Lancaster Welcomes You


Lancaster University offers a welcoming global community. Our international reputation attracts students and staff from across the world. There are 2350 international students studying with us on campus from over 100 countries and almost one third of our academic staff are from outside the UK.


Underlining the university’s global outreach and commitment to internationalisation Lancaster has research, teaching and student exchange partnerships with leading universities and institutions around the world. Lancaster undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes are currently taught in collaboration with local institutions in countries currently including Brazil, China, India, Jordan, Malaysia and Singapore.


“one of the top universities in the UK”


Founded in 1964, Lancaster has now grown to become one of the UK’s leading institutions. Ranked 10th


in the


Times Good University Guide 2011 with 17 top 10 departments, Lancaster is a comprehensive university offering a wide range of courses from Accounting to Sociology, from Biomedicine to Physics. More than 92% of our research is of world leading quality or internationally significant. Lancaster is ranked 11th


UK National Student Survey which demonstrates the teaching excellence across the university and that Lancaster students are among the most satisfied in the UK.


Our career orientated courses are designed to ensure you obtain the necessary skills for successful employment. Work and research placement opportunities are offered as part of many courses with international companies, including Ernst & Young, Microsoft, Accenture, Nokia, SAP.


24 Lancaster University


www.lancs.ac.uk/depts/international/ “a lively, friendly and safe campus”


Set within 250 acres of beautiful parkland, the university boasts a lively, friendly and safe campus environment just ten minutes away from the historic city of Lancaster. Centrally located within the UK and well-connected with all major rail and motorway links it takes less than an hour from Lancaster to Manchester, just half an hour to the world famous national parks of the Lake District, but also just two and a half hours to London and two hours to Edinburgh.


“£350m invested in student facilities, teaching space and accommodation”


We have invested £350m in student facilities, teaching space and accommodation and continue to invest to improve all campus facilities. You can find shops, cafes, bars, a cinema, theatre, a multi-faith centre and Muslim prayer room and everything else you need for day-to-day living on campus. Living costs in Lancaster are lower than many other parts of the UK helping you to reduce your cost of study.


in the


“guaranteed on-campus accommodation”


Accommodation As an international postgraduate student from outside the European Union you are guaranteed single on-campus accommodation for your first year of your study provided you meet all conditions listed on page 21 of this prospectus. Details about accommodation will be sent to you automatically from May onwards once you have accepted your offer of a study place.


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