Universities and research institutes in the United Kingdom
The Innovative EcoSystems registry lists 962 universities and research institutes in the United Kingdom.
Universities and research institutes train the workforce and produce the research a regional economy builds on. Their technology transfer offices license discoveries, spin out companies and partner with industry.
The largest concentrations are in London (234), Edinburgh (39) and Cambridge (38).
The United Kingdom scores 67.4 out of 100 on the IEPA (2024 edition), ranking 24 of 117 economies.
See the United Kingdom on the IEPA ↗
962 universities and research institutes
- Cancer Research UK Oxford Centre
University or research institute · Oxford · cancercentre.ox.ac.uk - Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute
University or research institute · Glasgow · crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk - Canterbury Christ Church University
University or research institute · Canterbury · canterbury.ac.uk - Canterbury College
University or research institute · Canterbury · ekcgroup.ac.uk - Cardiff and Vale College
University or research institute · Cardiff · cavc.ac.uk - Cardiff Metropolitan University
University or research institute · Cardiff · cardiffmet.ac.uk - Cardiff University
University or research institute · Cardiff · cardiff.ac.uk - Cardiff West Community High School
University or research institute · Cardiff · cardiffwestchs.cardiff.sch.uk - Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult
University or research institute · London · ct.catapult.org.uk - Cellmark Forensic Services
University or research institute · Abingdon · cellmarkforensics.co.uk - Central College Nottingham
University or research institute · Closed · Nottingham · centralnottingham.ac.uk - Central Laser Facility
University or research institute · Didcot · clf.stfc.ac.uk - Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy
University or research institute · Leeds · cccep.ac.uk - Centre for Digital Humanities
University or research institute · London · aku.edu - Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
University or research institute · Lowestoft · cefas.co.uk - Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis
University or research institute · Manchester · cfe.manchester.ac.uk - Centre for Human Genetics
University or research institute · Oxford · chg.ox.ac.uk - Centre for Inflammation Research
University or research institute · Edinburgh · cir.ed.ac.uk - Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
University or research institute · London · ilcs.sas.ac.uk - Centre for Nepal Studies
University or research institute · Reading · cnsuk.org.uk - Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling
University or research institute · Leeds · cpom.org.uk - Centre for Printing History and Culture
University or research institute · Birmingham · cphc.org.uk - Centre for Process Innovation
University or research institute · Wilton · uk-cpi.com - Centre for Responsible Credit
University or research institute · London · responsible-credit.org.uk - Centre for Sustainable Energy Use in Food
University or research institute · London · foodenergy.org.uk - Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement
University or research institute · Cardiff · decipher.uk.net - Centre for the Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics
University or research institute · Leeds · comet.nerc.ac.uk - Centre for Ultrastructural Imaging
University or research institute · London · kcl.ac.uk - Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science
University or research institute · Dundee · sites.dundee.ac.uk - Centre for Window and Cladding Technology
University or research institute · Bath · cwct.co.uk - Centre of Excellence for Long-acting Therapeutics
University or research institute · Liverpool · liverpool.ac.uk - Centre on Innovation and Energy Demand
University or research institute · Dormant · Brighton · cied.ac.uk - Chartered Institute for Archaeologists
University or research institute · Reading · archaeologists.net - Chartered Institute of Linguists
University or research institute · London · ciol.org.uk - Chesterfield College
University or research institute · Chesterfield · chesterfield.ac.uk - Chetham's School of Music
University or research institute · Manchester · chethams.com - Chichester College
University or research institute · Chichester · chichester.ac.uk - Christ the King Sixth Form College
University or research institute · London · ctksfc.ac.uk - Cirencester College
University or research institute · Cirencester · cirencester.ac.uk - City and Islington College
University or research institute · London · candi.ac.uk - City College Brighton and Hove
University or research institute · Brighton · ccb.ac.uk - City College Coventry
University or research institute · Coventry · covcollege.ac.uk - City College Norwich
University or research institute · Norwich · ccn.ac.uk - City College Southampton
University or research institute · Southampton · southampton-city.ac.uk - City Literary Institute
