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
- University of Kent
University or research institute · Canterbury · kent.ac.uk - University of Lancashire
University or research institute · Preston · lancashire.ac.uk - University of Leeds
University or research institute · Leeds · leeds.ac.uk - University of Leicester
University or research institute · Leicester · le.ac.uk - University of Lincoln
University or research institute · Lincoln · lincoln.ac.uk - University of Liverpool
University or research institute · Liverpool · liv.ac.uk - University of London
University or research institute · London · london.ac.uk - University of Manchester
University or research institute · Manchester · manchester.ac.uk - University of Northampton
University or research institute · Northampton · northampton.ac.uk - University of Nottingham
University or research institute · Nottingham · nottingham.ac.uk - University of Oxford
University or research institute · Oxford · ox.ac.uk - University of Plymouth
University or research institute · Plymouth · plymouth.ac.uk - University of Portsmouth
University or research institute · Portsmouth · port.ac.uk - University of Reading
University or research institute · Reading · reading.ac.uk - University of Roehampton
University or research institute · London · roehampton.ac.uk - University of Salford
University or research institute · Salford · salford.ac.uk - University of Sheffield
University or research institute · Sheffield · sheffield.ac.uk - University of South Wales
University or research institute · Pontypridd · southwales.ac.uk - University of Southampton
University or research institute · Southampton · southampton.ac.uk - University of St Andrews
University or research institute · St Andrews · st-andrews.ac.uk - University of Staffordshire
University or research institute · Stoke-on-Trent · staffs.ac.uk - University of Stirling
University or research institute · Stirling · stir.ac.uk - University of Strathclyde
University or research institute · Glasgow · strath.ac.uk - University of Suffolk
University or research institute · Ipswich · uos.ac.uk - University of Sunderland
University or research institute · Sunderland · sunderland.ac.uk - University of Surrey
University or research institute · Guildford · surrey.ac.uk - University of Sussex
University or research institute · Brighton · sussex.ac.uk - University of the Arts London
University or research institute · London · arts.ac.uk - University of the Highlands and Islands
University or research institute · Inverness · uhi.ac.uk - University of the West of England
University or research institute · Bristol · uwe.ac.uk - University of the West of Scotland
University or research institute · Paisley · uws.ac.uk - University of Ulster
University or research institute · Coleraine · ulster.ac.uk - University of Wales
University or research institute · Cardiff · wales.ac.uk - University of Wales Trinity Saint David
University or research institute · Swansea · uwtsd.ac.uk - University of Warwick
University or research institute · Coventry · warwick.ac.uk - University of West London
University or research institute · London · uwl.ac.uk - University of Westminster
University or research institute · London · westminster.ac.uk - University of Winchester
University or research institute · Winchester · winchester.ac.uk - University of Wolverhampton
University or research institute · Wolverhampton · wlv.ac.uk - University of Worcester
University or research institute · Worcester · worcester.ac.uk - University of York
University or research institute · York · york.ac.uk - Urban Big Data Centre
University or research institute · Glasgow · ubdc.ac.uk - Vision West Nottinghamshire College
University or research institute · Mansfield · wnc.ac.uk - Wakefield College
University or research institute · Wakefield · heartofyorkshire.ac.uk - Walbrook Institute London
University or research institute · London · walbrook.ac.uk - Wales Gene Park
University or research institute · Cardiff · walesgenepark.cardiff.ac.uk - Wales Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience
University or research institute · Bangor · wicn.ac.uk - Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods
University or research institute · Cardiff · wiserd.ac.uk - Walsall Academy
University or research institute · Walsall · walsallacademy.com - Walsall College
University or research institute · Walsall · walsallcollege.ac.uk - Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition
University or research institute · Waltham on the Wolds · waltham.com - Warburg Institute
University or research institute · London · warburg.sas.ac.uk - Warnborough College
University or research institute · Canterbury · warnborough.ac.uk - Warwickshire College
University or research institute · Warwick · warwickshire.ac.uk - Weir Advanced Research Centre
University or research institute · Glasgow · strath.ac.uk - Wellcome / EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences
University or research institute · London · ucl.ac.uk - Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research
University or research institute · Dundee · lifesci.dundee.ac.uk - Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology
University or research institute · Edinburgh · wcb.ed.ac.uk - Wellcome Centre for Cell-Matrix Research
University or research institute · Manchester · wellcome-matrix.org - Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities
University or research institute · Oxford · weh.ox.ac.uk - Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging
University or research institute · London · fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk - Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging
