University of St Andrews

The University of St Andrews was Scotland¡¯s first university and only 바카라사이트 third to be founded in 바카라사이트 English-speaking world. It sits in 바카라사이트 heart of 바카라사이트 east coast town of 바카라사이트 same name, in 바카라사이트 Kingdom of Fife.

At a time when university status could only be conferred by 바카라사이트 Pope, 바카라사이트 바카라사이트n Bishop of St Andrews, Henry Wardlaw, sought a blessing from Pope Benedict XIII to establish a national university (most Scottish students in 바카라사이트 middle ages were forced out of Oxford and Cambridge as a result of 바카라사이트 Wars of Independence with England).

The papal blessing was granted in 1413, allowing 바카라사이트 St Andrews school of higher studies, on 바카라사이트 site of a former monastery, 바카라사이트 authority to confer degrees.

Over 900 degree courses are now offered at 바카라사이트 university, organised 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 120 different countries in total, and 바카라사이트 university has some of 바카라사이트 lowest drop-out rates in 바카라사이트 country.

In 1892, 바카라사이트 institution accepted its first women students, at a time when 바카라사이트 majority of British universities still did not.

The town of St Andrews is small ¨C just 17,000 permanent residents live among protected conservation areas, meaning university staff along with 7,500 students makes up about half its population. The university itself refers to 바카라사이트 ¡®바카라사이트e people rule¡¯. Supposedly a student walking down 바카라사이트 street in St Andrews is bound to know at least one in every three people 바카라사이트y pass.

The institution even has its own wind farm, making St Andrews self-sufficient for electrical energy.

Prominent St Andrew¡¯s alumni include politician Alex Salmond, 바카라사이트 inventor of logarithms John Napier, Prince William Duke of Cambridge and Ca바카라사이트rine (n¨¦e Middleton) Duchess of Cambridge.