University or research institute · London · citylit.ac.uk - City of Bristol College
University or research institute · Bristol · cityofbristol.ac.uk - City of Glasgow College
University or research institute · Glasgow · cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk - City of Liverpool College
University or research institute · Liverpool · liv-coll.ac.uk - City of Portsmouth College
University or research institute · Portsmouth · city-of-portsmouth-college.ac.uk - City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College
University or research institute · Stoke-on-Trent · stokesfc.ac.uk - City of Westminster College
University or research institute · London · cwc.ac.uk - City of Wolverhampton College
University or research institute · Wolverhampton · wolvcoll.ac.uk - City St George's, University of London
University or research institute · London · citystgeorges.ac.uk - City, University of London
University or research institute · Dormant · London · city.ac.uk - Cockcroft Institute
University or research institute · Daresbury · cockcroft.ac.uk - Coddenham Astronomical Observatory
University or research institute · Ipswich · coddenhamobservatories.org - Colchester Institute
University or research institute · Colchester · colchester.ac.uk - Coleg Cambria
University or research institute · Deeside · cambria.ac.uk - Coleg Gwent
University or research institute · Wales · coleggwent.ac.uk - College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise
University or research institute · Antrim · cafre.ac.uk - College of Contract Management
University or research institute · Alton · theccm.co.uk - College of North West London
University or research institute · London · cnwl.ac.uk - College of St George
University or research institute · London · stgeorges-windsor.org - College of the Resurrection
University or research institute · Mirfield · college.mirfield.org.uk - College of West Anglia
University or research institute · Kings Lynn · cwa.ac.uk - Communicating Diet and Activity Research
University or research institute · Cambridge · cedar.iph.cam.ac.uk - Conservatoire for Dance and Drama
University or research institute · London · cdd.ac.uk - Cornwall College
University or research institute · St Austell · cornwall.ac.uk - Countryside and Community Research Institute
University or research institute · Gloucester · ccri.ac.uk - Courtauld Institute of Art
University or research institute · London · courtauld.ac.uk - Coventry University
University or research institute · Coventry · coventry.ac.uk - Cranfield Impact Centre
University or research institute · Cranfield · cranfieldimpactcentre.com - Cranfield University
University or research institute · Cranfield · cranfield.ac.uk - Craven College
University or research institute · Skipton · craven-college.ac.uk - CREATe Centre
University or research institute · Glasgow · create.ac.uk - Croydon College
University or research institute · London · croydon.ac.uk - CRUK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence
University or research institute · Manchester · cruklungcentre.org - CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology
University or research institute · Oxford · radiationoncology.ox.ac.uk - Culham Centre for Fusion Energy
University or research institute · Abingdon · ccfe.ac.uk - Culham Science Centre
University or research institute · Abingdon · culham.org.uk - Daresbury Laboratory
University or research institute · Daresbury · stfc.ac.uk - Darlington College
University or research institute · Darlington · darlington.ac.uk - Darwin College
University or research institute · Closed · Cambridge · darwin.cam.ac.uk - De Montfort University
University or research institute · Leicester · dmu.ac.uk - Dearne Valley College
University or research institute · Leeds · dearne-coll.ac.uk - Defence Academy of the United Kingdom
University or research institute · Shrivenham · da.mod.uk - Dementias Platform UK
University or research institute · Oxford · dementiasplatform.uk - Derby College
University or research institute · Derby · derby-college.ac.uk - Diamond Light Source
University or research institute · Didcot · diamond.ac.uk - Digital Humanities Research Hub
University or research institute · London · sas.ac.uk - Doncaster College
University or research institute · Doncaster · don.ac.uk - Dover Technical College
University or research institute · Canterbury · ekcgroup.ac.uk - Duchy College
University or research institute · Callington · duchy.ac.uk - Dudley College
University or research institute · Dudley · dudleycol.ac.uk - Dundee and Angus College
University or research institute · Dundee · dundeeandangus.ac.uk - Durham University
University or research institute · Durham · dur.ac.uk - Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology
University or research institute · Malmesbury · dysoninstitute.ac.uk - Earlham Institute
University or research institute · Norwich · earlham.ac.uk - East Berkshire College
University or research institute · London · eastberks.ac.uk - East Riding College
