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The following is a list of UK universities with their population and location.  Although I have divided the universities into groups by date of foundation and country, it is important to stress that there are significant differences in style and atmosphere between individual institutions within the same group.

Figures in brackets after each university give the approximate number of full-time undergraduates on full degree programmes. (Source: HESA statistics for 2015-6: http://www.hesa.ac.uk/ )

In recent years some unis., mainly with a view to the international student market, have opened branch campuses in London: Anglia Ruskin, Coventry, Cumbria, Liverpool, Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland, Ulster, Uni. of Wales Trinity St David, West of Scotland, Wrexham Glyndŵr. A couple of others opened branch campuses in London but soon closed them.

Similarly, many UK unis. have also opened International Branch Campuses abroad. These vary greatly in size and development. Among the largest are Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool Uni. (China), Uni. of Nottingham Ningbo China, Uni. of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Heriot-Watt Uni. Dubai, Middlesex Uni. – Dubai, Westminster International Uni. Tashkent. China, Malaysia and UAE (Dubai) have been major areas of involvement. Reading’s Henley Business School operates across many countries and has established itself in South Africa. Other unis. have had a narrower focus: e.g., Queen Mary offering a Medicine degree programme in Gozo, Malta. Some unis. have gone into partnership; e.g., there are 10 overseas uni. partners in the Singapore Institute of Technology, 4 of them from the UK.

ENGLAND

(1) Oxbridge (established 13th century onwards)
Cambridge                          (12,000)               
Oxford                                  (11,000)               

(2) University of Durham (est. 1832)
Durham                                (13,000)

(3) University of London (est. 1836)
Birkbeck                              (3,000 FT + 5,000 PT)      in central London
City                                        (9,000)              main campus is adjacent to and other sites within City of London
Courtauld Institute of Art(200)                     1 site in central London
Goldsmiths                        (6,000)                  1 main site in SE London (New Cross)
King’s College                   (15,000)                5 sites in central London
London Sch. of Economics (LSE) (5,000)      1 site in central London
Queen Mary                       (12,000)                1 main site in East End
Royal Academy of Music(400)                       1 site in central London
Royal Holloway                (7,000)                     greenfield campus nr. Windsor
Royal Veterinary College (2,000)                     2 sites in Camden & Hertfordshire
St. George’s Hospital Medical School     (3,000)                1 site in Tooting
School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS) (3,000)         1 site in central London               
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (700)      main site at Swiss Cottage; studio in central London
University College          (17,000)                   1 main site in central London; UCL East in Stratford due to open 2021.     

(4) Urban “red brick” universities (est. 1881-1948)
Birmingham                       (20,000)                main campus 3 miles from city centre
Bristol                                 (16,000)                various sites in city centre; vet. centre at Langford
Imperial College               (9,000)                  1 main site in Kensington + new site at White City, London
Leeds                                 (23,000)                c ½ mile from city centre             
Liverpool                           (19,000)                city centre campus; vet. centre in Wirral
Manchester                       (27,000)                2 city centre campuses
Newcastle                          (18,000)                c ½ mile from city centre
Nottingham                       (23,000)                main campus 3 miles from city centre; new campus ½ mile away; smaller campus 10 miles south
Reading                             (10,000)                main campus 1½ miles from town centre; site at Henley
Sheffield                             (19,000)                c 1 mile from city centre

(5) unis. founded 1950-1983
Aston                                    (7,000)                  on campus ½ mile from central Birmingham
Bath                                     (12,000)                on campus 2 miles from city centre
Bradford                              (8,000)                  City campus near city centre + Emm Lane campus within 2 miles
Brunel                                  (10,000)                main campus 1 mile from centre of Uxbridge
Buckingham                        (1,000)                  2 campuses on edge of Buckingham
East Anglia                          (11,000)                2 miles from Norwich                                                                       
Essex                                   (10,000)                main campus is 3 miles from Colchester; also site at Southend (Acting is mainly at Loughton, NE                                                                              edge of London)
Exeter                                   (17,000)                main campus is 1 mile from city centre + others in Exeter + Falmouth
Hull                                       (12,000)                main campus is 2 miles from city centre
Keele                                    (7,000)                  2 miles from Newcastle-under-Lyme (Staffordshire)
Kent                                      (15,000)                main campuses 1 mile from Canterbury + Medway
Lancaster                             (9,000)                  3 miles from town centre
Leicester                             (11,000)                main campus is 1 mile from city centre                                  
Loughborough                  (13,000)                on greenfield campus on edge of town                  
Salford                                 (15,000)                main campus is in Salford  + also in Media City, Salford
Southampton                     (17,000)                main campuses are 2 miles from city centre + in harbour + Winchester
Surrey                                  (10,000)                on campus ½ mile from centre of Guildford
Sussex                                 (11,000)                4 miles from Brighton
Warwick                              (14,000)                3 miles from Coventry
York                                     (12,000)                main site 2 miles from city centre                                                                                                            

