May Dip returns
Students gathered at the East Sands at dawn today (Sunday 1 May 2022) to take part in the traditional May Dip.
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No place like foam
Hundreds of students take part in the annual Raisin Monday foam fight in St Andrews on Monday 22 October.
University of St Andrews traditions
From the curse of Patrick Hamilton’s initials to the May Dip, the University of St Andrews has many unique traditions and superstitions, some as old as the buildings themselves. As a new student these might seem odd,…
The art of graduation
Exhibitions reveal new insights into old traditions.
Those pesky kids
Centuries-old tradition offers “sustenance and comfort” to undergraduates who take part in a long forgotten Easter custom
Black gowns introduced for students at St Andrews
Postgraduates to have equivalent of traditional red undergraduate gown.