This is a list of universities in the United Kingdom. Under that are lists of university colleges and colleges of higher education, followed by a list of defunct institutions. Most British universities can be classified into 5 main categories, Ancient universities - universities founded before the 19th century Red Brick universities - universities founded in the 19th and early 20th centuries. ... The term university college is used in a number of countries to denote institutions that provide tertiary education but do not have full or independent university status. ... A college (Latin collegium) can be the name of any group of colleagues; originally it meant a group of people living together under a common set of rules (con-, together + leg-, law). As a consequence members of colleges were originally styled fellows and still are in some places. ... Higher education is education provided by universities and other institutions that award academic degrees, such as university colleges, and liberal arts colleges. ...

Universities

• University of Aberdeen
• University of Abertay Dundee
• Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge and Chelmsford
• 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
• Aston University, Birmingham
• University of Bath
• University of Birmingham
• University of Bolton
• Bournemouth University
• University of Bradford
• University of Brighton
• University of Bristol
• Brunel University, London
• University of Buckingham (the UK's only private university)
• University of Cambridge
• Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, Thanet, Tunbridge Wells and Chatham
• Cardiff University
• University of Central England in Birmingham
• University of Central Lancashire, Preston
• University of Chester
• City University, London
• Coventry University
• Cranfield University
• De Montfort University, Leicester and Bedford
• University of Derby
• University of Dundee
• University of Durham
• University of East Anglia, Norwich
• University of East London
• University of Edinburgh
• University of Essex, Colchester
• University of Exeter
• University of Glamorgan, Treforest
• University of Glasgow
• Glasgow Caledonian University
• University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham and Gloucester
• University of Greenwich
• Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
• University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield
• University of Huddersfield
• University of Hull, Hull and Scarborough
• Keele University
• University of Kent, Canterbury and Medway
• Kingston University
• Lancaster University
• University of Leeds
  • York St John College
• 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
  • Birkbeck, University of London
  • Courtauld Institute of Art
  • Goldsmiths College
  • Heythrop College
  • Imperial College London
  • 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
  • Royal Veterinary College
  • St George's, University of London
  • School of Advanced Study
    • Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
    • Institute of Classical Studies
    • Institute of Commonwealth Studies
    • Institute of English Studies
    • Institute of Germanic Studies
    • Institute of Historical Research
    • Institute of Latin American Studies
    • Institute of Romance Studies
    • Institute of United States Studies
    • Warburg Institute
  • School of Oriental and African Studies
  • School of Pharmacy
  • University College London (UCL)
  • University Marine Biological Station, Millport
  • University of London Institute in Paris
• London Metropolitan University
• London South Bank University
• Loughborough University
• University of Luton
• University of Manchester
• Manchester Metropolitan University
• Middlesex University, London
• Napier University, Edinburgh
• University of Newcastle upon Tyne
• Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne
• University of Nottingham
• Nottingham Trent University
• Open University (an open-access distance learning university)
• University of Oxford
• Oxford Brookes University
• University of Paisley
• University of Plymouth
• University of Portsmouth
• Queen's University, Belfast
  • St Mary's University College
  • Stranmillis University College
• University of Reading
• 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
• Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford and Lichfield
• University of Stirling
• University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
• University of Sunderland
• University of Surrey, Guildford
  • Saint Mary's College, London
• University of Sussex, Falmer
• University of Teesside, Middlesbrough
• Thames Valley University, Ealing, Slough and Reading
• University of Ulster, Coleraine, Jordanstown, Magee and Belfast
• University of Wales
  • University of Wales, Aberystwyth
  • University of Wales, Bangor
  • University of Wales, Newport
  • North East Wales Institute of Higher Education (NEWI), Wrexham
  • University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC)
  • University of Wales, Lampeter
  • Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff
  • University of Wales, Swansea
  • Swansea Institute of Higher Education
  • Trinity College, Carmarthen
• University of Warwick, Coventry
• University of Westminster
• University of the West of England, Bristol
• University of Winchester
• University of Wolverhampton
• University of York

