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 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.^{[citation needed]} The 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.

Contents 1 University presses by country: English-speaking countries 1.1 Australia 1.2 Canada 1.3 New Zealand 1.4 Philippines 1.5 United Kingdom 1.6 United States 2 University presses by country: Non-English-speaking countries 2.1 Bulgaria 2.2 Denmark 2.3 Estonia 2.4 France 2.5 Hungary 2.6 Iran 2.7 Japan 2.8 Lithuania 2.9 Thailand 2.10 Vietnam

[edit] University presses by country: English-speaking countries

[edit] Australia

• Melbourne University Publishing
• Sydney University Press
• University of Western Australia Press

[edit] Canada

• University of Alberta Press
• Athabasca University 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
• Presses de l'Université du Québec
• Presses de l'Université de Montréal
• Presses de l'Université Laval

[edit] New Zealand

• Auckland University Press
• Victoria University Press

[edit] Philippines

• Ateneo de Manila University Press
• University of the Philippines Press
• De La Salle University Press

[edit] United Kingdom

• Cambridge University Press
• Edinburgh University Press
• University of Exeter Press
• Liverpool University Press
• Manchester University Press
• Nottingham University Press
• Oxford University Press
• University of Wales Press
• The University of York Music Press

[edit] United States

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

University presses in the United States include:

• Bob Jones University Press
• Carnegie Mellon University Press
• Columbia University Press
• Cornell University Press
• Duke University Press
• Duquesne University Press
• Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Fordham University Press
• Gallaudet University Press
• Georgetown University Press
• Harvard University Press
• Johns Hopkins University Press
• Kent State University Press
• Lehigh University Press
• Louisiana State University Press
• MIT Press
• Michigan State University Press
• Moody Publishers
• New York University Press
• Northwestern University Press
• Penn State Press
• Princeton University Press
• Rice University Press
• Rutgers University Press
• San Diego State University Press
• Saint Joseph's University Press
• Southern Illinois University Press
• Stanford University Press
• State University of New York Press
• Texas A&M University Press
• University of Akron Press
• University of Alaska Press
• University of Arizona Press
• University of California Press
• University of Chicago Press
• University of Delaware Press
• University of Georgia Press
• University of Illinois Press
• University of Michigan Press
• University of Minnesota Press
• University of Missouri Press
• University of Nebraska Press
• University of Nevada Press
• University of North Carolina Press
• University of Pittsburgh Press
• University Press of Colorado
• University Press of Florida
• University Press of Kentucky
• University Press of New England
• University of Texas Press
• University of Virginia Press
• University of Washington Press
• University of Wisconsin Press
• Vanderbilt University Press
• Wayne State University Press
• Wesleyan University Press
• Wharton School Publishing
• Yale University Press

[edit] University presses by country: Non-English-speaking countries

[edit] Bulgaria

• Sofia University

[edit] Denmark

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

[edit] Estonia

• Tartu University Press

[edit] France

• University Presses of France

[edit] Hungary

• Central European University Press

[edit] Iran

• University of Tehran Press

[edit] Japan

• University of Tokyo Press

[edit] Lithuania

• Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Publishing House "Technika"

[edit] Thailand

• Chulalongkorn University Press

[edit] Vietnam

• Vietnam National University at Hanoi University Press
• Hanoi National University of Education University Press
• Hanoi University of Sciences University Press