UWS

* University of the West of Scotland, a university operating across four campuses in Scotland
* Swansea University, a university in Wales formerly known as the University of Wales, Swansea
* University of Western Sydney, a university in Australia
* University of Wisconsin-Stout, a university in the United States
* University of Wisconsin-Superior, a university in the United States
* Upper West Side, a neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, United States
* United We Stand, a Manchester United fanzine