{"id":5016,"date":"2020-01-23T16:41:22","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T16:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evanevanstours.com\/blog\/?p=5016"},"modified":"2022-09-14T09:48:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T08:48:11","slug":"10-oldest-universities-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evanevanstours.com\/blog\/10-oldest-universities-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"The 10 oldest universities in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Legacy means a lot in the academic world, and the UK is blessed with some of the finest – and oldest – universities in the world. For centuries, these centres of higher education have been churning out some of the most influential figures in British history, from the great minds of Stephen Hawking, Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin, to literary geniuses such as Oscar Wilde and J. R. R. Tolkien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With such incredible pedigree, it’s little wonder that 2.4 million students flock to the UK every year to study at its universities. We’ve taken a look at the mind-boggling history behind 10 of the oldest universities in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. University of Oxford (1096)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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