University Website Templates: 15 HTML, Angular and WordPress Picks for Colleges
By Manob Editorial · · Updated
A good university website template gives prospective students a clear path to programs, faculty and admissions, and gives staff pages for research, student life and news. We compared 15 options on Manob: 12 HTML templates, 1 Angular template and 2 WordPress themes. Edification is the pick built around academic pages, and Kollege is the one with integrated LMS features.
What does a university website need?
A university site serves several audiences at once. A seventeen-year-old wants to know what they can study and how to apply. A parent looks for fees and campus life. A researcher or a visiting lecturer looks for faculty pages. A template can't write that content, but it can give each audience a page to land on. Here is the checklist we used to read each listing.
- Programs and courses. A page per program or department, with a way to compare them. Course and course-detail pages are the minimum.
- Faculty and staff. Profile sections or a team page, so people can find who teaches what.
- Admissions. This is the conversion point. Look for a dedicated admissions page, an application or inquiry form, or at least a clear contact form.
- Research, student life and alumni. The pages that make an institution look like more than a course catalog.
- News, events and a blog. Universities publish constantly. A blog or event layout saves you from bolting one on later.
- Learning platform links. If you run online courses, check whether the template supports an LMS or only mentions one.
Before you buy any of them, open the live demo and click every page. Our guide on how to preview a template before buying lists what to check, and several listings below say that demo images are not in the download, so you will supply your own photography.
University website templates compared
| Template | Type | Built with | Price from | Live demo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edification – Accomplishments University Website Template | HTML template | — | $20 | Demo |
| Edification - Accomplishments University WordPress Theme | WordPress theme | — | $40 | Demo |
| Kollege - Education, College, University, Coaching, School, LMS, and Online Course WordPress Theme | WordPress theme | — | $40 | Demo |
| Edu-vice – Education University College & School HTML5 Template | HTML template | — | $27 | Demo |
| Educve-University, Online Courses & Multi Demo Education HTML Template | HTML template | — | $19 | Demo |
| Edupit - Education Responsive HTML5 Website Template | HTML template | — | $27 | Demo |
| Edube - Education Website Template | HTML template | — | $19 | Demo |
| Tuetion – Education & LMS Website Template | HTML template | — | $19 | Demo |
| Talim – Education Responsive Website Template | HTML template | — | $30 | Demo |
| Poket – Education Online Responsive Website Template | HTML template | — | $22 | Demo |
HTML templates for universities and colleges
An HTML template is a set of static files. It loads quickly and has no admin panel to maintain, which suits a department site or a small college whose pages change a few times a year. You edit text in code, and forms need a handler behind them. Our guide to editing a Bootstrap template covers the basics.
Edification (HTML): best for a site built around academic achievements
The page list reads like a university site map: Homepage, About Us, Programs, Faculty, Research, Student Life, Alumni, Admissions and Contact Us, nine suggested layouts in all. The listing says it is designed to show an institution's achievements and to help visitors engage with its community, and it includes a contact form and a responsive layout. It is the most complete page set of the HTML picks here. The limit is that it is plain HTML, so staff who want to post news without touching code will need a developer.
Edification is an HTML template for universities, colleges and educational organizations. It is set up to show achievements, with suggested pages for programs, faculty, research…
Edu-vice: best for a college that wants a choice of homepages
Edu-vice ships with four home page demos, and the listing also describes five distinct homepage demos, so check the demo menu to see what you get. Inner pages include courses and course details, a team page, event grid and event list layouts, a gallery grid and pricing, plus FAQ and contact and subscription forms. It is built on Bootstrap 5. The listing names universities, colleges, schools and kindergartens, so it is broader than a pure university design, and there is no admissions page in the list, so you would add one.
Five homepage demos give universities, colleges, schools, kindergartens and course hubs a starting point. This Bootstrap 5 HTML5 layout adapts to screen sizes and includes conta…
Educve: best for a large site with many inner pages
Educve is the biggest page count here: 08+ homepage layouts and 25+ inner pages across 26+ HTML files, on the Bootstrap 5 grid with jQuery, Magnific Popup and Slick Slider. The listing says the code is clean, commented and W3 valid, and it includes detailed documentation. Its named pages are About Us, Service, Team and Portfolio, so expect to rework labels such as "Service" into programs. It also targets kindergartens, online courses and motivational speakers. Preview images are not in the download. If your team works in JavaScript frameworks, Educve also exists as a React template and a Next.js template, built on the same design.
