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Institution Abbreviations
Selected ACU Institution Abbreviations
The names of awarding institutions have been abbreviated in accordance with the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Yearbook. Awards have been abbreviated based on the practice of the awarding institution where such practice could be confirmed. Otherwise, awards have been printed in full or abbreviated based on the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Yearbook (opens in new window) .
University |
Abbreviation |
| Aberdeen | Aberd. |
| Abertay Dundee | Abertay |
| Abia State | not abbreviated |
| Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University of Technology | AT Balewa |
| Abuja | not abbreviated |
| Acadia | Acad. |
| Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural (formerly Andhra Pradesh Agricultural) | ANG Ranga Ag. |
| Adelaide | Adel. |
| Ado Ekiti | not abbreviated |
| Africa (Zimbabwe) | Africa(Z’bwe.) |
| Aga Khan | not abbreviated |
| Aga Khan University of Health Sciences (now Aga Khan) | AK Health Scis. |
| Agra (now Doctor Bhim Rao Ambedkar) | not abbreviated |
| Agricultural (Udaipur) | Ag.(Udaipur) |
| Agricultural Sciences (Bangalore) | B’lore.Ag.Scis. |
| Agricultural Sciences (Dharwad) | Dharwad Ag.Scis. |
| Agriculture, Abeokuta | Abeokuta Ag. |
| Agriculture, Faisalabad | Faisalabad |
| Agriculture, Makurdi | Makurdi Ag. |
| Agriculture, Malaysia (now Putra University, Malaysia) | Ag.U.Malaysia |
| Ahmadu Bello | A.Bello |
| Ajmer (now Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University) | not abbreviated |
| Akure, Federal University of Technology | Akure |
| Alagappa | not abbreviated |
| Alberta | Alta. |
| Aligarh Muslim | Alig. |
| Al-Khair University AJK | Al-Khair |
| All India Institute of Medical Sciences | All India IMS |
| Allahabad | Alld. |
| Allahabad Agricultural Institute | Alld.Ag. |
| Allama Iqbal Open | A.Iqbal Open |
| Ambrose Alli (formerly Edo State) | not abbreviated |
| Amravati | not abbreviated |
| Anambra State University of Technology (now Enugu State University of Science and Technology and Nnamdi Azikiwe) | Anambra SUT |
| Andhra | And. |
| Andhra Pradesh Agricultural (now Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural) | AP Ag. |
| Andhra Pradesh Open (now Doctor B. R. Ambedkar Open) | AP Open |
| Andhra Pradesh University of Health Sciences (became Health Sciences | |
| Anglia Polytechnic University | Anglia PU |
| Anna | not abbreviated |
| Annamalai | Annam. |
| Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi | Arid Ag. |
| Arts, University of the (formerly London Institute) | Arts(UK) |
| Arunachal | not abbreviated |
| Assam | not abbreviated |
| Assam Agricultural | Assam Ag. |
| Assumption (federated with Windsor) | Assum. |
| Aston | not abbreviated |
| Atal Behari Vajpayee Indian Inst. of Information Technol. & Management | Atal Behari |
| Athabasca | Athab. |
| Auckland | Auck. |
| Auckland University of Technology | Auck.UT |
| Augustana University College (Alberta) (formerly Camrose Lutheran University College) | Augustana(Alta.) |
| Australian Catholic | Aust.Cath. |
| Australian Maritime College | Aust.Maritime |
| Australian National | ANU |
| Avadh (now Doctor Ram Manohar Lohia Awadh) | not abbreviated |
| Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women | Avina.Home Sci. |
| Avondale College | Avondale |
| Awadhesh Pratap Singh Vishwavidyala | APSV |
| Azad Jammu and Kashmir | Azad J&K |
| B. N. Mandal | BN Mandal |
| Baba Farid University of Health Sciences | Baba Farid |
| Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (Lucknow) | BBA(Lucknow) |
| Bagauda University of Science and Technology | Bagauda |
| Bagouda | not abbreviated |
| Bahauddin Zakariya (formerly Multan) | B.Zak. |
| Bahria | not abbreviated |
| Ballarat (formerly Ballarat University College) | not abbreviated |
| Ballarat University College (now Ballarat) | Ballarat UC |
| Balochistan | Baloch. |
| Balochistan University of Engineering and Technology | Baloch.UET |
| Banaras Hindu | Ban. |
| Banasthali Vidyapith | Ban.Vid. |
| Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University | BSM Med. |
| Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University | BSMR Ag. |
| Bangalore | B’lore. |
| Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan) University of Engineering and Technology | B’desh.Engin. |
| Bangladesh Agricultural (formerly East Pakistan Agricultural) | B’desh.Ag. |
| Bangladesh Institute of Technology, Chittagong | BIT Chitt. |
| Bangladesh Institute of Technology, Dhaka | BIT Dhaka |
| Bangladesh Institute of Technology, Khulna | BIT Khulna |
| Bangladesh Institute of Technology, Rajshahi | BIT Rajsh. |
| Bangladesh Open | B’desh.Open |
| Baqai Medical | Baqai Med. |
| Barkatullah (now Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya) | B’tullah. |
| Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya (formerly Bhopal) | B’tullah.V. |
| Baroda, Maharaja Sayajirao University of | Baroda |
| Bath (formerly Bath University of Technology) | not abbreviated |
| Bath College of Higher Education (now Bath Spa University College) | Bath CHE |
| Bath Spa University College (formerly Bath College of Higher Education) | Bath Spa UC |
| Bayero | not abbreviated |
| Belfast, Queen’s University of | Belf. |
| Bendel State (now Ambrose Alli) | not abbreviated |
| Bengal Engineering College | Bengal Eng. |
| Benin | not abbreviated |
| Benue State | not abbreviated |
| Berhampur | Berh. |
| Bhagalpur (now Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur) | Bhagal. |
| Bharathiar | B’thiar. |
| Bharathidasan | B’thidasan. |
| Bharati Vidyapeeth | Bharati V. |
| Bhavnagar | Bhav. |
| Bhopal (now Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya) | not abbreviated |
| Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya | BCKV |
| Bihar (now Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar) | not abbreviated |
| Bihar Yoga Bharati | Bihar YB |
| Bindura University of Science Education | Bindura |
| Birla Institute of Technology (Ranchi) | BIT(Ranchi) |
| Birla Institute of Technology and Science | BITS |
| Birmingham | Birm. |
| Birmingham, University of Central England in | C.England |
| Birsa Agricultural | Birsa Ag. |
| Bishop’s | not abbreviated |
| Bisi Onabanjo (formerly Ogun State) | not abbreviated |
| Bolton Institute | Bolton Inst. |
| Bolton Institute of Higher Education (now Bolton Institute) | Bolton IHE |
