There are around 130 universities in the UK. Oxford and Cambridge — collectively "Oxbridge" — date from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and are the oldest in the English-speaking world. Other historic institutions include St Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Trinity College Dublin and the University of London. The Russell Group is a self-selected club of 24 research-intensive universities.
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Students normally take a three-year undergraduate degree (four in Scotland and for some courses elsewhere). Tuition fees in England are currently capped at £9,250 per year for UK students, paid through a government student loan repaid out of post-graduation earnings. Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales have different fee arrangements.
You may be asked which English university is the oldest (Oxford), or what an undergraduate degree typically lasts (three years in England, four in Scotland).
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