University rights-retention OA policies

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This list is part of the Open Access Directory.

  • This is a list of institutional rights-retention open-access policies (IRRPs).
  • Many thanks to Luke Drury, Stephen Eglen, Ross Mounce, Sally Rumsey, Peter Suber, and many more for helping put this list together.
  • Please use YYYY-MM-DD for dates, this is the ISO 8601 international date standard.
  • When we don't have better information, we sometimes use adoption dates rather than effective dates, and policy drafts or announcements rather than policy texts. We'll update both kinds of entries as we get better information.
  • Related lists elsewhere:




Name of Institution Country Effective date Modality Policy link
Allegheny College USA 2013-05-16 Opt-out link
Amherst College USA 2013-03-05 Opt-out link
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation (Harvard University) USA 2018-06-28 Opt-out link
Aston University (Midlands Innovation) United Kingdom In preparation TBC link
Auckland University of Technology New Zealand 2020-06-01 Opt-out link
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society (Harvard University) USA 2014-10-09 Opt-out link
Bifröst University Iceland 2012-01-?? Opt-out link
Birkbeck University of London United Kingdom 2022-01-01 Opt-out link
Bryn Mawr College USA 2013-12-11 Opt-out link
Butler University USA 2020-04-28 Opt-out link
California Institute of Technology USA 2013-06-10 Opt-out link
California State University, East Bay USA 2021-05-19 Opt-out link
California State University, Fullerton USA 2019-05-17 Opt-out link
Cardiff University (GW4 Alliance) United Kingdom In Preparation TBC link
Case Western Reserve University USA 2024-03-25 Opt-out link
College of Wooster USA 2013-03-04 Opt-out link
Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory USA 2011-03-1 Opt-out link
Columbia University Libraries USA 2011-06-01 Opt-out link
Cranfield University (Midlands Innovation) United Kingdom 2024-01-01 Opt-out link
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Ireland 2020-08-31 Mandatory link
Duke University USA 2010-03-18 Opt-out link
Emory University USA 2011-03-15 Opt-out link
Florida Gulf Coast University USA 2017-08-01 Opt-out link
Florida State University USA 2016-02-17 Opt-out link
Francis Crick Institute United Kingdom 2023-12-01 Opt-out link
Georgia Institute of Technology USA 2012-11-27 Opt-out link
Harvard Business School USA 2010-02-12 Opt-out link
Harvard Divinity School USA 2010-11-15 Opt-out link
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences USA 2008-02-12 Opt-out link
Harvard Graduate School of Design USA 2011-03-20 Opt-out link
Harvard Graduate School of Education USA 2009-06-01 Opt-out link
Harvard Kennedy School of Government USA 2009-03-10 Opt-out link
Harvard Law School USA 2008-05-01 Opt-out link
Harvard Medical School USA 2014-06-18 Opt-out link
Harvard School of Public Health USA 2012-11-26 Opt-out link
Harvard University Center for the Environment USA 2015-07-01 Opt-out link
Høgskulen på Vestlandet Norway 2023-12-08 Opt-out link
Hope College USA 2011-10-15 Opt-out link
Imperial College London United Kingdom 2024-01-01 Opt-out link
Indiana University (Bloomington) USA 2017-02-21 Opt-out link
Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) USA 2014-10-07 Opt-out 1, 2
Indiana University South Bend USA 2019-01-18 Opt-out link
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Kenya 2012-03-?? Opt-out link
Keele University (Midlands Innovation) United Kingdom 2024-06-19 Opt-out link
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Saudi Arabia 2014-07-1 Opt-out link
King's College London United Kingdom 2023-01-03 Opt-out link
Leibniz University Hannover Germany 2022-06-?? Opt-in link
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) United Kingdom 2025-01-01 Opt-out link
London South Bank University United Kingdom 2023-07-01 Opt-out link
Loughborough University (Midlands Innovation) United Kingdom 2024-01-01? Opt-out link
Manchester Metropolitan University United Kingdom 2024-01-01 Opt-out link
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) USA 2009-03-18 Opt-out link
McGill University Librarians Canada 2012-10-?? Opt-out link
Miami University of Ohio, Library Faculty USA 2012-05-14 Opt-out link
Middlebury College USA 2016-05-17 Opt-out link
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey USA 2017-06-?? Opt-out link
National University of Distance Education (UNED) Spain 2014-07-14 Opt-out link
Norsk Institutt for Naturforskning (NINA) Norway 2023-03-06 Opt-out link
Nord University Norway 2023-09-01 Opt-out link
Norsk Regnesentral (NR Norwegian Computing Center) Norway 2023-??-?? Opt-out link
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) Norway 2023-04-01 Opt-out link
Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norway 2022-10-01 Opt-out link
Oberlin College USA 2009-11-18 Opt-out link
Ohio State University Libraries USA 2012-03-15 Opt-out link
Olin College of Engineering USA 2012-11-28 Opt-out link
Oregon State University USA 2013-06-13 Opt-out link
Østfold University College Norway 2023-04-17 Opt-out link
Pennsylvania State University USA 2019-04-23 Opt-out link
Princeton University USA 2011-09-19 Opt-out link
Queen's University Belfast United Kingdom 2023-11-01 Opt-out link
Queensland University of Technology Australia 2023-03-03 Mandatory link
Rollins College USA 2010-12-25 Opt-out link