| Bombay (now Mumbai) | Bom. |
| Bond | not abbreviated |
| Bophuthatswana (now North-West) | Bophut. |
| Border Technikon | Border Tech. |
| Botswana | not abbreviated |
| Botswana and Swaziland (now dissolved) | UBS |
| Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (now dissolved) | UBLS |
| Bournemouth | Bourne. |
| Bradford | Brad. |
| Brandon | Bran. |
| Brighton | not abbreviated |
| Bristol | Brist. |
| Bristol, University of the West of England | W.England |
| British Columbia | Br.Col. |
| British Columbia Institute of Technology | Br.Col.IT |
| Brock | not abbreviated |
| Brunei Darussalam | Brunei |
| Brunel | Brun. |
| Buckingham | not abbreviated |
| Buckinghamshire College | Bucks. |
| Buddha Sravaka Bhiksu | Buddha SK |
| Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka | B&P SLanka |
| Buea | not abbreviated |
| Bugema | not abbreviated |
| Bundelkhand | Bundel. |
| Burdwan | Burd. |
| Business Agriculture and Technology, International University of (Dhaka) | IUBAT |
| Busoga | not abbreviated |
| Calabar | not abbreviated |
| Calcutta | Calc. |
| Calgary | Calg. |
| Calicut | not abbreviated |
| Cambridge | Camb. |
| Camrose Lutheran University College (now Augustana University College) | Camrose Lutheran |
| Canberra | not abbreviated |
| Canterbury (New Zealand) | Cant. |
| Canterbury Christ Church College (United Kingdom) | Cant.CCC |
| Cape Breton, University College of | Cape Breton |
| Cape Coast | not abbreviated |
| Cape Technikon | Cape Tech. |
| Cape Town | not abbreviated |
| Cariboo, University College of the | Cariboo |
| Carleton | Car. |
| Catholic University (Zimbabwe) | CU Z’bwe. |
| Catholic University of Central Africa | CUC Af. |
| Catholic University of Eastern Africa | CUE Af. |
| Central Agricultural University (Manipur) | C.Ag.U. |
| Central England in Birmingham | C.England |
| Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad | CIE&F Langs. |
| Central Institute of Fisheries Education | CI Fisheries E. |
| Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies | CIHTS |
| Central Institute of Technology (New Zealand) | CIT(NZ) |
| Central Lancashire | C.Lancs. |
| Central Queensland | C.Qld. |
| Ceylon (later incorporated in Sri Lanka) | Ceyl. |
| Ceylon, Colombo (later incorporated in Sri Lanka) | Ceyl.(Colombo) |
| Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology | CSAA&T |
| Charles Darwin (formerly Northern Territory) | C.Darwin |
| Charles Sturt | C.Sturt |
| Chaudhary Charan Singh (formerly Meerut) | CC Singh |
| Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural (formerly Haryana Agricultural) | CCSH Ag. |
| Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya | CSKHPKV |
| Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Krishi Vishvavidyalaya | CSKKV |
| Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education | C&GCHE |
| Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj | CSJ Maharaj |
| Chinese University of Hong Kong | Chinese HK |
| Chinhoyi University of Technology | Chinhoyi |
| Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya (now Mahatma Gandhi Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya) | Chitrakoot GV |
| Chittagong | Chitt. |
| Christchurch Polytechnic | Christchurch P. |
| City (United Kingdom) | City(UK) |
| City Polytechnic (now University) of Hong Kong | City Poly.HK |
| Cochin University of Science and Technology | Cochin |
| Collège Dominicain de Philosophie et de Théologie | Coll.Dom. |
| Collège Militaire Royal de Saint-Jean (now dissolved) | CMR St-Jean |
| College of Arts, Science and Technology, Jamaica (now University of Technology, Jamaica) | Jamaica AST |
| Colombo, Sri Lanka | Colombo |
| Concordia | C’dia. |
| Concordia College (Alberta) (now Concordia University College of Alberta) | Concordia(Alta.) |
| Concordia University College of Alberta | Concordia Alta. |
| Copperbelt | not abbreviated |
| Council for National Academic Awards (now dissolved) | CNAA |
| Coventry | not abbreviated |
| Cranfield | Cran. |
| Cranfield Institute of Technology (now Cranfield) | Cran.IT |
| Cross River State (now Uyo) | not abbreviated |
| Curtin University of Technology | Curtin |
| Cyprus | not abbreviated |
| Dacca (now Dhaka) | not abbreviated |
| Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha | D.Bharat |
| Dalhousie | Dal. |
| Dar es Salaam | Dar. |
| Dayalbagh Educational Institute | Dayal.EI |
| Daystar | not abbreviated |
| De Montfort | De Mont. |
| Deakin | not abbreviated |
| Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute | Deccan RI |
| Deendayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur (formerly Gorakhpur) | Deendayal |
| Delhi | not abbreviated |
| Delta State | not abbreviated |
| Derby | not abbreviated |
| Dev Sanskriti | not abbreviated |
| Development Studies (Ghana) | Devel.Studies(Ghana) |
| Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore | DAV |
| Dhaka (formerly Dacca) | not abbreviated |
| Dharmisinh Institute of Technology | Dharmsinh IT |
| Dibrugarh | Dib. |
| Divine Word | D.Word |
| Doctor B. R. Ambedkar Open (Hyderabad) (formerly Andhra Pradesh Open) | Dr BRA Open |
| Doctor Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada (formerly Marathwada) | Dr BA Marath. |
| Doctor Babasaheb Ambedkar Open (Gujarat) | Dr BA Open |
| Doctor Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological (Maharashtra) | Dr BAT |
| Doctor Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth (formerly Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth) | Dr BSKKV |
| Doctor Bhim Rao Ambedkar (Agra) (formerly Agra) | Dr BRA(Agra) |
| Doctor Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar | Dr HGV |
| Doctor M. G. R. Medical (now Tamil Nadu Doctor M. G. R. Medical) | Dr MGR |
| Doctor Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth (formerly Panjabrao KV) | Dr PDKV |
| Doctor Ram Manohar Lohia (now Doctor Ram Manohar Lohia Awadh) | Dr RM Lohia |
| Doctor Ram Manohar Lohia Awadh | Dr RML Awadh |
| Doctor Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry | Dr YS Parmar |
| Douala | not abbreviated |
| Dravidian | Drav. |
| Dschang | not abbreviated |
| Dundee | Dund. |
| Dundee Institute of Technology (now Abertay Dundee) | Dund.IT |
| Durban-Westville | Durban-W. |
| Durham | Durh. |
| East Africa (now dissolved) | E.Af. |
| East Anglia | E.Anglia |
| East London | E.Lond. |
| East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) Agricultural | E.Pak.Ag. |
