The following is a list of English universities and university colleges recognised by the Office for Students (OfS), together with the date on which they were created. OfS publishes the official list.[1]
'Established' refers to the date when an institution was initially established as a university. Where two dates are listed below the first gives the year the institution became a university while the second (in parentheses) gives the year the institution was established in another form (for example, if it was previously a college or a central institution). See also List of UK universities by date of foundation. If only a dash and a year in parentheses is given, the institution is either a university college or a member institution of the University of London that does not hold university status, and the date in parentheses refers to the year of its establishment.
'Tuition fee' refers to the annual tuition fee for Home/EU students studying full-time undergraduate degree courses, from the Reddin Survey of University Tuition Fees 2017–18 (except where otherwise referenced).[2] 'p/g only' means the university was listed by the Higher Education Funding Council of England (HEFCE) as providing postgraduate courses only, so has no undergraduate tuition fees.[3]
'Degree powers' refers to whether the university has the power to award all degrees, degrees of the University of London, or taught degrees. Institutions with only foundation degree awarding powers are not eligible for university or university college title.
| University | Location | Established | data-sort-type="number" | Number of students | data-sort-type="currency" | Tuition fee | Degree powers |
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| AECC University College | Bournemouth | – (1965) | – | £9,250 | Taught |
| Anglia Ruskin University | Cambridge, Chelmsford, Peterborough | 1992 (1858) | | £9,250 | Full |
| Arden University | Coventry (distance learning) | 2015 (1990) | 8,000[4] | – (private) | Taught |
| Arts University Bournemouth | Poole | 2012 (1885) | | £9,250 | Taught |
| Arts University Plymouth | Plymouth, Devon | (2022) 1856 | 2,000 | £9,250 | Taught |
| University of the Arts London | London | 2004 | | £9,250 | Full |
| Aston University | Birmingham | 1966 (1895) | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Bath | Bath | 1966 | | £9,250 | Full |
| Bath Spa University | Bath | 2005 (1852) | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Bedfordshire | Bedford, Luton, Milton Keynes | 1993 | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Birmingham | Birmingham | 1900 | | £9,250 | Full |
| University College Birmingham | Birmingham | 2012 (1957) | | £9,076[5] | Taught |
| Birmingham City University | Birmingham | 1992 (1843) | | £9,250 | Full |
| Bishop Grosseteste University | Lincoln | 2012 (1862) | | £9,250 | Taught |
| University of Bolton | Bolton | 2005 (1982) | | £9,250 | Full |
| Bournemouth University | | 1992 | | £9,250 | Full |
| BPP University | Abingdon, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester | 2013 (1992) | 6,780[6] | – (private) | Taught |
| University of Bradford | Bradford | 1966 (1957) | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Brighton | Brighton, Eastbourne | 1992 (1859) | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Bristol | Bristol | 1909 (1876) | | £9,250 | Full |
| Brunel University London | Uxbridge (London) | 1966 | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Buckingham | Buckingham | 1983 (1973) | | £12,444 (private) | Full |
| Buckinghamshire New University | High Wycombe, Uxbridge (London) | 2007 (1999) | | £7,800–9,250 | Taught |
| University of Cambridge | Cambridge | 1209 | | £9,250 | Full |
| Canterbury Christ Church University | | 2005 (1977) | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Central Lancashire | Preston | 1992 (1828) | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Chester | Chester, Warrington | 2005 (1839) | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Chichester | Chichester | 2005 (1977) | | £6,000–9,250 | Full |
| Coventry University | Coventry | 1992 (1843) | | £6,009–9,250 | Full |
| Cranfield University | Cranfield, Shrivenham | 1993 (1946) | | p/g only | Full |
| University for the Creative Arts | Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone, Rochester | 2005 | | £9,250 | Taught |
