Internationally focused teaching
IE's language and academic experts deliver foundation and postgraduate programmes, as well as pre-sessional and short courses that combine academic subject knowledge with English language skills and cultural adaptation studies.
An International Foundation programme at St Andrews combines academic subjects with language and academic skills to help you to develop the analytical approach to learning required for success in a UK university.
The University offers postgraduate study options for individuals interested in the theory and practice of teaching English to speakers of other languages.
The University offers summer courses that give students from around the world an ideal opportunity to experience university life at St Andrews.
Pre-sessional courses provide international students with the language and academic literacy levels required for study at the University of St Andrews.
The University of St Andrews designs tailor-made courses to meet the specific requirements of other educational institutions and organisations.
Apply for an International Foundation programme
Programmes start in January and September each year
Announcements
International Education Institute is now on Twitter
We now have a Twitter account for disseminating scholarly outputs of academic staff and postgraduate students! Our Twitter handle is: @StA_IEI. Follow us here: https://twitter.com/StA_IEI.
IEI academic staff member wins University Teaching Excellence Award 2023
IEI Programme Director Kirsty Duff is one of the five winners of the university-wide teaching excellence award, recognising Kirsty’s outstanding commitment to student engagement and learning. Watch the video of the award presentation on YouTube and read more about the awards on the St Andrews News page.
IEI Academic Staff named a Top 2% Scientist in Education on the Stanford List.
Our Director of Impact and Innovation, Prof Sin Wang Chong, is named a Top 2% Scientist in Education on the Stanford List released on 4th October 2023. Sin Wang is one of five Social Sciences researchers at the University of St Andrews that are on the list, and the only one in Education. Sin Wang's achievement is based on his single recent year impact: Figures available at https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/6.
You can read more about Sin Wang Chong and his work on his staff profile - Sin Wang Chong Staff Profile