A longitudinal study of UK universities
We’ve conducted a longitudinal study of UK universities by ranking them from West to East.
Consider this the UK’s Ivy League, in the sense that the top universities are geographically the closest to the Ivy League.
Longitudes are based on main postcodes only, with data from HESA.
Usual caveat applies to The Open University - yes, you could study with the OU in a boat in the middle of the Atlantic. But your postcode is Milton Keynes.
A longitudinal study of UK universities
| Rank | University | Longitude |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Ulster | -6.67609 |
| 2 | St Mary's University College | -5.96132 |
| 3 | Stranmillis University College | -5.939 |
| 4 | Queen's University of Belfast | -5.93444 |
| 5 | Falmouth University | -5.07108 |
| 6 | University of The West of Scotland | -4.42978 |
| 7 | University of Wales: Trinity Saint David | -4.3287 |
| 8 | University of Glasgow | -4.28836 |
| 9 | Glasgow School of Art. | -4.2634 |
| 10 | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland | -4.25765 |
| 11 | Glasgow Caledonian University | -4.25006 |
| 12 | University of Strathclyde | -4.24471 |
| 13 | University of The Highlands and Islands | -4.2308 |
| 14 | Plymouth University | -4.138 |
| 15 | Bangor University | -4.1295 |
| 16 | University of St Mark & St John | -4.11076 |
| 17 | Prifysgol Aberystwyth | -4.04358 |
| 18 | Swansea University | -3.98063 |
| 19 | Swansea Metropolitan University | -3.94943 |
| 20 | University of Stirling | -3.92002 |
| 21 | University of Exeter | -3.5345 |
| 22 | University of South Wales/Prifysgol De Cymru | -3.32599 |
| 23 | Heriot-Watt University | -3.3207 |
| 24 | Edinburgh Napier University | -3.28847 |
| 25 | University of Edinburgh | -3.18811 |
| 26 | Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Limited | -3.18386 |
| 27 | University of Wales Prifysgol Cymru | -3.18103 |
| 28 | Cardiff University | -3.1799 |
| 29 | SRUC | -3.17623 |
| 30 | Cardiff Metropolitan University | -3.1649 |
| 31 | Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh | -3.07306 |
| 32 | Glyndwr University | -3.00611 |
| 33 | University of Dundee | -2.97827 |
| 34 | University of Liverpool | -2.97643 |
| 35 | University of Abertay Dundee | -2.974 |
| 36 | Liverpool John Moores University | -2.97318 |
| 37 | The Liverpool Institute For Performing Arts | -2.97227 |
| 38 | The University of Cumbria | -2.92148 |
| 39 | University of Chester | -2.89806 |
| 40 | Liverpool Hope University | -2.89194 |
| 41 | Edge Hill University | -2.87384 |
| 42 | University of St Andrews | -2.79329 |
| 43 | University of Lancaster | -2.78645 |
| 44 | University of Central Lancashire | -2.70738 |
| 45 | University of Bristol | -2.60329 |
| 46 | University of The West of England, Bristol | -2.54749 |
| 47 | Bath Spa University | -2.44091 |
| 48 | University of Bolton | -2.43624 |
| 49 | Harper Adams University | -2.42556 |
| 50 | University of Bath | -2.327 |
| 51 | University of Keele | -2.27358 |
| 52 | University of Salford | -2.27067 |
| 53 | University of Worcester | -2.24304 |
| 54 | Manchester Metropolitan University | -2.23911 |
| 55 | Royal Northern College of Music | -2.23695 |
| 56 | The University of Manchester | -2.234 |
| 57 | Staffordshire University | -2.18035 |
| 58 | The Robert Gordon University | -2.14404 |
| 59 | University of Wolverhampton | -2.12806 |
| 60 | University of Aberdeen | -2.09912 |
| 61 | University of Gloucestershire | -2.08879 |
| 62 | Newman University | -1.99503 |
| 63 | Royal Agricultural University | -1.995 |
| 64 | University of Birmingham | -1.928 |
| 65 | University College Birmingham | -1.90594 |
| 66 | Arts University Bournemouth | -1.89811 |
| 67 | Bournemouth University | -1.89717 |
| 68 | Birmingham City University | -1.8921 |
| 69 | Aston University | -1.89095 |
| 70 | University of Huddersfield | -1.779 |
| 71 | University of Bradford | -1.76623 |
| 72 | Leeds Trinity University | -1.64735 |
| 73 | Newcastle University | -1.61571 |
| 74 | Northumbria University Newcastle | -1.608 |
| 75 | University of Durham | -1.57186 |
| 76 | University of Warwick | -1.56481 |
| 77 | University of Leeds | -1.55333 |
| 78 | Leeds College of Art | -1.55177 |
| 79 | Leeds Metropolitan University | -1.549 |
