List of universities in the United Kingdom by enrolment
This is a list of institutions in the United Kingdom by the number of students enrolled in higher education courses. The source for the figures is the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) statistics for 2019/20.[1] The student numbers include full-time and part-time, and are broken down into undergraduate and postgraduate students. Some institutes enrol students in both higher education and further education courses, so student numbers may be higher for such institutes. Numbers are of actual enrollments, not FTEs. The data show that 2.28 million people were enrolled in higher education at the 169 higher education providers reporting statistics to HESA.
Statistics are for students within the UK only and do not include distance-learning and transnational education students studying overseas. There were 666,815 overseas students recorded by HESA in 2018/19, of which 260,155 were registered at Oxford Brookes University, the majority of whom were studying on Association of Chartered Certified Accountants courses. Other universities with over 10,000 overseas students in 2018/19 were the University of London Worldwide (40,675), the Open University (29,610), Coventry (16,785), Nottingham (15,740), Liverpool (14,730), Heriot-Watt (11,955), Staffordshire (11,900) and Middlesex (11,890).[2]
Universities and other higher education providers by size[]
Rank | Institution | Undergraduates | Postgraduates | Total students |
---|---|---|---|---|
- | University of London[a] | [3] | ||
1 | The Open University | 120,440 | 8,975 | 129,420 |
2 | University College London[b] | 19,715 | 21,380 | 41,095 |
3 | University of Manchester | 26,630 | 13,855 | 40,485 |
4 | Coventry University | 31,645 | 6,785 | 38,430 |
5 | University of Leeds | 25,955 | 10,370 | 36,330 |
6 | Nottingham Trent University | 28,915 | 6,870 | 35,785 |
7 | University of Birmingham | 23,155 | 12,605 | 35,760 |
8 | University of Edinburgh | 23,060 | 12,310 | 35,375 |
9 | University of Nottingham | 25,980 | 8,860 | 34,840 |
10 | Cardiff University | 23,755 | 9,505 | 33,260 |
11 | Manchester Metropolitan University | 26,435 | 6,985 | 33,420 |
12 | King's College London[b] | 19,370 | 13,740 | 33,110 |
13 | University of Glasgow | 21,165 | 11,300 | 32,465 |
14 | Sheffield Hallam University | 24,215 | 6,750 | 30,960 |
15 | University of Sheffield | 19,100 | 10,955 | 30,055 |
16 | University of Liverpool | 22,690 | 6,910 | 29,600 |
17 | University of the West of England | 23,110 | 7,570 | 30,680 |
18 | Newcastle University | 21,300 | 6,775 | 28,070 |
19 | Northumbria University | 20,455 | 7,875 | 28,325 |
20 | University of Warwick | 17,635 | 9,190 | 26,825 |
21 | University of Bristol | 20,035 | 7,340 | 27,375 |
22 | Birmingham City University | 20,940 | 5,990 | 26,930 |
23 | De Montfort University | 23,045 | 5,955 | 29,000 |
24 | University of Portsmouth | 22,010 | 4,765 | 26,775 |
25 | University of Oxford | 15,270 | 10,640 | 25,910 |
26 | University of Exeter | 20,320 | 6,615 | 26,935 |
27 | Queen's University Belfast | 18,310 | 6,605 | 24,915 |
28 | Ulster University | 20,865 | 6,815 | 27,680 |
29 | Anglia Ruskin University | 21,280 | 5,435 | 26,715 |
30 | University of Hertfordshire | 17,805 | 7,715 | 25,520 |
31 | Liverpool John Moores University | 20,105 | 4,945 | 25,050 |
32 | Leeds Beckett University | 17,705 | 5,590 | 23,290 |
33 | University of Central Lancashire | 17,835 | 6,885 | 24,715 |
34 | University of Southampton | 14,705 | 7,960 | 22,665 |
35 | University of Strathclyde | 16,115 | 8,215 | 24,330 |
36 | University of South Wales | 17,765 | 5,325 | 23,090 |
37 | University of Cambridge | 12,860 | 8,475 | 21,340 |
38 | University of Salford | 17,325 | 4,175 | 21,500 |
39 | Swansea University | 16,315 | 4,065 | 20,375 |
40 | Queen Mary, University of London[b] | 14,825 | 6,840 | 21,665 |
41 | University of Brighton | 15,530 | 3,455 | 18,985 |
42 | City, University of London[b] | 11,020 | 8,955 | 19,975 |
43 | University of Plymouth | 15,660 | 2,750 | 18,410 |
44 | Middlesex University | 14,880 | 5,290 | 20,175 |
