Editing Lancaster University

{{Short description|Public university in Lancaster, England}}
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 | name                   = Lancaster University
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 | image_size             = 160px
 | caption                = [[Coat of arms of Lancaster University]]
 | motto                  = {{langx|la|Patet omnibus veritas}}
 | mottoeng               = Truth lies open to all
 | established            = {{Start date and age|1964|df=yes}}
 | endowment              = [[Pound sterling|£]]18.9&nbsp;million (2024)<ref name="Lancaster Financial Statement 23/24"/>
 | budget                 = [[Pounds sterling|£]]401.7 million (2023/24)<ref name="Lancaster Financial Statement 23/24"/>
 | type                   = [[public university|Public]]
 | city                   = [[Bailrigg]], [[City of Lancaster]]
 | country                = England
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 | campus                 = [[Bailrigg]]
 | chancellor             = [[Alan Milburn]]
 | head_label             = [[Pro-Chancellor]]
 | head                   = [[Alistair Burt]]
 | vice_chancellor        = [[Andy Schofield]]
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 | undergrad              = {{HESA undergraduate population|INSTID=10007768}} ({{HESA year}})<ref name="HESA"/>
 | postgrad               = {{HESA postgraduate population|INSTID=10007768}} ({{HESA year}})<ref name="HESA"/>
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{{collapsible list|title=Colleges|
{{color strip|#F50002|black}} [[Bowland College, Lancaster|Bowland]] <br />
{{color strip|#660056|#CBC5AE}} [[Cartmel College, Lancaster|Cartmel]]<br />
{{color strip|#FFC72C|#003057}} [[The County College, Lancaster|County]]<br />
{{color strip|#410099|#FFFFFF}} [[Furness College, Lancaster|Furness]] <br />
{{color strip|#E35205|#000000}} [[Fylde College, Lancaster|Fylde]]<br />
{{color strip|#00677F|#9CDBD9}} [[Graduate College, Lancaster|Graduate]]<br />
{{color strip|#6CACE4|#003087}} [[Grizedale College, Lancaster|Grizedale]]<br />
{{color strip|#114075|#FFFFFF}} [[Lonsdale College, Lancaster|Lonsdale]]<br />
{{color strip|#F2A900|#007A33}} [[Pendle College, Lancaster|Pendle]]
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 | affiliations           = {{hlist| [[Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business|AACSB]]|[[Association of Commonwealth Universities|ACU]]| [[Association of MBAs|AMBA]]|[[European University Association|EUA]]|[[European Quality Improvement System|EQUIS]]|[[N8 Group]]|[[Universities UK]]}}
 | website                = {{URL|lancaster.ac.uk}}
 | logo                   = Lancaster University logo.svg
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'''Lancaster University''' (officially '''The University of Lancaster''')<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/documents/strategic-planning--governance/governance/council-key-documents/Charter-Statutes-Ordinances.pdf |title = Charter, Statutes and Ordinances of the University of Lancaster |date= 27 June 2018 |access-date = 4 May 2025 |work= Lancaster University }}</ref> is a [[public university|public]] [[research university]] in [[Lancaster, Lancashire]], England. The university was established in 1964 by [[royal charter]],<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/about-us/our-history/origins-and-growth/ |title= Origins and Growth - Lancaster University|access-date= 8 December 2020}}</ref> as one of several new universities created in the 1960s.

The university was initially based in St Leonard's Gate in the city centre, before starting a move in 1967 to a purpose-built campus located on {{convert|300|acre}} at [[Bailrigg]], {{convert|4|km|miles|abbr=on}} to the south of the city.<ref name=":0" /> The campus buildings are arranged around a central walkway known as the Spine, which is connected to a central plaza, named Alexandra Square in honour of its first [[chancellor (education)|chancellor]], [[Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy|Princess Alexandra]].

Lancaster is a [[Colleges within universities in the United Kingdom|residential collegiate university]]; the colleges are weakly autonomous. The eight undergraduate colleges are named after places in the [[Historic counties of England|historic county]] of Lancashire, and each has its own campus residence blocks, common rooms, administrative staff and bars.

Lancaster has ranked in the top fifteen in all three UK [[Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom|national league tables]] for the past 10 years, and received a Gold rating in the Government's 2017 and 2023 [[Teaching Excellence Framework]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/about-us/rankings-and-reputation/| title = Lancaster University: Our Reputation| access-date =10 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tef2023.officeforstudents.org.uk|publisher=Office for Students|access-date=28 September 2023|title=Teaching Excellence Framework 2023 Outcomes}}</ref> The annual income of the institution for 2023/24 was £401.7&nbsp;million of which £48.5&nbsp;million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £290.7&nbsp;million.<ref name="Lancaster Financial Statement 23/24">{{cite web |title=Financial Statements for the Year to 31 July 2024 |url=https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/depts/finance/2024%20Lancaster%20University%20Annual%20Accounts.pdf |access-date=12 December 2024 |publisher=Lancaster University |page=36}}</ref>

Lancaster is a member of the [[N8 Group]] of research universities, which also includes the universities of [[Durham University|Durham]], [[University of Leeds|Leeds]], [[University of Liverpool|Liverpool]], [[University of Manchester|Manchester]], [[Newcastle University|Newcastle]], [[University of Sheffield|Sheffield]] and [[University of York|York]]. Since 2015, [[Alan Milburn]] has been the university's chancellor.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Copeland|first1=Alexa|title=Former Darlington MP Alan Milburn appointed as university chancellor|url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11833002.Former_Darlington_MP_Alan_Milburn_appointed_as_university_chancellor/|access-date=9 February 2018|work=The Northern Echo|date=4 March 2015|language=en}}</ref>

==History==
Between 1958 and 1961 seven new [[plate glass university|plate glass universities]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Utopian Universities: A Global History of the New Campuses of the 1960s {{!}} Reviews in History |url=https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/2434 |access-date=25 October 2023 |website=reviews.history.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref> were announced, including Lancaster. The choice of Lancaster as the site of the fourth new university was announced on 23 November 1961.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1961/nov/23/new-university-lancaster|title=New University (Lancaster)|work=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]]|date=23 November 1961|access-date=27 February 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Prinses Alexandra (1961).jpg|thumb|190px|Founding chancellor [[Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy|Princess Alexandra]], who served from 1964 to 2004, was one of the longest-serving university chancellors in the UK.]]

The university was established by [[royal charter]] in 1964. The charter stipulated that [[Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy|Princess Alexandra of Kent]] be the first [[Chancellor (education)|chancellor]]. She was inaugurated in 1964.<ref>{{cite book |last=McClintock |first=Marion E. |year=2011 |title=Shaping the Future: A History of the University of Lancaster 1961-2011 |location=Lancaster UK |publisher=University of Lancaster }}</ref> The ceremony also saw the granting of various honorary degrees to dignitaries including the Prime Minister, [[Harold Wilson]].

Princess Alexandra retired as chancellor in 2004 and was at that time the longest serving chancellor of any British university. On her departure, she gave approval for the Chancellor's Medal to be awarded for academic merit to the highest-performing undergraduates and postgraduates. Each year presentations are made to up to five graduates of taught masters' courses and up to six to the highest-performing undergraduates.

The university accepted its first students in October 1964 and there were initially 13 professors, 32 additional members of teaching and research staff, 8 library staff and 14 administrators on academic grades. The motto, "''patet omnibus veritas''", ("Truth lies open to all"), was adopted. The first science students were admitted in 1965.

The university was temporarily based in the city. A lecture theatre and the university's first Junior Common Room were in Centenary Church, a former [[Congregational church]] beside the old factory premises of [[Waring & Gillow]], which were used to accommodate the new students. Many new students were housed in the nearby town of [[Morecambe]]. The Grand Theatre was leased as a main lecture room and 112 and 114 in the St Leonard's Gate area became teaching and recreational rooms. The library occupied the old workshops of Shrigley and Hunt on Castle Hill.

