Can Government Authorised Exchange sponsors also sponsor Skilled Worker visas?

Only if they also hold a Skilled Worker licence. 226 of the 246 Government Authorised Exchange sponsors (92%) do; the rest can sponsor only the routes their licence lists.

How do I check a Government Authorised Exchange sponsor is genuine?

Confirm the organisation on the official Home Office register and that its licence lists the Government Authorised Exchange route. Never pay anyone for a certificate of sponsorship — selling certificates is illegal.

Sponsor list · Register updated 22 October 2026

Government Authorised Exchange visa sponsors

Every organisation on the Home Office register licensed to sponsor the Government Authorised Exchange route — 246 in total.

TL;DR246 UK organisations can sponsor the Government Authorised Exchange visa. 92% of them also hold a Skilled Worker licence. The largest concentration is in London (76). GOV.UK describes the route as: “Apply for a Temporary Work – Government Authorised Exchange (GAE) visa for work experience, training, research or fellowship.”

Licensed sponsors: 246
Also hold Skilled Worker: 226 (92%)
Register updated: 22 October 2026

Where Government Authorised Exchange sponsors are based

Registered town	Sponsors
London	76
Cambridge	25
Edinburgh	7
Dundee	5
Sheffield	5
Norwich	5
Liverpool	5
Oxford	3

All Government Authorised Exchange sponsors

Showing 1–200 of 246. Browse every page below.

