Post-1992 universities

In the UK, the Post-1992 universities or Modern Universities are the former polytechnics 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:

Post-1992 or "Modern" Universities

These universities award their academic degrees and received university status after the Further and Higher Education Act, 1992 came into effect.

See also: Post-1992 universities, 1992, Abertay University, Academic degrees, Anglia Polytechnic University, Bournemouth University, Coventry University, De Montfort University, Further and Higher Education Act, 1992, Glasgow Caledonian University