圣安德鲁斯大学

圣安德鲁斯大学 安德鲁斯大学创立于1413年,是苏格兰最古老的大学,其悠久的历史仅次于牛津及剑桥 几个世纪以来,圣安德鲁斯大学为英国优异的学术传统做出了杰出贡献如今,圣安德鲁 学的教学及研究成果使其在英国大学中名列前茅,在"全国学生普查"中被评为全英学生满 最高的全日制大学.. eUniversityofStAndrews,foundedin istheoldestuniversityinScotlandand doldestintheEnglish-speakingworld. dversityissituatedinthetownofSt s,inFife,ontheeastcoastofScot— eUniversityofStAndrewsisamen. theSutton13andthe1994Group,a etworkcomposedbyseveraluniversities dtoperformintensiveresearchinthe Kingdom.In2010TheGuardianranked versitythirdbestwithintheUK,after andCambridge,anditisregardedas themostprestigiousuniversitiesinthe Kingdom.Itwasrankedfirstinstudent ion. Academics leUniversityconsistsof4faculties: cience,Divinity(神学)andMedicine. departmentswerehighlyratedinthe hAssessmentExercise.Itslibraryisa centrallylocatedbuildingwhichcur— Lousesalmost1millionvolumes. fU Areasofexpertise(专长)includeInterna- tionalRelations,Economics,Philosophy,Manage— ment,English,PsychologyandPhysics.Literally everydepartmentatStAndrewscontainsinterna— tionallyrecognizedacademicmembersofstaff. Despitetheirreputationsasleadingacademics, thestaffareveryaccessibletostudentsasde- partmentsarefairlysmallandthisiSadefinite strengthasideascanbesharedamongstpeople whodonotnecessarilyworkcloselytogether. Theuniversityoperatesanunusualsystemof twoterms.ThetermsarecalledMartinmasand Candlemas.TheMartinmastermrunsfromlate SeptemberuntilMidJanuary.Thereare12 teachingweeksinthistermwhichalloccurbe— foreChristmasandthenexaminationsareheld afterChristmas.AfterExaminationsthereiSan inter-semesterbreak.knownas"ski.week"and thenthenewsemesterbeginsinearlyFebruary. Location StAndrewsisapproximately50milesnorth ofEdinburgh,and13milessouthofDundee. Thetownisperched(位于)ontheedgeofthe 一7一 NorthSeaandthereare3beachesiusta shortwalkfromthetowncentre.Itreallyisa stunninglocation! ThenearesttrainstationisinLeuchars, iust5milesaway.Internationalstudentsnor- mallyarriveatEdinburghorGlasgowairport fromwherethereareregularconnectionstoSt Andrews.ItiSpossibleforinternationalstu- dentstoreserveaplace0nuniversitytrans' portfrom.EdinburghandGlasgowairportsto StAndrewsatthestartofsemester. Accommodation OneofthegreatstrengthsoftheUniver sityofStAndrewsisitsresidentialsystem andthevarietyandrangeofitsresidential accommodation.TheUniversityisuniqueamong otherScottishuniversitiesintheextentand varietyofitsresidentialaccommodation.Near- 1vtwo—thirdsofthestudentsliveinUniversity ownedaccommodation. Undergraduatestudentsintheirfirstyear aregivenspecialpriorityand,undernormal circumstances,areguaranteedaccommodation usuallyinaHallofResidenceprovidedthey applyby31Mayintheyearofentry? Eachresidencehasamixedpopulation offirstyearandreturningstudents,Homeand Overseasstudentaswellasstudentsfrom differentFaculties.Currentlythehallpopula- tionismadeupof34%returningstudents 一 8一 and66%firstyearstudents. Studentactivities rheUniversityofStAndrewsS sociationistheorganizationwhich studentbodyoftheUniversityof TheAssociationwasinstitutedin theConstitutionandLawsofthe1 StAndrewsStudents'Association. Sttidentsattheuniversityform untarysocietiesforacademic,social, litical,religiousandotherpurpose~ theseareaffiliatedwiththeStudent~ tion,suchastheUniversityof UnionDebatingS~iety.Amongthe lyaffiliatedsocietiesthereisTheS ciety. Theuniversity'SMusicSociel manystudent-Funmusicalgroups,j University'Smainsymphonyorchest 团),windband(管乐团),andchor Theyalsoorganizetheirownserie lunchtimerecitals(独奏会). Englishlanguagerequiren IEIS:6.5-7.0 TOEFL:90—100rIBT);575—60C TuitionfeesforOVersea graduatesf2010—2011) Standardrate:~12,600 Medicalscience:~19,200 (刘文浩)