1984, and Americans made up around 1 in 6 of the student population in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=How Scotland's University of St. Andrews Became a Top American School|date=24 July 2017|url=http://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/a10274881/st-andrews-scotland/|publisher=[[Town & Country (magazine)|Town & Country]]|access-date=24 July 2017|archive-date=27 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727214632/http://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/a10274881/st-andrews-scotland/|url-status=live}}</ref> Students from almost every state in the United States and province in Canada are represented.<ref name="International">{{Cite news|title=International|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/international/|access-date=12 August 2014|archive-date=8 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808233518/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/international/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/st-andrews/international |title=University of St Andrews&nbsp;— International |work=The Complete University Guide |access-date=1 May 2015 |archive-date=10 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510165418/http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/st-andrews/international |url-status=live }}</ref> This is the highest proportion and absolute number of American students amongst all British universities.<ref name="Americans at St Andrews">{{Cite news|title=Americans at St Andrews|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2008/may/20/internationalstudents.educationguardian2|access-date=3 January 2013|location=London|work=The Guardian|first=Jackie|last=Kemp|date=20 May 2008|archive-date=28 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228181919/http://www.theguardian.com/education/2008/may/20/internationalstudents.educationguardian2|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="US undergraduates choosing UK for their studies">{{Cite news|title=US undergraduates choosing UK for their studies|url=http://www.britishcouncil.org/organisation/press/us-undergraduates-choosing-uk-their-studies|access-date=27 May 2014|location=London|work=The British Council|date=27 January 2014|archive-date=4 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140604055859/http://www.britishcouncil.org/organisation/press/us-undergraduates-choosing-uk-their-studies|url-status=dead}}</ref> Media reports indicate growing numbers of American students are attracted to the university's academics, traditions, prestige, internationalism, and comparatively low [[tuition fees]].<ref name="Will and Kate (and Uncle Sam) Studied Here">{{Cite news|title=Will and Kate (and Uncle Sam) Studied Here|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=18 April 2014|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/20/fashion/st-andrews-will-and-kate-and-uncle-sam-studied-here.html|access-date=12 August 2014|last1=Conlin|first1=Jennifer|archive-date=12 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812214036/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/20/fashion/st-andrews-will-and-kate-and-uncle-sam-studied-here.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Going Off to College for Less NYT">{{Cite news|title=Going Off to College for Less (Passport Required)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/education/01scotland.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|access-date=3 January 2013|work=The New York Times|first=Tamar|last=Lewin|date=30 November 2008|archive-date=21 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521124356/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/education/01scotland.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Royal College Bargain">{{Cite web|title=Royal College Bargain|website=[[Forbes]]|url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2011/0808/investing-international-education-prince-will-kate-royal-bargain.html|access-date=12 August 2014|archive-date=12 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812205023/http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2011/0808/investing-international-education-prince-will-kate-royal-bargain.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Who Needs Harvard Or Yale?">{{Cite news|title=Who Needs Harvard Or Yale?|newspaper=Bloomberg.com |date=25 September 2006 |url=http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2006-09-24/who-needs-harvard-or-yale|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806123356/http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2006-09-24/who-needs-harvard-or-yale|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 August 2012|access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref> The university also regularly features as one of the few non-North American universities in the [[Fiske Guide to Colleges]], an American college guide, as a 'Best Buy'.<ref>{{Cite web|title=St Andrews named Best Buy|url=https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2017/title,1431651,en.php|publisher=University of St Andrews}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Trinity College Dublin a 'Best Buy' in Fiske Guide to Colleges 2016|url=https://www.tcd.ie/globalrelations/news/20150721FiskeBestBuy.php|publisher=Trinity College Dublin|access-date=29 July 2017|archive-date=20 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820002343/https://www.tcd.ie/globalrelations/news/20150721FiskeBestBuy.php|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2025, British media dubbed St Andrews as a "mini-Nantucket" due to the concentration of wealthy American students from the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]] at the university.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Frain-Bell |first1=Tilly |title=Uh oh, America’s East Coast elite have taken over sleepy St Andrews |url=https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/celebrity/article/university-st-andrews-students-americans-americanisation-rn2m3cxc5 |work=The Times |date=18 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Jureidini |first1=Ben |title=From Raisin Weekend to weddings: how St Andrews became the university of choice for royals |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/st-andrews-royals-kate-middleton-prince-william-lady-louise-windsor |work=Tatler |date=19 May 2025}}</ref> 

St Andrews has developed a sizable alumni presence in the United States, with over 8,000 alumni spread across all 50 states.<ref name="US Alumni">{{Cite web|title=US Alumni|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/alumni/americanfoundation/|access-date=12 August 2014|archive-date=8 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808101023/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/alumni/americanfoundation/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Most major cities host alumni clubs, the largest of which is in New York.<ref name="NY Alumni Club">{{Cite web|title=NY Alumni Club|url=http://www.alumniclubny.com/|access-date=12 August 2014|archive-date=12 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112225300/http://www.alumniclubny.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> Both London and New York also host the [[St Andrews Angels]], an alumni-led angel investment network, which centres upon the wider university communities in both the United Kingdom and United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://scotlandb2b.co.uk/2016/11/24/angel-investment-network-launches-in-nyc-to-facilitate-scottish-deals/|title=Angel investment group launches in NYC to facilitate Scottish deals|last=Parker|first=Lynda Hamilton|date=24 November 2016|website=Scotland B2B Magazine|access-date=6 December 2016|archive-date=20 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220075452/http://scotlandb2b.co.uk/2016/11/24/angel-investment-network-launches-in-nyc-to-facilitate-scottish-deals/|url-status=live}}</ref> St Andrews has also established relationships with other university alumni clubs and private membership clubs in the United States to provide alumni with social and networking opportunities. For example, alumni are eligible for membership at the [[Princeton Club of New York]], the [[Penn Club of New York City]] and the [[Algonquin Club]] in Boston.<ref name="Algonquin Club">{{Cite web|title=Algonquin Club|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/alumni/relations/alumniclubs/privatemembers/algonquin/|access-date=24 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222203611/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/alumni/relations/alumniclubs/privatemembers/algonquin/|archive-date=22 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="Princeton club – St Andrews">{{Cite web|title=Princeton club – St Andrews|url=http://www.princetonclub.com/standrews|access-date=3 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513144331/http://www.princetonclub.com/standrews|archive-date=13 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Penn Club of NYC&nbsp;— Affiliate Schools">{{Cite web|title=Affiliate Schools / Organizations|url=https://www.pennclub.org/membership/types/schools-organizations|access-date=8 October 2018|archive-date=9 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009052758/https://www.pennclub.org/membership/types/schools-organizations|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2013, [[Hillary Clinton]], former United States Secretary of State, took part in the academic celebration marking the 600th anniversary of the founding of the University of St Andrews.<ref name="Hillary Rodham Clinton to address academic leaders in St Andrews">{{Cite news|title=Hillary Rodham Clinton to address academic leaders in St Andrews|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2013/title,224659,en.php|access-date=13 August 2014|archive-date=3 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803171850/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2013/title,224659,en.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> Clinton received an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws and provided the graduation address, in which she said,
{{Blockquote|I do take comfort from knowing there is a long tradition of Americans being warmly welcomed here at St Andrews. Every year I learn you educate more than one thousand American students, exposing them to new ideas and perspectives as well as providing them with a first-class education. I've been proud and fortunate to hire a few St Andrews alumni over the years and I thank you for training them so well.<ref name="Graduation address&nbsp;— Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton">{{Cite news|title=Graduation address&nbsp;— Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2013/title,227124,en.php|access-date=13 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813213819/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2013/title,227124,en.php|archive-date=13 August 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>}}

==Governance and administration==
[[File:University of St Andrews Courtyard.jpg|thumb|Courtyard of the United College]]
{{Main|Governance of the University of St Andrews}}

As with the other ancient universities of Scotland, the governance of the university is determined by the [[Universities (Scotland) Act 1858]]. This act created three bodies: the [[General Council (Scottish university)|General Council]], [[University Court]] and [[Academic Senate]] (''Senatus Academicus'').

===General Council===
{{Main|General Council of St Andrews University}}
The General Council is a standing advisory body of all the [[Alumnus|graduates]], academics, and former academics of the university. It meets twice a year and appoints a business committee to manage business between these meetings. Its most important functions are to appoint two [[Assessor (law)|assessors]] to the [[University Court]] and elect the university's [[Chancellor of the University of St Andrews|chancellor]].

===University Court===
The [[University Court]] is the body responsible for administrative and financial matters and is in effect the governing body of the university. It is chaired by the [[Rector (academia)|rector]], who is elected by the [[matriculation|matriculated]] students of the university. Members are appointed by the General Council, [[Academic Senate]] and Fife Council. The president of the [[University of St Andrews Students' Association|Students' Association]] and director of education are ''ex officio'' members of the court. Several [[Laity|lay]] members are also co-opted and must include a fixed number of alumni of the university.

===''Senatus Academicus''===
The [[Academic Senate]] (Latin ''Senatus Academicus'') is the supreme academic body for the university. Its members include all the professors of the university, certain senior [[Reader (academic rank)|readers]], a number of [[senior lecturer]]s and [[lecturer]]s, and three elected student senate representatives – one from the arts and divinity faculty, one from the science and medicine faculty and one postgraduate student. It is responsible for authorising degree programmes and issuing all degrees to graduates, and managing student discipline. The president of the Senate is the [[University Principal]].

===University officials===
{{Main|Chancellor of the University of St Andrews|Principal of the University of St Andrews|Rector of the University of St Andrews}}
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The university's three most significant officials are its chancellor, principal, and rector, whose rights and responsibilities are largely derived from the [[Universities (Scotland) Act 1858]].

The Chancellor of the University of St Andrews is the titular head of the University of St Andrews. Their duties include conferring degrees, promoting the university's image throughout the world, and furthering the university's interests worldwide.

The Principal is the chief executive of the university and is assisted in that role by several key officers, including the deputy principal, [[Master of the United College]] and [[Quaestor (University of St Andrews)|Quaestor]]. The principal has responsibility for the overall running of the university and presides over the University Senate.<ref name="Office of the Principal">{{Cite web|title=Office of the Principal|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/administration/principalsoffice/|access-date=3 January 2013|archive-date=24 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124140556/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/administration/principalsoffice/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In Scotland, the position of Rector exists at the four [[ancient universities]] (St Andrews, [[Glasgow University|Glasgow]], [[Aberdeen University|Aberdeen]] and [[Edinburgh University|Edinburgh]]) – as well as the [[University of Dundee]]. The post was made an integral part of these universities by the [[Universities (Scotland) Act 1889]]. The rector of the University of St Andrews chairs meetings of the University Court, the governing body of the university; and is elected by the matriculated student body to ensure that their needs are adequately considered by the university's leadership. Throughout St Andrews' history a number of notable people have been elected to the post, including the actor [[John Cleese]], industrialist and philanthropist [[Andrew Carnegie]], author and poet [[Rudyard Kipling]] and the [[British Prime Minister]] [[Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery]].<ref name="The rector of the university">{{Cite web|title=The rector of the university|url=https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/about/governance/therector/https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/about/governance/therector/|access-date=3 January 2013}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
[[File:St Andrews - Madras College.JPG|thumb|Madras College's former campus is the proposed location for New College]]

===Colleges===
The university encompasses three [[college]]s: [[United College, St Andrews|United College]], [[St Mary's College, St Andrews|St Mary's College]] and [[St Leonard's College (University of St Andrews)|St Leonard's College]]. The purpose of the colleges at St Andrews is mainly ceremonial, as students are housed in separate residential halls or private accommodations. United College is responsible for all students in the faculties of arts, sciences, and medicine, and is based around St Salvator's Quadrangle.<ref name="United College">{{Cite web|title=United College|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/administration/principalsoffice/members/master/|access-date=15 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209064511/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/administration/principalsoffice/members/master/|archive-date=9 February 2013}}</ref> St Mary's College is responsible for all students studying in the Faculty of Divinity, and has its own dedicated site in St Mary's Quadrangle.<ref name="St Marys college">{{Cite web|title=St Marys college|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/divinity/|access-date=15 February 2013|archive-date=18 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118184343/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/divinity/|url-status=live}}</ref> St Leonard's College is now responsible for all postgraduate students.<ref name="St Leonards College">{{Cite web|title=St Leonards College|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/pgstudents/stleonards/|access-date=15 February 2013|archive-date=12 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130212035547/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/pgstudents/stleonards/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2022 the university announced its intention to create [[New College, St Andrews|New College]], a fourth college responsible for the school of International Relations and the newly formed Business School, which comprises the departments of Economics, Finance and Management. It will be located at the former site of [[Madras College]] in the town's centre, and is expected to cost £100 million.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New College – Alumni and supporters – University of St Andrews |url=https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/development/support/projects/new-college/ |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=www.st-andrews.ac.uk |archive-date=17 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217211055/https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/development/support/projects/new-college/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Castle House - geograph.org.uk - 1041518.jpg|thumbnail|upright|Castle House, School of English]]

===Faculties and schools===
The four academic [[Faculty (division)|faculties]] collectively encompass 18 schools. A [[Dean (education)|dean]] is appointed by the [[Master of the United College]] to oversee the day-to-day running of each faculty. Students apply to become members of a particular faculty, as opposed to the school within which teaching is based. The faculties and their affiliated schools are:

*Faculty of Arts: art history, classics, economics, English, film studies, history, international relations, management, modern languages, philosophy, social anthropology.<ref name="Faculty of Arts">{{Cite web|title=Faculty of Arts|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/ug/options/faculties/arts/|access-date=13 August 2014|archive-date=14 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814011549/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/ug/options/faculties/arts/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[St Mary's College, St Andrews|Faculty of Divinity]]: divinity.<ref name="Faculty of Divinity">{{Cite web|title=Faculty of Divinity|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/ug/options/faculties/divinity/|access-date=13 August 2014|archive-date=13 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813155247/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/ug/options/faculties/divinity/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[University of St Andrews School of Medicine|Faculty of Medicine]]: medicine.<ref name="Faculty of Medicine">{{Cite web|title=Faculty of Medicine|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/ug/options/faculties/medicine/|access-date=13 August 2014|archive-date=13 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813150020/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/ug/options/faculties/medicine/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Faculty of Science: biology, chemistry, computer science, geography and geosciences, mathematics, [[School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews|physics and astronomy]], psychology and neuroscience.<ref name="Faculty of Science">{{Cite web|title=Faculty of Science|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/ug/options/faculties/science/|access-date=13 August 2014|archive-date=13 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813161214/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/ug/options/faculties/science/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Certain subjects are offered within both the Faculties of Arts and Sciences, the six subjects are: economics, geography, management, mathematics, psychology, and sustainable development. The content of the subject is the same regardless of the faculty.<ref name="Faculties">{{Cite web|title=Faculties|url=https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/ug/options/faculties/|access-date=13 August 2014|archive-date=14 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814001503/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/ug/options/faculties/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Finances===

