The .uk domains are split as follows:
- ac.uk
- Further and Higher Education organisations plus Research organisations.
- co.uk
- Commercial organisations.
Although most organisations will fit at the third-level there are a
number of neutral subdomains which are intended for particular groups
of otherwise unrelated organisations (This list may be added to as the naming
committee and/or co.uk zone administrator sees fit.):
- music.co.uk
- Organisations in the music industry
- law.co.uk
- Organisations related to the legal
profession (but see also law.org.uk)
- tv.co.uk
- TV stations and related organisations
- radio.co.uk
- Radio stations and related organisations
- internet.co.uk
- Internet service providers
- gov.uk
- Government organisations. Includes national and local government
plus foreign embassies.
- mod.uk
- Ministry of Defence.
- net.uk
- Network providers. Like the .net top level domain this
is primarily for infrastructure, not for customers.
- nhs.uk
- National Health Service. This is sub-domained
according to the following list. Individual organisations will sit at the
4th level.
- swest.nhs.uk
- South and West Region
- sthames.nhs.uk
- South Thames Region
- nthames.nhs.uk
- North Thames Region
- anglox.nhs.uk
- Anglia and Oxford Region
- wmids.nhs.uk
- West Midlands Region
- trent.nhs.uk
- Trent Region
- northy.nhs.uk
- North and Yorkshire Region
- nwest.nhs.uk
- North West and Mersey Region
- exec.nhs.uk
- Executive
- supply.nhs.uk
- Supplies
- wales.nhs.uk
- NHS in Wales
- scot.nhs.uk
- NHS in Scotland
- n-i.nhs.uk
- NHS in Northern Ireland
- nba.nhs.uk
- National Blood Authority
- dpb.nhs.uk
- Dental Practice Board
- nhscr.nhs.uk
- NHS Central Register
- nhscs.nhs.uk
- NHS Clearing Service
- ccmg.nhs.uk
- NHS Central Communications Management Group
- nhstb.nhs.uk
- NHS Telecommunications Branch
- nhsweb.nhs.uk
- NHS Web
- nhsnet.nhs.uk
- NHS Net
- org.uk
- Not for profit organisations. Neutral subdomains of
org.uk include:
- law.org.uk
- Not-for-profit organisations related to the legal
profession
- tec.org.uk
- For Training & Enterprise Councils.
- sch.uk
- Schools. Third-level subdomain is local education
authority area, normally the County or London Borough, (even for Private and
Grant Maintained schools) with each school sitting at the 4th level -
school-name.education-authority.sch.uk.
- Others, which are oddities and with hindsight should have been
lower down: e.g. bl.uk for the British Library and
jet.uk for the JET project.
Credit: All of this information was taken from an older version of
the details at the
UK NIC
UK domains
page and edited to fit this look.
Edited by Dave Beckett,
University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.