The definitive guide for International students

The definitive guide
for International students
Where We Are
The University of St Andrews is set in the stunning,
mediaeval coastal town of St Andrews. Steeped in
history, we offer an unrivalled student experience in a
thriving, close-knit community which will set the scene
for the rest of your life. St Andrews is approximately
three miles long with University buildings interspersed
throughout. The town really is our campus!
St Andrews is situated on the east coast of Scotland
just north of Edinburgh.
There are regular flights to both London and
international destinations from Edinburgh
(one hour away) and Glasgow (two hours away).
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For updated information on travel to
St Andrews please visit:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/visiting/gettingtostandrews
St Andrews has been an
eye-opening and holistic experience,
both academically and otherwise.
The structure of the curriculum
allows you to explore your academic
strengths and weaknesses, helping
you refine the subject you truly
wish to study.
Shaik – Current student
Singapore
MA (Hons) International
Relations and
Economics
People
Students*
Undergraduates (UG): Postgraduates: UG Students from the UK: UG Students from the rest of the EU: UG Students from Overseas: Town population (incl. students):
6,654
1,552
60%
9%
31%
c.20,000
*October 2014
Aberdeen
Dundee
Glasgow
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Belfast
Dublin
Liverpool
Leeds
Manchester
Birmingham
Cardiff
Bristol
London
Studying at St Andrews
At St Andrews we offer a four-year Honours degree
pathway as standard which is different from the English
system. We have four Faculties – Arts, Divinity, Medicine
and Science. Students choose the Faculty in which
they want to study based upon their qualifications and
interests. Please note, in the Faculty of Arts the degree
is called a Master of Arts (MA) which is equivalent to a
Bachelor of Arts (BA).
Students are admitted to a specific degree programme
within one of our four Faculties. This provides breadth
and flexibility as students can drop and pick up subjects
over their first two years, allowing them to settle on
their chosen degree path at the end of Year 2. Students
in all Faculties (except Medicine) will begin by taking
three subjects in Year 1.
Year 2
Subjects:
1
2
Subjects:
1
2
Single Honours
3
4
Joint Honours
Year 3
Subject 1
Subjects: 1
2
Year 4
Subject 1
Subjects: 1
2
BSc (Bachelor of Science) Honours
Year 1
Subjects:
1
2
3
Year 2
Subjects:
1
2
(Direct entry
to second year)
Single Honours
BA International Honours Programme
For information on the degree which is jointly
awarded by St Andrews and the College of William
& Mary in the USA, please see:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/ug/options/routes/wm
Junior Semester & Year Abroad
St Andrews offers exciting opportunities for university
students who want to come and study with us for a
semester or year.
For more information on these exciting opportunities,
please visit: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/studyabroad
Example Degree Structure
MA (Master of Arts) Honours
Year 1
For more information on different degree routes,
please visit:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/ug/options/routes/
honours
Joint Honours
Year 3
Subject 1
Subjects: 1
2
Year 4
Subject 1
Subjects: 1
2
(The degree pathway for Medicine will be different.
For further information applicants should refer to:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/medicine)
Summer School for High School Students
Each summer international high school students
who have completed the tenth grade have a
fantastic opportunity to come and study with us
at St Andrews for four weeks. We offer Creative
Writing, Scottish Studies and Science summer
programmes. We are looking for students who have
around a B+ average on a high school transcript.
For more information please visit:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/non-degree/summer/
programmes
Foundation and Pre-Sessional Programmes
St Andrews offers a range of undergraduate and
postgraduate courses to prepare students for degreelevel studies. We also offer a range of pre-sessional
courses for students who have an offer to study at
the University. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/elt
Postgraduate Study
The University of St Andrews offers a variety of
postgraduate qualifications, which range from one
to four years. For more information please see:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/pg
How to Apply
Undergraduate
Admission to the University of St Andrews is highly
competitive and our entrance requirements reflect
this. We are looking for well rounded students who
are global thinkers, proactive and above all high
academic achievers.
