Universitatea Saint Andrews

Universitatea Sfântului Andrei sau Universitatea Saint Andrews, în original în limba engleză, University of Saint Andrews, adesea denumită colocvial doar Saint Andrews, este cea mai veche, continuu operaţională, universitate din Scoţia, şi cea de-a treia ca vechime universitate din Regatul Unit şi din ţările de limbă engleză după universităţile Oxford şi Cambridge. The University is situated in the town of St Andrews, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It was founded between 1410 and 1413, when a Papal Bull was issued by the Avignon Antipope Benedict XIII. In post-nominals the University of St Andrews was historically abbreviated as St And (from the Latin Sancti Andreae). St Andrews is considered one of the United Kingdom's best universities. HRH Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, when he recently returned to launch its 600th Anniversary Campaign, described the University of St Andrews as by ‘far and away the best University in the world’.[4] World-class reputation in teaching and research consistently place St Andrews as the top university in Scotland and often amongst the top five in the UK, according to annual league tables produced by The Times, Sunday Times and The Guardian.[5] The Times Higher Education World Universities Ranking named St Andrews among the world’s Top 20 Arts and Humanities universities in 2010.[6] St Andrews has a diverse student body and cosmopolitan character due to its over 30% intake of international students from well over 100 countries, with 15% of the current student body coming from North America.[7] Throughout its more recent history, St Andrews has maintained strong links with leading academic institutions in the United States and Canada, including members of the Ivy League.[8]