List of colleges in the United Kingdom offering higher education courses

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. Others may offer non-degree higher education courses such as Higher National Diplomas or Higher National Certificates.

Colleges that have their own degree-awarding powers are not listed here, but at List of universities in the United Kingdom#Other recognised bodies. Colleges that are parts of universities are not listed here.

Colleges of further education that provide higher education are included here; there are separate lists for further education colleges generally at: List of further education colleges in England, List of further education colleges in Northern Ireland, List of further education colleges in Scotland, and List of further education colleges in Wales.

England Registered colleges Institutions in England that are registered with the Office for Students as not having their own degree-awarding powers but providing courses validated by a body with degree-awarding powers are:

AAP Education (Escape Studios) Abingdon and Witney College Academy of Contemporary Music Activate Learning All Nations Christian College Amity Global Education Anglo Skills College Arts Educational Schools, London Assemblies of God Barnet & Southgate College Barnsley College Basingstoke College of Technology Bath College Bedford College Birmingham Metropolitan College Bishop Auckland College Bishop Burton College Blackburn College Bloomsbury Institute Bolton College Boston College Bournemouth and Poole College

Bradford College Bristol Baptist College British Academy of Jewellery Brockenhurst College Bromley College of Further and Higher Education Brooklands College Burnley College Bury College Calderdale College Cambridge Arts & Sciences Cambridge Regional College Cambridge Theological Federation Capital City College Group Cardinal Newman Catholic Sixth Form College Central Film School London Central School of Ballet Cheshire College South and West Chesterfield College Christ the Redeemer College Chichester College Group Chicken Shed Theatre Trust City and Guilds of London Art School City College Norwich City College Plymouth City of Bristol College City of Liverpool College City of Portsmouth College City of Wolverhampton College Cliff College Colchester Institute College of Dentistry College of Health College of Integrated Chinese Medicine Commonwealth College of Excellence Council of the Inns of Court Court Theatre Training Company Coventry College Craven College

Croydon College Group Dartington Hall Trust DCG (Derby College Group) DN Colleges Group (Doncaster College and University Campus North Lincolnshire) Doreen Bird College of Performing Arts Dudley College of Technology East Lancashire Learning Group East Surrey College East Sussex College Group Edward James Foundation EKC Group (East Kent Colleges) Elim Foursquare Gospel Alliance EM Normandie UK Emmanuel Theological College European School of Economics – ESE Insight Exeter and North Devon Colleges Group Fairfield School of Business Farnborough College of Technology Film Education Training Trust Futureworks Training Gloucestershire College Grantham College Harlow College Harrow, Richmond & Uxbridge College Havant and South Downs College Heart of Worcestershire College Heart of Yorkshire Education Group Hereford College of Arts Herefordshire, Ludlow and North Shropshire College Higher Rhythm Holy Cross College Hugh Baird College HY Education Inchbald School of Design Institute of Art - London Institute of Ismaili Studies International Business College Manchester INTO University Partnerships Irshad Trust Istituto Marangoni JSA Education Group (JCA London Fashion Academy) Kaplan Higher Education UK Kendal College The King's Foundation School of Traditional Arts Kirklees College Laine Theatre Arts Lakes College West Cumbria Le Cordon Bleu Leeds College of Building Leeds Conservatoire Leicester College Lincoln College London Bridge Business Academy London Churchill College London Contemporary Dance School London Film School London School of Jewish Studies London School of Academics London School of Commerce & IT London School of Management Education London School of Science & Technology London School of Theology London Studio Centre Loughborough College Luther King House Educational Trust Markfield Institute of Higher Education Matrix College of Counselling and Psychotherapy Met Film School Metanoia Institute Mid-Kent College Middlesbrough College The Minster Centre MLA College (Marine Learning Alliance) Moorlands College Morley College Moulton College Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts Myerscough College National Centre for Circus Arts Nazarene Theological College Nelson College London New City College New College Swindon Newbold College Newbury College Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group North East Surrey College of Technology North Hertfordshire College North Kent College North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College Northampton College Northern College of Acupuncture Nottingham College Oaklands College Oldham College Paris Dauphine International Peter Symonds College Plumpton College Preston College Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education Raindance Educational Services Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance Reaseheath College Results Consortium Riverside College Halton RNN Group Royal Academy of Dance Royal Academy of Dramatic Art RTC Education (Regent College London) Salford City College Salvation Army Trust Sheffield College Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute Shrewsbury College Solihull College and University Centre South & City College Birmingham South Essex College of Further and Higher Education

South Gloucestershire and Stroud College South Hampshire College Group South Thames Colleges Group Sparsholt College St Helens College St Mellitus College Trust Stratford College London Study Group Sysco Business Skills Academy Tameside College Telford College ThinkSpace Education Trafford and Stockport College Group Trinity College (Bristol) Truro and Penwith College Tyne Coast College UCK (The London College) Unified Seevic Palmer’s College United Colleges Group University Centre Peterborough University Centre Quayside University Centre Somerset College Group Walsall College Warrington & Vale Royal College Waverley Abbey Trust West Herts College West Thames College Westminster Theological Centre Weston College of Further and Higher Education Weymouth and Kingston Maurward College Wigan and Leigh College Wiltshire College and University Centre Windsor Forest Colleges Group Wirral Metropolitan College Yeovil College York College

Other colleges

Asanté Academy of Chinese Medicine Birmingham Christian College Brighton Institute of Modern Music Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol British College of Osteopathic Medicine British Institute of Technology, England Chaucer College City College Brighton & Hove College of the Resurrection, Mirfield Crawley College Duchy College, Stoke Climsland and Rosewarne, Penzance English National Ballet School European School of Osteopathy Global Banking School Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education Hertford Regional College Isle of Wight College Leeds Professional College London Academy of Management Sciences London School of Business and Finance London South East Colleges Mont Rose College, London Northbrook College Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Chapeltown, West Yorkshire Redcar & Cleveland College SAE Institute Selby College Sotheby's Institute of Art South West College Southern Regional College Stockport College University Campus Doncaster Wakefield College Waltham International College Westminster Kingsway College

Northern Ireland Belfast Metropolitan College

Scotland Glasgow School of Art City of Glasgow College

Wales Coleg Llandrillo Cymru Coleg y Cymoedd Gower College Swansea

Defunct institutions Notable higher education colleges that no longer exist due to closure, mergers, de-mergers etc. (but not institutions that have merely changed their name) include:

Academy of Live and Recorded Arts, London and Wigan 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 Grafton College, London Hereford College of Education, Hereford Holborn College 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 List of universities in the United Kingdom

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