We accept qualifications from a range of countries; for
full details of entrance requirements, please see our
A-Z list of countries: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/
entrance-requirements
English Language Requirements
Students whose first language is not English may be
required to take a Secure English Language Test (SELT).
For more details please visit:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/elt/entry
For entrance requirements to the School of Medicine
please visit: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/medicine
Reference
We require one academic reference.
Personal Statement
This is a student’s opportunity to outline their reasons
for applying for their choice of subject(s) and their
potential to succeed.
I benefited from St Andrews’ traditional
Scottish approach to education. This style
is more self-disciplined and frankly a bit
more intense then the American approach.
With the lecture and tutorial model at
St Andrews, I not only had to grasp a deeper
understanding of the topic at hand, but I
also had to synthesize it in a smaller tutorial
setting, and later be tested on it. I also met
people from over 40 different countries
which proved an invaluable network
still in use today!
Steven – TV Presenter, Shanghai
Media Group, graduated 1995,
MA English Language
and Literature
Application
Students may only use one method of application:
Direct Entry or UCAS.
Direct Entry – International students have the
opportunity to apply directly to the University of
St Andrews provided they are not applying to any
other UK university. For more details, please visit:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/ug/apply/direct
UCAS – International students applying to
more than one UK institution must use UCAS.
For more details, please visit: www.ucas.com
Fees & Funding
Annual Tuition Fees for
International Students (2015-2016):
Faculty of Arts, Divinity & Science:
Faculty of Medicine: £17,040
£24,500
For further information on current tuition fees,
please visit: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/tuitionfees
Accommodation Fees Per Year
£5,359
(Based upon shared occupancy and catered for 2013-2014)
Estimated Total Cost Per Student Per Annum
– Tuition + Shared / Catered Accommodation
Faculty of Arts, Divinity & Science: £22,399
Faculty of Medicine: £29,859
Applicants should also factor in living expenses. For further
information please visit: www.gov.uk/government/
organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration
All costs are correct at the time of going to print for the 2015-2016
cycle – except where noted otherwise. Please note costs may
increase for future years.
Scholarships and Funding
The University offers a small number of scholarships
for overseas fee paying students who will be studying
at St Andrews for an undergraduate degree. The
scholarships will be awarded as a tuition fee reduction
for each year of the student’s undergraduate studies
and will be awarded broadly on the basis of financial
need and academic merit. These scholarships are only
available for students who are entering into the first
year of study.
For details on these and other awards please see:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/scholarships
Student Domicile
If you are unsure as to whether or not you are Overseas
or Home / EU for fee paying purposes please fill in our
online Fee Status Questionnaire.
For more information on Fee Status, please visit:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/ug/fees-and-funding/
rest-of-world
When my son achieved a place at
St Andrews, I was delighted because
I knew he would be getting a top
quality education at a top university.
But, more than that, I knew his degree
would be recognised worldwide as
coming from one of a small group
of top UK universities that are well
known internationally. All this proved
correct. He went on to study law
in the USA and now works there as
a government attorney.
Mr Cris – IB Coordinator at
St Mary’s International
School, Tokyo
Graduate Prospects
Your future
We recognise that academic success is only half the
story. In an increasingly competitive graduate market,
we understand the importance of equipping you with
the skills to capitalise on your first-rate education and
successfully market yourself to graduate employers.
Careers Centre
The Careers Centre provides a comprehensive range
of services to help you make well-informed and timely
decisions about your future. These include:
•Personalised consultation and one to one
careers advice.
•Workshops led by Careers and employers on topics
such as making successful applications, interview and
presentation skills.
•An extensive website of resources.
The Careers Centre webpages include useful information
for international students, subject relevant career paths,
and the ability to network with our extensive alumni.
For this, and much more, please visit:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/careers
In such a tight-knit
community, our
students develop
exceptional
teamworking
In recent years our
skills through
graduates have secured jobs
activities such as
for organisations including:
group projects,
Deloitte, Google, IBM, JP Morgan,
Accenture, PwC, Sotheby’s, Allen
volunteering
& Overy LLP, Bank of America,
programmes and
Merrill Lynch, Procter &
clubs and societies.
