Editing Ancient university (section)

{{Short description|British and Irish universities founded before 1600}}
{{About|the oldest universities in Britain and Ireland|ancient centres of higher education around the world|Ancient higher-learning institutions}}
[[File:1_oxford_aerial_panorama_2016_(cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=1|The [[University of Oxford]] in [[Oxford]], England, is the oldest university in the [[English-speaking world]]]]
[[File:MS Laud Misc 165 fol 109.png|thumb|Illustration of [[William of Nottingham II|William of Nottingham]] teaching at either Oxford or Cambridge, {{circa|1350}}.]]
The '''ancient universities''' are seven British and Irish [[Medieval university|medieval universities]] and [[List of early modern universities in Europe|early modern universities]] that were founded before 1600.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://ukinusa.fco.gov.uk/en/newsroom/?view=News&id=5586301 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110809124918/http://ukinusa.fco.gov.uk/en/newsroom/?view=News&id=5586301 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-08-09 |title=Radcliffe dean to lead historic university in Scotland |publisher=Ukinusa.fco.gov.uk |access-date=2012-02-17 }}</ref> Four of these are located in [[Scotland]] ([[University of Edinburgh|Edinburgh]], [[University of Glasgow|Glasgow]], [[University of Aberdeen|Aberdeen]], and [[University of St Andrews|St Andrews]]), two in [[England]] ([[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]), and one in [[Ireland]] ([[University of Dublin|Dublin]]). The ancient universities in Great Britain and Ireland are amongst the [[List of oldest universities in continuous operation|oldest extant universities in the world]]. The ancient universities in Britain are also among twenty-seven institutions recognised by the British monarchy as [[privileged bodies of the United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Elston |first1=Laura |title=King invites leading institutions to reaffirm loyalty to him at historic ceremony |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/charles-british-boris-johnson-london-edinburgh-b2295255.html |work=The Independent |date=7 March 2023}}</ref>

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{{Location map~|United Kingdom and Ireland|lat=51.76|long=-1.26|position=bottom|label=[[University of Oxford|Oxford]]}}
{{Location map~|United Kingdom and Ireland|lat=52.21|long=0.12|position=bottom|label=[[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]}}
{{Location map~|United Kingdom and Ireland|lat=56.34|long=-2.79|position=top|label=[[University of St Andrews|St Andrews]]}}
{{Location map~|United Kingdom and Ireland|lat=55.87|long=-4.29|position=bottom|label=[[University of Glasgow|Glasgow]]}}
{{Location map~|United Kingdom and Ireland|lat=57.17|long=-2.1|position=left|label=[[University of Aberdeen|Aberdeen]]}}
{{Location map~|United Kingdom and Ireland|lat=55.95|long=-3.19|position=right|label=[[University of Edinburgh|Edinburgh]]}}
{{Location map~|United Kingdom and Ireland|lat=53.34|long=-6.26|position=top|label=[[University of Dublin|Dublin]]}}
{{Location map~|United Kingdom and Ireland|lat=52.23|long=-0.89|mark=Blue pog.svg|position=left|label=[[University of Northampton (thirteenth century)|Northampton]]}}
{{Location map~|United Kingdom and Ireland|lat=52.66|long=-0.48|mark=Blue pog.svg|position=top|label=[[University of Stamford|Stamford]]}}
{{Location map~|United Kingdom and Ireland|lat=57.69|long=-2.01|mark=Blue pog.svg|position=top|label=[[Fraserburgh University|Fraserburgh]]}}
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