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Open days 2025

See our beautiful campus, facilities and accommodation. Chat with staff about your degree and find out what it's like to study at Lancaster.

Undergraduate open days
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University of the Year in the Northwest

Lancaster is ‘University of the Year in the Northwest’ and ranks in the UK top 15 in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026.

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Postgraduate digital open event - 19 November

Join us online and let us tell you about postgraduate study at Lancaster and how to apply.

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News

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£1.5M to develop first ever tool to diagnose musculoskeletal conditions in the community

A team led by Dr Jemma Kerns from Lancaster Medical School has been awarded £1.5M by the EPSRC to develop a tool to predict and diagnose bone disorders for the first time.
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Free Public Lecture: Stefan Collini launches University's winter series

Lancaster University's winter series of Public Lectures kicks off on Wednesday, 8 October, with a thought-provoking talk from writer and speaker Professor Stefan Collini. 
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Lancaster leads the way in national engagement assessment

Lancaster University has reaffirmed its position as one of the UK’s most effective universities in supporting business innovation, partnering with stakeholders, and driving local growth and regeneration, as announced in the latest Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF), published by Research England.

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Lancaster Arts new season of live events features UK Poet Laureate

Lancaster Arts at Lancaster University have announced their autumn 2025 season of live events including a visit from UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage.
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Dried fish – the hidden superfood vital for millions of women and children in Africa

Hidden in plain sight, dried fish are an overlooked yet vital nutrient-packed superfood helping to feed millions of people across Africa, a new study reveals.
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Confessions of an Early Career Researcher…a podcast must for post PhDs

A deep dive podcast into the journeys, challenges and triumphs of Early Career Researchers, launched by the British Academy in collaboration with the Leverhulme Trust, will be hosted by an academic from Lancaster University’s new School of Global Affairs.

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Cream of the crop

Lancaster’s plant scientists are on a mission to tackle global food security. In an ever-turbulent world, the need to secure global food production and nutritional security while protecting our plants and biodiversity has never been greater.

Cream of the crop
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High praise from students

Lancaster has been ranked highly in the 2025 National Student Survey, with student feedback placing us among the UK’s top ten universities for high-quality learning resources (91.6%). Academic support also received strong praise, with 90.2% of students voting positively, and we’re proud to be ranked 6th in the UK for library resources, with a satisfaction score of 93.9%.

National Student Survey
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