Oldest Universities in the United Kingdom by foundation year

Oldest Universities in the United Kingdom

#Rank	University	Town
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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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