# Association of Commonwealth Universities

The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) is a charitable organization that was established in 1913, and has over 400 member institutions in over 40 countries across the Commonwealth. The ACU is the world's oldest international network of universities. Its mission is to promote and support excellence in higher education for the benefit of individuals and societies throughout the Commonwealth and beyond. It has a combined population of 3 billion, mainly under the age of 30, in Commonwealth countries.
Drawing on the collective experience and expertise, the ACU seeks to address issues in international higher education through a range of projects, networks, and events. The ACU administers scholarships, provides academic research and leadership on issues in the sector, and promotes inter-university cooperation and the sharing of good practice, helping universities serve their communities.
The Association of Commonwealth Universities is governed by its member institutions through an elected Council. As the ACU is a UK-registered charity, Council members also act as its Trustees. The ACU Council comprises up to 23 members: 20 elected Council members, up to two co-opted Council members and, if the Honorary Treasurer is co-opted rather than elected, the Honorary Treasurer.

## History

In 1912, the University of London took the initiative to assemble 53 representatives of universities in London to hold a Congress of Universities of the Empire. They decided they needed a "bureau of information". Its affairs would be handled by a committee representing universities at home and abroad. In 1913 the office opened as the Universities Bureau of the British Empire. They incorporated under licence of the Board of Trade in 1919 and received a grant of £5000 to operate an office premises, with the understanding that the universities of the Empire would fund its maintenance. In 1948 the name was changed to Association of Universities of the British Commonwealth, and in 1963 it changed to its current name.
Anastasios Christodoulou was the Secretary General of the Association of Commonwealth Universities from 1980 to 1996.
In 1986, Queen Elizabeth II became patron of the Association of Commonwealth Universities. In 2019, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex became patron of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, a role which she held until February 2021. King Charles III was announced as the organisation's patron in May 2024.

## Membership

Currently 40 countries from the Commonwealth are represented in the Association.

### Criteria

Member universities are divided into full and associate categories, with the latter not holding voting rights. Full members must:
* Be legally incorporated and based in the Commonwealth, or have chosen to retain membership in the ACU when the country where they are based left the Commonwealth.
* Be authorised to provide higher education.
* Hold their own degree awarding powers.
* Have at least 250 full time equivalent students, of which over half are studying at degree level.
* Have graduated at least one cohort of students.
The criteria for associate membership are similar, except that the requirement to be able to award their own degrees is replaced by a requirement that their students may be awarded degrees of another institution under a franchise, license or other collaborative agreement, and that the institution whose degrees are being awarded is itself eligible for full membership of the ACU and is located in the Commonwealth.

### List of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)

| Institution | Country / Territory | Local / Alternative Name |
| Charles Sturt University | Australia | – |
| Curtin University | Australia | – |
| Edith Cowan University | Australia | – |
| Griffith University | Australia | – |
| Macquarie University | Australia | – |
| Murdoch University | Australia | – |
| RMIT University | Australia | – |
| University of Adelaide | Australia | – |
| University of Newcastle | Australia | – |
| University of Canberra | Australia | – |
| University of Melbourne | Australia | – |
| University of Southern Queensland | Australia | – |
| University of Sydney | Australia | – |
| University of Tasmania | Australia | – |
| University of the Sunshine Coast | Australia | – |
| University of Wollongong | Australia | – |
| University of New South Wales | Australia | – |
| Western Sydney University | Australia | – |
| Asian University for Women | Bangladesh | – |
| Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University | Bangladesh | Bengali: বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান কৃষি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় (বশেমুরকৃবি) |