| University of Cumbria | Ambleside, Barrow, Carlisle, Lancaster, Penrith, Tower Hamlets (London) | 2007 | | £9,250 | Taught |
| De Montfort University | Leicester | 1992 (1969) | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Derby | Derby | 1992 (1977) | | £9,250 | Full |
| Durham University | Durham, Stockton | 1832 | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of East Anglia | Norwich | 1963 | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of East London | Newham (London) | 1992 (1970) | | £9,250 | Full |
| Edge Hill University | Ormskirk | 2006 (1959) | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Essex | Colchester | 1964 | | £9,250 | Full |
| University College of Estate Management | Reading | – (1919) | – | – (private) | Taught |
| University of Exeter | Exeter, Penryn | 1955 (1922) | | £9,250 | Full |
| Falmouth University | Falmouth, Penryn | 2012 (1902) | | £9,250 | Taught |
| University of Gloucestershire | Cheltenham, Gloucester | 2001 (1998) | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Greenwich | Chatham, Greenwich (London) | 1992 (1890) | | £9,250 | Full |
| Harper Adams University | Edgmond | 2012 (1901) | | £9,250 | Full |
| Hartpury University | Gloucester | 2018 (1947) | | | Taught |
| University of Hertfordshire | Hatfield | 1992 (1952) | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Huddersfield | Huddersfield | 1992 (1825) | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Hull | Hull, Scarborough | 1954 (1927) | | £9,250 | Full |
| Imperial College London | South Kensington (London) | 2007 (1907) | | £9,250 | Full |
| Keele University | Keele | 1962 (1949) | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Kent | Canterbury, Medway, Tonbridge, Athens, Brussels, Paris, Rome | 1965 | | £9,250 | Full |
| Kingston University | Kingston upon Thames | 1992 (1899) | | £9,250 | Full |
| Lancaster University | Lancaster | 1964 | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Law | Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Guildford, Leeds, London, Nottingham | 2012 | 16,000 | £6,165–9,000[7] | Taught |
| University of Leeds | Leeds | 1904 | | £9,250 | Full |
| Leeds Arts University | Leeds | 2017 (1846)[8] | | | Taught |
| Leeds Beckett University | Leeds | 1992 (1970) | | £9,250 | Full |
| Leeds Trinity University | Leeds | 2012 (1966) | | £9,250 | Taught |
| University of Leicester | Leicester | 1957 (1921) | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Lincoln | Lincoln | 1992 | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Liverpool | Liverpool | 1903 | | £9,250 | Full |
| Liverpool Hope University | Liverpool | 2005 (1844) | | £9,250 | Full |
| Liverpool John Moores University | Liverpool | 1992 (1892) | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of London | London, Paris | 1836 | | – (Fees set by colleges) | Full |
| University of London→ Birkbeck, University of London | London | – (1823) | | £9,250 | Full, London |
| University of London→ City, University of London | London | – (1894) | | £9,250 | Full, London |
| University of London→ Courtauld Institute of Art | London | – (1932) | | £9,250 | London |
| University of London→ Goldsmiths, University of London | London | – (1904) | | £9,250 | Full, London |
| University of London→ Heythrop College | London | – (1614) | | No longer admitting students[9] | Full, London |
| University of London→ Institute of Cancer Research | London | – (1909) | | p/g only | London |
| University of London→ King's College London | London | – (1829) founding college | | £9,250 | Full, London |
| University of London→ London Business School | London | – (1964) | | p/g only | Full, London |
| University of London→ London School of Economics | London | – (1895) | | £9,250 | Full, London |
| University of London→ London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine | London | – (1899) | | p/g only | Full, London |
| University of London→ Queen Mary, University of London | London | – (1887) | | £9,250 | Full, London |
| University of London→ Royal Academy of Music | London | – (1822) | | £9,250 | Taught, London |
| University of London→ Royal Central School of Speech and Drama | London | – (1906) | | £9,250 | London |
| University of London→ Royal Holloway, University of London | Surrey | – (1849) | | £9,250 | Full, London |
