Saint Andrew's
UNIVERSITY OF, an ancient Scottish university. The university rose out of a school founded by a colony of Scotch-Irish monks from Columcille's foundation at Iona, renewed by Bishop Wardlaw in 1411, and confirmed by a bull of Pope Benedict XIII. Like Oxford in England, it was modeled on the plan of the University of Paris and based its teaching largely on the scriptures and theology. There were three colleges in the 16th ce century: St. Salvator, St. Leonard, and St. Mary, and these, after the Reformation, became the strongholds of Protestantism. In 1579 the colleges were reorganized, so that theology was made the principal study at St.
Mary's, while St. Salvator and St. Leonard took over the teaching of philosophy, law and medicine. University College at Dundee was affiliated with Saint Andrew's in 1890. The number of students is (1921) 830.