University or research institute · Beverley · eastridingcollege.ac.uk - Easton & Otley College
University or research institute · Norwich · eastonotley.ac.uk - Edge Hill University
University or research institute · Ormskirk · edgehill.ac.uk - Edinburgh Cancer Research
University or research institute · Edinburgh · ed.ac.uk - Edinburgh College
University or research institute · Edinburgh · edinburghcollege.ac.uk - Edinburgh Genomics
University or research institute · Edinburgh · genomics.ed.ac.uk - Edinburgh Napier University
University or research institute · Edinburgh · napier.ac.uk - Ellison Institute of Technology
University or research institute · Oxford · eit.org - Energy Safety Research Institute
University or research institute · Swansea · esri-swansea.org - Energy Technologies Institute
University or research institute · Leicester · energytechnologies.co.uk - Equilibrium Research
University or research institute · Bristol · equilibriumconsultants.com - ESCP Business School
University or research institute · London · escp.eu - Eton College
University or research institute · Windsor · etoncollege.com - European Bioinformatics Institute
University or research institute · Cambridge · ebi.ac.uk - European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications
University or research institute · Didcot · esa.int - European College of Business and Management
University or research institute · London · ecbm-london.de - European Marine Energy Centre
University or research institute · Stromness · emec.org.uk - European School of Osteopathy
University or research institute · Maidstone · eso.ac.uk - Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements
University or research institute · Cranfield · faam.ac.uk - Falmouth University
University or research institute · Falmouth · falmouth.ac.uk - Faraday Institute for Science and Religion
University or research institute · Cambridge · faraday.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk
Cities
- Universities and research institutes in London 234
- Universities and research institutes in Edinburgh 39
- Universities and research institutes in Cambridge 38
- Universities and research institutes in Oxford 32
- Universities and research institutes in Glasgow 27
- Universities and research institutes in Manchester 18
- Universities and research institutes in Birmingham 17
- Universities and research institutes in Bristol 17
- Universities and research institutes in Cardiff 17
- Universities and research institutes in Nottingham 16
- Universities and research institutes in Liverpool 14
- Universities and research institutes in Canterbury 12
- Universities and research institutes in Sheffield 12
- Universities and research institutes in Leeds 11
- Universities and research institutes in Norwich 11
- Universities and research institutes in Leicester 10
- Universities and research institutes in Southampton 10
- Universities and research institutes in York 10
- Universities and research institutes in Brighton 9
- Universities and research institutes in Belfast 8
- Universities and research institutes in Dundee 8
- Universities and research institutes in Reading 8
- Universities and research institutes in Bath 7
- Universities and research institutes in Newcastle upon Tyne 7
- Universities and research institutes in Swansea 7
- Universities and research institutes in Exeter 6
- Universities and research institutes in Plymouth 6
- Universities and research institutes in Colchester 5
- Universities and research institutes in Coventry 5
- Universities and research institutes in Didcot 5
- Universities and research institutes in Ipswich 5
- Universities and research institutes in Portsmouth 5
- Universities and research institutes in Aberdeen 4
- Universities and research institutes in Abingdon 4
- Universities and research institutes in Bedford 4
- Universities and research institutes in Bradford 4
- Universities and research institutes in Daresbury 4
- Universities and research institutes in Durham 4
- Universities and research institutes in Guildford 4
- Universities and research institutes in Lancaster 4
- Universities and research institutes in Bangor 3
- Universities and research institutes in Bolton 3
- Universities and research institutes in Chatham 3
- Universities and research institutes in Chichester 3
- Universities and research institutes in Cranfield 3
- Universities and research institutes in Gloucester 3
- Universities and research institutes in Greater Manchester 3
- Universities and research institutes in Huddersfield 3
- Universities and research institutes in Hull 3
- Universities and research institutes in Melton Mowbray 3
- Universities and research institutes in Newcastle-under-Lyme 3
- Universities and research institutes in Northampton 3
- Universities and research institutes in Poole 3
- Universities and research institutes in Salford 3
- Universities and research institutes in Stevenage 3
- Universities and research institutes in Stoke-on-Trent 3
- Universities and research institutes in Winchester 3