45 | University of York | 14,075 | 5,715 | 19,790 |
46 | University of Kent | 15,020 | 3,685 | 18,710 |
47 | University of Sussex | 14,780 | 4,615 | 19,395 |
48 | University of Derby | 15,320 | 4,365 | 19,685 |
49 | Imperial College London | 10,475 | 8,925 | 19,400 |
50 | University of the Arts London | 15,735 | 4,230 | 19,965 |
51 | University of Wolverhampton | 15,205 | 3,670 | 18,875 |
52 | Durham University | 14,730 | 4,790 | 19,520 |
53 | University of Greenwich | 14,580 | 5,245 | 19,825 |
54 | University of Westminster | 15,385 | 4,085 | 19,470 |
55 | Teesside University | 15,480 | 3,815 | 19,290 |
56 | University of Bath | 13,605 | 4,955 | 18,560 |
57 | Loughborough University | 13,885 | 4,410 | 18,295 |
58 | University of East Anglia | 13,410 | 4,625 | 18,035 |
59 | Bournemouth University | 13,895 | 3,495 | 17,390 |
60 | University of Reading | 12,630 | 6,105 | 18,735 |
61 | University of Huddersfield | 13,600 | 3,705 | 17,305 |
62 | London South Bank University | 12,725 | 4,115 | 16,840 |
63 | University of the West of Scotland | 13,465 | 2,640 | 16,105 |
64 | Glasgow Caledonian University | 14,165 | 3,375 | 17,540 |
65 | University of Leicester | 11,400 | 4,780 | 16,180 |
66 | Kingston University | 12,770 | 5,300 | 18,070 |
67 | University of Surrey | 13,485 | 3,505 | 16,990 |
68 | Oxford Brookes University | 12,710 | 4,185 | 16,900 |
69 | University of Hull | 11,930 | 2,325 | 14,255 |
70 | University of Dundee | 11,670 | 4,600 | 16,270 |
71 | University of Lincoln | 14,095 | 2,330 | 16,425 |
72 | University of Essex | 12,910 | 3,620 | 16,530 |
73 | Aston University | 11,985 | 3,400 | 15,385 |
74 | Staffordshire University | 13,295 | 2,380 | 15,675 |
75 | Brunel University London | 11,460 | 4,060 | 15,520 |
76 | University of Aberdeen | 10,125 | 5,060 | 15,185 |
77 | University of Sunderland | 12,580 | 3,160 | 15,740 |
78 | University of Chester | 9,230 | 4,315 | 13,545 |
79 | Lancaster University | 11,405 | 4,260 | 15,665 |
80 | Canterbury Christ Church University | 10,795 | 2,545 | 13,340 |
81 | University of Bedfordshire | 13,155 | 3,575 | 16,725 |
82 | Edge Hill University | 10,025 | 3,535 | 13,560 |
83 | Edinburgh Napier University | 10,260 | 3,675 | 13,930 |
84 | University of East London | 10,270 | 5,085 | 15,355 |
85 | Roehampton University | 10,365 | 2,130 | 12,495 |
86 | University of Stirling | 8,545 | 3,995 | 12,540 |
87 | Robert Gordon University | 9,085 | 3,580 | 12,660 |
88 | University of Northampton | 9,145 | 2,915 | 12,060 |
89 | London School of Economics[b] | 5,160 | 6,895 | 12,050 |
90 | Birkbeck, University of London[b] | 6,680 | 4,745 | 11,425 |
91 | University of Wales, Trinity Saint David | 10,680 | 2,025 | 12,700 |
92 | University of West London | 9,815 | 2,170 | 11,985 |
93 | Royal Holloway, University of London[b] | 8,530 | 3,005 | 11,530 |
94 | Buckinghamshire New University | 12,895 | 1,180 | 14,075 |
95 | Heriot-Watt University | 8,150 | 3,005 | 11,155 |
96 | Keele University | 8,490 | 2,395 | 10,880 |
97 | Cardiff Metropolitan University | 8,100 | 2,820 | 10,920 |
98 | University of St Andrews | 8,470 | 2,065 | 10,535 |
99 | Goldsmiths, University of London[b] | 6,500 | 3,590 | 10,090 |
100 | Bangor University | 7,235 | 2,715 | 9,945 |
101 | University of Worcester | 8,400 | 1,780 | 10,180 |
102 | Solent University | 9,765 | 745 | 10,510 |
103 | University of Bradford | 7,480 | 2,290 | 9,770 |
104 | University of the Highlands and Islands | 8,670 | 1,235 | 9,905 |
105 | London Metropolitan University | 8,250 | 2,135 | 10,390 |
106 | University of Gloucestershire | 6,385 | 1,530 | 7,915 |
107 | Aberystwyth University | 6,605 | 1,115 | 7,720 |
108 | Bath Spa University | 6,665 | 1,790 | 8,450 |
109 | University of Winchester | 6,700 | 1,305 | 8,000 |
110 | University of Suffolk | 8,910 | 650 | 9,565 |
111 | University of Cumbria | 5,980 | 1,965 | 7,945 |
112 | University of Bolton | 6,675 | 1,500 | 8,175 |
113 | York St John University | 5,700 | 1,300 | 7,000 |
114 | University for the Creative Arts | 5,985 | 780 | 6,765 |
115 | Falmouth University | 5,500 | 745 | 6,245 |
