1. University of St Andrews Founded around 1410

2. Facts and figures (Dec 2010)  6,000 undergraduates; 1,700 postgraduates  UK/EU students: 69%; Overseas: 31%  Academic Staff: 950; total staff: 2150  Town population (inc. students): 18,000  Two semesters: Semester 1: Monday 10 September - Friday 21 December 2012 Semester 2: Monday 28 January 2013 - Friday 31 May 2013

4. 600 years of history and academic excellence Close-knit community; international outlook Stunning coastal location World renowned – ranked in the top 100 universities in the world Consistently named one of the top universities in the UK for student satisfaction First in Scotland for teaching quality 1:13 academic:student ratio 97% degree completion rate Highly employable graduates

6. School of Modern Languages  Seven departments:  Arabic  French  German  Italian  Russian  Spanish  Comparative Literature

8. 3 Research Institutes – European Cultural Identity Studies, Contemporary and Comparative Literature, and Linguistics – 50 members of academic staff. one of the leading Schools of Modern Languages and Literatures in the UK, regularly featuring in the top 5 in University Guides, 1st in Scotland, with outstanding results in the national Student Satisfaction Survey. Excellent results in the most recent Research Assessment Exercise were excellent, with German rated 2nd in the UK, French 4th and Spanish 9th. Our teaching and research are inextricably linked in a combination of training in languages, literatures and cultures, modern pedagogic methods and world-leading scholarship in subjects ranging from medieval to twenty-first century texts.

10. Master Mundus  Blends into established courses in  Cultural Identity Studies  Comparative Literature  Linguistics  Any of our individual language departments.