St Andrew's College, University of Sydney
| St Andrew's College | ||||||||||
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| University of Sydney | ||||||||||
| Location | 19 Carillon Avenue, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°53′28″S 151°11′01″E / 33.891234°S 151.183516°E | |||||||||
| Full name | Saint Andrew's College | |||||||||
| Motto | Christo, Ecclesiae, Litteris (Latin) | |||||||||
| Motto in English | For Christ, the Church and Scholarship | |||||||||
| Established | 1867 | |||||||||
| Named for | Saint Andrew the Apostle, patron saint of Scotland | |||||||||
| Sister college | Ormond College, Emmanuel College, Knox College | |||||||||
| Principal | Daniel Tyler | |||||||||
| Undergraduates | 308 | |||||||||
| Postgraduates | 22 | |||||||||
| Website | Website | |||||||||
St Andrew's College is a residential college at the University of Sydney, in the suburb of Newtown, New South Wales, Australia. The College occupies 4 hectares of land within the main campus of the University of Sydney and was built on a sub-grant of University Land. It is home to over 380 male and female undergraduate students, postgraduate students, resident fellows, and graduate residents. The College is governed by its own elected Council and has offered residency, academic, and social support to students for 150 years.
The St Andrew's College Incorporation Act received Royal Assent in 1867 and was replaced by an updated Act in 1998. The College is a non-denominational independent institution of Protestant origins situated upon its own sub-grant of Crown Land and governed by a Council under the St Andrew's College Act 1998. In 2017, the College celebrated its sesquicentenary as Australia's third oldest university college. In 1870, the College Council first met, and in 1874 the first 16 students began their studies.
The College has produced notable alumni in the fields of business, law, and politics. Known as Androvians, alumni include, but are not limited to: H. V. Bert (Doc) Evatt (President of the United Nations), Andrew Constance (Politician), Angus Taylor (Politician), John Bradfield (Architect of Sydney Harbour Bridge), Rohan Browning (Athlete) and more.