List of universities in the United Kingdom by enrolment

This article comprises two lists of institutions in the United Kingdom ranked by the number of students enrolled in higher education courses. The first list, based on data from the academic year , breaks down student enrolment by level of study, while the second list, from academic year 2021/22, provides a total student enrolment figure without distinguishing between undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

The statistics in both lists are confined to students studying within the United Kingdom and exclude those engaged in distance-learning or transnational education programs conducted overseas. For reference, in the 2022/23 academic year, the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) recorded 576,705 overseas students. Universities with significant numbers of overseas students in 2018/19 included the Open University (48,805), University of London (37,850), Liverpool (22,645), Liverpool John Moores (21,780), and Coventry (21,085).

Universities and other higher education providers by size and level of study The source for the figures is the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) statistics for . 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 enrolments, not FTEs. The data show that 2.62 million people were enrolled in higher education at the higher education providers reporting statistics to HESA. RankInstitutionUndergraduatesPostgraduatesTotal students FTE students – University of London 253,400 Combined total from 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. 250,400 1 The Open University 2 University College London 3 University of Manchester 4 University of Edinburgh 5 Manchester Metropolitan University 6 King's College London 7 Nottingham Trent University 8 Canterbury Christ Church University 9 University of Glasgow 10 University of Leeds 11 University of Birmingham 12 University of Nottingham 13 University of the West of England 14 Anglia Ruskin University 15 Cardiff University 16 University of Exeter 17 Sheffield Hallam University 18 University of Bristol 19 Ulster University 20 Birmingham City University 21 University of Sheffield 22 University of Liverpool 23 Northumbria University 24 University of Warwick 25 Coventry University 26 Newcastle University 27 Liverpool John Moores University 28 University of Oxford 29 University of Salford 30 Queen Mary, University of London 31 University of Southampton 32 University of Central Lancashire 33 De Montfort University 34 Teesside University 35 Queen's University Belfast 36 University of Portsmouth 37 Leeds Beckett University 38 University of South Wales 39 University of Strathclyde 40 University of the Arts London 41 University of Cambridge 42 City, University of London 43 University of York 44 Imperial College London 45 University of Westminster 46 Glasgow Caledonian University 47 Durham University 48 Swansea University 49 University of East London 50 University of Derby 51 University of Reading 52 University of Lincoln 53 University of Huddersfield 54 University of Sunderland 55 University of Wolverhampton 56 University of Bath 57 Buckinghamshire New University 58 University of Plymouth 59 University of Sussex 60 Staffordshire University 61 Kingston University 62 Loughborough University 63 Bournemouth University 64 Aston University 65 University of Leicester 66 University of West London 67 University of East Anglia 68 Lancaster University 69 University of Kent 70 London South Bank University 71 University of the West of Scotland 72 University of Brighton 73 University of Northampton 74 University of Surrey 75 University of Essex 76 Middlesex University 77 University of Wales Trinity Saint David 78 University of Hull 79 University of Aberdeen 80 University of Dundee 81 Leeds Trinity University 82 London Metropolitan University 83 Robert Gordon University 84 Edinburgh Napier University 85 University of Chester 86 Edge Hill University 87 University of Suffolk 88 University of Bedfordshire 89 Keele University 90 Royal Holloway, University of London 91 London School of Economics 92 University of Stirling 93 University of Bradford 94 Roehampton University 95 University of Bolton 96 University of St Andrews 97 University for the Creative Arts 98 Cardiff Metropolitan University 99 York St John University 100 Bangor University 101 Heriot-Watt University 102 Solent University 103 University of the Highlands and Islands 104 University of Cumbria 105 University of Worcester 106 Wrexham Glyndŵr University 107 Birkbeck, University of London 108 Goldsmiths, University of London 109 Aberystwyth University 110 University of Gloucestershire 111 University of Winchester 112 St Mary's University, Twickenham 113 University of Chichester 114 Queen Margaret University 115 University College Birmingham 116 School of Oriental and African Studies 117 Harper Adams University 118 Liverpool Hope University 119 Cranfield University 120 Abertay University 121 Newman University 122 Arts University Bournemouth 123 St George's, University of London 124 University of London (Institutes and activities) 125 University of Buckingham 126 Norwich University of the Arts 127 Royal College of Art 128 University of St Mark and St John 129 Glasgow School of Art 130 Royal Veterinary College 131 Hartpury University 132 Bishop Grosseteste University 133 London Business School 134 Leeds Arts University 135 SRUC 136 Stranmillis University College 137 Arts University Plymouth 138 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 139 Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance 140 Leeds College of Music 141 Guildhall School of Music and Drama 142 The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts 143 Royal Northern College of Music 144 Grŵp Llandrillo Menai 145 Rose Bruford College 146 Royal Central School of Speech and Drama 147 Royal Academy of Music 148 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 149 Royal College of Music 150 Royal Agricultural University 151 St Mary's University College, Belfast 152 Writtle University College 153 AECC University College 154 Courtauld Institute of Art 155 University College of Osteopathy 156 National Film and Television School 157 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine 158 Institute of Cancer Research 159 Gower College Swansea 160 Grŵp NPTC Group 161 Conservatoire for Dance and Drama 162 University of Wales (central functions)

Universities and other higher education providers by size (2021/22) The data source for these statistics is also the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) for the academic year 2021/22. The student figures encompass both full-time and part-time students, without distinction between undergraduate and postgraduate levels of study. Some institutions enroll students in both higher education and further education programs, potentially leading to higher student numbers in such cases. It's important to note that these statistics reflect actual student enrollments and not full-time equivalent (FTE) counts. According to the latest available data from HESA, a total of 2.86 million individuals were enrolled in higher education at the various institutions reporting data to HESA for the academic year 2021/22.