Gamble, IBM, GE, Shell,
St Andrews students
Thomson Reuters,
have other skills that
GSK
are vital to employers
such as their enthusiasm
and initiative.
Our degree structure and curriculum enables students
to think independently. Our diverse community gives
our students a global network of contacts and provides
them with an acute awareness of the world in which
we live.
Student Life
St Andrews’ student life is a vibrant
melting pot of:
• 180 student clubs and societies
•Over 60 sports clubs
• Music opportunities
•Various major faiths
•Socialising in trendy restaurants, bars
and coffee shops
With 600 years of history, St Andrews offers a wide
range of traditions that students are encouraged to
be involved in, for example:
•
Academic Family – first year students are adopted
by third year students
• Raisin Monday – first year students dress up in
fancy dress and then have a huge foam fight!
•
May Dip – jumping into the sea on 1 May when
the sun comes up
•
Ball culture – wearing formal dress and dancing
the night away
Accommodation – we have 10 attractive halls
of residence which all vary in size, architecture,
atmosphere and tradition!
We guarantee University managed accommodation
to every entrant undergraduate student provided they
apply for their housing between 1 April – 30 June in
their year of entry.
You can choose from a range of accommodation
options. We cannot always guarantee your first
selection but you will be allocated one of
your four choices.
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/
accommodation
Undergraduate hall population:
97% of entrants, 20% of returners.
What You Can Study
Single and / or Joint Honours degrees are available in the following subjects. Details of which programmes are
taught in each Faculy are available at: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/ug/prospectus
Ancient History
Ancient History and Archaeology
Applied Economics
Applied Mathematics
Arabic
Art History
Astrophysics
Behavioural Biology
Biblical Studies
Biochemistry
Biology
Biomolecular Science
Cell Biology
Chemical Sciences
Chemistry
Classical Studies
Classics
Comparative Literature
Computer Science
Divinity
Earth Sciences
Ecology and Conservation
Economics
English
Environmental Earth Sciences
Evolutionary Biology
Film Studies
Financial Economics
French
Geography
Geology
German
Greek
Hebrew
History
International Relations
Italian
Latin
Management
Management Science
Marine Biology
Materials Chemistry
Mathematics
Mediaeval History
Mediaeval History and Archaeology
Mediaeval Studies
For detailed information on specific taught and
research based graduate subjects, please visit:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/pg/prospectus
Medicine
Middle East Studies
Modern History
Modern Languages
Molecular Biology
Neuroscience
New Testament
Persian
Philosophy
Physics
Psychology
Pure Mathematics
Russian
Scottish History
Social Anthropology
Spanish
Statistics
Sustainable Development
Theological Studies
Theology
Theoretical Physics
Zoology
Please come and visit us!
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/
study/ug/meet-us
International Admissions Team
St Katharine’s West, 16 The Scores,
St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9AX,
Scotland (UK )
T:+44 (0)1334 462194
F:+44 (0)1334 463330
E:[email protected]
8,000
Students
Top 3
UK University
Stunning
Coastal Location
(Times / Sunday Times)
40%
Students from
Outside the UK
1
st
in UK for Student
Satisfaction
Cosmopolitan
Community
180
Student Clubs
& Societies
Over
Countries in
Student Population
1 : 12
Around
Academic Staff :
Student Ratio
www.st-andrews.ac.uk
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Information for
Canadian students
Entrance requirements
•
Alberta HSD Overall average of 85% in grade 12.
•
British Columbia Overall average of 85% in Senior
Secondary Graduation Diploma.
• Manitoba Overall average of 85% in HSGD courses at
85%.
• Ontario Overall average of 85% in Ontario Secondary
School Diploma (can be a combination of 4U and
4M courses but should include no more than 2 × 4M
courses).
