St Andrews is UK's best university
The University of St Andrews has been named the UK's top university in The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2027. It is the third time in six years we’ve secured the top spot.
Local St Andrews graduate, Dr Bernhoff, has been elected as the University’s 56th Rector after a record number of students vote.
Date 17 October 2026
Category University news
The University Men’s 1st XV were crowned 2026 Men’s Scottish Varsity champions after a resounding 21-12 victory over Edinburgh.
Date 24 September 2026
Category Sport
The new Corrour Research Centre opened in September with 24 beds, a lab, full kitchen, and built using timber harvested from Corrour.
Date 16 September 2026
Category Sustainability
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St Andrews Professor named Research England Executive Chair
Professor Christopher Smith, from the School of Classics, as the government’s preferred candidate for Executive Chair of Research England and Global Partnerships.
Junior Saints sponsorship renewed
Saints Sport has announced that local estate agency Rettie has renewed its sponsorship of the Junior Saints holiday camps programme for a further year.
Oldest animals on earth found to share a common ancestor
. Despite their remarkable evolutionary history, brachiopods remain poorly understood, particularly in terms of their evolutionary origins and sister-group relationships within the animal kingdom.
New research upends theory of how tin deposits are formed
Researchers have revealed that the defining characteristics of ‘tin granites’ are established at their geological source rather than through later magmatic processing.
University of St Andrews joins £20m Tay Create partnership
St Andrews is playing a key role in a major new regional partnership backed by £20 million from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) that aims to turn creative ideas into innovative products.