[[Bowland College, Lancaster|Bowland]] and [[Lonsdale College, Lancaster|Lonsdale]] colleges were founded as the university's first two colleges, and all staff and students were allocated to one of the two, although the first college buildings would not be completed until 1966. The first students moved into residence and set up the first [[Common Room (university)|JCRs]] in October 1968.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/bowland/college-life/history/|title=History|website=www.lancaster.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=31 January 2018|archive-date=16 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816061854/http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/bowland/college-life/history/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The university moved from the city to the new campus at [[Bailrigg]] between 1966 and 1970.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/about-us/theuniversity/history-of-lancaster-university/|title=History of Lancaster University|publisher=Lancaster University|language=en|access-date=31 January 2018}}</ref>

In 2014, Lancaster University celebrated its 50th anniversary with a series of events throughout the year, involving alumni, staff, students and local community members.<ref>{{cite web|title=Help us celebrate the University's 50th Anniversary Year in 2014!|url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/alumni/anniversary-celebrations/|publisher=Lancaster University|access-date=22 May 2014|archive-date=8 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208182150/http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/alumni/anniversary-celebrations/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 

==Campus==
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===Bailrigg===
[[File:Lancaster University Courtyard.JPG|200px|thumb|Alexandra Square with [[Bowland College, Lancaster|Bowland]] Tower (pictured in 2009)]]

The purpose-built campus occupies [[Bailrigg]], a {{convert|360|acre|sqmi km2|3|adj=on|abbr=on}} site<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.lancs.ac.uk/about-us/our-campus/| title = Our Campus| access-date =14 November 2012}}</ref> donated by [[City of Lancaster|Lancaster City Council]] in 1963.<ref name="autogenerated1">page 115, Building the New Universities, Tony Birks 1972</ref> The campus buildings are located on a hilltop, the lower slopes of which are landscaped parkland which includes Lake Carter duck pond and the university sports fields. The lake was created in the early 1900s and was later named Lake Carter after [[Charles Frederick Carter|Charles Carter]], the first Vice Chancellor of the university.<ref name=":0" /> The site is three miles (5&nbsp;km) south of the city centre. Construction of the Bailrigg campus began in November 1965, with the first building completed a year later. The first on-campus student residences opened in 1968.<ref name="autogenerated1" />

Unlike some other campus universities, Bailrigg was designed to integrate social, residential and teaching areas. Another major feature of the design is that there is no large central Students' Union building, instead individual college facilities are used as the centre for social and recreational activities .<ref>page 120, Building the New Universities, Tony Birks 1972</ref>

Vehicular and pedestrian traffic is separated: this is achieved by restricting motor vehicles to a peripheral road with a linking underpass running east–west beneath Alexandra Square. The underpass accommodates the Bailrigg bus station and was refurbished in autumn 2010. Car parking is arranged in cul-de-sacs running off the peripheral road.

The campus buildings are arranged around a central walkway known as "The Spine".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lancs.ac.uk/unihistory/growth/thespinelink.htm|title=The Spine|access-date=14 June 2008|first1=Emma|last1=Vickers|first2=Emma|last2=Edwards|date=May 2002|work=History of Lancaster University|publisher=Lancaster University|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228002814/http://www.lancs.ac.uk/unihistory/growth/thespinelink.htm|archive-date=28 December 2007}}</ref> The walkway runs from north ([[The County College, Lancaster|County College]]) to south-west ([[Graduate College, Lancaster|Graduate College]]) and is covered for most of its length. The main architect was [[Gabriel Epstein]] of Shepheard and Epstein.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> Architect [[Peter Shepheard]] recalls:

<blockquote>"We went up there on a windy day, and it was freezing cold. Every time we opened a plan it blew away. And we said Christ! What are we going to do with these students, where are they going to sit in the sun and all that? Well, we decided, it's got to be cloisters. All of the buildings have got to touch at the ground. We then devised this system and it had an absolutely firm principle: it had a great spine down the middle where everybody walked. That led everywhere. The cars were on the outside, on both sides. When you came into the spaces things were square, they were rectangular courtyards and they were all slightly different. There were two or three essentials: one was that the covered way had to be continuous, the buildings had to be three or four storeys high and connecting to the next one. I thought it worked very well."<ref>page 119, 'Peter Shepeard' edited by Annabel Downs, 2004, Landscape Desin Trust, I.S.B.N. 0-415-35110-3</ref></blockquote>

Between 2016 and 2018 the Spine was extensively remodelled in a project known as "Design The Spine", with the aim of replacing the decaying wooden canopy, widening bottlenecks, and creating new landscaped green spaces.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/facilities/projects/completed/spineremodelling/|title=Spine Remodelling {{!}} Facilities {{!}} Lancaster University|website=www.lancaster.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=25 January 2018|archive-date=30 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130202021/http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/facilities/projects/completed/spineremodelling/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://scan.lusu.co.uk/index.php/2016/03/16/spine-refurbishment-design-released/|title=Spine refurbishment design released|last=Gillings|first=Mathew|date=16 March 2016|work=SCAN|access-date=7 October 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref>

[[File:Charles Carter Building.jpg|left|thumb|[[Charles Frederick Carter|Charles Carter]] building]]
Alexandra Square is the university's main plaza. Named after the first chancellor, [[Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy|Princess Alexandra]] and is situated at the centre of the original campus. On the west side of the square is University House as well as various banks and shops. To the south-east of the square is the tallest building on campus: the fourteen-storey Bowland Tower, which contains accommodation and disguises the boiler room chimney.

One of the most distinctive of the Bailrigg buildings is the free-standing [[Lancaster University Chaplaincy Centre|University Chaplaincy Centre]]. Opened on 2 May 1969, the architects were the [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]-based firm Cassidy & Ashton. The building has a [[trefoil]] plan with a central [[spire]] where the three circles meet. The university's former logo is based on the spire.

A plan existed to have a twin campus with another eight colleges to the east of the [[M6 motorway]] at [[Hazelrigg, Lancashire|Hazelrigg]]. This would have been linked to Bailrigg by a flyover. The plan was abandoned in the 1970s during a period of financial difficulties.

=== Library ===
In the south-west corner sits the library designed in 1964 by Tom Mellor and Partners, the first phase opening in September 1966, the second in July 1968 and the third in January 1971.<ref>The Library Building: University of Lancaster 1972</ref>  The library was extended in 1997 and underwent a phased refurbishment in 2014, which was completed in 2016. In 2021 the Library Extension Project<ref>{{Cite web |title=University Library extension is a real page-turner |url=https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/university-library-extension-is-a-real-page-turner |access-date=6 July 2022 |website=www.lancaster.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref> was completed, which introduced additional student study space and '[[green wall|living wall]]s', exhibition and research space, a 'safepod'<ref>{{Cite web |title=A SafePod arrives at Lancaster University |url=https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/dsi/about-us/news/safepod-at-lancaster-university |access-date=6 July 2022 |website=www.lancaster.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref> and [[digital studio]].

A distinctive feature of the library is the large tree that grows in the centre of the ground floor study area.

Next to the library, and opened in 1998 is [[Ruskin Library|The Ruskin - Library, Museum and Research Centre]], designed by Sir [[Richard MacCormac]]

===South-West Campus===
[[File:Lancaster University - geograph.org.uk - 897668.jpg|thumb|Student accommodation in South-West Campus]]
The university began expansion onto the lower slopes of Bailrigg with the development of new buildings for [[Graduate College, Lancaster|Graduate College]] in 1998, which is now part of South-West Campus. Development continued with the construction of [[InfoLab21]] and Alexandra Park which now houses [[Lonsdale College]], [[Cartmel College]] and the en-suite rooms of [[Pendle College]]. The development of InfoLab21 met objections, with the proposed building being described as a '[[Dalek]] factory'.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://virtual-lancaster.net/news/features/development/archive/university_2002_dev.htm|title= Greenfield Development Planned From Lancaster to the University|access-date= 14 June 2008|last= Booth|first= Steve|date= 27 September 2002|publisher= Virtual Lancaster|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080620135910/http://www.virtual-lancaster.net/news/features/development/archive/university_2002_dev.htm|archive-date= 20 June 2008|df= dmy-all}}</ref>

Cartmel College is built around Barker House Farm, a listed 17th-century farmhouse and outbuildings that form the centre of the college.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cartmel.lusu.co.uk/about/college-facilities/|title=College Facilities — Cartmel College|website=cartmel.lusu.co.uk|access-date=20 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918033106/http://cartmel.lusu.co.uk/about/college-facilities/|archive-date=18 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Health Innovation Centre===
[[File:Health Innovation Campus, Lancaster.jpg|thumb|Health Innovation Campus at Lancaster University under construction in October 2019]]
The university is building a 'Health Innovation Campus' adjacent to the existing campus. The campus will create 2,000 jobs and boost the local economy by around £100 million.<ref name=hic>{{cite web|url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/articles/2017/health-innovation-campus-moves-a-step-closer/|title=Health Innovation Campus moves a step closer|website=Lancaster University}}</ref> The £29.7 million contract for construction of the first building was awarded to BAM Construction in October 2017; construction began in December 2017 and was completed in summer 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/business/lancashire-county-council-boss-visits-lancaster-university-s-new-health-innovation-campus-1-9972288 |title=Lancashire County Council boss visits Lancaster University's new Health Innovation Campus|date=3 September 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Phase one of new Health Innovation Campus complete |url=https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/health-innovation/news/phase-one-of-new-health-innovation-campus-complete |website=Lancaster University |access-date=8 December 2020}}</ref> The building is 80,000 square feet and required the construction of an access road with a junction to the A6.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/tenders-invited-for-lancaster-science-park/|title=Place North West - Tenders invited for Lancaster science park|date=24 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/bam-wins-first-phase-of-lancaster-health-campus/|title=Place North West - BAM wins first phase of Lancaster health campus|date=30 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/bam-wins-second-lancaster-uni-job|title=BAM wins second Lancaster Uni job|website=www.theconstructionindex.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/bam-starts-on-first-phase-of-lancaster-health-campus/|title=Place North West - Bam starts on first phase of Lancaster health campus|date=19 December 2017}}</ref>

===Services===
The Bailrigg campus hosts a range of shops and services. Services on campus include Bailrigg post office, a health centre, a pharmacy, hairdressers, Lancaster University Homes office as well as many others.

