The latest information available from the European Commission shows that there are currently 178 Jean Monnet projects in operation in the UK. These include 14 Jean Monnet Centres of Excellence in the Universities of Bath, Birmingham, Cambridge, Essex, Glasgow, Hull, Kent, Leeds, Liverpool, Loughborough, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Sussex and Wales (Aberystwyth) and funding for courses throughout the UK in community law, European economic integration, European political integration and the history of the European construction process.