New Universities - Post-1992 Universities That Are Former Polytechnics

Post-1992 Universities That Are Former Polytechnics

• Anglia Ruskin University – formerly Anglia Higher Education College, Anglia Polytechnic then Anglia Polytechnic University
• Birmingham City University – formerly the University of Central England in Birmingham and before that, Birmingham Polytechnic
• University of Brighton – formerly Brighton Polytechnic
• Bournemouth University – formerly Bournemouth Municipal College, Bournemouth College of Technology, Dorset Institute of Higher Education then Bournemouth Polytechnic
• University of Central Lancashire – formerly Lancashire Polytechnic
• Coventry University – formerly Lanchester Polytechnic then Coventry Polytechnic
• De Montfort University – formerly Leicester Polytechnic
• University of East London – formerly the West Ham College of Technology then North East London Polytechnic
• Edinburgh Napier University – formerly Napier Technical College, Napier College of Commerce and Technology then Napier Polytechnic
• University of Glamorgan – formerly Glamorgan Polytechnic then The Polytechnic of Wales
• Glasgow Caledonian University – formed from the merger of Glasgow Polytechnic and The Queen's College, Glasgow
• University of Greenwich – formerly Thames Polytechnic
• University of Hertfordshire – formerly Hatfield Technical College then Hatfield Polytechnic
• University of Huddersfield – formerly Huddersfield Polytechnic
• Kingston University – formerly the Kingston Technical Institute then Kingston Polytechnic
• Leeds Metropolitan University – formerly Leeds Polytechnic
• University of Lincoln – formerly Humberside Polytechnic, then University of Humberside and then University of Lincolnshire and Humberside
• Liverpool John Moores University – formerly Liverpool Polytechnic
• London Metropolitan University – merger of London Guildhall University, formerly the City of London Polytechnic, and University of North London, formerly the Polytechnic of North London
• London South Bank University – formerly South Bank Polytechnic
• Manchester Metropolitan University – formerly Manchester Polytechnic
• Middlesex University – formerly Middlesex Polytechnic
• Northumbria University – formerly Newcastle Polytechnic, formed from the merger of Rutherford College of Technology, the College of Art & Industrial Design and the Municipal College of Commerce
• Nottingham Trent University – formerly Trent Polytechnic then Nottingham Polytechnic
• Oxford Brookes University – formerly Oxford School of Art then Oxford Polytechnic
• University of Plymouth – formerly Polytechnic South West, formed from Plymouth Polytechnic, Exeter College of Art and Design, Rolle College, Seale-Hayne College and Plymouth School of Maritime Studies
• University of Portsmouth – formerly Portsmouth Polytechnic
• Sheffield Hallam University – formerly Sheffield Polytechnic then Sheffield City Polytechnic
• Staffordshire University – formerly Staffordshire Polytechnic (originally called North Staffordshire Polytechnic) having previously been the separate Staffordshire College of Technology, the Stoke-on-Trent College of Art and the North Staffordshire College of Technology
• University of Sunderland – formerly Sunderland Technical College then Sunderland Polytechnic
• Teesside University – formerly Teesside Polytechnic
• University of West London – formerly Thames Valley University, formed from the merger of Thames Valley College and Ealing College of Higher Education as Polytechnic of West London
• University of the West of England – formerly Bristol Polytechnic
• University of Westminster – formerly the Polytechnic of Central London, founded as the Royal Polytechnic Institution (1838)
• University of Wolverhampton – formerly Wolverhampton Polytechnic

In addition, the New University of Ulster absorbed Ulster Polytechnic (at Jordanstown) in 1984.