The following is a list of British universities ordered by their financial endowments, expressed in pounds sterling at fair value. All sources are official audited financial statements published in the respective fiscal years. Note that changes to the Financial Reporting Standards (FRS 102) and Statement of Recommended Accounting Practice (SORP) in 2015 mean endowments as of 2016 are not directly comparable in all cases with those for previous years.[1]
University | Endowment as of 2023 (£m) | Endowment as of 2022 (£m) | Endowment as of 2021 (£m) | Endowment as of 2020 (£m) | Endowment as of 2019 (£m) | Endowment as of 2018 (£m) | Endowment as of 2017 (£m) | Endowment as of 2016 (£m) | Endowment as of 2015 (£m) | Endowment as of 2014 (£m) |
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University of Oxford (inc colleges) | 8,065.7[4] | 8,120.1[7] | 7,745.5[10] | 6,327.2[13] | 6,349.4[14] | 6,056.9[17] | 5,592.2[20] | 5,068.9[23] | 4,702.1[26] | 4,245.9[29] |
University of Cambridge (inc colleges) | 7,801.9[32] | n/a | 6,072.5[35] | 5,043.9[38] | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
University | Endowment as of 2023 (£m) | Endowment as of 2022 (£m) | Endowment as of 2021 (£m) | Endowment as of 2020 (£m) | Endowment as of 2019 (£m) | Endowment as of 2018 (£m) | Endowment as of 2017 (£m) | Endowment as of 2016 (£m) | Endowment as of 2015 (£m) | Endowment as of 2014 (£m) |
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University of Edinburgh | 559.8[39] | 541.0[40] | 565.2[41] | 487.7[42] | 459.9[43] | 424.1[44] | 392.1[45] | 342.8[46] | 317.2[47] | 297.9[48] |
King's College London | 301.0[49] | 291.1[50] | 300.6[51] | 252.2[52] | 258.1[53] | 233.5[54] | 213.5[55] | 194.1[56] | 179.4[57] | 162.6[58] |
University | Endowment as of 2023 (£m) | Endowment as of 2022 (£m) | Endowment as of 2021 (£m) | Endowment as of 2020 (£m) | Endowment as of 2019 (£m) | Endowment as of 2018 (£m) | Endowment as of 2017 (£m) | Endowment as of 2016 (£m) | Endowment as of 2015 (£m) | Endowment as of 2014 (£m) |
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University of Glasgow | 234.3[59] | 225.8[60] | 225.2[61] | 177.2[62] | 201.9[63] | 200.6[64] | 188.4[65] | 170.9[66] | 164.3[67] | 157.8[68] |
London School of Economics | 229.3[69] | 229.4[70] | 240.8[71] | 198.4[72] | 155.0[73] | 141.6[74] | 132.7[75] | 119.2[76] | 112.9[77] | 97.2[78] |
University of Manchester | 221.6[79] | 223.5[80] | 242.2[81] | 220.5[82] | 238.4[83] | 235.1[84] | 222.2[85] | 196.8[86] | 188.9[87] | 174.3[88] |
Imperial College London | 220.1[89] | 219.6[90] | 202.1[91] | 176.0[92] | 178.1[93] | 157.1[94] | 141.7[95] | 126.2[96] | 113.6[97] | 98.0[98] |
University of Liverpool | 182.7[99] | 184.4[100] | 190.2[101] | 168.3[102] | 171.7[103] | 167.1[104] | 166.5[105] | 155.8[106] | 147.9[107] | 141.7[108] |
University College London | 156.8[109] | 158.8[110] | 163.3[111] | 143.2[112] | 138.7[113] | 118.0[114] | 111.4[115] | 101.0[116] | 103.6[117] | 90.5[118] |
