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A-Z Universities in the United Kingdom

Looking for a specific university in the United Kingdom? uniRank provides a comprehensive 2026 A-Z list of all 164 officially recognised UK universities that meet uniRank's selection criteria, along with their location and country ranking position:
  • Official Recognition: institutions must be officialy chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization in the United Kingdom.
  • Degree Authority: they must be authorised to grant bachelor's degrees of at least three years' duration and/or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees.
  • Delivery Mode: they must deliver courses predominantly in a traditional, face-to-face, non-distance education format.

A-Z Directory of UK Universities


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A-Z list of 164 UK universities by university name
University Town/City #
Abertay University Dundee 122
Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth 60
Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge 59
Arts University Bournemouth Poole 137
Arts University Plymouth Plymouth 159
Aston University Birmingham 63
Bangor University Bangor 69
Bath Spa University Bath 106
Birkbeck, University of London London 55
Birmingham City University Birmingham 76
Birmingham Newman University Birmingham 153
Bournemouth University Poole 72
BPP University London Un
Brunel University of London Uxbridge 51
Buckinghamshire New University High Wycombe 141
Canterbury Christ Church University Canterbury 104
Cardiff Metropolitan University Cardiff 116
Cardiff University Cardiff 34
City St George's, University of London London 24
Coventry University Coventry 67
Cranfield University Cranfield 75
De Montfort University Leicester 54
Durham University Durham 20
Edge Hill University Ormskirk 103
Edinburgh Napier University Edinburgh 77
European School of Economics London 163
Falmouth University Falmouth 124
Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow 105
Goldsmiths, University of London London 52
Guildhall School of Music and Drama London 131
Harper Adams University Newport 135
Hartpury University and Hartpury College Gloucester 149
Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh 39
Imperial College London London 8
Keele University Keele 68
King's College London London 10
Kingston University Kingston upon Thames 80
Lancaster University Lancaster 21
Leeds Arts University Leeds 154
Leeds Beckett University Leeds 88
Leeds Conservatoire Leeds 150
Leeds Trinity University Leeds 147
Lincoln Bishop University Lincoln 152
Liverpool Hope University Liverpool 128
Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool 85
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Liverpool 134
London Business School London 82
London Metropolitan University London 91
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London London 56
London South Bank University London 89
Loughborough University Loughborough 37
Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester 47
Middlesex University London 81
Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne 16
Northern School of Contemporary Dance Leeds 162
Northumbria University Newcastle upon Tyne 57
Norwich University of the Arts Norwich 156
Nottingham Trent University Nottingham 48
Oxford Brookes University Oxford 65
Plymouth Marjon University Plymouth 155
Queen Margaret University Edinburgh 133
Queen Mary University of London London 23
Queen's University Belfast Belfast 31
Ravensbourne University London London 139
Regent's University London London 143
Richmond American University London London 158
Robert Gordon University Aberdeen 97
Rose Bruford College London 161
Royal College of Art London 84
Royal College of Music London 121
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Glasgow 138
Royal Holloway, University of London Egham 43
Royal Northern College of Music Manchester 136
School of Advanced Study, University of London London 78
Scotland's Rural College Edinburgh 123
Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield 50
SOAS, University of London London 58
Solent University Southampton 117
St Mary's University, Twickenham Twickenham 125
Swansea University Swansea 40
Teesside University Middlesbrough 95
The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London London 100
The Glasgow School of Art Glasgow 113
The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts Liverpool 151
The London School of Economics and Political Science London 5
The Royal Academy of Music, University of London London 160
The Royal Agricultural University Cirencester 146
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama London 145
The Royal Veterinary College University of London London 92
The University of Buckingham Buckingham 129
The University of Law Guildford 110
The University of Northampton Northampton 101
The University of York York 15
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance London 140
Ulster University Coleraine 73
University College Birmingham Birmingham 148
University College London London 3
University for the Creative Arts Farnham 114
University of Aberdeen Aberdeen 36
University of Bath Bath 26
University of Bedfordshire Luton 111
University of Birmingham Birmingham 12
University of Bradford Bradford 99
University of Brighton Brighton 62
University of Bristol Bristol 22
University of Cambridge Cambridge 2
University of Central Lancashire Preston 45
University of Chester Chester 108
University of Chichester Chichester 132
University of Cumbria Carlisle 126
University of Derby Derby 90
University of Dundee Dundee 42
University of East Anglia Norwich 32
University of East London London 87
University of Edinburgh Edinburgh 4
University of Essex Colchester 38
University of Exeter Exeter 19
University of Glasgow Glasgow 7
University of Gloucestershire Cheltenham 107
University of Greater Manchester Bolton 109
University of Greenwich London 66
University of Hertfordshire Hatfield 61
University of Huddersfield Huddersfield 83
University of Hull Hull 71
University of Kent Canterbury 33
University of Leeds Leeds 13
University of Leicester Leicester 29
University of Lincoln Lincoln 79
University of Liverpool Liverpool 17
University of London London 74
University of Manchester Manchester 6
University of Nottingham Nottingham 14
University of Oxford Oxford 1
University of Plymouth Plymouth 49
University of Portsmouth Portsmouth 41
University of Reading Reading 28
University of Roehampton London 102
University of Salford Salford 64
University of Sheffield Sheffield 27
University of South Wales Pontypridd 96
University of Southampton Southampton 9
University of St Andrews St Andrews 18
University of Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent 98
University of Stirling Stirling 53
University of Strathclyde Glasgow 35
University of Suffolk Ipswich 144
University of Sunderland Sunderland 93
University of Surrey Guildford 25
University of Sussex Brighton 30
University of the Arts London London 44
University of the Highlands and Islands Inverness 94
University of the West of England Bristol 46
University of the West of Scotland Paisley 118
University of Wales Cardiff 157
University of Wales Trinity Saint David Carmarthen 112
University of Warwick Coventry 11
University of West London Ealing 115
University of Westminster London 70
University of Winchester Winchester 127
University of Wolverhampton Wolverhampton 86
University of Worcester Worcester 120
Walbrook Institute London London 142
Wrexham University Wrexham 130
York St John University York 119
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many universities are there in the United Kingdom?

There are 164 officially chartered, licensed or accredited UK higher-education institution(s) that meet uniRank's selection criteria.

Is this A-Z list the same as uniRank's UK university ranking?

No. This page lists UK universities alphabetically for easy lookup, while uniRank's 2026 UK University Ranking orders the same 164 institutions according to uniRank's web-metric-based ranking methodology. Each institution's country ranking position is also shown in the right-hand column of this list.

Does alphabetical order reflect a university's quality or web popularity ranking?

No. Alphabetical order is based solely on the institution name and does not indicate academic quality, reputation or uniRank's ranking position. For web popularity-based ordering, see uniRank's 2026 UK University Ranking.

How many universities in the United Kingdom start with each letter of the alphabet?

The UK universities in this list start with the following letters: A (6), B (9), C (6), D (2), E (3), F (1), G (3), H (3), I (1), K (3), L (14), M (2), N (5), O (1), P (1), Q (3), R (10), S (7), T (14), U (67), W (2), Y (1).

Can I search this list by location instead of name?

Yes. uniRank also provides an UK Universities by Town/City listing that allows institutions to be browsed by their main campus town or city instead of alphabetically.

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