List of universities in the United Kingdom

This is a list of universities in the United Kingdom (alphabetical by substantive name). Below that are lists of university colleges and other recognised bodies (institutions with degree awarding powers), followed by a list of defunct institutions.

This list follows the list of recognised bodies on the UK government website. All the institutions on this list are recognised bodies with university status, indicated either by their use of university title in their name on the recognised bodies list or by reference to the HEFCE database for the few universities that do not use the title in their name. Colleges of the University of London are listed under the University of London.

This section lists other education institutions that hold their own degree awarding powers but are neither universities (or colleges of the University of London) nor university colleges.

These institutions are recognised bodies with foundation degree awarding powers only.

This section lists defunct universities, university colleges, polytechnics and colleges of federal universities.

Note: while based in the UK, these are not considered UK Universities and are not recognised as UK degree-awarding bodies by the British government.

There are 39 "Overseas Higher Education Institutions" that have been approved for student visa purposes by the UK Government as offering "an overseas course of degree level study that's equal to a UK higher education course". There are also two overseas universities that are "listed bodies", offering courses leading to a UK degree from a "registered body" (both of which are also approved for student visas as educational institutions in the UK). The following are approved overseas higher education institutions and foreign universities that are listed bodies in the UK, with their UK locations:

Note: these are not considered UK Universities and are not recognised as UK degree-awarding bodies by the British government.

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