In the financial year ending 31 July 2024, the University of St Andrews had a total income of £310.8&nbsp;million (2022/23 – £314.2&nbsp;million) and total expenditure of £245.4&nbsp;million (2022/23 – £293.1&nbsp;million).<ref name="St Andrews Financial Statement 23/24" /> Key sources of income included £158.7&nbsp;million from tuition fees and education contracts (2022/23 – £150.7&nbsp;million), £43.3&nbsp;million from funding body grants (2022/23 – £43.3&nbsp;million), £40.3&nbsp;million from research grants and contracts (2022/23 – £46&nbsp;million), £5.6&nbsp;million from investment income (2022/23 – £5.5&nbsp;million) and £8.8&nbsp;million from donations and endowments (2022/23 – £9&nbsp;million).<ref name="St Andrews Financial Statement 23/24" />

At year end, St Andrews had endowments of £125.9&nbsp;million (2023 – £114.9&nbsp;million) and total net assets of £499.6&nbsp;million (2023 – £428.1&nbsp;million).<ref name="St Andrews Financial Statement 23/24" /> It holds the [[List of UK universities by endowment|twelfth-largest endowment]] and the third-highest alumni participation rate of any university in the UK.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Linklater |first1=Magnus |title=Louise Richardson: ‘We survived because people in past were forward looking’ |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/louise-richardson-we-survived-because-people-in-past-were-forward-looking-k69pm3tgwg7 |work=The Times |date=2 March 2013 |language=en}}</ref>

==Academics==
===Semesters===
[[File:+ 908 wurde St Andrews bereits Bischohfssitz. 11.jpg|upright=1.25|thumbnail|View across St Salvator's Quadrangle]]
The academic year at St Andrews is divided into two semesters, [[Martinmas]] and [[Candlemas]], named after two of the four [[Scottish term days|Scottish Term and Quarter Days]]. Martinmas, on 11 November, was originally the feast of [[Saint Martin of Tours]], a fourth-century bishop and hermit. Candlemas originally fell on 2 February, the day of the feast of the [[Presentation of Jesus at the Temple|Purification]], or the Presentation of Christ. Martinmas semester runs from early September until mid-December, with examinations taking place just before the Christmas break. There follows an inter-semester period when Martinmas semester business is concluded and preparations are made for the new Candlemas semester, which starts in January and concludes with examinations in April and May. Most Undergraduate graduations are celebrated in mid-June with Postgraduate graduations being celebrated in late November.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/semesterdates/ |title=Semester dates & |publisher=University of St Andrews |date=August 2014 |access-date=9 February 2010 |archive-date=4 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304060505/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/semesterdates/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Rankings and reputation===
{{Infobox UK university rankings
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| LEIDEN_W = 128
| QS_W = 104
| THE_W = 185=
| LINE_1 = 0
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| The_Guardian = 2
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[[File:St Andrews 10 Years.png|thumb|upright=1.2|University of St Andrews' [[Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom|national league table]] performance over the past ten years]]
In the 2022 [[Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom|The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide]], St Andrews ranked as the best university in the UK, the first university to ever top Oxford and Cambridge in a British ranking.<ref>{{Cite news|last=McCall|first=Alastair|title=St Andrews knocks Oxbridge off top spot as best British university|language=en|work=[[The Sunday Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/st-andrews-knocks-oxbridge-off-top-spot-as-best-british-university-xgldvbbb5|access-date=2021-09-26|issn=0140-0460|archive-date=3 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503014119/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/st-andrews-knocks-oxbridge-off-top-spot-as-best-british-university-xgldvbbb5|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 2023 Guardian University Guide, St Andrews achieved the same feat and ranked first for the first time in the guide's history.<ref name="auto">{{cite news |date=24 September 2022 |title=Forget Oxbridge: St Andrews knocks top universities off perch |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/sep/24/stoxbridge-st-andrews-overtakes-oxford-cambridge-guardian-university-guide |access-date=14 February 2023 |archive-date=5 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605025934/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/sep/24/stoxbridge-st-andrews-overtakes-oxford-cambridge-guardian-university-guide |url-status=live }}</ref> In the 2024 versions of both The Guardian University Guide and The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide, St Andrews was again ranked first in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite news |title=St Andrews University named leading university in UK in rare double |url=https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/people/st-andrews-university-named-leading-university-in-uk-in-rare-double-4336950 |work=Fife Today |date=15 September 2023 |access-date=7 October 2023 |archive-date=20 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920113933/https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/people/st-andrews-university-named-leading-university-in-uk-in-rare-double-4336950 |url-status=live }}</ref> It has been twice named [[Sunday Times University of the Year|University of the Year]] by ''The Times and Sunday Times''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk-university-rankings/article/good-university-guide-2020-of-year-st-andrews-uk-best-place-to-study-jbrf3mcdp|title=University of the Year 2020: St Andrews is UK's best place to study|last=McCall|first=Alastair|newspaper=[[The Times]]|date=22 September 2019|access-date=13 October 2019|issn=0140-0460|archive-date=25 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125053123/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/good-university-guide-2020-of-year-st-andrews-uk-best-place-to-study-jbrf3mcdp|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-49769133|title=St Andrews named University of the Year|date=20 September 2019|access-date=13 October 2019|archive-date=27 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027103637/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-49769133|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
In a ranking conducted by ''The Guardian'' in 2009, St Andrews placed fifth in the UK for national reputation behind Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial & LSE.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Education/documents/2009/08/20/ReputationRankings2009UK.pdf |title=University UK Reputation Index |location=London |work=The Guardian |access-date=15 April 2015 |archive-date=15 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415151440/http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Education/documents/2009/08/20/ReputationRankings2009UK.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> When size is taken into account, St Andrews ranks second in the world out of all small to medium-sized fully comprehensive universities (after [[Brown University]]) using metrics from the [[Quacquarelli Symonds|QS Intelligence Unit]] in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iu.qs.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/|title=QS World University Rankings: World Map Results (Filter by Institution Profile)|publisher=Quacquarelli Symonds Intelligence Unit|access-date=30 December 2015|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321154128/http://www.iu.qs.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The university is ranked 5th in Europe by Times Higher Education in its 2019 Teaching Rankings.<ref>{{cite web |title=Europe Teaching Rankings 2019 |date=27 June 2019 |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/rankings/europe-teaching/2019#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/undefined |publisher=Times Higher Education |access-date=4 July 2019 |archive-date=20 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420042410/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/rankings/europe-teaching/2019#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/undefined |url-status=live }}</ref> The 2021 [[Research Excellence Framework]] ranked St Andrews 16th in the UK, and second in Scotland, amongst multi-faculty institutions for the research quality (GPA) of its output profile.<ref>{{cite news |title=REF 2021: Outputs scores |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ref-2021-outputs-scores |work=Times Higher Education |date=12 May 2022 |access-date=6 March 2023 |archive-date=6 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306181734/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ref-2021-outputs-scores |url-status=live }}</ref> St Andrews was ranked ninth overall in ''The Sunday Times'' 10-year (1998–2007) average ranking of British universities based on consistent league table performance,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/pdfs/univ07ten.pdf|title=University ranking based on performance over 10 years|work=The Times |location=London |year=2007|access-date=28 April 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080414064446/http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/pdfs/univ07ten.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 14 April 2008}}</ref> and is one of only three universities to have never left the top 10 in any of the three main domestic league tables since 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Domestic Ranking of British Universities over a 10-Year Period|url=http://theuniversitybuzz.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/domestic-ranking-of-british.html|publisher=The University Buzz|access-date=27 April 2017|archive-date=29 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429000319/http://theuniversitybuzz.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/domestic-ranking-of-british.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

According to data released by the [[Department for Education]] in 2018, St Andrews was rated as the fifth best university in the UK for increasing male graduate earnings with male graduates seeing a 25% increase in earnings compared to the average graduate, and the ninth best university for females, with female graduates seeing a 15% increase in earnings compared to the average graduate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Undergraduate degrees: relative labour market returns (Table 7: HEI&nbsp;— conditional impact on earnings five years after graduation) |date=7 June 2018 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/undergraduate-degrees-relative-labour-market-returns |publisher=Department for Education |access-date=17 December 2018 |archive-date=18 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218010548/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/undergraduate-degrees-relative-labour-market-returns |url-status=live }}</ref> St Andrews is placed seventh in the UK (1st in Scotland) for the employability of its graduates as chosen by recruiters from the UK's major companies.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/best-uk-universities-chosen-major-employers | location=London | work=Times Higher Education | title=The best UK universities chosen by major employers | date=12 November 2015 | access-date=16 November 2015 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044555/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/best-uk-universities-chosen-major-employers | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017, St Andrews was named as the university with the joint second highest graduate employment rate of any UK university (along with [[University of Warwick|Warwick]]), with 97.7 per cent of its graduates in work or further study three and a half years after graduation.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Grove|first1=Jack|title=Russell Group dominates UK's graduate employment charts|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/russell-group-dominates-uk-graduate-employment-charts|access-date=11 August 2017|work=Times Higher Education|archive-date=11 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811165700/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/russell-group-dominates-uk-graduate-employment-charts|url-status=live}}</ref> An independent report conducted by Swedish investment firm, [[Skandia]] found that despite its small undergraduate body, St Andrews is the joint-5th best university in the UK for producing millionaires.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/8824061/Top-universities-for-producing-millionaires.html?image=5 | location=London | work=The Telegraph | title=Top universities for producing Millionaires | date=21 March 2012 | access-date=3 April 2018 | archive-date=20 August 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820154735/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/8824061/Top-universities-for-producing-millionaires.html?image=5 | url-status=live }}</ref> A study by ''High Fliers'' confirmed this by reporting that the university also features in the top 5 of UK universities for producing self-made millionaires.<ref name="Good News for Graduates">{{Cite web|title=Good News for Graduates|url=https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2013/title,220891,en.php|access-date=24 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627141615/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2013/title,220891,en.php|archive-date=27 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to a study by the Institute of Employment Research, St Andrews has produced more directors of [[FTSE 100 Index|FTSE 100]] companies in proportion to its size than any other educational institution in Britain.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1532435.stm |title=Royal university's graduate roll call |location=London |work=The BBC |access-date=17 April 2015 |archive-date=29 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129033014/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1532435.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 2019 [[Complete University Guide]], 24 out of the 25 subjects offered by St Andrews rank within the top 10 nationally, making St Andrews one of only three multi-faculty universities (along with [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] and [[University of Oxford|Oxford]]) in the UK to have over 95% of their subjects in the top 10.<ref name="Who's in the Top Ten for their Subjects 2018">{{Cite web|title=Who Ranks Top of the Tables by Subject 2019|url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/who-ranks-top-of-the-tables-by-subject-2019/|work=The Complete University Guide|access-date=1 May 2018|archive-date=7 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507085207/https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/who-ranks-top-of-the-tables-by-subject-2019/|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[The Times|Times and Sunday Times]] Good University Guide 2017 revealed that 24 of the 26 subjects offered by St Andrews ranked within the top 6 nationally with 10 subjects placing within the top 3 including English, Management, Philosophy, International Relations, Italian, Physics and Astronomy and Classics and Ancient History.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Times and Sunday Times League Table Summary|url=https://synergy.st-andrews.ac.uk/earthsci/files/2016/09/Times-Sunday-Times-League-Table-Summary-2017.pdf|access-date=25 September 2016|archive-date=19 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819211639/https://synergy.st-andrews.ac.uk/earthsci/files/2016/09/Times-Sunday-Times-League-Table-Summary-2017.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[The Guardian]] University Guide 2019 ranked Biosciences, Computer Science, International Relations, Physics and Psychology first in the UK. Earth and Marine Sciences, Economics, English, Management, Mathematics, Philosophy and Theology placed within the top three nationally.<ref>{{Cite web|title=University league tables 2019|website=[[TheGuardian.com]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2018/may/29/university-league-tables-2019|access-date=29 May 2018|archive-date=2 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002131517/https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2018/may/29/university-league-tables-2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 2015–16 [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]], St Andrews is ranked 46th in the world for Social Sciences,<ref name="THE SS">{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2016/subject-ranking/social-sciences#!/page/0/length/25|title=Top 100 universities for Social Sciences 2015–16|access-date=4 November 2015|work=Times Higher Education|date=9 October 2015|archive-date=7 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107041428/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2016/subject-ranking/social-sciences#!/page/0/length/25|url-status=live}}</ref> 50th in the world for Arts and Humanities<ref name="THE A&H">{{Cite web|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2015-16/subject-ranking/subject/arts-and-humanities|title=Top 100 universities for Arts and Humanities 2015–16|access-date=21 October 2015|work=Times Higher Education|date=9 October 2015}}</ref> and 74th in the world for Life Sciences.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2016/life-sciences#!/page/0/length/25|title=Top 100 universities for Life Sciences 2015–16|access-date=28 October 2015|work=Times Higher Education|date=9 October 2015|archive-date=17 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117025102/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2016/life-sciences#!/page/0/length/25|url-status=live}}</ref> The 2014 [[CWTS Leiden Ranking|CWTS Leiden rankings]], which "aims to provide highly accurate measurements of the scientific impact of universities", placed St Andrews 39th in the world, ranking it fifth domestically.<ref name="Leiden Rankings">{{Cite web|title=Leiden Rankings|url=http://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2014|access-date=29 July 2014|archive-date=11 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511220356/http://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The philosophy department is ranked sixth worldwide (3rd in Europe) in the 2020 [[QS World University Rankings]].<ref name="QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020&nbsp;— Philosophy">{{Cite web|title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020&nbsp;— Philosophy|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2020/philosophy|access-date=1 April 2020|archive-date=16 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316061709/https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2020/philosophy|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Admissions===
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| 
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!
!2024
!2023
!2022
!2021
!2020
|-
| '''Applications'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}<ref name=UCASEoC>{{cite web |title=UCAS Undergraduate Sector-Level End of Cycle Data Resources 2024 |url=https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-data-resources-2024 |at=Show me... Domicile by Provider |website=ucas.com |date=December 2024 |publisher=UCAS |access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref>
| 18,520
| 18,740
| 21,680
| 21,405
| 20,580
|-
| '''Accepted'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}<ref name=UCASEoC/>
| 1,910
| 1,765
| 1,955
| 1,820
| 2,245
|-
| '''Applications/Accepted Ratio'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}
| 9.7
| 10.6
| 11.1
| 11.8
| 9.2
|-
| '''Offer Rate (%)'''{{efn-lg|name=ukjune}}<ref name="UCAS Offer Rate">{{cite web|title=2024 entry UCAS Undergraduate reports by sex, area background, and ethnic group|date=7 February 2025|url=https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-data-resources-2024/2024-entry-ucas-undergraduate-reports-sex-area-background-and-ethnic-group|publisher=[[UCAS]]|access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref>
| 30.0
| 26.6
| 24.7
| 25.0
| 41.0
|-
| '''[[UCAS Tariff|Average Entry Tariff]]'''<ref name="CUG Entry">{{Cite web | url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?tabletype=full-table&sortby=entry-standards | title=University League Tables entry standards 2024 | work=The Complete University Guide | access-date=23 July 2023 }}</ref>
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| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| 212
| 209
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|+ class="nowrap" |HESA Student Body Composition (2023/24)
|-
!Domicile<ref name="Table 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-1|title=HE student enrolments by HE provider, permanent address, level of study, mode of study, entrant marker, sex and academic year|publisher=[[Higher Education Statistics Agency|HESA]]|access-date=3 April 2025}}</ref> and Ethnicity<ref name="HESA ethnicity">{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/whos-in-he/characteristics|title=Who's studying in HE?: Personal characteristics|date=3 April 2025|publisher=[[Higher Education Statistics Agency|HESA]]|access-date=3 April 2025}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
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|[[White people in the United Kingdom|British White]]{{efn|Not be confused solely with [[White British]]}}
|align=right| {{bartable|43|%|2||background:red}}
|-
|[[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom#Collective terms for minority ethnic groups|British Ethnic Minorities]]{{efn|Includes those who indicate that they identify as [[British Asian|Asian]], [[Black British people|Black]], [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed Heritage]], [[British Arabs|Arab]] or any other ethnicity except White.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|10|%|2||background:green}}
|-
|[[European Union|International EU]]
|align=right| {{bartable|8|%|2||background:blue}}
|-
|[[International students in the United Kingdom|International Non-EU]]
|align=right| {{bartable|39|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |Undergraduate [[Widening participation|Widening Participation]] Indicators<ref name="Table 1"/><ref name="Times25">{{cite web |date=24 September 2024 |title=Good University Guide: Social Inclusion Ranking |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk-university-rankings/league-table |work=[[The Times]]}}</ref>
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|[[Feminism in the United Kingdom#Education|Female]]
|align=right| {{bartable|61|%|2||background:purple}}
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|[[Private schools in the United Kingdom|Independent School]]
|align=right| {{bartable|36|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
|Low Participation Areas{{efn|Calculated from the Polar4 measure, using Quintile1, in England and Wales. Calculated from the [[Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation]] (SIMD) measure, using SIMD20, in Scotland.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|15|%|2||background:black}}
|}

