Thursday, June 11, 2009

How many universities are there in the UK?

There are approximately 325 institutions in the UCAS scheme including universities, colleges of higher education and further education colleges that offer HE courses. An up-to-date count of universities only is available from Universities UK.

Number of institutions in UK (as at August 2008)
______________Universities _______ Higher Education Institutions
England ________90 ______________133
Scotland ________14 ______________20
Wales __________3 _______________12
Northern Ireland __2 _______________4
United Kingdom __109 ______________169

Higher education in Saudi and Saudi students in western universities funded by government scholarships

Since the 1940s, Saudi Arabia has funded large-scale government scholarships for students to study abroad, significantly expanded in 2005 un...