St Andrews top University in Scotland

The University of St Andrews maintains its enviable record as the top university in Scotland in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019.

The Good University Guide 2019, published Sunday 23 September 2018, once again reveals that St Andrews is the top university in Scotland and 3rd in the UK behind Oxbridge for the third successive year. St Andrews is comfortably the top-ranked university in Scotland, 14 places ahead of its nearest rivals.

The University of St Andrews was shortlisted for the UK-wide title, having consolidated its third-place ranking in the league table, recording particularly strong scores on the key measures of teaching excellence and student experience.

Alastair McCall, Editor of The Sunday Times Good University Guide, said: “No university in the UK can match St Andrews for its outstanding levels of student satisfaction. Ranked third in the UK this year for satisfaction with teaching quality and top again for satisfaction with the wider student experience, St Andrews students are a happy bunch. They know they’re on to a good thing and benefiting from a high-quality education that will stand them in good stead throughout their working lives ahead.”

The ranking completes a highly successful year for the University of St Andrews. Scotland’s oldest university was top in the UK for student satisfaction in the National Student Survey 2018, underlying the University’s commitment to its students. The Guardian University Guide 2019 also ranked St Andrews the best University in Scotland and third in the UK behind Oxbridge.