Endowments, Chairs and Lectureships

To guarantee that we can continue to offer world-class learning, research and teaching now and in the future, it is vital that we build our endowment to provide long-term funding for academic posts.

The University of St Andrews has a small endowment compared with our competitors. Despite this, the endowment fund has supported a spend of £2.8 million towards a number of initiatives – including scholarships.

By investing in research, teaching technologies and the teaching experience we continue to attract the best staff and most promising students from around the world. These efforts were recognised when the University was ranked number one in the UK by the Guardian and The Times and Sunday Times for 2024.

Opportunities to support academic posts exist across the University, in the new Business School, Medicine, International Relations, Modern Languages, Chemistry, the School of Geography and Sustainable Development, and in Earth and Environmental Sciences.

How you can support us

An endowed post helps the University to remain a competitive destination for world-class academics. Help us to build our endowment and become part of a legacy that will ensure St Andrews remained one of the world’s finest universities for generations to come.