The synergies between sporting pursuit and educational achievement can be traced back to the fifteenth century when golf was first played in St Andrews and Scotland’s first university was founded in 1413.
Today, the University continues to make sport central to the student experience and we pride ourselves on our students’ ability to excel both in their academic and sporting endeavours.
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Founded in the 15th century, St Andrews is Scotland’s first university and the third oldest in the English speaking world. It stands for research and teaching of the highest quality and the pursuit of knowledge for the common good.
Our fundamental goal is to attract and nurture the best staff and the most promising students from around the world, and provide an environment in which they can produce their best work for maximum societal benefit.
We continue to attract the best minds and provide an environment where students, staff and world leading scholarship can flourish.
We are known across the globe as a world leader in education and consistently rank highly in both national and global league tables placing us within the top 100 world universities.
With over six centuries of heritage, world-class teaching and facilities that are both historic and state-of-the-art, St Andrews offers an outstanding education.
The University’s fantastic reputation throughout the world makes St Andrews graduates highly valued by employers.
Our students come from all over the world, and the international outlook this gives the community in St Andrews is something we believe strongly in.
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Association and branded alignment with the University of St Andrews offers your organisation:
- Access to the very best St Andrews students and the next generation of global leaders
- Brand exposure within the student body and around campus
- Multiple access points throughout the year to meet and connect with students and graduates; skills workshops, presentations, drop-ins, careers fairs, sports fairs, and virtual events
- Assistance with recruitment and strengthening applications
- Access to the international community of St Andrews 60,000 alumni and parents
- Additional colleague and hospitality benefits at key events in St Andrews or facilitated by the University across the world
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A degree from the University of St Andrews is sought after by employers across the globe, in part due to the excellent reputation the University maintains.
Studying at St Andrews is more than just an additional stage in our students’ education. It prepares them for their next step and readies them not only to succeed in their chosen field but to excel at all aspects of life during and beyond university.
Partnering with Saints Sport offers your organisation the opportunity to support and gain direct access to some of the University’s most committed and dedicated students, build its employer brand and promote graduate programmes to students at all stages of their higher education journey.
Involvement with a sports club fosters many key attributes that are much sought after in the workplace, such as leadership, organisation, discipline, decision making ability, self-determination, drive, resilience and passion, making students who play sport more appealing to future employers.
This natural synergy of excellence in academic achievement and the development of key employability skills is further harnessed in sports students studying at St Andrews through a strong collaboration between Sport, the Careers Centre and the Centre for Educational Enhancement and Development (CEED), ensuring our graduates are capable of moving out into the world as laudable ambassadors of the University.
