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Which UK universities are collegiate?

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JunoTurner · 12/01/2021 17:59

Besides Cambridge, Oxford and Durham, which other UK universities are collegiate?

Inspired by a comment in another thread in this section about whether St Andrews is. I know there are a few universities that have colleges but I’m not sure if they’re collegiate in the same way as the above three.

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titchy · 12/01/2021 18:02

Lancaster. York. Thorough the collegiate system is nowhere near as strong as Oxbridge. London, technically!

JunoTurner · 12/01/2021 18:07

Lol titchy I was wondering if someone would include London on a technicality Grin

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Anothernick · 12/01/2021 18:16

Kent also has colleges, though as @titchy says, only in Oxford, Cambridge and Durham does the College mean much, at other universities it is just a glorified name for a residential building really.

MrTrellis · 12/01/2021 18:22

University of the Arts London is made up of colleges. The colleges are probably more well known than the University which seems to be unusual.

JunoTurner · 12/01/2021 18:35

With UAL, the colleges were separate entities before they came under that umbrella.

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RickiTarr · 12/01/2021 18:38

Cambridge, Oxford & Durham are the only ones that are collegiate in the sense that Cambridge, Oxford & Durham are collegiate. Smile

Various other institutions have a college system of sorts but it only has a weak practical effect on studying or student life. So not the same thing at all, really.

RickiTarr · 12/01/2021 18:40

@JunoTurner

With UAL, the colleges were separate entities before they came under that umbrella.
Same with the University of London.
MrTrellis · 12/01/2021 18:53

@JunoTurner

With UAL, the colleges were separate entities before they came under that umbrella.
Yes, I imagine that’s why people know the name of the individual colleges better than they know the name of the University.
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