Universities typically support up to one additional job in the immediate local economy for every person they directly employ.
And they are often among the largest local employers, with 19 UK institutions directly employing more than 5,000 people, and 10 of these accounting for at least 5% of all jobs in their local authority area.
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- Aberdeen, The University of
- Abertay Dundee, The University of
- Abertay University
- Aberystwyth University
- AECC University College
- Anglia Ruskin University
- Arts Educational Schools
- Arts University Bournemouth
- Aston University
- Bangor University
- Bath Spa University
- Bath, University of
- Bedfordshire, University of – Bedford
- Bedfordshire, University of – Luton
- Belfast, Queen’s University
- Birkbeck College, University of London
- Birmingham City University
- Birmingham, The University of
- Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln
- Bolton, The University of
- Bournemouth University
- Bradford, University of
- Brighton, University of – Eastbourne
- Brighton, University of – Falmer
- Brighton, University of – Grand Parade
- Brighton, University of – Moulsecoomb
- Bristol, University of
- Brunel University
- Buckinghamshire New University
- Cambridge, University of
- Canterbury Christ Church University
- Cardiff Metropolitan University
- Cardiff University
- Central Lancashire, University of
- Chester, University of
- Chichester, University of – Bognor Regis
- Chichester, University of – Chichester
- City University London
- Conservatoire for Dance and Drama
- Courtauld Institute of Art
- Coventry University
- Cranfield University
- Cumbria, University of
- De Montfort University
- Derby, University of
- Dundee, The University of
- Durham University
- East Anglia, University of
- East London, University of
- Edge Hill University
- Edinburgh Napier University
- Edinburgh, University of
- Essex, University of
- Exeter, University of
- Falmouth University
- Glasgow Caledonian University
- Glasgow School of Art
- Glasgow, The University of
- Gloucestershire, University of
- Glyndwr University
- Goldsmiths, University of London
- Greenwich, University of – Avery Hill
- Greenwich, University of – Maritime Greenwich
- Greenwich, University of – Medway
- Guildhall School of Music & Drama
- Harper Adams University
- Hartpury University
- Heriot-Watt University
- Hertfordshire, University of
- Huddersfield, The University of
- Hull, The University of
- Imperial College London
- Keele University
- Kent, The University of
- King’s College London
- Kingston University
- Lancaster, University of
- Leeds Arts University
- Leeds Beckett University
- Leeds Trinity University
- Leeds, The University of
- Leicester, University of
- Lincoln, University of
- Liverpool Hope University
- Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA)
- Liverpool John Moores University
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
- Liverpool, University of
- London Business School
- London Metropolitan University – City Campus
- London Metropolitan University – North Campus
- London School of Economics
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- London South Bank University – Essex
- London South Bank University – Southwark
- Loughborough University
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- Manchester, The University of
- Middlesex University
- Newcastle University
- Newman University
- Northampton, The University of
- Northumbria University
- Norwich University of the Arts
- Nottingham Trent University
- Nottingham, The University of
- Open University
- Oxford Brookes University
- Oxford, University of
- Plymouth University
- Portsmouth, University of
- Queen Margaret University
- Queen Mary, University of London
- Ravensbourne University London
- Reading, University of
- Robert Gordon, The University of
- Roehampton University
- Royal Academy of Music
- Royal Agricultural University
- Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
- Royal College of Art
- Royal College of Music
- Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Royal Holloway, University of London
- Royal Northern College of Music
- Royal Veterinary College, University of London
- Salford, The University of
- Senate House, University of London
- Sheffield Hallam University
- Sheffield, The University of
- SOAS, University of London
- Southampton Solent University
- Southampton, University of
- SRUC
- St Andrews, University of
- St George’s, University of London
- St Mary’s University
- St Mary’s University College Belfast
- Staffordshire University
- Stirling, The University of
- Stranmillis University College
- Strathclyde, University of
- Sunderland, University of
- Surrey, University of
- Sussex, University of
- Swansea University
- Teesside, University of
- The Institute of Cancer Research
- The National Film and Television School
- The University College of Osteopathy
- Trinity Laban
- UAL Camberwell, Chelsea & Wimbledon
- UAL Central St Martins
- UAL London College of Communication
- UAL London College of Fashion
- UCA – University for the Creative Arts – Canterbury
- UCA – University for the Creative Arts – Farnham
- UCA – University for the Creative Arts – Rochester
- Ulster, University of
- University College Birmingham
- University College London
- University College London (Institute of Education)
- University of Buckingham
- University of South Wales – Glamorgan
- University of South Wales – Newport
- University of St Mark and St John
- University of Suffolk
- University of the Highlands and Islands
- University of Wales
- University of Wales Trinity Saint David – Carmarthen
- University of Wales Trinity Saint David – Lampeter
- University of Wales Trinity Saint David – Swansea
- Warwick, University of
- West London, University of
- West of England, University of the
- West of Scotland, University of the
- Westminster, University of – Cavendish
- Westminster, University of – Harrow
- Westminster, University of – Marylebone
- Westminster, University of – Regent
- Winchester, The University of
- Worcester, University of
- Writtle University College
- York St John University
- York, University of