LANCASTER UNIVERSITY

The Lancaster University campus occupies a beautiful 560-acre parkland site at Bailrigg, just three miles from Lancaster City Centre. Lancaster University has risen to become one of Britain’s top universities, with over 12,000 students within the Bailrigg campus. In 2018 Lancaster University’s campus was voted third in the Student Crowd’s Top 20 University Campus Awards Lancaster University has been ranked 6th overall by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019. Over 80% of its research is world-leading and internationally excellent as indicated during the most recent Research Excellence Framework survey in 2014.

With over £45 million has been invested in its environment to provide state-of-the-art facilities, including modern workshops and laboratories and highly specialised equipment. It is home to one of the government’s top environmental research laboratories, one of the world’s largest centres for environmental research run by the Natural Environment Research Council’s Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Its chemistry laboratories have amongst the best analytical facilities in the world for environmental organic chemistry research, while its Psychology Department is home to one of the largest human developmental centres in the UK. Its award-winning Engineering building opened in March 2015 and provides cutting-edge equipment and resources. These include mechanical workshops, a 3D printing suite and a chemical engineering lab. Meanwhile its Physics department is undergoing an £11.4M refurbishment.

A short bus or cycle ride will take you from our campus into the heart of historic Lancaster – a city full of character and culture. There’s everything you’d expect from a modern city with a thriving arts scene, a busy nightlife, beautiful parks and a castle dating back almost 1000 years. By day, a strong ‘coffee culture’ vibe runs throughout the city, with the Atkinson’s roaster wafting its aroma onto China Street, and many cafés dotted throughout the cobbled streets. The city boasts a wonderful mix of restaurants offering a host of different cuisines, including a Japanese sushi bar, Mexican, French and Spanish restaurants to vegan eateries. Lancaster’s nightlife buzzes with live music at the many pubs and wine bars within the city, situated along the banks of the canal, through the Georgian streets and even underneath the city in the castle’s former wine cellars.