116 | Wrexham Glyndŵr University | 4,885 | 1,160 | 6,045 |
117 | School of Oriental and African Studies[b] | 2,740 | 3,050 | 5,795 |
118 | St Mary's University, Twickenham | 3,670 | 1,855 | 5,520 |
119 | University of Chichester | 4,395 | 1,150 | 5,545 |
120 | Harper Adams University | 4,125 | 555 | 4,680 |
121 | Queen Margaret University | 3,510 | 1,615 | 5,130 |
122 | Liverpool Hope University | 3,895 | 1,090 | 4,985 |
123 | University College Birmingham | 4,435 | 495 | 4,930 |
124 | St George's, University of London[b] | 3,520 | 810 | 4,330 |
125 | Cranfield University | 4,825 | 4,825 | |
126 | Abertay University | 3,835 | 445 | 4,280 |
127 | Leeds Trinity University | 4,220 | 760 | 4,985 |
128 | Arts University Bournemouth | 3,270 | 175 | 3,445 |
129 | University of Buckingham | 1,645 | 1,460 | 3,100 |
130 | Newman University | 2,170 | 620 | 2,795 |
131 | University of St Mark and St John | 2,215 | 535 | 2,750 |
132 | Ravensbourne | 2,485 | 45 | 2,535 |
133 | Royal Veterinary College[b] | 2,025 | 490 | 2,510 |
134 | Royal College of Art | 85 | 2,565 | 2,645 |
135 | Norwich University of the Arts | 2,265 | 95 | 2,360 |
136 | Glasgow School of Art | 1,665 | 710 | 2,380 |
137 | Bishop Grosseteste University | 1,665 | 615 | 2,280 |
138 | London Business School[b] | 2,305 | 2,305 | |
139 | Leeds Arts University | 2,075 | 70 | 2,145 |
140 | Hartpury University | |||
141 | SRUC | 1,485 | 85 | 1,570 |
142 | Stranmillis University College | 1,070 | 140 | 1,210 |
143 | Conservatoire for Dance and Drama | 815 | 185 | 1,000 |
144 | Grŵp Llandrillo Menai | |||
145 | Plymouth College of Art | 1,210 | 95 | 1,305 |
146 | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland | 900 | 320 | 1,220 |
147 | Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance | 950 | 300 | 1,250 |
148 | Leeds College of Music | |||
149 | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine[b] | 1,090 | 1,090 | |
150 | Royal Agricultural University | 1,015 | 110 | 1,125 |
151 | Guildhall School of Music and Drama | 685 | 370 | 1,060 |
152 | Royal Central School of Speech and Drama[b] | 690 | 410 | 1,100 |
153 | St Mary's University College, Belfast | 845 | 200 | 1,045 |
154 | Royal Northern College of Music | 595 | 295 | 890 |
155 | Royal Academy of Music[b] | 420 | 435 | 860 |
156 | Royal College of Music | 440 | 450 | 890 |
157 | The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts | 865 | 15 | 885 |
158 | Writtle University College | 670 | 95 | 765 |
159 | Rose Bruford College | 670 | 65 | 735 |
160 | AECC University College | |||
161 | Courtauld Institute of Art[b] | 230 | 315 | 545 |
162 | University College of Osteopathy | |||
163 | Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine | 345 | 345 | |
164 | National Film and Television School | 495 | 495 | |
165 | Institute of Cancer Research[b] | 280 | 280 | |
166 | University of London (Institutes and activities) | 330 | 330 | |
167 | Grŵp NPTC Group | |||
168 | Gower College Swansea | |||
169 | University of Wales (central functions) |
See also[]
- List of largest universities by enrollment
- List of universities in the United Kingdom
- List of UK universities by date of foundation
- List of UK universities by endowment
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ "Where do HE students study?". Higher Education Statistics Agency. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Where do HE students come from?: Transnational education". HESA. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ Combined total from "Where do HE students study?". Higher Education Statistics Agency. Retrieved 1 March 2020.Included institutions are Birkbeck, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, City, University of London, Courtauld Institute of Art, Goldsmiths, Institute of Cancer Research, King's College, London Business School, LSE, LSHTM, Queen Mary, Royal Academy of Music, Royal Holloway, Royal Veterinary College, SOAS, St George's, UCL and the central institutes & activities.
- Universities in the United Kingdom
- Lists of universities and colleges in the United Kingdom
- Statistics of education