Oldest Universities in the United Kingdom

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:

  • being chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate UK higher education-related organization
  • offering at least three-year bachelor's degrees or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees
  • delivering courses predominantly in a traditional, non-distance education format

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


sort by: rank a-z town oldest
filter by: public private non-profit for-profit

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