University statements on OA

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  • This list is still under development. Every part of it may change before the official launch, including its title, URL, and method of organization.
  • This is a list of university statements on OA. It does not include OA policies, nor does it include principles for negotiating with publishers.
  • Alphabetical by university.


  • Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
    • Open Science Programme 2020-2024, n.d.
  • Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
    • Statement of Open Values, June 26, 2019
    • Blog post about the statement, October 22, 2019
    • SPARC post about the statement, May 27, 2020
  • Lancaster University
    • Principles of Open Research at Lancaster University, n.d.
  • Loughborough University
    • Open Research Position Statement. December 6, 2019
  • McGill University
    • Open Access Statement, last revised April 30, 2020
    • Announcement and blog post on the April 2020 revision
  • Orbis Cascade Alliance
    • OCA is a consortium of 37 colleges and universities in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
    • Commitment to Open Principles & Practices, May 2021
  • University of Aberdeen
    • Open Research Statement, n.d.
  • University College London
    • Research Transparency
    • This version, November 2019. (Can’t tell whether there are earlier or later versions.)
    • Statement on Open Science, n.d.
  • University of Cambridge
    • The University’s Open Research Position Statement; first released November 2018; last revised March 2019
  • University of Dundee
    • Statement on Open Research, April 2020
  • University of Manchester
    • Position Statement on Open Research, n.d.
  • University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    • Statement on UMass Amherst's Commitment to Open Scholarship, August 19, 2021
  • University of Reading
    • University of Reading Statement on Open Research, December 2018
    • Open Research Handbook
  • University of Saskatchewan
    • Open Access Commitment
    • From the librarians and archivists, not the whole university; renewal and upgrading of 2010 statement.
    • Undated, but the announcement is dated April 29, 2021.
  • University of Surrey
  • Position statement on open research, n.d.
  • University of Virginia, School of Data Science
    • Open Access Guidelines and Recommendations, February 3, 2021
    • SPARC announcement about these guidelines and recommendations, February 16, 2021
  • University of Wolverhampton
    • Open Research Statement, January 2020
  • University of York
    • Open research statement, n.d. but launched on May 29, 2020
  • Western University
    • Western Libraries Open Access Statement, n.d.
    • Presentation on the statement, February 1, 2018
    • Blog post about the statement, July 25, 2018