Publications style guide

University abbreviations

A Aberdeen Aberd

Abertay Abertay

Abia State not abbreviated

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ATBU

Abuja not abbreviated

Acadia Acad

Ado Ekiti not abbreviated

Aga Khan (Pakistan) AKU

Agra not abbreviated

Ahmadu Bello ABU

Ajmer not abbreviated

Akure, Federal University of Technology Akure

Alagappa not abbreviated

Alberta Alta

Aligarh Muslim AMU

Al-Khair AJ&K

Allahabad not abbreviated

Allama Iqbal Open AIOU

Ambrose Alli AAU

Andhra Andhra

Anglia Ruskin not abbreviated

Anna not abbreviated

Annamalai Annam

Arts, University of the UAL

Arunachal not abbreviated

Assam not abbreviated

Aston not abbreviated

Athabasca AU

Auckland Auck

Auckland University of Technology AUT

Avinashilingam Avina

Awadhesh Pratap Singh APS

Azad Jammu and Kashmir UAJK

B BN Mandal BN Mandal

Baba Farid University of Health Sciences Baba Farid

Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar BR Ambedkar Bihar

Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar BBAU

Bahauddin Zakariya BZU

Bahria not abbreviated

Balochistan not abbreviated

Balochistan University of Engineering and Technology BUET Khuzdar

Banaras Hindu BHU

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical BSMMU

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural BSMRAU

Bangalore BU

Bangladesh Agricultural BAU

Bangladesh Institute of Technology, Dhaka BIT, Dhaka

Bangladesh Open BOU

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology BUET

Baqai Medical BaqaiMed

Barkatullah BU

Baroda, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

Bath not abbreviated

Bath Spa not abbreviated

Bayero not abbreviated

Beijing Institute of Technology BeijingIT

Belfast, Queen’s University of Belf

Bendel State not abbreviated

Bengal Engineering and Science BESU

Benin not abbreviated

Benue State not abbreviated

Berhampur Berh

Bhagalpur Bhagal

Bharathiar B’thiar

Bharathidasan B’thidasan

Bharati Vidyapeeth BharatiV

Bhavnagar Bhav

Bhopal not abbreviated

Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya BCKV

Bihar not abbreviated

Bihar Yoga Bharati Bihar YB

Bindura University of Science Education Bindura

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani BITS

Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra BIT Mesra

Birmingham Birm

Birmingham City BCU

Birsa Agricultural BirsaAg

Bishop’s not abbreviated

Bolton not abbreviated

Bombay Bom

Botswana not abbreviated

Bournemouth BU

Bradford Brad

Brandon Bran

Breslau Bres

Brighton not abbreviated

Bristol Bris

British Columbia UBC

British Columbia Institute of Technology BCIT

Brock not abbreviated

Brunei Darussalam Brunei

Brunel Brun

Buckingham not abbreviated

Buckinghamshire New University Bucks New

Budapest Bud

Bhiksu Bhiksu

Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka B&P SLanka

Buea not abbreviated

Bugema not abbreviated

Bundelkhand Bundel

Burdwan Burd

Busoga not abbreviated

C Calabar not abbreviated

Calcutta Calc

Calgary Calg

Calicut not abbreviated

California UC

California Institute of Technology CalTech

Cambridge Camb

Canterbury (New Zealand) Cant (now UC)

Canterbury Christ Church (United Kingdom) CCCU

Cape Breton CBU

Cape Coast not abbreviated

Cape Peninsula University of Technology CPUT

Cape Technikon CapeTech

Cape Town not abbreviated

Cardiff not abbreviated

Carleton Car

Catholic University of Central Africa CUAC

Catholic University of Eastern Africa CUEA

Catholic University of Zimbabwe CU(Z’bwe)

Central Agricultural (Manipur) CAU

Central Lancashire UCLan

Central University of Technology, South Africa CUT

Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology CSAUA&T

Chaudhary Charan Singh CCS

Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural HAU

Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya CSKHPKV

Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Krishi Vishvavidyalaya CSKKV

Chester not abbreviated

Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj CSJMU

Chicago Chic

Chichester not abbreviated

Chinese University of Hong Kong CUHK

Chinhoyi University of Technology CUT

Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology CUET

Chittagong Chitt

Cincinnati Cinc

City (United Kingdom) City(UK)

Cochin University of Science and Technology Cochin

Colombo, Sri Lanka Colombo

Columbia Col

Concordia Concordia

Concordia University of Edmonton Concordia(Edmonton)

