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St Leonard’s College www.st-andrews.ac.uk/pgstudents/stleonards


Welcome to St Leonard’s College, the community of postgraduates at the University of St Andrews. Itwas one of themediaeval colleges of St Andrews, andwas revived as a postgraduate institute in 1972.


History of the College The College,whose original titlewas ‘the College of Poor Clerks of the Church of St Andrew’,was founded in 1512 by Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews and John Hepburn, Prior of St Andrews,with St Leonard’s hospital and church as its basis. The surviving statutes dating from1544 outline themonastic style of life of the community before the Reformation. However, the College developed froma dependency of the Priory of St Andrews into a College of Philosophy or Arts from1579.


In 1747, because of financial considerations and the general decline of the University, the United College of St Salvator and St Leonardwas established on the present North Street site. The buildings of St Leonard’s College on South Street were gradually sold off,with the exception of the Chapel. Since the late nineteenth century the old college site has been occupied by St Leonards School, and the Chapel has been restored for use by the University.


A ‘Virtual’ College St Leonard’s Collegewas re-launched as a ‘virtual’ college in the 1970s for postgraduates, postdoctoral fellows and research staff, as ex-officiomembers. The College provides a central point of administration and the organising of postgraduate events. The head of the College retains the historic title of Provost, and the current holder of the post is Professor Dina Iordanova. Through funding and strong support fromthe Provost’s office, the re-branding and expansion of St Leonard’s College in recent years has also been a great success.


St Leonard’s College has recently been given added impetus as the University develops a growing, vibrant and intellectually demanding environment for advanced study. Led by a strategic vision that aims to position the University at the forefront of research excellence, the postgraduate population at St Andrews hasmore than doubled over the last decade and currently stands at about 1,600,with advanced research studentsmaking up nearly half of those numbers.


There is a commitment to delivering outstanding services, facilities and intellectual reward to a growing community of international taught and research postgraduates. As Scotland’s first university, one of themost successful research institutions in theworld, and one of the oldest andmost attractive universities, it offers a postgraduate experience of remarkable richness.


Within the Current Postgraduates section of the University’s websitewww.st-andrews.ac.uk/pgstudents youwill find awide range of information for postgraduate students focusing on all aspects of student life including academic, financial and personal advice and support. There are also details of the extraordinary number of lectures and seminars taking place,many of thembyworld- class scholars. You can also find out about our array of internal and external scholarship opportunities in the MoneyMatters section. The achievements of our current postgraduate researchers are noted via the Research- focusedweb pages at:www.st-andrews.ac.uk/research/


Postgraduates have a number of identitieswithin the University – that of their academic School or Department, or their residence, or other affiliation – there remains significant scope to create an inclusive and overarching identity for themasmembers of St Leonard’s College. It is a shared and inherently diverse identity thatwewould like to foster for the years to come, as our postgraduate population continues evolving in numbers and quality, in linewith the University’s strategy.


“Your numbers are comparatively small, and you soon beome known to each oher... Te proeors are also able to make the personal acquaintance o all o you... Tee are advantage wich are no to be me with in any oher University in Scoland.”


Opening Address by Sir James Donaldson (Senior Principal 1886-1890), on 2 November 1886


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