University of Durham:
 Armstrong College, Durham – Merged with University of Durham College of Medicine to form King's College, Durham (now Newcastle University)
 University of Durham College of Medicine – Merged with Armstrong College, Durham to form King's College, Durham (now Newcastle University)
 Fraserburgh University, Aberdeenshire (1592–1605)
 University of Glamorgan, Cardiff, Trefforest and Glyntaff – Merged with University of Wales, Newport to form University of South Wales
 King's College, Aberdeen – Merged with Marischal College, Aberdeen to form University of Aberdeen
 University of London:
 Bedford College, London – Merged with Royal Holloway College to form Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (now Royal Holloway, University of London)
 Heythrop College – closed 2018
 Westfield College, London – Merged with Queen Mary, University of London
 Wye College – Merged with Imperial College
 London Guildhall University – Merged with University of North London to form London Metropolitan University

 University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) – Merged to form University of Manchester
 Marischal College, Aberdeen (1593–1858) – Merged with King's College, Aberdeen to form University of Aberdeen
 Mason Science College, Birmingham – Merged to form Mason College, now the University of Birmingham
 University of North London – Merged with London Guildhall University to form London Metropolitan University
 University of Northampton (1261–1265) (not to be confused with the current University of Northampton, which has no direct connection with the medieval foundation)
 Queen's University of Ireland, Belfast, Cork and Galway – Closed, replaced by Royal University of Ireland
 Royal University of Ireland, Belfast, Cork and Galway – Closed, replaced by National University of Ireland
 University College Salford – Merged with the University of Salford
 University College Scarborough – taken over by University of Hull
 Federal University of Surrey – Divided into University of Surrey and Roehampton University
 Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College, Farnham and Epsom – Merged to form University for the Creative Arts
 Swansea Metropolitan University – Merged with University of Wales Trinity Saint David
 Trinity University College, Carmarthen – Merged with University of Wales, Lampeter to form University of Wales Trinity Saint David
 Ulster Polytechnic – Merged with New University of Ulster to form University of Ulster
 New University of Ulster – Merged with Ulster Polytechnic to form University of Ulster
 Victoria University, Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds – Merged with Owen's College, Manchester, to form Victoria University of Manchester; Other colleges become University of Leeds and University of Liverpool
 Victoria University of Manchester – Merged to form Manchester University
 University of Wales:
 University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff – merged with Cardiff University
 University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology, Cardiff – Merged with University of Wales College Cardiff to form University of Wales, Cardiff (now Cardiff University)
 University of Wales Lampeter – Merged with Trinity University College to form University of Wales Trinity Saint David
 University of Wales, Newport – Merged with University of Glamorgan to form University of South Wales

英国にキャンパスを持つ外国の大学 
英国に本拠地を置いてはいるが、これらは英国の大学とはみなされず、上記のカテゴリのいずれかに別途記載されていない限り、英国政府から英国の学位授与機関として認められていない。

海外高等教育機関」には、「英国の高等教育課程と同等の学位レベルの海外コース」を提供するものとして、英国政府から学生ビザの発給のために承認されているものが40校ある。