The university receives applications mainly through [[UCAS]] and the [[Common Application]] with the latest figures showing that there are generally 12 applications per undergraduate place available.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/education/scottish-universities-see-a-rise-in-applications-from-the-rest-of-the-uk-1.66743 |title=Scottish universities see a rise in applications from the rest of the UK |work=The Courier |date=31 January 2013 |access-date=19 May 2014 |archive-date=12 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712144324/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/education/scottish-universities-see-a-rise-in-applications-from-the-rest-of-the-uk-1.66743 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to 2022 UCAS figures, the university had an offer rate of 24.7% for undergraduate applicants – the third lowest amongst higher education institutions (behind only Oxford and Cambridge).<ref name="offer rate22">{{cite news|title=Cambridge to scrap ‘unjust’ state school targets|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/11/cambridge-to-scrap-state-school-targets/|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=11 March 2024|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331190103/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/11/cambridge-to-scrap-state-school-targets/|archive-date=31 March 2024}}</ref> The university is one of the most competitive universities to gain admission into, with successful undergraduate entrants holding 212 UCAS points (the equivalent of just under A*A*A*A at A Level) ranking it as the highest amongst higher education institutions in the UK for the 2021 admissions cycle.<ref name="CUG Entry"/> The standard offer of a place tends to require five best Highers equivalent to AAAAB, three best A-levels equivalent to AAA or a score of at least 38 points on the International Baccalaureate.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?o=Entry |title=Top UK University League Tables and Rankings 2013 |work=The Complete University Guide |access-date=6 June 2012 |archive-date=6 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406172723/http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?o=Entry |url-status=dead }}</ref> For 2016–17, the acceptance rate was 8.35% and the offer rate was 22.5% for Scottish/EU applicants where places are capped by the [[Scottish Funding Council|Scottish Government]].<ref name="sta admissions">{{Cite web|url=http://theuniversitybuzz.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/university-of-st-andrews-2012-13-entry.html|title=University of St Andrews Entry UCAS Home Application Summary|website=theuniversitybuzz.blogspot.co.uk|access-date=3 August 2015|archive-date=25 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025163331/http://theuniversitybuzz.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/university-of-st-andrews-2012-13-entry.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14612463.St_Andrews_University_hits_out_at_claims_it__quot_prefers_quot__fee_paying_students_from_England_over_Scots/?ref=twtrec|title=St Andrews University hits out at claims it "prefers" fee-paying students from England over Scots|work=The Herald|date=11 July 2016|access-date=12 July 2016|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817141443/http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14612463.St_Andrews_University_hits_out_at_claims_it__quot_prefers_quot__fee_paying_students_from_England_over_Scots/?ref=twtrec|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, the most competitive courses for Scottish/EU applicants were those within the Schools of International Relations, Management, and Economics and Finance with offer rates of 8.0%, 10.9% and 11.5% respectively.<ref name="sta admissions" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=St Andrews 600 Quick Facts|url=https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/600th-old/documents/st-andrews-600-quick-facts.pdf |publisher=University of St Andrews|access-date=31 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127024419/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/600th-old/documents/st-andrews-600-quick-facts.pdf|archive-date=27 January 2013 }}</ref> 

The university hosts the most ethnically diverse student population out of all universities in Scotland, with 17.4% of students from an ethnic minority background and has a higher proportion of female than male students with a female ratio of 59.7% in the undergraduate population.<ref>{{cite web |title=Good University Guide: University of St Andrews |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk-university-rankings/university-of-st-andrews |publisher=The Times and Sunday Times |access-date=21 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/human-resources/equalitydiversity/reports/Equality-Mainstreaming-Interim-Report-30April2019-Final.pdf|title=Equality Mainstreaming Interim Report (2017–2021)|website=University of St Andrews|page=62|access-date=6 October 2019|archive-date=27 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027094911/https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/human-resources/equalitydiversity/reports/Equality-Mainstreaming-Interim-Report-30April2019-Final.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Under 40% of the student body is from [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|private schools]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/pdfs/stug09/loweststateschoolintake.pdf |title=Lowest state school intake |work=The Times |date=22 May 2012 |access-date=6 June 2012 |archive-date=28 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728045641/http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/pdfs/stug09/loweststateschoolintake.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the university has one of the smallest percentages of students (13%) from lower income backgrounds, out of all higher education institutions in the UK.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/pdfs/stug09/mostmiddleclass.pdf |title=Most middle class |work=The Times |access-date=6 June 2012 |archive-date=28 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728044940/http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/pdfs/stug09/mostmiddleclass.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="times_access_agenda">{{Cite web|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=209682&sectioncode=26|title=Access agenda is now back on track|work=The Times|date=20 July 2007|location=UK|access-date=25 November 2008|archive-date=21 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521162647/http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=209682&sectioncode=26|url-status=live}}</ref> According to data from UCAS, St Andrews' offer rate to students from the most deprived areas (as measured by SIMD20) has increased from 28% in 2010 to 72.1% for entry in 2022, almost three times higher than the university's overall offer rate for all students.{{refn|Tableau Graph<ref name=Tableau>{{cite web|url=https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/david.kernohan/viz/SIMDQ5/Dashboard1|title=UCAS offer rate, SIMD 2016 Q1|access-date=24 February 2023|archive-date=24 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224223157/https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/david.kernohan/viz/SIMDQ5/Dashboard1|url-status=live}}</ref> WonkHe: Nicola Sturgeon's higher education legacy<ref name="SIMD20 UCAS">{{cite web|url=https://wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/nicola-sturgeons-higher-education-legacy/|title=Nicola Sturgeon's higher education legacy|publisher=wonkhe|access-date=24 February 2023|archive-date=24 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224124953/https://wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/nicola-sturgeons-higher-education-legacy/|url-status=live}}</ref>}} The university participates in widening access schemes such as the [[Sutton Trust]] Summer School, First Chances Programme, REACH & SWAP Scotland, and Access for Rural Communities (ARC) in order to promote a more widespread uptake of those traditionally under-represented at university.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/access/school-college-projects/|title=Our projects&nbsp;— University of St Andrews|website=www.st-andrews.ac.uk|access-date=18 June 2015|archive-date=22 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122031009/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/access/school-college-projects/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the seven-year period between 2008 and 2015, the number of pupils engaged with annual outreach programmes at the university has increased by about tenfold whilst the number of students arriving at St Andrews from the most deprived backgrounds has increased by almost 50 per cent in the past year of 2015.<ref name="Raising aspirations and attainment">{{Cite web|title=Raising aspirations and attainment|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2015/title,260262,en.php|access-date=17 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619044153/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2015/title,260262,en.php|archive-date=19 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Lecture series===
[[File:St Andrews University Classics Building.jpg|thumb|right|Classics Building, Swallowgate]]
To commemorate the university's 600th anniversary the ''600th Lecture Series'' was commissioned in 2011, which brought diverse speakers such as former prime minister [[Gordon Brown]], naturalist [[David Attenborough]] and linguist [[Noam Chomsky]] to St Andrews.<ref name="600th Lecture series">{{Cite web|title=600th Lecture series|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/600/gallery/gordonbrown/#/media/600/images/gallery/gordonbrown/2-gordon-brown-ar.jpg|access-date=3 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217185900/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/600/gallery/gordonbrown/#/media/600/images/gallery/gordonbrown/2-gordon-brown-ar.jpg|archive-date=17 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

As part of the celebration of the 400th establishment of the King James Library, the ''King James Library lectures'' were initiated in 2009 on the subject of 'The Meaning of the Library'.<ref name="King James Library lectures">{{Cite web|title=King James Library lectures|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/library/news/lectures/|access-date=3 January 2013|archive-date=27 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127035400/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/library/news/lectures/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[Andrew Lang Lecture]] series was initiated in 1927, and named for alumnus and poet [[Andrew Lang]]. The most famous lecture in this series is that given by [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] in March 1939, entitled 'Fairy Stories', but published subsequently as '[[On Fairy-Stories]]'.<ref name="Andrew Lang lecture">{{Cite web|title=Andrew Lang lecture|date=6 September 2012|url=http://www.sfscope.com/2012/09/jane-yolen-to-lecture-at-st-andrews/|access-date=24 January 2013|archive-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017020735/http://www.sfscope.com/2012/09/jane-yolen-to-lecture-at-st-andrews/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The computing ''Distinguished Lecture Series'' was initiated in 1969 by [[Jack Cole (scientist)|Jack Cole]].<ref name="st-andrews distinguished lectures">{{Cite web | url=http://www.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/distinguished-lectures | title=Distinguished Lecture Series | publisher=University of St Andrews | access-date=12 March 2012 | archive-date=22 September 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110922220555/http://www.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/distinguished-lectures | url-status=live }}</ref>

===Exchange programmes===
St Andrews has developed student exchange partnerships with universities around the globe, though offerings are largely concentrated in North America, Europe, and Asia. Exchange opportunities vary by School and eligibility requirements are specific to each exchange program.<ref name="University of St Andrews">{{Cite web|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/studyabroad/outgoingstudents/thinkingaboutstudyabroad/wherecanigo/|title=Where Can I Go?|publisher=University of St Andrews|access-date=12 August 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813130043/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/studyabroad/outgoingstudents/thinkingaboutstudyabroad/wherecanigo/|archive-date=13 August 2014}}</ref>

In North America, the highly competitive Bachelor of Arts International Honours program, run in conjunction with the [[College of William & Mary]] in [[Williamsburg, Virginia]], allows students studying Classical Studies, Film Studies, International Relations, English, History, or Economics to spend two years at each institution and earn a joint degree from both.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wm.edu/sites/standrews/index.php |title=William & Mary – St Andrews William & Mary Joint Degree Programme |publisher=The College of William & Mary |access-date=17 April 2011 |archive-date=5 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405100550/http://www.wm.edu/sites/standrews/index.php |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Bobby Jones (golfer)|The Robert T. Jones Memorial Trust]] funds the Robert T. Jones Jr. Scholarship, which allows selecting St Andrews students to study, fully funded, for a year at [[Emory University]] in [[Atlanta]], and [[University of Western Ontario|Western University]] and [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]] in Canada.<ref name="Scholarships for Study Abroad">{{Cite web|title=Scholarships for Study Abroad|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/studyabroad/outgoingstudents/practicalinformation/moneymatters/scholarships/|access-date=19 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110143031/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/studyabroad/outgoingstudents/practicalinformation/moneymatters/scholarships/|archive-date=10 January 2013}}</ref> The [[Robert L. McNeil, Jr.|Robert Lincoln McNeil Scholarship]] allows students to study at the [[University of Pennsylvania]].

One of the largest North American exchanges is with the [[University of California]] system, in which students can study at [[University of California, Berkeley|UC Berkeley]], [[University of California, Los Angeles|UC Los Angeles (UCLA)]], [[University of California, Santa Cruz|UC Santa Cruz (UCSC)]] and [[University of California, San Diego|UC San Diego (UCSD)]].

