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List of fictional British and Irish universities

List of fictional British and Irish universities

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Many books and other works of fiction are set in, or refer to, fictional British or Irish universities.[1][2] This list includes identifiable fictional universities or other institutions appearing to offer degree-level qualifications, and which are located in Britain or Ireland or, in a few cases, are extra-terrestrial institutions with clear British or Irish connections. Individual Oxbridge colleges are not included as there are separate lists of these.

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Note that the red brick university in which Kingsley Amis sets Lucky Jim is unnamed.

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