List of postgraduate-only institutions

The following is a list of brick-and-mortar institutions that award only postgraduate or graduate qualifications.

By specialisation

Some postgraduate-only institutions are specialised in a particular sector.

Business

Law

Medicine and health

Military

Social sciences

By country

France

India

Iran

Israel

Weizmann Institute of Science

Japan

Poland

College of Europe

Singapore

INSEAD

South Korea

Switzerland

Tanzania

Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology

Thailand

United Kingdom

The Higher Education Statistics Agency reports on the number of students and the number of qualifications awarded at various levels. Institutions that awarded no first-degree level qualifications and more than 50 postgraduate-level qualifications in 2023–24 are listed below. With the exception of the Royal College of Art, which offers graduate diplomas, they had zero undergraduate-level qualifications. Postgraduate colleges of collegiate universities are not listed here, although postgraduate institutions of federal universities are.
Student numbers are as given by HESA except for the School of Advanced Studies, which is included under University of London by HESA rather than listed separately, where the numbers are taken from their annual metrics report. Sotheby's Institute of Art have a small number of undergraduates included in their HESA student number returns for 2023/24; as of 2025, the only undergraduate programme at the institute is a for-credit summer programme for undergraduates at other institutions. HESA student numbers are rounded to the nearest five, which can lead to apparent inconsistencies between the number of taught and research students and the total.
Most of the postgraduate-only institutions in the UK are small, with only three having over 1,000 students in 2023-24. Around half are teaching-focussed, with no postgraduate research students in 2023-24. A large majority of them are specialist institutions

Institution	Number of taught postgraduate students	Number of postgraduate research students	Total number of postgraduate students
Cranfield University	3,750	880	4,630
Royal College of Art	2,550	130	2,680
London Business School	2,155	100	2,255
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	555	425	980
ESCP Business School	830	0	830
National Film and Television School	565	0	565
Centre for Alternative Technology	525	0	525
London Film School	315	0	315
School of Advanced Study	119	153	272
Inns of Court	360	0	360
Institute of Cancer Research	150	200	345
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine	180	70	245
Sotheby's Institute of Art	145	0	145