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University Regulations in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Universities in England

• The University of Oxford (1249)
  
  
• The University of Cambridge (1284) - Downing College site
  • New Hall - Guide to wearing Gowns
  • Heraldic & Genealogical Society - Gown Guide
  • The Cambridge University Reporter compiled by John Horton
    
    
• The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (1824) - now part of the University of Manchester (2004)
  
  
• The University of Durham (1832)
  • Defence of the MA Hood
  • St.Chad's College Handbook
  • Undergraduate Gowns
    
    
• The University of London (1836)
• The Royal College of Art (1837)
• The Victoria University of Manchester (1851) - now part of the University of Manchester (2004)
  
  
• The University of Birmingham (1900)
• The University of Liverpool (1903)
• The University of Leeds (1904)
• The University of Sheffield (1905)
• The University of Bristol (1909)
  
  
• The University of Reading (1926) - PDF format
  
  
• The University of Nottingham (1948) - PDF format
• The University of Southampton (1952)
• The University of Hull (1954)
• The University of Exeter (1955)
• The University of Leicester (1957)
  • A Guide to Academic Dress - PDF format / Photographs
    
    
• The University of Sussex (1961) - PDF format (page 172)
• Keele University (1962) - Photographs
• The University of East Anglia (1963) - PDF format
  • UEA Congregation
• The University of Newcastle upon Tyne (1963)
  • University Calendar - PDF format
• The University of York (1963)
• The University of Essex (1964)
• The University of Lancaster (1964)
• The University of Kent at Canterbury (1965)
• The University of Warwick (1965)
  • Graduation Information
    
    
• Aston University (1966)
• The University of Bath (1966)
• The University of Bradford (1966)
• Brunel University (1966)
- Photographs
• The City University (1966)
• Loughborough University of Technology (1966)
• The University of Surrey (1966)
  
  
• The University of Salford (1967)
  • Guide to Gowns & Hoods - Photographs
• Cranfield University (1969)
• The Open University (1969)
  
  
• The University of Buckingham (1983) - PDF format
  
  
• Anglia Ruskin University (1992) - formerly Anglia Polytechnic University
• Bournemouth University (1992)
• The University of Brighton (1992)
• The University of Central England in Birmingham (1992)
• The University of Central Lancashire (1992)
• Coventry University (1992)
• De Montfort University (1992)
• The University of East London (1992)
• The University of Greenwich (1992)
• The University of Hertfordshire (1992) - PDF format
• The University of Huddersfield (1992)
• Kingston University (1992)
• Leeds Metropolitan University (1992)
• The University of Lincoln (1992)
• Liverpool John Moores University (1992)
• Manchester Metropolitan University (1992)
• Middlesex University (1992)
• The University of North London (1992) - now part of London Metropolitan University (2002)
• The University of Northumbria at Newcastle (1992)
• Nottingham Trent University (1992)
• The University of Plymouth (1992)
• The University of Portsmouth (1992)
• Sheffield Hallam University (1992)
• South Bank University (1992)
• Staffordshire University (1992) - PDF format
• The University of Sunderland (1992)
• The University of Teeside (1992)
• Thames Valley University (1992)
• The University of Westminster (1992)
• The University of the West of England, Bristol (Bristol UWE) (1992)
• The University of Wolverhampton (1992)
  
  
• The University of Derby (1993)
• London Guildhall University (1993) - now part of London Metropolitan University (2002)
• The University of Luton (1993) - now part of the University of Bedfordshire (2006)
• Oxford Brookes University (1993)
  
  
• The University of Gloucestershire (2001)
• London Metropolitan University (2002)
  
  
• University of the Arts London (2004)
• Roehampton University (2004)
• The University of Manchester (2004)
• The University of Bolton (2005)
• The University of Winchester (2005)
• Canterbury Christ Church University (2005)
• Liverpool Hope University (2005)
• Southampton Solent University (2005)
• The University of Chester (2005)
• The University of Worcester (2005)
• The University of Chichester (2005)
• The University of Northampton (2005)
  
  
• Bath Spa University (2006)
• Edge Hill University (2006)
• The University of Bedfordshire (2006)
  
  

Universities in Scotland

• The University of St.Andrews (1411)
• The University of Glasgow (1451) - PDF format (pages 12-18)
• The University of Aberdeen (1495)
• The University of Edinburgh (1583)
  
  
• The University of Strathclyde (1964) - PDF format (section 6.3)
• Heriot-Watt University (1966) - PDF format
• The University of Dundee (1967)
• The University of Stirling (1967)
  
  
• Napier University (1992)
• The University of Paisley (1992)
• The Robert Gordon University (1992)
• Glasgow Caledonian University (1993)
• The University of Abertay Dundee (1994)
  
  

Universities in Wales

• The University of Wales (1893)
• Glamorgan University (1992)
  
• Cardiff University (2004)
  
  

Universities in Northern Ireland

• The Queen's University of Belfast (1908)
• The University of Ulster (1984)
  
  

Universities in the Republic of Ireland

• The University of Dublin, Trinity College (1592)
• The National University of Ireland (1908) - PDF format
• Dublin City University (1989)
• The University of Limerick (1989)
• The Dublin Institute of Technology (1992)