| East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) University of Engineering and Technology | E.Pak.Eng. |
| Eastern Africa, Baraton | E.Af.Baraton |
| Eastern, Sri Lanka | Eastern(S.Lanka) |
| Ebonyi State | not abbreviated |
| Edinburgh | Edin. |
| Edith Cowan | E.Cowan |
| Edo State (formerly Bendel State, now Ambrose Alli) | not abbreviated |
| Eduardo Mondlane | E.Mondlane |
| Education (Mozambique) | Educn.(Mozambique) |
| Education, Winneba (formerly University College of Education, Winneba) | Winneba |
| Egerton | not abbreviated |
| Emily Carr College of Art and Design | Emily Carr |
| Engineering and Technology, Lahore | Lahore UET |
| Engineering and Technology, Taxila | Taxila UET |
| Enugu State University of Science and Technology (formerly Anambra State University of Technology) | Enugu SUST |
| Essex | not abbreviated |
| Exeter | Exe. |
| Faisalabad, University of Agriculture | Faisalabad |
| Fakir Mohan | not abbreviated |
| Fatima Jinnah Women's | FJ Women's |
| Federal University of Agriculture, Umudike | Umudike |
| Federal University of Technology, Akure | Akure |
| Federal University of Technology, Minna | Minna |
| Federal University of Technology, Owerri | Owerri |
| Federal University of Technology, Yola | Yola |
| Flinders University of South Australia | Flin. |
| Forest Research Institute (India) | Forest RI |
| Fort Hare | not abbreviated |
| Fraser Valley, University College of the | Fraser V. |
| Free State (formerly Orange Free State) | not abbreviated |
| Gandhigram Rural Institute | GRI |
| Gandhiji (now Mahatma Gandhi) | not abbreviated |
| Garhwal (now Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal) | Garh. |
| Gauhati | Gauh. |
| General Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy | Kotelawala DA |
| Ghana | not abbreviated |
| Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Science and Technology | Ghulam IKIST |
| Glamorgan | Glam. |
| Glasgow | Glas. |
| Glasgow Caledonian | G.Caledonian |
| Gloucestershire (formerly Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education) | Glouc. |
| Goa | not abbreviated |
| Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics | Gokhale IPE |
| Gomal | not abbreviated |
| Gorakhpur | Gorak. |
| Goroka | not abbreviated |
| Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology | GBP |
| Great Zimbabwe | Great Z’bwe. |
| Greenwich | not abbreviated |
| Griffith | Griff. |
| University of Guelph | Guelph |
| Gujarat | Gujar. |
| Gujarat Agricultural | Guj.Ag. |
| Gujarat Ayurved | Guj.Ayurved |
| Gujarat Vidyapith | Guj.Vid. |
| Gulbarga | Gulb. |
| Guru Ghasidas | G.Ghasidas |
| Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University | GGS Indra. |
| Guru Jambheshwar | G.Jamb. |
| Guru Nanak Dev | GND |
| Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya | GKV |
| Guyana | Guy. |
| Hajee Mohammad Danesh University of Scienc and Technology | HM Danesh UST |
| Hamdard | not abbreviated |
| Haryana Agricultural (now Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural) | Haryana Ag. |
| Hazara | not abbreviated |
| Health Sciences (Andhra Pradesh) (formerly Andhra Pradesh University of Health Sciences, now N. T. R. University of Health Sciences) | Health Scis.(AP) |
| Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal (formerly Garhwal) | HNB Garh. |
| Henley Management College | Henley |
| Heriot-Watt | H-W |
| Hertfordshire | Herts. |
| Himachal Pradesh | HP |
| Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishva Vidyalaya (now Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya) | HPKV |
| Hong Kong | HK |
| Hong Kong Baptist | HK Baptist |
| Hong Kong Polytechnic (now University) | HK Poly. |
| Hong Kong Polytechnic University | HKPU |
| Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | HKUST |
| Hubert Kairuki Memorial | HK Memorial |
| Huddersfield | Hudd. |
| Hull | not abbreviated |
| Humberside (now Lincoln) | Humb. |
| Hyderabad | Hyd. |
| Ibadan | Ib. |
| Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo) | not abbreviated |
| Ilorin | not abbreviated |
| Imo State (Owerri) | not abbreviated |
| Imo State (Uturu) (now Abia State) | not abbreviated |
| Independent University, Bangladesh | Indep.B’desh. |
| Indian Agricultural Research Institute | IARI |
| Indian Institute of Information Technology | IIIT |
| Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management | IIITM |
| Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore | IISc. |
| Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay | IIT Bombay |
| Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi | IIT Delhi |
| Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati | IIT Guwahati |
| Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur | IIT Kanpur |
| Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur | Kharagpur |
| Indian Institute of Technology, Madras | IIT Madras |
| Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (formerly Roorkee) | IIT Roorkee |
| Indian School of Mines | I.Sch.Mines |
| Indian Statistical Institute | I.Stat.I. |
| Indian Veterinary Research Institute | IVRI |
| Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research | I.Gandhi IDR |
| Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences | I.Gandhi IMS |
| Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya | IGKVV |
| Indira Gandhi National Open | I.Gandhi Nat.Open |
| Indira Kala Sangit Vishwavidyalaya | IKSV |
| Indore (now Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore) | not abbreviated |
| Institute of Advanced Studies in Education (India) | Inst.Adv.Studies in Educn. |
| Institute of Armament Technology (India) | Inst.Arm.Technol. |
| Institute of Business Administration (Pakistan) | Inst.Bus.Ad.(P’stan.) |
| International Institute for Population Sciences (Mumbai) | IIPS(Mumbai) |
| International Institute of Information Technology (Hyderabad) | Internat.IIT |
| International Islamic (Pakistan) | IIU(P’stan.) |
| International Islamic University, Malaysia | IIU Malaysia |
| International Medical and Technological (Tanzania) | Internat.Med.&Tech.(Tanz.) |
| International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (Dhaka) | IUBAT |
| Islamabad (now Quaid-i-Azam) | Islam. |
| Islamia, Bahawalpur | Islamia, Bahawal. |
| Islamic (Bangladesh) | Islamic(B’desh.) |
| Islamic University in Uganda | Islamic Uganda |
| Isra | not abbreviated |
| Jabalapur (now Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur) | Jab. |
| Jadavpur | Jad. |
| Jaffna, Sri Lanka | Jaffna |
