List of universities in England - wikipedia List of universities in England See also : List of universities in the United Kingdom As of August 2017, there were 106 universities in England and 5 university colleges out of a total of around 130 in the United Kingdom. This includes private universities but does not include other Higher Education Institutions that have not been given the right to call themselves `` university '' or `` university college '' by the Privy Council or Companies House ( e.g. colleges of higher education ), or colleges of the University of London. 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. Contents 1 Universities 2 Notes 3 References 4 See also Universities ' Established ' refers to the date when an institution was 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 college of the University of London and the date in parentheses refers to the year of its establishment. ' Number of students ' is the total number of higher education students from the Higher Education Statistics Agency tables for 2016 / 17 for publicly - funded universities and the University of Buckingham. HESA statistics do not cover other private universities or private university colleges ; student numbers for such institutions ( where given ) are referenced in the table. ' 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 ). ' p / g only ' means the university was listed by HEFCE as providing postgraduate courses only, so has no undergraduate tuition fees. ' 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 Number of students Tuition fee Degree powers AECC University College Bournemouth - ( 1965 ) - £ 9,250 Taught Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge, Chelmsford, Peterborough 1992 ( 1858 ) 22,245 £ 9,250 Full Arden University Coventry ( distance learning ) 2015 ( 1990 ) 8,000 - ( private ) Taught Arts University Bournemouth Poole 2012 ( 1885 ) 3,315 £ 9,250 Taught University of the Arts London London 18,290 £ 9,250 Full Aston University Birmingham 1966 ( 1895 ) 13,610 £ 9,250 Full University of Bath Bath 1966 16,910 £ 9,250 Full Bath Spa University Bath 2005 ( 1852 ) 7,980 £ 9,250 Full University of Bedfordshire Bedford, Luton, Milton Keynes 2006 14,000 £ 9,250 Full University of Birmingham Birmingham 1900 34,835 £ 9,250 Full University College Birmingham Birmingham 2012 ( 1957 ) 4,935 £ 9,076 Taught Birmingham City University Birmingham 1992 ( 1843 ) 24,130 £ 9,250 Full Bishop Grosseteste University Lincoln 2012 ( 1862 ) 2,225 £ 9,250 Taught University of Bolton Bolton 2004 ( 1982 ) 6,425 £ 9,250 Full Bournemouth University Bournemouth, Poole 1992 20,200 £ 9,250 Full BPP University Abingdon, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester 2013 ( 1992 ) 6,780 - ( private ) Taught University of Bradford Bradford 1966 ( 1957 ) 10,960 £ 9,250 Full University of Brighton Brighton, Eastbourne, Hastings 1992 ( 1859 ) 21,655 £ 9,250 Full University of Bristol Bristol 1909 ( 1876 ) 23,590 £ 9,250 Full Brunel University London Uxbridge ( London ) 1966 13,130 £ 9,250 Full University of Buckingham Buckingham 1983 ( 1973 ) 2,520 £ 12,444 ( private ) Full Buckinghamshire New University High Wycombe, Uxbridge ( London ) 2007 ( 1999 ) 8,870 £ 7, 8 - 9,250 Taught University of Cambridge Cambridge 1209 19,955 £ 9,250 Full Canterbury Christ Church University Broadstairs, Canterbury, Medway, Tunbridge Wells 2005 ( 1977 ) 15,200 £ 9,250 Full University of Central Lancashire Preston 1992 ( 1828 ) 24,160 £ 9,250 Full University of Chester Chester, Warrington 2005 ( 1839 ) 15,325 £ 9,250 Full University of Chichester Chichester 2005 ( 1977 ) 5,540 £ 6,000 -- 9,250 Full Coventry University Coventry 1992 ( 1843 ) 31,690 £ 6,009 -- 9,250 Full Cranfield University Cranfield, Shrivenham 1993 ( 1946 ) 3,935 p / g only Full University for the Creative Arts Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone, Rochester 2005 6,180 £ 9,250 Taught University of Cumbria Ambleside, Barrow, Carlisle, Lancaster, Penrith, Tower Hamlets ( London ) 2007 8,635 £ 9,250 Taught De Montfort University Leicester 1992 ( 1969 ) 23,205 £ 9,250 Full University of Derby Derby 1992 ( 1977 ) 17,585 £ 9,250 Full Durham University Durham, Stockton 1832 18,385 £ 9,250 Full University of East Anglia Norwich 1963 17,195 £ 9,250 Full University of East London Newham ( London ) 1992 ( 1970 ) 13,215 £ 9,250 Full Edge Hill University Ormskirk 2006 ( 1959 ) 15,220 £ 9,250 Full University of Essex Colchester 1964 14,585 £ 9,250 Full University College of Estate Management Reading -- ( 1919 ) -- - ( private ) Taught University of Exeter Exeter, Penryn 1955 ( 1922 ) 23,175 £ 9,250 Full Falmouth University Falmouth, Penryn 2012 ( 1902 ) 5,385 £ 9,250 Taught University of Gloucestershire