A responsive Bootstrap 5 HTML template for online courses, training providers, kindergartens, colleges, universities and motivational speakers. It has 08+ homepage layouts and 2…
Edupit: best for a career education provider with an LMS
Edupit is an HTML5 template for schools, universities and career education, and its listing says it supports an LMS system. It uses the Bootstrap framework, valid HTML5 and CSS3, Font Awesome icons and Google fonts, with well-documented files. The listing also says it suits WordPress conversion projects. It does not list specific pages such as faculty or admissions, and images are not included, so judge the page set from the demo.
Edupit is an HTML5 template for education websites, schools, universities and career education. It supports LMS systems and is built on the Bootstrap framework.
Edube: best for course showcases with faculty profiles
Edube leads with courses. It has course showcase sections, a course management system for organizing classes, faculty profile sections and student testimonial sections, and the listing mentions learning management system integration. It is described for schools, online learning platforms and individual educators, which makes it a fit for a college's continuing education arm more than a research university. The layout is responsive.
Edube is an HTML website template for schools, online learning platforms and individual educators. It includes a course management system, learning platform integration and facu…
Tuetion: best for a student portal or tutoring front end
Tuetion is an education and LMS template. Its listing covers school management, student portal, tutoring, university portal and e-learning topics, and it targets organizations that want a learning management system front end. The listing is light on page-level detail and says no images are included in the download, so treat the demo as your guide. Pick it if the portal and LMS side matters more than a long list of academic pages.
Tuetion is an HTML website template for education providers and learning management systems. It suits e-learning, tutoring, school and university sites, including student portals.
Talim: best for departments that publish articles and video
Talim has a customizable navigation menu, a blog section for regular posts, article pages for longer writing, video content areas and a contact form. The listing keeps content types separate, so one site can mix articles, videos and news. It names universities and departments, plus book and learning publishers. There is no admissions or faculty page in its feature list, and images are not in the package.
Talim is an HTML education website template with a responsive layout and easy navigation. It suits universities and education businesses that publish articles, videos and a blog.
Poket Education Online: best for a clean homepage with a full-screen slider
Poket Education Online is a Bootstrap-based responsive template with a soft design and a full-screen homepage slider that gives the first screen a strong visual. It is described for online education providers, universities and education publishers. The feature list is short, with no named inner pages, so it is a style choice more than a feature-rich one. Open the demo to see what pages exist.
Poket Education Online is a responsive HTML template for online education and university sites. It has a soft design, a full-screen homepage slider and a Bootstrap base.
WordPress themes for universities
A WordPress theme costs more setup time but lets non-developers edit pages, post news and add events from a dashboard. If that is your staff, read HTML templates vs WordPress themes first. Our broader education WordPress themes roundup has more options.
Edification (WordPress): best for Elementor users who want many header and footer styles
This is the WordPress version of the same brand, built with Elementor. It has 87+ custom Elementor elements, 26+ header styles and 10+ footer styles, a child theme, WPML translation readiness, Contact Form 7 and MailChimp support, and WooCommerce capability. The listing names universities, colleges, science labs and private teachers. It lists no LMS, so it is a presentation site rather than a course platform.
Edification is a responsive WordPress theme for universities, colleges, science and education providers, and private teachers. It is built with Elementor and includes 87+ custom…
Kollege: best for a college that also runs online courses
Kollege is the one theme here with integrated LMS capabilities, so online courses can live on the same site as the institution's public pages. It also lists coaching and school management features, a drag and drop page builder, WooCommerce support and a child theme. Images are included in the download, which is rare among these picks. It is broad: colleges, universities, schools, coaching centers and course providers. A large research university may find the all-in-one scope more than it needs.
Kollege is a WordPress Elementor theme for education, colleges, universities, coaching centers, schools and online courses. It includes integrated LMS capabilities, coaching and…
How to choose a university website template
- If you need the fullest academic page set: start with Edification, in HTML or WordPress, since it lists programs, faculty, research, student life, alumni and admissions.
- If you teach online: Kollege has LMS features built in. Edupit, Edube and Tuetion list LMS support or integration in HTML.
