.uk - Second-level Domains

Second-level Domains

• .ac.uk - academic (tertiary education, further education colleges and research establishments) and learned societies
• .co.uk - general use (usually commercial)
• .gov.uk - government (central and local)
• .judiciary.uk - courts (to be introduced in the near future)
• .ltd.uk - limited companies
• .me.uk - general use (usually personal)
• .mod.uk - Ministry of Defence and HM Forces public sites
• .net.uk - ISPs and network companies (unlike .net, use is restricted to these users)
• .nhs.uk - National Health Service institutions
• .nic.uk - network use only (Nominet UK)
• .org.uk - general use (usually for non-profit organisations)
• .parliament.uk - parliamentary use (only for the UK Parliament and the Scottish Parliament)
• .plc.uk - public limited companies
• .police.uk - police forces
• .sch.uk - Local Education Authorities, schools, primary and secondary education, community education