| Bangladesh Agricultural University | Bangladesh | Bengali: বাংলাদেশ কৃষি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় |
| Bangladesh Open University | Bangladesh | Bengali: বাংলাদেশ উন্মুক্ত বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় |
| Bangladesh University of Business and Technology | Bangladesh | Bengali: বাংলাদেশ ইউনিভার্সিটি অফ বিজনেস অ্যান্ড টেকনোলজি |
| Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology | Bangladesh | Bengali: বাংলাদেশ প্রকৌশল বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় |
| BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology | Bangladesh | Bengali: বিজিএমইএ ফ্যাশন অ্যান্ড টেকনোলজি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় |
| Daffodil International University | Bangladesh | Bengali: ড্যাফোডিল আন্তর্জাতিক বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় |
| International Islamic University, Chittagong | Bangladesh | Bengali: আন্তর্জাতিক ইসলামী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় চট্টগ্রাম |
| International University of Business Agriculture and Technology | Bangladesh | |
| Islamic University, Bangladesh | Bangladesh | Bengali: ইসলামী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, বাংলাদেশ |
| Jahangirnagar University | Bangladesh | Bengali: জাহাঙ্গীরনগর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় |
| Khulna University | Bangladesh | Bengali: খুলনা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় |
| Metropolitan University, Sylhet | Bangladesh | Bengali: মেট্রোপলিটন ইউনিভার্সিটি |
| Shahjalal University of Science and Technology | Bangladesh | Bengali: শাহজালাল বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় |
| Southern University, Bangladesh | Bangladesh | Bengali: সার্দান বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় |
| University of Asia Pacific | Bangladesh | Bengali: ইউনিভার্সিটি অব এশিয়া প্যাসিফিক |
| University of Chittagong | Bangladesh | Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় |
| University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | Bengali: ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় |
| World University of Bangladesh | Bangladesh | Bengali: ওয়ার্ল্ড ইউনিভার্সিটি অব বাংলাদেশ |
| University of the West Indies at Cave Hill | Barbados | – |
| University of Botswana | Botswana | – |
| Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University | Brunei Darussalam | Malay: Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali |
| University of Technology Brunei | Brunei Darussalam | Malay: Universiti Teknologi Brunei |
| The University of Bamenda | Cameroon | – |
| University of Buea | Cameroon | – |
| University of Yaounde I | Cameroon | French: Université de Yaoundé I |
| Athabasca University | Canada | – |
| Dalhousie University | Canada | – |
| Kwantlen Polytechnic University | Canada | – |
| MacEwan University | Canada | – |
| McGill University | Canada | French: Université McGill |
| McMaster University | Canada | – |
| Memorial University of Newfoundland | Canada | – |
| Queen's University at Kingston | Canada | – |
| Toronto Metropolitan University | Canada | – |
| University of Alberta | Canada | – |
| University of British Columbia | Canada | – |
| University of Calgary | Canada | – |
| University of Guelph | Canada | – |
| University of Lethbridge | Canada | – |
| University of Manitoba | Canada | – |
| University of Northern British Columbia | Canada | – |
| University of Ontario Institute of Technology | Canada | – |
| University of Ottawa | Canada | French: Université d'Ottawa |
| University of Regina | Canada | – |
| University of Saskatchewan | Canada | – |
| University of Toronto | Canada | – |
| University of Waterloo | Canada | – |
| Vancouver Island University | Canada | – |
| Western University | Canada | – |
| York University | Canada | – |
| Cyprus Institute of Marketing | Cyprus | – |
| The Philips College | Cyprus | – |
| University of Cyprus | Cyprus | – |
| University of Nicosia | Cyprus | Greek: Πανεπιστήμιο Λευκωσίας Turkish: Lefkoşa Üniversitesi |
| All Saints University School of Medicine | Dominica | – |
| University of Eswatini | Eswatini | – |
| Fiji National University | Fiji | – |
| University of Fiji | Fiji | – |
| The University of the South Pacific | Fiji | – |
| Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration | Ghana | – |
| Kumasi Polytechnic | Ghana | – |
| Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology | Ghana | – |
| University for Development Studies | Ghana | – |
| University of Cape Coast | Ghana | – |
| University of Education Winneba | Ghana | – |