===Cultural venues===
[[File:Outside Jack Hylton room Lancaster University.jpg|thumb|right|Outside the Jack Hylton music rooms]]

At the north end of campus, the university's [[Lancaster Arts at Lancaster University#Great Hall Complex|Great Hall Complex]] comprises three venues open to both students and the public; the Peter Scott Gallery, the Nuffield Theatre and the [[Lancaster Arts at Lancaster University#Lancaster Concert Series|Lancaster International Concert Series]]. In 2009, these three organisations were combined as one department by the university – initially termed 'The Public Arts' but later renamed 'Live at LICA' – with Matt Fenton overseeing this unification.<ref name="Public Arts">[http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/lica/people/Matt-Fenton/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728110459/http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/lica/people/Matt-Fenton/|date=28 July 2013}}, Matt Fenton's profile at LICA</ref> In August 2015 Live at LICA was rebranded to '[[Lancaster Arts at Lancaster University]]' to avoid confusion with the department of LICA, then director Jamie Eastman stated that; "This new name and logo communicates who we are, where we are and what we're offering."<ref name="rebranded to Lancaster Arts at Lancaster University">[http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/articles/2015/smart-start-for-arts-and-culture-on-campus/], Lancaster University News and Blogs: Smart start for arts and culture on campus. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2016.</ref>

[[File:Ruskin Library Lancaster University.jpg|upright|thumb|left|The Ruskin - Library, Museum and Research Centre]]
The [[Peter Scott]] Gallery is open to the public free of charge. The Gallery is located on the Bailrigg campus and houses the university's international art collection, which includes Japanese and Chinese art, antiquities, works by twentieth-century British artists including works by artists from the [[St Ives School]], Sir [[Terry Frost]], [[Wilhelmina Barns-Graham]], [[Barbara Hepworth]] and [[William Scott (artist)|William Scott]]. Among other British artists whose work is represented are [[Norman Adams (British artist)|Norman Adams]], [[Patrick Caulfield]], [[Elisabeth Frink]], [[Kenneth Martin (English painter)|Kenneth Martin]] and [[Winifred Nicholson]]. Within the last fifteen years works by [[Andy Goldsworthy]], [[Peter Howson]] and Albert Irvin have been acquired. The university collection also includes prints by significant European artists such as [[Dürer]], [[Joan Miró|Miró]], [[Max Ernst|Ernst]] and [[Vasarely]].

[[Lancaster Arts at Lancaster University#Lancaster Concert Series|Lancaster International Concert Series]] is the main provider of classical music in north Lancashire and Cumbria.  Concerts are held within the Great Hall.  Between October and March each year the series offers a varied diet of music which includes: orchestral concerts, chamber music, events for young people, jazz, family concerts and world music.

The [[Lancaster Arts at Lancaster University#Nuffield Theatre|Nuffield Theatre]], a [[black box theatre]], is one of the largest and most adaptable professional studio theatres in Europe. It presents public performances in the fields of theatre, contemporary dance and live art from some of the best-known and respected companies from the UK and abroad.  The focus of the work is new and experimental practice, a focus it shares with many of the teaching and research interest of [[Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts|Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA)]].  The Nuffield presents up to 30 visiting professional shows a year, plus public performances by students from Theatre Studies, and the university's student theatre and dance societies and a range of local community organisations.

[[Ruskin Library|The Ruskin - Library, Museum and Research Centre]] houses archive material related to the poet, author and artist [[John Ruskin]]. It is open to the public, although only a small part of the collection is on public display at once. The building was constructed in 1997 by architect Sir [[Richard MacCormac]] CBE PPRIBA RA FRSA (1938–2014). The Ruskin Whitehouse Collection housed in [[Ruskin Library|The Ruskin]] is the largest holding of books, manuscripts, photographs, drawings and watercolours by and related to [[John Ruskin]] in the world.

===Conference centre===
In 2016 the university purchased the 165-acre Forrest Hills conference centre and golf course, located on the M6 opposite the main campus, which it continues to operate as a conference venue.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thevisitor.co.uk/news/lancaster-university-takes-over-golf-and-fishing-business-1-7905552|title=Lancaster University takes over golf and fishing business|access-date=14 March 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/conferences/venues/forrest-hills/|title=Forrest Hills {{!}} Lancaster University Conferences and Events|last=University|first=Lancaster|website=www.lancaster.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=14 March 2018}}</ref>

==Organisation and administration==

=== Colleges ===
{{Gallery
|height=100
|title=Colleges of Lancaster University

|align=center
| File:Lancaster University 28 Bowland Students Union 5993.JPG
 |alt1=Quad at Bowland Main
 | [[Bowland College, Lancaster |Bowland College]] (1964)
| File:Lonsdalecollegekidney.jpg
 |alt2=Lonsdale College Bar
 | [[Lonsdale College, Lancaster |Lonsdale College]] (1964, relocated 2004)<ref>{{cite web|title=A tale of nine colleges|url=http://scan.lusu.co.uk/index.php/2014/07/01/a-tale-of-nine-colleges/|website=SCAN|date=July 2014 |publisher=Lancaster University Students' Union|access-date=8 February 2018}}</ref>
| File:Lancaster University 42 Furness 6013.JPG
 |alt3=Quad at Furness College
 | [[Furness College, Lancaster |Furness College]] (1966)
| File:County-main.jpeg
 |alt4=County Main building
 | [[The County College, Lancaster |The County College]] (1967)
| File:Fylde Accomodation - Mae Reddaway.jpg
 |alt5=Accommodation block at Fylde College
| [[Fylde College, Lancaster |Fylde College]] (1968)
| File:Cartmel College residences, University of Lancaster (geograph 5177035).jpg
 |alt6=Cartmel College residences
 | [[Cartmel College, Lancaster |Cartmel College]] (1968, relocated 2004)
| File:Lancaster University 61 Pendle 6039.JPG
 |alt7=Pendle residences
 | [[Pendle College, Lancaster |Pendle College]] (1974)
| File:Grizedale-bar.jpg
 |alt8=Grizedale College bar and administration block
 | [[Grizedale College, Lancaster |Grizedale College]] (1975)
| File:Graduate College Lancaster.jpg
 |alt9=Graduate College residences and bar
 | [[Graduate College, Lancaster |Graduate College ]] (1992)
}}
The university has nine colleges. Formerly, these were quasi-autonomous bodies providing for accommodation, welfare, social-life and student discipline, but are currently centrally controlled. All members of the university are members of a college,<ref name="Colleges">{{cite web | url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/colleges/colleges.htm| title= University of Lancaster – Colleges| author=Anon| publisher=University of Lancaster | access-date=27 February 2008}}</ref> although in recent years academic staff have had decreasing involvement.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}  Most colleges have about eight or nine hundred members and all on-campus accommodation is linked to a college, with blocks or individual flats being linked to one college or another each year according to demand.<ref name="Colleges" /> The colleges were governed by a syndicate, including a principal (originally a senior academic but nowadays more usually a middle-ranking administrator or IT professional), a [[Dean (education)|Dean]] and assistant deans (responsible for student discipline), together with a senior advisor, heading a team of College Advisors. These were previously known as Senior Tutor and College Tutors, but the titles were changed in 2011 to Advisor to avoid possible confusion with "Academic Advisors" in students' academic departments. Collectively, the colleges are run by their individual SCR ([[Senior Common Room]]) and JCR ([[Junior Common Room]]), the latter being made up of student members of the college.

Prior to the founding of the ninth college, Graduate College, in 1992, the eight colleges housed both undergraduate and postgraduate students. Today all postgraduate students are members of the Graduate College, which was founded to specifically address the needs of postgraduates and provide year-round provision for courses with different term dates.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://scan.lusu.co.uk/index.php/2014/07/01/a-tale-of-nine-colleges/|title=A tale of nine colleges…|date=1 July 2014|work=SCAN|access-date=15 October 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref> Students on [[Master's degree#Types|integrated master's degrees]] however are still considered undergraduates and therefore remain in their original colleges.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://scan.lusu.co.uk/index.php/2017/02/22/can-you-put-a-price-on-college-pride/|title=Can you put a price on College pride?|last=Dale|first=Alexandria|date=22 February 2017|work=SCAN|access-date=15 October 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref>

Seven of the eight undergraduate colleges are named after regions of the [[Historic counties of England|traditional county]] of [[Lancashire]], whilst County College is named after [[Lancashire County Council]] which financed its construction.