(6) New Universities (est. as unis. 1992-)
Anglia Ruskin                     (13,000)                main campuses in Cambridge and Chelmsford; + Peterborough
Arts Uni. Bournemouth     (3,000)                  2 miles N of town centre
Bath Spa                            (6,000)                  main campus is 5 miles from city centre; other sites in city
Bedfordshire                     (9,000)                  main campuses in Luton and Bedford; + Milton Keynes and Aylesbury
Birmingham City              (17,000)                3 main campuses: City Centre, 3 miles N +  S suburb; 5 smaller sites
Bishop Grosseteste          (2,000)                  in centre of Lincoln
Bolton                                (4,000)                 main sites just outside and others in town centre
Bournemouth                   (13,000)                main campus 2 miles from town centre and another in town centre
Brighton                            (14,000)                3 sites in Brighton; others in Eastbourne and Hastings
Uni. of West of England (Bristol) (18,000)    main Frenchay campus and Glenside are 4 miles NW of Bristol; other sites in Bristol city centre,                                                                                Gloucester docks and Hartpury (5 miles NW of Gloucester)
Buckinghamshire New     (6,000)                  main campus is in High Wycombe; other sites in Uxbridge, Aylesbury and Great Missenden
Canterbury Christ Church (10,000)               main campus is just outside city centre; other sites at Broadstairs, Medway and Tunbridge Wells
Central Lancashire             (16,000)                main campus near centre of Preston; other sites in Burnley and Cumbria
Chester                               (9,000)                  main campuses in Chester and Warrington; other sites in Shrewsbury and Reaseheath (Nantwich)
Chichester                          (4,000)                  campuses near Chichester and in Bognor Regis
Coventry                             (21,000)                main campus in city centre; campuses also in Scarborough + Barking/Dagenham (London)
Cumbria                              (5,000)                  campuses in Carlisle, near Lancaster and in Ambleside; sites at Barrow-in-Furness and Workington
De Montfort                        (16,000)                in centre of Leicester
Derby                                   (10,000)                main campus 2 miles from city centre + other sites  in Derby, Buxton and Chesterfield
East London                       (9,000)                  campuses in Stratford and Docklands
Edge Hill                              (10,000)                main campus at Ormskirk and other sites in Liverpool, Manchester, Chorley, Bury, Wirral, near                                                                                  Wigan and near Newcastle   
Falmouth University         (4,000)                  campuses in town centre and at Penryn (2 miles away)
Gloucestershire                (6,000)                  2 campuses in Cheltenham and 1 in Gloucester
Greenwich                         (13,000)                2 major campuses in SE London (Greenwich and Avery Hill) and 1 in Kent (Medway)
Harper Adams University (2,000)                 10 miles from Telford at Newport, Shropshire
Hertfordshire                    (16,000)                2 campuses at Hatfield and site SW of Hertford
Huddersfield                     (13,000)                in town centre
Kingston                            (15,000)                4 campuses in Kingston area; site at St George’s Hospital (Tooting)
Leeds Arts                         (1,000)                  2 sites in city centre
Leeds Beckett                   (17,000)                2 campuses: near city centre and in suburbs (Headingley)
Leeds Trinity University    (3,000)                  in Horsforth, 6 miles NW of city centre
Lincoln                              (10,000)                main campus and 2 other sites in Lincoln; a site at Holbeach (S Lincs.)
Liverpool Hope                 (4,000)                 main campus 4 miles from city centre and another in city centre