- If staff will edit content: choose a WordPress theme. Install it with our guide on installing a WordPress theme manually, then adjust it using how to customize a WordPress theme.
- If you have a developer and want speed: HTML templates such as Educve or Edu-vice give you many pages to start from. See how to deploy a website for hosting.
- If you publish a lot of content: Talim's blog, article and video layouts are the closest fit.
Check the license too. A university site is one end product, which the Regular License covers; see Regular vs Extended License and our licenses page. Browse more in the site templates category. Every item on Manob can be previewed before you buy and is manually reviewed before it goes live.
New picks added in October 2026
We added five more listings that suit a college, a university's online arm or an education provider. These notes come from each listing, so open the live demo before you buy. Four are HTML templates and one is an Angular template.
Edus: best for a college site with a shop and several home pages
Edus is an HTML template whose description names online courses, e-learning, college, school, education, university and LMS sites. It has 3 unique home pages and 20+ HTML files, with shop pages included, on Bootstrap 4. Its specifications give a last update of February 2020, so expect older code and check it against your browser needs. Documentation is included.
Edus is an HTML template for online courses, e-learning, colleges, schools and universities. It includes 3 home versions and 20+ HTML files, with course, event and shop pages.
Oppida: best for a college that wants a newer Bootstrap 5 base with RTL
Oppida lists 3 unique homepage layouts and 19 HTML files on Bootstrap 5, with RTL support, SCSS files, valid code and documentation. The listing is for online course and education sites, and its tags include college and instructor. It names no admissions or faculty pages, so check the demo for those.
Oppida is an HTML template for online course platforms, schools and mentoring programs. It includes 3 unique home pages and 19 HTML files, plus course, mentor and cart pages.
Edution: best for a school or training centre that wants flexible layouts
Edution is a multi-purpose education template on Bootstrap with valid HTML5 and CSS3. It lists a customized front-page slider, unlimited sidebars and pages, built-in video options and control over colors and text. The listing says a WordPress version is available. It names no program or admissions pages, so you build those with the unlimited-page layout.
Edution is an HTML website template for online course and education sites. It offers a customizable layout, a slider, sidebars and video options for online course providers and…
EduAct: best for a university's online learning section
EduAct has 4 home versions and 40+ inner pages, with LMS and online course layouts, a shop section, RTL layouts and an Owl Carousel slider. It uses Bootstrap 5, with HTML, PHP, CSS and JavaScript files. The preview images and media are not in the download. It leaves room for course catalogs, instructor profiles and enrollment information, but it does not run a learning platform itself.
EduAct is an HTML template for LMS platforms, online courses and e-learning businesses. It suits education providers that need four home layouts and a large set of course pages.
Lanklub: best for a language school or academy built with Angular
Lanklub is an Angular 18 template for language learning providers, academies and LMS portals, using plain JavaScript instead of jQuery on the Bootstrap 5 grid. It has 3 home demos and pages for courses, course details, team, team details, blog and contact. Images are not in the zip, and support is by email. Choose it for a language centre inside a university, and only if a developer on your team works with Angular.
Lanklub is an Angular 18 template for language learning sites, academies, LMS portals and online courses. It is built on the Bootstrap 5 grid, runs on pure JavaScript with no jQ…
When to look elsewhere
- You have a tiny budget. The WordPress.org theme directory has free themes you can search for university and education.
- You need a full student information system. A template is a front end. Application processing, grading and enrollment need dedicated software, which you then link to.
- Nobody will edit code or WordPress. A hosted site builder may be easier than any template here.
- You want far more choice. A larger marketplace will have more education designs than this short list.
Frequently asked questions
What pages should a university website have?
At least programs, faculty, admissions, research, student life, news and a contact page. Edification lists nearly all of these as suggested layouts.
Which of these has built-in LMS features?
Kollege lists integrated LMS capabilities. Edupit, Edube and Tuetion list LMS support or integration in HTML form, so check each demo for what is actually included.
Should a university use HTML or WordPress?
Use WordPress if staff will post news and edit pages themselves. Use HTML if a developer maintains the site and you want quick, static pages.
Are images included in the downloads?
Not always. Kollege includes images, while Educve, Edupit, Tuetion and Talim say images or preview images are not in the download. Plan to use your own photos.