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 of UK universities by date of foundation, and List of UK universities by size
Helmore Building at Anglia Ruskin University's Cambridge campus
University of Bath library
Aston Webb Hall at Birmingham University
- University of Aberdeen
- Abertay University
- Aberystwyth University
- Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
- The Arts University Bournemouth
- University of the Arts London
- Camberwell College of Arts
- Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
- Chelsea College of Art and Design
- London College of Communication
- London College of Fashion
- Wimbledon College of Art
- Aston University, Birmingham
- Bangor University
- University of Bath
- Bath Spa University
- University of Bedfordshire, Luton and Bedford
- University of Birmingham
- Birmingham City University
- University College Birmingham
- Bishop Grosseteste University
- University Centre at Blackburn College, Blackburn
- University of Bolton
- Bournemouth University
- BPP University
- 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
The iconic King's College Chapel of the University of Cambridge (centre), built between 1441 and 1515
- University of Cambridge
- Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, Thanet, Tunbridge Wells and Chatham
- Cardiff University
- Cardiff International Academy of Voice
- Cardiff University School of Medicine
- Cardiff Metropolitan University (UWIC)
- University of Central Lancashire, Preston and Burnley
- University of Chester, Chester and Warrington
- University of Chichester
- 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), London, Penrith and Ambleside
- De Montfort University, Leicester
- University of Derby
- University of Dundee
Durham Castle, a building of Durham University
Earlham Hall at the University of East Anglia
- University of East Anglia, Norwich
- University of East London
- University of East London School of Law
- Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, Lancashire
The Old College of the University of Edinburgh
- University of Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Napier University
- University of Essex, Colchester and Southend-on-Sea
- University of Exeter
- Falmouth University
- University of Glasgow
- Glasgow Caledonian University
- University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, Gloucester and London
- University of Greenwich
- Glyndŵr University, Wrexham
- Harper Adams University, Newport, Shropshire
- 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
- Imperial College London
- Keele University, Staffordshire
- University of Kent, Canterbury and Medway
- Kingston University
- Lancaster University
The Parkinson Building at the University of Leeds
- University of Law
- University of Leeds
- Leeds Beckett University
- Leeds Trinity 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
- Birkbeck, University of London
- Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
- Courtauld Institute of Art
- Goldsmiths, University of London
- Heythrop College
- Institute of Cancer Research
- Institute of Education
- King's College London
- London Business School
- London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- Queen Mary, University of London
- Royal Academy of Music
- Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham
The Founder's Building of Royal Holloway - Royal Veterinary College
- St George's, University of London
- School of Advanced Study
- Institute for the Study of the Americas
- Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
- Institute of Classical Studies
- Institute of Commonwealth Studies
- Institute of English Studies
- Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies
- Institute of Historical Research
- Institute of Musical Research
- Institute of Philosophy
- Warburg Institute
- School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
- University College London (UCL)
University College London Main Building- Eastman Dental Institute
- Institute of Archaeology
- Institute of Child Health
- Institute for Women's Health
- Institute of Cardiovascular Science
- Institute of Neurology
- School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES)
- UCL School of Pharmacy
- University Marine Biological Station, Millport (shared with the University of Glasgow)
- London Metropolitan University
- London South Bank University
- Loughborough University
- University of Manchester
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- Middlesex University, London
- Newcastle University
- Newman University, Birmingham
- University of Northampton
- Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Norwich University of the Arts
- University of Nottingham
- Nottingham Trent University
- The Open University, Milton Keynes (an open-access distance learning university)
- The OU also offers courses on nursing in alliance with the Royal College of Nursing Institute
The Radcliffe Camera, University of Oxford
- The OU also offers courses on nursing in alliance with the Royal College of Nursing Institute
- University of Oxford
- Oxford Brookes University
- University of Plymouth
- University of Portsmouth
- Queen's University Belfast
- Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
Foxhill House, home of the School of Law, at the University of Reading
- University of Reading
- The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
- Roehampton University, London
- Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester
- Royal College of Art, London
St Salvator's Quad at the University of St Andrews
- University of St Andrews
- University of St Mark & St John, Plymouth
- St Mary's University, Twickenham
- University of Salford
- University of Sheffield
- Sheffield Hallam University
- University of Southampton
- Southampton Solent University
- University of South Wales, merger of University of Wales, Newport and University of Glamorgan
- Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford and Lichfield
- University of Stirling, Bridge of Allan
University of Strathclyde - University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
- University of Sunderland
- University of Surrey, Guildford
- University of Sussex, Falmer and Brighton
- Swansea University
- Teesside University, Middlesbrough and Darlington
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University of Ulster, Belfast
- University of Ulster, Coleraine, Jordanstown, Magee and Belfast
- University of Wales, Trinity Saint David
- University of Wales, undergoing a merger with Trinity Saint David and Swansea Metropolitan
- Swansea Metropolitan University undergoing a merger with Trinity Saint David and University of Wales,
- 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
- 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 University in London (AUL), London
Richmond, The American International University in London main campus building - Azad University (IR) in Oxford, a campus of Islamic Azad University - a private chain of universities in Iran
- Fairleigh Dickinson University, Oxfordshire
- Girne American University, Canterbury
- Irish School of Ecumenics, postgraduate institute of Trinity College, Dublin with a campus in Belfast
- Memorial University of Newfoundland, has a campus in Harlow, Essex, England
- Richmond, The American International University in London
- Richmond University, Essex
- Schiller International University, London
- University of Wisconsin System, offers semesters of study at Dalkeith Palace, Midlothian, Scotland
The following universities also offer semesters of study at their own faculty buildings in the UK:
- Boston University
- Booth School of Business|University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- University of Delaware
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Crown at Port Din.
