List of universities in the UK
All four countries in the UK are home of some of the top universities in the world. Here is a list of most prominent universities in England, segregated according to different counties in alphabetical order and the main universities in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland:
England
Bedfordshire
- University of Bedfordshire (Luton, Bedford).
Berkshire
- University of Reading (Reading).
- (Royal Holloway is in Surrey; University for the Creative Arts has campus in Farnham/Surrey — listed elsewhere.)
Buckinghamshire
- Buckinghamshire New University (High Wycombe).
Cambridgeshire
- University of Cambridge (Cambridge).
- Anglia Ruskin University (Cambridge campus; also Chelmsford, Peterborough).
Cheshire
- University of Chester (Chester; also Warrington campus).
Cornwall
- Falmouth University (Falmouth).
County Durham
- Durham University (Durham).
Cumbria
- University of Cumbria (main offices in Carlisle and Lancaster; campuses in both).
Derbyshire
- University of Derby (Derby).
Devon
- University of Exeter (Exeter).
- Plymouth Marjon University / University of Plymouth — University of Plymouth (Plymouth).
- (Arts University Bournemouth is in Dorset — listed elsewhere.)
Dorset
- Bournemouth University (Bournemouth).
- Arts University Bournemouth (Bournemouth).
- Bournemouth and (Health Sciences University has presence in Bournemouth).
East Riding of Yorkshire
- (University campuses in Hull are in East Riding) — University of Hull (Kingston upon Hull).
East Sussex
- University of Sussex (Falmer / near Brighton).
- University of Brighton (Brighton & campus in Falmer).
Essex
- University of Essex (Colchester, Southend campuses).
- Anglia Ruskin (has campus at Essex — see above).
Gloucestershire
- University of Gloucestershire (Cheltenham & Gloucester).
- Hartpury University (Hartpury).
- Royal Agricultural University (Cirencester).
Greater Manchester
- University of Manchester (Manchester).
- Manchester Metropolitan University (Manchester).
- University of Salford (Salford).
- (University of Bolton / University of Greater Manchester etc. are in the region).
Hampshire
- University of Southampton (Southampton).
- (Solent University — Southampton Solent University).
Hertfordshire
- University of Hertfordshire (Hatfield).
Kent
- University of Kent (Canterbury; also Medway).
- Canterbury Christ Church University (Canterbury).
- University of Greenwich (Greenwich / Kent campuses — Greenwich HQ in London but has Medway campus).
Lancashire
- Lancaster University (Lancaster).
- University of Central Lancashire (Preston).
- Edge Hill University (Ormskirk).
Leicestershire
- University of Leicester (Leicester).
- De Montfort University (Leicester).
Lincolnshire
- University of Lincoln (Lincoln).
- Bishop Grosseteste University (Lincoln).
Merseyside
- University of Liverpool (Liverpool).
- Liverpool John Moores University (Liverpool).
- Liverpool Hope University (Liverpool).
Middlesex / Greater London border (Middlesex no longer administrative)
- Middlesex University (Hendon, London).
Norfolk
- University of East Anglia (UEA) (Norwich).
Northamptonshire
- University of Northampton (Northampton).
North Yorkshire
- University of York (York).
- (Also York St John University).
North West (counties)
- Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside.
Nottinghamshire
- University of Nottingham (Nottingham).
- Nottingham Trent University (Nottingham).
Oxfordshire
- University of Oxford (Oxford).
Shropshire
- Harper Adams University (Newport, Shropshire).
Somerset
- University of Bath (Bath).
- Bath Spa University (Bath).
South Yorkshire
- University of Sheffield (Sheffield).
- Sheffield Hallam University (Sheffield).
Staffordshire
- Keele University (Keele).
- Staffordshire University (Stoke-on-Trent / Stafford / Lichfield campuses).
Suffolk
- University of Suffolk (Ipswich).
Surrey
- University of Surrey (Guildford).
- Royal Holloway, University of London (Egham, Surrey).
Tyne and Wear
- Newcastle University (Newcastle upon Tyne).
- Northumbria University (Newcastle).
Warwickshire
- University of Warwick (Coventry).
- (Coventry University — Coventry).
West Midlands (county)
- University of Birmingham (Birmingham).
- Aston University (Birmingham).
- Birmingham City University (Birmingham).
- University College Birmingham (Birmingham).
- University of Wolverhampton (Wolverhampton).
- University of Worcester (Worcester — Worcestershire listed separately).
West Sussex
- University of Chichester (Chichester).
Worcestershire
- University of Worcester (Worcester).
London (Greater London & City of London)
- University College London (UCL).
- Imperial College London (central London / South Kensington).
- King’s College London.
- London School of Economics (LSE).
- Queen Mary University of London.
- City, University of London.
- Birkbeck, University of London (Bloomsbury).
- Goldsmiths, University of London (New Cross).
- Brunel University London (Uxbridge).
- Kingston University (Kingston upon Thames — Greater London).
- Middlesex University (Hendon).
- London Metropolitan University.
- London South Bank University.
- St Mary’s University, Twickenham.
- University of Roehampton.
- Regent’s University London (private).
- Royal Veterinary College (member institution of University of London / independent degree powers).
- University of the Arts London (federation of art colleges).
England contains many more specialist and private universities (e.g., University of Law, BPP University, Arden University, Regent’s) and several institutions that are university colleges or recognised bodies
Scotland (by council area / traditional location)
- University of Aberdeen (Aberdeen).
- Abertay University (Dundee).
- University of Dundee (Dundee).
- University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh).
- Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh; also campus in Galashiels).
- University of Glasgow (Glasgow).
- Glasgow Caledonian University (Glasgow).
- University of Strathclyde (Glasgow).
- University of Stirling (Bridge of Allan / Stirling).
- University of the Highlands and Islands (federal; HQ in Inverness; colleges across the Highlands & Islands).
- University of St Andrews (St Andrews, Fife).
- Robert Gordon University (Aberdeen).
- University of the West of Scotland (campuses across west Scotland).
Wales (by principal area)
- Aberystwyth University (Ceredigion).
- Bangor University (Gwynedd).
- Cardiff University (Cardiff).
- Cardiff Metropolitan University (Cardiff).
- Swansea University (Swansea).
- University of South Wales (campuses in Cardiff, Newport, Pontypridd).
Northern Ireland (by county / province)
- Queen’s University Belfast (Belfast, County Antrim).
- Ulster University (multiple campuses across Northern Ireland — main campus at Coleraine (County Londonderry) and campuses at Jordanstown (County Antrim), Belfast, and Magee (Derry/Londonderry)).
Specialist and private universities (examples — many located in England / London)
- University of the Arts London (London).
- Royal College of Art (London; recognised body with degree powers).
- BPP University (multiple centres; private).
- University of Buckingham (Buckinghamshire; private).