Founded by Queen Victoria in 1845,
Queen's University Belfast has over 300 buildings in the green and leafy suburbs of south Belfast. This is the Lanyon building, an imposing Tudor Gothic-style building at the heart of the campus.
Located in the busy city centre, many of
Cardiff's university buildings are undeniably striking – not least the Main Building, shown here.
Not all of
Bristol's buildings, some of which date back to the institution's previous incarnation as University College Bristol, are much to look at, but the Faculty of Music's stunning Victoria Rooms merit a place on this list alone. Charles Dickens reportedly once gave a selection of readings in this early Victorian classical building.
The Wallace Monument and the Cottrell building are just two features of
Stirling University to benefit from the stunning surroundings. The locale boasts a castle, lakes, meadow and woods – and indeed its own nine-hole golf course.
One of Scotland's vaunted "Ancient" universities,
Glasgow University boasts many fine buildings such as the Gilbert Scott building – the second-largest example of Gothic revival architecture in Britain after the Palace of Westminster.
Located in a picturesque 620-acre rural campus in Staffordshire,
Keele University benefits not just from the scenery but also from Keele Hall, a 19th-century stately home on the outskirts of Newcastle-under-Lyme which once housed the Sneyd family. It now serves as the university conference centre.
Sir Basil Spence's modernist Falmer Building in the
University of Sussex may not be to everyone's taste, but even traditionalists would surely be placated by the surrounding views of the South Downs National Park.
Despite its location in the centre of UK's sprawling and industrial second city,
Birmingham University's red brick constructions – such as the Aston Webb building shown here – are among the country's most elegant.
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