The document outlines 4 generations of UK universities established between 1096 and the present day, including the oldest universities of Oxford and Cambridge established in the 11th-12th centuries, civic universities built in major cities in the late 19th-early 20th centuries like Manchester, Birmingham and Sheffield, campus universities established in the 1960s that offered interdisciplinary study like Warwick and Lancaster, and post-1992 universities providing both academic and vocational courses with differing study styles.

1. uk universities 4 generations

2. The Ancients Est 1096 Oxford and Cambridge - the best of British! UCAS deadline is 15th October. Students can apply to only one institution in any one year. Edinburgh1582 Don’t forget Durham and St Andrews too! University of Cambridge Est 1209 University of St Andrews Est 1413 Oxbridge Boat Race - an annual tradition. University of Durham Est 1832

3. Built around the turn of the 20th Century Civic or Red Brick Bristol 1909 Manchester 1880 As you’d expect, good for many subjects including Engineering, Education, Medicine, Architecture plus a range of other subjects Leeds 1904 Birmingham 1900 Sheffield 1905 Liverpool 1903

4. Campus or Plateglass Essex York East Anglia Excellent for interdisciplinary study and joint or combination degrees Warwick Lancaster

5. Post 1992 Universities Nottingham Trent Academic or vocational courses, Foundation degrees or alternative qualifications. Incorporating differing study styles. Oxford Brookes University of Wales Newport London Metropolitan A wide range of subjects from engineering, fashion design, media and pharmacy to environmental or ocean science. Plymouth