University of Birmingham
University of Bristol
University of Cambridge
Cardiff University
University of Edinburgh
University of Glasgow
Imperial College London
King's College London
University of Leeds
University of Liverpool
London School of Economics
University of Manchester
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Nottingham
University of Oxford
University of Sheffield
University of Southampton
University College London
University of Warwick

Do you know why Cardiff is an exception? It was neither the only University in Cardiff, nor the first one in Cardiff. Worse, it was formerly one of the colleges in the UW and one of the many colleges in the city.

Its forruner was called University College Cardiff in 1972. It became the University of Wales College of Cardiff upon merger with UWIST in 1988, then University of Wales, Cardiff - but largely being known as Cardiff University, its public name.