| University of Ghana | Ghana | – |
| University of Mines and Technology | Ghana | – |
| University of Professional Studies, Accra | Ghana | – |
| Valley View University | Ghana | – |
| University of Gibraltar | Gibraltar | – |
| Texila American University | Guyana | – |
| University of Guyana | Guyana | – |
| Chinese University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Chinese: 香港中文大學 |
| The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Hong Kong | Chinese: 香港理工大學 |
| The University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Chinese: 香港大學 |
| University of Allahabad | India | University of Allahabad |
| Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research | India | – |
| Acharya Nagarjuna University | India | – |
| Alagappa University | India | – |
| Aligarh Muslim University | India | – |
| Amity University, Noida | India | – |
| Amity University Rajasthan | India | – |
| Andhra University | India | – |
| Annamalai University | India | – |
| Apeejay Stya University | India | – |
| Awadhesh Pratap Singh University | India | – |
| Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya | India | – |
| B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology | India | – |
| Baba Farid University of Health Sciences | India | – |
| Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University | India | – |
| Banasthali University | India | – |
| Bangalore University | India | – |
| Berhampur University | India | – |
| Bhagwant University | India | – |
| Bharathiar University | India | – |
| Bharathidasan University | India | – |
| Birla Institute of Technology | India | – |
| Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani | India | – |
| Bundelkhand University, Jhansi | India | |
| Career Point University, Kota | India | – |
| Central Agricultural University | India | – |
| Central University of Gujarat | India | – |
| Central University of Kashmir | India | – |
| Central University of Punjab | India | – |
| Central University of Tibetan Studies | India | – |
| Chandigarh University | India | – |
| Charotar University of Science and Technology | India | – |
| Cochin University of Science and Technology | India | – |
| Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology | India | – |
| Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya | India | – |
| Dr B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi | India | – |
| Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya | India | – |
| Dharmsinh Desai University | India | – |
| Dibrugarh University | India | – |
| Doctor D. Y. Patil University | India | – |
| Assam Don Bosco University | India | – |
| Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University | India | – |
| Dravidian University | India | – |
| English and Foreign Languages University | India | – |
| Fakir Mohan University | India | – |
| Gandhigram Rural University | India | – |
| Ganpat University | India | – |
| Gauhati University | India | – |
| GITAM University | India | – |
| Gujarat Forensic Sciences University | India | – |
| Gulbarga University | India | – |
| Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya | India | – |
| Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University | India | – |
| Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology | India | – |
| Guru Nanak Dev University | India | – |
| Gurukula Kangri University | India | – |
| Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University | India | – |
| Himachal Pradesh University | India | – |
| Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science | India | – |
| I. K. Gujral Punjab Technical University | India | – |
| Indian Institute of Science | India | – |
| Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad | India | – |
| Jai Narain Vyas University | India | – |
| Jamia Hamdard | India | – |
| Jamia Millia Islamia | India | – |
| Jawaharlal Nehru University | India | – |
| Jayoti Vidyapeeth Women's University | India | – |
| Jharkhand Rai University | India | – |
| JSS University | India | – |
| Kakatiya University | India | – |
| Kannur University | India | – |
| Karnatak University Dharwad | India | – |
| Karnataka State Open University | India | – |
| Kerala University | India | – |
| KIIT University | India | – |
| Kurukshetra University | India | – |
| Kuvempu University | India | – |
| Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences | India | – |
| Lovely Professional University | India | – |
| University of Madras | India | – |
| Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University | India | – |
| Madurai Kamaraj University | India | – |
| Maharishi Markandeshwar University: Solan, Sadopur, Mullana | India | – |
| Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University | India | – |
| Maharshi Dayanand University | India | – |
| Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication | India | – |
| Manipal Academy of Higher Education | India | – |
| Manipur University | India | – |
| Manonmaniam Sundaranar University | India | – |
| Maulana Azad National Urdu University | India | – |
| Mohanlal Sukhadia University | India | – |
| Mother Teresa Women's University | India | – |
| NALSAR University of Law | India | – |
| National Law University, Delhi | India | – |
| National Law University, Jodhpur | India | – |
| National Law University Odisha | India | – |
| Nirma University | India | – |
| North Orissa University | India | – |
| North-Eastern Hill University | India | – |
| O. P. Jindal Global University | India | – |
| Osmania University | India | – |
| Panjab University | India | – |
| Patna University | India | – |
| Pondicherry University | India | – |
| Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences | India | – |
| Punjabi University | India | – |
| Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law | India | – |
| Rajiv Gandhi University | India | – |
| Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences | India | – |
| Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University | India | – |
| Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences | India | – |
| Sambalpur University | India | – |
| Sanskriti University | India | – |
| Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University | India | – |
| Saurashtra University | India | – |
| School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi | India | – |
| Sharda University | India | – |
| Shivaji University | India | – |
| Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences | India | – |
| Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University | India | – |
| Sikkim Manipal University | India | – |
| Solapur University | India | – |
| South Asian University | India | – |
| Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology | India | – |
| Sri Krishnadevaraya University | India | – |
| Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam | India | – |
| Sri Ramachandra University | India | – |
| SRM Institute of Science and Technology | India | – |
| Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University | India | – |
| Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University | India | – |
| Tamil Nadu Open University | India | – |
| Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University | India | – |
| Tamil University | India | – |
| Tata Institute of Social Sciences | India | – |
| Tezpur University | India | – |
| ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education | India | – |
| ICFAI University, Mizoram | India | – |
| The ICFAI University Tripura | India | – |
| ICFAI University, Dehradun | India | – |
| ICFAI University, Meghalaya | India | – |
| ICFAI University, Nagaland | India | – |
| ICFAI University, Sikkim | India | – |
| The IIS University | India | – |
| The Northcap University | India | – |
| Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University | India | – |
| Tripura University | India | – |
| University of Calcutta | India | – |
| University of Calicut | India | – |
| University of Delhi | India | – |
| University of Engineering & Management (UEM), Jaipur | India | – |
| University of Hyderabad | India | – |
| University of Jammu | India | – |
| University of Kerala | India | – |
| University of Madras | India | – |
| University of Mumbai | India | – |
| University of Mysore | India | – |
| University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya | India | – |
| Utkal University | India | – |
| Vels University | India | – |
| Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology | India | – |
| Vidya Pratishthan's College of Engineering, Baramati | India | – |
| Vinoba Bhave University | India | – |
| Visva-Bharati | India | – |
| Visvesvaraya Technological University | India | – |
| Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University | India | – |
| Caribbean Maritime Institute | Jamaica | – |
| The University of the West Indies | Jamaica | – |
| University of Technology, Jamaica | Jamaica | – |
| Catholic University of Eastern Africa | Kenya | – |
| Kenyatta University | Kenya | – |
| Maseno University | Kenya | – |
| Moi University | Kenya | – |
| Mount Kenya University | Kenya | – |
| South Eastern Kenya University | Kenya | – |
| Strathmore University | Kenya | – |
| Technical University of Kenya | Kenya | – |
| Machakos University | Kenya |
| United States International University Africa | Kenya | – |
