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City of St Andrews is named in honor of the patron saint of Scotland St Andrew.In 1410 in the town of St Andrews was founded by an ordinary school.Founded it a few graduates of the Sorbonne.February 27, 1411, Bishop Henry Vordlo issued a decree on the basis on the basis of this school the first Scottish university.University following the example of Paris alma mater had four faculties.
This faculty of theology, law, arts and medicine.The arts in those days included the exact sciences.Antipope Benedict XIII, in September 1413 confirmed the decree Vordlo.
Couriers with bull from antipope arrived February 4, 1414.On the same day the grand opening of the university.But the day of foundation of the University is February 27, 1411, and it was on this day in 1911 noted 500 years of university.And in 2011, the university will meet its millennium.This is the oldest after Oxford and Cambridge Universities UK institutions.At the present time in the university just four faculties - theology, arts and humanities, medicine and faculty of exact sciences.
Studying there for about seven thousand students.Three graduates were awarded the Nobel Prize. |
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