A university press 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 trade books, 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.

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.

University presses by country: English-speaking countries

Australia

• Melbourne University Publishing
• University of Queensland Press
• Sydney University Press
• University of Western Australia Press
• University of New South Wales Press

Canada

• University of Alberta Press
• Athabasca University Press
• University of British Columbia Press
• University of Calgary Press
• McGill-Queen's University Press
• University of British Columbia Press
• University of Ottawa Press
• University of Toronto Press
• Wilfrid Laurier University Press

Hong Kong

• The Chinese University Press
• City University of Hong Kong Press
• Hong Kong University Press

New Zealand

• Auckland University Press
• Otago University Press
• Victoria University Press

South Africa

• University of Cape Town Press
• Witwatersrand University Press

United Kingdom

• Bath University Press
• University of Birmingham Press
• Cambridge University Press
• Chester Academic Press
• Edinburgh University Press
• University of Exeter Press
• University of Hertfordshire Press
• Liverpool University Press
• Manchester University Press
• Middlesex University Press
• Nottingham University Press
• Oxford University Press
• Sulis Press (Bath Spa University)
• University of Wales Press
• The University of York Music Press

United States

A more extensive list, with links, of university presses in the United States and Canada is available at the home page of the Association of American University Presses.

The oldest university press in the United States is the Cornell University Press, founded in 1869.^[1]

University presses in the United States include:

• Bob Jones University Press
• Carnegie Mellon University Press
• Columbia University Press
• Cornell University Press
• Denbridge Press[1]
• Duke University Press[2]
• Duquesne University Press[3]
• Fordham University Press
• Gallaudet University Press[4]
• Georgetown University Press[5]
• Harvard University Press
• Johns Hopkins University Press
• Kent State University Press[6]
• Louisiana State University Press[7]
• MIT Press
• Michigan State University Press[8]
• Moody Publishers [9]
• New York University Press[10]
• Penn State Press
• Princeton University Press
• Rice University Press
• Rutgers University Press
• Saint Joseph's University Press[11]
• Stanford University Press
• State University of New York Press[12]
• Texas A&M University Press
• University of Akron Press[13]
• University of Alaska Press
• University of Arizona Press
• University of California Press
• University of Chicago Press
• University of Delaware Press[14]
• University of Georgia Press [15]
• University of Illinois Press
• University of Michigan Press
• University of Minnesota Press
• University of Missouri Press
• University of Nebraska Press
• University of Pittsburgh Press
• University Press of Florida
• University Press of Kentucky
• University Press of New England
• University of Texas Press
• University of Virginia Press[16]
• University of Wisconsin Press [17]
• Wayne State University Press[18]
• Wharton School Publishing
• Yale University Press

University presses by country: Non-English-speaking countries

Bulgaria

• University Press "St. Kliment Ohridski"

• Official website

Denmark

• Museum Tusculanum Press
• University Press of Southern Denmark

Finland

• University Press Finland

France

• University Presses of France

Germany

Some further information about German non-for-profit university presses can be found at the website of the working group of university presses. [19]

• Universitätsverlag der Technischen Universität Berlin[20]
• Universitätsverlag Göttingen[21]
• Hamburg University Press[22]
• Universitätsverlag Hildesheim[23]
• Universitätsverlag Ilmenau[24]
• Universitätsverlag Karlsruhe[25]
• Universitätsverlag Kassel[26]
• Universitätsverlag Mannheim[27]
• BIS Verlag Oldenburg[28]
• Universitätsverlag Potsdam[29]
• Universitätsverlag Weimar[30]

Italy

• Bononia University Press[31]
• Firenze University Press[32]
• Pisa University Press [33]

Japan

• University of Tokyo Press[34]
• Keio University Press[35]

Hungary

• Central European University Press[36]

Poland

• The Nicolaus Copernicus University Press

Romania

• Cartea Universitara[37]

Russia

Taiwan

• National Taiwan University Press[38]

Ukraine

• Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Press
• Kiev University Press

References

1. ^ "The History of the Cornell University Press". Cornell University Press. Retrieved on 2006-01-01.

External links

• The Association of American University Presses Homepage