Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
- 1964
- Founded
- Not listed
- Global Rank
- 16,500+
- Total Students
- 35%
- International Students
- 26
- Programs
About Lancaster University
Lancaster University is an elite British collegiate research university situated on a contiguous 560-acre greenfield parkland campus at Bailrigg in Lancaster, Lancashire. Established by Royal Charter in 1964 as one of the post-war plate-glass universities, Lancaster is one of only a handful of collegiate universities in the United Kingdom alongside Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, and York. Consistently ranked among the UK's top 10 to 15 universities and within the global top 150, Lancaster is a member of the prestigious N8 Research Partnership. The university is celebrated internationally for its quadruple-accredited Management School (LUMS), world-leading Corpus Linguistics department (QS Global Top 10), ultra-low temperature quantum physics laboratories operating below 1 mK, the Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC) partnered with the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, and its self-contained campus structured around 'The Spine' covered walkway.
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£23,500 – £28,800 / yr (Undergraduate); £24,500 – £36,000 / yr (Postgraduate Taught; £42,000 for MBChB Medicine)Fees vary by course and degree level.
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- Application fee: £28.50 (Standard UCAS application fee for up to 5 undergraduate choices; UCAS Institution Code: L14. Direct postgraduate applications via the Lancaster University My Applications portal are 100% free of charge)
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Lancaster, United Kingdom
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