Other North American partners offering multiple exchanges include the [[University of Virginia]], the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]], [[Washington University in St. Louis]], [[Washington and Lee University]], [[Elon University]], and the [[University of Toronto]].<ref name="University of St Andrews" /> Some exchanges are offered within specific research institutes at St Andrews, rather than across entire Schools. For example, the [[Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence]] (CSTPV), within the School of International Relations, offers student exchanges in partnership with the [[School of Foreign Service]] at [[Georgetown University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~wwwir/research/cstpv/news/files/georgetown-exchange-2013.php |title=Georgetown Exchange Programme |date=12 January 2013 |publisher=Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130112180956/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~wwwir/research/cstpv/news/files/georgetown-exchange-2013.php |archive-date=12 January 2013 }}</ref>

St Andrews participates in the [[Erasmus Programme]] and has direct exchanges with universities across Europe.<ref name="University of St Andrews" /> For example, in France exchanges are offered at the [[University of Paris|Sorbonne]], [[Sciences Po]], and [[Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University (University of Paris 6)|University of Paris VI]]. In the Netherlands, students can study at [[Leiden University]] and [[Utrecht University]]. Narrower exchanges include those with the [[University of Copenhagen]], the [[University of Oslo]], and [[Trinity College, Dublin|Trinity College Dublin]]. Exchanges are also available for postgraduate research students, such as the opportunity for social scientists to study at the [[European University Institute]] in Florence, Italy.

More recently, St Andrews has developed exchanges with partners in Asia and Oceania. Notable partners include the [[University of Hong Kong]], [[Hong Kong University of Science and Technology]] and [[National University of Singapore]] in Asia; the [[University of Auckland]], [[Australian National University]] and the [[University of Melbourne]] in Oceania.<ref>{{cite web |title=Where can I go: St Andrews abroad St Andrews abroad programme |url=https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/csa-app/search.htm |publisher=University of St Andrews |access-date=1 March 2024}}</ref>

==Buildings, collections and facilities==
[[File:University Observatory - geograph.org.uk - 342743.jpg|thumb|right|Observatory of the university]]
The University of St Andrews is situated in the small town of St Andrews in rural Fife, Scotland. The university has teaching facilities, libraries, student housing and other buildings spread throughout the town. Generally, university departments and buildings are concentrated on North Street, South Street, The Scores, and the [[North Haugh (St Andrews)|North Haugh]]. The university has two major sites within the town. The first is the [[United College, St Andrews]] (also known as the Quad or St Salvator's) on North Street, which functions both as a teaching space and venue for student events, incorporating the Departments of Social Anthropology and Modern Languages. The second is [[St Mary's College, St Andrews]], based on South Street, which houses the Schools of Divinity, Psychology and Neuroscience, as well as the King James Library. Several schools are located on The Scores including Classics, English, History, Philosophy, the School of Economics and Finance, and International Relations, as well as the Admissions department, the [[Museum of the University of St Andrews]], and the principal's residence, University House. North Street is also the site of several departments, including the principal's office, [[Younger Hall]], the Department of Film Studies, and the University Library. The North Haugh is principally home to the Natural Sciences such as Chemistry, Physics, and Biology, as well as Mathematics, Computer Science, Medicine, and the School of Management.

===Libraries and museums===
{{main|University of St Andrews Library}}
[[File:St Andrews - University library.JPG|thumbnail|St Andrews University library building]]
The University of St Andrews maintains one of the most extensive [[Academic library|university library]] collections in the United Kingdom, which includes significant holdings of books, manuscripts, muniments, and photographs. The library collection contains over a million volumes and over two hundred thousand rare and antique books.<ref name="University of St Andrews Library">{{Cite web|title=University of St Andrews Library|url=http://copac.ac.uk/about/libraries/st-andrews.html|access-date=1 January 2013|archive-date=28 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128095337/http://copac.ac.uk/about/libraries/st-andrews.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The university library was founded by [[King James VI]] in 1612, with the donation of 350 works from the royal collection, at the urging of [[George Gledstanes]], the then chancellor of St Andrews, although the libraries of the colleges of [[St Leonard's College (University of St Andrews)|St Leonard's College]], [[St Salvator's College, St Andrews|St Salvator's College]] and St Mary's College had existed prior to this.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nesms.org.uk/rvp/saul/SAULHist.html |title=A note on the early history of St Andrews University Library, by R.V. Pringle |publisher=nesms.org.uk/rvp |access-date=3 January 2013 |archive-date=27 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027082921/http://www.nesms.org.uk/rvp/saul/SAULHist.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nesms.org.uk/rvp/saul/SAULCat1612.html |title=St Andrews University Library, Sources for Library History, 1 : A revised transcript of the 'Foundation List' of 1612–13, by R.V. Pringle |publisher=nesms.org.uk/rvp/ |access-date=3 January 2013 |archive-date=16 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216031708/http://www.nesms.org.uk/rvp/saul/SAULCat1612.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> From 1710 to 1837 the library functioned as a [[legal deposit library]], and as a result has an extensive collection of 18th-century literature.<ref name="Rare books">{{Cite web|title=Rare books|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/rarebooks/|access-date=1 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109185724/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/rarebooks/|archive-date=9 January 2013}}</ref>
[[File:St Andrews - King James Library from St Mary's quad.JPG|thumb|King James Library]]

The library's main building is located on North Street, and houses over 1,000,000 books.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Library|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/why/education/library/|website=University of St Andrews|access-date=20 July 2014|archive-date=29 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729193342/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/why/education/library/|url-status=live}}</ref> The library was designed by the architects Faulkner-Brown Hendy Watkinson Stonor based in North East England at [[Killingworth]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=DSA Building/Design Report University Library, St Andrews|url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/building_full.php?id=410376|work=Dictionary of Scottish Architects|access-date=26 May 2014|archive-date=27 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527215716/http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/building_full.php?id=410376|url-status=dead}}</ref> Faulkner-Brown specialised in libraries and leisure facilities and also designed the [[National Library of Canada]] in Ottawa and the [[Robinson Library]] at Newcastle University<ref>{{Cite news|last=Compson|first=Helen|title=Arnhem hero and respected architect dies|url=http://www.hexhamcourant.co.uk/news/2.2978/arnhem-hero-and-respected-architect-dies-1.48705#|access-date=26 May 2014|newspaper=Hexham Courant|date=28 February 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527230032/http://www.hexhamcourant.co.uk/news/2.2978/arnhem-hero-and-respected-architect-dies-1.48705|archive-date=27 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Grand designers|url=http://www.livingnorth.com/northeast/people-places/grand-designers|work=Living North|access-date=26 May 2014|archive-date=27 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527221305/http://www.livingnorth.com/northeast/people-places/grand-designers|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2011 the main library building underwent a £7 million re-development.<ref name="Renovated Library reopens its doors">{{Cite web|title=Renovated Library reopens its doors|url=http://www.thesaint-online.com/2011/09/renovated-library-reopens-its-doors/|access-date=1 January 2013|archive-date=2 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202212600/http://www.thesaint-online.com/2011/09/renovated-library-reopens-its-doors/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The historic King James library, built in 1643, houses the university's Divinity and Medieval history collections.<ref name="King James Library – A Short History">{{Cite web|title=King James Library – A Short History|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/divinity/rt/kjl/|access-date=1 January 2013|archive-date=20 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820003459/https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/divinity/rt/kjl/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2012 the university purchased the vacant Martyrs' Kirk on North Street, with the purpose of providing reading rooms for the Special Collections department and university postgraduate research students and staff.<ref name="University to develop new library facility in iconic St Andrews church">{{Cite web|title=University to develop new library facility in iconic St Andrews church|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2012/title,91379,en.php|access-date=1 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112210438/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2012/title,91379,en.php|archive-date=12 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The university maintains several museums and galleries, open free to the public.<ref name="Museums About us">{{Cite web|title=Museums About us|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/museum/about/|access-date=2 January 2013|archive-date=30 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233945/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/museum/about/|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Museum of the University of St Andrews|The Museum of the University of St Andrews]] (MUSA) opened in 2008 and displays some highlights of the university's extensive collection of over 100,000 artefacts.<ref name="Welcoming new stores for the university's museum collections">{{Cite web|title=Welcoming new stores for the University's museum collections|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/museum/news/ournews/2010/|access-date=2 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000453/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/museum/news/ournews/2010/|archive-date=31 December 2013}}</ref> It displays objects relating both to the history of the university, such as its collection of 15th-century maces,<ref name="st salvators mace">{{Cite web|title=st salvators mace|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/see/starobjects/stsalvatorsmace/|access-date=2 January 2013|archive-date=30 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130010910/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/musa/see/starobjects/StSalvatorsMace/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and also unrelated objects, such as paintings by [[John Opie]], [[Alberto Morrocco]] and [[Charles Sims (painter)|Charles Sims]].<ref name="MUSA blog">{{Cite web|title=MUSA blog|url=http://museumoftheuniversityofstandrews.wordpress.com/page/7/|access-date=2 January 2013|archive-date=6 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306001129/http://museumoftheuniversityofstandrews.wordpress.com/page/7/|url-status=live}}</ref> Several of the university's collections have been recognised as being of 'national significance for Scotland' by [[Museums Galleries Scotland]].<ref name="Collections of national significance">{{Cite web|title=Collections of national significance|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2008/title,18701,en.php|access-date=29 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000055/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2008/title,18701,en.php|archive-date=31 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Bell Pettigrew Museum houses the university's natural history collections. Founded in 1912, it is housed in the old Bute Medical School Building in St. Mary's Quad. Among its collections are the remains of several extinct species such as the [[dodo]] and [[Thylacine|Tasmanian tiger]] as well as fossilised fish from the nearby [[Dura Den]], Fife, which when found in 1859 stimulated the debate on evolution.<ref name="What is there to see? Highlights of the Collection">{{Cite web|title=What is there to see? Highlights of the Collection|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/museum/bellpettigrew/see/|access-date=2 January 2013|archive-date=20 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820003715/https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/museum/bellpettigrew/see/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:+ 908 wurde St Andrews bereits Bischohfssitz. 20.jpg|thumb|Interior of St Salvator's Chapel]]

===Chapels===
[[File:Wardlaw Wing, St Andrews - geograph.org.uk - 148758.jpg|thumb|The Wardlaw Wing of University Hall]]
The university has two collegiate chapels. [[St Salvator's Chapel|The chapel of St Salvator's]] was founded in 1450 by [[James Kennedy (bishop)|Bishop James Kennedy]], and today it is a centre of university life.<ref name="St salvators chapel">{{Cite web|title=St salvators chapel|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/about/universitychapels/stsalvatorschapel/|access-date=2 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106064605/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/about/universitychapels/stsalvatorschapel/|archive-date=6 January 2013}}</ref> St Salvator's has a full peal of six bells, and is therefore the only university chapel in Scotland suitable for [[change ringing]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=St Salvator's Chapel set to ring in changes|first=Cheryl|last=Peebles|url=http://www.thecourier.co.uk/Community/Heritage-and-History/article/4894/st-salvator-s-chapel-set-to-ring-in-changes.html|newspaper=The Courier|date=9 September 2010|access-date=22 January 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911060350/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/Community/Heritage-and-History/article/4894/st-salvator-s-chapel-set-to-ring-in-changes.html|archive-date=11 September 2010}}</ref> The Chapel of St Leonard's is located in the grounds of the nearby [[St Leonards School]]. It is the university's oldest building, with some parts dating from 1144<ref name="St leonards chapel">{{Cite web|title=St leonards chapel|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/visiting/about/virtualtours/chapels/stleonards/|access-date=3 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110035517/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/visiting/about/virtualtours/chapels/stleonards/|archive-date=10 January 2013}}</ref> and is the smaller of the two chapels. St Salvator's and St Leonard's both have their own choirs, whose members are drawn from the student body.

===Student halls===
St Andrews is characterised amongst Scottish universities as having a significant number of students who live in [[Residential college|university-maintained accommodation]]. As of 2012, 52% of the student population lives in university halls.<ref name="University guide 2013: University of St Andrews">{{Cite news|title=University guide 2013: University of St Andrews|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2009/may/10/universityguide-uni-st-andrews|access-date=6 January 2013|location=London|work=The Guardian|date=10 May 2009|archive-date=17 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817170610/http://www.theguardian.com/education/2009/may/10/universityguide-uni-st-andrews|url-status=live}}</ref> The halls vary widely in age and character; the oldest, [[Deans Court]] dates from the 12th century, and the newest, Whitehorn Hall, built in 2018.<ref name="DRA">{{Cite web|url=https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/accommodation/ug/residences/whitehornhall/|title=Whitehorn Hall|access-date=18 January 2020|archive-date=10 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610201831/https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/accommodation/ug/residences/whitehornhall/|url-status=live}}</ref> They are built in styles from [[Gothic revival]] to [[brutalist]]. All are now co-educational and non-smoking, and several are catered.<ref name="St Andrews accommodation">{{Cite web|url=https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/accommodation/ug/|title=Undergraduate &#124; Student accommodation|publisher=University of St Andrews|website=www.st-andrews.ac.uk|access-date=18 January 2020|archive-date=27 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027095217/https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/accommodation/ug/|url-status=live}}</ref> The university guarantees every first-year student a place of accommodation, and many students return to halls in their second, third and final years at St Andrews.<ref name="St Andrews Accommodation guarantee">{{Cite web|title=St Andrews Accommodation guarantee|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/accommodation/ug/prospective/guarantee/|access-date=30 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329182611/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/accommodation/ug/prospective/guarantee/|archive-date=29 March 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> From September 2015 onward, students have had the option of living in alcohol-free flats in David Russell Apartments on the grounds of medical conditions that do not allow drinking or for religious reasons.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-31364421 |title=Students offered alcohol-free flats at St Andrews University |work=BBC News |date=10 February 2015 |access-date=19 May 2015 |archive-date=28 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228135805/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-31364421 |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:St Andrews - St Salvator's Hall 01.JPG|thumb|St Salvator's Hall]]
Halls of residence include:
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* [[Agnes Blackadder Hall]]
* Albany Park (demolished 2019–2021)
* [[Andrew Melville Hall]]
* David Russell Apartments
* Fife Park Apartments
* Gannochy House
* [[Hamilton Hall (University of St Andrews)|Hamilton Hall]] (Sold in 2006)
* [[John Burnet Hall]]
* McIntosh Hall
* Powell Hall (Postgraduate only)
* [[St Regulus Hall]]
* [[St Salvator's Hall]]
* [[University Hall (University of St Andrews)|University Hall]]
* Whitehorn Hall (addition to University Hall, 2018)
* Angus and Stanley Smith Houses (Postgraduate only)
* [[Deans Court]] (Postgraduate only)
* St Gregory's (Postgraduate only)
* Gregory Place (Postgraduate only)

