University finances are improving, bu the figures reveal a wide disparity between the haves and the have-nots. Full tables below.
University incomes
Institutions
2002-03
£1,000s
2001-02
£1,000s
%
increase
464,834
446,755
4.0
457,932
426,549
7.4
University College London
457,929
431,510
6.1
Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine
409,304
381,230
7.4
362,968
328,574
10.5
346,854
314,068
10.4
King's College London
3,416
318,815
2.7
321,208
302,607
6.1
Open University
308,121
302,268
1.9
291,853
9,521
4.4
286,5
265,302
7.9
285,783
264,845
7.9
261,493
237,988
9.9
249,193
233,796
6.6
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
230,416
212,929
8.2
229,613
209,265
9.7
218,905
205,650
6.4
212,782
191,479
11.1
186,993
167,906
11.4
Queen's University Belfast
173,432
158,861
9.2
165,874
158,765
4.5
155,056
145,842
6.3
150,952
131,453
14.8
Queen Mary and Westfield College
149,054
139,604
6.8
Manchester Metropolitan University
148,0
139,644
6.2
142,285
130,776
8.8
University of Durham
140,191
129,219
8.5
137,371
123,805
11.0
137,163
121,869
12.5
136,191
124,961
9.0
London Metropolitan University
132,442
n/a
131,523
119,810
9.8
University of Ulster
131,201
120,758
8.6
130,030
122,039
6.5
University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology
1,548
117,067
9.0
126,175
115,154
9.6
University of the West of England
125,872
114,428
10.0
125,2
113,319
10.5
University of Northumbria at Newcastle
123,247
109,034
13.0
122,764
118,480
3.6
London School of Economics and Political Science
121,584
104,344
16.5
120,177
112,942
6.4
116,878
114,373
2.2
114,329
102,825
11.2
113,856
106,255
7.2
113,391
105,660
7.3
112,677
113,714
-0.9
Leeds Metropolitan University
111,087
101,218
9.8
University of Central Lancashire
109,424
98,000
11.7
108,256
98,412
10.0
106,541
96,202
10.7
City University
106,487
100,741
5.7
106,367
101,254
5.0
Liverpool John Moores University
106,217
103,618
2.5
London Institute
103,133
91,692
12.5
University of Central England in Birmingham
102,846
94,558
8.8
University of Lancaster
102,643
95,437
7.6
101,445
92,623
9.5
101,156
90,716
11.5
100,801
94,481
6.7
99,393
96,658
2.8
99,217
90,704
9.4
University of Wales, Swansea
97,002
91,580
5.9
95,265
94,626
0.7
95,014
92,184
3.1
University of London
93,816
97,634
-3.9
Anglia Polytechnic University
93,576
89,496
4.6
93,373
94,760
-1.5
Brunel University
93,088
88,721
4.9
87,4
82,069
6.3
87,226
80,642
8.2
University of Wales College of Medicine
85,102
77,368
10.0
82,016
77,864
5.3
81,679
76,430
6.9
78,466
73,325
7.0
78,398
73,224
7.1
78,282
68,451
14.4
78,057
72,211
8.1
University of Wales, Bangor
77,720
75,235
3.3
Staffordshire University
77,369
74,758
3.5
74,519
70,459
5.8
74,090
76,131
-2.7
University of Teesside
72,415
63,351
14.3
72,386
61,918
16.9
71,847
65,609
9.5
71,380
66,525
7.3
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
70,628
68,926
2.5
Napier University
70,491
65,415
7.8
University of Keele
70,089
64,615
8.5
70,044
73,402
-4.6
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
69,006
63,189
9.2
65,521
62,121
5.5
Thames Valley University
63,433
60,991
4.0
62,887
57,443
9.5
58,436
59,230
-1.3
Canterbury Christ Church University College
58,433
50,816
15.0
56,929
53,392
6.6
St George's Hospital Medical School
56,782
54,188
4.8
Southampton Institute
56,223
56,301
-0.1
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
53,382
50,210
6.3
Birkbeck College
51,732
46,355
11.6
University of Paisley
51,120
49,095
4.1
University of Luton
50,806
51,075
-0.5
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
50,331
45,629
10.3
49,402
46,656
5.9
Goldsmiths College
46,856
44,340
5.7
Institute of Education
46,637
37,561
24.2
University College Northampton
45,230
42,624
6.1
Scottish Agricultural College
44,586
45,831
-2.7
Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College
43,454
41,792
4.0
University of Surrey, Roehampton
42,381
40,200
5.4
41,291
37,430
10.3
St Martin's College
38,315
35,369
8.3
School of Oriental and African Studies
36,713
33,945
8.2
Edge Hill College of Higher Education
35,933
31,025
15.8
Chester College of HE
33,809
