SAINT ANDREWS, UNIVERSITY OF


Meaning of SAINT ANDREWS, UNIVERSITY OF in English

Oldest university in Scotland, founded in 1411 on the outskirts of St. Andrews.

The university buildings include St. Salvator's College (1450), St. Leonard's College (1512; merged with St. Salvator's in 1747), and the University Library (1612). A third college, St. Mary's (1537), has always taught theology exclusively. The medical and dental school became independent as the University of Dundee in 1967.

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