Organisation	Town	Licence	Other routes
Abertay University	Dundee	A rating	Skilled Worker
Aberystwyth University	Aberystwyth	A rating	Skilled Worker
Academy of Medical Royal Colleges	London	A rating	—
ADS Group Limited	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
AEGIQ LTD	Sheffield	A rating	Skilled Worker
AIESEC UK Ltd	London	A rating	Skilled Worker, Charity Worker
American Embassy	London	A rating	International Agreement
Anglia Ruskin University	Chelmsford	A rating	Skilled Worker
Arm Limited	Cambridge	A rating	Skilled Worker, Senior or Specialist Worker (Global Business Mobility)
Association of Commonwealth Universities	London	A rating	—
Aston University	Birmingham	A rating	Skilled Worker
AVS ADDED VALUE SOLUTIONS UK LTD	Oxford	A rating	Skilled Worker
Babraham Institute	Cambridge	A rating	Charity Worker, Skilled Worker
BAE Systems Plc	London	A rating	Graduate Trainee (Global Business Mobility), Senior or Specialist Worker (Global Business Mobility), Skilled Worker
Bangor University	Bangor	A rating	Skilled Worker
BANK OF ENGLAND	LONDON	A rating	Skilled Worker
Bath Spa University	Bath	A rating	Creative Worker, Skilled Worker, International Sportsperson
Birkbeck College	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
Bournemouth University	Poole	A rating	Skilled Worker
British Business Bank	Sheffield	A rating	Skilled Worker
British Council	London	A rating	Senior or Specialist Worker (Global Business Mobility), Skilled Worker
British Council (IAESTE Programme)	Belfast	A rating	—
British Council (Language Assistants)	London	A rating	—
Brunel University London	Uxbridge	A rating	Skilled Worker
Buckinghamshire New University	Buckinghamshire	A rating	Skilled Worker
BUNAC Travel Services limited	London	A rating	—
Cabinet Office	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
Canterbury Christ Church University	Canterbury	A rating	Minister of Religion, Skilled Worker
Cardiff University	Cardiff	A rating	Skilled Worker, Creative Worker
City St George's, University of London	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
Clare College	Cambridge	A rating	Minister of Religion, Skilled Worker
Clare Hall, University of Cambridge	Cambridge	A rating	Skilled Worker
College of Optometrists	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
Corpus Christi College	Cambridge	A rating	Skilled Worker
Courtauld Institute of Art	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
Coventry University	Coventry	A rating	Skilled Worker
Cranfield University	Bedford	A rating	Skilled Worker
Creative Ideas & Architecture Office Ltd	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
De Montfort University	Leicester	A rating	Skilled Worker
Defence Academy of the United Kingdom	Swindon	A rating	Skilled Worker
Department for Business & Trade	LONDON	A rating	Senior or Specialist Worker (Global Business Mobility), Skilled Worker
Diamond Light Source Ltd	Didcot	A rating	Skilled Worker
Earlham Institute	Norwich	A rating	Skilled Worker
EarthId Technology Ltd	Chessington	A rating	Skilled Worker
Edge Hill University	Ormskirk	A rating	Skilled Worker
Edinburgh Napier University	Edinburgh	A rating	Skilled Worker
Ehlermann Rindfleisch Gadow MbB	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
Embassy of Denmark in the United Kingdom	London	A rating	International Agreement, Skilled Worker
EMBASSY OF SPAIN	LONDON	A rating	International Agreement
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands	London	A rating	International Agreement
Essex County Council	Chelmsford	A rating	Skilled Worker
Fire Service College Ltd	Moreton In Marsh	A rating	—
Fragomen LLP	London	A rating	Senior or Specialist Worker (Global Business Mobility), Skilled Worker
Genome Research Limited	Cambridge	A rating	Charity Worker, Skilled Worker
Girton College	Cambridge	A rating	Skilled Worker
Glasgow Caledonian University	Glasgow	A rating	Skilled Worker
Goldsmiths University of London	London	A rating	—
Gonville and Caius College	Cambridge	A rating	Skilled Worker
Greenlight Healthcare Ltd	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
GTI Recruiting Solutions	London	A rating	—
Heriot-Watt University	EDINBURGH	A rating	Skilled Worker
Hill Dickinson Business Services Limited	Liverpool	A rating	Graduate Trainee (Global Business Mobility), Skilled Worker
HM Revenue & Customs	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
HM Treasury	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
HR Wallingford Group Limited	Wallingford	A rating	Skilled Worker, Senior or Specialist Worker (Global Business Mobility)
HRMNY	Clacton on Sea	A rating	Skilled Worker
Imperial College London (HR)	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
Institute for Fiscal Studies	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
Institute of Development Studies	Brighton	A rating	Charity Worker, Skilled Worker
Ionoptika Ltd	Chandler's Ford	A rating	Skilled Worker
IRARA Services Ltd	Sheffield	A rating	Skilled Worker
Jesus College	Cambridge	A rating	Skilled Worker
Keele University - Human Resources	Newcastle-under-Lyme	A rating	Skilled Worker
