Science and Technology

We are a community of eight departments engaged in world-leading research that makes a demonstrable difference to our economy and society.

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  • Undergraduate Degrees

    Flexible degrees taught in state-of-the-art facilities, many including integrated Master's schemes.

  • Taught Master's Degrees

    Studying for a Master's is challenging yet rewarding. Full and part-time Master's are available.

  • Master's by Research

    Begin your research career by developing a Master's programme that will develop your own interests.

  • PhDs

    Study for a PhD alongside world-leading academics at the forefront of their field.

Research

We pride ourselves on the depth, the range and the quality of our research. From breaking new ground in astrophysics to cyber security, our staff are active in their specialist areas.

Working with Businesses

We work in partnership with businesses and other science and technology users so that our research and teaching makes a demonstrable difference to the economy and society.

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  • Collaborative Research

    Our research is solution driven for business growth. Our award-winning business partnerships team will connect you quickly to the people who have the skills and knowledge you need to achieve your business goals.

  • Facilities

    We have cutting-edge facilities to develop and test new products and processes for the global marketplace, our business partnerships and engagement team can help you access a wide range of facilities.

  • Office Space

    Our award-winning buildings enable global high-tech, chemical, manufacturing and environmental businesses to co-locate onto the Lancaster University campus and work alongside our cutting-edge researchers.

  • Student Engagement

    Access more than 4,200 science and technology students through internships, careers fairs, collaborative research projects, year in industry programmes, volunteering programmes and recruitment services.

Departments

Our eight departments offer high quality education by internationally renowned academics, and delivered in state-of-the-art facilities. We conduct world-leading research with global impact that makes a difference to the economy and society.

Latest News

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Recent Chemical Engineering graduate receives prestigious Salters’ Graduate Award

A Chemical Engineering graduate from the School of Engineering who completed his degree in July, has been awarded the prestigious Salters’ Graduate Award.
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Supporting cybersecurity through faultless programming: A guide to Dafny

A Lancaster academic, in collaboration with the Australian National University, explores potential ways in which to achieve defect-free coding, creating a “beginners guide” to verification software.
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Human disruption is driving ‘winner’ and ‘loser’ tree species shifts across Brazilian forests

Fast-growing and small-seeded tree species are dominating Brazilian forests in regions with high levels of deforestation and degradation, a new study shows.
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Lancaster University to collaborate on electron beam research with the Extreme Light Infrastructure

Lancaster University, as a part of The Cockroft Institute, has agreed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI ERIC), to collaborate on research in high-power laser and far-infrared (“Terahertz”) techniques for electron beam acceleration.
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Calls for urgent policy action as research reveals real extent of human trafficking

New research by academics has revealed a more accurate estimate of those trafficked across the world, from 49.6million to 65.3million, with urgent action needed to prevent this criminal exploitation and coercion.

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Upcoming Events

18th Dec

Research Code Clinic

Wednesday 18 December 2024, 12:00pm to 5:00pm
23rd Jan

Public Lecture: Does AI pose an exitential threat?

Thursday 23 January 2025, 6:30pm to 8:00pm

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