| University of Nairobi | Kenya | – |
| National University of Lesotho | Lesotho | – |
| Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources | Malawi | – |
| Mzuzu University | Malawi | – |
| University of Malawi | Malawi | – |
| Asia e University | Malaysia | – |
| Asia Metropolitan University | Malaysia | – |
| Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation | Malaysia | Malay: Universiti Teknologi dan Inovasi Asia Pasifik |
| University of Cyberjaya | Malaysia | Malay: Universiti Cyberjaya |
| GlobalNxt University | Malaysia | – |
| UOW Malaysia KDU University College | Malaysia | – |
| Limkokwing University of Creative Technology | Malaysia | Malay: Universiti Teknologi Kreatif Limkokwing Chinese: 林国荣创意工艺大学 |
| Lincoln University College, Malaysia | Malaysia | – |
| Management and Science University | Malaysia | – |
| Manipal International University | Malaysia | – |
| North Borneo University College | Malaysia | – |
| Quest International University Perak | Malaysia | – |
| Raffles University Iskandar | Malaysia | – |
| Sultan Azlan Shah University | Malaysia | Malay: Universiti Sultan Azlan Shah Malaysia |
| National University of Malaysia | Malaysia | Malay: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Chinese: 马来西亚国立大学 |
| Universiti Malaysia Sabah | Malaysia | Chinese: 沙巴大学 |
| Universiti Malaysia Sarawak | Malaysia | – |
| Universiti Putra Malaysia | Malaysia | – |
| University of Science, Malaysia | Malaysia | Malay: Universiti Sains Malaysia Chinese: 马来西亚理科大学 |
| Universiti Tenaga Nasional | Malaysia | – |
| Universiti Tun Abdul Razak | Malaysia | – |
| Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman | Malaysia | Chinese: 拉曼大学 Tamil: துங்கு அப்துல் ரகுமான் பல்கலைக்கழகம் اونيۏرسيتي تونكو عبدالرحمنJawi script |
| Universiti Utara Malaysia | Malaysia | – |
| University of Malaya | Malaysia | Malay: Universiti Malaya |
| Villa College | Maldives | – |
| University of Malta | Malta | Maltese: L-Università ta' Malta |
| Global College Malta | Malta | – |
| Open University of Mauritius | Mauritius | – |
| University of Mauritius | Mauritius | French: Université de Maurice |
| University of Technology Mauritius | Mauritius | – |
| Eduardo Mondlane University | Mozambique | Portuguese: Universidade Eduardo Mondlane |
| University of Namibia | Namibia | – |
| Auckland University of Technology | New Zealand | Māori: Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau |
| Lincoln University | New Zealand | Māori: Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki |
| Massey University | New Zealand | Māori: Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa |
| University of Auckland | New Zealand | Māori: Waipapa Taumata Rau |
| University of Canterbury | New Zealand | Māori: Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha |
| University of Otago | New Zealand | Māori: Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo |
| Victoria University of Wellington | New Zealand | Māori: Te Herenga Waka |
| Adekunle Ajasin University | Nigeria | – |
| Afe Babalola University | Nigeria | – |
| Ahmadu Bello University | Nigeria | – |
| Bayero University | Nigeria | – |
| Covenant University | Nigeria | – |
| Delta State University | Nigeria | – |
| Ebonyi State University | Nigeria | – |
| Ekiti State University | Nigeria | – |
| Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta | Nigeria | – |
| Federal University of Technology Akure | Nigeria | – |
| Federal University of Technology Minna | Nigeria | – |
| Gombe State University | Nigeria | – |
| Federal University of Technology, Yola | Nigeria | – |
| Niger Delta University | Nigeria | – |
| Nnamdi Azikiwe University | Nigeria | – |
| Redeemer's University | Nigeria | – |
| Rivers State University | Nigeria | – |
| University of Benin (Nigeria) | Nigeria | – |
| University of Calabar | Nigeria | – |
| University of Ibadan | Nigeria | – |
| University of Ilorin | Nigeria | – |
| University of Jos | Nigeria | – |
| University of Lagos | Nigeria | – |
| University of Maiduguri | Nigeria | – |
| University of Nigeria | Nigeria | – |
| University of Port Harcourt | Nigeria | – |
| Air University | Pakistan | جامعہ فضایہ |
| Bahria University | Pakistan | جامعہ بحریہ |
| Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering & Management Sciences | Pakistan | – |
| Capital University of Science & Technology | Pakistan | جامعہ دارالحکومت سائنس و ٹیکنالوجی |
| COMSATS Institute of Information Technology | Pakistan | – |
| Fatima Jinnah Women University | Pakistan | فاطمہ جناح وؤمن یونیورسٹی |
| Greenwich University | Pakistan | – |
| Institute of Business Administration Karachi | Pakistan | – |