University or research institute · Oxford · win.ox.ac.uk - Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research
University or research institute · Newcastle upon Tyne · newcastle-mitochondria.com - Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology
University or research institute · Glasgow · gla.ac.uk - Wellcome Centre of Cultures and Environments of Health
University or research institute · Exeter · exeter.ac.uk - Wellcome EPSRC Centre for Medical Engineering
University or research institute · London · medicalengineering.org.uk - Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine
University or research institute · London · ucl.ac.uk - Wellcome Trust Liverpool Glasgow Centre for Global Health Research
University or research institute · Liverpool · liverpoolwttc.org.uk - Wellcome/MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
University or research institute · Cambridge · stemcells.cam.ac.uk - Wellcome/MRC Institute of Metabolic Science
University or research institute · Cambridge · ims.cam.ac.uk - Welsh Centre for Printing and Coating
University or research institute · Swansea · wcpcswansea.com - Welsh National College
University or research institute · Carmarthen · colegcymraeg.ac.uk - Wessex Institute of Technology
University or research institute · Southampton · wessex.ac.uk - Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory
University or research institute · Salisbury · wrgl.org.uk - West Cheshire College
University or research institute · Ellesmere Port · west-cheshire.ac.uk - West College Scotland
University or research institute · Clydebank · westcollegescotland.ac.uk - West Dean College of Arts and Conservation
University or research institute · Chichester · westdean.ac.uk - West Herts College
University or research institute · Watford · westherts.ac.uk - West Suffolk College
University or research institute · Bury St · westsuffolkcollege.ac.uk - Westminster Kingsway College
University or research institute · London · westking.ac.uk - Weston College
University or research institute · Weston-super-Mare · weston.ac.uk - White Rose College of the Arts and Humanities
University or research institute · York · wrocah.ac.uk - Wigston College
University or research institute · Wigston Magna · wigstoncollege.org - William Booth College
University or research institute · London · salvationarmy.org.uk - William Harvey Research Institute
University or research institute · London · williamharvey.co.uk - Wiltshire College
University or research institute · Trowbridge · wiltshire.ac.uk - Wirral Metropolitan College
University or research institute · Birkenhead · wmc.ac.uk - Woman Online University
University or research institute · Northwood · womenonlineuniversity.com - Woodbrooke
University or research institute · Birmingham · woodbrooke.org.uk - Woolf Institute
University or research institute · Cambridge · woolf.cam.ac.uk - Wrexham University
University or research institute · Wrexham · wrexham.ac.uk - Writtle University College
University or research institute · Dormant · Chelmsford · writtle.ac.uk - Xaverian College
University or research institute · Manchester · xaverian.ac.uk - Yeovil College
University or research institute · Yeovil · yeovil.ac.uk - York College
University or research institute · York · yorkcollege.ac.uk - York St John University
University or research institute · York · yorksj.ac.uk - Barony College
University or research institute · Dormant · Dumfries - Business Connect, University of Portsmouth
University or research institute · Portsmouth - Business Solutions, Solent University
University or research institute · Southampton - College of Occupational Therapists
University or research institute · Closed · London - Commercialisation and Technology Transfer, University of Kent
University or research institute · Canterbury - Cumbria Institute of the Arts
University or research institute · Closed · Carlisle - Elmwood College
University or research institute · Dormant · Cupar - Innovate Surrey
University or research institute · Guildford - Innovation and Business Partnerships, University of Sussex
University or research institute · Brighton and Hove - Knowledge Exchange (RH Innovation), Royal Holloway
University or research institute · Egham - Knowledge Exchange and External Partnerships, University of Reading
University or research institute · Reading - Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health
University or research institute · Dormant · London - London and South East University Group (LASE)
University or research institute · Canterbury - MRC Human Nutrition Research
University or research institute · Cambridge - National Agency for New Technologies Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
University or research institute · Closed · London - Oatridge College
University or research institute · Dormant · Broxburn - Research and Innovation Services, University of Southampton
University or research institute · Southampton - Scottish Agricultural College
University or research institute · Dormant · Perth - Technology Transfer Office, Oxford Brookes University
University or research institute · Oxford - The Courtald Institute of Art
University or research institute · Closed · London - The University of Wales, Newport
University or research institute · Dormant · Newport - Turing Institute
University or research institute · Glasgow - UK Material Technology Research Institute
University or research institute · Melton Mowbray - University of Glamorgan
University or research institute · Dormant · Pontypridd
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