.ac.uk is a second-level domain under the .uk top-level domain. The .ac.uk domain is used by organisations providing education at tertiary level and above along with organizations historically associated with higher education such as the Research Councils. There are several mandatory criteria which are required for eligibility to register a .ac.uk domain name.

Eligiblity criteria for .ac.uk domains:

An institution may have an entry in .ac.uk provided it satisfies at least one of the following statements.

A degree awarding institution.
Institutions that teach at tertiary level (including sixth-form colleges) and above, i.e. do not normally accept students below the age for compulsory education. Institutions that conduct research where a reasonable proportion of the results are placed in the public domain.
Learned societies.
The UK further and higher education funding councils and the UK research councils.
The method of determining what name an institution may adopt shall be.
No two character names.
One domain per trading name of the institution will be allowed.
Name requested shall reflect the legal name or trading name of the institution.
The chosen name shall minimise the risk of confusion with other similarly named institutions and avoid the risk of inadvertent masquerading.
First come first served subject to above.

Background to .ac.uk

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