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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 165 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
21 University of St Andrews St Andrews
9 University of Glasgow Glasgow
35 University of Aberdeen Aberdeen
4 University of Edinburgh Edinburgh
116 St George's, University of London London
95 The Royal Veterinary College University of London London
128 The Royal Academy of Music, University of London London
53 Birkbeck, University of London London
7 University of Manchester Manchester
3 University College London London
12 King's College London London
14 Durham University Durham
76 University of London London
73 University of Westminster London
90 University of South Wales Pontypridd
125 York St John University York
156 Norwich University of the Arts Norwich
111 The Glasgow School of Art Glasgow
159 Leeds Arts University Leeds
92 London Metropolitan University London
31 Queen's University Belfast Belfast
42 Royal Holloway, University of London Egham
130 St Mary's University, Twickenham Twickenham
155 Arts University Plymouth Plymouth
58 Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge
158 Bishop Grosseteste University Lincoln
67 Oxford Brookes University Oxford
60 Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth
135 Guildhall School of Music and Drama London
120 Royal College of Music London
19 University of Liverpool Liverpool
62 Bangor University Bangor
139 Arts University Bournemouth Poole
68 University of Greenwich London
89 London South Bank University London
28 University of Reading Reading
152 University of Wales Cardiff
5 The London School of Economics and Political Science London
59 Aston University Birmingham
83 Royal College of Art London
119 University of the West of Scotland Paisley
136 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Liverpool
54 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London London
11 University of Birmingham Birmingham
13 University of Leeds Leeds
50 Goldsmiths, University of London London
24 University of Sheffield Sheffield
147 The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama London
8 Imperial College London London
22 University of Bristol Bristol
55 SOAS, University of London London
39 Swansea University Swansea
157 Plymouth Marjon University Plymouth
98 The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London London
151 Hartpury University and Hartpury College Gloucester
15 University of Nottingham Nottingham
162 Rose Bruford College London
6 University of Southampton Southampton
70 University of Hull Hull
18 University of Exeter Exeter
27 University of Leicester Leicester
154 University College Birmingham Birmingham
29 University of Sussex Brighton
110 The University of Law Guildford
66 Keele University Keele
144 Ravensbourne University London London
17 Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne
16 The University of York York
30 University of East Anglia Norwich
36 University of Strathclyde Glasgow
20 Lancaster University Lancaster
38 University of Essex Colchester
85 London Business School London
33 University of Kent Canterbury
10 University of Warwick Coventry
160 Leeds Conservatoire Leeds
49 Brunel University London Uxbridge
34 City, University of London London
26 University of Surrey Guildford
41 Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh
25 University of Bath Bath
100 University of Bradford Bradford
37 Loughborough University Loughborough
56 University of Stirling Stirling
43 University of Dundee Dundee
63 University of Salford Salford
153 Birmingham Newman University Birmingham
75 Ulster University Coleraine
161 Richmond, The American International University in London London
74 Middlesex University London
122 The University of Buckingham Buckingham
137 Royal Northern College of Music Manchester
106 Bath Spa University Bath
148 Regent's University London London
164 Northern School of Contemporary Dance Leeds
52 University of the Arts London London
146 The London Institute of Banking and Finance London
23 Queen Mary University of London London
163 European School of Economics London
118 University of West London Ealing
Un BPP University London
65 Coventry University Coventry
47 University of the West of England Bristol
94 University of Sunderland Sunderland
93 Teesside University Middlesbrough
46 Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester
79 University of Wolverhampton Wolverhampton
72 Bournemouth University Poole
69 University of Central Lancashire Preston
82 Birmingham City University Birmingham
91 University of Derby Derby
88 University of East London London
81 University of Huddersfield Huddersfield
87 Leeds Beckett University Leeds
84 Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool
97 Staffordshire University Stoke-on-Trent
61 University of Brighton Brighton
51 De Montfort University Leicester
80 Kingston University Kingston upon Thames
44 Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield
45 Nottingham Trent University Nottingham
99 Robert Gordon University Aberdeen
48 University of Plymouth Plymouth
57 University of Hertfordshire Hatfield
40 University of Portsmouth Portsmouth
64 Northumbria University Newcastle upon Tyne
78 University of Lincoln Lincoln
77 Edinburgh Napier University Edinburgh
71 Cranfield University Cranfield
104 Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow
143 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Glasgow
86 School of Advanced Study, University of London London
121 Abertay University Dundee
150 The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts Liverpool
32 Cardiff University Cardiff
141 Buckinghamshire New University High Wycombe
109 University of Gloucestershire Cheltenham
124 University of Bolton Bolton
114 Solent University Southampton
101 University of Roehampton London
102 The University of Northampton Northampton
105 Canterbury Christ Church University Canterbury
115 University of Worcester Worcester
129 Liverpool Hope University Liverpool
142 Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance London
127 University of Winchester Winchester
113 University for the Creative Arts Farnham
107 University of Chester Chester
131 University of Chichester Chichester
108 University of Bedfordshire Luton
103 Edge Hill University Ormskirk
140 University of Suffolk Ipswich
133 Queen Margaret University Edinburgh
126 University of Cumbria Carlisle
134 Wrexham University Wrexham
112 University of Wales Trinity Saint David Carmarthen
96 University of the Highlands and Islands Inverness
117 Cardiff Metropolitan University Cardiff
145 Leeds Trinity University Leeds
132 Falmouth University Falmouth
138 Harper Adams University Newport
123 Scotland's Rural College Edinburgh
149 The Royal Agricultural University Cirencester
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