{| class="sort wikitable sortable" style="margin:1em auto; font-size: 95%;"
!Name
!Foundation
!Colours<ref>{{cite web|title=Branding|url=http://clamps.lusu.co.uk/my-union/staff/branding/|publisher=Lancaster University Students' Union|access-date=28 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929044305/http://clamps.lusu.co.uk/my-union/staff/branding/|archive-date=29 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
!Students (2024/25)<ref>{{cite web|title=JCR Electoral Count|url=https://lancastersu.co.uk/election_stats/michaelmas-elections-2024/halls|website=Lancaster University Student's Union|publisher=LUSU|accessdate=5 December 2024}}</ref>
!Named after
|-
|[[Bowland College]]
|1964
|{{color strip|#F50002|black}} 
|1,677
|[[Forest of Bowland]]
|-
|[[Cartmel College]]
|1968
|{{color strip|#660056|#CBC5AE}} 
|1,880
|[[Cartmel Peninsula]]
|-
|[[The County College]]||1967
| {{color strip|#FFC72C|#003057}} 
|1,900
|[[Lancashire]]
|-
|[[Furness College, Lancaster University|Furness College]]
|1966
|{{color strip|#410099|#FFFFFF}} 
|1,500
|[[Furness]] region
|-
|[[Fylde College]]
|1968
| {{color strip|#E35205|#000000}} 
|1,590
|[[The Fylde]] peninsula
|-
|[[Graduate College, Lancaster|Graduate College]]
|1992
|{{color strip|#b20e10|#9b9fa0}} 
|5,212
|Status as a postgraduate college
|-
|[[Grizedale College]]
|1975
|{{color strip|#6CACE4|#003087}} 
|1,478
|[[Grizedale Forest]]
|-
|[[Lonsdale College]]
|1964
|{{color strip|#114075|#ffffff}} 
|1,990
|[[Lonsdale Hundred]] ([[River Lune]] and its valley)
|-
|[[Pendle College]]
|1974
|{{color strip|#F2A900|#007A33}} 
|1,660
|[[Borough of Pendle|Pendle]] region
|}
The college buildings accommodate a number of academic departments, but are primarily social and accommodation facilities, each with its own bar, which forms part of the university's Commercial Services and is open when profitable.

=== Academic departments ===
[[File:Post-Graduate Statistics Centre.JPG|thumb|Postgraduate Statistics Centre]]
The university is divided into four faculties.<ref>{{cite web|title=Faculties and Departments|url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/faculties-and-departments/|website=Lancaster University|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref> Each faculty is led by a Dean, and each academic department by a Head of department.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lancaster University Structure September 2017|url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/vco/LUStructure2017.pdf|website=Lancaster University|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
*'''Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences'''
**Department of Educational Research
**Department of English Literature and Creative Writing
**Department of History
**[[Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts]] (LICA)
**Art, Design, Film, Theatre, Architecture
**[https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/global-affairs/ School of Global Affairs]
**Lancaster University Law School
**Department of Linguistics and English Language
**Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion
**Department of Sociology
*'''Faculty of Health and Medicine'''
**Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences
**Division of Health Research
**[[Lancaster Medical School]]
*'''Faculty of Science and Technology'''
**Department of Chemistry
**School of Computing and Communications (SCC)
**Department of Engineering
**[[Lancaster Environment Centre]] 
**:(Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, Geography)
**Department of Mathematics and Statistics
**Natural Sciences
**Department of Physics
**Department of Psychology
*'''[[Lancaster University Management School]]'''
**Accounting and Finance
**Centre for Education, Training and Development (CETAD)
**Department of Economics
**Department of Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation
**Department of Leadership and Management
**Department of Management Science
**Department of Marketing
**Department of Organisation, Work and Technology
{{div col end}}
The various administrative and technical departments that exist outside of the four faculties are collectively known as Professional Services, and include Facilities, Admissions, and the Library.<ref>{{cite web|title=Professional Services|url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/professional-services/|website=Lancaster University|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref>

=== Governance ===
[[File:Lancaster University House 2022.jpg|thumb|University House is home to most of the university's administrative departments]]
The university is governed by two main statutory bodies: the Council and the Senate.

The council, chaired by the [[Pro-chancellor|Pro-Chancellor]], is the governing body, consisting of mainly lay members along with representatives of staff and students. It is responsible for the proper management and financial solvency of the university, with major policy decisions and corporate strategy being subject to its approval. The majority of Council members are "lay members"; neither staff nor students of the university.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://gap.lancs.ac.uk/Governance/Pages/default.aspx|title=University Governance Structure|date=6 December 2017|website=Lancaster University|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref>

The Senate of the university, chaired by the Vice-Chancellor, is the principal academic authority. It oversees academic management and sets strategy and priorities, including the curriculum and maintenance of standards. Membership of the Senate consists mainly of the Faculty deans, heads of academic departments, and college principals.<ref name=":1" />

Formerly, a body called the University Court provided a public forum where persons from within and outside Lancaster University could raise any matters regarding the university. A majority of the members of the Court represented the local community and other designated bodies with an interest in the work of the university.<ref name=":1" />  The final meeting of the Court took place in January 2018, with the university currently planning to replace it with an "Annual Public Meeting".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lancastersu.co.uk/articles/union-president-calls-for-guarantees-from-university-management|title=Union President calls for guarantees from university management @ Lancaster Students' Union|website=lancastersu.co.uk|language=en|access-date=31 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/subtext/2018/01/22/university-court-newsflash/|title=UNIVERSITY COURT NEWSFLASH|date=22 January 2018|work=subtext|access-date=31 January 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

==== Visitor ====
The [[Visitor]] of the university was [[Queen Elizabeth II]]. The visitor is the final arbiter of any dispute within the university, except in those areas where legislation has removed this to the law courts or other [[ombudsman|ombudsmen]]. Student complaints and appeals were heard by the visitor until the Higher Education Act 2004 came into force.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/ACTS/acts2004/40008--c.htm#20|title=Legislation.gov.uk}}</ref> All student complaints are now heard by the [[Office of the Independent Adjudicator|Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education]].

==== Chancellor ====
The [[Chancellor (education)|Chancellor]], currently [[Alan Milburn]], is the formal and ceremonial head of the university.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/vc/governance/|title=Governance {{!}} Lancaster University|website=www.lancaster.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref>

Former Chancellor [[Sir Chris Bonington]] serves as the Chancellor's Ambassador,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/about-us/ourpeople/chancellors-ambassador/|title=Chancellor's Ambassador {{!}} Lancaster University|website=www.lancaster.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref> whilst [[Alistair Burt]] is the current [[Pro-chancellor|Pro-Chancellor]] and chair of the University Council, succeeding [[Roger Liddle, Baron Liddle|Roger Liddle]] in October 2020.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Chancellors of Lancaster University
!Name
!Duration
|-
|[[Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy|Princess Alexandra, The Hon Lady Ogilvy]] {{small|[[Order of the Garter|LG]] [[Royal Victorian Order|GCVO]]}} 
|1964–2004
|-
|Sir [[Chris Bonington|Christian Bonington]] {{small|[[Order of the British Empire|CBE]]}}
|2005–2014
|-
|[[Alan Milburn]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/articles/2014/lancaster-university-appoints-alan-milburn-as-new-chancellor/|title=The Rt Hon Alan Milburn will start as Lancaster University's Chancellor from 1 January 2015|date=30 April 2014|publisher=Lancaster University|access-date=29 January 2015}}</ref>
|2015–present
|}

==== Vice-Chancellor ====
The Vice-Chancellor is the chief academic and executive officer of the university. The Vice-Chancellor is supported by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, three Pro Vice-Chancellors, and the Provost for Student Experience, Colleges and the Library.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/vc/senior-officers/|title=Senior Officers {{!}} Lancaster University|last=University|first=Lancaster|website=www.lancaster.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref> [[Andrew John Schofield]] was appointed Vice-Chancellor in November 2019,<ref>{{cite web |title=Lancaster University appoints renowned theoretical physicist as its new Vice-Chancellor |url=https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/lancaster-university-appoints-renowned-theoretical-physicist-as-its-new-vice-chancellor |website=www.lancaster.ac.uk |publisher=Lancaster University |access-date=22 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref> after the resignation of [[Mark Smith (physicist)|Mark Smith]] in September 2019. Andy took up the post of Vice-Chancellor on 1 May 2020,<ref>{{cite web |title=Message from our new Vice-Chancellor |url=https://portal.lancaster.ac.uk/intranet/news/article/message-from-our-new-vice-chancellor |website=portal.lancaster.ac.uk |publisher=Lancaster University |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref> with Steve Bradley holding the position of Interim Vice-Chancellor during the interim period.