King's College	Cambridge	A rating	Creative Worker, Skilled Worker
King's College London	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
Kingston University	Kingston upon Thames	A rating	Skilled Worker
Lancaster University	Lancaster	A rating	Skilled Worker
Lantra	Coventry	A rating	—
Leeds Beckett University	LEEDS	A rating	Skilled Worker, Creative Worker
LGC Limited	Guildford	A rating	Senior or Specialist Worker (Global Business Mobility), Skilled Worker
Liverpool Hope University	Liverpool	A rating	Skilled Worker
Liverpool John Moores University	Liverpool	A rating	Skilled Worker
London and South East University Group	Greenwich	A rating	Skilled Worker
London Business School	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
London South Bank University	London	A rating	Charity Worker, Skilled Worker
Loughborough University	Loughborough	A rating	Creative Worker, International Sportsperson, Skilled Worker
Lucy Cavendish College	Cambridge	A rating	Charity Worker, Skilled Worker
master and fellows of peterhouse	cambridge	A rating	Skilled Worker
MCF Ltd	London	A rating	Senior or Specialist Worker (Global Business Mobility), Skilled Worker
Merchiston Castle School	Edinburgh	A rating	Charity Worker, Skilled Worker
Middlesex University	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
Mountbatten Programmes Ltd	London	A rating	Senior or Specialist Worker (Global Business Mobility), Skilled Worker
MUTUS TECH LTD	Liverpool	A rating	Skilled Worker
National Museums Scotland	Edinburgh	A rating	Skilled Worker, Charity Worker
National Oceanography Centre	Southampton	A rating	Skilled Worker
Natural History Museum	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
Newcastle University	Newcastle Upon Tyne	A rating	Skilled Worker, Senior or Specialist Worker (Global Business Mobility), International Sportsperson
Newnham College	Cambridge	A rating	Skilled Worker
NHS Tayside	Dundee	A rating	Skilled Worker
Niab	CAMBRIDGE	A rating	Skilled Worker
Northeastern University - London	London	A rating	Skilled Worker, Senior or Specialist Worker (Global Business Mobility)
Northumbria University	Newcastle Upon Tyne	A rating	International Sportsperson, Skilled Worker
Nottingham Trent University - Human Resources	Nottingham	A rating	Skilled Worker
NPL Management Limited	Teddington	A rating	Skilled Worker
Odin Medical Ltd	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
Oxford Brookes University	Oxford	A rating	Skilled Worker
Pembroke College	Cambridge	A rating	Skilled Worker
Plymouth Marine Laboratory	Plymouth	A rating	Charity Worker, Skilled Worker
Progressive Tours Ltd	Amersham	A rating	Skilled Worker
Quadram Institute Bioscience	Norwich	A rating	Skilled Worker
Quantinuum Limited	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
Quantum Motion Technologies Limited	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
Queen Mary University of London	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
Queen's University Belfast	Belfast	A rating	Skilled Worker, Charity Worker
Queens' College	Cambridge	A rating	Skilled Worker
Resurrect Bio Ltd	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
Robinson College	Cambridge	A rating	Skilled Worker
Roehampton University	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
Rothamsted Research	Harpenden	A rating	Skilled Worker, Charity Worker
Royal Academy of Music	London	A rating	Creative Worker, Skilled Worker
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	Richmond	A rating	Skilled Worker, Charity Worker
Royal College of Art	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
Royal College of Surgeons of England	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College	Egham	A rating	Creative Worker, Skilled Worker
Royal Veterinary College	Hatfield	A rating	Skilled Worker
Royal Veterinary College	London	A rating	—
School of Oriental and African Studies	London	A rating	Creative Worker, Skilled Worker
Science Museum Group	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
Scottish Association for Marine Science	Oban	A rating	Skilled Worker
Scottish Government	Edinburgh	A rating	Skilled Worker
Selwyn College	Cambridge	A rating	Skilled Worker
SEO London	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
Serious Fraud Office	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
Sheffield Hallam University	Sheffield	A rating	Skilled Worker
Sidney Sussex College	Cambridge	A rating	Skilled Worker
Social Security Scotland	Dundee	A rating	Skilled Worker
St Catharine's College	Cambridge	A rating	Skilled Worker
St John's College, Cambridge	Cambridge	A rating	Creative Worker, Skilled Worker
St Mary's University	Twickeham	A rating	Skilled Worker
St Mary's University	Twickenham	A rating	—
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust	Stockport	A rating	Skilled Worker
Swansea University	Swansea	A rating	Skilled Worker, Creative Worker
The Aga Khan University (International) in the United Kingdom	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
The Alan Turing Institute	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law	London	A rating	Charity Worker, Skilled Worker