| Institute of Business Management | Pakistan | – |
| Islamia University Bahawalpur | Pakistan | – |
| Isra University | Pakistan | جامعہ اسراء |
| Jinnah Sindh Medical University | Pakistan | جناح سندھ میڈیکل یونیورسٹی جناح سنڌ ميڊيڪل يونيورسٽي |
| Mehran University of Engineering and Technology | Pakistan | مھراڻ يونيورسٽي آف انجنيئرنگ اينڊ ٽيڪنالاجي |
| National Defence University | Pakistan | نیشنل ڈیفنس یونیورسٹی |
| National University of Sciences and Technology | Pakistan | – |
| Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University | Pakistan | – |
| Riphah International University | Pakistan | – |
| Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology | Pakistan | – |
| Sindh Madressatul Islam University | Pakistan | سندھ مدرسۃ الاسلام |
| Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology | Pakistan | – |
| University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore | Pakistan | جامعہ ہندسیہ و تکنیکیہ لاہور |
| University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar | Pakistan | – |
| University of Sindh | Pakistan | جامعہ سندھ |
| University of the Punjab | Pakistan | جامعہ پنجاب |
| Ziauddin University | Pakistan | جامعہ ضیاء الدین |
| Divine Word University | Papua New Guinea | – |
| Papua New Guinea University of Technology | Papua New Guinea | – |
| University of Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinea | – |
| University of Rwanda | Rwanda | – |
| University of Medicine and Health Sciences | Saint Kitts and Nevis | – |
| All Saints University School of Medicine | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | – |
| Saint James School of Medicine | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | – |
| University of Seychelles | Seychelles | Seychellois Creole: Liniversite Sesel |
| University of Sierra Leone | Sierra Leone | – |
| Nanyang Technological University | Singapore | Malay: Universiti Teknologi Nanyang Chinese: 南洋理工大学 Tamil: நன்யாங் தொழில்நுட்ப பல்கலைக்கழகம் |
| National University of Singapore | Singapore | Malay: Universiti Nasional Singapura Chinese: 新加坡国立大学 Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் தேசிய பல்கலைக்கழகம் |
| Cape Peninsula University of Technology | South Africa | – |
| Central University of Technology | South Africa | – |
| Durban University of Technology | South Africa | Inyuvesi yasethekwini yezobuchwepheshe |
| Mangosuthu University of Technology | South Africa | – |
| Nelson Mandela University | South Africa | – |
| North-West University | South Africa | Yunibesiti ya Bokone-Bophirima Afrikaans: Noordwes-Universiteit |
| Rhodes University | South Africa | – |
| Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University | South Africa | – |
| Sol Plaatje University | South Africa | – |
| Stellenbosch University | South Africa | Afrikaans: Universiteit Stellenbosch |
| Tshwane University of Technology | South Africa | – |
| University of Cape Town | South Africa | Afrikaans: Universiteit van Kaapstad iYunivesithi yaseKapa |
| University of Johannesburg | South Africa | – |
| University of KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | – |
| University of Mpumalanga | South Africa | – |
| University of Pretoria | South Africa | Afrikaans: Universiteit van Pretoria Sotho: Yunibesithi ya Pretoria |
| University of South Africa | South Africa | – |
| University of the Free State | South Africa | Afrikaans: Universiteit van die Vrystaat Yunivesithi ya Freistata |
| University of the Western Cape | South Africa | – |
| University of the Witwatersrand | South Africa | – |
| University of Limpopo | South Africa | – |
| University of Zululand | South Africa | – |
| Vaal University of Technology | South Africa | – |
| Buddhasravaka Bhiksu University | Sri Lanka | – |
| Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා බෞද්ධ හා පාලි විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය |
| Colombo International Nautical and Engineering College | Sri Lanka | – |
| Eastern University, Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා නැගෙනහිර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය |
| General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University | Sri Lanka | Sinhala: ජෙනරාල් ශ්‍රීමත් ජෝන් කොතලාවල ආරක්ෂක විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය |
| Horizon Campus | Sri Lanka | – |
| International Institute of Health Sciences | Sri Lanka | – |
| NSBM Green University | Sri Lanka | Sinhala: ජාතික ව්‍යාපාර කළමනාකාරීත්ව විද්‍යායතනය Tamil: என் எஸ் பீ எம் பசுமை பல்கலைக்கழகம் |
| Open University of Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා විවෘත විශ්ව විද්‍යාලය Tamil: இலங்கை திறந்த பல்கலைக்கழகம் |
| Rajarata University of Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | – |
| Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා සබරගමුව විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය Tamil: இலங்கை சபரகமுவ பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் |
| South Eastern University of Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා අග්නිදිග විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය Tamil: தென்கிழக்குப் பல்கலைக்கழகம், இலங்கை |
| Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology | Sri Lanka | Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා තොරතුරු තා‌ක්ෂණ ආයතනය Tamil: இலங்கை தகவல் தொழில்நுட்ப நிறுவனம் |
| University of Colombo | Sri Lanka | Sinhala: කොළඹ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය Tamil: கொழும்புப் பல்கலைக்கழகம் |
| University of Jaffna | Sri Lanka | Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணப் பல்கலைக்கழகம் Sinhala: යාපනය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය |
| University of Kelaniya | Sri Lanka | Sinhala: කැළණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය Tamil: களனி பல்கலைக்கழகம் |
| University of Moratuwa | Sri Lanka | Sinhala: මොරටුව විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය Tamil: மொறட்டுவைப் பல்கலைக்கழகம் |
| University of Peradeniya | Sri Lanka | Sinhala: පේරාදෙණිය විශ්ව විද්‍යාලය Tamil: பேராதனைப் பல்கலைக்கழகம் |
| University of Ruhuna | Sri Lanka | Sinhala: රුහුණ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය Tamil: ருகுண பல்கலைக் கழகம் |
| University of Sri Jayewardenepura | Sri Lanka | Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය Tamil: ஸ்ரீ ஜயவர்தனபுர பல்கலைக்கழகம் |
| University of the Visual and Performing Arts | Sri Lanka | Sinhala: සෞන්දර්යය කලා විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය Tamil: கட்புல, அரங்கேற்றக் கலைகள் பல்கலைக்கழகம் |
| University of Vocational Technology | Sri Lanka | Sinhala: වෘත්තීය තාක්ෂණ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය |
| Uva Wellassa University | Sri Lanka | Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා ඌව වෙල්ලස්ස විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය |
| Wayamba University of Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා වයඹ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය Tamil: இலங்கை வயம்ப பல்கலைக்கழகம் |
| Ardhi University | Tanzania | Swahili: Chuo Kikuu Ardhi |
| Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences | Tanzania | Swahili: Chuo Kikuu cha Afya na Sayansi Shirikishi Muhimbili |
| Mzumbe University | Tanzania | Swahili: Chuo Kikuu cha Mzumbe |
| Open University of Tanzania | Tanzania | Swahili: Chuo Kikuu Huria Cha Tanzania |
| Sokoine University of Agriculture | Tanzania | Swahili: Chuo Kikuu cha Sokoine cha Kilimo |
| St. John's University of Tanzania | Tanzania | Swahili: Chuo Kikuu cha Mtakatifu Yohana Tanzania |
| St. Augustine University of Tanzania | Tanzania | Swahili: Chuo Kikuu cha Mtakatifu Agostino Tanzania |
| The State University of Zanzibar | Tanzania | Swahili: Chuo Kikuu cha Taifa cha Zanzibar |
| University of Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | Swahili: Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam |
| Zanzibar University | Tanzania | Swahili: Chuo Kikuu cha Zanzibar Arabic: جامعة زنجبار |
| University of Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago | – |
| Bugema University | Uganda | – |
| ISBAT University | Uganda | – |
| Islamic University in Uganda | Uganda | – |
| Kampala International University | Uganda | – |
| Kyambogo University | Uganda | – |
| Makerere University | Uganda | – |
| Mbarara University of Science and Technology | Uganda | – |
| Uganda Christian University | Uganda | – |
| Uganda Martyrs University | Uganda | – |
| Bath Spa University | United Kingdom | – |
| Birkbeck, University of London | United Kingdom | – |
| Birmingham City University | United Kingdom | – |
| Bournemouth University | United Kingdom | – |
| Brunel University of London | United Kingdom | – |
| Buckinghamshire New University | United Kingdom | – |
| Canterbury Christ Church University | United Kingdom | – |
| Cardiff Metropolitan University | United Kingdom | Welsh: Prifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd |
| Cardiff University | United Kingdom | Welsh: Prifysgol Caerdydd |
| City, University of London | United Kingdom | – |
| Coventry University | United Kingdom | – |
| Cranfield University | United Kingdom | – |
| Durham University | United Kingdom | – |
| Edge Hill University | United Kingdom | – |
| Edinburgh Napier University | United Kingdom | – |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | United Kingdom | – |
| Heriot-Watt University | United Kingdom | – |
| Keele University | United Kingdom | – |