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===Renewable energy projects===
Since 2013, the university's endowment has been invested under the [[Principles for Responsible Investment|United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment]] (UNPRI) initiative with a sustainable ethical policy enforced since 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|title=St Andrews Sustainable Investment Policy|url=https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/finance/documents/SSRI_FOP.pdf|publisher=University of St Andrews|access-date=31 January 2014|archive-date=6 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006033352/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/finance/documents/SSRI_FOP.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The university also funds and administers the international [[St Andrews Prize for the Environment]] established in 1998, which awards $150,000 annually to three environmental projects around the globe.<ref>{{cite web |title=St Andrews Prize for the Environment |url=https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/st-andrews-prize/ |publisher=University of St Andrews |access-date=4 March 2023 |archive-date=4 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304030338/https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/st-andrews-prize/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The university has the target of being the UK's first carbon net zero university by 2035 and has invested in a biomass centre as well as solar and wind farms.<ref>{{cite web |title=Environmental Sustainability Strategy |url=https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/assets/university/sustainability/documents/Environmental%20Strategy_Court_ESB_22Jan2021.pdf |publisher=University of St Andrews |access-date=26 February 2023 |archive-date=25 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225174428/https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/assets/university/sustainability/documents/Environmental%20Strategy_Court_ESB_22Jan2021.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Scotland's oldest university launches solar farm |url=https://www.insider.co.uk/news/scotlands-oldest-university-launches-solar-26999433 |publisher=Insider.co.uk |date=18 May 2022 |access-date=26 February 2023 |archive-date=26 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226181105/https://www.insider.co.uk/news/scotlands-oldest-university-launches-solar-26999433 |url-status=live }}</ref> It has spent £70 million on the Eden Campus and requires further funding of £100 million to complete works.<ref>{{cite news |title=Eden Campus: St Andrews University may need £100m to complete Guardbridge innovation hub |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/business-environment/business/2646246/eden-campus-st-andrews-university-may-need-100m-to-complete-guardbridge-innovation-hub/ |work=The Courier |date=8 October 2021 |access-date=26 February 2023 |archive-date=4 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104172747/https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/business-environment/business/2646246/eden-campus-st-andrews-university-may-need-100m-to-complete-guardbridge-innovation-hub/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Guardbridge]] Biomass Energy Centre will generate power using locally sourced wood-fuelled biomass, and hot water will be transported to the university through underground pipes to heat and cool laboratories and student residences.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-25448039 |title=St Andrews University plans a £25m energy centre |work=BBC News |date=20 December 2013 |access-date=19 May 2015 |archive-date=17 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017020736/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-25448039 |url-status=live }}</ref> The £25 million project is expected to save 10,000 tonnes of carbon annually and the university aims to establish the site as a knowledge exchange hub which would provide "missing link" facilities to allow research and discoveries made in university labs to be translated to working prototypes. The biomass centre became operational in December 2016 and won the Scottish Green Energy Award in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Guardbridge Biomass Scheme Claims Scottish Green Energy Award |url=https://www.sustainabilityexchange.ac.uk/guardbridge_biomass_scheme_claims_scottish_gree |website=sustainabilityexchange.ac.uk |publisher=Sustainability Exchange |access-date=26 February 2023 |archive-date=26 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226181102/https://www.sustainabilityexchange.ac.uk/guardbridge_biomass_scheme_claims_scottish_gree |url-status=live }}</ref>

In October 2013, the university received permission to build six medium-sized turbines at Kenly Wind Farm, near [[Boarhills]]. The wind farms were expected to be operational by 2017 and bring an estimated £22 million boost to the local and national economy saving 19,000 tonnes of carbon annually.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/developer-wanted-for-st-andrews-university-s-windfarm-1-3531596 |title=Developer wanted for St Andrews University's windfarm |work=Fife Today |date=5 September 2014 |access-date=19 May 2015 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924012650/http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/developer-wanted-for-st-andrews-university-s-windfarm-1-3531596 |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, due to concerns raised by the Ministry of Defence over its proximity to [[Leuchars Station]], as of 2021, the project has been halted.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kenly windfarm development no further forward because of radar risk |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/scottish-politics/2311135/kenly-windfarm-development-no-further-forward-because-of-radar-risk/ |work=Fife Today |date=15 June 2021 |access-date=26 February 2023 |archive-date=15 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315055429/https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/scottish-politics/2311135/kenly-windfarm-development-no-further-forward-because-of-radar-risk/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Student life==
===Students' Association===
[[File:University Shop and Rector's Cafe, Market Street, St Andrews geograph-6109914-by-Richard-Sutcliffe.jpg|thumb|left|The university shop and Rector's Cafe, part of the Union]]
The [[University of St Andrews Students' Association]] is the organisation that represents the student body of the University of St Andrews.<ref name="stafoi">{{Cite press release |title = Publication Scheme – Category 13 – Class: Relationship with Students' Association |publisher = University of St Andrews |date = 24 January 2006
| url = http://foi.st-andrews.ac.uk/PublicationScheme/servlet/core.generator.gblobserv?id=367 |access-date = 23 July 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070808161115/http://foi.st-andrews.ac.uk/PublicationScheme/servlet/core.generator.gblobserv?id=367 |archive-date = 8 August 2007 |url-status = dead |df = dmy-all}}</ref>
It was founded in 1885 and comprises the [[students' representative council]] (SRC)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/52-53/55/contents/data.htm|title=Universities (Scotland) Act 1889|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|access-date=31 March 2020|archive-date=26 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426054117/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/52-53/55/contents/data.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and the Student Activities Forum (SAF) (previously known as the Students' Services Council (SSC)). The Students' Association has 10 SRC subcommittees and 11 SAF subcommittees: '''SRC''': Accommodation, Alumni, BAME Students' Network, Community Relations (ComRels), Disabled Students Network (DSN), Environment, Equal Opportunities (EqualOps), Life Long and Flexible Learners (Lifers), SaintsLGBT+, and Wellbeing. '''SAF''': The Entertainments 'Ents' Committee, Charities Campaign, [[University of St Andrews Union Debating Society|Union Debating Society]], STAR (St Andrews Radio), Mermaids Performing Arts Fund, Design Team, SVS (Student Voluntary Service), the Music Fund (prev. Music is Love), On the Rocks (an annual arts festival), Societies  Committee, and the Postgraduate Society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yourunion.net/activities/subcommittees/|title=Subcommittees|website=Your Union|access-date=18 June 2019|archive-date=27 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027082922/https://www.yourunion.net/activities/subcommittees/|url-status=live}}</ref> Every matriculated student is automatically a member of each subcommittee.

The Students' Association Building (informally known as ''the Union'') is located on St Mary's Place, St Andrews. Facilities include three bars (Main, Beacon, and Sandy's) and the university's Student Support Services. In 2013 the Students' Association Building underwent a refurbishment.<ref name="Union redevelopment given green light">{{Cite web|title=Union redevelopment given green light|url=http://www.thesaint-online.com/2012/09/union-redevelopment-given-green-light/|access-date=2 January 2013|archive-date=2 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202212623/http://www.thesaint-online.com/2012/09/union-redevelopment-given-green-light/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Students' Association is affiliated to, and a founding member of, the [[Coalition of Higher Education Students in Scotland]] but unlike many other students' unions in the UK is not a member of the [[National Union of Students (United Kingdom)|National Union of Students]], having most recently rejected membership in a referendum in November 2012.{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}}

===Societies===
[[File:University buildings - geograph.org.uk - 586036.jpg|thumb|[[Younger Hall]]]]
St Andrews is home to over 200 student societies which cover a wide range of interests.<ref name="Societies list">{{Cite web|title=Societies list|url=https://www.yourunion.net/activities/societies/|access-date=17 March 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110095616/http://societies.yourunion.net/action/welcome|archive-date=10 January 2013}}</ref>

The oldest student society in St Andrews is the University of St Andrews Celtic Society, which has run continuously without mergers since 1796.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Celtic|url=https://www.yourunion.net/activities/society/celtic/|access-date=2020-12-09|website=www.yourunion.net|language=en-GB}}</ref> It promotes Scottish culture to students of the university and the wider community. Currently, it does this through [[Scottish country dance|Scottish Country Dance]] and [[Scottish Gaelic]] Language Classes. Its Scottish Country Dance activities are affiliated with the [[Royal Scottish Country Dance Society|Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS)]].

All matriculated students are members of the "[[University of St Andrews Union Debating Society|Union Debating Society]]", a [[Debating society|student debating society]] that holds weekly public debates in Lower Parliament Hall, often hosts notable speakers, and participates in competitive debating in both national and international competitions. Its origins go back to the 1794 founding of the Literary Society. However its current form only dates back to the 1890 merger with the Classical Society. Since its roots can be traced back to 1794, it claims to be the oldest continuously run student debating society in the world.<ref name="Union debating about us">{{Cite web|title=Union debating about us|url=http://standrewsdebates.org/the-society/history/|access-date=2 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019190619/http://standrewsdebates.org/the-society/history/|archive-date=19 October 2012}}</ref>

There is a strong tradition of student media at St Andrews. The university's two newspapers are ''[[The Saint (UK student newspaper)|The Saint]]'', a fortnightly publication, and ''The Stand'', an online publication founded in 2011.<ref name="Stand News">{{Cite web|title=Stand News|url=http://www.stand-news.co.uk/about-us|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421102146/http://www.stand-news.co.uk/about-us|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 April 2013|access-date=4 January 2013}}</ref> There is also the ''Foreign Affairs Review'' ran by the Foreign Affairs Society<ref name="Foreign Affairs Review">{{Cite web|title=Foreign Affairs Review|url=http://www.foreignaffairsreview.co.uk/|access-date=22 August 2013|archive-date=22 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722200612/http://foreignaffairsreview.co.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the first legal publication in town – the ''St Andrews Law Review -'' was launched in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home {{!}} St Andrews Law Review|url=https://www.standrewslawreview.com/|access-date=2021-07-14|website=StAndrews Law Review|language=en|archive-date=14 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714145548/https://www.standrewslawreview.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> There are also a number of smaller student publications including ''The Wynd'', a student-run magazine,<ref name="The Tribe, about">{{Cite web|title=The Wynd – About|url=https://www.thewynd.co.uk/about|access-date=9 March 2020|archive-date=14 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414181349/https://www.thewynd.co.uk/about|url-status=live}}</ref> ''ST.ART'', a student-run arts magazine founded in 2011 <ref>{{Cite web|title=ST.ART MAGAZINE|url=https://start-magazine.squarespace.com/|language=en-GB|access-date=2 October 2023|archive-date=24 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024180158/https://start-magazine.squarespace.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''The Regulus'', a student magazine focusing on politics and current affairs.<ref name="About – The Regulus">{{Cite web|title=About – The Regulus|url=http://www.theregulus.co.uk/about/|access-date=4 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202215747/http://www.theregulus.co.uk/about/|archive-date=2 February 2013}}</ref> In addition to this there are several student-led academic journals, most notably, ''Stereoscope Magazine'' which is focused on student photography and raising awareness of the university's historic photographic collection,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www-ah.st-andrews.ac.uk/stereoscope/|title=Stereoscope|publisher=University of St Andrews|access-date=5 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620100436/http://www-ah.st-andrews.ac.uk/stereoscope/|archive-date=20 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Ha@sta'', an annual journal for those interested in art history,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www-ah.st-andrews.ac.uk/haasta/index.html |title=Haasta |publisher=University of St Andrews |date=27 November 2010 |access-date=17 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507094917/http://www-ah.st-andrews.ac.uk/haasta/index.html |archive-date=7 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Aporia'', the journal of the Philosophy Society,<ref name=Aporia>{{Cite web|title='Aporia' Undergraduate Journal|publisher=St Andrews PhilSoc|url=https://sites.google.com/site/standrewsphilsoc/journal-aporia|archive-date=12 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512092147/https://sites.google.com/site/standrewsphilsoc/journal-aporia|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=Home page|publisher=Aporia| url=https://ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/aporia | access-date=24 April 2025}}</ref> and the ''Postgraduate Journal of Art History and Museum Studies''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www-ah.st-andrews.ac.uk/journal/ |title=Journal of Art History & Museum and Gallery Studies |publisher=University of St Andrews |date=10 January 2011 |access-date=17 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423064212/http://www-ah.st-andrews.ac.uk/journal/ |archive-date=23 April 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The university's radio station is ''STAR: St Andrews Radio'', an online station that broadcasts 24/7 during term time.<ref name="STAR radio">{{Cite web |title=STAR: St Andrews Radio |url=http://www.standrewsradio.com/ |access-date=4 January 2013 |archive-date=27 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127001818/http://www.standrewsradio.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Scoot Around'' is a literary-cultural magazine based in St Andrews with contributors from universities around the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scoot-around.com/|title=Scoot Around &#124; Student Literary – Cultural Magazine|website=www.scoot-around.com|access-date=31 March 2020|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803180800/http://scoot-around.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>''The Sinner'' is an independent website and discussion forum set up by students of the university.<ref name="The sinner">{{Cite web|title=The sinner|url=http://www.thesinner.net/|access-date=4 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113055037/http://www.thesinner.net/|archive-date=13 January 2013}}</ref>

[[File:St Mary's Quad, St Andrews - geograph.org.uk - 5484398.jpg|thumb|Quadrangle of St Mary's College]]
The university's Music Society comprises many student-run musical groups, including the university's flagship symphony orchestra, wind band, and chorus. One of the oldest choirs in the university is the St Andrews University Madrigal Group, which performs a concert each term and has an annual summer tour. The [[A cappella|A Cappella]] Society represents all four a cappella groups at St Andrews: [[The Other Guys (University of St Andrews)|The Other Guys]], [[The Alleycats (University of St Andrews)|The Alleycats]], [[List of collegiate a cappella groups in the UK#The Accidentals|The Accidentals]] and [[List of collegiate a cappella groups in the UK#The Hummingbirds|The Hummingbirds]]. From 2009 to 2011, all four of these groups participated in [[The Voice Festival UK]](VF-UK) competition, and The Other Guys, The Accidentals, and The Alleycats all reached the London final.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Martin |last=McCaffery |url=http://www.yourunion.net/societies/societieslist/ |title=St Andrews Students' Union- The home for University of St Andrews students |publisher=Yourunion.net |access-date=6 June 2012 |archive-date=16 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216015955/http://www.yourunion.net/societies/societieslist |url-status=live }}</ref>

