University rights-retention OA policies
This list is part of the Open Access Directory.
- This list is still under development. Every part of it may change before the official launch, including its title, URL, scope notes, and method of organization.
- This is a list of institutional rights retention policies (IRRPs).
- Many thanks to Stephen Eglen, Peter Suber, Sally Rumsey, Luke Drury and many more for helping piece this list together
- Please use YYYY-MM-DD for dates, this is the ISO 8601 international date standard
- Peter Suber maintains a list of Harvard-style IRRps.
- Stephen Eglen maintains a map of UK IRRPs.
| Name of Institution | Country | Effective date | Opt-in, Opt-out, or Mandatory | Policy link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 2022-01-01 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 2023-04-01 | Opt-out | link |
| Birkbeck University of London | United Kingdom | 2022-??-?? | Opt-out | link |
| Sheffield Hallam University | United Kingdom | 2022-10-15 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Aberdeen | United Kingdom | 2023-01-05 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Leeds | United Kingdom | 2023-01-01 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Newcastle | United Kingdom | 2022-08-01 | Opt-out | link |
| University of St Andrews | United Kingdom | 2023-02-01 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Sheffield | United Kingdom | 2023-01-17 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Durham | United Kingdom | 2023-03-31 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Lancaster | United Kingdom | 2023-03-01 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Liverpool | United Kingdom | 2023-01-24 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Manchester | United Kingdom | 2023-03-01 | Opt-out | link |
| University of York | United Kingdom | 2023-01-24 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 2023-01-31 | Opt-out | link |
| King's College London | United Kingdom | 2023-01-03 | Opt-out | link |
| London South Bank University | United Kingdom | 2023-07-01 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Glasgow | United Kingdom | 2023-09-01 | Opt-out | link |
| Harvard University | USA | 2008-01-01 | Opt-out | link |
| Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences | 2008-02-12 | Opt-out | link | |
| MIT | USA | 2009-03-18 | Opt-out | link |
| Stanford University School of Education | USA | 2008-06-10 | Opt-out | link |
| Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Norway | 2022-10-01 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Oslo | Norway | 2023-01-01 | Opt-out | link |
| UiT The Arctic University of Norway | Norway | 2022-01-01 | Opt-out | link |
| Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) | Norway | 2023-04-01 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Stavanger | Norway | 2023-??-?? | Opt-out | |
| Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies | Ireland | 2020-08-31 | Mandatory | link |
| University of New South Wales | Australia | 2021-12-01 | Mandatory* | 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.