| King's College London | United Kingdom | – |
| Kingston University | United Kingdom | – |
| Lancaster University | United Kingdom | – |
| Liverpool Hope University | United Kingdom | – |
| Liverpool John Moores University | United Kingdom | – |
| London School of Business and Management | United Kingdom | – |
| London South Bank University | United Kingdom | – |
| Middlesex University | United Kingdom | – |
| Newcastle University | United Kingdom | – |
| Northumbria University | United Kingdom | – |
| Oxford Brookes University | United Kingdom | – |
| Plymouth University | United Kingdom | – |
| Queen's University Belfast | United Kingdom | – |
| Royal Academy of Music | United Kingdom | – |
| Royal Central School of Speech and Drama | United Kingdom | – |
| School of Advanced Study, University of London | United Kingdom | – |
| School of Oriental and African Studies | United Kingdom | – |
| Sheffield Hallam University | United Kingdom | – |
| Staffordshire University | United Kingdom | – |
| Swansea University | United Kingdom | Welsh: Prifysgol Abertawe |
| Courtauld Institute of Art | United Kingdom | – |
| The Institute of Cancer Research | United Kingdom | – |
| The Open University | United Kingdom | – |
| The University of Manchester | United Kingdom | – |
| The University of Northampton | United Kingdom | – |
| Ulster University | United Kingdom | – |
| University College Birmingham | United Kingdom | – |
| University College London | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Aberdeen | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Bath | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Birmingham | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Bristol | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Chester | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Exeter | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Glasgow | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Greenwich | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Hull | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Kent | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Leeds | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Leicester | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Lincoln | United Kingdom | – |
| University of London | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Nottingham | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Oxford | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Reading | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Roehampton | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Salford | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Sheffield | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Southampton | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Stirling | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Strathclyde | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Sunderland | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Surrey | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Sussex | United Kingdom | – |
| University of the Highlands and Islands | United Kingdom | Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh na Gàidhealtachd agus nan Eilean |
| University of the West of England | United Kingdom | – |
| University of the West of Scotland | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Wales | United Kingdom | Welsh: Prifysgol Cymru |
| University of Warwick | United Kingdom | – |
| University of West London | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Winchester | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Wolverhampton | United Kingdom | – |
| University of Worcester | United Kingdom | – |
| University of York | United Kingdom | – |
| York St John University | United Kingdom | – |
| Copperbelt University | Zambia | – |
| University of Lusaka | Zambia | – |
| University of Zambia | Zambia | – |
| Zambian Open University | Zambia | – |
| Africa University | Zimbabwe | – |
| Bindura University of Science Education | Zimbabwe | – |
| Midlands State University | Zimbabwe | – |
| National University of Science and Technology | Zimbabwe | – |
| Zimbabwe Open University | Zimbabwe | – |

## Arms

Coat of arms of Association of Commonwealth Universities :
* NotesGranted 20 June 1958.
* CrestOn a wreath of the colours, a demi terrestrial globe Proper ensigned with an ancient lamp Argent garnished Or enflamed also Proper.
* EscutcheonAzure two wings conjoined in base Or surmounted of an open book Proper bound Gules edged Gold in chief a rose also Gules irradiated Or and charged with a rose Argent both roses barbed and seeded Proper.
* MottoScientia Commune Bonum