List of university presses

The Pitt Building in Cambridge, England; formerly the headquarters of Cambridge University Press. Photo by Andrew Dunn, 2004. Licensed under Creative Commons, courtesy Wikimedia Commons.

A university press (U.P.) is an academic, nonprofit publishing house that is typically affiliated with a large research university, and publishes work that has been reviewed by scholars in the field. It produces mainly scholarly works. Because scholarly books are mostly unprofitable, university presses may also publish textbooks and reference works, which tend to have larger audiences and sell more copies. Most university presses operate at a loss and are, perforce, subsidized by their parent universities. However, certain presses, notably Yale University Press, are self-sufficient, often because of endowments.

Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press are the two largest university presses in the world. The largest university press in the United States is the University of Chicago Press. Cambridge University Press is both the oldest publishing house in the world and the oldest university press.

University presses tend to develop specialized areas of expertise. For example, Yale publishes many art books, the University of Chicago publishes many academic journals, the University of Illinois press specializes in labor history, and MIT Press publishes linguistics titles.

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English-speaking countries

Australia

1. Charles Darwin University Press
2. Melbourne University Publishing
3. Monash University Publishing
4. Sydney University Press
5. University of Adelaide Press
6. University of Queensland Press
7. University of Technology Sydney
8. University of Western Australia Press

Canada

1. University of Alberta Press
2. Athabasca University Press
3. University of Calgary Press
4. McGill-Queen's University Press
5. University of British Columbia Press
6. University of Ottawa Press
7. University of Toronto Press
8. Wilfrid Laurier University Press

New Zealand

1. Auckland University Press
2. Victoria University Press

Philippines

1. Ateneo de Manila University Press
2. University of the Philippines Press
3. University of Santo Tomas Publishing House

Singapore

1. NUS Press

United Kingdom

1. Cambridge University Press
2. Edinburgh University Press
3. Imperial College Press
4. Liverpool University Press
5. Manchester University Press
6. Nottingham University Press
7. Oxford University Press
8. Sheffield Academic Press
9. University of Exeter Press
10. University of Wales Press
11. The University of York Music Press

United States

See also: Association of American University Presses

1. Arte Publico Press (University of Houston)
2. Baylor University Press
3. Bob Jones University Press
4. Brigham Young University Press
5. Bucknell University Press
6. Carnegie Mellon University Press
7. Catholic University of America Press
8. Cleveland State University Poetry Center
9. Columbia University Press
10. Cornell University Press
11. Duke University Press
12. Duquesne University Press
13. Eastern Washington University Press (?1975-2010)
14. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
15. Fordham University Press
16. Gallaudet University Press
17. Georgetown University Press
18. George Mason University Press
19. Harvard University Press
20. Howard University Press
21. Indiana University Press
22. Alice James Books (University of Maine)
23. Johns Hopkins University Press
24. Kent State University Press
25. Lehigh University Press
26. Louisiana State University Press
27. MIT Press
28. Michigan State University Press
29. Moody Publishers
30. New Issues Press (University of Michigan).
31. New York University Press
32. Northwestern University Press
33. Penn State University Press
34. Princeton University Press
35. Purdue University Press
36. Rice University Press
37. Rockefeller University Press
38. Rutgers University Press
39. San Diego State University Press
40. Saint Joseph's University Press
41. Southern Illinois University Press
42. Southern Methodist University Press
43. Stanford University Press
44. State University of New York Press
45. Syracuse University Press
46. Temple University Press
47. Texas A&M University Press
48. Texas Christian University Press
49. Texas Tech University Press
50. Texas Western Press
51. Trinity University Press
52. University of Akron Press
53. University of Alabama Press
54. University of Alaska Press
55. University of Arizona Press
56. University of California Press
57. University of Chicago Press
58. University of Delaware Press
59. University of Georgia Press
60. University of Hawaii Press
61. University of Idaho Press
62. University of Illinois Press
63. University of Massachusetts Press
64. University of Michigan Press
65. University of Minnesota Press
66. University of Missouri Press
67. University of Nebraska Press
68. University of Nevada Press
69. University of New Mexico Press
70. University of New Orleans Press
71. University of North Carolina Press
72. University of North Texas Press
73. University of Notre Dame Press
74. University of Oklahoma Press
75. University of Pennsylvania Press
76. University of Pittsburgh Press
77. University Press of Colorado
78. University Press of Florida
79. University Press of Kansas
80. University Press of Kentucky
81. University Press of Mississippi
82. University Press of New England
83. University of Scranton Press
84. University of South Carolina Press
85. University of Tennessee Press
86. University of Texas Press
87. University of Utah Press
88. University of Virginia Press
89. University of Washington Press
90. University of Wisconsin Press
91. Utah State University Press
92. Vanderbilt University Press
93. Washington State University Press
94. Wayne State University Press
95. Wesleyan University Press
96. West Virginia University Press
97. Wharton School Publishing
98. Yale University Press

Non-English-speaking countries

Colombia

• University of Valle Publishing Program

China

• Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press

Czech Republic

• Palacký University Press

Denmark

• Museum Tusculanum Press
• University Press of Southern Denmark
• Aarhus University Press

Egypt

• American University in Cairo Press

Estonia

• Tartu University Press

France

• Presses Universitaires de France
• Presses Universitaires de Rennes

Hungary

• Central European University Press

Iran

• University of Tehran Press

Japan

• University of Tokyo Press

Lithuania

• Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Publishing House "Technika"

Peru

• Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos Fondo Editorial

See also

• Association for Learned and Professional Society Publishers
• List of English language book publishers