Universities in European countries

Since Brexit, the United Kingdom is part of neither the EU nor the European Economic Area and has no profile on the Study in Europe portal. For students this means one thing: unless you are an Irish citizen or have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, you are an international student – and that now includes EU citizens.

Degrees are offered by universities and colleges. The country is made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and each of them partly has its own rules on student funding – which is why fees for local students differ from region to region.

The best-known institutions are the research universities of the Russell Group – it has 24 members, including Oxford and Cambridge. For almost all universities you apply for undergraduate programmes through one system – UCAS (see: Admission).

Universities in the United Kingdom – profiles
British universities
Colleges in the United Kingdom