University of Birmingham | 142.5[119] | 138.0[120] | 134.5[121] | 116.7[122] | 121.6[123] | 120.3[124] | 112.6[125] | 103.8[126] | 97.0[127] | 90.1[128] |
University of St Andrews | 114.9[129] | 113.1[130] | 117.7[131] | 95.6[132] | 89.9[133] | 77.8[134] | 69.4[135] | 58.6[136] | 56.8[137] | 50.1[138] |
University of Reading | 101.9[139] | 102.8[140] | 107.4[140] | 250.7[140][note 1] | 17.5[141] | 14.7[141] | 14.0[142] | 14.8[143] | 13.9[144] | 12.6[145] |
Durham University (excl indep Colleges) | 101.7[146] | 99.4[147] | 98.2[148] | 86.4[149] | 81.9[150] | 74.0[151] | 72.0[152] | 67.6[153] | 71.1[154] | 67.4[155] |
University | Endowment as of 2023 (£m) | Endowment as of 2022 (£m) | Endowment as of 2021 (£m) | Endowment as of 2020 (£m) | Endowment as of 2019 (£m) | Endowment as of 2018 (£m) | Endowment as of 2017 (£m) | Endowment as of 2016 (£m) | Endowment as of 2015 (£m) | Endowment as of 2014 (£m) |
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Newcastle University | 87.1[156] | 87.6[157] | 101.8[158] | 87.2[159] | 85.1[160] | 80.6[161] | 75.2[162] | 63.4[163] | 62.0[164] | 57.6[165] |
University of Bristol | 86.1[166] | 91.6[167] | 91.3[168] | 78.7[169] | 77.2[170] | 72.2[171] | 70.2[172] | 62.6[173] | 61.2[174] | 55.3[175] |
University of Leeds | 83.2[176] | 87.4[177] | 90.5[178] | 82.1[179] | 82.3[180] | 77.2[181] | 72.7[182] | 67.7[183] | 66.7[184] | 65.7[184] |
Royal Holloway, University of London | 81.6[185] | 86.1[186] | 87.7[187] | 78.8[188] | 81.2[189] | 80.4[190] | 79.6[191] | 75.3[192] | 75.8[193] | 73.6[193] |
University of Nottingham | 72.5[194] | 72.2[195] | 72.3[196] | 62.3[197] | 63.0[198] | 58.5[199] | 55.1[200] | 49.9[201] | 43.8[202] | 40.2[202] |
Queen's University Belfast | 65.6[203] | 69.0[204] | 69.7[205] | 63.8[206] | 67.1[207] | 67.1[208] | 65.4[209] | 56.6[210] | 53.4[211] | 52.0[211] |
University of Aberdeen | 58.1[212] | 58.4[213] | 51.9[214] | 52.0[215] | 49.7[216] | 46.9[217] | 41.3[218] | 38.0[219] | 35.0[219] | |
School of Oriental and African Studies | 53.9[220] | 54.8[221] | 56.2[222] | 49.3[223] | 51.2[224] | 47.0[225] | 42.2[226] | 39.0[227] | 35.4[228] | 31.7[228] |
University | Endowment as of 2023 (£m) | Endowment as of 2022 (£m) | Endowment as of 2021 (£m) | Endowment as of 2020 (£m) | Endowment as of 2019 (£m) | Endowment as of 2018 (£m) | Endowment as of 2017 (£m) | Endowment as of 2016 (£m) | Endowment as of 2015 (£m) | Endowment as of 2014 (£m) |
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University of Exeter | 48.6[229] | 48.7[230] | 49.5[231] | 41.5[231] | 40.7[232] | 38.2[233] | 37.2[234] | 32.5[235] | 33.2[236] | 30.3[237] |
University of Sheffield | 47.1[238] | 46.5[239] | 46.7[240] | 45.5[241] | 46.0[242] | 43.8[243] | 42.2[244] | 39.7[245] | 39.0[246] | 37.8[246] |
Cardiff University | 46.2[247] | 45.6[248] | 45.5[249] | 38.9[250] | 38.2[251] | 34.5[252] | 33.1[253] | 30.3[254] | 28.7[255] | 27.5[256] |
