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Oldest Universities in the United Kingdom

Introduction

What are the oldest Universities in the United Kingdom? uniRank answers this question by publishing a list of 164 UK Universities sorted by year of foundation and meeting the following uniRank selection criteria:

uniRank aims to highlight which UK Universities have the longest history and tradition and whether this correlates to their uniRank University Ranking.

Oldest Universities in the United Kingdom


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# University Town
1 University of Oxford Oxford
2 University of Cambridge Cambridge
18 University of St Andrews St Andrews
7 University of Glasgow Glasgow
36 University of Aberdeen Aberdeen
4 University of Edinburgh Edinburgh
24 City St George's, University of London London
92 The Royal Veterinary College University of London London
160 The Royal Academy of Music, University of London London
55 Birkbeck, University of London London
6 University of Manchester Manchester
3 University College London London
10 King's College London London
20 Durham University Durham
74 University of London London
70 University of Westminster London
96 University of South Wales Pontypridd
119 York St John University York
113 The Glasgow School of Art Glasgow
156 Norwich University of the Arts Norwich
154 Leeds Arts University Leeds
91 London Metropolitan University London
31 Queen's University Belfast Belfast
43 Royal Holloway, University of London Egham
125 St Mary's University, Twickenham Twickenham
159 Arts University Plymouth Plymouth
59 Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge
152 Lincoln Bishop University Lincoln
65 Oxford Brookes University Oxford
60 Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth
131 Guildhall School of Music and Drama London
17 University of Liverpool Liverpool
121 Royal College of Music London
69 Bangor University Bangor
137 Arts University Bournemouth Poole
66 University of Greenwich London
89 London South Bank University London
28 University of Reading Reading
157 University of Wales Cardiff
63 Aston University Birmingham
5 The London School of Economics and Political Science London
84 Royal College of Art London
118 University of the West of Scotland Paisley
134 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Liverpool
56 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London London
12 University of Birmingham Birmingham
13 University of Leeds Leeds
52 Goldsmiths, University of London London
27 University of Sheffield Sheffield
145 The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama London
8 Imperial College London London
22 University of Bristol Bristol
58 SOAS, University of London London
40 Swansea University Swansea
155 Plymouth Marjon University Plymouth
100 The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London London
149 Hartpury University and Hartpury College Gloucester
14 University of Nottingham Nottingham
161 Rose Bruford College London
9 University of Southampton Southampton
71 University of Hull Hull
19 University of Exeter Exeter
29 University of Leicester Leicester
148 University College Birmingham Birmingham
30 University of Sussex Brighton
68 Keele University Keele
139 Ravensbourne University London London
110 The University of Law Guildford
32 University of East Anglia Norwich
15 The University of York York
16 Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne
21 Lancaster University Lancaster
82 London Business School London
38 University of Essex Colchester
35 University of Strathclyde Glasgow
33 University of Kent Canterbury
11 University of Warwick Coventry
150 Leeds Conservatoire Leeds
99 University of Bradford Bradford
25 University of Surrey Guildford
37 Loughborough University Loughborough
39 Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh
51 Brunel University of London Uxbridge
26 University of Bath Bath
42 University of Dundee Dundee
64 University of Salford Salford
53 University of Stirling Stirling
73 Ulster University Coleraine
153 Birmingham Newman University Birmingham
158 Richmond American University London London
81 Middlesex University London
129 The University of Buckingham Buckingham
136 Royal Northern College of Music Manchester
106 Bath Spa University Bath
143 Regent's University London London
162 Northern School of Contemporary Dance Leeds
44 University of the Arts London London
142 Walbrook Institute London London
23 Queen Mary University of London London
163 European School of Economics London
115 University of West London Ealing
46 University of the West of England Bristol
49 University of Plymouth Plymouth
86 University of Wolverhampton Wolverhampton
93 University of Sunderland Sunderland
41 University of Portsmouth Portsmouth
95 Teesside University Middlesbrough
57 Northumbria University Newcastle upon Tyne
50 Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield
47 Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester
72 Bournemouth University Poole
67 Coventry University Coventry
54 De Montfort University Leicester
80 Kingston University Kingston upon Thames
88 Leeds Beckett University Leeds
85 Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool
45 University of Central Lancashire Preston
48 Nottingham Trent University Nottingham
79 University of Lincoln Lincoln
98 University of Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent
97 Robert Gordon University Aberdeen
62 University of Brighton Brighton
76 Birmingham City University Birmingham
90 University of Derby Derby
87 University of East London London
61 University of Hertfordshire Hatfield
83 University of Huddersfield Huddersfield
77 Edinburgh Napier University Edinburgh
Un BPP University London
105 Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow
75 Cranfield University Cranfield
138 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Glasgow
122 Abertay University Dundee
78 School of Advanced Study, University of London London
151 The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts Liverpool
34 Cardiff University Cardiff
141 Buckinghamshire New University High Wycombe
107 University of Gloucestershire Cheltenham
117 Solent University Southampton
102 University of Roehampton London
109 University of Greater Manchester Bolton
120 University of Worcester Worcester
128 Liverpool Hope University Liverpool
104 Canterbury Christ Church University Canterbury
101 The University of Northampton Northampton
140 Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance London
108 University of Chester Chester
132 University of Chichester Chichester
114 University for the Creative Arts Farnham
127 University of Winchester Winchester
111 University of Bedfordshire Luton
103 Edge Hill University Ormskirk
133 Queen Margaret University Edinburgh
126 University of Cumbria Carlisle
144 University of Suffolk Ipswich
130 Wrexham University Wrexham
112 University of Wales Trinity Saint David Carmarthen
116 Cardiff Metropolitan University Cardiff
94 University of the Highlands and Islands Inverness
147 Leeds Trinity University Leeds
123 Scotland's Rural College Edinburgh
124 Falmouth University Falmouth
135 Harper Adams University Newport
146 The Royal Agricultural University Cirencester
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