| Jagatguru Ram Bhadracharya Handicapped | JRB Handicapped |
| Jahangirnagar | Jahang. |
| Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur | JN Vyas |
| Jai Prakash Vishwavidyalaya | Jai Prakash |
| Jain Vishva Bharati Institute | Jain VB |
| Jamaica, College of Arts, Science and Technology (now University of Technology) | Jamaica AST |
| Jamaica, University of Technology | Jamaica UT |
| James Cook | not abbreviated |
| Jamia Hamdard | J.Hamdard |
| Jamia Millia Islamia | JMI |
| Jammu | not abbreviated |
| Jammu and Kashmir (now dissolved) | J&K |
| Jawaharlal Nehru | J.Nehru U. |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya | Nehru KVV |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Technological | Nehru Tech. |
| Jaypee University of Information Technology | Jaypee |
| Jiwaji | Jiw. |
| Jodhpur (now Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur) | Jodh. |
| Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology | Jomo K. |
| Jos | not abbreviated |
| Kakatiya | not abbreviated |
| Kalyani | Kal. |
| Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit | KSDS |
| Kameshwara Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya (now University) | KSDSV |
| Kampala | not abbreviated |
| Kannada | not abbreviated |
| Kannur (formerly Malabar) | not abbreviated |
| Kano University of Technology, Wudil (formerly Bagauda University of Science and Technology) | Kano UT |
| Kanpur (now Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj) | not abbreviated |
| Karachi | not abbreviated |
| Karnatak | Karn. |
| Karnataka State Open University | Karnataka |
| Kashi Vidyapith (now Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith) | Kashi V. |
| Kashmir | not abbreviated |
| Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya | KKSV |
| Keele | not abbreviated |
| Kelaniya, Sri Lanka | Kelaniya |
| Kent (United Kingdom) (formerly Kent at Canterbury) | Kent |
| Kenyatta | not abbreviated |
| Kerala (formerly Travancore) | not abbreviated |
| Kerala Agricultural | Kerala Ag. |
| Kharagpur, Indian Institute of Technology | Kharagpur |
| Khulna | not abbreviated |
| King’s College, University of (Nova Scotia) | KCNS |
| King’s University College (Alberta) | King’s(Alta.) |
| Kingston (Canada), Queen’s University at | Qu. |
| Kingston (United Kingdom) | Kingston(UK) |
| Kohat University of Science and Technology | Kohat UST |
| Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth (now Doctor Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth) | KKV |
| Kota Open | not abbreviated |
| Kumasi, University of Science and Technology (now Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi) | Kumasi |
| Kumaun | not abbreviated |
| Kurukshetra | Kuruk. |
| Kuvempu | not abbreviated |
| Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi | Kwame NUST |
| Kyambogo | not abbreviated |
| La Trobe | not abbreviated |
| Ladoke Akintola University of Technology | L.Akin.UT |
| Lagos | not abbreviated |
| Lagos State | not abbreviated |
| Lahore University of Management Sciences | Lahore MS |
| Lahore, Engineering and Technology | Lahore UET |
| Lakehead | Lakehead |
| Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education | Lakshmibai PE |
| Lalit Narayan Mithila | LN Mith. |
| Lambeth† | not abbreviated |
| Lampeter, Saint David’s University College (now federated with Wales) | Lampeter |
| Lancaster | Lanc. |
| Laurentian University of Sudbury | Laur. |
| Laval | not abbreviated |
| Leeds | not abbreviated |
| Leeds Metropolitan | Leeds Met. |
| Leicester | Leic. |
| Lethbridge | Leth. |
| Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences | Liaquat |
| Lincoln (New Zealand) | Lincoln(NZ) |
| Lincoln (United Kingdom) (formerly Lincolnshire and Humberside) | Lincoln(UK) |
| Lincolnshire and Humberside (formerly Humberside) | L&H |
| Lingnan College | Lingnan |
| Liverpool | Liv. |
| Liverpool John Moores | Liv.J.Moores |
| London | Lond. |
| London Business School (now part of London) | Lond.Bus. |
| London Guildhall (now London Metropolitan) | Lond.Guild. |
| London Institute (now dissolved) | Lond.Inst. |
| London Metropolitan | Lond.Met. |
| London School of Economics and Political Science | Lond.(LSE) |
| London South Bank | Lond.S.Bank |
| Loughborough | Lough. |
| Lucknow | not abbreviated |
| Luton | not abbreviated |
| M. L. Sultan Technikon | ML Sultan Tech. |
| Macquarie | Macq. |
| Madhya Pradesh Bhoj | MP Bhoj |
| Madras | Madr. |
| Madurai (now Madurai-Kamaraj) | Madur. |
| Madurai-Kamaraj | Madurai-K. |
| Magadh | Mag. |
| Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda | Baroda |
| Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology | MPUAT |
| Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences | Maharashtra AFS |
| Maharashtra University of Health Sciences | Maharashtra HS |
| Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Vedic Vishwavidyalaya | MMYVV |
| Maharshi Dayanand | MDU |
| Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati (formerly Ajmer) | MDSU |
| Mahatma Gandhi (formerly Gandhiji) | M.Gandhi |
| Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha | M.Gandhi AHV |
| Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya (formerly Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya) | M.Gandhi GV |
| Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith (formerly Kashi Vidyapith) | M.Gandhi KV |
| Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand (formerly Rohilkhand) | MJP Rohil. |
| Mahatma Phule Agricultural (now Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth) | M.Phule Ag. |
| Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth (formerly Mahatma Phule Agricultural)- | M.Phule KV |
| Maiduguri | Maid. |
| Makerere | Mak. |
| Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism | MCN Journ. |
| Makurdi, University of Agriculture | Makurdi Ag. |
| Malabar (now Kannur) | Malab. |
| Malakand | not abbreviated |
| Malaspina University College | Malaspina |
| Malaviya National Institute of Technology | Malaviya Natnl.Inst.Technol. |
| Malawi | not abbreviated |
| Malaya | not abbreviated |
| Malaysia Sabah | not abbreviated |
| Malaysia Sarawak | not abbreviated |
| Malaysia, Science and Technology | UST Malaysia |
| Malta | not abbreviated |
| Manawatu Polytechnic | Manawatu P. |
| Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, University of | UMIST |
| Manchester Metropolitan | Manc.Met. |
| Manchester, University of | Manc. |
| Mangalore | M’lore. |
| Mangosuthu, Technikon | Mangosuthu Tech. |