Cheltenham, Gloucester 2001 ( 1998 ) 8,505 £ 9,250 Full University of Greenwich Chatham, Greenwich ( London ) 1992 ( 1890 ) 19,915 £ 9,250 Full Harper Adams University Edgmond 2012 ( 1901 ) 5,410 £ 9,250 Full University of Hertfordshire Hatfield 1992 ( 1952 ) 24,580 £ 9,250 Full University of Huddersfield Huddersfield 1992 ( 1825 ) 18,280 £ 9,250 Full University of Hull Hull, Scarborough 1954 ( 1927 ) 16,530 £ 9,250 Full Imperial College London South Kensington ( London ) 2007 ( 1907 ) 17,690 £ 9,250 Full Keele University Keele 1962 ( 1949 ) 10,600 £ 9,250 Full University of Kent Canterbury, Medway, Tonbridge, Athens, Brussels, Paris, Rome 1965 20,220 £ 9,250 Full Kingston University Kingston upon Thames 1992 ( 1899 ) 19,470 £ 9,250 Full Lancaster University Lancaster 1964 13,615 £ 9,250 Full University of Law Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Guildford, Leeds, London 2012 16,000 £ 6,165 - 9,000 Taught University of Leeds Leeds 1904 33,300 £ 9,250 Full Leeds Arts University Leeds 2017 ( 1846 ) 1,425 Taught Leeds Beckett University Leeds 1992 ( 1970 ) 24,885 £ 9,250 Full Leeds Trinity University Leeds 2012 ( 1966 ) 3,625 £ 9,250 Taught University of Leicester Leicester 1957 ( 1921 ) 16,800 £ 9,250 Full University of Lincoln Lincoln 1992 14,105 £ 9,250 Full University of Liverpool Liverpool 1903 27,070 £ 9,250 Full Liverpool Hope University Liverpool 2005 ( 1844 ) 5,240 £ 9,250 Full Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool 1992 ( 1892 ) 22,445 £ 9,250 Full University of London London, Paris 1836 210 - ( Fees set by colleges ) Full University of London → Birkbeck, University of London London -- ( 1823 ) 12,915 £ 9,250 Full, London University of London → City, University of London London -- ( 1894 ) 19,405 £ 9,250 Full, London University of London → Courtauld Institute of Art London -- ( 1932 ) 495 £ 9,250 London University of London → Goldsmiths, University of London London -- ( 1904 ) 9,345 £ 9,250 Full, London University of London → Heythrop College London -- ( 1614 ) 425 No longer admitting students Full, London University of London → Institute of Cancer Research London -- ( 1909 ) 275 p / g only London University of London → King 's College London London -- ( 1829 ) founding college 30,565 £ 9,250 Full, London University of London → London Business School London -- ( 1964 ) 2,060 p / g only Full, London University of London → London School of Economics London -- ( 1895 ) 11,210 £ 9,250 Full, London University of London → London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine London -- ( 1899 ) 1,345 p / g only Full, London University of London → Queen Mary, University of London London -- ( 1887 ) 18,890 £ 9,250 Full, London University of London → Royal Academy of Music London -- ( 1822 ) 820 £ 9,250 Taught, London University of London → Royal Central School of Speech and Drama London -- ( 1906 ) 1,100 £ 9,250 London University of London → Royal Holloway, University of London Surrey -- ( 1849 ) 10,325 £ 9,250 Full, London University of London → Royal Veterinary College London, Hertfordshire -- ( 1791 ) 2,375 £ 9,250 Full, London University of London → St George 's, University of London London -- ( 1733 ) 4,855 £ 9,250 Full, London University of London → School of Oriental and African Studies London -- ( 1916 ) 6,360 £ 9,250 Full, London University of London → University College London London -- ( 1826 ) founding college 37,905 £ 9,250 Full, London London Institute of Banking & Finance London -- ( 1879 ) - - ( private ) Taught London Metropolitan University London 2002 12,145 £ 6,750 - 9,250 Full London South Bank University Southwark ( London ) 1992 ( 1892 ) 17,985 £ 9,000 Full Loughborough University Loughborough 1966 17,130 £ 9,250 Full University of Manchester Manchester 2004 ( 1824 ) 40,490 £ 9,250 Full Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester 1992 ( 1970 ) 33,010 £ 9,250 Full Middlesex University Hendon ( London ) 1992 ( 1973 ) 19,505 £ 9,250 Full Newcastle University Newcastle 1963 ( 1834 ) 24,980 £ 9,250 Full Newman University Birmingham 2012 ( 1968 ) 2,830 £ 9,250 Taught University of Northampton Northampton 2005 ( 1975 ) 12,850 £ 9,250 Full Northumbria University Newcastle 1992 ( 1892 ) 26,675 £ 9,250 Full Norwich University of the Arts Norwich 2012 ( 1845 ) 2,180 £ 9,250 Taught University of Nottingham Nottingham 1948 ( 1881 ) 32,515 £ 9,250 Full Nottingham Trent University Nottingham 1992 ( 1843 ) 29,370 £ 9,250 Full Open University Milton Keynes 1969 101,490 - Full University College of Osteopathy London - ( 1917 ) - - Taught University of Oxford Oxford 1096 24,650 £ 9,250 Full Oxford Brookes University Oxford 1992 ( 1970 ) 17,805 £ 9,250 Full Plymouth University Plymouth 1992 ( 1862 ) 21,645 £ 9,250 Full University