Copperbelt not abbreviated

Cornell C’nell

Coventry not abbreviated

Cranfield Cran

Creative Arts UCA

Cross River University of Technology CRUTECH

Cyprus not abbreviated

D Dacca not abbreviated

Dalhousie Dal

Dar es Salaam Dar

Dayalbagh Educational Institute DEI

Daystar not abbreviated

De Montfort De Mont

Delhi not abbreviated

Delta State not abbreviated

Derby not abbreviated

Development Studies (Ghana) DevStudies(Ghana)

Dhaka not abbreviated

Dibrugarh Dib

Dominican University College DUC

Douala not abbreviated

Dravidian Drav

Dschang not abbreviated

Dundee Dund

Durban University of Technology DUT

Durban-Westville UDW

Durham Durh

E East Anglia EAnglia

East London UEL

Eastern Africa, Baraton EAfBaraton

Eastern, Sri Lanka Eastern(SLanka)

Ebonyi State not abbreviated

Edinburgh Edin

Edo State not abbreviated

Eduardo Mondlane UEM

Egerton not abbreviated

Emily Carr University of Art and Design Emily Carr

Engineering and Technology, Lahore LahoreUET

Engineering and Technology, Taxila TaxilaUET

Enugu State University of Science and Technology ESUT

Eotvos Lorand, Budapest ELBud

Essex not abbreviated

Exeter Exe

F Faisalabad, University of Agriculture UAF

Fakir Mohan not abbreviated

Falmouth not abbreviated

Fatima Jinnah Women’s FJ Women’s

Florida Flor

Fort Hare not abbreviated

Foundation (Pakistan) FUI

Fraser Valley UFV

Free State not abbreviated

G Gandhigram Rural Institute GRI

Gandhiji not abbreviated

Garhwal Garh

Gauhati Gauh

General Sir John Kotelawala Defence KDU

George Washington GWU

Ghana not abbreviated

Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology GIKI

Glamorgan Glam

Glasgow Glas

Glasgow Caledonian Caledonian

Gloucestershire Glouc

Goa not abbreviated

Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics GIPE

Gomal not abbreviated

Gorakhpur Gorak

Goroka not abbreviated

Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology GBPUA&T

Great Zimbabwe Great Z’bwe

Greenwich not abbreviated

Guelph not abbreviated

Gujarat Gujar

Gulbarga Gulb

Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya GKV

Guyana Guy

H Hajee Mohammad Danesh University of Science and Technology HSTU

Hamdard not abbreviated

Harper Adams University Harper Adams

Harvard Harv

Haryana Agricultural HAU

Hazara not abbreviated

Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal HNBGU

Heriot-Watt H-W

Hertfordshire Herts

Himachal Pradesh HP

Hong Kong HK

Hong Kong Baptist HKBU

Hong Kong Polytechnic PolyU

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology HKUST

Hubert Kairuki Memorial HKMU

Huddersfield Hudd

Hull not abbreviated

Humberside (now Lincoln) Humb

Hyderabad Hyd

I Ibadan Ib

Illinois Ill

Ilorin not abbreviated

Imo State IMSU

Independent University, Bangladesh IUB

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 IIT-KGP

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras IITM

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee IITRoorkee

Indian Veterinary Research Institute IVRI

International Institute of Information Technology (Hyderabad) IIIT Hyderabad

International Islamic University, Malaysia IIUM

International Islamic, Islamabad IIUI

International Medical and Technological (Tanzania) IMTU

Islamabad Islam

Islamia, Bahawalpur IUB

Islamic (Bangladesh) BIU

Islamic University in Uganda Islamic Uganda

Isra not abbreviated

J Jadavpur Jad

Jaffna Jaffna

Jahangirnagar Jahang

Jai Narain Vyas JNVU

Jai Prakash Vishwavidyalaya JPU

Jamaica, University of Technology JamaicaUT

Jamia Hamdard JH

Jamia Millia Islamia JMI

Jammu not abbreviated

Jawaharlal Nehru JNU

Jaypee University of Information Technology JUIT

Jiwaji Jiw

Jodhpur Jodh

Johannesburg UJ

Johns Hopkins JHU

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology JKUAT

Jos not abbreviated

K Kakatiya not abbreviated

Kalyani Kal

Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit KSDSU

Kampala not abbreviated

Kannada not abbreviated

Kannur not abbreviated

Kano University of Technology, Wudil KanoUT

Kanpur not abbreviated

Karachi not abbreviated

Karnatak Karn

Karnataka State Open University Karnataka

Kashmir not abbreviated

Kavikulaguru Kalidas KKSU

Keele not abbreviated

Kelaniya Kelaniya

Kent (United Kingdom) Kent

Kenyatta not abbreviated

Kerala not abbreviated

Khartoum Khart

Khulna not abbreviated

King’s University College (Alberta) King’s(Alta)

