About
Lancaster University is a UK university founded in 1964, based in Lancaster, with around 12,000 students. The Teaching Excellence Framework awarded Lancaster University a Gold rating.
Academic staff have published 81,456 works cited 6,065,418 times, with an h-index of 672.
Courses at Lancaster University (675)
Accounting and Finance
Lancaster University
A-Levels
AAB
NSS Score
86.77%
Avg. grad pay (5y)
£26,000
Accounting and Finance
Lancaster University
Accounting and Finance
Lancaster University
Accounting and Finance (Industry)
Lancaster University
A-Levels
AAB
Avg. grad pay (5y)
£26,000
Accounting and Management
Lancaster University
A-Levels
AAB
Avg. grad pay (5y)
£26,000
Accounting and Management (Industry)
Lancaster University
A-Levels
AAB
Avg. grad pay (5y)
£26,000
Who gets into Lancaster University
See full breakdown →Full-time undergraduates admitted in 2023-24, by neighbourhood deprivation. Source: Office for Students.
From the least deprived 20% of UK neighbourhoods
31.0%
From the most deprived 20%
14.1%
The richest-area share is 16.9 percentage points higher than the poorest-area share among 3,250 entrants in 2023-24.
Notable alumni of Lancaster University
See all 142 →142 notable graduates and former students with Wikipedia coverage, ranked by international reach. Source: Wikidata.
Andy Serkis
English actor (born 1964)
Robert Fisk
English writer and journalist (1946–2020)
Audrey Azoulay
French politician (1972-)
Sarah Waters
Welsh novelist (1966-)
Hanif Kureishi
English writer (born 1954)
James May
English television presenter and journalist
Rami Hamdallah
Palestinian politician (born 1958)
Taye Atske Selassie
Ethiopian politician and diplomat
Ralph Ineson
British actor
Joseph Delaney
British writer (1945–2022)
Julio Alonso Ortega
Sailor and world champion
Jason Queally
English track cyclist (born 1970)
Rankings
- Complete University Guide 2026
- #10
- The Guardian (UK) 2026
- #14
- QS World 2026
- #157
- Times Higher Ed (World) 2026
- =184
- ARWU (Shanghai) 2025
- #301
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Quick Facts
- Location
- Lancaster
- Postcode
- LA1 4YW
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1964
- Student Count
- 12,000
- TEF Rating
- Gold