The Southern University Rankings

Bonjour! We've ranked UK universities on southernliness.

These rankings are very unique and in no way similar to the Northern University Rankings which we released in 2022.

Congratulations to the universites on the south coast for their strong performances, and better luck next time to Scotland's universities.

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

Usual caveat applies to The Open University - yes, you could study on a Channel ferry. But your postcode is in Milton Keynes.

A latitudinal study of UK universities

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