| Manipal Academy of Higher Education | Manipal AHE |
| Manipur | Manip. |
| Manitoba | Manit. |
| Manonmaniam Sundaranar | M.Sund. |
| Manukau Institute of Technology | Manukau IT |
| Marathwada (now Doctor Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada) | Marath. |
| Marathwada Agricultural (formerly Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth) | Marath.Ag. |
| Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth (now Marathwada Agricultural) | Marath.KV |
| Maryland | Md. |
| Maseno University | not abbreviated |
| Massey | not abbreviated |
| Masvingo State | Masvingo |
| Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology | Maulana Azad Natnl.IT |
| Maulana Azad National Urdu University | Maulana Azad Natnl.Urdu |
| Mauritius | Maur. |
| Mawlana Bashani Science and Technology | Mawlana BST |
| Mbarara University of Science and Technology | Mbarara |
| McGill | McG. |
| McMaster | McM. |
| Medical University of South Africa | S.Af.Med. |
| Meerut (now Chaudhary Charan Singh) | not abbreviated |
| Mehran University of Engineering and Technology | Mehran |
| Melbourne | Melb. |
| Memorial University of Newfoundland | Nfld. |
| Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike | M.Okpara, Umudike |
| Middlesex | Middx. |
| Midlands State | not abbreviated |
| Minna, Federal University of Technology | Minna |
| Mithila (now Lalit Narayan Mithila) | Mith. |
| Mizoram | not abbreviated |
| Mohammad Ali Jinnah | MA Jinnah |
| Mohan Lal Sukhadia (formerly Udaipur) | ML Sukh. |
| Mohanlal Sukhadia (formerly Mohan Lal Sukhadia) | M.Sukh. |
| Moi | not abbreviated |
| Monash | not abbreviated |
| Moncton | not abbreviated |
| Montréal | Montr. |
| Moratuwa, Sri Lanka | Moratuwa |
| Mother Teresa Women’s | M.Teresa Women’s |
| Mount Allison | Mt.All. |
| Mount St. Vincent | Mt.St.Vin. |
| Multan (now Bahauddin Zakariya) | not abbreviated |
| Multimedia (formerly Telecom) | Multimedia (M'sia.) |
| Mumbai | not abbreviated |
| Murdoch | Murd. |
| Mysore | Mys. |
| Mzumbe | not abbreviated |
| Mzuzu | not abbreviated |
| N. E. D. University of Engineering and Technology | NED Eng. |
| N. T. R. University of Health Sciences (formerly Andhra Pradesh University of Health Sciences, and Health Sciences (Andhra Pradesh)) | NTR Health Scis. |
| Nagaland | not abbreviated |
| Nagarjuna | Nagar. |
| Nagpur | Nag. |
| Nairobi | Nair. |
| Nalanda Open | not abbreviated |
| Namasagali | not abbreviated |
| Namibia | not abbreviated |
| Nanyang (now Nanyang Technological) | Nan. |
| Nanyang Technological (formerly Nanyang) | Nan.Tech. |
| Napier | not abbreviated |
| Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology | N.Deva Ag. |
| Natal | not abbreviated |
| Natal, Technikon | Natal Tech. |
| National (Bangladesh) | NU(B’desh.) |
| National Academy of Legal Studies and Research University | NALSR |
| National Dairy Research Institute (India) | NDRI |
| National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (India) | NI Mental Health |
| National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research | NI Pharm.Ed |
| National Institute of Technology, Calicut | Natnl.IT, Calicut |
| National Institute of Technology, Karnataka | Natnl.IT, Karnataka |
| National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra | Natnl.IT, Kurukshetra |
| National Institute of Technology, Malaysia (now Technology Malaysia) | Nat.IT Malaysia |
| National Institute of Technology, Rourkela | Natnl.IT, Rourkela |
| National Institute of Technology, Silchar | Natnl.IT, Silchar |
| National Institute of Technology, Warangal | Natnl.IT, Warangal |
| National Law Institute University | Nat.Law IU |
| National Law School of India | N.Law Sch.India |
| National Law University (India) | Nat.Law |
| National Museum Institute of History of Art, Conservation and Museology | N.Museum I. |
| National University of Lesotho | NUL |
| National University of Malaysia | NU Malaysia |
| National University of Modern Languages | NU Mod.Langs. |
| National University of Science and Technology (Pakistan) | NUST(P’stan.) |
| National University of Science and Technology, Bulawayo | NUST Bulawayo |
| National University of Singapore | NU Singapore |
| Ndejje | not abbreviated |
| Nelson Polytechnic (New Zealand) | Nelson P.(NZ) |
| Nelson, Notre Dame University of (now dissolved) | Nelson |
| Nene College | Nene |
| Netaji Subhash Open | NS Open |
| New Brunswick | New Br. |
| New England (Australia) | NE |
| New South Wales (formerly New South Wales University of Technology) | NSW |
| New South Wales University of Technology (now New South Wales) | NSWUT |
| New University of Ulster (now Ulster) | Ulster |
| New Zealand (now dissolved) | NZ |
| Newcastle (New South Wales) | Newcastle(NSW) |
| Newcastle upon Tyne (United Kingdom) | Newcastle(UK) |
| Newcastle, University of Northumbria at | Northumbria |
| Newfoundland, Memorial University of | Nfld. |
| Ngaoundéré | not abbreviated |
| Nigeria | not abbreviated |
| Nigerian Defence Academy | Nigerian DA |
| Nipissing | not abbreviated |
| Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences | Nizam’s IMS |
| Nkumba | not abbreviated |
| Nnamdi Azikiwe (formerly Anambra State University of Technology) | N.Azikiwe |
| North (South Africa) | North(S.Af.) |
| North Bengal | N.Bengal |
| North Gujarat | N.Guj. |
| North London (now London Metropolitan) | N.Lond. |
| North Maharashtra | N.Maharashtra |
| North Orissa | N.Orissa |
| North South (Bangladesh) | North South |
| North-Eastern Hill | NE Hill |
| Northern British Columbia | N.Br.Col. |
| Northern Territory | N.Territory |
| Northern Transvaal, Technikon | N.Transvaal Tech. |
| Northern University of Malaysia (incorrect form, see Utara University, Malaysia) | N.M’sia. |
| Northumbria at Newcastle | Northumbria |
| North-West (South Africa) (formerly Bophuthatswana) | N-W(S.Af.) |
| North-West Frontier Province Agricultural | N-WFP Ag. |
| North-West Frontier Province University of Engineering and Technology | N-WFP Eng. |
| Notre Dame Australia | Notre Dame Aust. |
| Notre Dame University of Nelson (now dissolved) | Nelson |
| Nottingham | Nott. |
| Nottingham Trent | Nott.Trent |
| Nova Scotia Agricultural College | Nova Scotia Ag. |
| Nova Scotia College of Art and Design | Nova Scotia Art & Des. |
| Nova Scotia Technical College (now Technical University of Nova Scotia) | Nova Scotia TC |
| Nova Scotia, Technical University of (formerly Nova Scotia Technical College) | Tech.UNS |