24,760
36.5
Liverpool Hope University College(#3)
33,703
31,225
7.9
Bolton Institute of Higher Education
30,639
26,984
13.5
30,631
,954
9.6
University of Wales College, Newport
30,301
,785
9.1
University of Abertay Dundee
29,738
29,430
1.0
UHI Millennium Institute
28,234
32,636
-13.5
Bath Spa University College
23,634
21,217
11.4
Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh
23,626
22,241
6.2
Birmingham College
23,613
n/a
York St John College
23,240
21,783
6.7
North-East Wales Institute of Higher Education
22,324
20,728
7.7
University College Worcester
21,981
20,059
9.6
King Alfred's College, Winchester
20,8
18,172
14.6
Surrey Institute of Art and Design, University College
19,933
18,123
10.0
19,746
19,339
2.1
Swansea Institute of Higher Education
19,700
17,893
10.1
University College Chichester
18,954
17,694
7.1
Bell College
17,665
16,203
9.0
Writtle College
17,115
15,569
9.9
Kent Institute of Art & Design
16,342
14,834
10.2
St Mary's College
16,029
14,792
8.4
College of St Mark and St John
15,796
14,698
7.5
Harper Adams University College
14,716
15,393
-4.4
13,738
12,442
10.4
School of Pharmacy
12,761
10,731
18.9
Edinburgh College of Art
12,446
13,131
-5.2
Trinity and All Saints College
12,439
11,910
4.4
12,143
11,720
3.6
12,113
11,537
5.0
Falmouth College of Arts
11,151
9,937
12.2
University of Wales, Lampeter
10,538
9,842
7.1
Royal Northern College of Music
9,914
9,294
6.7
Trinity College, Carmarthen
9,881
9,526
3.7
Arts Institute at Bournemouth
9,778
8,173
19.6
Royal College of Nursing
8,631
n/a
Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication
8,511
7,188
18.4
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
8,481
8,150
4.1
Newman College of HE
8,456
7,129
18.6
Royal Agricultural College
8,297
7,672
8.1
Trinity College of Music
8,208
6,561
25.1
7,496
n/a
Stranmillis University College
7,343
6,802
8.0
University of Wales, Registry
6,987
6,969
0.3
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
6,970
6,632
5.1
Central School of Speech and Drama
6,857
6,096
12.5
Cumbria Institute of the Arts
6,541
5,894
11.0
Bishop Grosseteste College
6,323
5,395
17.2
Homerton College
6,215
5,369
15.8
Wimbledon School of Art
5,899
5,540
6.5
St Mary's University College
5,7
5,439
5.3
Norwich School of Art and Design
5,496
4,734
16.1
4,656
4,2
10.1
Conservatoire for Dance and Drama
4,256
3,578
18.9
Dartington College of Arts
3,521
3,356
4.9
Northern School of Contemporary Dance
1,781
1,709
4.2
UK total
15,561,971
14,490,875
7.4
University endowments
Institutions
2002-03
£1,000s
2001-02
£1,000s
% increases
413,413
460,378
-10.2
405,954
390,125
4.1
145,867
142,067
2.7
Manchester (merged)
94,800
80,706
17.5
90,195
91,206
-1.1
85,161
79,067
7.7
King's College London
83,124
82,882
0.3
University College London
75,423
73,175
3.1
57,870
61,487
-5.9
57,210
54,803
4.4
50,040
48,793
2.6
46,225
44,691
3.4
University of London
44,601
44,855
-0.6
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
42,438
42,143
0.7
Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine
38,242
40,0
-5.0
London School of Economics and Political Science
35,843
34,763
3.1
35,396
34,187
3.5
34,531
29,190
18.3
University of Durham
32,779
31,397
4.4
Queen's University of Belfast
29,235
26,984
8.3
26,936
26,354
2.2
Queen Mary and Westfield College
26,422
24,526
7.7
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
25,537
24,923
2.5
23,803
23,306
2.1
22,719
22,825
-0.5
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
22,511
21,474
4.8
21,803
20,8
4.7
20,217
18,437
9.7
16,506
16,366
0.9
16,485
16,152
2.1
15,7
0
n/a
School of Oriental and African Studies
15,569
14,566
6.9
University of Wales College of Medicine
13,113
14,863
-11.8
University of Wales, Registry
11,984
11,562
3.6
11,515
11,367
1.3
9,772
8,981
8.8
8,495
8,771
-3.1
8,291
8,318
-0.3
8,066
7,500
7.5
7,632
7,731
-1.3
6,939
6,111
13.5
6,169
6,212
-0.7
5,350
4,962
7.8
4,890
4,444
10.0
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
4,706
4,993
-5.7
University of Wales, Lampeter
4,652
3,995
16.4
University of Wales, Swansea
4,205
3,622
16.1
Birkbeck College
4,098
3,837
6.8