• Quebec Overall average of 85% in Diploma d’Etudes
Collegiales (DEC).
For entrance requirements to the School of Medicine
please visit: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/medicine
IB entrance scores vary between courses, please visit:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/ug/prospectus
Reference
We require one academic reference.
Personal Statement
This is an opportunity to outline your reasons for applying
for the choice of subject(s) and your potential to succeed.
Application
You may only use one method of application:
Direct Entry, UCAS or Common Application.
Direct Entry – Canadian students have the
opportunity to apply directly to the University of
St Andrews provided they are not applying to any
other UK university. For more details, please visit:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/ug/apply/direct
UCAS – Canadian students applying to more than
one UK institution have the opportunity to use UCAS.
The deadline for applications from all international
students is 30 June in the year of entry. For more details,
please visit: www.ucas.com
Common Application – Canadian students have the
opportunity to apply through the Common Application
if St Andrews is the only UK institution to which they are
applying, or the other UK institutions are members
of the Common Application.
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/ug/apply/
commonapplication
Fees and funding
Annual tuition fees for overseas students
(2016-2017):
£ GBP / $ CAD
Faculty of Arts, Divinity & Science:
£17,890 / $36,906
Faculty of Medicine:
£25,200 / $51,986
Accommodation fees per year:
Student domicile
If you are unsure as to whether or not you are Overseas
or Home / EU for fee paying purposes please fill in our
online Fee Status Questionnaire. For more information on
fee status, please visit: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/ug/
fees-and-funding/rest-of-world
£5,544 / $11,437
(Based upon shared occupancy and catered for 2015-2016)
Estimated total cost per student per annum –
tuition + shared / catered accommodation:
Faculty of Arts, Divinity & Science:
£23,434 / $48,343
Faculty of Medicine:
£30,744 / $63,423
For information on current tuition and
accommodation fees, please see:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/ug/fees-and-funding
Applicants should also factor in living expenses.
For further information please visit:
http://international.studentcalculator.org
Foreign exchange as of 10 December 2015, 1 GBP = 2.06 CAD.
The University will clarify compulsory fees and charges it requires
any student to pay at the time of offer. The offer will also clarify
conditions for any variation of fees. The University’s approach to fee
setting is described at: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/teachingand-learning/policies/fee-setting-protocol.pdf
Studying and living at
St Andrews has been an exciting,
enlightening, and humbling
experience. To me, each day
spent at the school is nothing less
than a gift, and I am reminded
each day of how lucky I am
to be a part of the academic
community here.
Kurt – Toronto (School of
International Relations)
www.st-andrews.ac.uk
Scholarships and funding
The University offers a small number of international
scholarships each year. Other awards and scholarships are
also available including the McEuen Scholarship which
covers full tuition, board and lodgings for one Canadian
student and the Ransome Scholarship which covers
tuition and accommodation for one North American
student each year. For details please see:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/scholarships
Scottish – Canadian Medical Programme
The University of St Andrews has a unique partnership
with the University of Edinburgh and the University of
Alberta (Canada) and together we offer a six-year medical
degree. After studying in St Andrews and Edinburgh,
students are offered guidance and assistance to return
to Canada for their Residency Programme. Full details are
available here:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/medicine/pro/alberta
Graduate destinations
Canadian students graduating from St Andrews go on to
a wide and diverse set of destinations following their time
at St Andrews. Within six months of graduation 29.6% of
North American students are enrolled in further study
and a further 64.8% are involved in employment, of which
86% are in professional roles. 67.9% of North American
students decide to start their career or continue their
studies outside of the UK following graduation.
In addition to offering expertise and resources for
students interested in working in the UK, the University of
St Andrews also places a high importance on supporting
international students who are interested in returning
to their own markets. We have a well-developed Alumni
Network active across North America and the University
regularly hosts 10 summer networking sessions and
Career Forums across the continent. In 2015 we had
over 600 participants across our North American-based
events. We also host virtual Q&A sessions with a variety of
Canadian employers and universities for our students.
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