League tables and reputation
A highly-ranked university with a global reputation.
Faculties, Departments and Centres
Lancaster University is organised into four main faculties, each of which comprises multiple departments. We are also home to cross-disciplinary institutes and centres.
Faculties and Departments
Arts and Social Sciences
- Educational Research
- English Literature and Creative Writing
- History
- Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA) (Architecture, Art, Design, Film, Theatre)
- Languages and Cultures (Chinese, French, German, Italian, Spanish)
- Law School (Criminology, Law)
- Linguistics and English Language
- Politics, Philosophy and Religion
- Sociology
Science and Technology
- Chemistry
- Computing and Communications
- Engineering
- Lancaster Environment Centre (Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, Geography)
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Natural Sciences
- Physics
- Psychology
Institutes and Centres
- Centre for Ageing Research
- Confucius Institute
- Centre for Consumption Insights
- Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science (CASS)
- Data Science Institute
- Defying Dementia
- Demand Research Centre
- Centre for Disability Research (CeDR)
- Energy Lancaster
- Centre for Family Business
- Centre for Financial Econometrics, Asset Markets and Macroeconomic Policy
- Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies
- Centre for Global Eco-Innovation
- Gulf One Lab for Computational and Economic Research
- Health Innovation Campus
- Centre for Higher Education Research & Evaluation (CHERE)
- ImaginationLancaster
- Institute for Social Futures
- International Observatory on End-of-Life Care (IOELC)
- Lancaster Arts
- Lancaster China Catalyst Programme
- Lancaster China Management Centre
- Lancaster Intelligent, Robotic & Autonomous Systems Centre
- Literacy Research Centre
- Centre for Marketing Analytics and Forecasting
- Materials Science
- Centre for Mobilities Research (CeMoRe)
- Centre for Organisational Health and Well-Being (COHWB)
- Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business
- Centre for Productivity and Efficiency
- Quantum Technology Centre
- Regional Heritage Centre
- Richardson Institute for Peace Studies
- The Ruskin - Library, Museum and Research Centre
- Security Lancaster
- Centre for Social Justice and Wellbeing in Education
- Spectrum Centre for Mental Health Research
- Centre for Technology Enhanced Learning
- Centre for Technological Futures
- Centre for Transport and Logistics
- Wordsworth Centre
- Work Foundation
Why Lancaster?
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Colleges and community
Your college will be your home away from home.
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Careers and employability
Career support for our students through university and beyond.
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Student life
Lancaster has so much to offer. On our campus, in our city and in our community, you’ll find your place – whoever you are.
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Where is Lancaster?
Lancaster is easy to get to and surrounded by natural beauty.
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The campus and the city
Our campus and the surrounding area is a great place to call home.
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Your global experience
Build your global community on campus and around the world.
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Wellbeing and support
Services to help you fulfil your potential at Lancaster.
