The University of St Andrews, informally referred to as "St Andrews", is the oldest university in Scotland and the third oldest in the English-speaking world after Oxford and Cambridge. The university is situated in the town of St Andrews, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It was founded between 1410 and 1413, when a Papal Bull was issued by the Avignon Antipope Benedict XIII. In post-nominals the university's name was historically abbreviated as "St And" (from the Latin Sancti Andreae).
St Andrews often performs well in rankings of UK universities. St Andrews is judged as world-class for teaching and research, and domestic league tables place it as the best university in Scotland; it is currently ranked as the fourth best university in the UK according to the most recent university league table produced by The Guardian (see Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom). The Times Higher Education World Universities Ranking names St Andrews among the world’s Top 20 Arts and Humanities universities.
Coordinates: 56°20′25″N 2°47′44″W / 56.3404°N 2.7955°W / 56.3404; -2.7955
St Andrews (Scots: Saunt Aundraes; Scottish Gaelic: Cill Rìmhinn) is a former royal burgh on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, named after Saint Andrew the Apostle. The town is home to the University of St Andrews, the third oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of the UK's most prestigious. The University is an integral part of the burgh, and during term time students make up approximately one third of the town's population. St Andrews has a population of 16,680, making this the fifth largest settlement in Fife.
There has been an important church in St Andrews since at least the 8th century, and a bishopric since at least the 11th century. The settlement grew to the west of St Andrews cathedral with the southern side of the Scores to the north and the Kinness burn to the south. The burgh soon became the ecclesiastical capital of Scotland, a position which was held until the Scottish Reformation. The famous cathedral, the largest in Scotland, now lies in ruins.
(Spoken) Speak the truth and speak 'ever
Cost it what it will
For he who hide the wrong he did
Did the wrong thing still
Come back sweet St. Anne, come love me again
Cause I'm broke again, broke, broke
Yeh I'm broke again, broke, broke
And down on St. Andrew
I'll buy it back from you
But you ain't no lover, lover, lover
No, no your just a pusher, pusher, pushing, pushing
I've been down to St. Andrew
To pay for my sins on you
Love come save me
Love come save me soon
Now I've sung midnight choirs
With beatsets, drunks and liars but there's never fighting, fighting, fighting
No never got higher, higher, higher
So long since I walked a road
Amongst these midnight souls
They were only stealing, stealing, stealing
Yeah we're stealing for feeling, feeling, feeling
I've been down to St. Andrew
To pay for my sins on you
Love come save me, love come save me soon
Yeah love come save me soon
Love come save me soon
Yeah love come save me
Love come save me soon
One day my time will end
And who I've been I've been
And bells they are ringing, ringing, ringing
Yeah the band it is marching, marching, marching, marching
I've been down to St. Andrew
To pay for my sins on you
Love come save me
Love come save me soon
Yeah love come save me soon
Yeah love come save me soon
Yeah love come save me
i'm telling secrets about the advantages of unawareness
i hope embarrassments fade from the eyes of the ones that are sea less
i thought you were sleeping
i thought you wouldn't mind
we turned our amps up high
i thought you were sleeping anyway
when you see the signs
have turned into lines
you'll already have gone away
it's been on my mind
for a long long long time