List of postgraduate-only institutions explained

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

• ESCP Business School
• Hult Ashridge Business School
• INSEAD
• London Business School

Law

• Inns of Court
• University of California, Hastings College of the Law

Medicine and health

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• A.T. Still University
• Graduate University for Advanced Studies
• Institute of Cancer Research
• Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
• London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
• Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
• Medical College of Wisconsin
• Northeast Ohio Medical University
• Rockefeller University
• University of California, San Francisco
• Western University of Health Sciences

Military

• Air Force Institute of Technology
• Joint Special Operations University
• National Defense University
• Naval Postgraduate School
• Naval War College
• U.S. Army War College

Social sciences

• European University Institute
• Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
  • Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School Institute of World Politics
• School of Advanced Study

By country

Bangladesh

• Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University

Belgium

• College of Europe

Brazil

• National Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA)

France

• INSEAD
• IFP School

India

• Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management
• Government Institute of Science, Aurangabad
• M S Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies
• University of Hyderabad

Iran

• Graduate University of Advanced Technology
• Institute for Cognitive Science Studies
• Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences
• Tarbiat Modares University

Israel

• Weizmann Institute of Science

Japan

• International University of Japan
• Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
• Nara Institute of Science and Technology
• National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
• Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
• The Graduate University for Advanced Studies

Poland

• College of Europe

Singapore

• INSEAD

South Korea

• KDI School of Public Policy and Management
• Reformed Theological Seminary
• Transnational Law and Business University
• Chonnam National University Law School

Switzerland

• European Graduate School
• Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Thailand

• Asian Institute of Technology
• Chulabhorn Graduate Institute
• National Institute of Development Administration

United Kingdom

The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) reports on the number of qualifications at various levels awarded.^[1] Institutions that awarded no first-degree level qualifications and more than 50 postgraduate-level qualifications in 2021–22 are listed below. With the exception of the Royal College of Art, which offers graduate diplomas,^[2] they had zero undergraduate-level qualifications. The School of Advanced Studies is not listed separately by HESA but is elsewhere confirmed to be postgraduate-only.^[3] Postgraduate colleges of collegiate universities are not listed here.

• Cranfield University
• ESCP Business School
• Hult Ashridge Business School
• Inns of Court
• Institute of Cancer Research
• Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
• London Business School
• London Film School
• London School of Architecture
• London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
• National Film and Television School
• Royal College of Art
• School of Advanced Study
• Schumacher College
• Sotheby's Institute of Art

United States

• A.T. Still University
• Adler Graduate School
• Adler University
• Air Force Institute of Technology
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Fielding Graduate University
• Claremont Graduate University (Claremont Colleges)
• Erikson Institute
  • Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School The Institute of World Politics
• Joint Special Operations University
• Keck Graduate Institute (Claremont Colleges)
• Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (California State University)
• Maryland University of Integrative Health
• Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
• National Defense University
• Naval Postgraduate School
• Naval War College
• Professional School of Psychology
• Rockefeller University
• Salk Institute for Biological Studies
• Scripps Research
• Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago
• U.S. Army War College
• University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly University of California, Hastings College of the Law)
• University of California, San Francisco

Notes and References

1. Web site: What are HE students' progression rates and qualifications?. HE qualifiers by HE provider and level of qualification obtained. Higher Education Statistics Agency. 10 October 2023.
2. Web site: Programme finder. Royal College of Art. 10 October 2023.
3. Web site: School of Advanced Study. University of London. 10 October 2023.