Student theatre at the University of St Andrews is funded by the Mermaids Performing Arts fund. There are regular dramatic and comedic performances staged at the Barron at the Byre Theatre and the Union StAge.<ref name="Mermaids about us">{{Cite web|title=Mermaids about us|url=http://mermaidstheatre.com/about/|access-date=2 January 2013|archive-date=29 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829090157/http://mermaidstheatre.com/about/|url-status=live}}</ref> Blind Mirth is the university's [[Improvisational theatre|improvisational theatre troupe]], which performs weekly in the town, and annually takes a production to the [[Edinburgh Fringe Festival]].<ref name="Blind Mirth">{{Cite web|title=Blind Mirth|url=http://blindmirth.co.uk/|access-date=2 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421202900/http://blindmirth.co.uk/|archive-date=21 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Kate Kennedy Club plays a significant role in the life of the university, maintaining university traditions such as the Kate Kennedy Procession, in which students parade through the town dressed as eminent figures from the university's history, and organising social events such as the Opening and May balls. Founded in 1926, the club is composed of around thirty matriculated students, who are selected by the club's members. The club has received criticism from the university's former principal, Louise Richardson, and alumna the [[Catherine, Princess of Wales|Duchess of Rothesay]], over its previously male-only admission policy.<ref name="What next for the Kate Kennedy tradition in St Andrews?">{{Cite web|title=What next for the Kate Kennedy tradition in St Andrews?|url=http://www.thesaint-online.com/2012/03/what-next-for-the-kate-kennedy-tradition-in-st-andrews/|access-date=5 January 2013|archive-date=2 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202212615/http://www.thesaint-online.com/2012/03/what-next-for-the-kate-kennedy-tradition-in-st-andrews/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="University club splinters">{{Cite news|title=University club splinters|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/9095871/Victory-for-Kate-Middleton-as-men-only-university-club-splinters.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/9095871/Victory-for-Kate-Middleton-as-men-only-university-club-splinters.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=5 January 2013 | location=London|work=The Daily Telegraph|first1=Victoria|last1=Ward|first2=Olivia|last2=Bolton|date=22 February 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2012, the club decided to allow female students to join.<ref name="Breaking News: Kate Kennedy Club votes to admit women">{{Cite web|title=Breaking News: Kate Kennedy Club votes to admit women|url=http://www.thesaint-online.com/2012/03/breaking-news-kate-kennedy-club-votes-to-admit-women/|access-date=5 January 2013|archive-date=17 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517152804/http://www.thesaint-online.com/2012/03/breaking-news-kate-kennedy-club-votes-to-admit-women/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="The stand KKC">{{Cite news|title=Kate Kennedy Club to admit women|url=http://www.stand-news.co.uk/kkc-to-admit-women/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130707052909/http://www.stand-news.co.uk/kkc-to-admit-women/|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2013|access-date=24 May 2013|newspaper=The Stand|date=22 March 2012}}</ref>

St Andrews is home to several other private clubs, such as [[The Kensington Club]], founded in 1739 by Alexander Laird Balgonie and is an all-male dining club that organises private events for members.<ref name="The Kensington Club&nbsp;— A Brief History 1739 2010">{{Cite web|title=The Kensington Club&nbsp;— A Brief History 1739 2010|url=https://archive.org/details/TheKensingtonClubABriefHistory17392010|access-date=16 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="More Andreanic Fun">{{Cite web|title=More Andreanic Fun|date=26 July 2004|url=http://www.andrewcusack.com/2004/more-andreanic-fun/|access-date=26 July 2004|archive-date=24 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224174658/http://www.andrewcusack.com/2004/more-andreanic-fun/|url-status=live}}</ref> The St Andrews Fight Club hosts an annual boxing match, training 20 amateur boxers in an intensive course.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thesaint-online.com/2017/10/welcome-st-andrews-fight-club/|title=Welcome to the St Andrews Fight Club|last=Saint|first=The|date=7 October 2017|website=The Saint|language=en-US|access-date=30 December 2019|archive-date=30 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230142203/http://www.thesaint-online.com/2017/10/welcome-st-andrews-fight-club/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thestand-online.com/2018/04/14/lets-talk-fight-club/|title=Let's Talk About Fight Club|date=14 April 2018|website=The Stand|language=en-US|access-date=30 December 2019|archive-date=15 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815042143/https://thestand-online.com/2018/04/14/lets-talk-fight-club/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Sports clubs and the Athletic Union===
{{Main|University of St Andrews Athletic Union}}
[[File:Madras RFC Playing Fields St Andrews - geograph.org.uk - 17125.jpg|thumb|Madras RFC Playing Fields St Andrews]]
The University of St Andrews Athletic Union is the student representative body for sport. Established in 1901, it is affiliated to [[British Universities and Colleges Sport|BUCS]] and encompasses around sixty sports clubs,<ref name="sports clubs">{{Cite web|title=All Sports Clubs|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/sport/clubs/sportsclubs/|publisher=University of St Andrews|access-date=20 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609195542/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/sport/clubs/sportsclubs/|archive-date=9 June 2013}}</ref> who compete at both a recreational and high-performance level.<ref name="saints sport">{{Cite web|title=Saint Sport|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/sport/|access-date=2 January 2013|archive-date=18 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121218233727/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/sport/|url-status=live}}</ref> A notable club is the [[University of St Andrews Rugby Football Club]], which played a pivotal role in shaping the sport and has produced Scottish international players such as [[J. S. Thomson]] and [[Alfred Clunies-Ross]].<ref name="Club history">{{Cite web|title=Club History|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/universityofstandrews/a/history-8900.html|access-date=2 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106213630/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/universityofstandrews/a/history-8900.html|archive-date=6 November 2012}}</ref>

In 2015, the university underwent a £14 million five-phase development of the student sports centre which included a new 400-seat eight-court sports hall, a new reception area and expanded gym facilities.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/st-andrews-principal-kicks-off-latest-stage-of-14m-sports-redevelopment-1-3682426 |title=St Andrews principal kicks off latest stage of £14m sports redevelopment |work=Fife Today |date=6 February 2015 |access-date=19 May 2015 |archive-date=3 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703082558/http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/st-andrews-principal-kicks-off-latest-stage-of-14m-sports-redevelopment-1-3682426 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[The Scottish Varsity]], also known as the 'world's oldest varsity match', is played annually against the [[Edinburgh University RFC|University of Edinburgh]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13214474.World_s_oldest_varsity_match_returns_to_Scotland/|title=World's oldest varsity match returns to Scotland|work=Herald Scotland|date=19 May 2015|access-date=7 December 2015|archive-date=11 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211005733/http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13214474.World_s_oldest_varsity_match_returns_to_Scotland/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Traditions==
[[File:University Gates - geograph.org.uk - 392463.jpg|thumb|Entrance to St Mary's College]]

===''Sponsio Academica''===
In order to become a student at the university<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/rules/ConductDiscipline/Conduct/|title=Student Conduct|publisher=University of St Andrews|access-date=15 April 2011|archive-date=13 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813195451/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/rules/ConductDiscipline/Conduct/|url-status=live}}</ref> a person must take an oath in Latin at the point of matriculation, called the ''[[Sponsio Academica]]'', although this tradition now has been digitised and is agreed to as part of an online matriculation process.

''<blockquote style=font-size:100%>{{Lang|la|Nos ingenui adolescentes, nomina subscribentes, sancte pollicemur nos preceptoribus obsequium debitum exhibituros in omnibus rebus ad disciplinam et bonos mores pertinentibus, Senatus Academici autoritati obtemperaturos, et hujus Academiae Andreanae emolumentum et commodum, quantum in nobis sit, procuraturos, ad quemcunque vitae statum pervenerimus. Item agnoscimus si quis nostrum indecore turbulenterve se gesserit vel si parum diligentem in studiis suis se praebuerit neque admonitus se in melius correxerit eum licere Senatui Academico vel poena congruenti adficere vel etiam ex Universitate expellere.}}</blockquote>''

In English:

<blockquote style=font-size:100%>We students who set down our names hereunder in all good faith make a solemn promise that we shall show due deference to our teachers in all matters relating to order and good conduct, that we shall be subject to the authority of the Senatus Academicus and shall, whatever be the position we attain hereafter, promote, so far as lies in our power, the profit and the interest in our University of St Andrews. Further, we recognise that, if any of us conducts ourselves in an unbecoming or disorderly manner or shows insufficient diligence in their studies and, though admonished, does not improve, it is within the power of the Senatus Academicus to inflict on such students a fitting penalty or even expel them from the University.</blockquote>

=== University blessing and grace ===
[[Peter Redford Scott Lang]] reintroduced a tradition of praying the grace before and after meals when he brought back student common dinners in 1887.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Christmas feasting in St Andrews – Special Collections blog |url=https://special-collections.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2016/12/15/christmas-feasting-in-st-andrews/ |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=special-collections.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk |archive-date=14 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414094331/https://special-collections.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2016/12/15/christmas-feasting-in-st-andrews/ |url-status=live }}</ref> According to Lang, the use of Latin graces at student meals had disappeared by the time of [[Samuel Johnson]]'s visit to St Andrews in 1773.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Lang |first=Peter Redford Scott |url=https://encore.st-andrews.ac.uk/iii/encore/record/C__Rx2704075 |title=Notes of Professor Peter Redford Scott Lang on the origins of the Grace of the University of St Andrews and comment thereon. |publisher=Formerly in the possession of Miss Scott Lang. |year=1900 |isbn= |location=University of St Andrews Library Department of Special Collections |pages=1–6 |language=English |access-date=12 April 2022 |archive-date=23 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223173758/https://encore.st-andrews.ac.uk/iii/encore/record/C__Rx2704075?lang=eng&ivts=w06HD%2BuxbbHgHoM1%2FgKnRQ%3D%3D&casts=3BUoEN9zfESrZPlPVNtBKg%3D%3D |url-status=live }}</ref> Johnson was astonished that the grace was not recited in Latin, and it was requested that he write a Latin grace for the university.<ref name=":2" /> Common meals at the university ceased in 1820 and so did the grace with them.<ref name=":1"/> Lang wrote that he learned of the grace from [[George Edward Day]], who himself learned it from an elder retired professor while visiting Sir [[Benjamin Ward Richardson]].<ref name=":2" /> At dinner, the retired professor recited a short grace, explaining that Johnson's grace was so long that the president could not remember it except for one sentence: ''Sit nomen domini benedictum'' (blessed be the name of the Lord).<ref name=":2" /> The shorter grace became the standard until common dinners ceased to occur.<ref name=":2" /> Reinstituting common student dinners in 1887, Lang reintroduced the university blessing and university grace.<ref name=":1" />

Due to the story of the composition of the graces by Samuel Johnson, there has previously been a belief that the University of St Andrews' graces derived from Johnson's alma mater, [[Pembroke College, Oxford]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Cant |first=Ronald Gordon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_jq7AAAAIAAJ&q=ronald%20cant%20history%20of%20university%20of%20st%20andrews |title=The University of St Andrews: A Short History / by R. G. Cant, M.A., Lecturer in Mediaeval history in the United College of St Salvator and St Leonard. |publisher=Oliver and Boyd |year=1946 |location=Edinburgh, Tweeddale Court |pages=95 |isbn=9780701117085 |language=English |access-date=20 March 2023 |archive-date=5 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405231718/https://books.google.com/books?id=_jq7AAAAIAAJ&q=ronald%20cant%20history%20of%20university%20of%20st%20andrews |url-status=live }}</ref> According to a historian of the University of St Andrews, Ronald Gordon Cant, the current graces and the music settings composed for them "although based on traditional forms, these forms had no specific connection with earlier St Andrews usage, and bear no resemblance whatsoever to the old Pembroke grace".<ref name=":3" /> Thus, Cant states that the current graces "were specially composed for the Common Dinners instituted in 1887".<ref name=":3" />

'''University Blessing:'''<blockquote>''Sit nomen Domini Benedictum per Jesum Christum salvatorem nostrum. Amen.''<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Lang |first=Peter Redford Scott |url=https://encore.st-andrews.ac.uk/iii/encore/record/C__Rx2704069 |title=Two copies by Sir Peter Redford Scott Lang of the music for the Grace and Blessing of the University of St Andrews by Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie. |publisher=Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie |year=1900 |location=University of St Andrews Library Department of Special Collections |pages=1–2 |language=English |access-date=12 April 2022 |archive-date=23 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223173758/https://encore.st-andrews.ac.uk/iii/encore/record/C__Rx2704069?lang=eng&ivts=UA6nkis0s%2FW2UomLeQzVAw%3D%3D&casts=qGp1Ig4IXzExfShaKMvGrg%3D%3D |url-status=live }}</ref>

(Blessed be the name of the Lord through Jesus Christ, our Saviour. Amen.)</blockquote>'''University Grace:'''

Before Meat:<blockquote>''Gloria Patri Filio Spirituique Sancto In Saecula Saeculorum. Amen.''<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4" />

(Glory be to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. World Without End. Amen.)</blockquote>After Meat:<blockquote>''Deo Gratias.''<ref name=":2" />

(Thanks be to God.)</blockquote>

===Gowns===
[[File:St Andrews gowns.jpg|thumbnail|left|St Andrews students in undergraduate gowns]]
{{See also|Undergraduate gowns in Scotland}}
One of the most conspicuous traditions at St Andrews is the wearing of academic dress, particularly the distinctive red undergraduate gown of the United College. Undergraduates in Arts and Science subjects can be seen wearing these garments at the installation of a rector or chancellor, at chapel services, on 'Pier Walks', at formal hall dinners, at meetings of the Union Debating Society, and giving tours to prospective students and visitors as well as on St Andrews Day. Divinity students wear a black undergraduate gown with a purple [[saltire cross]] on the left facing. Postgraduates wear the graduate gown or, as members of St Leonard College, may wear a black gown trimmed with burgundy, introduced for graduate students whose original university is without academic dress. (See [[Academic dress of the University of St Andrews]].) St Mary's College Post Graduates, however, wear their graduate gown with a purple saltire cross on the left facing.

