A top ten university

Lancaster is ranked in the top ten in the Complete University Guide 2024.

Lancaster in UK top ten
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Our summer open days give you Lancaster University in a day.

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Breaking the silence on modern slavery

Our research documents the experiences of men, women and children trapped in modern slavery.

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Lancaster ranked 1st in North and 8th in England for student satisfaction

Lancaster University has been given an overall satisfaction score of 83.6% in this year’s National Student Survey (NSS), ranking 1st in the North, 8th in England and 11th in the UK when compared to other universities.

National Student Survey 2022
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7th best in the UK for Sustainability

Sustainability is at the heart of Lancaster University. We are now ranked 7th in the UK and joint 26th in the world in the new QS World University Rankings: Sustainability, which measures and compares sustainable impact from universities across the globe. We declared a climate emergency in 2020 and aim to become carbon neutral by 2035. Discover more about our sustainability strategy, our world-leading research and our achievements so far.

Sustainability at Lancaster

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Complete University Guide places Lancaster in UK top ten

Lancaster University has taken tenth position in a national league table, released this morning.
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Lancaster physicist wins 2023 Nicholas Kurti Science Prize

Dr Samuli Autti from Lancaster University has been awarded the 2023 Nicholas Kurti Science Prize by Oxford Instruments Nanoscience.
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University researchers showcase scientific wonders at Glastonbury

From climate change to robot surgeons, and from spiders to AI and deepfakes, festivalgoers attending this year’s Glastonbury can learn and take inspiration from an entire area specially dedicated to science.
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Hopes that research linking food insecurity and reproductive justice will prompt change

Food poverty is a barrier and a ‘pressing matter’ to reproductive justice globally, new research led by Lancaster University has found.
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Fairy tales offer accessible ways to communicate energy research in the social sciences to help tackle climate change

A team of researchers, led by Lancaster University, has been developing accessible and creative means of communicating sustainability research from the social sciences for policymakers and the wider public.
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Groundbreaking R&D programme ends on high note with innovation awards

Eco innovations developed by North West businesses alongside leading universities to tackle climate change have been honoured at an awards ceremony.

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