Buses to UK universities

269 university campuses across the UK and Ireland with a bus to the door — every route that serves them, which are campus services, the first and last bus, night buses back to halls, and live times at each campus stop.

London

Buckinghamshire New University (Uxbridge) 23 Courtauld Institute of Art 44 Goldsmiths, University of London 21 Imperial College London 24 King's College London 51 London School of Economics 30 London South Bank University 34 Queen Mary University of London 32 University of the Arts London 53 University of Westminster 26

Show 45 more in London

Arden University 5 Birkbeck, University of London 17 BPP University 13 BPP University (Holborn) 8 Brunel University of London 9 City St George's, University of London 9 Coventry University (Liverpool Street) 16 Kingston University 16 London Metropolitan University 9 London Metropolitan University (Aldgate East) 16 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 17 Loughborough University (Hackney Wick) 5 Middlesex University 5 Northeastern University – London 2 Northumbria University (Liverpool Street) 16 Nottingham Trent University (Whitechapel) 12 Ravensbourne University London 11 Regent's University London 16 Richmond American University London 7 Royal Academy of Music 10 Royal Central School of Speech and Drama 11 Royal Veterinary College (Mornington Crescent) 5 SOAS University of London 17 St Mary's University, Twickenham 3 University College London 19 University College London (Mill Hill) 3 University College London (Stratford) 8 University of Buckingham (Goodge Street) 13 University of East London 10 University of East London (Cyprus) 5 University of Greenwich 8 University of Greenwich (Avery Hill) 10 University of Law (Goodge Street) 19 University of Portsmouth (Walthamstow) 19 University of Roehampton 10 University of Staffordshire (Hackney Wick) 3 University of Sunderland (South Quay) 3 University of the Arts London (Bushey Mead) 5 University of the Arts London (South Hackney) 15 University of the West of Scotland (Elephant & Castle) 13 University of Wales Trinity Saint David (Hoxton) 5 University of Wales Trinity Saint David (Kennington) 12 University of West London 14 University of Westminster (Chiswick) 4 University of Westminster (Northwick Park) 12

South East England

Anglia Ruskin University (Chelmsford) 30 Buckinghamshire New University 33 Buckinghamshire New University (Aylesbury) 58 Canterbury Christ Church University 45 Cranfield University (Central Milton Keynes) 27 University for the Creative Arts 35 University of Bedfordshire (Central Milton Keynes) 31 University of Brighton 40 University of Essex (Southend-on-Sea) 30 University of Oxford 52

Show 28 more in South East England

Canterbury Christ Church University (Chatham) 9 Canterbury Christ Church University (Tunbridge Wells) 24 Cranfield University 7 Imperial College London (Cheapside) 2 Oxford Brookes University 26 Oxford Brookes University (Elms Rise) 5 Royal Holloway, University of London 6 Royal Veterinary College 6 University for the Creative Arts (Epsom) 18 University for the Creative Arts (Maidstone) 19 University of Bedfordshire 5 University of Bedfordshire (Lilley) 2 University of Bedfordshire (Luton Town Centre) 14 University of Brighton (Meads) 3 University of Buckingham 15 University of Chichester 9 University of Chichester (Bognor Regis) 5 University of Essex 10 University of Greenwich (Chatham) 12 University of Hertfordshire 24 University of Kent 6 University of Kent (Chatham) 16 University of Law (St Catherine’s) 6 University of Reading 14 University of Reading (Hambleden) 2 University of Surrey 8 University of Sussex 12 University of Sussex (Chelwood Gate) 2

Scotland

Edinburgh Napier University 30 Glasgow Caledonian University 35 University of Aberdeen 37 University of Dundee (Kirkcaldy) 29 University of Edinburgh 27 University of Glasgow 16 University of St Andrews 22 University of Strathclyde 27 University of the Highlands and Islands (Thurso) 21 University of the West of Scotland (Paisley) 20

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South West England

Arts University Plymouth 28 Bournemouth University 33 Royal Agricultural University 37 University of Bristol 21 University of Exeter 32 University of Law (Temple Meads) 25 University of Plymouth 40 University of Southampton 29 University of Southampton (Winchester) 22 University of the West of England (Bower Ashton) 35

Show 21 more in South West England

West Midlands

Aston University 33 Birmingham City University 44 Coventry University 50 London Metropolitan University (Birmingham) 15 Southampton Solent University (Birmingham) 15 Ulster University (Birmingham) 15 University College Birmingham 15 University of Staffordshire 20 University of Wolverhampton 34 University of Worcester 36

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BIMM University 13 Birmingham City University (Bournville) 3 Birmingham Newman University 7 Harper Adams University 2 Keele University 3 University of Birmingham 12 University of Derby (Leek) 5 University of Law 4 University of Staffordshire (Beaconside) 5 University of Warwick 8 University of Wolverhampton (Fullbrook) 5 University of Wolverhampton (Priorslee) 5 University of Worcester (Holt Heath) 4

