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Guidelines for registration of new .ac.uk domain names. This guide sets out the national rules and principles for registering and managing academia domain names. The .ac.uk domain name is registered for minimum 2 years. The .ac.uk Naming & Approvals Committee is responsible for approving or rejecting all requests. The .ac.uk is a second level domain for academic establishments, such as universities, colleges and research institutes in a number of countries like New Zealand (.ac.nz), the United Kingdom (.ac.uk), India (.ac.in), Japan (.ac.jp), Austria (.ac.at), Belgium (.ac.be), Iran (.ac.ir), South Africa (.ac.za), and many more.

Many countries use .edu for referring their educational institution, for example .edu.au in Australia, .edu.my in Malaysia. Still other countries (examples include France, the Netherlands and Switzerland), do not maintain a second level domain specifically for Academic Institutions. Though similar, there is a slight distinction between .edu and .ac, as .edu is generally restricted to educational institutions, whereas .ac can generally be used by any academic organization, including museums and research institutions. For nations in which .edu is used, sites for these non-educational academic organizations would reside in the .org domain instead.

Organisations applying for an ac.uk domain name must fit both of the mandatory requirements and at least one of the eligibility requirements.
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A) Mandatory requirements ::

1. Permanent Physical Presence in the UK
2. The majority of its activities are publicly funded by UK government funding bodies, OR it is a Learned Society.

B) Eligibility requirements :: The organisation’s primary function must also satisfy at least one of the following criteria:

1. It has central government funding to provide teaching at tertiary level. Eligible organisations would be:

a) Higher education establishments;
b) Further education establishments;
c) Sixth form colleges;
d) Specialist colleges, which aim to promote opportunities for high quality education and training in residential or day settings,for students with learning difficulties and/or disabilities;
e) Adult community learning (ACL) centres which receive direct funding from their Local Education Authority.

Tertiary education is defined as a programme of learning provided to persons over the age of 16, which is intended to lead to the acquisition of publicly recognised qualifications , such as:

f) A vocational qualification or GCE A Levels or a qualification awarded by the Scottish Qualifications Authority, such as Scottish Vocational Qualifications and Higher National Qualifications.
g) A higher diploma or certificate.
h) Higher education , such as a course of undergraduate study.
i) A course of post-graduate studies.
j) A course at a higher level in preparation for a qualification from a professional body.

2. Part of its set to conduct publicly funded academic research where a reasonable proportion of the results are placed in the UK public domain.

3. Its primary purpose is to provide support (other than teaching) for organisations that work with, and provide other services to, tertiary level educational establishments or the associated research community.

4. It has the status of a Learned Society , which is a society that exists to promote an academic discipline or group of disciplines.

Note : The assessment that the "Core Activities" or "Primary Purpose" fits one or more of the categories above will be determined from the organisation's Articles of Association, Prospectus or Equivalent Documentation. Applications with insufficient information will be rejected by the Naming Committee.

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Organisations Not Eligible for an ac.uk domain name
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1. Individuals;
2. Privately-funded organisations/institutions;
3. Schools;
4. ISPs and hosting companies;
5. Departments or faculties within eligible institutions – should be sub-domains;
6. International organisations/institutions.

Rules for selecting ac.uk domain name
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An eligible organisation may take out as many names within the ac.uk domain as it wishes, subject to the following rules which apply to each requested domain name.

1. A request will NOT be allowed if it is for a name that is either one or two characters in length.

2. Three Letter Acronyms (TLAs) will not be accepted unless it can be clearly demonstrated that the organisation it is deemed to represent is well-known throughout the UK academic and Research Community. Example organisations that do qualify are 'Workers' Educational Association' with wea.ac.uk and 'University College London' with ucl.ac.uk.

3. A request will NOT be allowed if it is for a name that is currently a second level domain name under the uk domain (e.g. org, co, and the like, such as co.ac.uk) or a top-level domain name in the DNS (e.g. com, edu, and the like, such as com.ac.uk) will not be allowed.

4. The requested name must, in JANET(UK)'s opinion, be representative of the requesting organisation's name, or otherwise a detailed explanation is required. The requested name must also be unlikely to present a substantial risk of confusion with other similarly named organisations or activities already registered under ac.uk;

5. A project or service must be centrally funded. It must be of at least 2 year's duration and be UK-based.

6. Generic domain names, which could be applicable to a number of eligible sites, must provide evidence that they have the backing and approval from the majority of relevant members of the UK academic and/or research community.

7.. Internationalised Domain Names that start with the characters “xn- -“ (ie. “xn” followed by two dashes) may not be registered.

8. Domain names must NOT coincide with Internet Protocols such as ‘www’, ‘ftp’,‘dns’ or ‘whois’.

Subject to these constraints, names will be approved on a "First Come, First Served" basis.

Precedents - Should these rules be revised at a later date, existing registrations will REMAIN VALID even if they would otherwise fall outside the Revised Rules. These names are regarded as exceptional, and should not be regarded as setting a Precedent.

Important Information
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If a name is allocated as a result of misrepresentation on the part of the requester or its principal, JANET(UK) reserves the right to withdraw the allocated name. In such a circumstance the domain name owners will be contacted and given 2 weeks’ notice in order to appeal against the decision. There will be no compensation for costs (direct or indirect) incurred by the organisation as a result of the need to rename. The Committee expect that the use of an approved name will lead directly to the homepage (or “under construction” trailer) for that organisation and not to that of its ISP or any other organisation. Abuse of this principle will result in the name being withdrawn.

Organisations should NOT print a domain name on any stationery or publications until they have received formal notification that the name has been approved. An appeal against rejection may not be made on the grounds that the requested name has already been published.

Whois Lookup for .ac.uk domain name.

Submit a Request
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Click here for a Registration Format Template for .ac.uk domain name

All requests must be submitted by an ISP Membership Account holder unless the domain name request is being submitted by an organisation that is currently connected to the JANET network. Requests from organisations connected to JANET should be submitted by a recognised JANET contact within their organisation. If the organisation requesting the new domain name fits the eligibility criteria, then requests may be submitted either as mentioned below :

1. As a formatted Template in plain text within the body of an email to JANET UK at " naming@ja.net ".
2. Writing to JANET Technical Advisory Group including JANET(UK) with Approved ISP Membership Number.

The accepted method of payment is by Approved ISP Membership Account, unless the domain name request is coming from an organisation that is currently connected to the JANET network.

For any name submitted there are two possible outcomes:

ACCEPTED. This will mean that there is no objection to the name from the Naming Committee and a positive acknowledgement will be returned to the ISP submitting the request;

REJECTED. This will mean that the domain name is not acceptable to the Naming Committee. The reason for this would include one or more of the following:

a) wrong template used;
b) sent to wrong e-mail address;
c) insufficient information supplied;
d) request does not fit into the domain's eligibility criteria;
e) template not in plain text;
f) frivolous or time-wasting requests.

Usually there will be no charge for a request that produces a REJECTED outcome. However, JANET(UK) reserves the right to make a suitable charge for frivolous, time-wasting or other requests which impose an undue use of resources to deal with. Once payment has been made, in the case of JANET Customers, or the account of the Approved ISP has been charged, ACCEPTED domain names will be put forward for delegation in the DNS. In the case of a REJECTED outcome any subsequent domain name requests for the same end user will be treated as a new request. Therefore a further five working days should be allowed for a response from the Naming Committee.

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[paul]

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[Bryan]

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[paul]

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