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.
Contents
- 1 Universities alphabetically
- 2 Foreign Universities with campuses in the United Kingdom
- 3 University colleges
- 4 Colleges of Higher Education
- 5 Further Education colleges offering degree courses
- 6 Universities in British Overseas Territories
- 7 Defunct institutions
- 8 See also
- 9 References
- 10 External links
Universities alphabetically[edit]
- University of Aberdeen
- Abertay University
- Aberystwyth University
- Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
- The Arts University Bournemouth
- 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 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 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- Regent's University London
- The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
- Roehampton University, London
- Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester
- Royal College of Art, London
- 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, Glasgow
- University of Sunderland
- University of Surrey, Guildford
- University of Sussex, Falmer and Brighton
- Swansea University
- Teesside University, Middlesbrough and Darlington
- Ulster University, 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[edit]
- Aga Khan University, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations
- American University in London (AUL), London
- 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
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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
- 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) 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
- 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
- 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 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[edit]
- Access To Music
- Belfast Metropolitan College
- 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 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[edit]
Anguilla[edit]
Bermuda[edit]
British Virgin Islands[edit]
Cayman Islands[edit]
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. [1]
- International College of the Cayman Islands: A private university. [2]
- St. Matthews University: A private institution containing a medical school and a veterinary school. [3]
- University College of the Cayman Islands: The only public university in the Cayman Islands. [4]
- University of the West Indies
Gibraltar[edit]
- University of Gibraltar a proposed university in Gibraltar
Montserrat[edit]
- University of the West Indies
- University of Science, Arts and Technology[1]
- American University of the Caribbean
Turks and Caicos Islands[edit]
Defunct institutions[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
External links[edit]
- Universities & HE Colleges clickable map (University of Wolverhampton)
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