Rutgers University USA 2012-10-19 Opt-out link
SCURL (Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries) HE Institutions United Kingdom 2023-10-23 N/A link
Sheffield Hallam University United Kingdom 2022-10-15 Opt-out link
Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy (Harvard University) USA 2014-12-?? Opt-out link
Simon Fraser University Canada 2017-01-?? Opt-out link
SINTEF Norway 2023-01-01 Opt-out link
SOAS University of London United Kingdom 2025-01-01 In preparation link
Stanford University USA 2020-11-19 Opt-out link
Stanford University School of Education USA 2008-06-10 Opt-out link
Stanford University School of Education, Doctoral Students USA 2013-05-24 Opt-out link
Stony Brook University USA 2017-02-06 Opt-out link
Strathmore University Kenya 2011-02-?? Opt-out link
Swansea University United Kingdom 2023-07-01 Opt-out link
Trinity University USA 2009-10-23 Opt-out link
UiT The Arctic University of Norway Norway 2022-01-01 Opt-out link
Universitetet i Agder (UiA) Norway 2023-11-01 Opt-out link
University of Aberdeen United Kingdom 2023-01-05 Opt-out link
University of Albany USA 2021-09-07 Opt-out link
University of Arizona USA 2016-04-04 Opt-out link
University of Bath (GW4 Alliance) United Kingdom In Preparation TBC link
University of Bergen (UiB) Norway 2022-01-01 Opt-out link
University of Birmingham (Midlands Innovation) United Kingdom In preparation TBC link
University of Bradford United Kingdom 2024-04-15 Opt-out link
University of Bristol (GW4 Alliance) United Kingdom 2023-10-01 Opt-out link
University of California USA 2013-07-24 Opt-out link
University of California, San Francisco USA 2012-05-21 Opt-out link
University of Cambridge United Kingdom 2023-04-01 Opt-out link
University of Derby United Kingdom 2024-10-01 Opt-out link
University of Delaware USA 2015-04-06 Opt-out link
University of Dundee United Kingdom 2023-05-31 Opt-out link
University of Durham (N8 Research Partnership) United Kingdom 2023-03-31 Opt-out link
University of Edinburgh United Kingdom 2022-01-01 Opt-out link
University of Essex United Kingdom 2024-10-01 Opt-out link
University of Exeter (GW4 Alliance) United Kingdom In Preparation TBC link
University of Florida USA 2022-04-01 Opt-out link
University of Glasgow United Kingdom 2023-09-01 Opt-out link
University of Hawaii-Manoa USA 2012-03-01 Opt-out link
University of Illinois, Chicago, Library Faculty USA 2011-11-21 Opt-out link
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign USA 2015-10-19 Opt-out link
University of Kansas USA 2009-04-30 Opt-out link
University of Lancaster (N8 Research Partnership) United Kingdom 2023-03-01 Opt-out link
University of Leeds (N8 Research Partnership) United Kingdom 2023-01-01 Opt-out link
University of Leicester (Midlands Innovation) United Kingdom 2024-02-14 Mandatory link
University of Lethbridge Canada 2019-12-09 Opt-out link
University of Liverpool (N8 Research Partnership) United Kingdom 2023-01-24 Opt-out link
University of Manchester (N8 Research Partnership) United Kingdom 2023-03-01 Opt-out link
University of Maryland USA 2022-04-08 Opt-out link
University of Massachusetts, Amherst USA 2016-04-07 Opt-out link
University of Massachusetts Libraries USA 2016-01-06 Opt-out link
University of Massachusetts Medical School USA 2012-07-27 Opt-out link
University of Minnesota USA 2014-12-?? Opt-out link
University of Nairobi Kenya 2012-12-?? Opt-out link
University of Nevada, Las Vegas USA 2019-10-?? Opt-out link
University of New South Wales Australia 2021-12-01 Mandatory* link
University of Newcastle (N8 Research Partnership) United Kingdom 2022-08-01 Opt-out link
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill USA In preparation TBC link
University of Nottingham (Midlands Innovation) United Kingdom In preparation TBC link
University of Oregon, Dept of Romance Languages USA 2009-05-14 Opt-out link
University of Oregon, Library Faculty USA 2009-05-07 Opt-out link
University of Oslo Norway 2023-01-01 Opt-out link
University of Oxford United Kingdom 2024-07-23 Opt-in 1 2
University of Puerto Rico Law School USA 2010-03-04 Opt-out link
University of Rhode Island USA 2013-03-21 Opt-out link
University of Sheffield (N8 Research Partnership) United Kingdom 2023-01-17 Opt-out link
University of St. Andrews United Kingdom 2023-02-01 Opt-out link
University of South-Eastern Norway (USN) Norway 2023-10-01 Opt-out link
University of Stavanger Norway 2023-10-12 Opt-out link
University of Strathclyde United Kingdom 2024-10-01 Opt-out link
University of Sussex United Kingdom 2013-10-01 Opt-out link
University of Texas Libraries USA 2016-10-05 Opt-out link
University of Washington [Faculty] USA 2018-05-17 Opt-out link
University of Washington [Librarians] USA 2017-09-01 Opt-out link
University of Warwick (Midlands Innovation) United Kingdom In preparation TBC link
University of York (N8 Research Partnership) United Kingdom 2023-01-24 Opt-out link
Utah State University USA 2012-04-?? Opt-out link
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University USA 2021-07-21 Opt-out link
Wake Forest University, Library Faculty USA 2010-02-01 Opt-out link
Wellesley College USA 2013-02-06 Opt-out link


Notes:

  • The University of New South Wales policy is more or less mandatory. "Except as otherwise agreed in writing by the President and Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research and Enterprise" it is not characterized as a simple opt-out and so we do not treat it as such.