St Leonard’s Postgraduate College
St Leonard’s College and Graduate School for Interdisciplinary Studies join forces!
Over the course of 2025-2026, St Leonard’s College will be merging with the Graduate School for Interdisciplinary Studies to bring together these two areas of postgraduate activity and create the University of St Andrews Graduate School at St Leonard’s College. This is an exciting initiative to further enhance and develop postgraduate education, research and experience at St Andrews. The new Graduate School will launch in August 2026, but you may begin to notice some changes to websites, branding or email addresses over this academic year. Updates will appear here and will be sent out to all students as the year progresses.
St Leonard’s College functions as the heart of the University’s thriving postgraduate community. All postgraduate students are automatically members, with access to events and facilities that foster connections, intellectual and academic discourse, and social interaction.
St Leonard’s College aims to:
- Enhance the postgraduate student experience.
- Promote the interest of postgraduates across the University and champion the development of postgraduate education and research.
- Foster a vibrant and intellectually stimulating postgraduate community and provide opportunities for postgraduates to come together and make new connections.
- Work with partners across the University to support the effectiveness and coherency of services and support for postgraduates.
- Support postgraduate students through scholarships and other related funding.
- Support students and Schools to ensure all PGR students have access to dedicated workspace. Optimise the Old Burgh School as a hub for postgraduate students and activities.
St Leonard’s College was originally founded in 1512 as a college for the education of novices of the Augustinian Order. It was reconstituted in 1974 as a home for the University’s postgraduate community. The head of St Leonard’s Postgraduate College retains the historic title of Provost. The current Provost of St Leonard’s College is Dr Morven Shearer.
The College organises regular events (such as the weekly Postgraduate Café with free hot drinks and biscuits) for all postgraduates to come together, socially and intellectually, and make new connections. If you have any ideas for a social event that could be supported by the College, please contact us at [email protected].
St Leonard’s College is based in Old Burgh School, which is open to all postgraduate students at St Andrews.
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