What is a campus university? List of campus unis in the UK

First of all, what is a campus university? Strictly speaking, it means that all (or most) of the university-owned buildings and spaces, such as lecture theatres, student bars and halls of residence, are situated in one place.

The alternative to a campus university is a city-based one, where the uni buildings are scattered throughout the city. This article on our sister site The Student Room goes into detail about the differences between city and campus universities.

Below is the list of campus universities in the UK:

• University of Aberystwyth
• University of Saint Mark and Saint John
• Aston University
• University of Bath
• University of Birmingham
• Bishop Grosseteste, Lincoln
• Brunel University
• Cardiff University
• University of Central Lancashire
• University of Chester
• University of Coventry
• University of Cumbria (multi-campus)
• De Montfort University
• University of Derby
• University of Dundee
• University of East Anglia
• Edge Hill University
• Edinburgh Napier University (multi-campus)
• University of Essex
• University of Exeter
• University of Glamorgan
• University of Glasgow
• Glasgow Caledonian University
• Heriot Watt University (multi-campus)
• University of Hertfordshire
• University of Hull

• University of Keele
• University of Kent
• Lampeter – now part of the University of Wales Trinity St David (UWSTD)
• Lancaster University
• University of Leeds
• University of Lincoln
• Liverpool Hope University
• Liverpool John Moores University
• University of Liverpool
• Loughborough University
• University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
• University of Nottingham (multi-campus)
• Nottingham Trent (multi-campus)
• Oxford Brookes University
• University Of Plymouth
• Queen Margaret University
• Queen Mary, University of London
• University of Reading (multi-campus)
• Roehampton University
• Royal Holloway, University of London
• University of Southampton (multi-campus)
• Staffordshire University
• University of Stirling
• University of Strathclyde
• University of Surrey
• University of Sussex
• University of Swansea
• University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC)
• University of Warwick
• University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE) (multi-campus)
• University of the West of Scotland (UWS) (previously known as Paisley Uni)
• University of Winchester
• Wrexham University
• University of York

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