| Formation | October 2012 (consolidating previous services) |
|---|---|
| Type | Government-funded research infrastructure |
| Purpose | Advancing social science research and teaching through access to data, documentation, guidance and support |
| Headquarters | University of Essex, Colchester |
Region served | UK and abroad |
Director | Prof Matthew Woollard |
| Affiliations | ESRC, UK Data Archive |
| Website | ukdataservice |
The UK Data Service is the largest digital repository for quantitative and qualitative social science and humanities research data in the United Kingdom. The organisation is funded by the UK government through the Economic and Social Research Council and is led by the UK Data Archive at the University of Essex, in partnership with other universities.
The service is free to data owners and free at the point of use to non-commercial data users.