===Bejant===
Bejant ([[Bejan]]) is a French term (bec jaune) meaning yellow beak or nestling, borrowed from the university of Paris and used to refer to first-year male students; females being described as Bejantines. Second-year students are known as a Semis, a student in their third year may be referred to as a Tertian, and in their final year as a Magistrand. These terms are thought<ref>See A.S.Neill 'A Dominie's Log', page 193 (ch. XVII): "...&nbsp;the St. Andrew's students form a small happy family; if a reference is made to Bejant Smith everyone understands it. If you mentioned Bejant Smith in the Edinburgh 'Student' no one would know whom you were referring to."</ref>{{Failed verification|date=October 2018}} to be unique to St Andrews. When wearing their traditional red gowns, students in each year may be identified according to the way they wear their gowns. In the first year, the gown is worn on the shoulders, in the second year it is worn slightly off the shoulders. In the third year, arts students wear their gowns off their left shoulders, and science students off their right shoulders. Finally, fourth-years wear their gowns right down to their elbows, ready to shed their scarlet gowns for the black graduation gown. The gown is never to be joined at the top as this is considered bad luck.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

===Academic parents===
The students of the university enjoy an unusual ''family tradition'' designed to make new students feel at home and build relationships within the student body. Traditionally, a Bejant or Bejantine acquires academic parents who are at least in their third year as students, who informally guide and mentor them  in academic and social matters in their time at the university. it is not rare for such academic family ties to stretch well beyond student days. Tradition has it that a Bejant may ask a man to be his ''Senior Man'' but must be invited by a woman who is prepared to be his ''Senior Woman''. Similarly, a Bejantine may ask a male to be her Senior Man but there is no overt ''rule'' regarding how she acquires a Senior Woman. The establishment of these relationships begins at the very start of the first semester – with the aim of being in place ahead of Raisin Weekend.<ref name="St Andrews Fresher">{{Cite web|title=St Andrews Fresher A guide to academic families|url=http://www.standrewsfreshers.com/index.php?content=traditions&subcontent=academic_families|access-date=31 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718063819/http://www.standrewsfreshers.com/index.php?content=traditions|archive-date=18 July 2012}}</ref>

===Raisin Weekend===
[[File:St Andrews Quad.jpg|thumb|St Salvator's Quadrangle during the Raisin Weekend foam fight]]
Raisin Weekend celebrates the relationship between the Bejants/ Bejantines (first-year students) and their respective academic parents. It is traditionally said that students went up to study with a sack of oatmeal and a barrel of salt-herring as staple foods to last them a term and that, therefore, anything more exotic was seen as a luxury. In return for the guidance from academic parents, a further tradition sprang up of rewarding these "parents" with a pound of raisins. Since the 19th century, the giving of raisins was steadily transformed into the giving of a more modern alternative, such as a bottle of wine (although presents are now rarely expected). In return for the raisins or equivalent present, the parents give their "children" a formal receipt&nbsp;— the ''Raisin Receipt''&nbsp;— composed in Latin. Over time this receipt progressively became more elaborate and often humorous. The receipt can be written on anything and is to be carried everywhere by the Bejant/Bejantine on the morning of Raisin Monday until midday.<ref>{{Cite web |author=BAM Agency Ltd |url=http://www.yourunion.net/raisin |title=St Andrews Students' Association – The Home for St Andrews University Students |publisher=Yourunion.net |access-date=3 January 2013 |archive-date=2 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202215050/http://www.yourunion.net/raisin |url-status=live }}</ref>

Raisin Weekend is held annually over the last weekend of October. Affairs often begin with a tea party (or similar) thrown by the mother(s) and then a [[pub crawl]] or house party led by the father(s). It is fairly common for several academic families to combine in the latter stages of the revels.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.standrewsfreshers.com/index.php?content=traditions&subcontent=raisin_weekend |title=Raisin Weekend |publisher=St. Andrews Freshers |access-date=3 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718063819/http://www.standrewsfreshers.com/index.php?content=traditions |archive-date=18 July 2012 }}</ref> At midday all the First-Years gather in Quad of St Salvator's College to compare their receipts and also to be open to challenge from older students who may look for errors in the Latin of the receipt (an almost inevitable occurrence). Upon detection of such error(s) the bearer may be required to sing the [[Gaudeamus igitur|Gaudie]]. In more recent years the gathering has culminated in a shaving foam fight.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/raisin-weekend-foam-fondling-and-malfeasance-at-st-andrews-a-583468.html|title=Raisin Weekend: Foam, Fondling and Malfeasance at St. Andrews|newspaper=Der Spiegel|date=14 October 2008|publisher=Spiegel.de|access-date=3 January 2013|archive-date=2 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202221544/http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/raisin-weekend-foam-fondling-and-malfeasance-at-st-andrews-a-583468.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2014, the foam fight has been moved from St Salvator's Quad to the adjacent Lower College Lawn. Raisin Weekend has also become synonymous with binge drinking and a certain amount of humiliation of "academic children", commonly involving embarrassing costumes or drinking games. The University Students' Association provides a special First Aid hotline for Raisin Weekend.<ref name="Raisin weekend youtube video 2012">Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/JPMTuNYxe20 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130219211215/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPMTuNYxe20 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPMTuNYxe20 |title=Raisin Weekend 2012 – University of St Andrews |publisher=YouTube |date=31 March 2012 |access-date=4 November 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===The Curse of Patrick Hamilton===
Situated around the town of St Andrews are cobblestone markings denoting where [[Protestant]] [[martyr]]s were burnt at the stake. To students, the most notable of these is the cobblestone initials "PH" located outside the main gate of St Salvator's College. These cobblestones denote where [[Patrick Hamilton (martyr)|Patrick Hamilton]] was martyred in 1528.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://reformationhistory.org/patrickhamilton.html|title=Reformation History|website=reformationhistory.org|access-date=13 December 2012|archive-date=21 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521185053/http://reformationhistory.org/patrickhamilton.html|url-status=live}}</ref> According to student tradition, stepping on the "PH" will cause a student to become cursed, with the effect that the offender will fail his or her degree and so students are known to jump over the cobblestones when passing. The 'curse' is said to be lifted by participating in the May Dip.<ref>[http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/about/UniversityChapels/ChapelofStSalvator/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609103751/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/about/UniversityChapels/ChapelofStSalvator/|date=9 June 2007}}</ref>
[[File:St Andrews May Dip 2013.jpg|thumb|right|St Andrews May Dip 2013]]

===May Dip===
The May Dip is a student tradition held annually at dawn on [[May Day]]. Students usually stay awake until dawn, at which time they collectively run into the North Sea to the sound of [[Madrigal (music)|madrigals]] sung by the University Madrigal Group.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/potw/2011/Name,67906,en.html |title=2011 &#124; University of St Andrews |publisher=University of St Andrews |date=5 May 2011 |access-date=5 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620100224/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/potw/2011/Name,67906,en.html |archive-date=20 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Students purportedly do so to cleanse themselves of any academic sins (which they may have acquired by stepping on the PH cobblestone) before they sit exams in May.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.visitstandrews.com/themaydip/|title=The May Dip|publisher=Visit St Andrews|access-date=21 December 2015|archive-date=25 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190625092455/http://www.visitstandrews.com/themaydip/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2011, the event was "officially" moved by the Students' Association to East Sands in response to concerns for health and safety in its former location on Castle Sands.

==Publications==
The [[Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence]] (CSTPV), within the School of International Relations, publishes the online open-access journal ''[[Contemporary Voices: St Andrews Journal of International Relations]]'' (formerly ''Journal of Terrorism Research'').<ref name=starr>{{cite web | title=Journal of Terrorism Research | website=St Andrews Research Repository | date=25 May 2015 | hdl=10023/3886 | url=https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/handle/10023/3886 | access-date=8 April 2021 | archive-date=8 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408105000/https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/handle/10023/3886 | url-status=live }}</ref>

==Notable people==
{{Alumni|date=May 2019}}

===Alumni===
{{Main|List of alumni of the University of St Andrews}} {{See also|Category:Alumni of the University of St Andrews}}

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File:Rev Thomas Chalmers by Thomas Duncan, SNPG.JPG|[[Thomas Chalmers]]
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File:John Knox.jpg|[[John Knox]]
File:John Napier (Neper).jpg|[[John Napier]]
File:John Pringle.jpg|[[John Pringle (physician)|John Pringle]]
File:JusticeJamesWilson.jpg|[[James Wilson (Founding Father)|James Wilson]]
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[[File:All smiles Wedding of Prince William of Wales and Kate Middleton.jpg|thumb|[[William, Prince of Wales]] and [[Catherine, Princess of Wales]] graduated together in 2005 with degrees in Geography and History of Art respectively.]]
Notable University of St Andrews alumni include [[James II of Scotland|King James II of Scotland]]; [[United States Declaration of Independence]] signatory [[James Wilson (Founding Father)|James Wilson]] (1761); [[Governor General of Canada]] [[John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll|John Campbell]]; discoverer of [[logarithms]] [[John Napier]] (1563); founder of the [[Church of Scotland]] and leader of the Protestant Reformation [[John Knox]] (1531); notable [[Leader of the Church of Scotland]] [[Thomas Chalmers]]; founder of and the first chancellor of the [[University of Glasgow]] [[William Turnbull (bishop)|William Turnbull]]; founder of the [[University of Edinburgh]] [[Robert Reid (bishop)|Robert Reid]]; founder of the world's first commercial [[Trustee Savings Bank|savings bank]] [[Henry Duncan (minister)|Henry Duncan]] (1823); journalist and politician during the [[French Revolution]] [[Jean-Paul Marat]] (1775 MD); inventor of [[beta-blockers]], [[H2 receptor antagonists]] and [[Nobel Prize in Medicine]] winner [[James W. Black]] (1946 MB ChB); the 'father of military medicine' [[John Pringle (physician)|Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet]]; pioneer of the [[smallpox vaccine]] [[Edward Jenner]] (1792 MD); the 'father of medical services in Pakistan' [[Wajid Ali Khan Burki]] (1924 MB ChB); [[William, Prince of Wales]] (2005) and [[Catherine, Princess of Wales]] (2005).

Alumni in the fields of academia and education have gone on to found the [[University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences|University of Melbourne Medical School]] ([[Anthony Brownless]]) and the [[Scottish Church College]] in [[Calcutta]] ([[Alexander Duff (missionary)|Alexander Duff]] was also the first Scottish missionary to India), become the first Regent and first principal of the University of Edinburgh ([[Robert Rollock]]), dean of [[Harvard Divinity School]] ([[David N. Hempton|David Hempton]]), the [[Vice-chancellor (education)|Vice Chancellors]] of [[Aberdeen University]] ([[Ian Diamond]]), [[University of Nottingham]] ([[Shearer West]]), [[Open University]] ([[Walter Perry]] was also the first vice-chancellor) and [[Sydney University]] ([[Gavin Brown (academic)|Gavin Brown]]), chancellor of the [[University of Maine System]] ([[James H. Page]]), provost of [[Eton College]] ([[Eric Anderson (educator)|Eric Anderson]]), discoverer of the [[Berry Phase]] (Sir [[Michael Berry (physicist)|Michael Berry]]) and inventor of the [[Leslie cube]] [[John Leslie (physicist)|John Leslie]].

In business and finance, St Andrews graduates have become the [[Chief executive officer|CEOs]] of multinational companies including [[BHP]] ([[Andrew Mackenzie (businessman)|Andrew Mackenzie]]), [[BP]] ([[Robert Horton (businessman)|Robert Horton]]), [[FanDuel]] ([[Nigel Eccles]] co-founded the company with fellow St Andrews graduate, Lesley Eccles),<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/news/fanduel-tyrone-man-nigel-eccles-will-soon-be-northern-irelands-newest-billionaire-31394470.html|title=FanDuel: Tyrone man Nigel Eccles will soon be Northern Ireland's newest billionaire|work=The Belfast Telegraph|date=22 July 2015|access-date=21 December 2015|archive-date=2 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102220604/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/news/fanduel-tyrone-man-nigel-eccles-will-soon-be-northern-irelands-newest-billionaire-31394470.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Rolls-Royce Holdings]] ([[John Rose (businessman)|John Rose]]), [[Royal Dutch Shell]] ([[Bob Reid (executive)|Robert Paul Reid]]), [[Tate & Lyle]] ([[Iain Ferguson (businessman)|Iain Ferguson]]) and [[Royal Bank of Scotland]] ([[George Mathewson]]). Other notable businesspeople include Banker [[Olivier Sarkozy]], director of the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]] [[Alistair Moffat]] and the CEO of [[Scottish Rugby Union]] and [[ATP World Tour Finals]] [[Phil Anderton]].

[[File:Alex Salmond, First Minister of Scotland (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Alex Salmond]] was the [[First Minister of Scotland]] and [[Leader of the Scottish National Party|Leader of the SNP]] during the [[2014 Scottish independence referendum|Scottish Independence Referendum in 2014.]]]]

Former St Andrews students active in politics and national intelligence include two [[Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service|Chiefs of MI6]] [[Alex Younger]] and [[John Sawers]], two deputy directors of the [[Secret Intelligence Service]] (MI6), [[George Kennedy Young]] and [[J. M. Bruce Lockhart]], Secretary of State for Scotland [[Michael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean|Lord Forsyth]] (Forsyth is also former deputy chairman of [[JP Morgan Chase|JP Morgan]]), former [[First Minister of Scotland]] and leader of the [[Scottish National Party|SNP]] for over 20 years [[Alex Salmond]], former [[Cabinet Secretary (United Kingdom)|Cabinet Secretary]] and head of the Civil Service Sir [[Mark Sedwill]], former [[Secretary of State for Defence]] Sir [[Michael Fallon]], Deputy Leader of the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] [[Malcolm Bruce]] and leader of the [[Christian Party (UK)|Christian Party]] [[George Hargreaves (politician)|James George Hargreaves]]. Outside of the UK, alumni include the [[Financial Secretary of Hong Kong|financial secretary of Hong Kong]] credited with laying the foundations for Hong Kong's economic success [[John James Cowperthwaite]], former senior director for European and Russian affairs on the [[United States National Security Council]], [[Fiona Hill (presidential advisor)|Fiona Hill]], [[David Holmes (diplomat)|David Holmes]] (both were involved in the [[Impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump]]),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thesaint-online.com/2019/11/st-andrews-alums-testify-in-trump-impeachment/|title=St Andrews alums testify in Trump's Impeachment Inquiry|website=The Saint-Online|access-date=15 December 2019|archive-date=22 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122141119/http://www.thesaint-online.com/2019/11/st-andrews-alums-testify-in-trump-impeachment/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the first female cabinet minister in [[Egypt]] [[Hikmat Abu Zayd]]. Alumni have also gone on to serve as diplomats including the current [[Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations]] and former British Ambassador to China (2015–2020) Dame [[Barbara Woodward]], former ambassador to Russia (2008–2011) Dame [[Anne Pringle]] and [[Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin|Thomas Bruce]] who is known for the removal of the [[Elgin Marbles]] from the [[Parthenon]].

