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The University of St Andrews ( Scots: University o St Andras, Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Chill Rìmhinn; [6] abbreviated as St And, from the Latin Sancti Andreae, in post-nominals) is a public university in St Andrews, Scotland. It is the oldest of the four ancient universities of Scotland and, following the universities of Oxford and Cambridge ...
A group of St Andrews figures, including J. M. Barrie and Douglas Haig, at the 1922 rectorial installation. This list of alumni of the University of St Andrews includes graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of the University of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.
The University of St Andrews owed its origin to a society formed in 1410 by Laurence of Lindores, abbot of Scone, Richard de Cornell, archdeacon of Lothian, and the later bishop of Dunblane, William Stephenson, among others. In 1411 the Bishop of St Andrews, Henry Wardlaw, issued a charter which attracted the most learned men in Scotland as ...
The University of St Andrews, which is the third oldest English-speaking university and the oldest university in Scotland, was founded between 1410 and 1413. A charter for the university was issued by Bishop Henry Wardlaw between 1411 and 1412 and this was followed by Avignon Pope Benedict XIII granting university status to award degrees to ...
The newer University of Dundee also elects a Rector due to its historical ties to St Andrews, whereas other modern universities do not. [2] Since 1970 the Rector has appointed a student as Rector's Assessor, who is a full voting member of the University Court, and also serves as a member of the students' representative council .
In 1954, University College Dundee changed its name to Queen's College, but remained part of the University of St Andrews. In August 1967, following recommendations by the Robbins Report, the Universities (Scotland) Act 1966 came into force. This separated Queen's College from the University of St Andrews, and granted independent university ...
The Wardlaw Museum is associated with the University of St Andrews. The museum houses a selection of the university's historic, artistic and scientific collections, which comprise over 115,000 artefacts. They are displayed across four galleries which aim to tell the story of the university. The newly refurbished museum now has an extended ...
The University of St Andrews Act 1952 created the Principal as a separate office, to be appointed by the Monarch of the United Kingdom. [2] [3] The power to appoint the Principal is vested in the University Court by Schedule 2 of the Universities (Scotland) Act 1966 .