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Bournemouth University is a university in and around the town of Bournemouth (although its main campus is actually situated in neighbouring Poole), best known for Bournemouth Media School, the UKs largest media school, and for the School of Conservation Science, whose tutors appear on Time Team on UK television. ... The University of Bradford is a university in Bradford, West Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. ... University of Brighton Logo © University of Brighton The University of Brighton (formerly Brighton Polytechnic until its re-designation in 1992) is one of two universities in the city of Brighton & Hove (England), the other being the University of Sussex. ... The University of Bristol is a university in Bristol in the United Kingdom. ... Brunel University is one of the new British universities, having been founded within the last half century. ... The University of Buckingham is the UKs first and only private university, founded as the University College of Buckingham in 1976, before becoming a university in 1983. ... The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Cardiff University (Welsh: Prifysgol Caerdydd) is a university in Cardiff. ... The University of Central England in Birmingham (UCE) is a major university, located in the city of Birmingham, England. ... The University of Central Lancashire is a university based in Preston, Lancashire, with additional campuses in Carlisle and Penrith. ... The University of Chester is a university based in the city of Chester in the United Kingdom. ... City University is a British University, based at Northampton Square in Clerkenwell, London, England. ... Coventry University is a University in the city of Coventry, England. ... Cranfield University is a university based on three campuses at Cranfield, Silsoe and Shrivenham. ... De Montfort University is one of two universities situated in the city of Leicester, England; the other institution of higher education being University of Leicester. ... The University of Derby is a university in the city of Derby, England. ... The University of Dundee has its roots in the earlier University-College and the University of Saint Andrews. ... The University of Durham is a university in England. ... The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a campus university located in Norwich, Norfolk, England, founded as part of the British Governments New Universities programme in the 1960s. ... The University of East London (UEL) is a university in London. ... The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... University of Essex The University of Essex is one of the New Universities, so called, Glass Plate universities (like Warwick or York) and received its Royal Charter in 1965. ... 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London Metropolitan University was formed in August 2002 by the amalgamation of London Guildhall University and the University of North London. ... London South Bank University London South Bank University (previously known as South Bank University) is a inner-city university with a population of around 20,000 students and around 1,700 staff. ... Loughborough University Epinal Way Entrance 2004 Loughborough Universitys campus from the towns Carillon tower Loughborough University is a higher education institution based in England. ... The University of Luton is a university in Luton in Bedfordshire, near London. ... The University of Manchester in Manchester, England is a university that was formed from the merger of the Victoria University of Manchester (commonly known as the University of Manchester before the merger) and UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology) on 1 October 2004. ... Manchester Metropolitan University is a university in Manchester, England. ... Middlesex University is a university in North London, England, located in the traditional county of Middlesex (from which it takes its name). ... Napier University is a University in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... The University of Newcastle upon Tyne is located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the north of England. ... Northumbria University is located in Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England. ... The University of Nottingham is a leading research and teaching university in the city of Nottingham, in the East Midlands of England. ... Arkwright Building Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a university in Nottingham, England. ... Open University Logo © Open University The Open University (OU) is a distance learning university which has students all over the UK and accepted its first students in 1971. ... 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Roehampton University is a campus university situated on two major sites at Roehampton in south-west London, in the United Kingdom. ... The Royal College of Art in South Kensington, London. ... The University of St Andrews was founded between 1410 and 1413 and is the oldest university in Scotland and the third oldest in the anglophone world. ... The University of Salford is a large university situated in the city of Salford in North-West England. ... The University of Sheffield is a leading British university located in Sheffield, UK. It is a member of the Russell Group, and is one of the most prestigious universities in the UK. It is a major contributor to research, being the third most highly rated research university in the UK... Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) is a university in Sheffield, England. ... University of Southampton Dolphin logo The University of Southampton is a British university with a world-wide reputation for high-quality research. ... Staffordshire University is a university based in the city of Stoke-on-Trent, and also in Stafford & Lichfield. ... Looking out over Airthrey Loch on the main campus of The University of Stirling The University of Stirling is a campus university created in 1967 and is based in a custom-built campus situated on a greenfield site in the outskirts of Stirling, Scotland. ... The University of Strathclyde in Scotland is a top research-led British University which originated as Andersons Institution in 1796. ... The University of Sunderland is located in the City of Sunderland in North East England. ... University of Surrey The University of Surrey (UniS) received its charter on September 9, 1966, and was at that time situated near Battersea Park in south-west London. ... Saint Marys College is a college of the University of Surrey Founded in 1850, it is generally acknowledged to be the oldest Catholic College in the UK. 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The University of Wales, Swansea was founded in 1920 as University College, Swansea, the fourth college of the University of Wales, following the report of the Haldane Commission into University Education in Wales. ... The University of Warwick is a campus university in the United Kingdom. ... Baker Street campus The University of Westminster is a British university in London, formed in 1992 as a result of the Further and Higher Education Act, 1992, which allowed the London Polytechnic (Polytechnic of Central London or PCL ) to rename itself as a university. ... Students outside the Students Union bar. ... The University of Wolverhampton is a British university, located on four campuses across the West Midlands and Shropshire. ... University of York The University of York (also known as York University) is a campus university in York, England. ...

University colleges

This is a list of university colleges in the United Kingdom. Note that there are also some other institutions with 'university college' in their title that are not legally university colleges. The term university college is used in a number of countries to denote institutions that provide tertiary education but do not have full or independent university status. ...

• Bath Spa University College (to become a university soon)
• Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, High Wycombe
• University College Chichester
• University College Falmouth
• Harper Adams University College, Newport, Shropshire
• University College Northampton (to become the University of Northampton soon)
• Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh
• Southampton Institute (to become Southampton Solent University on August 15th)
• Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College, Farnham and Epsom (to merge with the Kent Institute of Art & Design to form the University College of the Creative Arts on August 1st)
• University College Worcester
• University College Writtle, Chelmsford

Bath Spa University College (Newton Park Campus) Bath Spa University College is a university college near Bath, England. ... Not to be confused with University of Buckingham Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College (or BCUC) is a university college in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. ... Queen Margaret University College (formerly Queen Margaret College) is a university college in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... Southampton Institute is a University College of 11,000 students based in Southampton, United Kingdom. ... The Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College is an art college in the United Kingdom. ...

