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