| 80 | Northern School of Contemporary Dance | -1.53347 |
| 81 | Leeds College of Music | -1.53125 |
| 82 | Coventry University | -1.50006 |
| 83 | University of Derby | -1.49668 |
| 84 | University of Sheffield | -1.48853 |
| 85 | Sheffield Hallam University | -1.46525 |
| 86 | Southampton Solent University | -1.40102 |
| 87 | University of Southampton | -1.39569 |
| 88 | University of Sunderland | -1.39097 |
| 89 | University of Winchester | -1.32674 |
| 90 | University of Oxford | -1.26201 |
| 91 | Teesside University | -1.23469 |
| 92 | Loughborough University | -1.22947 |
| 93 | Oxford Brookes University | -1.2232 |
| 94 | University of Nottingham | -1.191 |
| 95 | Nottingham Trent University | -1.152 |
| 96 | De Montfort University | -1.13782 |
| 97 | University of Leicester | -1.12453 |
| 98 | University of Portsmouth | -1.09358 |
| 99 | York St John University | -1.07954 |
| 100 | University of York | -1.05354 |
| 101 | The University of Buckingham | -0.99184 |
| 102 | University of Reading | -0.94711 |
| 103 | University of Northampton | -0.887 |
| 104 | University For The Creative Arts | -0.80549 |
| 105 | The University of Chichester | -0.77501 |
| 106 | Buckinghamshire New University | -0.7531 |
| 107 | Open University | -0.70975 |
| 108 | Cranfield University | -0.6308 |
| 109 | University of Surrey | -0.58795 |
| 110 | Royal Holloway College and Bedford New College | -0.56675 |
| 111 | University of Lincoln | -0.548 |
| 112 | Bishop Grosseteste University | -0.53714 |
| 113 | Brunel University | -0.47286 |
| 114 | University of Bedfordshire | -0.41154 |
| 115 | University of Hull | -0.36638 |
| 116 | St Mary's University, Twickenham | -0.33591 |
| 117 | Kingston University | -0.30785 |
| 118 | University of West London | -0.30301 |
| 119 | Roehampton University | -0.24767 |
| 120 | University of Hertfordshire | -0.24097 |
| 121 | Middlesex University | -0.229 |
| 122 | Heythrop College | -0.19091 |
| 123 | Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital | -0.18169 |
| 124 | Royal College of Art | -0.17847 |
| 125 | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine | -0.17692 |
| 126 | Royal College of Music | -0.17691 |
| 127 | St. George's, University of London | -0.17523 |
| 128 | The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama | -0.1742 |
| 129 | London Business School | -0.16138 |
| 130 | Royal Academy of Music | -0.15175 |
| 131 | The University of Westminster | -0.14309 |
| 132 | The Royal Veterinary College | -0.13352 |
| 133 | University College London | -0.13242 |
| 134 | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | -0.13069 |
| 135 | Birkbeck College | -0.13036 |
| 136 | School of Oriental and African Studies | -0.12926 |
| 137 | University of London | -0.12872 |
| 138 | The Conservatoire For Dance and Drama | -0.12842 |
| 139 | Institute of Education, University of London | -0.12796 |
| 140 | School of Pharmacy University of London | -0.12246 |
| 141 | University of Brighton | -0.11917 |
| 142 | London School of Economics & Political Science | -0.11697 |
| 143 | Courtauld Institute of Art | -0.11694 |
| 144 | University of The Arts, London | -0.11639 |
| 145 | King's College London | -0.11625 |
| 146 | London Metropolitan University | -0.11038 |
| 147 | The City University | -0.10261 |
| 148 | London South Bank University | -0.10177 |
| 149 | Guildhall School of Music & Drama | -0.09243 |
| 150 | University of Sussex | -0.08708 |
| 151 | Queen Mary University of London | -0.04071 |
| 152 | Goldsmiths' College | -0.0354 |
| 153 | Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance Ltd | -0.0072 |
| 154 | University of Greenwich | -0.00392 |
| 155 | Ravensbourne | 0.00565 |
| 156 | University of East London | 0.063 |
| 157 | Rose Bruford College | 0.10645 |
| 158 | University of Cambridge | 0.11618 |
| 159 | Writtle College | 0.42811 |
| 160 | Anglia Ruskin University | 0.4745 |
| 161 | University of Essex | 0.94667 |
| 162 | University of Kent | 1.071 |
| 163 | Canterbury Christ Church University | 1.086 |
| 164 | University Campus Suffolk Ltd | 1.163 |
| 165 | University of East Anglia | 1.24139 |
| 166 | Norwich University of The Arts | 1.29727 |
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