Liverpool John Moores   (17,000)                2 main campuses in and near city centre and 1 at Aigburth (4 miles S)
London Metropolitan       (9,000)                 move to 1 campus along Holloway Rd  2018-2020.  Currently has 4 other sites in The City and                                                                                    nearby parts of E London
London South Bank          (9,000)                  main campus is in Southwark; other site at Havering
Manchester Metropolitan (25,000)               main campus near city centre + campus in Crewe (35 miles away)
Middlesex                          (13,000)                main campus in Hendon
Newman University          (2,000)                  at Bartley Green, 5 miles SW of city centre
Northampton                    (9,000)                  3 campuses in and within 2 miles of town centre
Northumbria                     (19,000)                main campus is in Newcastle city centre; the other is 1 mile away
Norwich Uni. of the Arts   (2,000)                in city centre
Nottingham Trent            (22,000)                main campus is in centre of Nottingham; another is 2 miles to SW; another is 5 miles to NE of city
Oxford Brookes                (12,000)                main campus is on edge of Oxford; one campus is 3 miles to W of city, another 7 miles to E; also a                                                                          site in Swindon
Plymouth                           (17,000)                main campus is in city centre; hospital site is in N of city
Plymouth Marjon              (2,000)                  in Derriford, N suburb of Plymouth
Portsmouth                        (17,000)                main campus is in city centre
Ravensbourne                   (2,000)                 in N Greenwich, London
Roehampton                     (7,000)                  4 colleges near Richmond Park
Royal Agricultural University (1,000)            1 mile from Cirencester
Sheffield Hallam               (22,000)                2 campuses in and near city centre
Solent                               (9,000)                  main campus is in centre of Southampton
Staffordshire                     (9,000)                  2 campuses in Stoke-on-Trent;  sites outside Shrewsbury and Stafford
St Mary’s University          (4,000)                  campus and sites in Twickenham, London
Suffolk                               (4,000)                  campus is in Ipswich
Sunderland                        (9,000)                  2 campuses in Sunderland
Teesside                             (9,000)                  campuses in Middlesbrough and Darlington
University College Birmingham (4,000)        in city centre
Uni. for the Creative Arts (4,000)                   campuses at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham and Rochester; sites in Maidstone and Hampton Court                                                                           Palace (SW London)
Uni. of the Arts, London  (15,000)                  6 art colleges across London: Camberwell, Central St. Martin’s (3 sites), Chelsea, London College                                                                             of Fashion (6 sites), London College of Communication and Wimbledon
West London                     (7,000)                  campuses in Ealing and Brentford; site in Reading
Westminster                       (13,000)                3 campuses in central London and 1 in Harrow (NW London)
Winchester                        (6,000)                  main campus is on edge of city
Wolverhampton                (13,000)                2 sites near city and campuses in Walsall (7 miles away), Telford (16 miles away) and Burton upon                                                                               Trent (32 miles away)
Worcester                          (8,000)                  3 campuses in or within ½ mile of city centre
York St. John                      (5,000)                  campus is in city centre

