List Of All UK Universities And Colleges

Last Updated on July 29, 2023

We provide a comprehensive and up-to-date list of all UK universities and colleges.

It’s very easy to find a University or College in the UK. The following list covers all the universities, colleges and other institutions in the United Kingdom. The list contains approved higher education institutes for undergraduate and postgraduate courses, as well as further education colleges.

List Of All UK Universities And Colleges

Introduction

Which and how many Universities are located in the United Kingdom? uniRank tries to answer this question by publishing a comprehensive alphabetical list of 166 UK higher-education institutions meeting the following uniRank selection criteria:

  • being chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate UK higher education-related organization
  • offering at least four-year undergraduate degrees (bachelor degrees) or postgraduate degrees (master or doctoral degrees)
  • delivering courses predominantly in a traditional, face-to-face, non-distance education format

Our aim is to provide a comprehensive listing, sorted by alphabetical order, of all UK Universities, Colleges and other higher-education institutions.

A-Z Universities in the United Kingdom

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RankUniversityTown
92Abertay UniversityDundee
44Aberystwyth UniversityAberystwyth
71Anglia Ruskin UniversityCambridge …
143Arts University BournemouthPoole
69Aston UniversityBirmingham
48Bangor UniversityBangor …
102Bath Spa UniversityBath
55Birkbeck, University of LondonLondon
51Birmingham City UniversityBirmingham
158Bishop Grosseteste UniversityLincoln
78Bournemouth UniversityPoole …
UnBPP UniversityManchester
54Brunel University LondonUxbridge
137Buckinghamshire New UniversityHigh Wycombe …
109Canterbury Christ Church UniversityCanterbury …
112Cardiff Metropolitan UniversityCardiff
25Cardiff UniversityCardiff
39City, University of LondonLondon
58Coventry UniversityCoventry …
79Cranfield UniversityCranfield …
42De Montfort UniversityLeicester …
24Durham UniversityDurham …
108Edge Hill UniversityOrmskirk …
66Edinburgh Napier UniversityEdinburgh
162European School of EconomicsLondon …
140Falmouth UniversityFalmouth
101Glasgow Caledonian UniversityGlasgow …
61Goldsmiths, University of LondonLondon
126Guildhall School of Music and DramaLondon
139Harper Adams UniversityNewport
157Hartpury University and Hartpury CollegeGloucester
31Heriot-Watt UniversityEdinburgh …
8Imperial College LondonLondon
70Keele UniversityKeele
14King’s College LondonLondon
83Kingston UniversityKingston upon Thames
22Lancaster UniversityLancaster
152Leeds Arts UniversityLeeds
62Leeds Beckett UniversityLeeds …
153Leeds ConservatoireLeeds
142Leeds Trinity UniversityLeeds
122Liverpool Hope UniversityLiverpool
144Liverpool Institute for Performing ArtsLiverpool
68Liverpool John Moores UniversityLiverpool
141Liverpool School of Tropical MedicineLiverpool
52London Business SchoolLondon …
89London Metropolitan UniversityLondon
50London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of LondonLondon
90London South Bank UniversityLondon …
38Loughborough UniversityLoughborough …
76Manchester Metropolitan UniversityManchester …
47Middlesex UniversityLondon
15Newcastle UniversityNewcastle upon Tyne …
163Newman University, BirminghamBirmingham
165Northern School of Contemporary DanceLeeds
81Northumbria UniversityNewcastle upon Tyne
154Norwich University of the ArtsNorwich
57Nottingham Trent UniversityNottingham
65Oxford Brookes UniversityOxford
160Plymouth College of ArtPlymouth
148Plymouth Marjon UniversityPlymouth
132Queen Margaret UniversityEdinburgh …
23Queen Mary University of LondonLondon
32Queen’s University BelfastBelfast
138Ravensbourne University LondonLondon
136Regent’s University LondonLondon
147Richmond, The American International University in LondonLondon …
96Robert Gordon UniversityAberdeen
164Rose Bruford CollegeLondon
123Royal Academy of Music, University of LondonLondon
155Royal Agricultural UniversityCirencester
84Royal College of ArtLondon
115Royal College of MusicLondon
146Royal Conservatoire of ScotlandGlasgow
