Photo: Malcolm Neal · CC BY-SA 2.0Nottingham is a university town: 24 of every 100 residents aged 16 and over are full-time students
Nottingham Trent University (40,000 students) and Nottingham College (40,000 students) are inside Nottingham; the nearest university campus outside it is the University of Derby, 13.6 miles away in Derby.
What stands out about college in Nottingham
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 15 miles of Nottingham
9 within 15 miles: 5 universities, 4 further education colleges.
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 Nottingham
Is Nottingham a university town?
Yes. 24 of every 100 residents aged 16 and over are full-time students (Census 2021), against 8 across England.
What colleges are in Nottingham?
Nottingham Trent University (40,000 students); Nottingham College (40,000 students); University of Nottingham; Central College Nottingham.
Where can you study after 16 near Nottingham?
Central College Nottingham, 1.7 miles away in Nottingham, 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.
Neighbours talk college
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbours next door.
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 Nottingham. 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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