This is a list of colleges in the United Kingdom offering higher education courses. Many of the colleges below are "listed bodies" that are authorised to offer courses leading to a degree from a UK university or other body with degree-awarding powers.[1] Others may offer non-degree higher education courses such as Higher National Diplomas or Higher National Certificates.
Colleges of higher education should not be confused with colleges of further education, which offer a different level of qualifications.[note 1]
Colleges of higher education
edit- Academy of Contemporary Music
- Academy of Live and Recorded Arts, London and Wigan
- All Nations Christian College
- Alpha Meridian College, Greenwich
- Anglo-European College of Chiropractic
- Architectural Association School of Architecture
- Arts Educational Schools, London
- Asanté Academy of Chinese Medicine
- Bird College
- Birmingham Christian College
- Birmingham International College
- Blackburne House Centre for Women
- Blake Hall College
- Brighton Institute of Modern Music
- Bristol Baptist College
- British College of Osteopathic Medicine
- British Institute of Technology & E-commerce
- British School of Osteopathy
- City and Guilds of London Art School
- College of Accountancy and Management Studies, Hayes, Hillingdon
- College of Estate Management, Reading, Berkshire
- College of the Resurrection, Mirfield
- Conservatoire for Dance and Drama
- Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol
- Central School of Ballet in London
- London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
- London Contemporary Dance School
- Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Chapeltown, West Yorkshire
- eCollege London
- Edinburgh College of Art
- EF Brittin College Manchester
- English National Ballet School
- EThames Graduate School
- European School of Osteopathy
- Futureworks Media School, Manchester
- Glasgow School of Art
- Global Banking School
- Grafton College of Management Sciences, London
- Guildford School of Acting
- Guildhall School of Music and Drama
- Halifax Group of Colleges
- Albert College, Leicester|Albert College, Leicester
- Halifax College, London|Halifax College, London
- Hamilton College, London|Hamilton College, London
- Hertford Regional College
- Holborn College
- Hult International Business School
- Impact International College
- International College Scotland
- International Business School, Manchester
- Isle of Wight College
- Leeds College of Business Management and Technology
- Leeds College of Music
- Leeds Professional College
- Leyton College
- Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
- London Academy of Management Sciences
- London College of Advanced Studies
- London College of Business & Computing
- London College of Management Studies
- London Film School
- London Institute of Shipping & Transport
- London School of Accountancy & Management
- London School of Business and Finance
- London School of Business and Management
- London School of Jewish Studies
- London School of Theology
- Manchester International College
- Manchester Universal Academy
- Maritime Greenwich College
- Mont Rose College of Management and Sciences in London
- National Centre for Circus Arts in London
- National Film and Television School
- Newcastle Academy of Business & Technology
- New London College
- Oxford College of London
- Oxford House College
- Plymouth College of Art and Design
- The Prince's Drawing School
- The Prince's School of Traditional Arts
- Rayat London College
- European Business School London
- Regent's American College London
- Regent's Business School London
- Sattan Astoni College London
- School of Psychotherapy & Counselling Psychology
- Webster Graduate School
- Rose Bruford College
- Royal College of Music
Royal College of Music - Royal Northern College of Music
- Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
- Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
- SAE Institute
- Scottish Agricultural College
- Sotheby's Institute of Art
- Taitec Manchester
- Tech Music Schools
- Bass Guitar-X
- Drumtech
- Guitar-X
- Keyboardtech
- Vocaltech
- Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
- UHI Millennium Institute (Institiùd OGE nam Mìle Bliadhna) (University of the Highlands and Islands)
- Argyll College, Dunoon, Argyll
- Highland Theological College, Dingwall
- Inverness College, Inverness
- Lews Castle College, Stornoway, Lewis
- Lochaber College, Fort William
- Moray College, Elgin
- NAFC Marine Centre (North Atlantic Fisheries College), Scalloway, Shetland
- North Highland College, Thurso
- Orkney College, Kirkwall, Orkney
- Perth College, Perth
- Air Service Training, Perth Airport
- Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), London - Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London
- Royal College of Arts
- Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat on Skye, and Islay
- Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, Argyll
- Shetland College, Lerwick, Shetland
- Sustainable Development Research Centre, Forres, Moray
- University Campus Suffolk
- Wessex Institute of Technology
- Western Governors Graduate School
- Waltham International College
- The Woolf Institute of Abrahamic Faiths, based at Wesley House, Cambridge
- Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations
- Centre for the Study of Muslim-Jewish Relations
- Writtle College
Further education colleges offering degree courses
edit- Access To Music
- Belfast Metropolitan College
Bradford College, West Yorkshire - Blackpool and The Fylde College[2]
- Bradford College
- Brighton Institute of Modern Music
- Bromley College of Further & Higher Education
- Canterbury College
- Central College Nottingham
- Central Sussex College
- Chaucer College
- City College Brighton & Hove
- Coleg Llandrillo Cymru
- Colchester Institute
- Cornwall College, Camborne, Newquay, St Austell and Saltash
- Duchy College, Stoke Climsland and Rosewarne, Penzance
- Falmouth Marine School
- Croydon College
- Farnborough College of Technology
- Franciscan International Study Centre
- Glasgow College of Nautical Studies
- Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education
- Guildford College
- Hereford College of Arts
- K College
- Leicester College
- Loughborough College
- Middlesbrough College
- Myerscough College
- Northbrook College
- Oxford & Cherwell Valley College
- Plumpton College
- Redcar & Cleveland College
- Selby College
- South Downs College
- Southern Regional College
South Gloucestershire and Stroud College - South Gloucestershire and Stroud College
- South West College
- Sussex Coast College
- Sussex Downs College
- Stockport College
- Swansea College
- Truro and Penwith College
- Wakefield College
- Westminster Kingsway College
- Weston College
- Ystrad Mynach College
- South Chelsea College
- Peter Symonds College
- Barton Peveril College
Defunct institutions
editHigher education institutions that no longer exist due to closure, mergers, de-mergers etc. (but not institutions that have merely changed their name) include:
- Bedford College of Higher Education, Bedford
- Bell College, Hamilton and Dumfries
- Bretton Hall College, Wakefield
- Bulmershe College of Higher Education (BCHE), Reading
- Crewe and Alsager College of Higher Education
- Dartington College of Arts
- Garnett College, London
- Hereford College of Education, Hereford
- Kent Institute of Art & Design, Canterbury, Maidstone and Rochester
- National Heart and Lung Institute
- Northern School of Music, Manchester
- Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, split into two separate medical schools
- Royal College of Science, London
- Royal Manchester College of Music
- La Sainte Union College of Higher Education, Southampton
See also
editNotes
edit- ↑ For lists of further education colleges in the UK (which may however also offer higher education qualifications) see: List of further education colleges in England, List of further education colleges in Northern Ireland, List of further education colleges in Scotland, List of further education colleges in Wales
References
edit- ↑ "Check if a university or college is officially recognised". Gov.uk. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ↑ "Degrees". Blackpool and The Fylde College. Retrieved 23 November 2019.