Entities

University of St Andrews

Entity Type
Location
Founding Date
1413

Founded in 1413, the University of St Andrews is Scotland’s first university. It is the third oldest university in the English speaking world. Over 900-degree courses are available at the university across four faculties: Arts, Divinity, Medicine, and Science. About a third of its 8,000 students come from Scotland while just under half are international, hailing from 140 different countries in total.

  • The university has some of the lowest drop-out rates in the country.
  • In 1892, the institution accepted its first women students, at a time when the majority of British universities still did not.