International Students - Undergraduate
(International postgraduate applicants should refer to Postgraduate Students )
The University of St Andrews welcomes students from around the world and our student community is becoming increasingly diverse. Approximately 20% of our student body is from overseas with some 1,000 undergraduates representing more than 75 different nationalities. At St Andrews there are students from almost every region of Europe and North America. Others arrive from Japan, Taiwan, China, Australia, Malaysia, Africa, India, the West Indies . . . the list goes on.
English language requirements
All applicants to the University whose native language is not English must either obtain a satisfactory score in a recognised test of English language competence or produce other proof of English language proficiency as a condition of entry.
Applicants to both undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes may obtain a full list of acceptable English language qualifications and grades from the English Language Teaching Centre.
The University offers Foundation programmes for students whose school-leaving qualifications do not meet the minimum General Entrance Requirements or whose English language proficiency may not yet have reached a suitable standard for degree level study.
Students whose present language qualifications do not completely satisfy the General Entrance Requirements of the University may be asked to attend a four-week pre-sessional course in English and Study Skills. This course is designed for all overseas graduating and non-graduating students whose mother tongue is not English. All such students are recommended to attend this course to make the best start to their studies at St Andrews. The course lasts for four weeks during August and September.