List of colleges in the United Kingdom offering higher education courses explained
This is a list of colleges in the United Kingdom offering higher education courses. Many of the colleges below are "listed bodies" that are authorised to offer courses leading to a degree from a UK university or other body with degree-awarding powers.[1] Others may offer non-degree higher education courses such as Higher National Diplomas or Higher National Certificates.
Colleges of higher education should not be confused with colleges of further education, which offer a different level of qualifications.
Colleges of higher education
- Academy of Contemporary Music
- Academy of Live and Recorded Arts, London and Wigan
- All Nations Christian College
- Alpha Meridian College, Greenwich
- Anglo-European College of Chiropractic
- Architectural Association School of Architecture
- Arts Educational Schools, London
- Asanté Academy of Chinese Medicine
- Bird College
- Birmingham Christian College
- Birmingham International College
- Blackburne House Centre for Women
- Blake Hall College
- Brighton Institute of Modern Music
- Bristol Baptist College
- British College of Osteopathic Medicine
- British Institute of Technology & E-commerce
- British School of Osteopathy
- City and Guilds of London Art School
- College of Accountancy and Management Studies, Hayes, Hillingdon
- College of Estate Management, Reading, Berkshire
- College of the Resurrection, Mirfield
- Conservatoire for Dance and Drama
- Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol
- Central School of Ballet in London
- London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
- London Contemporary Dance School
- Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Chapeltown, West Yorkshire
- eCollege London
- Edinburgh College of Art
- EF Brittin College Manchester
- English National Ballet School
- EThames Graduate School
- European School of Osteopathy
- Futureworks Media School, Manchester
- Glasgow School of Art
- Grafton College of Management Sciences, London
- Guildford School of Acting
- Guildhall School of Music and Drama
- Halifax Group of Colleges
- Albert College, Leicester|Albert College, Leicester
- Halifax College, London|Halifax College, London
- Hamilton College, London|Hamilton College, London
- Hertford Regional College
- Holborn College
- Hult International Business School
- Impact International College
- International College Scotland
- International Business School, Manchester
- Isle of Wight College
- Leeds College of Business Management and Technology
- Leeds College of Music
- Leeds Professional College
- London Academy of Management Sciences
- London College of Advanced Studies
- London College of Business & Computing
- London College of Management Studies
- London Film School
- London Institute of Shipping & Transport
- London Reading College
- London School of Accountancy & Management
- London School of Business and Finance
- London School of Business and Management
- London School of Jewish Studies
- London School of Theology
- Manchester International College
- Manchester Universal Academy
- Maritime Greenwich College
- Mont Rose College of Management and Sciences in London
- National Centre for Circus Arts in London
- National Film and Television School
- Newcastle Academy of Business & Technology
- New London College
- Oxford College of London
- Oxford House College
- Plymouth College of Art and Design
- The Prince's Drawing School
- The Prince's School of Traditional Arts
- Rayat London College
- European Business School London
- Regent's American College London
- Regent's Business School London
- School of Psychotherapy & Counselling Psychology
- Webster Graduate School
- Rose Bruford College
- Royal College of Music
- Royal Northern College of Music
- Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
- Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
- SAE Institute
- Scottish Agricultural College
- Sotheby's Institute of Art
- Taitec Manchester
- Tech Music Schools
- Bass Guitar-X
- Drumtech
- Guitar-X
- Keyboardtech
- Vocaltech
- Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
- UHI Millennium Institute (Institiùd OGE nam Mìle Bliadhna) (University of the Highlands and Islands)
- Argyll College, Dunoon, Argyll
- Highland Theological College, Dingwall
- Inverness College, Inverness
- Lews Castle College, Stornoway, Lewis
- Lochaber College, Fort William
- Moray College, Elgin
- NAFC Marine Centre (North Atlantic Fisheries College), Scalloway, Shetland
- North Highland College, Thurso
- Orkney College, Kirkwall, Orkney
- Perth College, Perth
- Air Service Training, Perth Airport
- Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London
- Royal College of Arts
- Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat on Skye, and Islay
- Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, Argyll
- Shetland College, Lerwick, Shetland
- Sustainable Development Research Centre, Forres, Moray
- University Campus Suffolk
- Wessex Institute of Technology
- Western Governors Graduate School
- Waltham International College
- The Woolf Institute of Abrahamic Faiths, based at Wesley House, Cambridge
- Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations
- Centre for the Study of Muslim-Jewish Relations
- Writtle College
Further education colleges offering degree courses
Defunct institutions
Higher education institutions that no longer exist due to closure, mergers, de-mergers etc. (but not institutions that have merely changed their name) include:
- Bedford College of Higher Education, Bedford
- Bell College, Hamilton and Dumfries
- Bretton Hall College, Wakefield
- Bulmershe College of Higher Education (BCHE), Reading
- Crewe and Alsager College of Higher Education
- Dartington College of Arts
- Garnett College, London
- Hereford College of Education, Hereford
- Kent Institute of Art & Design, Canterbury, Maidstone and Rochester
- National Heart and Lung Institute
- Northern School of Music, Manchester
- Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, split into two separate medical schools
- Royal College of Science, London
- Royal Manchester College of Music
- La Sainte Union College of Higher Education, Southampton
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Check if a university or college is officially recognised. Gov.uk. 29 July 2016. 24 September 2016.
- Web site: Degrees . Blackpool and The Fylde College . 23 November 2019 . en.