University of Wales, Bangor
4,091
4,137
-1.1
St George's Hospital Medical School
3,917
4,041
-3.1
3,840
3,558
7.9
University of Lancaster
3,839
3,706
3.6
3,653
3,606
1.3
3,531
3,577
-1.3
3,342
3,105
7.6
Edinburgh College of Art
3,209
3,218
-0.3
City University
3,095
3,249
-4.7
3,075
2,984
3.0
London Institute
2,864
1,823
57.1
Institute of Education
2,783
2,692
3.4
University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology
2,674
2,842
-5.9
University of Ulster
2,550
2,456
3.8
Trinity College of Music
2,226
1,775
25.4
2,163
2,099
3.0
2,138
2,691
-20.5
Scottish Agricultural College
2,114
2,628
-19.6
University of Keele
1,771
1,977
-10.4
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
1,767
1,568
12.7
1,729
1,765
-2.0
1,714
1,883
-9.0
1,657
1,650
0.4
1,596
1,572
1.5
Brunel University
1,535
1,558
-1.5
1,517
1,515
0.1
1,508
1,634
-7.7
1,496
1,426
4.9
1,383
1,399
-1.1
1,251
1,330
-5.9
1,238
1,191
3.9
Goldsmiths College
1,228
1,199
2.4
1,188
1,188
0.0
Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh
1,142
1,111
2.8
University of Central England in Birmingham
1,100
1,053
4.5
University of Luton
1,098
1,077
1.9
938
1,010
-7.1
London Metropolitan University
893
804
11.1
692
672
3.0
Southampton Institute
668
650
2.8
578
553
4.5
571
497
14.9
University of Abertay Dundee
566
483
17.2
554
523
5.9
Leeds Metropolitan University
550
529
4.0
523
541
-3.3
445
486
-8.4
Thames Valley University
443
418
6.0
School of Pharmacy
443
435
1.8
370
357
3.6
University of Teesside
6
306
-9.8
250
233
7.3
Anglia Polytechnic University
241
242
-0.4
Napier University
201
198
1.5
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
193
185
4.3
Central School of Speech and Drama
187
285
-34.4
Liverpool John Moores University
186
178
4.5
Manchester Metropolitan University
168
168
0.0
Surrey Institute of Art and Design, University College
121
120
0.8
Staffordshire University
104
107
-2.8
Bolton Institute of Higher Education
100
98
2.0
95
83
14.5
Trinity College, Carmarthen
87
84
3.6
University of Wales College, Newport
83
82
1.2
Trinity and All Saints College
79
79
0.0
Canterbury Christ Church University College
75
69
8.7
Falmouth College of Arts
73
77
-5.2
61
60
1.7
36
0
n/a
Dartington College of Arts
34
25
36.0
University of Surrey, Roehampton
34
37
-8.1
York St John College
33
33
0.0
28
28
0.0
Writtle College
22
24
-8.3
University College Chichester
19
19
0.0
Norwich School of Art and Design
13
13
0.0
King Alfred's College, Winchester
12
13
-7.7
10
10
0.0
North-East Wales Institute of Higher Education
8
8
0.0
Kent Institute of Art & Design
5
5
0.0
Stranmillis University College
2
2
0.0
Bath Spa University College
0
0
n/a
Birmingham College of Food, Tourism and Creative Studies
0
0
n/a
Bishop Grosseteste College
0
0
n/a
Arts Institute at Bournemouth
0
0
n/a
0
0
n/a
Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College
0
0
n/a
University of Central Lancashire
0
0
n/a
Chester College of HE
0
0
n/a
Conservatoire for Dance and Drama
0
0
n/a
Cumbria Institute of Arts
0
0
n/a
0
0
n/a
Edge Hill College of Higher Education
0
0
n/a
Harper Adams University College
0
0
n/a
Homerton College
0
0
n/a
Liverpool Hope University College
0
0
n/a
Newman College of HE
0
0
n/a
University College Northampton
0
0
n/a
Northern School of Contemporary Dance
0
0
n/a
University of Northumbria at Newcastle
0
0
n/a
0
0
n/a
Open University
0
0
n/a
0
0
n/a
Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication
0
0
n/a
0
0
n/a
Royal Agricultural College
0
0
n/a
Royal College of Nursing(#3)
0
0
n/a
Royal Northern College of Music
0
0
n/a
College of St Mark and St John
0
0
n/a
St Martin's College
0
0
n/a
St Mary's College
0
0
n/a
University of the West of England, Bristol
0
0
n/a
0
0
n/a
Wimbledon School of Art
0
0
n/a
University College Worcester
0
0
n/a
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
0
0
n/a
0
0
n/a
Swansea Institute of Higher Education
0
0
n/a
Bell College
0
0
n/a
University of Paisley
0
0
n/a
UHI Millennium Institute
0
0
n/a
St Mary's University College
0
0
n/a
UK total
2,381,923
2,347,821
1.5
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