| Obafemi Awolowo (formally Ife) | O.Awolowo |
| OFS, Technikon | OFS Tech. |
| Ogun State (now Bisi Onabanjo) | not abbreviated |
| Okanagan University College | Okanagan |
| Olabisi Onabanjo (formerly Ogun State) | not abbreviated |
| Ondo State | not abbreviated |
| Open (British Columbia) | Open(BC) |
| Open (United Kingdom) | Open(UK) |
| Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong (now Open University of Hong Kong) | Open HK |
| Open Polytechnic (New Zealand) | Open P.(NZ) |
| Open University of Hong Kong | Open HK |
| Open University of Sri Lanka | Open S.Lanka |
| Open University of Tanzania | Open Tanz. |
| Orange Free State | OFS |
| Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology | Orissa Ag. |
| Osmania | Osm. |
| Otago | not abbreviated |
| Otago Polytechnic | Otago P. |
| Ottawa | Ott. |
| Owerri, Federal University of Technology | Owerri |
| Oxford | Oxf. |
| Oxford Brookes | Oxf.Brookes |
| Oyo State University of Technology (now Ladoke Akintola University of Technology) | Oyo State UT |
| Pacific Adventist | Pac.Adventist |
| Padmashree Dr D Y Patil Vidyapeeth | Padmashree Dr DYPV |
| Paisley | not abbreviated |
| Pandit Ravishankar Shukla | Pt.R.Shukla |
| Panjab (Chandigarh, India) | Panjab |
| Papua and New Guinea (now Papua New Guinea) | P&NG |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG |
| Papua New Guinea University (formerly Institute) of Technology | PNG Tech. |
| Patna | not abbreviated |
| Patuakhali Science and Technology | Patuakhali ST |
| Penang (now University of Science, Malaysia) | not abbreviated |
| Peninsula Technikon | Peninsula Tech. |
| Peradeniya, Sri Lanka | Peradeniya |
| Perarignar Anna University of Technology (now Anna) | P.Anna |
| Periyar | Periyar |
| Peshawar | Pesh. |
| Plymouth | Plym. |
| Pondicherry | not abbreviated |
| Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies (affiliated with University | |
| Poona (now Pune) | not abbreviated |
| Port Elizabeth | P.Elizabeth |
| Port Elizabeth Technikon | P.Elizabeth Tech. |
| Port Harcourt | P.Harcourt |
| Portsmouth | not abbreviated |
| Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (Chandigarh) | Pg.IMER |
| Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education | Potchef. |
| Potti Sreeramulu Telugu | Potti ST |
| Pretoria | Pret. |
| Pretoria, Technikon | Pret.Tech. |
| Prince Edward Island | PEI |
| Prince of Wales College (now incorporated in Prince Edward Island) | P.of Wales |
| Pune | not abbreviated |
| Punjab (Lahore, Pakistan) | Punjab |
| Punjab Agricultural | Punj.Ag. |
| Punjab Technical | Punj.Tech. |
| Punjabi | not abbreviated |
| Punjabrao Krishi Vidyapeeth (now Doctor Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth) | Punjabrao KV |
| Purvanchal | Purv. |
| Putra University, Malaysia (formerly University of Agriculture, Malaysia) | Putra |
| Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering Science and Technology | Quaid-e-Awam UEST |
| Quaid-i-Azam (formerly Islamabad) | not abbreviated |
| Québec | Queb. |
| Québec à Montréal | UQAM |
| Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh | QM Edin. |
| Queen’s University at Kingston (Canada) | Qu. |
| Queen’s University of Belfast | Belf. |
| Queensland | Qld. |
| Queensland University of Technology | Qld.UT |
| Rabindra Bharati | R.Bhar. |
| Rajarata | Rajarata |
| Rajasthan | Raj. |
| Rajasthan Agricultural | Rajasthan Ag. |
| Rajasthan Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya | Rajasthan SV |
| Rajasthan Vidyapeeth | Rajasthan V. |
| Rajendra Agricultural | Rajendra Ag. |
| Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya | R.Gandhi PV |
| Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences | R.Gandhi Health Scis. |
| Rajshahi | Rajsh. |
| Ranchi | not abbreviated |
| Rand Afrikaans | not abbreviated |
| Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur (formerly Jabalpur) | RDV |
| Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha | Rashtriya SV |
| Ravishankar (now Pandit Ravishankar Shukla) | Ravi. |
| Reading | not abbreviated |
| Redeemer Reformed Christian College | Redeemer RCC |
| Regina | not abbreviated |
| Rhodes | not abbreviated |
| Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) | not abbreviated |
| Rivers State University of Science and Technology | Rivers SUST |
| RMIT University (formerly Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) | not abbreviated |
| Robert Gordon | R.Gordon |
| Roehampton Institute of Higher Education | Roehampton IHE |
| Rohilkhand (now Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand) | Rohil. |
| Roorkee (now Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee) | Roor. |
| Royal Agricultural College | R.Ag.C. |
| Royal College of Art | RCA |
| Royal Horticultural Society | RHS |
| Royal Holloway, University of London | Royal Holloway (Lond.) |
| Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (now RMIT University) | RMIT |
| Royal Military College of Canada | RMC |
| Royal Roads | R.Roads |
| Royal Roads Military College (terminated 1994) | RRMC |
| Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama | R.Scottish Acad.Mus. |
| Ruhuna, Sri Lanka | Ruhuna |
| Rutgers | Rutg. |
| S.N.D.T. Women’s | SNDT |
| SA, Technikon | SA Tech. |
| Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka | Sab. |
| Sainte-Anne | Ste-Anne |
| Salford | Salf. |
| Sambalpur | Samb. |
| Sampurnanand Sanskrit University | Samp.Sanskrit |
| Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya (now Sampurnanand Sanskrit University) | SSV |
| Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences | S.Gandhi Med.Scis. |
| Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology | SBBPUAT |
| Sardar Patel | SP |
| Sardar Vallabhbhai Vidyapeeth (now Sardar Patel) | SVV |
| Saskatchewan | Sask. |
| Satyabama Institute of Science and Technology | Satyabama |
| Saugar (now Doctor Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar) | Saug. |
| Saurashtra | Saur. |
| School of Planning and Architecture (Delhi) | SPA Delhi |
| Science and Technology (Bangladesh) | UST(B’desh.) |
| Science and Technology, Malaysia | UST Malaysia |
| Science, Malaysia | Sci.U.Malaysia |
| Setlogelo Technikon | Setlogelo Tech. |
| Shah Abdul Latif | SA Latif |
| Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology | Bhutto IST |
| Shahjalal University of Science and Technology | Shahjalal |
| Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology and Research Academy | Shanmugha |
| Sheffield | Sheff. |
