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The ancient universities in the United Kingdom are, in order of formation:

• University of Oxford – founded 1249
• University of Cambridge – founded 1284
• University of St Andrews – founded 1411
• University of Glasgow – founded 1451
• University of Aberdeen – founded 1494
• University of Edinburgh – founded 1583
• University of Dublin – founded 1592Events January 30 The death of Pope Innocent IX during the previous year had left the Papal throne vacant. Ippolito Aldobrandini is elected Pope Clement VIII. Founding of Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland's oldest university Thomas Kyd publishes The Spanis (The Republic of Ireland may not be part of the UK today, but it was when this university was established. The institution remained and flourished.)

The University of DurhamThe University of Durham is a university in England. It is the country's third oldest, after Oxford and Cambridge, and was founded in 1832. Located in the city of Durham on the River Wear, it is one of Britain's leading research universities. The position is also sometimes counted, although it only started granting degrees in the 19th centuryAlternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical ( 18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801- 1900. Events The Little Ice Age ended.

"Oxbridge" is a portmanteauPortmanteau has two meanings. It can refer to a travelling case or to a word formed by combining two or more words. Travelling case A portmanteau (plural portmanteaus or portmanteaux is a large travelling case made of leather. These cases consist of two h name for the universitiesA university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. A university provides both tertiary and quaternary education. University is derived from the Latin universitas meaning corporation since the first medieval of Oxford and Cambridge, the two oldest in EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England (see Oxbridge rivalryOxbridge is a portmanteau word referring to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in England. They are among the most famous and prestigious universities in the world. Both were founded circa the 11th to 13th centuries (the exact dates are unclear), an).

See also

• University of Dublin – founded 1592 by Elizabeth I

• The Ivy League – Earliest American universities: 7 of the 8 founded prior to 1800

Ancient universities exist elsewhere in the world, for these see also:

• Medieval university