{| class="wikitable"
|+Vice-Chancellors of Lancaster University
!Name
!Duration
|-
|Sir [[Charles Frederick Carter|Charles Carter]]
|1964–1980
|-
|Philip Reynolds {{small|CBE}}
|1980–1985
|-
|Harry Hanham
|1985–1995
|-
|William Ritchie {{small|OBE}}
|1995–2002
|-
|[[Paul Wellings (Lancaster University)|Paul Wellings]] {{small|CBE}}
|2002–2011
|-
|[[Mark Smith (academic)|Mark Smith]] {{small|CBE}}
|2011–2019
|-
|[[Andy Schofield]]
|2020–
|}

===Finances===

In the financial year ending 31 July 2024, Lancaster had a total income of £401.7&nbsp;million (2022/23 – £381&nbsp;million) and total expenditure of £290.7&nbsp;million (2022/23 – £345&nbsp;million).<ref name="Lancaster Financial Statement 23/24"/> Key sources of income included £206.8&nbsp;million from tuition fees and education contracts (2022/23 – £199.3&nbsp;million), £52.7&nbsp;million from funding body grants (2022/23 – £50.5&nbsp;million), £48.5&nbsp;million from research grants and contracts (2022/23 – £46.4&nbsp;million), £7.7&nbsp;million from investment income (2022/23 – £4.5&nbsp;million) and £0.8&nbsp;million from donations and endowments (2022/23 – £4&nbsp;million).<ref name="Lancaster Financial Statement 23/24"/>

At year end, Lancaster had endowments of £18.9&nbsp;million (2022/23 – £18.4&nbsp;million) and total net assets of £493.6&nbsp;million (2022/23 – £386.6&nbsp;million).<ref name="Lancaster Financial Statement 23/24"/>

==Academic profile==
=== Admissions ===
{| class="floatright"
| 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; margin-bottom: 5px"
|+UCAS Admission Statistics
!
!2024
!2023
!2022
!2021
!2020
|-
| '''Applications'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}<ref name=UCASEoC>{{cite web |title=UCAS Undergraduate Sector-Level End of Cycle Data Resources 2024 |url=https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-data-resources-2024 |at=Show me... Domicile by Provider |website=ucas.com |date=December 2024 |publisher=UCAS |access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref>
| 23,350
| 21,325
| 21,120
| 22,210
| 23,085
|-
| '''Accepted'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}<ref name=UCASEoC/>
| 4,375
| 3,995
| 4,400
| 4,115
| 4,245
|-
| '''Applications/Accepted Ratio'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}
| 5.3
| 5.3
| 4.8
| 5.4
| 5.4
|-
| '''Offer Rate (%)'''{{efn-lg|name=ukjune}}<ref name="UCAS Offer Rate">{{cite web|title=2024 entry UCAS Undergraduate reports by sex, area background, and ethnic group|date=7 February 2025|url=https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-data-resources-2024/2024-entry-ucas-undergraduate-reports-sex-area-background-and-ethnic-group|publisher=[[UCAS]]|access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref>
| 86.8
| 84.6
| 84.7
| 88.2
| 85.4
|-
| '''[[UCAS Tariff|Average Entry Tariff]]'''<ref name="CUG Entry">{{Cite web | url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?tabletype=full-table&sortby=entry-standards | title=University League Tables entry standards 2024 |work=The Complete University Guide}}</ref>
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| 153
| 150
|}
{| style="font-size:80%;float:left"
|{{notelist-lg|refs=
{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme|Main scheme applications, International and UK}}
{{efn-lg|name=ukjune|UK domiciled applicants}}
}}
|}
|}
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible mw-collapsible"; style="font-size:85%; text-align:right;"
|+ class="nowrap" |HESA Student Body Composition (2023/24)
|-
!Domicile<ref name="Table 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-1|title=HE student enrolments by HE provider, permanent address, level of study, mode of study, entrant marker, sex and academic year|publisher=[[Higher Education Statistics Agency|HESA]]|access-date=3 April 2025}}</ref> and Ethnicity<ref name="HESA ethnicity">{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/whos-in-he/characteristics|title=Who's studying in HE?: Personal characteristics|date=3 April 2025|publisher=[[Higher Education Statistics Agency|HESA]]|access-date=3 April 2025}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
|[[White people in the United Kingdom|British White]]{{efn|Not be confused solely with [[White British]]}}
|align=right| {{bartable|56|%|2||background:red}}
|-
|[[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom#Collective terms for minority ethnic groups|British Ethnic Minorities]]{{efn|Includes those who indicate that they identify as [[British Asian|Asian]], [[Black British people|Black]], [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed Heritage]], [[British Arabs|Arab]] or any other ethnicity except White.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|19|%|2||background:green}}
|-
|[[European Union|International EU]]
|align=right| {{bartable|4|%|2||background:blue}}
|-
|[[International students in the United Kingdom|International Non-EU]]
|align=right| {{bartable|21|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |Undergraduate [[Widening participation|Widening Participation]] Indicators<ref name="Table 1"/><ref name="Times25">{{cite web |date=24 September 2024 |title=Good University Guide: Social Inclusion Ranking |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk-university-rankings/league-table |work=[[The Times]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Feminism in the United Kingdom#Education|Female]]
|align=right| {{bartable|45|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
|[[Private schools in the United Kingdom|Independent School]]
|align=right| {{bartable|10|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
|Low Participation Areas{{efn|Calculated from the Polar4 measure, using Quintile1, in England and Wales. Calculated from the [[Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation]] (SIMD) measure, using SIMD20, in Scotland.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|9|%|2||background:black}}
|}

In terms of average [[UCAS]] points of entrants, Lancaster ranked joint 25th in Britain in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?o=Entry+Standards|title=University League Table 2017|publisher=Complete University Guide|access-date=15 February 2016}}</ref> The average entry standard at Lancaster is around 159 UCAS points (new tariff system), with almost all courses requiring at least AAA or AAB at A-level as of 2017.

According to the 2017 ''Times'' and ''Sunday Times'' Good University Guide, approximately 10% of Lancaster's undergraduates come from independent schools.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://extras.thetimes.co.uk/gooduniversityguide/institutions/ |title= The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017 |work= [[Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom|The Good University Guide]] |location= London |access-date= 16 August 2016 |archive-date= 29 November 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221129125021/https://extras.thetimes.co.uk/gooduniversityguide/institutions/ |url-status= dead }}{{subscription required}}</ref> In the 2016–17 academic year, the university had a domicile breakdown of 66:10:23 of UK:EU:non-EU students respectively with a female to male ratio of 51:49.<ref>{{cite web|title=Where do HE students study?|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study#provider|website=hesa.ac.uk|publisher=Higher Education Statistics Authority|access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref>

===Reputation and rankings===
{{Infobox UK university rankings
| ARWU_W             = 301–400
| LEIDEN_W           = 87
| QS_W               = 141=
| THE_W              = 168=
| LINE_1             = 0
| Complete           = 10
| The_Guardian       = 11
| Times/Sunday_Times = 12
| LINE_2             = 0
| TEF                = Gold
}}
[[File:Lancaster 10 Years.png|thumb|upright=1.2|Lancaster University's [[Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom|national league table]] performance over the past ten years]]
In ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' 10-year (1998–2007) average ranking of British universities based on consistent league table performance, Lancaster was ranked joint 19th overall in the UK.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/pdfs/univ07ten.pdf |title=University ranking based on performance over 10 years |work=[[The Times]] |location=London |year=2007 |access-date=28 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414064446/http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/pdfs/univ07ten.pdf |archive-date=14 April 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As of recent years, the university has been placed within the top 10 by UK newspaper league tables and in the top 150 worldwide by the main global rankings (see information box for current rankings). It was also ranked the top university in the north-west of England for all ten years of recordings by ''The Complete University Guide''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?r=North%20West|title=North West - Top UK University League Tables and Rankings 2017}}</ref>

In 2014, its 50th year, Lancaster University was ranked 10th in the ''THE'' 100 Under 50, a list of the world's best universities under 50 years old.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2014/one-hundred-under-fifty#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank_label/sort_order/asc/cols/rank_only|title=150 Under 50 Rankings|date=13 April 2015}}</ref> It also appeared in the lists of QS 50 under 50 in all the years before 2014 when it was under 50 years old.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2012/may/29/top-50-universities-under-50-2012|title=The QS top 50 universities under 50 2012|website=[[TheGuardian.com]]|date=29 May 2012}}</ref>

===Joint programmes===
Lancaster University partnered with [[Sunway University]], [[Malaysia]] to offer dual awards undergraduate program since 2006.<ref name="Lancaster Sunway Partnership">{{cite web |url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/international-students/international-teaching-partnerships/sunway/ |title=Lancaster University and Sunway University Partnership}}</ref>

Lancaster University entered into a dual degree program with the [[COMSATS Institute of Information Technology]] (CIIT), Lahore. It simultaneously offered two degrees, from CIIT and Lancaster University; graduates would be alumni of both universities. This was the first programme between a UK and a Pakistani university.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8480530.stm|title=UK and Pakistan to share degree|publisher=BBC News|access-date=17 October 2017}}</ref> However, the dual nature of the programme proved problematic<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scan.lusu.co.uk/index.php/2015/10/13/lancaster-comsats-dual-degree-programme-under-scrutiny/|title=Lancaster – COMSATS Dual-Degree Programme Under Scrutiny|date=13 October 2015 |access-date=17 October 2017}}</ref> and the relationship ended.

