Post-1992 university

In the United Kingdom, the term New University has two meanings regarding British universities.

New University may refer to any of the several universities founded in the 1960s following the Robbins Report on higher education, often called plate glass universities. The term has more recently been used to describe any of the former polytechnics, Central Institutions, or colleges of higher education that were given the status of universities by John Major's government in 1992, or colleges that have been granted university status since then, also called post-1992 universities or modern universities.

Post-1992 universities formerly designated "Polytechnics"

Anglia Ruskin University – formerly 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
De Montfort University – formerly Leicester Polytechnic
University of East London – formerly the West Ham College of Technology then North East London 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
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
Napier University – formerly Napier Technical College, Napier College of Commerce and Technology then Napier 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, 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
University of Teesside – formerly Teesside Polytechnic
University of the West of England – formerly Bristol Polytechnic
University of Westminster – formerly The Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent Street Polytechnic then The Polytechnic of Central London
University of Wolverhampton – formerly Wolverhampton Polytechnic

Post-1992 (or "modern") universities not formerly designated "Polytechnics"

University of Abertay Dundee – formerly Dundee Institute of Technology
University of the Arts London – formerly London Institute
Bath Spa University – formely Bath College of Higher Education
University of Bedfordshire – formerly University of Luton, created by the merger of the University of Luton and De Montfort University's, Bedford campus
University of Bolton – formerly Bolton Institute of Higher Education
Buckinghamshire New University – formerly Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, and before that Buckinghamshire College of Higher Education, and earlier the High Wycombe College of Art and Technology
Canterbury Christ Church University – formerly Christ Church College
University of Chester – formerly Chester College of Higher Education
University of Chichester – formerly Chichester Institute of Higher Education then University College Chichester
Coventry University – formerly Lanchester Polytechnic then Coventry Polytechnic
University of Cumbria – formed in January 2007 from the merger of St Martin's College, the Cumbria Institute of the Arts (CIA) and the Cumbrian campuses of the University of Central Lancashire
University of Derby – formerly the Derbyshire College of Higher Education
Edge Hill University – based in Ormskirk, Lancashire, formerly Edge Hill College
University of Gloucestershire – formerly Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education
Kingston University – formerly Kingston Polytechnic, and before that the Kingston Technical Institute,
Liverpool Hope University – formerly a fully accredited institution of the University of Liverpool, then Liverpool Hope University College
University of Wales, Newport – formerly Gwent College of Higher Education then University of Wales College, Newport
University of Northampton – formerly Northampton Technical College, Nene College then University College Northampton
Queen Margaret University – formerly Queen Margaret College then Queen Margaret University College
Robert Gordon University – based in Aberdeen, formerly Robert Gordon's Technical College then the Robert Gordon Institute of Technology
Roehampton University – formerly Roehampton Institute
Southampton Solent University – formerly Southampton Institute of Higher Education
Swansea Metropolitan University – formerly Swansea Institute of Higher Education
Thames Valley University – formed from the merger of Thames Valley College and Ealing College of Higher Education
University of the West of Scotland – formerly University of Paisley
University of Winchester – formerly King Alfred's College
University of Worcester – formerly part of the University of Birmingham Department of Education then Worcester College of Higher Education
York St John University – formerly the College of Ripon and York St John then York St John College

Both categories of university award academic degrees having received university status when the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 came into effect or in the years thereafter.