Colleges of higher education

• The Arts Institute at Bournemouth
• Bell College, Glasgow
• Bishop Grosseteste College, Lincoln
• City Lit, London
• Edge Hill College of Higher Education, Ormskirk
• Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh
• Glasgow College of Nautical Studies, Glasgow
• Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
• Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London
• Hull York Medical School
• Kent Institute of Art & Design, Canterbury, Maidstone and Rochester (to merge with the Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College to form the University College of the Creative Arts on August 1st)
• Leeds College of Music
• Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
• Newman College of Higher Education, Birmingham
• Norwich School of Art & Design
• Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, London
• Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
• Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow
• Rose Bruford College, Sidcup
• College of St Mark & St John, Plymouth
• Scottish Agricultural College, Edinburgh
• Trinity and All Saints, Leeds
• Trinity College of Music, London
• UHI Millennium Institute, Scottish Highlands
• Union Theological College, Belfast
• Wimbledon School of Art

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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
• City and Guilds of London Institute, London
• Crewe and Alsager College of Higher Education
• London Guildhall University
• University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST)
• National Heart and Lung Institute
• Northern School of Music, Manchester
• University of North London
• Royal College of Science, London
• Royal Manchester College of Music
• Royal School of Mines, London
• La Sainte Union, Southampton
• University College Salford
• University College Scarborough
• School of Slavonic and East European Studies, London
• St. Mary's Hospital Medical school
• 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

Founded in 1849 by Elizabeth Jesser Reid for the education of women, Bedford College took its name from Bedford Square where it was originally located. ... The City and Guilds of London Institute was founded by the London Livery Companies for the purpose of training craftsmen and engineers in 1878. ... London Guildhall University previously the City of London Polytechnic before the Further and Higher Education Act, 1992 changed its status to a university. ... UMIST Main Bulding on Whitworth Street The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) was a university based based in the centre of the city of Manchester in England. ... The University of North London is the name of a former university in the United Kingdom. ... The Royal College of Science was a constituent part of Imperial College, London, based in South Kensington. ... The Royal School of Mines in London was formed in 1863 after previously being known as Government School of Mines and Science Applied to the Arts which had been established in 1851. ... La Sainte Union in Southampton was a teacher training college. ... The University of Salford is a large university situated in the city of Salford in North-West England. ... University College Scarborough was a university college based in Scarborough in the United Kingdom. ... School Of Slavonic And East Europan Studies (SSEES) The School of Slavonic & East European Studies was inaugurated on 19 October 1915 by Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, who went on to become the President of Czechoslovakia. ... University of Ulster The University of Ulster (UU) is a multi-site university located in Northern Ireland and is the largest university on the Island of Ireland. ... University of Ulster The University of Ulster (UU) is a multi-site university located in Northern Ireland and is the largest university on the Island of Ireland. ... This page is about the British Victoria University. ... The Victoria University of Manchester (almost always referred to as simply the University of Manchester) was a university in Manchester in England. ... University of Wales College of medicine is re-united with Cardiff University in 2004 forming the Cardiff University School of Medicine. ... Westfield College was a small college, based in Hampstead in North London, that was founded by Kathleen Chesney in 1882. ... Wye College was founded in 1447 by John Kempe, the Archbishop of York, as a college for the training of priests. ...

See also

• British universities
• List of colleges and universities
• List of colleges and universities by country
• Russell Group of Universities
• 1994 Group of Universities
• Coalition of Modern Universities
• British degree abbreviations
• British undergraduate degree classification
• UCAS

Most United Kingdom universities can be classified into 5 main categories, Ancient universities - universities founded before the 19th century Red Brick universities - universities founded in the 19th and early 20th centuries. ... A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z The alphabetical listing is based on Christina DeMellos pages at http://www. ... This is a list of universities, sorted by country. ... The Russell Group of universities is a self-selected group of large research-led British universities; 18 of its 19 members are in the top 20 in terms of research funding. ... The 1994 Group is a coalition of smaller research-intensive universities founded to defend their interests after the larger research-intensive universities founded the Russell Group. ... Formed in 1997, the Coalition of Modern Universities is the working group of British universities incorporated since 1992 and university colleges. ... Abbreviations are normally used to specify a degree, rather than spelling out the name in full. ... The British undergraduate degree classification system is a grading scheme used to distinguish between the achievements of undergraduate degree holders (such as those gaining bachelors degrees or undergraduate masters degrees) in the United Kingdom. ... UCAS logo UCAS (Universities & Colleges Admissions Service, pronounced u-CAH-s or ICK-as) is a clearing house for applications for virtually all undergraduate degree programmes at British universities or colleges. ...

External links

• A to Z of Universities & HE Colleges (from Higher Education & Research Opportunities in the UK)
• Universities & HE Colleges clickable map (at the University of Wolverhampton)
• UK Universities & University Colleges (at the University of Birmingham)