Alumni from the media and the arts include founder of ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine [[B. C. Forbes]], founder of ''[[The Week]]'' [[Jolyon Connell]], former [[Downing Street]] [[Director of Communications]] and former controller of [[BBC World News]] [[Craig Oliver (British journalist)|Craig Oliver]], [[political editor]] of [[BBC Scotland]] [[Brian Taylor (journalist)|Brian Taylor]], [[BBC News]] presenter [[Louise Minchin]], [[BBC Sport]] TV presenter [[Hazel Irvine]], editor of [[Tatler]] [[Richard Dennen]], [[Primetime Emmy Award]] winning screenwriter [[David Butler (screenwriter)|David Butler]], [[Pulitzer Prize]] winning author [[James Michener]], feminist writer [[Fay Weldon]], poet [[Len Pennie]], musician [[The Pictish Trail]] and actors [[Siobhan Redmond]], [[Crispin Bonham-Carter]], [[Ian McDiarmid]], [[David Caves]] and [[Jonathan Taylor Thomas]].

Other notable alumni include 'father of the [[Tax per head|poll tax]]' [[Douglas Mason]], founders of the [[Adam Smith Institute]], [[Madsen Pirie]] and [[Eamonn Butler]], former [[Solicitor General of the United States]] [[Elizabeth Prelogar]], former [[Lord Justice General]] [[William Cullen, Baron Cullen of Whitekirk|Lord Cullen]], two former members of the [[Inner House]], [[Ronald Mackay, Lord Eassie|Lord Eassie]] and [[Lynda Clark, Baroness Clark of Calton|Baroness Clark of Calton]], one of the leading figures in the formation of the [[United States Golf Association]] [[Charles B. Macdonald]], the captain of [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.]] during its double-winning season [[Danny Blanchflower]], and the wildlife conservationist [[Saba Douglas-Hamilton]].

The university also boasts of a rich roll of honorary graduates whose members vary from [[Benjamin Franklin]] to [[Hillary Clinton]], from [[Bob Dylan]] to [[Arvo Pärt]], from [[Maggie Smith]] to [[Sean Connery]], from [[Nora K. Chadwick]] to [[Martha Nussbaum]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/another-classic-for-st-andrews/|title=Another 'classic' for St Andrews &#124; University of St Andrews news|website=news.st-andrews.ac.uk|access-date=17 February 2023|archive-date=17 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217200602/https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/another-classic-for-st-andrews/|url-status=live}}</ref> from [[Joseph Stevenson]] to [[Lisa Jardine]], from [[Seamus Heaney]] to [[Bahram Beyzai]], from [[Georg Cantor]] to [[David Attenborough]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/graduation/honorands/|website=www.st-andrews.ac.uk|access-date=17 February 2023|title=Honorary graduates|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308155714/https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/graduation/honorands/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Academics===
{{See also|Category:Academics of the University of St Andrews}}

Notable University of St Andrews faculty include [[Nobel Prize in Medicine]] winner [[Maurice Wilkins]] (lecturer in physics 1945–1946) and discoverer of [[herring bodies]] [[Percy Theodore Herring]] ([[Chandos Chair of Medicine and Anatomy]] 1908–1948). The [[Morris water navigation task]] was developed by [[Richard G. Morris|Richard Morris]] at the university's [[Gatty Marine Laboratory]].

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*[[Meaghan Delahunt]]
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*[[Stephen Halliwell (academic)|Stephen Halliwell]]
*[[Jill Harries]]
*[[Wallace Lindsay]]
*[[William Lorimer (scholar)|William Lorimer]]
*[[Rebecca Sweetman]]

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*[[Jack Cole (scientist)|Jack Cole]]
*[[Ian Gent]]

;Divinity
*[[John Adamson (minister)|John Adamson]]
*[[Mario Aguilar (academic)|Mario Aguilar]]
*[[Robert Arnot]]
*[[Donald Macpherson Baillie]]
*[[Robert Baron (theologian)|Robert Baron]]
*[[Richard Bauckham]]
*[[Matthew Black]]
*[[Ian Bradley]]
*[[David Brown (theologian)|David Brown]]
*[[Thomas Chalmers]]
*[[Nicol Dalgleish]]
*[[Ivor Davidson]]
*[[George Duncan (Biblical scholar)|George Duncan]]
*[[Philip Esler]]
*[[Timothy Gorringe]]
*[[James Haldenston]]
*[[Robert Halliday (bishop)|Robert Halliday]]
*[[Daphne Hampson]]
*[[Alexander Henderson (theologian)|Alexander Henderson]]
*[[George Hill (minister)|George Hill]]
*[[Andrew Melville]]
*[[N. T. Wright|Nicholas Thomas Wright]]

;Economics
*[[Ralph Harris, Baron Harris of High Cross]]
*[[David A. Jaeger]]
*[[Clara Ponsatí i Obiols]]

;Engineering
*[[Angus Robertson Fulton]]

;English, Literature, and Poetry
*[[Michael J. Alexander]]
*[[Meg Bateman]]
*[[John Burnside (writer)|John Burnside]]
*[[Robert Crawford (Scottish poet)|Robert Crawford]]
*[[Douglas Dunn]]
*[[Sandro Eich]]
*[[Roger Lancelyn Green]]
*[[Robert Irwin (writer)|Robert Irwin]]
*[[Kathleen Jamie]]
*[[John Johnston (poet)|John Johnston]]
*[[A. L. Kennedy]]
*[[William Angus Knight]]
*[[Don Paterson]]

;Languages and Linguistics
*[[Peter Branscombe]]
*[[George Hadow]]

;Geology
*[[Christopher Hawkesworth]]

;History and Art History
*[[Geoffrey Adams]]
*[[Frances Andrews]]
*[[Ali M. Ansari]]
*[[G.W.S. Barrow]]
*[[Robert Bartlett (historian)|Robert Bartlett]]
*[[Alison Beach]]
*[[Michael Bentley (historian)|Michael Bentley]]
*[[Paul Bibire]]
*[[Michael Brown (historian)|Michael Brown]]
*[[George Buchanan]]
*[[Nora K. Chadwick]]
*[[Barrie Dobson]]
*[[Aileen Fyfe]]
*[[Norman Gash]]
*[[Chris Given-Wilson]]
*[[John Guy (historian)|John Guy]]
*[[Robert Kerr Hannay]]
*[[John Hudson (historian)|John Hudson]]
*[[Caroline Humfress]]
*[[Martin Kemp (art historian)|Martin Kemp]]
*[[John Philipps Kenyon]]
*[[Colin Kidd]]
*[[Paul Magdalino]]
*[[Phillips O'Brien]] 
*[[Andrew Pettegree]]
*[[Guy Rowlands]]
*[[Hamish Scott (historian)|Hamish Scott]]
*[[Christopher Smout]]
*[[Richard Whatmore]]
*[[Alex Woolf]]
*[[Tomasz Kamusella]]

;International Relations and Politics
*[[Bruce Hoffman]]
*[[John Lindsay of Balcarres, Lord Menmuir]]
*[[Hew Strachan]]
*[[David Veness]]
*[[Paul Wilkinson (political scientist)|Paul Wilkinson]]

;Mathematics and Astronomy
*[[John Couch Adams]]
*[[Rosemary A. Bailey]]
*[[Stephen Buckland]]
*[[Peter Cameron (mathematician)|Peter Cameron]]
*[[George Chrystal]]
*[[Edward Copson]]
*[[Kenneth Falconer (mathematician)|Kenneth Falconer]]
*[[James Gregory (mathematician)|James Gregory]]
*[[Alan Hood]]
*[[John Mackintosh Howie]]
*[[Douglas Samuel Jones]]
*[[John J. O'Connor (mathematician)|John O'Connor]]
*[[Eric Priest]]
*[[Edmund F. Robertson]]
*[[Herbert Turnbull]]

;Media and Film Studies
*[[Dina Iordanova]]

;Medicine and Physiology
*[[John Adamson (physician)|John Adamson]]
*[[Oswald Taylor Brown]]
*[[George Edward Day]]
*[[Margaret Fairlie]]
*[[John Forfar]]
*[[Percy Theodore Herring]]
*[[Robert Hunter (physician)|Robert Hunter]]
*[[Joseph Fairweather Lamb]]

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*[[Thomas Spencer Baynes]]
*[[Piers Benn]]
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*[[C. D. Broad]]
*[[Sarah Broadie]]
*[[John Burnet (classicist)|John Burnet]]
*[[Archibald Campbell (philosopher)|Archibald Campbell]]
*[[Herman Cappelen]]
*[[Gershom Carmichael]]
*[[Laurence Jonathan Cohen]]
*[[James Main Dixon]]
*[[James Drever]]
*[[James Frederick Ferrier]]
*[[Adam Ferguson]]
*[[John Joseph Haldane]]
*[[Bob Hale (philosopher)|Bob Hale]]
*[[Geoffrey Hunter (logician)|Geoffrey Hunter]]
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*[[John Major (philosopher)|John Major]]
*[[Graham Priest]]
*[[David George Ritchie]] 
*[[John Skorupski]]
*[[George Stout]]
*[[A. D. Woozley|A.D. Woozley]]
*[[Crispin Wright]]

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*[[H. Stanley Allen]]
*[[John F. Allen (physicist)|John F. Allen]]
*[[Adam Anderson (physicist)|Adam Anderson]]
*[[Michael Berry (physicist)|Sir Michael Berry]]
*[[David Brewster]]
*[[Charles Coulson]]
*[[James David Forbes]]
*[[Dirk ter Haar]]
*[[Emilios T. Harlaftis]]
*[[Alan Hood]]
*[[Thomas F Krauss]]
*[[Johannes Kuenen]]
* [[Andrew P. Mackenzie]] [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]]

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*[[W. Tecumseh Fitch|William Fitch]]
*[[Kay Redfield Jamison]]
*[[Malcolm Jeeves]]

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*[[Ian L. Boyd]]
*[[H. G. Callan]]
*[[William Thomas Calman]]
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==In popular culture==
The University of St Andrews has appeared in or been referenced by a number of popular media works, in film and literature.
[[File:View of St Andrews from the West Sands.jpg|thumb|View of St Andrews from the West Sands.]]

===Film and television===
* West Sands Beach in St Andrews was used as a location for the film ''[[Chariots of Fire]]'' (1981), the scene, in which several of the main characters run along the beach, has become widely recognised and one of the most famous scenes in British film history.<ref name="Chariots of Fire Trivia">{{Cite web|title=Chariots of Fire Trivia|url=https://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0082158/trivia|access-date=1 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723220940/http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0082158/trivia|archive-date=23 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Chariots of fire beach">{{Cite web|title=Chariots of fire beach|date=October 2011|url=http://cinemastandrews.org.uk/production/release-of-chariots-of-fire/|access-date=29 January 2013|archive-date=26 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826113438/http://cinemastandrews.org.uk/production/release-of-chariots-of-fire/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The student hall, Andrew Melville Hall, was used for location shooting of the [[Never Let Me Go (2010 film)|2010 film adaptation]] of [[Kazuo Ishiguro]]'s novel, ''[[Never Let Me Go (novel)|Never Let Me Go]]'' starring [[Keira Knightley]] and [[Carey Mulligan]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.museyon.com/blog/2010/04/20/film-st-andrews-scotland/ |title=Film + St. Andrews, Scotland « MUSEYON GUIDES |publisher=Museyon.com |access-date=3 January 2013 |archive-date=2 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202214316/http://www.museyon.com/blog/2010/04/20/film-st-andrews-scotland/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-SEB-47274|title=Carey Mulligan on Her New Movie 'Never Let Me Go'|first=Lorraine|last=Cwelich|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=15 September 2010|via=www.wsj.com|access-date=13 October 2020|archive-date=13 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013182527/https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-SEB-47274|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[The Crown (season 6)|Season 6]] of the [[Netflix]] show ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]'' was in part filmed in St Andrews. 
* The crime drama ''[[Karen Pirie (TV series)|Karen Pirie]]'' was set and filmed in St Andrews.

===Literature===
* In [[Enid Blyton]]'s ''[[Malory Towers]]'' novel series, the main heroine Darrell Rivers plans to attend the University of St Andrews after [[Sixth Form]] with some of her fellow characters.<ref name="Last term at Malory Towers">{{Cite web|title=Last term at Malory Towers|date=23 September 2010|url=http://blytonlyobvious.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/last-term-at-malory-towers-part-1.html|access-date=17 January 2013|archive-date=15 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615053635/http://blytonlyobvious.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/last-term-at-malory-towers-part-1.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* St Andrews appeared in [[Samuel Johnson]]'s [[Travel literature|travel narrative]] ''[[A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland]]'' (1775), in which he visited the university.<ref name="Journey to west gutenberg">{{Cite book|title=Journey to west gutenberg|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2064|access-date=29 January 2013|archive-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502071459/http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2064|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Bruce Marshall (writer)|Bruce Marshall]]'s romance novel, ''[[Girl in May]]'' (1956), is set in St Andrews.<ref name="Girl in May">{{Cite web|title=Girl in May|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/bruce-marshall-4/girl-in-may/|access-date=17 January 2013|archive-date=26 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114827/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/bruce-marshall-4/girl-in-may/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Adam Nevill]]'s horror novel ''[[Banquet for the Damned]]'' (2004) takes place in St Andrews.<ref name="Banquet for the Damned">{{Cite web|title=Banquet for the Damned|date=29 August 2017|url=https://www.spookyisles.com/banquet-for-the-damned-adam-nevill-review/|access-date=29 August 2017|archive-date=14 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414184432/https://www.spookyisles.com/banquet-for-the-damned-adam-nevill-review/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Jay Parini]]'s memoir ''Borges and Me'' (2020) recounts the author's road trip from St Andrews to the Highlands with [[Jorge Luis Borges]].<ref name="Borges and Me">{{Cite news|title=Borges and Me|newspaper=The New York Times|date=18 August 2020|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/18/books/review/jay-parini-borges-and-me.html|access-date=18 August 2020|last1=Greenberg|first1=Michael|archive-date=18 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818091028/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/18/books/review/jay-parini-borges-and-me.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[:Category:Academics of the University of St Andrews]]
* [[Chancellor of the University of St Andrews]]
* [[St Andrews Cathedral]]
* [[List of medieval universities]]
* [[Gaudy]]
* [[Town and gown]]
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== Notes ==
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==References==
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==Sources==
* R.G. Cant ''The University of St Andrews, A Short History'' (Oliver and Boyd Ltd. 1946)

==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/}}
* [http://www.yourunion.net/ University of St Andrews Students' Association Website]
* [http://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/ Research@StAndrews:FullText], the university's digital repository of research output
* BBC Your Paintings, [https://artuk.org/search/search/search/keyword:university-of-st-andrews Public Catalogue Foundation]

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