| Sheffield Hallam | Sheff.Hallam |
| Sherbrooke | Sher. |
| Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural | Sher-e-Bangla Ag. |
| Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (now divided into two separate institutions at Jammu and Kashmir) | Sher-e-Kashmir Ag.Scis. |
| Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir | Sher-e-Kashmir AST Kashmir |
| Sher-e-Kashmir University of AgriculturalSciences and Technology, Jammu | Sher-e-Kashmir AST Jammu |
| Shivaji | Shiv. |
| Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women’s | SNDT |
| Shri Jagannath Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya | S.Jagannath SV |
| Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth | SLBSRSV |
| Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University | SMVD |
| Shri Shahu Ji Maharaj (formerly Kanpur) | SSJ Maharaj |
| Siddhu Kanhu | S.Kanhu |
| Sierra Leone | S.Leone |
| Sikkim-Manipal University of Health, Medical and Technological Sciences | Sikkim-Manipal |
| Simon Fraser | S.Fraser |
| Sindh (or, as formerly, Sind) | not abbreviated |
| Sindh Agriculture | Sindh Ag. |
| Singapore (now part of National University of Singapore) | Sing. |
| Sir George Williams (now part of Concordia) | Sir G.Wms. |
| Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology | Sir Syed UET |
| Sokoine University of Agriculture | Sokoine Ag. |
| Sokoto (now Usmanu Danfodiyo) | not abbreviated |
| Solusi | not abbreviated |
| Sotheby’s Institute for Fine and Decorative Arts | Sotheby’s |
| South Africa | S.Af. |
| South Africa, Medical University of | S.Af.Med. |
| South Australia | S.Aust. |
| South Bank | S.Bank |
| South Eastern, Sri Lanka | SE(S.Lanka) |
| South Gujarat | S.Guj. |
| South Pacific | S.Pac. |
| Southampton | S’ton. |
| Southern Cross | S.Cross |
| Southern Queensland | S.Qld. |
| Southern Queensland, University College of (now Southern Queensland) | UCS Qld. |
| Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology | SC Tirunal |
| Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit | S.Sankar.Sansk. |
| Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya | SC Saraswathi VM |
| Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka | Sri Jay. |
| Sri Krishnadevaraya | S.Krishna. |
| Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) (now dissolved) | S.Lanka |
| Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam | SPMV |
| Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute | S.Ramachandra Med. |
| Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning | SSSIHL |
| Sri Venkateswara | S.Venkat. |
| Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences | S.Venkat.IMS |
| St Andrews | St And. |
| St Augustine (Tanzania) | St Aug. |
| St David’s University College, Lampeter (now federated with Wales) | Lampeter |
| St Dunstan’s (now incorporated in University of Prince Edward Island) | St Dun. |
| St Francis Xavier | St FX |
| St Joseph’s (now incorporated in Moncton) | St Jos. |
| St Mary’s | St Mary's(Can.) |
| St Michael’s College, University of (Toronto) | St M.Coll.Tor. |
| St Paul (federated with University of Ottawa) | St Paul(Ott.) |
| St Thomas (New Brunswick) | St Thomas(NB) |
| Staffordshire | Staffs. |
| Stellenbosch | Stell. |
| Stirling | Stir. |
| Strathclyde | Strath. |
| Sunderland | Sund. |
| Sunshine Coast, University of the (formerly Sunshine Coast University College) | not abbreviated |
| Surrey | Sur. |
| Surrey Institute of Art and Design, University College | Surrey IAD, UC |
| Sussex | Sus. |
| Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada | SRT Marath. |
| Swaziland | Swazi. |
| Swinburne University of Technology | Swinburne UT |
| Sydney | Syd. |
| Symbiosis International Educational Centre (India) | Symbiosis |
| Tamil | not abbreviated |
| Tamil Nadu Agricultural | TN Ag. |
| Tamil Nadu Doctor Ambedkar Law | TN Law |
| Tamil Nadu Doctor M.G.R. Medical | TN Med. |
| Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences | TN Vet. |
| Tasmania | Tas. |
| Tata Institute of Fundamental Research | Tata Inst.Fund.Res. |
| Tata Institute of Social Sciences | Tata Inst.Soc.Scis. |
| Taxila, University of Engineering and Technology | Taxila UET |
| Technical University of Nova Scotia | Tech.UNS |
| Technikon Mangosuthu | Mangosuthu Tech. |
| Technikon Natal | Natal Tech. |
| Technikon Northern Transvaal | N.Transvaal Tech. |
| Technikon OFS | OFS Tech. |
| Technikon Pretoria | Pret.Tech. |
| Technikon SA | SA Tech. |
| Technikon Witwatersrand | Witw.Tech. |
| Technology Malaysia | Tech.U.Malaysia |
| Technology MARA | Technol.MARA |
| Technology, Jamaica | Jamaica UT |
| Technology, Mauritius | Technol.Maur. |
| Technology, Petronas | Tech.U.Petronas |
| Technology, Sydney | Technol.Syd. |
| Teesside | Tees. |
| Telecom (Malaysia) (now Multimedia) | Telecom |
| Telugu (now Potti Sreeramulu Telugu) | not abbreviated |
| Tenaga National | Tenaga Nat. |
| TERI School of Advanced Studies | TERI |
| Tezpur | not abbreviated |
| Thames Valley | Thames V. |
| Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology | Thapar IET |
| Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth | Tilak MV |
| Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur (formerly Bhagalpur) | TM Bhagal. |
| Toronto | Tor. |
| Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University, Ryerson Polytechnic University, Ryerson Polytechnical Institute) | Tor.Met. |
| Transkei | not abbreviated |
| Transkei Technikon | Transkei Tech. |
| Travancore (now Kerala) | Trav. |
| Trent | not abbreviated |
| Trinity College, University of (Toronto) | Trin.Coll.(Tor.) |
| Trinity Western | Trin.W. |
| Tripura | not abbreviated |
| Tumaini | not abbreviated |
| U. P. Rajarshi Tandon Open | UPRT Open |
| Udaipur (now Mohan Lal Sukhadia) | Ud. |
| Uganda Christian | not abbreviated |
| Uganda Martyrs | not abbreviated |
| Ulster (formerly New University of) | Ulster |
| Umudike, Federal University of Agriculture | Umudike |
| UNITEC Institute of Technology | UNITEC IT |
| United States International (Kenya) | US Internat.(Kenya) |
| Usmanu Danfodiyo | U.Danfodiyo |
| Utara University, Malaysia | Utara |
| Utkal | not abbreviated |
| Utkal University of Culture | Utkal Culture |
| Uttar Banga Krishi Vishwavidyalaya | UBKV |
| Uttar Pradesh Agricultural (now Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology) | UP Ag. |
| Uttar Pradesh Technical | UP Technical |
| Uyo (formerly Cross River State) | not abbreviated |
| V. B. S. Purvanchal (formerly Purvanchal) | VBS Purv. |