King’s College, University of (Nova Scotia) KCNS

Kingston (Canada), Queen’s University at Qu

Kingston (United Kingdom) Kingston(UK)

Kohat University of Science and Technology KUST

Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth KKV

Kumasi, University of Science and Technology Kumasi

Kumaun not abbreviated

Kurukshetra Kuruk

Kuvempu not abbreviated

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology KNUST

Kyambogo not abbreviated

Kyoto University of Foreign Studies KUFS

L Ladoke Akintola University of Technology LAkinUT

Lagos not abbreviated

Lagos State not abbreviated

Lahore, Engineering and Technology LahoreUET

Lahore University of Management Sciences LahoreMS

Lakehead Lakehead

Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education LakshmibaiPE

Lalit Narayan Mithila LN Mith

Lambeth not abbreviated

Lampeter, Saint David’s University College Lampeter

Lancaster Lanc

Laurentian University of Sudbury Laur

Laval not abbreviated

Leeds not abbreviated

Leeds Metropolitan LeedsMet

Leicester Leic

Lethbridge Leth

Leyden Ley

Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Liaquat

Limpopo not abbreviated

Lincoln (New Zealand) Lincoln(NZ)

Lincoln (United Kingdom) Lincoln(UK)

Lincolnshire and Humberside L&H

Lingnan College Lingnan

Liverpool Liv

Liverpool Hope LivHope

Liverpool John Moores LivJMoores

London Lond

London Business School LondBus

London Guildhall LondGuild

London Institute (now dissolved) LondInst

London Metropolitan LondMet

London School of Economics LSE

London South Bank LSBU

Loughborough Lough

Louisiana not abbreviated

Lucknow not abbreviated

Luton not abbreviated

M Bhoj Bhoj

Madras Madr

Madurai Madur

Madurai-Kamaraj MKU

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 MUHS

Maharshi Dayanand MDU

Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati MDSU

Mahatma Gandhi MGandhi

Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya MGAHV

Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya MGCGV

Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith MGKVP

Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand MJPRU

Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth MPKV

Maiduguri Maid

Makerere Mak

Makurdi, University of Agriculture UAM

Malabar Malab

Malakand not abbreviated

Malaviya National Institute of Technology MalaviyaNatIT

Malawi not abbreviated

Malaya not abbreviated

Malaysia Sabah Malaysia(Sabah)

Malaysia Sarawak Malaysia(Sarawak)

Malaysia, Science and Technology UST Malaysia

Malta not abbreviated

Manawatu Polytechnic ManawatuP

Manchester, University of Manc

Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, University of UMIST

Manchester Metropolitan MancMet

Mangalore M’lore

Mangosuthu University of Technology MUT

Manipal Academy of Higher Education ManipalAHE

Manipur Manip

Manitoba Manit

Manonmaniam Sundaranar MSU

Manukau Institute of Technology ManukauIT

Marathwada Marath

Maseno Maseno

Massey not abbreviated

Massachusetts Mass

Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT

Masvingo State Masvingo

Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology MANIT

Maulana Azad National Urdu MANUU

Mauritius Maur

Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology MBSTU

Mbarara University of Science and Technology MUST

McGill McG

McMaster McM

Meerut Meerut

Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Mehran

Memorial University of Newfoundland MUN

Michael Okpara University of Agriculture MOUAU

Michigan Mich

Michigan State MSU

Middlesex Middx

Midlands State MSU (Z’bwe)