Queen Mary University of London | 43.7[257] | 43.4[258] | 41.3[259] | 37.3[260] | 33.4[261] | 34.1[262] | 34.3[263] | 34.7[264] | 35.1[265] | 32.8[265] |
University of Strathclyde | 42.2[266] | 41.7[267] | 42.1[268] | 36.3[268] | 37.8[269] | 35.1[270] | 33.1[271] | 30.9[272] | 28.9[273] | 27.0[273] |
University of Dundee | 34.4[274] | 33.9[275] | 35.0[276] | 30.2[276] | 31.3[277] | 29.6[278] | 28.3[279] | 25.8[280] | 25.0[281] | 24.0[281] |
Aberystwyth University | 33.5[282] | 30.3[283] | 30.9[284] | 35.6[284] | 36.6[285] | 43.3[286] | 57.7[287] | 48.4[288] | 44.7[289] | 43.0[290] |
University | Endowment as of 2023 (£m) | Endowment as of 2022 (£m) | Endowment as of 2021 (£m) | Endowment as of 2020 (£m) | Endowment as of 2019 (£m) | Endowment as of 2018 (£m) | Endowment as of 2017 (£m) | Endowment as of 2016 (£m) | Endowment as of 2015 (£m) | Endowment as of 2014 (£m) |
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London Business School | 62.4[365] | 60.3[366] | 57.9[367] | 59.5[367] | 56.5[368] | 53.3[368] | 51.9[369] | 47.7[370] | 46.1[371] | 36.8[371] |
Royal Academy of Music | 58.3[372] | 53.0[373] | 48.8[374] | 36.4[374] | 38.1[375] | 39.5[375] | 36.5[376] | 33.8[377] | 31.6[377] | 30.2[377] |
Royal College of Music | 44.3[378] | 44.6[379] | 49.3[380] | 42.4[380] | 45.6[381] | 42.8[381] | 37.8[382] | 36.5[382] | 32.4[383] | 29.9[383] |
Courtauld Institute of Art | 38.7[384] | 36.0[385] | 35.7[386] | 44.4[386] | 44.9[387] | 39.7[387] | 37.6[388] | 34.4[389] | 29.1[389] | 25.4[389] |
Royal College of Art | 34.0[390] | 28.5[391] | 26.7[392] | 22.3[392] | 21.3[393] | 20.3[393] | 20.1[394] | 19.5[394] | 17.9[395] | 15.9[394] |
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine | 25.6[396] | 19.1[397] | 27.6[398] | 24.9[398] | 17.5[399] | 17.0[399] | 16.3[400] | 14.9[400] | 13.4[401] | 12.9[401] |
Royal Northern College of Music | 20.3[402] | 21.1[403] | 21.7[404] | 18.6[404] | 18.9[405] | 17.5[405] | 21.2[406] | 19.3[406] | 18.4[407] | 18.2[407] |
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine | 18.1[408] | 18.5[409] | 20.6[410] | 17.5[410] | 16.1[411] | 14.3[411] | 13.3[412] | 11.4[413] | 11.4[413] | 11.3[413] |
Royal Veterinary College | 10.7[414] | 10.7[415] | 10.5[416] | 8.7[416] | 9.1[417] | 9.2[417] | 9.8[418] | 9.8[419] | 10.1[420] | 9.7[420] |
Institution | Total enrolment (2020/21)[421] | Endowment per capita (2021, student population over 1000) |
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University of Cambridge (inc colleges) | 22,155 | £321,417 |
University of Oxford (inc colleges) | 27,150 | £270,015 |
London Business School | 2,460 | £23,550 |
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine | 1,105 | £18,646 |
London School of Economics | 13,455 | £17,900 |
University of Edinburgh | 37,830 | £14,941 |
University of St Andrews | 11,485 | £10,251 |
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