Key Facts and Figures

Almost 40% of our full time research and teaching staff are non-British and we recruit our staff from over 60 countries. Lancaster is a welcoming community that includes students from 142 countries.


Students as full time equivalents

Home-EU
Overseas
Full-timePart-timeFull-timePart-timeTotal
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences 3,017 254 582 37 3,890
Faculty of Health and Medicine 766 68 70 28 932
Faculty of Science and Technology 3,312 98 445 9 3,864
Management School 2,098 134 2,005 37 4,274
Total 9,194 554 3,101 111 12,960
Home-EU Overseas
Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Total
Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences 3,017 254 582 37 3,890
Faculty of Health & Medicine 766 68 70 28 932
Faculty of Science & Technology 3,312 98 445 9 3,864
Management School 2,098 134 2,005 37 4,274
Total 9,194 554 3,101 111 12,960

Overseas partnership students

Sunway University 4,969
BJTU 954
Ghana 600
Goenka 53
COMSATS 15
Other 57
Total 6,648

Staff as full time equivalents

PercentageFTE
Academic 44% 1,276
Professional Services 56% 1,650

Nationality of academic staff

PercentageFTE
UK 62% 1,276
Overseas 38% 1,650

Staff gender - academic

PercentageFTE
Female 36% 459
Male 64% 817

Staff gender - non-academic

PercentageFTE
Female 62% 1,023
Male 38% 628