SCOTLAND

(1) Medieval foundations
Aberdeen                           (9,000)                  main site 1 mile from city centre
Edinburgh                           (20,000)                2 main campuses in the city; 3 other sites in suburbs
Glasgow                              (17,000)                main campus 3 miles from city centre; other sites 4 miles from main campus and in Dumfries
St Andrews                         (7,000)                  in “city” centre

(2) founded 1960s
Dundee                                (9,000)                  main campus is near city centre and 1 site at Kirkcaldy (30 miles away)
Heriot-Watt                         (7,000)                  main campus 8 miles from Edinburgh and campus in Galashiels (37 miles) and site at Orkney
Stirling                                 (8,000)                  on greenfield campus 3 miles from Stirling
Strathclyde                          (13,000)                main campus is in centre of Glasgow; sites at Loch Lomond and Cumbernauld

(3) New Universities (est. as universities 1992 -)
Abertay Dundee                 (3,000)                  in centre of Dundee
Edinburgh Napier               (9,000)                  3 campuses across Edinburgh
Glasgow Caledonian         (11,000)                single campus in centre of Glasgow
Queen Margaret, Edinburgh (3,000)             single campus outside Musselburgh
Robert Gordon                   (8,000)                  single campus (since 2017) on S edge of Aberdeen
Univ. of the Highlands & Islands (5,000)        13 colleges + 70 local learning centres (from Shetlands to Dunoon)
West of Scotland                (11,000)                campuses in Paisley (7 miles from Glasgow), near Ayr, 2 miles from Dumfries and in/near Hamilton

WALES

(1) founded 1872-1971
Aberystwyth                        (6,000)                  main campus is near town centre; other sites in or near town
Bangor                                 (8,000)                  main campus is near “city” centre; site in Wrexham
Cardiff                                  (19,000)                main campus is in city centre; site at hospital in suburbs
Swansea                               (13,000)                main campus is 2 miles West of city centre;  Bay Campus is 1.5 miles East of city centre
Univ. of Wales Trinity St. David (6,000)           campuses in Lampeter and 1 mile from Carmarthen; Swansea campus across 7 sites in or near                                                                                   city; site in Cardiff

(2) New Universities (est. as universities 1992 -)

Cardiff Metropolitan         (9,000)                  2 campuses in suburbs of Cardiff
Glyndŵr                              (3,000)                  main campuses in Wrexham; sites at Northop (15 miles away) and St Asaph (30 miles away)
South Wales                      (15,000)                2 campuses near Pontypridd and new Newport City Campus; media centre in Cardiff

NORTHERN IRELAND

(1) “red brick” (est. 1845)
Queen’s, Belfast                (17,000)                main campus ½ mile from city centre

(2) founded 1968
Ulster                                  (16,000)                campuses in Coleraine, Jordanstown, Derry and Belfast; site in Birmingham, as well as London


Private universities which gained full university status in 2012-7
BPP University                                                4 sites in London; others in Abingdon, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Doncaster, Leeds,                                                                                        Liverpool and Manchester
Pearson College                                            in Central London (degrees validated by Bradford and Kent)
Regent’s University, London (4,000)             main campus in Regent’s Park, London; another site nearby.
The University of Law                                     sites in Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Guildford,  Leeds, London and Manchester

Private Higher Education Institution
The New College of the Humanities  (170)  in central London (degrees validated by Southampton Solent; Law validated by Uni. of London)

Universities specialising in part-time study
The Open University      (115,000 PT!)           HQ in Milton Keynes
Arden University             (8,000)                      HQ in Coventry; study centres in Birmingham, London and Manchester

Arts’ colleges (not called universities but offering degrees)
Conservatoire for Dance and Drama (1,000) [8 specialist performing arts schools]:
    -Bristol Old Vic Theatre School                  in Clifton, Bristol
    -Central School of Ballet                             in central London
    -LAMDA                                                        in Hammersmith, W London
    -London Contemporary Dance School      in central London
    -National Centre for Circus Arts                 in Shoreditch, E London
    -Northern School of Contemporary Dance  in Chapeltown, N Leeds
    -RADA                                                           in central London
    -Rambert School                                          in Twickenham, W London
Glasgow School of Art                       (1,000)   in city centre
Guildhall School of Music and Drama  (600)  in central London
Leeds College of Music                                    in central Leeds
Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts (700) in central Liverpool
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts   (400)    in Peckham, S London (from 2018)
Rose Bruford                                           (600)     in Sidcup, S London
Royal Academy of Dance                       (100)    in Battersea, London
Royal Academy of Music [see under University of London]
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire [part of Birmingham City Uni.] in central Birmingham
Royal College of Music                           (400)     in central London (opposite Albert Hall)
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland           (800)      in central Glasgow
Royal Northern College of Music          (600)      in central Manchester
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (500) in central Cardiff
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance (700) in Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London

Land-related (not called universities but offering degrees)
SRUC (Scotland’s Rural College)          (1,000)      6 campuses: 5 miles NW of Aberdeen; Ayr;  Cupar; 10 miles N of  Dumfries; Edinburgh;
                                                                                 5 miles W of Edinburgh
Writtle University College                       (700)       near Chelmsford

Institution based in France
Univ. of London Institute in Paris            (150)       in centre of Paris