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English students

Best in Scotland

Ranked best in Scotland and eighth in the UK in The Complete University Guide 2014 and fifth in The Guardian University Guide 2013

English postgraduates

Friendly and intellectually stimulating

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

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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.

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Innovative teaching

The first Scottish University to offer a degree in Creative Writing

Welcome

THE World University RankingsThe 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 events

The St Andrews English Colloquium: Opera & Fiction

The School of English is delighted to announce the launch of The St Andrews English Colloquium. These annual colloquia will bring distinguished international scholars to the School for two or three days of public lectures and debate. The inaugural colloquium takes place on 11-12 May 2013, on the subject of ‘Opera & Fiction'.
The St Andrews English Colloquium Programme (PDF, 109 KB) 


Upcoming conference

The Middle Ages in the Modern World
A multidisciplinary conference on medievalism in the post-Middle Ages
University of St Andrews, UK, 25-28 June 2013
Conference information


Zinnie Harris's A Doll's House at the Royal Lyceum Theatre

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Zinnie Harris’s version of Henrick Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, which was first staged at the Donmar Warehouse in London in 2009 (with Gillian Anderson and Christopher Ecclestone among the members of cast) has had its Scottish premiere at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh.


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