ranked nationally within the top 3 including Anthropology, Business and Management, Chemistry, Classics and Ancient History, Computer Science, Earth Science, Economics, English, Film Studies, Geography, Languages and Linguistics, Philosophy, Physics and Psychology. For the Arts and Humanities, St Andrews was ranked 35th in the world by the 2025 Times Higher Education World University Rankings and 58th by the 2025 QS World University Rankings.
=== Admissions ===
The university receives applications mainly through UCAS and the Common Application with the latest figures showing that there are generally 12 applications per undergraduate place available. According to 2022 UCAS figures, the university had an offer rate of 24.7% for undergraduate applicants – the third lowest amongst higher education institutions (behind only Oxford and Cambridge). The university is one of the most competitive universities to gain admission into, with successful undergraduate entrants holding 215 UCAS points (the equivalent of just under A*A*A*A at A Level) ranking it as the highest amongst higher education institutions in the UK for the 2022 admissions cycle. The standard offer of a place tends to require five best Highers equivalent to AAAAB, three best A-levels equivalent to AAA or a score of at least 38 points on the International Baccalaureate. For 2016–17, the acceptance rate was 8.35% and the offer rate was 22.5% for Scottish/EU applicants where places are capped by the Scottish Government. In 2017, the most competitive courses for Scottish/EU applicants were those within the Schools of International Relations, Management, and Economics and Finance with offer rates of 8.0%, 10.9% and 11.5% respectively.
In 2023/24, the student body consisted of 11,895 students, composed of 9,620 undergraduates and 2,275 postgraduate students. The university hosts the most ethnically diverse student population out of all universities in Scotland, with 17.4% of students from an ethnic minority background and has a higher proportion of female than …