| Vaal Triangle Technikon | Vaal T.Tech. |
| Varanaseya (now Sampurnanand) Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya | VSV |
| Veer Kunwar Singh | VK Singh |
| Vellore Institute of Technology | Vellore IT |
| Venda | not abbreviated |
| Victoria (British Columbia) | Vic.(BC) |
| Victoria (Toronto) | Vic.(Tor.) |
| Victoria University of Manchester | Manc. |
| Victoria University of Technology (Australia) | Victoria UT |
| Victoria University of Wellington | Well. |
| Vidyalankara (later incorporated in Sri Lanka) | Vidyal. |
| Vidyasagar | Vid’gar. |
| Vidyodaya (later incorporated in Sri Lanka) | Vidyod. |
| Vikram | not abbreviated |
| Vinoba Bhave | V.Bhave |
| Vinyaka Mission’s Research Foundation | Vinyaka |
| Vista | not abbreviated |
| Visva-Bharati | VB |
| Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology | VNIT |
| Visveswaraiah Technological | VTU |
| Vudal | not abbreviated |
| Waikato | Waik. |
| Waikato Polytechnic | Waik.P. |
| Wales | not abbreviated |
| Wanganui Regional Community Polytechnic | Wanganui P. |
| Warwick | Warw. |
| University of Waterloo | Wat. |
| Waterloo Lutheran (now Wilfrid Laurier) | Wat.Luth. |
| Wayamba University of Sri Lanka | Wayamba |
| Wellington Polytechnic | Well.P. |
| Wellington, Victoria University of | Well. |
| West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences | W.Bengal NUJS |
| West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences | W.Bengal AFS |
| West Bengal University of Technology | W.Bengal UT |
| University of the West Indies |
WI |
| University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica | WI(Mona) |
| West of England, Bristol | W.England |
| West Pakistan Agricultural (now Agriculture, Faisalabad) | W.Pak.Ag. |
| West Pakistan University of Engineering and Technology (now Engineering and Technology, Lahore) | W.Pak.Eng. |
| Western Australia | W.Aust. |
| Western Cape | W.Cape |
| Western Michigan | W.Mich. |
| Western University (Ontario) | W.Ont. |
| Western Sydney | W.Syd. |
| Westminster | not abbreviated |
| Wilfrid Laurier | W.Laur. |
| Windsor | not abbreviated |
| Winneba, University of Education (formerly U College of Education of Winneba) | Winneba |
| Winnipeg | Winn. |
| Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Witw. |
| Witwatersrand, Technikon | Witw.Tech. |
| Wollongong | W’gong. |
| Wolverhampton | Wolv. |
| Women’s University of Africa | Women’s(Af.) |
| Yaounde | not abbreviated |
| Yaounde I | not abbreviated |
| Yaounde II | not abbreviated |
| Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open | YCM Open |
| Yola, Federal University of Technology | Yola |
| York (United Kingdom) | York(UK) |
| York University (Canada) | York(Can.) |
| Zambia | not abbreviated |
| Zanzibar | Zanz. |
| Zanzibar, State University of | Zanz.State |
| Ziauddin Medical | Ziauddin Med. |
| Zimbabwe | Z’bwe. |
| Zimbabwe Open | Z’bwe.Open |
| Zululand | not abbreviated |
Source: Commonwealth Universities Yearbook, Association of Commonwealth Universities, London, 2008 (82nd ed.); ISSN 0069-7745.
Other Abbreviations in this Calendar
The following is a partial list of other institution abbreviations used in this calendar:
| Alabama (Huntsville) | University of Alabama, Huntsville |
| Arizona | University of Arizona |
| Bonn | Universität Bonn |
| Boston | Boston University |
| C.U.N.Y. | City University of New York |
| C’nell | Cornell University |
| Calif. | University of California |
| Central Michigan | Central Michigan University |
| Cincinnati | University of Cincinnati |
| Clarkson | Clarkson University (New York) |
| D'Youville | D'Youville College |
| ESIM (France) | École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Marseille (France) |
| Florida State | Florida State University |
| Fordham | Fordham University |
| Georgia Tech | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Goddard | Goddard College |
| Harv. | Harvard University |
| Havana | Universidad de La Habana |
| HEC-Mont | HEC (École des hautes études commerciales) Montréal |
| Ill. | University of Illinois |
| Iowa | University of Iowa |
| Iowa State | Iowa State University |
| Boston | Boston University |
| Johns H. | Johns Hopkins University |
| Lausanne | Université de Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Louisville | University of Louisville |
| Lyon | L'Université de Lyon |
| M.I.T. | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Marquette | Marquette University, Wisconsin |
| Mass. (Amherst) | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Miami | University of Miami |
| Mich. (Ann Arbor) | University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) |
| Mich.State | Michigan State University |
| Minn. | University of Minnesota |
| Missouri (Col) | University of Missouri (at Columbia, Mo) |
| München | Ludwig Maximilians Universität München |
| Nebraska | University of Nebraska |
| New Mexico | University of New Mexico |
| Nevada | University of Nevada |
| Northwestern | Northwestern University, Chicago |
| Notre Dame | University of Notre Dame, Indiana |
| Nova Southeastern | Nova Southeastern University |
| NYU | New York University |
| Ohio | Ohio University |
| Ohio State | Ohio State University |
| Penn. | University of Pennsylvania |
| Penn.State | Pennsylvania State University |
| Pittsburgh | University of Pittsburgh |
| Pratt | Pratt Institute |
| Prin. | Princeton University |
| Purdue | Purdue University |
| RIT | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Roch. | University of Rochester |
| S.U.N.Y. | State University of New York |
| Salzburg | Universität Salzburg |
| S.Calif. | University of Southern California |
| Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois University |
| Stanford | Stanford University |
| Stony Brook | State University of New York at Stony Brook (Stony Brook University) |
| Tufts | Tufts University |
| UC Davis | University of California, Davis |
| Univ.Lille I | Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille |
| Virginia | University of Virginia |
| Virginia Tech | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| W.Mich. | Western Michigan University |
| Wash. | University of Washington |
| Wayne State | Wayne State University, Michigan |
| Windsor | University of Windsor |
| Wisconsin-LaCrosse | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse |
| Wisconsin–Milwaukee | University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee |
| Yale | Yale University |