All undergraduate students in the Faculties of Arts, Divinity and Science must meet their Adviser of studies in person at the beginning of each academic year (or in January if not studying in St Andrews during semester 1).
Attending the advising meeting is a compulsory part of the matriculation process, which must be successfully completed in order to become a registered current student. Until your module choices are approved by your Adviser of studies at this meeting, and validated in the academic advising system, you are not officially enrolled in those modules.
Advising meetings take place during orientation week, either in the relevant school, or in the Gateway building, depending on your subject and year of study.
Postgraduate taught students may be required to see their Adviser of Studies at the start of the year, please contact your department on arrival. Your Adviser of Studies will discuss and validate your module choices to ensure they are appropriate to your intended degree programme.
If you are a full-time registered student you should be exempt from Council Tax. If you take a leave of absence or change your mode of attendance from full-time you may become liable for Council Tax.
The University submits a list of registered full-time students to Fife Council twice annually (at the beginning of each semester).
If you are not normally resident in Fife you will need to complete a Council Tax exemption form and take it to the ASC at 79 North Street. The ASC will be able to offer advice and will stamp the form for you. You must be a registered student for this to be done and will need to show your matriculation card.
Further information can be found on Money Matters.
If you have been awarded a scholarship paid through the University, you can find your maintenance payment dates in MySaint by clicking on the My Applications tab.
Please ensure you have provided or updated your bank details in MySaint.
If you are expecting to receive a maintenance grant from the Student Loans Company (SLC), these payments will be released as scheduled by SLC when the University confirms your registration after you have completed matriculation.
You can review your outstanding online matriculation tasks by logging into MySaint and completing the remaining sections.
For all new students, TGAP is an online training module in good academic practice and is a compulsory part of matriculation, and is accessed via Moodle.
If you do not complete matriculation within the prescribed period please refer to the Failure to Register Policy.
If you are experiencing technical difficulties during the online matriculation process, please contact us using your st-andrews.ac.uk email account.
Full details of tuition fees deadlines can be found on the Payment Deadlines page of our website.
For further information about payment plans, please see the relevant page below:
You will need to matriculate near the start of each academic year of your studies. Online matriculation opens in August, and you will receive an email when this is available.
If you are a new student or a student in the UK on a visa, you will also need to attend the in-person matriculation event during orientation week. You should bring your matriculation (ID) card if you have one. If you are a new student or a returning student who requires UKVI permission to study in the UK you should bring your passport and visa or biometric card if you have one. New students who were born in the UK and have a UK birth certificate may bring this if they do not have a passport. If you have not already paid your fees, you may bring a credit/debit card and a member of Finance staff will assist you. Unfortunately, the University cannot accept cash payments for tuition fees.
You will need to attend advising in orientation week to meet with your Adviser(s) of studies to finalise your module choices.
If you take a leave of absence for semester 1 of an academic year, you will need to matriculate again for your return in semester 2. Your re-engagement letter will give you instructions.
It is extremely important that you complete all elements of matriculation by the deadline specified in the Failure to Register Policy, since failure to do so will result in termination of your studies.
Full information on methods of payment for accommodation fees can be found on the following pages of our website:
If you wish to pay by credit/debit card, you can do so here.
You can pay your tuition fees by credit/debit card or by bank transfer. For further information about payment methods and available payment plans, please see the relevant sections of our website below:
If you wish to pay by credit/debit card, you can do so here.
Download the Orientation App (available for iOS and Android devices) or visit our online orientation schedule. Full details are available here.
You can reset the password for your University email address and MySaint log-in from this page.