Oldest Universities in the United Kingdom

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