List of universities in the United Kingdom
This is a list of universities in the United Kingdom (alphabetical by substantive name). Below that are lists of university colleges and colleges of higher education, followed by a list of defunct institutions.
Universities alphabetically
- See also: List by date of foundation (age), and List by size
- University of Aberdeen
- University of Abertay Dundee
- Aberystwyth University
- Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge and Chelmsford
- University of the Arts London
- Aston University, Birmingham
- Bangor University
- University of Bath
- Bath Spa University
- University of Bedfordshire, Luton and Bedford
- University of Birmingham
- Birmingham City University
- University Centre at Blackburn College, Blackburn
- University of Bolton
- Bournemouth University
- BPP University College of Professional Studies
- University of Bradford
- University of Brighton
- Brighton and Sussex Medical School - students here are technically full members of both the University of Brighton and the University of Sussex
- University of Bristol
- Brunel University, Uxbridge and London
- University of Buckingham
- Buckinghamshire New University, High Wycombe
- University of Cambridge
- Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, Thanet, Tunbridge Wells and Chatham
- Cardiff University
- Cardiff Metropolitan University (UWIC)
- University of Central Lancashire, Preston
- University of Chester, Chester and Warrington
- University of Chichester
- Crichton University Campus, Dumfries, shared by the University of Glasgow, the University of the West of Scotland and The Open University
- City University London
- Coventry University
- Cranfield University, Cranfield, Shrivenham and Silsoe
- University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester
- University of Cumbria, Carlisle (main campus), Penrith and Ambleside
- De Montfort University, Leicester
- University of Derby
- University of Dundee
- Durham University, Durham and Thornaby-on-Tees (Queen's Campus)
- University of East Anglia, Norwich
- University of East London
- Edge Hill University, Ormskirk
- University of Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Napier University
- University of Essex, Colchester and Southend-on-Sea
- University of Exeter
- University of Glamorgan, Cardiff, Trefforest and Glyntaff
- University of Glasgow
- Glasgow Caledonian University
- University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, Gloucester and London
- University of Greenwich
- Glyndŵr University, Wrexham
- Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh and Galashiels
- University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield
- University of the Highlands & Islands, Inverness (main campus), Elgin, Perth & across north and western Scotland
- University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield & Barnsley
- University of Hull, Hull and Scarborough
- Hull York Medical School (HYMS)
- Imperial College London
- Keele University, Staffordshire
- University of Kent, Canterbury and Medway
- Kingston University
- Lancaster University
- University of Leeds
- Leeds Metropolitan University
- University of Leicester
- University of Lincoln, Lincoln, Hull, Riseholme and Holbeach
- University of Liverpool
- Liverpool Hope University
- Liverpool John Moores University
- University of London
- London Metropolitan University
- London South Bank University
- Loughborough University
- University of Manchester
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- Middlesex University, London
- Newcastle University
- University of Northampton
- Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne
- University of Nottingham
- Nottingham Trent University
- The Open University, Milton Keynes (an open-access distance learning university)
- University of Oxford
- Oxford Brookes University
- Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry
- University of Plymouth
- University of Portsmouth
- Queen's University Belfast
- Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
- University of Reading
- The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
- Roehampton University, London
- Royal College of Art, London
- University of St Andrews
- University of Salford
- University of Sheffield
- Sheffield Hallam University
- University of Southampton
- Southampton Solent University
- Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford and Lichfield
- University of Stirling, Bridge of Allan
- University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
- University of Sunderland
- University of Surrey, Guildford
- University of Sussex, Falmer and Brighton
- Swansea Metropolitan University
- Swansea University
- Teesside University, Middlesbrough and Darlington
- University of Ulster, Coleraine, Jordanstown, Magee and Belfast
- University of Wales
- University of Wales, Newport
- University of Wales, Trinity Saint David
- University of Warwick, Coventry
- University of West London, Ealing and Brentford
- University of Westminster, London
- University of the West of England, Bristol
- University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, Hamilton, Ayr & Dumfries
- University of Winchester
- University of Wolverhampton
- University of Worcester
- Worcester Business School
- University of York
- York St John University
Foreign Universities with campuses in the United Kingdom
- Aga Khan University - Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations
- American InterContinental University, London
- Azad University (IR) in Oxford - a campus of Islamic Azad University, a private chain of universities in Iran
- Irish School of Ecumenics, a postgraduate institute of Trinity College, Dublin, with a campus in Belfast
- Richmond, The American International University in London
- Schiller International University, London
- University of Wisconsin System, which offers semesters of study at Dalkeith Palace, Midlothian, Scotland
The following American universities also offer semesters of study at their own faculty buildings in London:
As well the Memorial University of Newfoundland has a campus in Harlow, Essex, England.
University colleges
- This is a list of university colleges in the UK. Note that there are also some other institutions with "university college" in their title which are not legally university colleges
Colleges of Higher Education
- These should not be confused with colleges of further education, which offer a different level of qualifications.