A partnership in a new university venture, [[University Academy 92]] was announced in 2017 and began operation in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/articles/2017/new-education-project-launched-in-manchester/|title=New education project launched in Manchester - Lancaster University|website=www.lancaster.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ua92.ac.uk/|title=University Academy 92|website=www.ua92.ac.uk}}</ref> Lancaster now provides teaching in media, sport, business and psychology at a new campus in Trafford, Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.ua92.ac.uk/ua92-and-lancaster-university/| title = Lancaster University}}</ref> The project was set up by the 'class of 92' Manchester United soccer players Phil Neville, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville and Paul Scholes. Lancaster wanted a base in Manchester.  ''Subtext'', Lancaster's in house critical newsletter, asked: "Why are we taking a 40% financial stake and a 100% reputational share of what is essentially a new university set up with a group of retired footballers?"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/subtext/archive/issue166.htm|title=Subtext|website=www.lancaster.ac.uk}}</ref> Local opinion on the project was also divided as reached the planning application stage.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/gary-neville-class-92s-plans-12027042|title=Campaign against Gary Neville plans for sports university on green belt land|first=Jennifer|last=Williams|date=14 February 2018|work=Daily Mirror}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://scan.lusu.co.uk/index.php/2018/02/16/lancasters-ua92-project-granted-permission-to-continue-after-rocky-start/|title=Lancaster's UA92 project granted permission to continue after rocky start|first=James|last=Gilmour|date=16 February 2018}}</ref>

=== Programmes abroad ===
In October 2013, Lancaster University announced the opening of a branch campus in [[Accra]], [[Ghana]], to serve the population of Ghana and all of Africa, providing a British university-level education locally to those students.<ref name=LUG>
{{cite press release
  |url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/articles/2013/lancaster-university-announces-first-british-branch-campus-in-ghana-/
  |title=The first British University branch campus in Ghana will open its doors to students this month
  |publisher=Lancaster University
  |date=18 October 2013
}}</ref>  The campus is operated in partnership with Transnational Academic Group Ghana Limited, and offers undergraduate and graduate programmes in management, business, Economics & international relations, Politics & International Relations, Accounting & Finance, Marketing, computer science, law and psychology along with an EMBA programme.<ref name=LUG/>

In 2020, Lancaster opened a new branch campus in Germany, [[Lancaster University Leipzig]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/lancaster-announces-new-campus-in-leipzig-germany-1 |title=Lancaster announces new campus in Leipzig, Germany |access-date=8 February 2019 |website=www.lancaster.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref> The campus is operated in partnership with [[Navitas Limited|Navitas]]. Programmes offered in Leipzig are equivalent to their counterparts in Lancaster, and students receive their degree from Lancaster University upon graduation.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.lancasterleipzig.de/about/why | title=Why Study Here }}</ref>

Lancaster opened the Joint Institute for Environmental Research and Education (JIE) in Guangzhou, China in 2016, in partnership with the [[South China Agricultural University]] (SCAU).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lec/news-and-events/news/2016/china-environment-institute-launch/|title=China environment institute launch - Lancaster Environment Centre - Lancaster University}}</ref> A joint Environmental Science undergraduate degree began in September 2016 with students spending two years at each institution.

The Chinese Ministry of Education gave permission in April 2016 for Lancaster to establish Lancaster University College - [[Beijing Jiaotong University]] in Weihai, Shandong province.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/articles/2016/lancaster-to-open-new-china-campus-with-beijing-jiaotong-university/|title=Lancaster to open new China campus with Beijing Jiaotong University - Lancaster University}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lec/news-and-events/news/2016/lu-college-china/|title=LU College China - Lancaster Environment Centre - Lancaster University}}</ref>

=== Research ===
Lancaster's research income for 2021-22 was £48.1 million.<ref>{{cite web |title=Income and expenditure |url=https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/about-us/income-and-expenditure/#:~:text=In%202021%2D22%2C%20Lancaster%20University,to%20undertake%20world%2Dleading%20research. |website=www.lancaster.ac.uk |access-date=17 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> In the 2014 [[Research Excellence Framework]] assessment, Lancaster was ranked 18th out of 128 UK universities, including 13th for the percentage of world-leading research. The university places a particular focus on interdisciplinary research, encouraging collaborative research across academic departments.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/languages-and-cultures/news-and-events/news/2014/2014-ref-announcement/|title=2014 REF Announcement {{!}} Department of Languages & Cultures |website=www.lancaster.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=24 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/research/|title=Research|website=www.lancaster.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=24 June 2018}}</ref>

In 2012, Lancaster University announced a partnership with the UK's biggest arms company, ([[BAE Systems]]), and four other North-Western universities ([[University of Liverpool|Liverpool]], [[Salford University|Salford]], [[UCLAN]] and [[Manchester University|Manchester]]) in order to work on the Gamma Programme which aims to develop "autonomous systems". According to the [[University of Liverpool]] when referring to the programme, "autonomous systems are technology based solutions that replace humans in tasks that are mundane, dangerous and dirty, or detailed and precise, across sectors, including aerospace, nuclear, automotive and petrochemicals".<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web|url=http://www.liv.ac.uk/engineering/news/articles/9-1m-autonomous-systems-project-launched/|title=PHP - School of Engineering - University of Liverpool|access-date=16 July 2015}}</ref>

====Physics====
Lancaster University's Physics Department is rated 46% for "world-leading" research with a further 50% rated "internationally excellent" research by REF2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=The University of Lancaster : Results and submissions : REF 2021 |url=https://results2021.ref.ac.uk/profiles/institutions/10007768 |website=results2021.ref.ac.uk |access-date=12 June 2023}}</ref> There are five main research groups within the department: astrophysics, particle and accelerator physics, experimental condensed matter, and theory.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lancaster Physics Research |url=https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/physics/research/ |website=www.lancaster.ac.uk |access-date=12 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The Particle Physics Research Division collaborate with others at [[CERN]], [[Fermilab]], [[KEK]], and [[SNOLAB]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lancaster Experimental Particle Physics |url=https://hep.lancs.ac.uk/ |website=hep.lancs.ac.uk |access-date=16 June 2023}}</ref> Lancaster's research involvement with CERN consists of work with the Neutrino (NP03, [[Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment|NP04]], NP07), [[CTF3]], RE, [[LHC]], [[Super Proton Synchrotron|SPS]] and R&D research programmes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lancaster University Grey Book |url=https://greybook.cern.ch/institute/detail/experiments?id=003417 |website=greybook.cern.ch |access-date=12 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lancaster Physics Department Grey Book |url=https://greybook.cern.ch/institute/detail/experiments?id=000417 |website=greybook.cern.ch |access-date=12 June 2023}}</ref>

==Student life==

===Students' Union===
{{see also|Lancaster University Students' Union}}
[[File:31-08-2013 - LUSU Central - Mae Reddaway.jpg|thumb|LUSU-run convenience store, located near Pendle/Grizedale College]]

[[Lancaster University Students' Union]] (LUSU) is the representative body of students at the university. Unusually, there is no main union building. Instead, the union is organised through the eight college [[Common Room (university)|JCRs]], each of which has its own social venues and meeting spaces. The union is, however, allocated an administration building by the university. ''SCAN'' (acronym for ''Student Comments And News'') is the union's newspaper and was established in 1967. LUSU owns a dual-room, 1,100 capacity [[nightclub]] in Lancaster called The Sugarhouse (which survived an attempt to close it in 2019);<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lancastersu.co.uk/sugarhouse|title=The Sugarhouse nightclub @ Lancaster Students' Union|website=lancastersu.co.uk|language=en|access-date=14 March 2018}}</ref> operates a shop on campus, LUSU Shop;<ref>{{cite web|last1=Orton|first1=Ollie|title=LUSU Shop to close; Central to be refurbished|url=http://scan.lusu.co.uk/index.php/2016/02/29/lusu-shop-to-close-central-to-be-refurbished/|publisher=[[SCAN (newspaper)|SCAN]]|access-date=14 March 2018|date=29 February 2016}}</ref> and also an off campus housing agency LUSU Living.

[[File:Sugar House - Mae Reddaway.JPG|thumb|The Sugarhouse nightclub]]

LUSU also helps to support LUSU Involve, a volunteering unit allowing Lancaster University students to become involved with communities locally and internationally.

There are over 175 different societies operating within Lancaster University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lancastersu.co.uk/about-societies|title=About Societies|website=Lancaster University Students Union}}</ref> Common areas include sports, hobbies, politics, academic, culture and religion. There are several fairs during the Freshers period in which various clubs and societies promote themselves.

