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Lancaster LA1 4YW

Tel 01524 65201

ugadmissions@lancaster.ac.uk

www.lancs.ac.uk

Sunday Times ranking 18 (21)

Teaching excellence 61.1%

Student satisfaction 77.3%

Head teacher ranking 47= (53)

Peer ranking 23 (31)

Research quality 77.1%

A/AS-level points 371

A-levels for entry 73.3%

Unemployment 5.7%

Firsts and 2:1s 66.4%

Student/staff ratio 10:1

Dropout rate 8% (9%)

World ranking 228=

Undergraduates 8,915 (5,613)

Postgraduates 1,723 (1,885)

Teaching staff 564

Applications/places 14,030/2,763; 5.1:1 (+14.3%)

Clearing entry 5%

Bursaries 22%: £500-£1,000

Scholarships 600: £1,000

EU/overseas 5.4%/8.5%

Mature 8.2%

State school 91%

Lowest social classes 22%

Low-participation areas 12%

Live in 60% (100%) £54-£84

Lancaster was shortlisted for our University of the Year title in 2006, an acknowledgement of its international reputation for outstanding research and the high-quality teaching of undergraduates. It breaks back into our elite top 20 this year for the first time since 2002. Founded in 1964, it is undergoing a multi-million-pound makeover. Nearly 3,400 extra student rooms have been created and by next year a further 963 will have been refurbished or built across Lancaster’s eight undergraduate colleges.

The colleges are all on a pleasant parkland campus on the edge of the city, with the mountains of the Lake District to the north forming a dramatic backdrop. The so-called Spine, an undercover walkway running the length of the campus (because, yes, it does rain a lot here) brings the residential, social and academic areas together. The city (10 minutes away by bus) may be small but its nightlife packs a punch with a plethora of clubs and pubs.

Lancaster has some of the best green credentials of any university. The Lancaster Environment Centre has just completed a £20m development which brings together geography and environmental departments under one roof. The university has always been in the academic vanguard of research into the environment; it was one of the first to establish a department of environmental science and to make ecology a full degree subject. A BSc in geography, specialising in environmental change, is among the courses to be introduced from next year. A BEng and an MEng in sustainable engineering continue the ecofriendly theme.

Just under half the students benefit from a bursary, scholarship or subject award to help meet tuition fees.

This month’s second intake of medical students will make use of the clinical anatomy learning centre that opened in February. Fifty students a year will study for a University of Liverpool medical degree taught exclusively at Lancaster.

Students get the chance to live on campus for at least one year (often two). The arts scene flourishes and sport is boosted by intercollegiate rivalry and an annual Roses contest with the University of York.

Open days September 22.

Student view Tim Roca, students’ union president:

USP Our nine colleges and their bars make this a smaller place.

Worst feature Our rundown sports facilities, thankfully to be replaced with a multi-million-pound centre.

Location A historic city with Manchester just an hour away and the Lake District on your doorstep.

Social scene Our nightclub, the Sugar House, will be your opener to a student-friendly city.

Rated excellent (19) Applied social work; art and design; business and management; drama, dance and cinematics; education; English; environmental studies; general engineering; geography; history; linguistics; music; maths, statistics and operational research; philosophy; physics; politics; psychology; social policy and administration; theology and religious studies.

Degree of student satisfation: 77.3%

History and Archeology 84.1; Physical Science 83.8; Finance and Accounting 81.4; Mathematical Sciences 80.4; Philosophy, Theology and Religious studies 79.8; Human and Social Geography 79.1; Psychology 78.7; Politics 78.5; Business 77.8; Biology and related Sciences 77.5; European Languages and Area studies 77.3; Computer Science 77.2; Other Languages and Area studies 76.5; English-based studies 76.4; Physical Geography and Environmental Science 73.9; Sociology, Social Policy and Anthropology 73.4; Law 73.3; Economics 72.0; Art and Design 71.8; Performing Arts 71.8

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