of Portsmouth Portsmouth 1992 ( 1960 ) 23,505 £ 9,250 Full Ravensbourne University London London 2018 ( 1962 ) - - Taught University of Reading Reading 1926 ( 1892 ) 15,840 £ 9,250 Full Regent 's University London London 2013 ( 1984 ) -- - ( private ) Taught Roehampton University Roehampton ( London ) 2004 ( 1841 ) 10,205 £ 9,250 Taught Royal Agricultural University Cirencester 2012 ( 1845 ) 1,280 £ 9,250 Taught University of Salford Salford 1967 19,995 £ 9,250 Full University of Sheffield Sheffield 1905 28,715 £ 9,250 Full Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield 1992 30,815 £ 9,250 Full University of Southampton Southampton 1952 ( 1902 ) 25,180 £ 9,250 Full Southampton Solent University Southampton 2005 ( 1984 ) 11,060 £ 9,250 Full University of St Mark & St John Plymouth 2012 ( 1923 ) 2,415 £ 9,250 Taught St Mary 's University, Twickenham Strawberry Hill ( London ) 2014 ( 1850 ) 5,535 £ 9,250 Taught Staffordshire University Lichfield, Shrewsbury, Stafford, Stoke 1992 14,910 £ 9,250 Full University of Suffolk Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds, Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft 2016 ( 2007 ) 5,080 £ 9,250 Taught University of Sunderland Sunderland 1992 ( 1901 ) 13,020 £ 9,250 Full University of Surrey Guildford 1966 ( 1891 ) 16,065 £ 9,250 Full University of Sussex Falmer 1961 16,685 £ 9,250 Full Teesside University Darlington, Middlesbrough 1992 ( 1930 ) 18,555 £ 9,250 Full University of Warwick Coventry 1965 25,045 £ 9,250 Full University of West London Brentford, Ealing ( both London ), Reading 1992 10,390 £ 9,250 Full University of the West of England Bristol 1992 ( 1595 ) 27,880 £ 9,250 Full University of Westminster London 1992 ( 1838 ) 19,650 £ 9,250 Full University of Winchester Winchester 2005 ( 1840 ) 7,540 £ 9,250 Full University of Wolverhampton Burton, Telford, Walsall, Wolverhampton 1992 ( 1969 ) 19,560 £ 9,250 Full University of Worcester Worcester 10,745 £ 9,250 Full Writtle University College Chelmsford -- ( 1893 ) 775 £ 9,250 Taught University of York York 1963 17,900 £ 9,250 Full York St John University York 2006 ( 1841 ) 5,940 £ 9,250 Full Notes Jump up ^ Higher Education Institution is a term defined by the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, meaning any UK University, higher education corporation or institution designated by Parliamentary Order as eligible to receive funding grants. Note this does not include colleges of the University of London unless so designated. Jump up ^ This information is taken from individual institution profiles on the HEFCE register. Jump up ^ Despite its name, UCB holds University status Jump up ^ Despite its name, Imperial holds University status Jump up ^ `` institutes and activities '' -- does not include students at colleges of the University Jump up ^ Holds university college status Jump up ^ `` in England '' -- also has students in other parts of the UK References ^ Jump up to : `` Existing regulatory data ''. Office for Students. Retrieved 14 July 2018. Jump up ^ `` Glossary ''. HEFCE. Retrieved 9 December 2015. Jump up ^ `` 2016 / 17 Students by HE provider, level, mode and domicile '' ( CSV ). Higher Education Statistics Agency. Retrieved 25 March 2018. Jump up ^ `` Foundation & Undergraduate Tuition Fees 2017 -- 18 ''. Complete University Guide. Retrieved 27 August 2017. ^ Jump up to : Cite error : The named reference HEFCE was invoked but never defined ( see the help page ). Jump up ^ `` Arden University ''. RDI ( Arden University ). Retrieved 9 December 2015. Jump up ^ `` Full - Time Tuition Fees and Finance ''. University College Birmingham. 2017 / 18. Retrieved 27 August 2017. Jump up ^ `` Institutional Review : BPP University College of Professional Studies Ltd ''. Quality Assurance Agency. February 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2015. Jump up ^ `` Undergraduate Course Fees ''. University of Law. Retrieved 27 August 2017. Jump up ^ `` Leeds Arts University established as Leeds College of Art gains university status ! ''. Leeds Arts University. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017. Jump up ^ `` Statement from the Principal ''. Heythrop College. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017. Jump up ^ `` History of Higher Education in Plymouth ''. University of Plymouth. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012. Jump up ^ Alston Kennerley ( 2001 ). `` Ch. 4 Plymouth School of Navigation ''. The Making of the University of Plymouth. ISBN 1841020699. Jump up ^ `` Fees and costs 2017 / 18 ''. University of Wolverhampton. Retrieved 27 August 2017. 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Question: how many colleges and universities in the uk
Answer: around 130