Abstract: Teachers are the most precious intellectual resources of universities as the key to the existence and development of universities.After the formation stage in elite higher education period and the formation development stage in mass higher education period,university teacher development system(UTDS) in UK has displayed the following characteristics:the idea that it is important to construct UTDS in order to improve higher education quality is reflected；special institutions of UTDS have been established；scientific research management is strengthened to promote UTDS construction；enough financial guarantee for UTDS and perfect supervision & evaluation of UTDS are provided.It is of great reference significance to the construction and practice of UTDS with Chinese characteristics that we study the successful experience of that in UK.

Key words: the United Kingdom, university teacher development, features, enlightenments