- Pepperdine University
- Syracuse University
- New York University
- Queen's University
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
- St Mary's University College, Belfast
- Stranmillis University College
- University College of Football Business, Burnley and Wembley
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 College of Higher Education, a post-graduate institute in Dundee
- Alpha Meridian College, Greenwich
- Anglo-European College of Chiropractic
Architectural Association School of Architecture, London - 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, Hillingdon
- College of Estate Management, Reading, Berkshire
- College of the Resurrection, Mirfield
- Conservatoire for Dance and Drama
- Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol
- Central School of Ballet in London
- The Circus Space in London
- London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
- London Contemporary Dance School
- Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Chapeltown, West Yorkshire
- Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), London - Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London
- 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
- Albert College, Leicester
- Halifax College, London
- 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
- Leyton 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
- Manchester Universal Academy
- Maritime Greenwich College
- National Film and Television School
- Newcastle Academy of Business & Technology
- New London College
- New College of the Humanities
- Oxford College of London
- 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, London - Regent's College
- European Business School London
- Regent's American College London
- Regent's Business School London
- School of Psychotherapy & Counselling Psychology
- Webster Graduate School
- Rose Bruford College
- Royal College of Music
Royal College of Music - Royal Northern College of Music
- Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
- Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
- Ruskin College
- SAE Institute
- Scottish Agricultural College
- Sotheby's Institute of Art
- Taitec Manchester
- Tech Music Schools
- Bass Guitar-X
- Drumtech
- Guitar-X
- Keyboardtech
- Vocaltech
- Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
- 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
- Air Service Training, Perth Airport
- 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
- Wessex Institute of Technology
- Western Governors Graduate School
- The Woolf Institute of Abrahamic Faiths, based at Wesley House, Cambridge
- Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations
- Centre for the Study of Muslim-Jewish Relations
- Writtle College
Further Education colleges offering degree courses
- Access To Music
- Belfast Metropolitan College
Bradford College, West Yorkshire - Bradford College
- Brighton Institute of Modern Music
- Bromley College of Further & Higher Education
- Canterbury College
- Central College Nottingham
- Brentwood Open Learning College
- Central Sussex College
- Chaucer College
- City College Brighton & Hove
- Coleg Llandrillo Cymru
- Cornwall College, Camborne, Newquay, St Austell and Saltash
- Duchy College, Stoke Climsland and Rosewarne, Penzance
- Falmouth Marine School
- Croydon College
- Farnborough College of Technology
- Franciscan International Study Centre
- Glasgow College of Nautical Studies
- Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education
- Oxford Home Learning
- Guildford College
- Hereford College of Arts
- K College
- Loughborough College
- Northbrook College
- Northern Regional College
- Oxford & Cherwell Valley College
- Plumpton College
- Redcar & Cleveland College
- Selby College
- South Downs College
- Southern Regional College
South Gloucestershire and Stroud College - South Gloucestershire and Stroud College
- South West College
- Sussex Coast College
- Sussex Downs College
- Stockport College
- Swansea College
- Wakefield College
- Westminster Kingsway College
- Weston College
- Ystrad Mynach College
- South Chelsea College
- Peter Symonds College
- Barton Peveril College
Universities in British Overseas Territories
Anguilla
- University of the West Indies
University of the West Indies in Mona - Saint James School of Medicine
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Main article: List of universities in the Cayman Islands
- Cayman Islands Law School: A law school affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the U.K.
- International College of the Cayman Islands: A private university.
- St. Matthews University: A private institution containing a medical school and a veterinary school.
- University College of the Cayman Islands: The only public university in the Cayman Islands.
- University of the West Indies
Gibraltar
- University of Gibraltar a proposed university in Gibraltar
Montserrat
- University of the West Indies
- University of Science, Arts and Technology[1]
- American University of the Caribbean
Turks and Caicos Islands
- Charisma University
- University of the West Indies
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
- Fraserburgh University, Aberdeenshire
- Dartington College of Arts
- Garnett College, London
- University of Glamorgan, Cardiff, Trefforest and Glyntaff
- 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
Former University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) main building, now used by The University of Manchester - University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST)
- Mason Science College, Birmingham
- National Heart and Lung Institute
- University of Wales, Newport
- 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
- Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, split into two separate medical schools
- 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
See also
- Lists of universities and colleges
- List of universities and colleges by country
- Colleges within universities in the United Kingdom
- UCAS (Universities & Colleges Admissions Service)
- National Union of Students of the United Kingdom
- Levels of education: Higher education, foundation degree and further education
References
External links
- Universities & HE Colleges clickable map (University of Wolverhampton)
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