- For lists of further education colleges in the UK (which may however also offer higher education qualifications) see:
- List of further education colleges in England
- List of further education colleges in Northern Ireland
- List of further education colleges in Scotland
- List of further education colleges in Wales
- Academy of Contemporary Music
- Academy of Live and Recorded Arts, London and Wigan
- All Nations Christian College
- Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, a post-graduate institute in Dundee
- Alpha Meridian College, Greenwich
- Anglo-European College of Chiropractic
- Architectural Association School of Architecture
- Arts Educational Schools, London
- Asanté Academy of Chinese Medicine
- Ashridge Business School
- Bird College
- Birmingham Christian College
- Birmingham International College
- Blackburne House Centre for Women
- Blake Hall College
- Brighton Institute of Modern Music
- Bristol Baptist College
- British College of Osteopathic Medicine
- British Institute of Technology & E-commerce
- British School of Osteopathy
- City and Guilds of London Art School
- College of Accountancy and Management Studies, Hayes
- College of Estate Management, Reading, Berkshire
- The College of Law
- College of the Resurrection, Mirfield
- Conservatoire for Dance and Drama
- eCollege London
- Edinburgh College of Art
- EF Brittin College Manchester
- English National Ballet School
- EThames Graduate School
- European School of Osteopathy
- Futureworks Media School, Manchester
- Glasgow School of Art
- Grafton College of Management Sciences, London
- Greenwich School of Management
- Guildford School of Acting
- Guildhall School of Music and Drama
- Halifax Group of Colleges
- Hamilton College, London
- Hartpury College
- Holborn College
- Hult International Business School
- Impact International College
- Institute for System Level Integration
- International College Scotland
- Leeds College of Art
- Leeds College of Business Management and Technology
- Leeds College of Music
- Leeds Professional College
- Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
- London Academy of Management Sciences
- London College of Advanced Studies
- London College of Business & Computing
- London College of Management Studies
- London Film School
- London Institute of Shipping & Transport
- London Reading College
- London School of Accountancy & Management
- London School of Business and Finance
- London School of Business and Management
- London School of Jewish Studies
- London School of Theology
- Manchester International College
- Maritime Greenwich College
- National Film and Television School
- Newcastle Academy of Business & Technology
- New London College
- Oxford House College
- Plymouth College of Art and Design
- The Prince's Drawing School
- The Prince's School of Traditional Arts
- Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication
- Rayat London College
- Regal International College
- Regent's College
- Rose Bruford College
- Royal College of Music
- Royal Northern College of Music
- Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
- Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
- Ruskin College
- Scottish Agricultural College
- Sotheby's Institute of Art
- Taitec Manchester
- Tech Music Schools
- Trinity Laban
- UHI Millennium Institute (Institiùd OGE nam Mìle Bliadhna) (proposed University of the Highlands and Islands)
- Argyll College, Dunoon, Argyll
- Highland Theological College, Dingwall
- Inverness College, Inverness
- Lews Castle College, Stornoway, Lewis
- Lochaber College, Fort William
- Moray College, Elgin
- NAFC Marine Centre (North Atlantic Fisheries College), Scalloway, Shetland
- North Highland College, Thurso
- Orkney College, Kirkwall, Orkney
- Perth College, Perth
- Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat on Skye, and Islay
- Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, Argyll
- Shetland College, Lerwick, Shetland
- Sustainable Development Research Centre, Forres, Moray
- University Campus Suffolk
- University College Birmingham
- Wessex Institute of Technology
- Western Governors Graduate School
- The Woolf Institute of Abrahamic Faiths, based at Wesley House, Cambridge
- Writtle College
Further Education colleges offering degree courses
Universities in British Overseas Territories
Anguilla
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Montserrat
Turks and Caicos Islands
Defunct institutions
- This section is for universities or other higher education institutions that no longer exist due to either closure, mergers, de-mergers etc.; it does not include institutions that have merely changed their name
- Bedford College, London
- Bedford College of Higher Education, Bedford
- Bell College, Hamilton and Dumfries
- Bretton Hall College, Wakefield
- Bulmershe College of Higher Education (BCHE), Reading
- Crewe and Alsager College of Higher Education
- Garnett College, London
- Hereford College of Education, Hereford
- Queen's University of Ireland, Belfast, Cork and Galway
- Royal University of Ireland, Belfast, Cork and Galway
- Kent Institute of Art & Design, Canterbury, Maidstone and Rochester
- London Guildhall University
- University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST)
- Mason Science College, Birmingham
- National Heart and Lung Institute
- University of North London
- University of Northampton (1261–1265) (not to be confused with the current University of Northampton, which has no direct connection with the medieval foundation)
- Northern School of Music, Manchester
- Royal College of Science, London
- Royal Manchester College of Music
- La Sainte Union College of Higher Education, Southampton
- University College Salford
- University College Scarborough
- Federal University of Surrey
- Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College, Farnham and Epsom
- New University of Ulster
- Ulster Polytechnic
- Victoria University, Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds
- Victoria University of Manchester
- University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff
- University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology, Cardiff
- Westfield College, London
- Wye College
- Skibbereen University,
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