| University of London→ Royal Veterinary College | London, Hertfordshire | – (1791) | | £9,250 | Full, London |
| University of London→ St George's, University of London | London | – (1733) | | £9,250 | Full, London |
| University of London→ School of Oriental and African Studies | London | – (1916) | | £9,250 | Full, London |
| University of London→ University College London | London | – (1826) founding college | | £9,250 | Full, London |
| London Institute of Banking & Finance | London | – (1879) | – | – (private) | Taught |
| London Metropolitan University | London | 2002 | | £6,750–9,250 | Full |
| London South Bank University | Southwark (London) | 1992 (1892) | | £9,000 | Full |
| Loughborough University | Loughborough | 1966 | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Manchester | Manchester | 2004 (1824) | | £9,250 | Full |
| Manchester Metropolitan University | Manchester | 1992 (1970) | | £9,250 | Full |
| Middlesex University | Hendon (London) | 1992 (1973) | | £9,250 | Full |
| Newcastle University | Newcastle | 1963 (1834) | | £9,250 | Full |
| Newman University | Birmingham | 2012 (1968) | | £9,250 | Taught |
| University of Northampton | Northampton | 2005 (1975) | | £9,250 | Full |
| Northumbria University | Newcastle | 1992 (1892) | | £9,250 | Full |
| Norwich University of the Arts | Norwich | 2012 (1845) | | £9,250 | Taught |
| University of Nottingham | Nottingham | 1948 (1881) | | £9,250 | Full |
| Nottingham Trent University | Nottingham | 1992 (1843) | | £9,250 | Full |
| Open University | Milton Keynes | 1969 | 101,490 | – | Full |
| University College of Osteopathy | London | – (1917) | – | – | Taught |
| University of Oxford | Oxford | 1096 | | £9,250 | Full |
| Oxford Brookes University | Oxford | 1992 (1970) | | £9,250 | Full |
| Plymouth University | Plymouth | 1992 (1862)[10] [11] | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Portsmouth | Portsmouth | 1992 (1960) | | £9,250 | Full |
| Ravensbourne University London | London | 2018 (1962) | – | – | Taught |
| University of Reading | Reading | 1926 (1892) | | £9,250 | Full |
| Regent's University London | London | 2013 (1984) | – | – (private) | Taught |
| Roehampton University | Roehampton (London) | 2004 (1841) | | £9,250 | Taught |
| Royal Agricultural University | Cirencester | 2012 (1845) | | £9,250 | Taught |
| University of Salford | Salford | 1967 | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Sheffield | Sheffield | 1905 | | £9,250 | Full |
| Sheffield Hallam University | Sheffield | 1992 | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Southampton | Southampton | 1952 (1902) | | £9,250 | Full |
| Southampton Solent University | Southampton | 2005 (1984) | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of St Mark & St John | Plymouth | 2012 (1923) | | £9,250 | Taught |
| St Mary's University, Twickenham | Strawberry Hill (London) | 2014 (1850) | | £9,250 | Taught |
| Staffordshire University | Lichfield, Shrewsbury, Stafford, Stoke | 1992 | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Suffolk | Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds, Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft | 2016 (2007) | | £9,250 | Taught |
| University of Sunderland | Sunderland | 1992 (1901) | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Surrey | Guildford | 1966 (1891) | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Sussex | Falmer, Brighton | 1961 | | £9,250 | Full |
| Teesside University | Darlington, Middlesbrough | 1992 (1930) | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Warwick | Coventry | 1965 | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of West London | Brentford, Ealing (both London), Reading | 1992 | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of the West of England | Bristol | 1992 (1595) | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Westminster | London | 1992 (1838) | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Winchester | Winchester | 2005 (1840) | | £9,250 | Full |
| University of Wolverhampton | Burton, Telford, Walsall, Wolverhampton | 1992 (1969) | | £9,250[12] | Full |
| University of Worcester | Worcester | 1997 | | £9,250 | Full |
| Writtle University College | Chelmsford | – (1893) | | £9,250 | Taught |
| University of York | York | 1963 | | £9,250 | Full |
| York St John University | York | 2006 (1841) | | £9,250 | Full | |
