List of British universities: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

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.

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
• Bournemouth University
• University of Bradford
• University of Brighton
• University of Bristol
• Brunel University, London
• Bolton Institute of Higher Education (to be renamed soon)
• University of Buckingham (the UK's only private university)
• University of Cambridge
• Cardiff University
• University of Central England in Birmingham
• University of Central Lancashire, Preston
• 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, near Pontypridd
• 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
• Keele University, near Stoke-on-Trent
• 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 and Hull
• University of Liverpool
• Liverpool John Moores University
• University of London
  • Birkbeck
  • British Institute in Paris
  • 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
  • Royal Academy of Music
  • Royal Holloway
  • Royal Veterinary College
  • St George's Hospital Medical School
  • 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
• 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 and Carlisle
• 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, Brighton & Hove
• 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
• University of Westminster
• University of the West of England, Bristol
• University of Wolverhampton
• University of York

• Bath Spa University College
• Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, High Wycombe
• Canterbury Christ Church University College
• University College Chester
• University College Chichester
• Harper Adams University College, Newport, Shropshire
• Liverpool Hope University College
• University College Northampton
• Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh
• University College Scarborough
• University College Winchester
• University College Worcester
• University College Writtle, Chelmsford

• Bishop Grosseteste College, Lincoln
• Falmouth College of Arts
• Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London
• The Hull York Medical School
• Newman College of Higher Education, Birmingham
• Norwich School of Art and 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, Kent
• College of St Mark & St John, Plymouth
• Southampton Institue of Higher Education
• Surrey Institute of Art and Design
• Trinity and All Saints, Leeds
• Trinity College of Music, London
• Wimbledon School of Art

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

• Crewe and Alsager College of Higher Education
• London Guildhall University
• University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST)
• New University of Ulster
• Northern School of Music, Manchester
• University of North London
• Ulster Polytechnic
• Royal Manchester College of Music
• 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