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Colleges and universities in and near Havering

Havering is home to Havering College of Further and Higher Education

Havering College of Further and Higher Education is inside Havering; the nearest university campus outside it is the University of East London, 7.6 miles away in Newham.

Within 15 miles
39
student numbers to come (HESA)
Nearest college
in Havering
Havering College of Further and Higher Education
Full-time students
6%
Below England (8%) · residents 16+
Nearest further education college
in Havering
Havering College of Further and Higher Education
Nearest university
7.6 mi
University of East London
Tuition fee
£9,790
a year at most, England, 2026–27

What stands out about college in Havering

Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.

Every college

Colleges and universities within 15 miles of Havering

39 within 15 miles: 20 universities, 19 further education colleges.

Havering College of Further and Higher EducationFurther education college · in Havering—students: HESA figures to comeStudents: Wikidata’s count for the whole institution until HESA’s are loaded.
Barking and Dagenham CollegeFurther education college · 1.7 mi · Barking and Dagenham—students: HESA figures to comeStudents: Wikidata’s count for the whole institution until HESA’s are loaded.
Newham College of Further EducationFurther education college · 7.1 mi · Newham—students: HESA figures to comeStudents: Wikidata’s count for the whole institution until HESA’s are loaded.
University of East LondonUniversity · 7.6 mi · Newham—students: HESA figures to comeStudents: Wikidata’s count for the whole institution until HESA’s are loaded.
Waltham Forest CollegeFurther education college · 9.3 mi · Waltham Forest—students: HESA figures to comeStudents: Wikidata’s count for the whole institution until HESA’s are loaded.
North Kent CollegeFurther education college · 9.7 mi · Dartford—students: HESA figures to comeStudents: Wikidata’s count for the whole institution until HESA’s are loaded.
Ravensbourne University LondonUniversity · 9.9 mi · Greenwich—students: HESA figures to comeStudents: Wikidata’s count for the whole institution until HESA’s are loaded.
Rose Bruford CollegeUniversity · 10.2 mi · Bexley—students: HESA figures to comeStudents: Wikidata’s count for the whole institution until HESA’s are loaded.
New City College CorporationFurther education college · 10.6 mi · Tower Hamlets—students: HESA figures to comeStudents: Wikidata’s count for the whole institution until HESA’s are loaded.
University of GreenwichUniversity · 10.9 mi · Greenwich—students: HESA figures to comeStudents: Wikidata’s count for the whole institution until HESA’s are loaded.
Queen Mary University of LondonUniversity · 11.1 mi · Tower Hamlets16,000students (Wikidata)Students: Wikidata’s count for the whole institution until HESA’s are loaded.
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and DanceUniversity · 11.3 mi · Greenwich—students: HESA figures to comeStudents: Wikidata’s count for the whole institution until HESA’s are loaded.

And 27 smaller schools with 167,656 students in all.

What it costs

What would you pay?

Fees are set nationally, not by each university: in 2026–27 an English university can charge a home student up to £9,790 a year, and so can a Welsh one; Northern Ireland’s charge their own students up to £4,985; Scottish students pay no tuition fee at a Scottish university. Further education colleges are free for most 16 to 18 year olds. There is no family-by-family price to show, so this page doesn’t make one up.

Questions about college near Havering

Is Havering a university town?

No. 6 of every 100 residents aged 16 and over are full-time students (Census 2021), against 8 across England.

What colleges are in Havering?

Havering College of Further and Higher Education.

Where can you study after 16 near Havering?

Havering College of Further and Higher Education, 0.9 miles away in Havering, teaches courses from 16, apprenticeships and some degrees.

What does university cost here?

Fees are set nationally, not by each university: in 2026–27 an English university can charge a home student up to £9,790 a year, and so can a Welsh one; Northern Ireland’s charge their own students up to £4,985; Scottish students pay no tuition fee at a Scottish university. Further education colleges are free for most 16 to 18 year olds. There is no family-by-family price to show, so this page doesn’t make one up.

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Colleges and universities: Wikidata (CC0): each institution with a UKPRN, its point and its students count, and, for Scottish colleges and university campuses away from the seat, our list placed from postcodes (postcodes.io, OGL). To come: Discover Uni teaching locations and HESA student numbers (CC BY 4.0). Students: Census 2021 (England, Wales, Northern Ireland) and Scotland’s Census 2022, full-time students among residents aged 16 and over (OGL). Straight-line distances from the centre of Havering. Colleges are described, not graded; the University town label marks towns where 15% or more of residents aged 16 and over are full-time students. Fees: the UK and devolved governments, 2026–27. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, through each institution’s Wikidata item; author and licence on each.

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