List of UK universities by size

This is a list of UK universities and other higher education institutions according to the size of their student population. The source for the figures is the most recently published Higher Education Statistics Agency statistics, from 2005-2006, which list full-time, part-time, further education, undergraduate, and postgraduate students. [ [http://www.hesa.ac.uk/dox/dataTables/studentsAndQualifiers/download/institution0506.xls HESA Statistics - Higher Education numbers 2005/2006] ] Colleges of the University of London (which has a total of 121,725 students in the colleges and institutes listed by HESA) and the University of Wales (which has a total of 84,975 students at its nine accredited institutions, and another 30,685 at the affiliated Cardiff University) are listed as individual institutions in this table, but would be the second and third most populous universities if all their colleges were counted together. The names of some institutions have changed since these figures were released, and titles have been updated to conform with current usage, except in the case of merged instiutions where colleges have combined together and consequently have different student numbers (such as St Martin's College becoming part of the new University of Cumbria).

Universities and higher education institutions by size

(University Title - Number of Students)

#Open University - 168,850
#Thames Valley University - 52,890
#Leeds Metropolitan University - 41,770
#University of Manchester - 40,420
#University of Leeds - 33,920
#University of Nottingham - 32,870
#Manchester Metropolitan University - 32,795
#London Metropolitan University - 30,920
#University of Birmingham - 30,725
#Cardiff University - 30,685
#University of Warwick, Coventry - 30,380
#University of Plymouth - 29,775
#University of the West of England, Bristol - 28,990
#University of Central Lancashire - 28,850
#Sheffield Hallam University - 28,140
#Anglia Ruskin University - 28,070
#University of the Arts London - 27,970
#University of Northumbria at Newcastle - 27,665
#University of Ulster - 27,595
#University of Sheffield - 26,785
#Nottingham Trent University - 26,380
#University of Westminster - 26,080
#University of Cambridge - 25,465
#University of Strathclyde - 25,105
#Birmingham City University - 25,010
#Queen's University of Belfast - 24,560
#Middlesex University - 24,395
#University of Hertfordshire - 24,225
#University of Derby - 24,150
#Liverpool John Moores University - 24,085
#University of Wolverhampton - 24,020
#De Montfort University - 23,900
#University of Greenwich - 23,855
#University of Edinburgh - 23,715
#City University - 23,680
#University of Bristol - 23,630
#University of Oxford - 23,620
#University of Glasgow - 23,590
#University of Southampton - 23,560
#London South Bank University - 23,200
#Kingston University - 22,250
#University of Teesside - 22,015
#King's College London - 21,755
#University College London - 21,620
#University of Glamorgan - 21,455
#University of Hull - 21,430
#University of Brighton - 20,970
#University of Liverpool - 20,765
#University of Sunderland - 20,365
#University of Portsmouth - 20,230
#University of Salford - 20,185
#University of East Anglia - 19,585
#Coventry University - 19,495
#University of Huddersfield - 19,420
#University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne - 19,150
#Birkbeck, University of London - 19,020
#Oxford Brookes University - 18,950
#University of Dundee - 18,610
#University of Kent - 18,220
#University of East London - 18,065
#Loughborough University - 17,825
#University of Lincoln - 17,535
#University of Lancaster - 17,415
#Southampton Solent University - 17,365
#University of Durham - 17,320
#Bournemouth University - 17,200
#Glasgow Caledonian University - 17,045
#University of Leicester - 16,160
#University of Surrey - 15,935
#Edge Hill University - 15,645
#Staffordshire University - 15,200
#Brunel University - 15,150
#Swansea University - 15,070
#Napier University - 14,850
#University of Bath - 14,795
#University of Exeter - 14,630
#Canterbury Christ Church University - 14,555
#University of Chester - 14,120
#University of Reading - 14,090
#University College Birmingham - 13,970
#University of Aberdeen - 13,760
#University of York - 13,750
#University of Bradford - 13,070
#University of the West of Scotland - 13,040
#Robert Gordon University - 12,790
#University of Keele - 12,720
#Bangor University - 12,670
#Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine - 12,665
#St Martin's College - 12,640
#Aberystwyth University - 12,540
#University of Sussex - 12,415
#University of Bedfordshire - 12,050
#Queen Mary, University of London - 11,625
#University of Northampton - 10,630
#University of Essex - 10,290
#University of Wales Institute, Cardiff - 10,250
#Heriot-Watt University - 10,225
#University of Wales, Newport - 9,630
#Buckinghamshire New University - 9,535
#University of Gloucestershire - 9,215
#University of Wales, Lampeter - 9,150
#University of Stirling - 8,940
#Aston University - 8,915
#Writtle College - 8,825
#London School of Economics and Political Science - 8,810
#University of St Andrews - 8,645
#University of Bolton - 8,540
#Roehampton University - 8,405
#Liverpool Hope University - 8,205
#University of Worcester - 7,655
#University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone, Rochester - 7,640
#Royal Holloway, University of London - 7,620
#Goldsmiths, University of London - 7,615
#North-East Wales Institute of Higher Education - 7,410
#Institute of Education - 7,215
#UHI Millennium Institute - 6,600
#Bath Spa University - 6,595
#York St John University - 6,460
#Swansea Metropolitan University - 5,740
#University of Winchester - 5,480
#Queen Margaret University - 5,410
#University of Chichester - 5,265
#Bell College - 4,720
#School of Oriental and African Studies - 4,525
#Cranfield University - 4,160
#University of Abertay Dundee - 4,125
#St Mary's University College, Twickenham - 4,060
#Harper Adams University College - 3,855
#St George's Hospital Medical School - 3,785
#University College Plymouth St Mark & St John - 3,745
#Arts Institute at Bournemouth - 3,410
#Newman University College - 2,600
#Trinity and All Saints College - 2,515
#Trinity College, Carmarthen - 2,515
#University College Falmouth - 2,300
#Cumbria Institute of the Arts - 1,810
#Wimbledon School of Art - 1,770
#Edinburgh College of Art - 1,705
#Royal Veterinary College - 1,610
#Glasgow School of Art - 1,555
#Bishop Grosseteste College - 1,520
#London Business School - 1,455
#School of Pharmacy - 1,355
#Stranmillis University College - 1,350
#Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication - 1,335
#Norwich School of Art and Design - 1,185
#Conservatoire for Dance and Drama - 1,120
#St. Mary's University College (Belfast) - 1,120
#London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - 975
#Central School of Speech and Drama - 950
#Rose Bruford College - 870
#Trinity Laban - 860
#Royal College of Art - 850
#Royal Agricultural College - 825
#Scottish Agricultural College - 770
#University of Buckingham - 750
#Royal Academy of Music - 730
#Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama - 680
#Royal Northern College of Music - 650
#Dartington College of Arts - 645
#Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama - 645
#Royal College of Music - 640
#Royal College of Nursing - 640
#Leeds College of Music - 615
#University of London (Institutes and activities) - 430
#Courtauld Institute of Art - 395
#Institute of Cancer Research - 235

ee also

*List of UK universities by date of foundation

References