University of St Andrews

School of English

Best in Scotland

Ranked best in Scotland and seventh in the UK in The Complete University Guide 2012 and fifth in The Guardian University Guide 2009

Friendly and intellectually stimulating

Friendly, supportive and intellectually stimulating environment and a wide range of postgraduate research topics to choose from.

Expertise in all periods of English and Scottish literature

Thirty permanent staff members with expertise in all fields and periods of English and Scottish literature.

Innovative teaching

The first Scottish University to offer a degree in Creative Writing

Welcome

The study of English at the University of St Andrews has a long and distinguished history that is sustained in the scholarly, critical, and creative dynamism of today's School of English. In the present day, the School enjoys an international reputation as a centre for both academic research and literary creativity. In the 2008 RAE, the School had 70% of its research and writing rated as 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent'. The School's richest inheritance, however, is its collegiality: we pride ourselves on our friendliness, and on our common enthusiasm for great literature.

Upcoming conference

Emblems of Nationhood: Britishness 1707–1901
A multidisciplinary conference organised by the Schools of Art History, English and Modern Languages
University of St Andrews, 10th–12th August 2012
Conference information

For the complete events listing, please see our Research events programme for Semester 2, 2011/12

Creative Writing

House in Balmungo

International Writer's Residency

Professor Crawford wins senior research fellowship

Professor Robert Crawford has been awarded a British Academy / Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship from 1 Sept 2012 until 31 Aug 2013 to work on volume one of his T. S. Eliot biography.