The British Museum	London	A rating	Charity Worker, Skilled Worker
The Centre for Language Education and Cooperation, UK	London	A rating	—
The Embassy of Belgium - Trade Office for Wallonia (AWEX)	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
The Francis Crick Institute Limited	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
The General Council of the Bar of England and Wales "The Bar Council"	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
The Institute of Cancer Research	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
The Institute of Ismaili Studies	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
The James Hutton Institute	Dundee	A rating	Skilled Worker
The John Innes Centre	Norwich	A rating	Skilled Worker
The Law Society of England and Wales	London	A rating	—
The London School of Economics and Political Science	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
The Master and Fellows of Emmanuel College in the University of Cambridge	Cambridge	A rating	Skilled Worker
The Moredun Foundation	Midlothian	A rating	Skilled Worker
The National Archives	Richmond	A rating	Skilled Worker
The Open University	Milton Keynes	A rating	Skilled Worker
The Pirbright Institute	Surrey	A rating	Skilled Worker, Charity Worker
The Robert Gordon University	Aberdeen	A rating	Skilled Worker
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh	Edinburgh	A rating	Charity Worker, Skilled Worker, Creative Worker
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama	London	A rating	Creative Worker, Skilled Worker
The Royal Institute of International Affairs	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
The Sainsbury Laboratory	Norwich	A rating	Skilled Worker
The University of Cambridge	Cambridge	A rating	Skilled Worker
The University of Manchester	Manchester	A rating	Skilled Worker
The University of Salford	Salford	A rating	Skilled Worker
The University of Sheffield	Sheffield	A rating	Skilled Worker
The University of Winchester	Winchester	A rating	Skilled Worker
The University of Worcester	Worcester	A rating	International Sportsperson, Skilled Worker
Toscafund Asset Management LLP	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
Trinity College	Cambridge	A rating	Skilled Worker, Religious Worker, Minister of Religion
Trinity College Dublin at Belfast	Belfast	A rating	Skilled Worker
TWI Ltd	Cambridge	A rating	Skilled Worker, Senior or Specialist Worker (Global Business Mobility)
Twin Group	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Wallingford	A rating	Skilled Worker
UK Health Security Agency	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
UK Research and Innovation	Swindon	A rating	Skilled Worker
UK Space Agency	Swindon	A rating	—
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority	Abingdon	A rating	International Agreement, Skilled Worker
United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory	Warrington	A rating	Skilled Worker
University College London	London	A rating	Skilled Worker
University of Aberdeen	Aberdeen	A rating	Skilled Worker
University of Bath	Bath	A rating	Skilled Worker, International Sportsperson, Creative Worker
University of Birmingham	Birmingham	A rating	Skilled Worker
University of Bradford	Bradford	A rating	Creative Worker, Skilled Worker
University of Brighton	Brighton	A rating	Skilled Worker
University of Bristol	Bristol	A rating	Creative Worker, Skilled Worker
University of Chester	Chester	A rating	Skilled Worker
University of Chichester	Chichester	A rating	Skilled Worker
University of Cumbria	Carlisle	A rating	Skilled Worker
University of Derby	Derby	A rating	Skilled Worker, Creative Worker, International Sportsperson
University of Dundee	Dundee	A rating	Skilled Worker
University of Durham	Durham	A rating	Skilled Worker, International Sportsperson
University of East Anglia	Norwich	A rating	Skilled Worker
University of East London	London	A rating	Skilled Worker, International Sportsperson
University of Edinburgh	Edinburgh	A rating	Charity Worker, Skilled Worker, International Sportsperson

Frequently asked questions

How many organisations can sponsor the Government Authorised Exchange visa?: 246 organisations hold a Government Authorised Exchange sponsor licence on the Home Office Register of Licensed Sponsors (register updated 22 October 2026). This page lists every one.
Can Government Authorised Exchange sponsors also sponsor Skilled Worker visas?: Only if they also hold a Skilled Worker licence. 226 of the 246 Government Authorised Exchange sponsors (92%) do; the rest can sponsor only the routes their licence lists.
How do I check a Government Authorised Exchange sponsor is genuine?: Confirm the organisation on the official Home Office register and that its licence lists the Government Authorised Exchange route. Never pay anyone for a certificate of sponsorship — selling certificates is illegal.

Sources

Home Office — Register of Licensed Sponsors (Workers). Register updated 22 October 2026.
GOV.UK — Government Authorised Exchange visa. Route description quoted from GOV.UK.