North West England

Lancaster University 17 Liverpool Hope University 22 Liverpool John Moores University 32 Manchester Metropolitan University 37 University of Chester 30 University of Lancashire (Burnley) 19 University of Law (Piccadilly Gardens) 17 University of Liverpool 37 University of Manchester 39 University of Salford 19

Show 13 more in North West England

Edge Hill University 10 Liverpool Hope University (Childwall) 9 Liverpool Hope University (St Michaels) 10 University of Buckingham (Crewe) 5 University of Chester (Fearnhead) 6 University of Cumbria 12 University of Cumbria (Ambleside) 3 University of Cumbria (Bowerham) 8 University of Cumbria (Salthouse) 5 University of Greater Manchester 10 University of Lancashire 10 University of Lancashire (West Lakes) 2 University of Liverpool (Windle Hill) 5

East Midlands

De Montfort University 31 Nottingham Trent University 58 University of Derby 28 University of Derby (Buxton) 17 University of Derby (Chesterfield) 19 University of Leicester 28 University of Lincoln 15 University of Northampton 27 University of Nottingham 27 University of Nottingham (City Hospital) 10

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Anglia Ruskin University (Peterborough) 2 Lincoln Bishop University 8 Loughborough University 9 Nottingham Trent University (Clifton) 9 Nottingham Trent University (Mansfield) 5 Nottingham Trent University (Southwell) 2 University of Lincoln (Holbeach) 2 University of Nottingham (Sutton Bonington) 10

Yorkshire & the Humber

Leeds Arts University 14 Leeds Beckett University 25 Leeds Trinity University 15 Sheffield Hallam University 84 University of Bradford 14 University of Huddersfield 17 University of Law (Leeds City Centre) 18 University of Sheffield 31 University of York 20 York St John University 25

Show 4 more in Yorkshire & the Humber

University of Hull 14 University of Hull (Cottingham) 10 University of Leeds 11 University of Sheffield (Waverley) 7

Wales

Aberystwyth University 16 Bangor University 23 Cardiff Metropolitan University 16 Cardiff University 46 Swansea University 20 Swansea University (Crymlyn Burrows) 22 University of South Wales 15 University of South Wales (Newport) 28 University of Wales Trinity Saint David 37 Wrexham University 22

Show 4 more in Wales

Bangor University (Bryn Offa) 11 University of South Wales (Treforest) 12 University of Wales Trinity Saint David (Carmarthen) 5 University of Wales Trinity Saint David (Lampeter) 11

North East England

Durham University 37 Durham University (Teesdale) 2 Newcastle University 68 Newcastle University (Cullercoats) 5 Northumbria University 61 Teesside University 17 University of Sunderland 33

Northern Ireland

Queen's University Belfast 30 Ulster University 76 Ulster University (Jordanstown) 13 Ulster University (Pennyburn) 21 Ulster University (Willowfield) 10

East of England

Anglia Ruskin University 9 Norwich University of the Arts 38 University of Cambridge 28 University of East Anglia 56 University of Suffolk 9

How this is put together

Bus timetables have no concept of a university, and — unlike hospitals — neither do the stop names: barely a few hundred stops in the country mention a university, and most of those are hospitals or streets. So campus locations come from OpenStreetMap, matched against a list of 147 named institutions so that a lecture theatre tagged “School of Computing” does not become a page of its own. Every stop within walking distance of a campus building is then read out of the national stop register, and every route calling at those stops out of the operators' own published timetables. The number beside each university is its bus routes; marks a campus with a university or student service and one with a route running in the small hours. First and last times on each page are departures from the campus's own stops, not from the far end of the route.

Frequently asked questions

Which buses go to my university?

Pick the university below — each page lists every route serving the campus stops, which of them are university or campus services, the first and last bus on a weekday and a Sunday, night buses, and the places you can reach the campus from without changing.

What is a university or campus bus service?

A route run for the university or branded for students — a campus shuttle, a hall-to-lectures link, or an operator route signed for the university. 73 of the 269 campuses here have at least one. They are usually the most frequent way onto campus in term time, and the most likely to thin out in the vacation.

Do buses to university campuses run at night?

At 179 of the 269 campuses here, at least one route runs in the small hours — which matters for getting back to halls after a night out. Each page says which routes run overnight and on which nights; most night services are Friday and Saturday only.

Is there a student discount on the bus?

Almost always. Under-22s in Scotland travel free, under-22s in Wales get about a third off with myTravelPass, London students can get an 18+ Student Oyster photocard, and most English operators sell a term or year pass that beats paying the £3 single fare cap every day. Each university page links the operators running its routes.

Timetables from operators via the DfT Bus Open Data Service and Translink, rebuilt weekly. Campus locations © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Campuses with a single bus route are not listed — find those on their town's page. See also buses to hospitals, buses to airports, buses to railway stations and night buses.