The Times are a-changing

The University of St Andrews celebrates double success today after receiving two awards in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025, to be published this weekend (Sunday 22 September).

St Andrews is the Scottish University of the Year 2025 and University of the Year for Student Experience 2025 in the definitive university Guide.

Overall St Andrews was ranked second in the UK behind the London School of Economics, with Oxford and Cambridge ranked third and fourth respectively.

It is the second time in a matter of weeks that Scotland’s oldest university has been recognised for the strength of its teaching quality and student experience. St Andrews was named University of the Year for Student Experience in the new Daily Mail University Guide 2025 published earlier this month.

St Andrews was singled out by the Mail Guide for its sustained performance at the top of the National Student Survey, which measures student satisfaction with the quality of teaching and academic support.

The Times and Sunday Times Guide profiles and ranks 135 UK universities and is regarded as one of the most comprehensive analyses of the British higher education sector.

St Andrews Schools also performed well in the subject rankings with seven subjects ranked top in the UK: Anthropology, Classics, English, French, German, Politics (International Relations), and History, which was joint top with Cambridge. All subjects at St Andrews were ranked in the top six in the UK.

President of the University of St Andrews Students’ Association, Cam Brown, said: “The student experience at St Andrews is one of a kind, where everyone plays an important role in making it the success it is today.

“St Andrews is a place where students can feel supported, encouraged and have the freedom to explore their passions, coupled with an unrivalled learning and teaching experience, and unique traditions that make this place so special.

“These awards are a positive endorsement of the hard work that we as a community should celebrate and be proud of.”

The University also performed well in the Guardian University Guide 2025, with seven subjects ranked top in the UK and all 21 of our subjects ranked in the top ten. St Andrews was ranked second in the UK overall and top in Scotland.

The new print edition of The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025, a free 96-page supplement, will be published this weekend in The Sunday Times (22 September).