University of St Andrews

花费Fee

生活费／周Catered costs £137-£219

本地欧盟UK/EU fees £0-£1,820

英国其他RUK fees £9,000 (£36,000 max)

国际学生Fees (international) £16,230

地址Address

College Gate, St Andrews, KY16 9AJ

Performance		Score数值	Ranking排名
2015 Times Ranking	2015年泰晤士报排名		3
2014 Times Ranking	2014年泰晤士报排名		4
World Ranking	世界排名		88
Student satisfaction	学生满意度	86.3%	7
Research quality	研究质量	28%	13
Ucas entry points	本科录取水平	523	6
Graduate prospects	毕业生展望	79.1%	18
Firsts and 2:1s	1等及2等1学位比例	88.3%	3
Completion rate	完成度	96.9%	4
Student-staff ratio	学生-老师比	11.8:1	8
Services/facilities spend	服务/设施花费	£2,346	13
Graduate salaries	毕业生起薪	£22,651
Sports points/rank	体育	1063.5	28

Social mix	学生情况	Score数值
Undergraduate (full-time)	本科全日制人数	6,465
Postgraduate (full-time)	研究生全日制人数	1,680
Applications/places	申请人数／录取人数	14,745/1,860
Applications/places ratio	申请录取率	7.9:1
EU students	欧盟学生	9.2%
Other overseas students	海外学生	32.6%
Mature	成年学生	3.3%
State school educated	公立学校教育	58.9%
Middle class/working class	中产／工薪比率	86.9/13.1

Student satisfaction 学生满意度
Subject	科目领域	％
Anthropology	人类学	85.0
Biological Science	生物科学	86.4
Business Studies	商务研究	84.5
Chemistry	化学	86.2
Classics & Ancient History	古典和古代史	88.5
Computer Science	计算机科学	93.4
Economics	经济学	72.9
English	英语	84.5
French	法语	89.9
Geography & Environmental Science	地理和环境科学	88.8
Geology	地质学	80.7
German	德语	81.7
History	历史	89.4
History of Art, Architecture & Design	艺术、建筑和设计史	89.8
Iberian Languages	伊比利亚语	82.5
Italian	意大利语	66.8
Mathematics	数学	85.7
Medicine	医学	90.4
Philosophy	哲学	85.5
Physics and Astronomy	物理和天文学	90.2
Politics	政治	86.4
Psychology	心理学	79.2
Theology & Religious Studies	神学和宗教研究	92.7

奖学金／助学金Bursaries/scholarships

For all students on the basis of need, over 200 accommodation bursaries of £1,000. For Scottish students with household income below £42.6K, 50 academic bursaries of up to £2,000 a year.

For RUK students with household income below £42.6K, bursary to top up student's official grant and loan to £7,500 a year.

大学概况University Profile

St Andrews has achieved its best ever ranking in our league table this year, with only Oxford and Cambridge finishing above it. Its success makes it our Scottish University of the Year once more, while also earning a shortlisting for the UK title.

Strong in all areas in which we measure university performance, it registers by far the best scores north of the border for student satisfaction through the National Student Survey (NSS) and remains the only Scottish university in the top 20 of our league table.

St Andrews, which celebrated its 600thanniversary in 2013, is Scotland’s oldest university and the third oldest in the English-speaking world. International students account for more than a third of the intake and give the university a cosmopolitan feel. The university is particularly popular in the United States, which alone provides nearly a fifth of the first-year students, many on Study Abroad programmes. There are eight applicants for every place, with 41% of the UK undergraduates coming from independent schools; only Oxford takes more.

Along with Edinburgh, St Andrews has the highest fees in the UK for undergraduates from England, Wales or Northern Ireland. It charges them £9,000 a year for each of the full four years of a degree, although there are bursaries for students from low-income families. Scots and other EU students continue to pay nothing.

With almost 30% of St Andrews students coming from south of the border, the new fees might have been expected to hit recruitment, but both applications and enrolments rose in 2013 and all available places were filled before Clearing began. The projected drop-out rate is extremely low, at less than 3%.

Although the university has less than 10,000 students, it offers a wide range of courses. Its reputation has always rested mainly on the humanities, which have a £1.3m research centre. An £8m headquarters for the School of International Relations opened in 2006, with Europe’s first Centre for Syrian Studies, an Institute of Iranian Studies and a Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies.

St Andrews has the largest mediaeval history department in Britain and has now added film studies and sustainable development. It has also taken over the running of the town’s Byre Theatre, which closed due to financial problems in 2013. During the day, its main auditorium will be used for lectures and the studio theatre for teaching drama, leaving both free for public performances in the evenings and at weekends.

The town of St Andrews is steeped in history, as well as being the centre of the golfing world. The university at its heart accounts for half of the 18,000 inhabitants. There are close cultural and social relations between town and gown. New students (“bejants” and “bejantines”) acquire third or fourth-year “parents”  to ease them into university life, and on Raisin Monday give their academic guardians a bottle of wine in return for a receipt in Latin, which can be written on anything.

Many of the main buildings date from the 15th and 16th centuries, but sciences are taught at the modern North Haugh site a few streets away. Everything is within walking distance, but bicycles are common.

The university has been expanding both teaching and research in the sciences. A £45m Medical and Biological Sciences Building opened in 2010, one of the first UK medical schools whose research facilities are fully integrated with the other sciences, offering an important new dimension to medical training and research.

The new building was one of the first projects to be partially funded by St Andrews’ £100m fundraising appeal. Six years on from launch it has almost reached the halfway mark, a reflection of the gulf in philanthropic funding of higher education between Oxbridge and the rest – even among these two universities’ closest competitors.

The university has the largest optical telescope in Britain and is planning a Green Energy Centre and a Knowledge Exchange Centre for spin-out companies, new business and prototype testing.

Nearly 60% of the work submitted for the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent.

More than half of all students live in halls and new apartments will be available for 2015 entrants following the demolition and replacement of houses on the Fife Park site. Self-catering accommodation for 920 students during term and three-star accommodation for golfers and other tourists in vacations won the Green Tourism Business Scheme’s Gold Award.

A small town perched on the Fife coast, students do not come to St Andrews for the nightclubs, but there is no shortage of parties in a tight-knit community. A £12m extension and redevelopment of the Students’ Association building has begun, but it will not be complete until the end of 2015.

The university is also planning a £14m transformation of its sports facilities, with a new sports hall, a larger and better-equipped fitness suite, tennis centre, expanded changing facilities and other improvements. Edinburgh is around an hour away by road for those in search of brighter lights.

学生观点Student view

Pat Mathewson, students’ association president

First impressions

An ancient town that rises out of the sea on a cliff that captivates you.

Worst feature

The belief that students are from a posh background, a detriment to the calibre and diversity of students that we have here.

Making a difference

We have about 150 societies, which is why students get stuck in and become so well rounded.

Deal clincher

A bizarre assortment of traditions and an extraordinary place, unparalleled by anywhere else.