49Royal Holloway, University of LondonEgham …
149Royal Northern College of MusicManchester
104Royal Veterinary College University of LondonLondon …
88School of Advanced Study, University of LondonLondon
118Scotland’s Rural CollegeEdinburgh …
53Sheffield Hallam UniversitySheffield
64SOAS, University of LondonLondon
111Solent UniversitySouthampton …
116St George’s, University of LondonLondon
130St Mary’s University, TwickenhamTwickenham
97Staffordshire UniversityStoke-on-Trent …
41Swansea UniversitySwansea
103Teesside UniversityMiddlesbrough …
106The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of LondonLondon
107The Glasgow School of ArtGlasgow
159The London Institute of Banking and FinanceLondon
7The London School of Economics and Political ScienceLondon
145The Royal Central School of Speech and DramaLondon
117The University of BuckinghamBuckingham
4The University of EdinburghEdinburgh
72The University of HullHull …
125The University of LawGuildford …
6The University of ManchesterManchester
98The University of NorthamptonNorthampton
18The University of NottinghamNottingham …
21The University of SheffieldSheffield …
9The University of WarwickCoventry
124The University of WinchesterWinchester
17The University of YorkYork
134Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and DanceLondon
60Ulster UniversityColeraine …
156University College BirminghamBirmingham
3University College LondonLondon
119University for the Creative ArtsFarnham …
30University of AberdeenAberdeen
26University of BathBath
100University of BedfordshireLuton …
13University of BirminghamBirmingham
121University of BoltonBolton
105University of BradfordBradford
77University of BrightonBrighton …
20University of BristolBristol
2University of CambridgeCambridge
82University of Central LancashirePreston …
110University of ChesterChester …
133University of ChichesterChichester
128University of CumbriaCarlisle …
95University of DerbyDerby …
36University of DundeeDundee
27University of East AngliaNorwich
87University of East LondonLondon …
37University of EssexColchester …
19University of ExeterExeter …
5University of GlasgowGlasgow …
120University of GloucestershireCheltenham …
74University of GreenwichLondon …
56University of HertfordshireHatfield …
93University of HuddersfieldHuddersfield
40University of KentCanterbury …
10University of LeedsLeeds
33University of LeicesterLeicester
86University of LincolnLincoln …
16University of LiverpoolLiverpool …
75University of LondonLondon
1University of OxfordOxford
59University of PlymouthPlymouth …
46University of PortsmouthPortsmouth
28University of ReadingReading …
99University of RoehamptonLondon
67University of SalfordSalford
94University of South WalesPontypridd …
11University of SouthamptonSouthampton …
12University of St AndrewsSt Andrews
63University of StirlingStirling …
35University of StrathclydeGlasgow
151University of SuffolkIpswich
91University of SunderlandSunderland …
34University of SurreyGuildford
29University of SussexBrighton
43University of the Arts LondonLondon …
73University of the Highlands and IslandsInverness …
45University of the West of EnglandBristol
114University of the West of ScotlandPaisley …
150University of WalesCardiff …
113University of Wales Trinity Saint DavidCarmarthen …
127University of West LondonEaling …
80University of WestminsterLondon
85University of WolverhamptonWolverhampton …
129University of WorcesterWorcester
131Wrexham Glyndwr UniversityWrexham …
161Writtle University CollegeChelmsford
135York St John UniversityYork

top universities in uk

Best Universities in United Kingdom according to International Rankings

Universities Times Higher Education Ranking (2022) Shanghai Jiao Tong University Ranking (2021) TopUniversities Ranking (2022) U.S. News & World Report Ranking (2021) 
University of Oxford1725
University of Cambridge5339
Imperial College London1225720
University College London (UCL)1817819
London School of Economics and Political Science2715149244
The University of Edinburgh30381630
King’s College London35473534
The University of Manchester50352764
University of Warwick7810161135
University of Glasgow861517386

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