===Chancellor's Wharf===
[[File:Chancellors Wharf at Lancaster University.jpg|thumb|Chancellor's Wharf accommodation, located off-campus]]
Chancellor's Wharf is off-campus student accommodation.<ref name="Chancellors">{{cite web|title=Chancellor's Wharf {{!}} Accommodation|url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/facilities/accommodation/city-living/chancellors-wharf/|publisher=Lancaster University|access-date=9 August 2017|language=en}}</ref>  It consists of three buildings by the Lancaster canal on Aldcliffe Road. The location is near the city centre, opposite 'the Water Witch' pub<ref>{{cite web|title=Returning Students 2017 {{!}} Accommodation |url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/facilities/accommodation/news/2016/returning-students-2017/|publisher=Lancaster University|access-date=9 August 2017|language=en}}</ref> and the [[Royal Lancaster Infirmary]]. It is open to members of all of the university's colleges.  Residents remain members of their various colleges, with Chancellor's Wharf itself being only a [[hall of residence]].<ref name="Chancellors"/>

===Sport===

Every summer term the students take part in the [[Roses Tournament]] against the [[University of York]], this is often described as the biggest varsity competition in Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lancastersu.co.uk/roses?parent_link=sport-menu-wrapper|title=Roses|website=Lancaster University Students Union}}</ref> The venue of the event alternates annually between Lancaster and York. The competition takes its name from the 15th-century civil war, the War of the Roses, and is organised by the universities' respective student unions, LUSU and YUSU.

Lancaster University Athletics Club (LUAC) was formed in May 2011. The start of the 2011/12 academic year saw the first athletes join the club and by the end of the year receive awards for LUSU 'Society of the Year 2012' and were winners of the Lancaster Athletics Cup 2012. In the 2012/13 academic year the club was given the opportunity to compete in [[BUCS]] and [[Roses Tournament|Roses]] along with other sporting societies at Lancaster University.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lancasteruniversityathleticsclub.co.uk/|title=Lancaster University Athletics Club<!-- Bot generated title -->|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624042757/http://www.lancasteruniversityathleticsclub.co.uk/|archive-date=24 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Lancaster University Swimming and Water Polo Club (LUSWP, formally known as LUST) competes in both [[BUCS]] and [[Roses Tournament|Roses]] in the sports [[swimming (sport)|swimming]] and [[water polo]]. The swimming team also competes in other charity galas, such as Quest for The Crest, held at [[Manchester Aquatics Centre]]. The [[BUCS]] swimming competitions include BUCS Short Course National Championships, BUCS Team Championships, and BUCS Long Course Championships, of which there has recently been attendance from [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] swimmers such as [[James Guy (swimmer)|James Guy]] and 50m & 100m World Champion [[Adam Peaty]]. In addition, the water polo team competes in the [[UPOLO]] league. LUSWP won the Lancaster University 'Club of the Year' in both academic years 2015/2016, and 2016/2017.

==== Intercollegiate sport ====
A number of intercollegiate sporting events exist within the university. Leagues exist in football, netball, pool, darts and dominoes. Pool, darts and dominoes collectively form an overall "bar sports" league known as the George Wyatt Cup.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lancastersu.co.uk/sport-at-lancaster/college-sport|title=College sport @ Lancaster Students' Union|website=lancastersu.co.uk|language=en|access-date=21 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://scan.lusu.co.uk/index.php/2011/02/20/george-wyatt-four-weeks-to-go/|title=George Wyatt: Four weeks to go|date=20 February 2011|work=SCAN|access-date=21 February 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref> The Carter Shield is contested between every college with bi-weekly matches open to all, and is intended as a light-hearted competition to promote lesser-known sports.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://scan.lusu.co.uk/index.php/2016/11/29/the-carter-shield-returns/|title=The Carter Shield Returns|last=Hamlyn|first=George|date=29 November 2016|work=SCAN|access-date=21 February 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/colleges/pendle/current-students/sport/|title=Sport|date=15 January 2016|work=Pendle College|access-date=21 February 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref>

There are also a number of annual sporting events between specific colleges:
* '''Founders''' is contested every year between Bowland and Lonsdale, the two oldest colleges at the university. The competition was created in 2004 to ensure that the friendly rivalry between the two colleges would continue after Lonsdale's relocation meant they would no longer be neighbours.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/colleges/lonsdale/junior-common-room/founders/|title=Founders - Lonsdale College {{!}} Lancaster University|website=Lonsdale College {{!}} Lancaster University|language=en-GB|access-date=21 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008232514/https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/colleges/lonsdale/junior-common-room/founders/|archive-date=8 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The 2018 Founders series was officially cancelled after disagreements between the two colleges, but continued unofficially under the tongue-in-cheek name "Undergrounders".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://scan.lusu.co.uk/index.php/2018/05/24/unofficial-event-undergrounders-bid-to-replace-founders/|title=Unofficial event "Undergrounders" bid to replace Founders|last=Callender|first=Sarah|date=24 May 2018|work=SCAN|access-date=24 June 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref>
* '''Legends''' was formerly contested between Grizedale, County, Pendle and Fylde colleges. Following Fylde and subsequently County's withdrawal in 2017, it was replaced by '''Titans''' (County/Fylde) and '''Warriors''' (Grizedale/Pendle).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://scan.lusu.co.uk/index.php/2017/03/07/county-and-fylde-abandon-legends/|title=County and Fylde abandon Legends|last=Crow|first=Bethany|date=7 March 2017|work=SCAN|access-date=21 February 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://scan.lusu.co.uk/index.php/2017/10/04/bragging-rights-why-you-should-join-college-sport/|title=Bragging Rights: Why you should join College Sport|last=Pearson|first=Tom|date=4 October 2017|work=SCAN|access-date=21 February 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref>
* '''Patriots''' is contested between Furness and Cartmel Colleges.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://scan.lusu.co.uk/index.php/2015/09/23/college-sport-at-lancaster/|title=College Sport at Lancaster|last=Bickley|first=Chris|date=23 September 2015|work=SCAN|access-date=21 February 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref>

===Arts, media and culture===

Alongside sport, Lancaster University has a vast selection of arts societies across campus in the areas of performance, media and music. Examples of performance-based societies include Lancaster University Theatre Group (LUTG), the Comedy Institute, Lancaster University Film Production (LUFP), University of Lancaster Music society (ULMS), and HipHop and Breakdance. There is also the Vagina Monolancs, a student-run group performing the Vagina Monologues, raising awareness of domestic violence against women and girls. In addition, the four established student media groups consist of the student radio station [[Bailrigg FM]], the student newspaper [[SCAN (newspaper)|SCAN]] established in 1967 and the student union's television station [[LA1:TV|LA1TV]] as well as Take 2 Cinema, an on-campus cinema, based in Bowland Main Lecture Theatre which was established in 1964.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lancastersu.co.uk/groups|title=Groups @ Lancaster Students' Union|website=lancastersu.co.uk}}</ref>

===Religious groups===
[[File:Lancaster University Chaplaincy Centre 1024.jpg|thumb|The Chaplaincy Centre, with its iconic spire and three lobes]]
The [[Lancaster University Chaplaincy Centre]] is located at the north end of campus incorporating various religious groups such as Christian (Anglicans, Catholics, Orthodox,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.orthodox-lancaster.org.uk | title = The website of the Orthodox community of Lancaster University| access-date = 6 May 2015}}</ref> Quakers), Jewish, Buddhist, and Hindu<ref name="lancaster.ac.uk">http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/depts/chap_cen The Lancaster University chaplaincy Center website</ref> as well as various religious societies including the Bahá'í, the Chinese Christian Fellowship, the Postgrad and Mature Students Group, and the Pagan society which hold regular events and meetings.<ref name="lancaster.ac.uk"/> The Islamic Prayer Rooms are located across from the Chaplaincy Centre, in Ash House.

