Oldest Universities in the United Kingdom

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