The Northern University Rankings

Halò, a h-uile duine? We've ranked universities on northernness.

There's an unsurprisingly strong performance from Scotland's universities, with the University of the Highlands and Islands topping the UK and Scottish tables. Ulster, Newcastle, and Bangor top the other countries' tables.

Latitudes are based on main postcodes only (date source: HESA).

Usual caveat applies to The Open University - yes, you could study with the OU in a boat in the middle of The North Sea. But your postcode is Milton Keynes.

A latitudinal study of UK universities

Rank University Latitude
1 University of the Highlands and Islands 57.46969
2 University of Aberdeen 57.16502
3 The Robert Gordon University 57.11795
4 University of Abertay Dundee 56.463
5 University of Dundee 56.45734
6 University of St Andrews 56.34121
7 University of Stirling 56.14546
8 University of Edinburgh 55.94801
9 Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh 55.93131
10 Edinburgh Napier University 55.92408
11 SRUC 55.92161
12 Heriot-Watt University 55.9094
13 University of Glasgow 55.87175
14 Glasgow Caledonian University 55.86729
15 Glasgow School of Art 55.86596
16 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 55.86581
17 University of Strathclyde 55.86125
18 University of the West of Scotland 55.84332
19 University of Ulster 55.14934
20 Newcastle University 54.98032
21 Northumbria University Newcastle 54.977
22 University of Sunderland 54.90446
23 The University of Cumbria 54.89112
24 University of Durham 54.76814
25 St Mary's University College 54.59317
26 Queen's University of Belfast 54.58477
27 Teesside University 54.57208
28 Stranmillis University College 54.572
29 University of Lancaster 54.01047
30 York St John University 53.96484
31 University of York 53.94842
32 Leeds Trinity University 53.84878
33 Northern School of Contemporary Dance 53.81307
34 Leeds College of Art 53.80845
35 University of Leeds 53.80796
36 Leeds Metropolitan University 53.804
37 Leeds College of Music 53.79823
38 University of Bradford 53.79124
39 University of Hull 53.77178
40 University of Central Lancashire 53.76134
41 University of Huddersfield 53.644
42 University of Bolton 53.57351
43 Edge Hill University 53.55961
44 University of Salford 53.48354
45 Manchester Metropolitan University 53.47092
46 Royal Northern College of Music 53.46856
47 The University of Manchester 53.467
48 Liverpool John Moores University 53.40368
49 The Liverpool Institute For Performing Arts 53.39966
50 Liverpool Hope University 53.39147
51 University of Sheffield 53.38139
52 University of Liverpool 53.38031
53 Sheffield Hallam University 53.37919
54 Bishop Grosseteste University 53.24356
55 Bangor University 53.22922
56 University of Lincoln 53.228
57 University of Chester 53.19864
58 Glyndwr University 53.05263
59 Staffordshire University 53.0092
60 University of Keele 53.00326
61 Nottingham Trent University 52.95636
62 University of Nottingham 52.941
63 University of Derby 52.93853
64 Harper Adams University 52.7799
65 Loughborough University 52.76487
66 Norwich University of the Arts 52.63049
67 De Montfort University 52.62929
68 University of East Anglia 52.62237
69 University of Leicester 52.62209
70 University of Wolverhampton 52.58753
71 Aston University 52.48664
72 University College Birmingham 52.48184
73 Birmingham City University 52.4681
74 University of Birmingham 52.453
75 Newman University 52.43412
76 Coventry University 52.40531
77 Prifysgol Aberystwyth 52.40347
78 University of Warwick 52.38581
79 University of Northampton 52.2305
80 University of Cambridge 52.20511
81 University of Worcester 52.19737
82 Cranfield University 52.06982
83 University of Suffolk 52.053
84 Open University 52.02491
85 The University of Buckingham 51.99601
86 University of Gloucestershire 51.8875
87 University of Bedfordshire 51.87825
88 University of Essex 51.87671
89 University of Wales: Trinity Saint David 51.85837
90 University of Oxford 51.75804
91 Oxford Brookes University 51.75438
92 University of Hertfordshire 51.75313
93 Anglia Ruskin University 51.74138
94 Writtle College 51.7372
95 Royal Agricultural University 51.71
96 Buckinghamshire New University 51.6285
97 Swansea Metropolitan University 51.62465
98 Swansea University 51.60962
99 Middlesex University 51.59
100 University of South Wales/Prifysgol De Cymru 51.5892
101 London Metropolitan University 51.55147
102 The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama 51.54433
103 The Royal Veterinary College 51.53686
104 Brunel University 51.53285
105 The City University 51.52779
106 London Business School 51.52658
107 The Conservatoire For Dance and Drama 51.52634
108 School of Pharmacy University of London 51.52508
109 Queen Mary University of London 51.52464
110 University College London 51.52357
111 Royal Academy of Music 51.5235
112 Institute of Education, University of London 51.52298
113 School of Oriental and African Studies 51.52235
114 Birkbeck College 51.52189
115 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 51.52092
116 University of London 51.52064
117 Guildhall School of Music & Drama 51.5195
118 University of the Arts, London 51.51774
119 The University of Westminster 51.51714
120 London School of Economics & Political Science 51.51411
121 King's College London 51.51161
122 Courtauld Institute of Art 51.51073
123 University of East London 51.508
124 University of West London 51.50726
125 Ravensbourne 51.50168
126 Royal College of Art 51.50135
127 University of the West of England, Bristol 51.50108
128 Heythrop College 51.49988
129 Royal College of Music 51.49928
130 London South Bank University 51.49871
131 Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine 51.49832
132 Cardiff Metropolitan University 51.4957
133 Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital 51.49071
134 Cardiff University 51.48909
135 Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Limited 51.48564
136 University of Wales Prifysgol Cymru 51.48554
137 University of Greenwich 51.48449
138 Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance Ltd 51.48359
139 Goldsmiths' College 51.47414
140 University of Bristol 51.45906
141 Roehampton University 51.45558
142 University of Reading 51.44056
143 Rose Bruford College 51.43927
144 St Mary's University, Twickenham 51.43615
145 St. George's, University of London 51.4278
146 Royal Holloway College and Bedford New College 51.42481
147 Kingston University 51.40631
148 University of Bath 51.379
149 Bath Spa University 51.37321
150 University of Kent 51.299
151 Canterbury Christ Church University 51.277
152 University of Surrey 51.24257
153 University For the Creative Arts 51.21648
154 University of Winchester 51.06004
155 University of Southampton 50.93419
156 Southampton Solent University 50.90759
157 University of Sussex 50.86447
158 The University of Chichester 50.84428
159 University of Brighton 50.84245
160 University of Portsmouth 50.79528
161 Bournemouth University 50.74298
162 Arts University Bournemouth 50.74137
163 University of Exeter 50.73542
164 Plymouth Marjon University 50.42087
165 Plymouth University 50.375
166 Falmouth University 50.14963
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