This is a list of UCAS institutions. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) manages higher education applications in the UK.[1] Each institution has a code for use in the application process.[2][3][4][5] The list below shows current institutions registered with UCAS (as of January 2019), sorted by institution legacy codes and giving their official name (from the UCAS database) and their UCAS 'short name' (also known as the 'institution code name').[6]