Mines and Technology, Tarkwa UMaT

Minna, Federal University of Technology FUTMinna

Minnesota Minn

Mithila Mith

Mizoram not abbreviated

Mohammad Ali Jinnah MA Jinnah

Moi not abbreviated

Moncton not abbreviated

Montréal Montr

Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Moratuwa

Mount Allison MtAll

Mount Saint Vincent Mount

Multan not abbreviated

Mumbai not abbreviated

Münster Mun

Mysore Mys

Mzumbe not abbreviated

Mzuzu not abbreviated

N NED University of Engineering and Technology NEDUET

Nagaland not abbreviated

Nagarjuna Nagar

Nagpur Nag

Nairobi Nair

Nalanda Open NalandaOpen

NALSAR University of Law NALSAR

Namibia not abbreviated

Nanyang Nan

Nanyang Technological NanTech

Napier not abbreviated

Natal not abbreviated

National Academy of Legal Studies and Research NALSAR

National (Bangladesh) NU(B’desh)

National Institute of Technology, Calicut NIT Calicut

National Institute of Technology, Karnataka NIT Karnataka

National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra NIT Kurukshetra

National Institute of Technology, Rourkela NIT Rourkela

National Institute of Technology, Silchar NIT Silchar

National Institute of Technology, Warangal NIT Warangal

National Law University, Delhi (India) NLUD

National University of Ireland NUI

National University of Lesotho NUL

National University of Malaysia UKM

National University of Modern Languages NUML

National University of Science and Technology (Pakistan) NUST

National University of Science and Technology, Bulawayo NUST Bulawayo

National University of Singapore NUS

Ndejje not abbreviated

Nebraska not abbbreviated

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan NelsonMandelaMet

Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology NMIT

New Brunswick UNB

New University of Ulster Ulster

New York NY

Northumbria Northumbria

Newcastle Newc(UK)

Ngaoundéré not abbreviated

Nigeria not abbreviated

Nipissing not abbreviated

Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences Nizam’sIMS

Njala not abbreviated

Nkumba not abbreviated

Nnamdi Azikiwe NAzikiwe

North (South Africa) North(SAf)

North Bengal NBengal

North Gujarat NGuj

North Maharashtra NMaharashtra

North Orissa NOrissa

North South (Bangladesh) NSU

North-Eastern Hill NEHU

Northampton not abbreviated

Northwestern NU

Northern British Columbia NBrCol

Northern Transvaal, Technikon NTransvaalTech

Northern University of Malaysia NMalaysia

Northumbria at Newcastle Northumbria

North-West (South Africa) NWU

Nottingham Nott

Nottingham Trent NottTrent

NSCAD NSCAD

O Oaklahoma State not abbreviated

Obafemi Awolowo OAwolowo

OFS, Technikon OFSTech

Ohio State not abbreviated

Ogun State not abbreviated

Okanagan University College Okanagan

Olabisi Onabanjo not abbreviated

Ondo State not abbreviated

Ontario not abbreviated

Open (British Columbia) Open(BC)

Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong OpenHK

Open Polytechnic (New Zealand) OpenP(NZ)

Open (United Kingdom) OU (UK)

Open University of Hong Kong OUHK

Open University of Sri Lanka OUSL

Open University of Tanzania OUT

Orange Free State OFS

Osmania Osm

Otago not abbreviated

Otago Polytechnic OtagoP

Ottawa Ott

Owerri, Federal University of Technology Owerri

Oyo State University of Technology Oyo StateUT

Oxford Oxf

Oxford Brookes OxfBrookes

P Pacific Adventist PAU

Paisley not abbreviated

Panjab (Chandigarh, India) Panjab

Papua New Guinea UPNG

Papua New Guinea University of Technology Unitech

Patna not abbreviated

Patuakhali Science and Technology PSTU

Penang not abbreviated

Pennsylvania Penn

Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Peradeniya

Periyar Periyar

Peshawar Pesh

Pittsburgh Pitt

Plymouth Plym

Pondicherry not abbreviated

Poona not abbreviated

Port Harcourt PHarcourt

Portsmouth Port

Pretoria Pret

Prince Edward Island PEI

Princeton Prin

Pune not abbreviated

Punjab (Lahore, Pakistan) Punjab

Punjabi not abbreviated

Purdue not abbreviated

Putra Malaysia UPM

Q Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering Science and Technology Quaid-e-AwamUEST

Quaid-i-Azam QAU

Québec Queb

Québec à Montréal UQAM

Queen Margaret QM (Edin)

Queen’s University at Kingston Queen’s

Queen’s University Belfast QUB

R Rabindra Bharati RBU

Rajarata Rajarata

Rajasthan Raj

Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences RGUHS

Rajshahi Rajsh

Ranchi not abbreviated

Reading R’dg

Regina not abbreviated

Rhode Island School of Design RISD

Rhodes not abbreviated

Riphah International Riphah

Rivers State RVSU

Robert Gordon RGU

Rochester Roch

Roehampton Roeh

Rohilkhand Rohil

Roorkee Roor

Royal Academy of Music RAM

Royal College of Art RCA

Royal College of Music RCM(UK)

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland RCS

Royal Military College of Canada RMC

Royal Roads RRoads

Ruhuna Ruhuna

Ryerson Ryerson

S SNDT Women’s SNDT

Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka Sab

St Andrews St And

St Augustine (Tanzania) SAUT

Salford Salf

Sambalpur Samb

Saskatchewan Sask

Saurashtra Saur

School of Planning and Architecture (Delhi) SPA Delhi

Shah Abdul Latif SA Latif

Sheffield Sheff

Sheffield Hallam SHU

Sherbrooke Sher

Shivaji Shiv

Sierra Leone SLeone

Simon Fraser SFU

Sindh not abbreviated

Singapore Sing

Sokoto not abbreviated

Solusi not abbreviated

South Africa UniSA

South Eastern, Sri Lanka SEUSL

South Pacific USP

Southampton S’ton

Southampton Solent S’tonSolent

Southeastern Oklahoma State University SOSU

Southern California Sth Calif

Stanford Stan

Staffordshire Staffs

State University of New York SUNY

Stellenbosch Stell

Stirling Stir

Strathclyde Strath

Sunderland Sund

Surrey Sur

Surrey Institute of Art and Design SIAD

Sussex Sus

Swaziland Swazi

Syracuse Syr

T Tamil not abbreviated

Tamil Nadu Agricultural TNAU

Tamil Nadu Doctor Ambedkar Law TNLaw

Tamil Nadu Doctor MGR Medical TNMed

Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences TNVet

Taxila, University of Engineering and Technology UET Taxila

Teesside Tees

Teheran Tehr

Telecom (Malaysia) Telecom

Telugu not abbreviated

TERI School of Advanced Studies TERI

Tenaga National UNITEN

Tezpur not abbreviated

Thapar Thapar

Thompson Rivers TRivers

Toronto Tor

Trent not abbreviated

Trinity College Dublin TCD

Trinity Western TrinW

Tripura not abbreviated

Tumaini not abbreviated

U Udaipur Ud

Ulster Ulster

Unitec Institute of Technology UNITEC IT

University College London UCL

University of Technology, Jamaica UTech, Ja

University of Technology, Malaysia UTM

Utara, Malaysia Utara

Utkal not abbreviated

Uyo not abbreviated

V Vaal University of Technology VUT

Vancouver Island University VIU

Vardhaman Mahaveer Open VMOU

VBS Purvanchal VBSPU

Veer Kunwar Singh VKSU

Veer Narmad South Gujarat VNSGU

Vellore Institute of Technology VIT

Venda not abbreviated

Victoria (British Columbia) UVic

Victoria (Toronto) Vic(Tor)

Victoria University of Wellington Victoria

Vienna University of Economics and Business WU

Vikram not abbreviated

Vinoba Bhave VBhave

Virginia not abbreviated

Vista not abbreviated

Visva-Bharati VB

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology VNIT

Visveswaraiah Technological VTU

Vudal not abbreviated

W Waikato Waik

Waikato Institute of Technology Wintec

Wales not abbreviated

Wales Trinity Saint David UWTSD

Walter Sisulu not abbreviated

Warwick Warw

Washington Wash

Waterloo Wat

Wayamba University of Sri Lanka Wayamba

Wellington Institute of Technology WelTec

West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences WBNUJS

West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences WBengalAFS

West Indies UWI

West London UWL

West of England, Bristol UWE Bristol

Western Cape WCape

Western Ontario WOnt

Westminster Westmin

Wilfrid Laurier Laurier

Winchester Winc

Windsor not abbreviated

Winneba, University of Education UEW

Winnipeg Winn

Wisconsin Wis

Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Wits

Wolverhampton Wolv

Worcester not abbreviated

Y Yaounde not abbreviated

Yaounde I not abbreviated

Yaounde II not abbreviated

Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open YCMOU

York (Canada) York(Can)

York (United Kingdom) York(UK)

York St John University York St John

Z Zambia not abbreviated

Zanzibar Zanz

Zanzibar, State University of ZanzSt

Zimbabwe Z’bwe

Zimbabwe Open ZOU

Zululand not abbreviated