==Notable people==

===Alumni===
{{See also|Category:Alumni of Lancaster University}}

====Business====
* [[W. Brian Arthur]], Operational Research (1967) – Economist
* [[Antony Burgmans]], Marketing (1971, Bowland) – Former Chairman of [[Unilever]] (until 2007)
* [[Richard Cuthbertson]], Management Science (1986) – Research Director of the Oxford Institute of Retail Management, [[Oxford University]]
* [[Jon Moulton]], Chemistry (1973, Furness) – Founder, [[Better Capital]]
* [[Mark Price (businessman)|Mark Price]], Classics & Archaeology (1982, Bowland) – Managing Director of [[Waitrose]]
* [[Bruce Sewell]], Psychology (1979, Bowland) – Former Senior Vice President and General Counsel, [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2009/09/15Bruce-Sewell-to-Join-Apple-as-General-Counsel-SVP/|title=Bruce Sewell to Join Apple as General Counsel & SVP|last=Dowling|first=Steve|date=September 15, 2009|website=Apple|access-date=December 22, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Ashni Singh]], Accounting and Finance (2000, Graduate College) - Minister of Finance, Guyana
* [[Dave Snowden]], Philosophy (1975, County) – Knowledge Management researcher and consultant
* [[Nahed Taher]], Economics (2001, Graduate College) – CEO, Gulf One Investment

====Linguistics====
* [[Paul Baker (linguist)|Paul Baker]], PhD in Applied Linguistics – Professor of Linguistics, Lancaster University
* [[Elena Semino]], PhD in Applied Linguistics – Professor of Linguistics, Lancaster University
* [[Jane Sunderland]], PhD in Applied Linguistics – Professor of Linguistics, Lancaster University
* [[Veronika Koller]], PhD in Applied Linguistics – Professor of Linguistics, Lancaster University

====Media====
* [[Richard Allinson]], Economics (1980, Fylde) – Radio presenter
* [[Louis Barfe]], Politics (1995, Fylde) – Journalist
* [[Stewart Binns]], Politics & Modern History (c.1971?) – Filmmaker and author
* [[Robert Fisk]], English Literature (1968, Lonsdale) – Middle East correspondent, ''[[The Independent]]''
* [[James May]], Music (1985, Pendle) – Television presenter
* [[Satnam Rana]], French Studies (1999, Grizedale) – Television presenter
* [[Ranvir Singh]], English and Philosophy (1998, Pendle) – Television presenter
* [[Anthony Tucker-Jones]], International Relations and Strategic Studies (1988) – Military historian and author

====Arts====
* [[Roger Ashton-Griffiths]], Music (1978, Furness) – Actor
* [[Damian Barr]], Sociology and English Literature (1998, Bowland) and MA Contemporary Sociology (2000) – Journalist and writer
* [[Paula Brackston]], MA Creative Writing – Writer
* [[Lucy Briers]], Independent Studies (1988, Cartmel) – Actress
* [[Brian Clegg (writer)|Brian Clegg]], Operational Research (1977, Bowland) – Author of popular science books
* [[Joseph Delaney]], English (1975, Lonsdale) – Writer
* [[Simon Emmerson]], Independent Studies (1978, Bowland) – Musician
* [[Emily Fleeshman]], Theatre Studies (2007) – Actress
* [[Andrew Ford (composer)|Andrew Ford]], Music (1978, Cartmel) – Composer
* [[Liam Gerrard]], Theatre Studies (2004, Grizedale) – Actor
* [[Rainer Hersch]], Economics (1985, Cartmel) – Comedian and musician
* [[Ursula Holden-Gill]], Theatre Studies (1999, Graduate College) – Actress
* [[Janni Howker]], Independent Studies (1980, Cartmel) and MA Creative Writing (1984) – Writer of teenage fiction
* [[Tez Ilyas]], Biochemistry (2004) – Comedian
* [[Ralph Ineson]], Theatre Studies (1991, Furness) – Actor
* [[Daniel Ings]], Theatre Studies (2008) – Actor, including in Netflix hit series The Gentlemen. 
* [[Karen Lloyd]], Creative Writing – Author and environmentalist
* [[Ursula Martinez]], French and Theatre Studies – Performance artist
* [[Andrew Miller (novelist)|Andrew Miller]], Creative Writing (1997) – Novelist
* [[Caroline Moir]], English Literature – Author
* [[Piri]], Chemistry (2020) – Musician
* [[Andy Serkis]], Independent Studies (1985, County) – Actor. He is on the [[List of highest-grossing actors]] of all time. 
* [[Dean Sullivan]], Teaching Degree – Actor (Played [[Jimmy Corkhill]] in [[Brookside (television programme)|Brookside]])
* [[Jo Walton]], (1985) - Writer
* [[Sarah Waters]], English Literature (1988, Graduate College) – Author
* [[Peter Whalley]], Philosophy (1967, Lonsdale) – Writer

====Politics and law====
* [[Audrey Azoulay]], Business Administration (1993) – French politician and former Minister of Culture
* [[Paul Bristow]], History and Politics (Cartmel) – Former MP for [[Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Peterborough]]
* [[Alan Campbell (politician)|Sir Alan Campbell]], Politics (1978, Furness) – MP for [[Tynemouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Tynemouth]]
* [[Simon Danczuk]], Sociology (1992, Cartmel) – Former MP for [[Rochdale (UK Parliament constituency)|Rochdale]]
* [[Hilton Dawson]], Social Admin (1982, Pendle) – Former MP for [[Lancaster and Wyre (UK Parliament constituency)|Lancaster and Wyre]]
* [[Suzanne Evans]], Religious Studies (1987, Cartmel) – Former Deputy Chairman of the [[UK Independence Party]]
* [[Jo Grady]] – General Secretary of the University and College Union (UCU)
* [[Theresa Griffin]], English and Theatre Studies (1984, Cartmel) and MA Theatre Studies (1985) – Former [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] for North West England
* [[Rami Hamdallah]], Linguistics (1988, Graduate College) – Former Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority
* [[Ruth Henig, Baroness Henig]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE|DL}}, PhD in history (1978) – Academic and Deputy Speaker in the House of Lords
* [[Joan Humble]], History (1972, Lonsdale) – Former MP for [[Blackpool North and Fleetwood (UK Parliament constituency)|Blackpool North & Fleetwood]]
* [[Alan Milburn]], History (1979, Pendle) – Chancellor of Lancaster University and former MP for [[Darlington (UK Parliament constituency)|Darlington]]
* [[Michael Payne (politician)|Michael Payne]], Law (Cartmel) – MP for [[Gedling (UK Parliament constituency)|Gedling]]
* [[Colin Pickthall]], Creative Writing (1967, Lonsdale) – Former MP for [[West Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)|Lancashire West]]
* [[Tim Roca]], History (2007, Fylde) – MP for [[Macclesfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Macclesfield]]
* [[Cat Smith]], Sociology and Gender Studies (2006, Cartmel) – MP for [[Lancaster and Fleetwood (UK Parliament constituency)|Lancaster and Fleetwood]]
* [[Helen Southworth]], English (1978, Lonsdale) – Former MP for [[Warrington South (UK Parliament constituency)|Warrington South]]
* [[Baddegama Samitha Thero]] – Former MP of [[Parliament of Sri Lanka]]
* [[Christian Wakeford]] – Politics (2007, Grizedale) – MP for [[Bury South (UK Parliament constituency)|Bury South]]
* [[Michael Wheeler (politician)|Michael Wheeler]] – MP for [[Worsley and Eccles (UK Parliament constituency)|Worsley and Eccles]]

====Sport====
* [[Louie Hinchliffe]] – Team GB athlete
* [[Philip Nicholson (cricketer)|Philip Nicholson]] – Northumberland cricketer<ref>{{cite web|title=Profile of Philip Nicholson|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7208/7208.html|work=Cricket Archive|access-date=11 April 2012|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
* [[Jason Queally]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}}, Biological Sciences (1992, Bowland) – Cyclist

====Education====
* [[Alfred Morris (accountant)|Alfred Morris]], Accounting and Finance (1970, Graduate College) – Former Vice-Chancellor of University of West of England (until 2006)
* [[Belinda Probert]], PhD in Politics (1976) – Former deputy Vice-Chancellor, [[La Trobe University]] (2008–2012)
* [[Mimi Sheller]], PG Cert Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (2003) – Professor of Sociology, [[Drexel University]]

====Science====

* [[David Favis-Mortlock]], Environmental Sciences (1975, Furness) – [http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/ Environmental Change Institute], [[University of Oxford]]
* [[Sarah Mercer]], Phd in Applied linguistics (2008) – Professor of Linguistics, [[University of Graz]]
* [[Ng Cho-nam]], PhD in Environmental Sciences – Associate Professor of Geography, [[University of Hong Kong]]
* [[Raoni Rajão]], PhD in Organisation, Work and Technology – Associate Professor of Production Engineering, [[Federal University of Minas Gerais]] and Director for Deforestation Control Policies, [[Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (Brazil)]]
* [[Lucy Rogers]], BEng Engineering (1995, Fylde) and PhD in engineering (2001) – Inventor and Science Communicator<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alumni awards for high-flying Lancaster graduates|url=https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/alumni-awards-for-high-flying-lancaster-graduates|access-date=6 July 2020|website=www.lancaster.ac.uk|language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Armorial of UK universities]]
*[[List of universities in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Plate glass university]]

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120314032613/http://www.lancs.ac.uk/depts/estates/documents/Lancaster%20University%20Masterplan%20P1%20080131.pdf Masterplan 2007–2017 Part 1]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120314032702/http://www.lancs.ac.uk/depts/estates/documents/Lancaster%20University%20Masterplan%20P2%20080131.pdf Masterplan 2007–2017 Part 2]

==Further reading==
*{{citation | last=McClintock | first=Marion E. | year=1974 | title=University of Lancaster: Quest for Innovation (History of the First Ten Years) | publisher=University of Lancaster | isbn=978-0-904-40602-3 }} 
*{{citation | last=McClintock | first=Marion E. | year=2011 | title=Shaping the Future: A History of the University of Lancaster 1961–2011 | publisher=University of Lancaster | isbn=978-1-862-20286-3 }}

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