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