- Student-faculty ratios: 12.7
- Male to female ratio: 58 : 42
- School nature: Public
- Website: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/
- Address: St Andrews,Fife, Scotland KY16 9AJ,United Kingdom
- Phone: -
The University of St Andrews was Scotland’s first university and only the third to be founded in the English-speaking world. It sits in the heart of the east coast town of the same name, in the Kingdom of Fife. At a time when university status could only be conferred by the Pope, the then Bishop of St Andrews, Henry Wardlaw, sought a blessing from Pope Benedict XIII to establish a national university (most Scottish students in the middle ages were forced out of Oxford and Cambridge as a result of the Wars of Independence with England). The papal blessing was granted in 1413, allowing the St Andrews school of higher studies, on the site of a former monastery, the authority to confer degrees. Over 900 degree courses are now offered at the 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 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. The town of St Andrews is small – 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 the ‘thee people rule’. Supposedly a student walking down the street in St Andrews is bound to know at least one in every three people they 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, the inventor of logarithms John Napier, Prince William Duke of Cambridge and Catherine (née Middleton) Duchess of Cambridge.
- Total number of students 8,940
- Number of international students 4,065
- Total number of academic staff 725
- Number of international staff 265
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded 1,475
- Number of master's degrees awarded 730
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded 200
- Number of research only staff 360
- Number of new undergraduate students 1,825
- Number of new master's students 775
- Number of new doctoral students 280
- Global score 57.7
- Global research reputation #167
- Regional research reputation #153
- Publications #414
- Books #90
- Conferences #716
- Normalized citation impact #312
- Total citations #362
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #324
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #168
- International collaboration #292
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration #139
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #329
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #283
*The above data comes from: Official website of U.S.News
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12.7
No. of students per staff
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46%
Percentage of International Students
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58 : 42
Student Ratio of Females to Males
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9,213
Number of FTE Students
*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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World University Rankings
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2011
103
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2012
85
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2013
108
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2014
117
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2015
111
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2016
86
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2017
=110
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2018
=143
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2019
165
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2020
=198
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Arts & humanities
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2011
20
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2012
24
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2013
34
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2014
37
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2015
33
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2016
=50
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2017
=36
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2018
44
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2019
=54
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-
Clinical, pre-clinical & health
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2018
176–200
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2019
151–175
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Life sciences
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2016
74
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2017
78
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2018
72
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2019
101–125
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-
Physical sciences
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2017
99
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2018
101–125
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2019
126–150
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-
Social sciences
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2016
46
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2017
=87
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2018
101–125
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2019
101–125
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-
Business & Economics
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2017
=94
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2018
101–125
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2019
101–125
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-
Computer Science
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2018
201–250
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2019
301–400
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-
Psychology
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2018
=52
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2019
101–125
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European Teaching
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2018
15
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2019
5
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*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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#77 Arts and Humanities
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- Arts and Humanities global research reputation #43
- Arts and Humanities regional research reputation #44
- Arts and Humanities publications #47
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- Arts and Humanities conferences #108
- Arts and Humanities normalized citation impact #223
- Arts and Humanities total citations #102
- Arts and Humanities number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #83
- Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #206
- Arts and Humanities international collaboration #227
- Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications with international collaboration #182
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- Biology and Biochemistry overall score 32.6
- Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation #331
- Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation #180
- Biology and Biochemistry publications #420
- Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact #115
- Biology and Biochemistry total citations #327
- Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #284
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #78
- Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration #171
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #83
- Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #314
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #254
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#167 Chemistry
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- Chemistry overall score 60.5
- Chemistry global research reputation #217
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- Chemistry publications #279
- Chemistry normalized citation impact #125
- Chemistry total citations #204
- Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #215
- Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #210
- Chemistry international collaboration #414
- Chemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #148
- Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #148
- Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #104
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#523 Clinical Medicine
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- Clinical Medicine global research reputation #506
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- Clinical Medicine publications #976
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- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #16
- Clinical Medicine international collaboration #238
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications with international collaboration #144
- Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #482
- Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #22
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- Environment/Ecology publications #282
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- Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #241
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #208
- Environment/Ecology international collaboration #77
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #23
- Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #183
- Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #143
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#91 Geosciences
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- Geosciences overall score 61.9
- Geosciences global research reputation #75
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- Geosciences publications #270
- Geosciences normalized citation impact #18
- Geosciences total citations #178
- Geosciences number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #147
- Geosciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #8
- Geosciences international collaboration #51
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- Geosciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #113
- Geosciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #24
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#424 Physics
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- Physics global research reputation #244
- Physics regional research reputation #148
- Physics publications #450
- Physics normalized citation impact #428
- Physics total citations #473
- Physics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #441
- Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #359
- Physics international collaboration #525
- Physics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #216
- Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #475
- Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #473
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#124 Plant and Animal Science
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- Plant and Animal Science overall score 61.9
- Plant and Animal Science global research reputation #127
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- Plant and Animal Science normalized citation impact #100
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- Plant and Animal Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #103
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #67
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- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #15
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- Plant and Animal Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #83
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#172 Psychiatry/Psychology
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- Psychiatry/Psychology publications #374
- Psychiatry/Psychology normalized citation impact #122
- Psychiatry/Psychology total citations #303
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #240
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #23
- Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration #27
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #35
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #268
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #213
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#205 Social Sciences and Public Health
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- Social Sciences and Public Health overall score 43.6
- Social Sciences and Public Health global research reputation #284
- Social Sciences and Public Health regional research reputation #127
- Social Sciences and Public Health publications #311
- Social Sciences and Public Health normalized citation impact #123
- Social Sciences and Public Health total citations #257
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #220
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #61
- Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration #88
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications with international collaboration #175
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #175
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #72
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#84 Space Science
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- Space Science overall score 55.3
- Space Science global research reputation #60
- Space Science regional research reputation #32
- Space Science publications #54
- Space Science normalized citation impact #157
- Space Science total citations #80
- Space Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #59
- Space Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #135
- Space Science international collaboration #150
- Space Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #117
- Space Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #128
- Space Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #186