| University | Motto |
|---|
| University of Aberdeen | The beginning of wisdom is fear of the Lord |
| Aberystwyth University | A world without knowledge is no world at all |
| University of the Arts London | A Creative Constellation |
| Aston University | Forward |
| Birkbeck, University of London | In night is counsel |
| Bangor University | The best gift is knowledge |
| University of Bath | Learn each field of study according to its kind |
| University of Birmingham | Through efforts to high things |
| Birmingham City University | Do what you are doing; attend to your business |
| Bournemouth University | To Learn is to Change |
| School of oriental and African Studies | Knowledge is power |
| University of Bradford | Give invention light |
| University of Bristol | (Learning) promotes one's innate power |
| University of Buckingham | Flying On Our Own Wings |
| Buckinghamshire New University | By Art and Industry |
| University of Cambridge | From here, light and sacred draughts |
| Canterbury Christ Church University | The truth shall make you free |
| Cardiff University | Truth, Unity and Harmony |
| University of Central Lancashire | From the Ground to the Sun |
| University of Chester | He that teacheth, on teaching |
| University of Chichester | By teaching, we learn |
| City University, London | To serve mankind |
| Cranfield University | Out of darkness, light |
| De Montfort University | Excellence and zeal |
| University of Derby | Experience Teaches |
| University of Dundee | My soul doth magnify the Lord |
| Durham University | Her foundations are upon the holy hills |
| University of East Anglia | Do Different |
| Edge Hill University | In knowledge there is opportunity |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | For the common good |
| University of Gloucestershire | In spirit and truth |
| Imperial College London | Knowledge is the adornment and safeguard of the Empire |
| University of Kent | Whom to serve is to reign |
| King's College London | With holiness and with wisdom |
| London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) | To understand the causes of things |
| Napier University, Edinburgh | Without knowledge, all is in vain |
| The Open University | Learn and Live |
| Oxford Brookes University | Excellence in Diversity |
| Queen Mary, University of London | With united power |
| The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen | Now by all your mastered arts |
| Royal Holloway, University of London | To be, rather than to seem |
| Swansea University | Technical skill is bereft without culture |
| University College London | Let all come who by merit most deserve reward |
| University of Essex | Thought the harder, heart the keener |
| University of Edinburgh | Neither rashly nor timidly |
| University of Exeter | We follow the light |
| University of Glamorgan | Success Through Endeavour |
| University of Glasgow | The Way, the Truth, and the Life |
| Keele University | Thanke God for All |
| University of Lancaster | Truth lies open to all |
| University of Leeds | And Knowledge Will Be Increased |
| University of Lincoln | Through Wisdom, Liberty |
| University of Liverpool | These days of peace foster learning |
| Liverpool John Moores University | Fortune Assists the Bold |
| University of Leicester | So that they may have life |
| Loughborough University | By Truth, By Science and, By labour |
| University of Manchester | Knowledge, wisdom, humanity |
| University of Nottingham | A city is built on wisdom |
| University of Oxford | The Lord is my Light |
| Plymouth University | Explore, Dream, Discover |
| University of Salford | Let us seek higher things |
| University of Sheffield | To discover the causes of things |
| University of Southampton | Adversity Yields to Endeavour |
| Southampton Solent University | Spark Your Imagination |
| Staffordshire University | Create the difference |
| University of St Andrews | Ever to Excel |
| University of Stirling | Be the Difference |
| University of Sussex | Be Still and Know |
| University of Teesside | Deeds Not Words |
| University of Wales College of Medicine | Knowledge enables cures |
| University of Warwick | Mind over matter |
| University of Winchester | Wisdom and Knowledge |
| University of York | On the threshold of wisdom |
| York St John University | That they have life and have it more abundantly |
