Lancaster University

花费Fees

生活费／周Catered costs£126-£162

英国欧盟UK/EU fees£9,000

国际学生Fees (international)£13,270-£16,640

地址Address

Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4YW

Performance	项目	Score数值	Ranking排名
2015 Times Ranking	2015年泰晤士报排名		12
2014 Times Ranking	2014年泰晤士报排名		12
World Ranking	世界排名		160
Student satisfaction	学生满意度	84.2%	22
Research quality	研究质量	28.3%	12
Ucas entry points	本科录取水平	448	16
Graduate prospects	毕业生展望	78%	23
Firsts and 2:1s	1等及2等1学位比例	77.6%	25
Completion rate	完成度	93.9%	16
Student-staff ratio	学生-老师比	14.9:1	26
Services/facilities spend	服务/设施花费	£1,752	43
Graduate salaries	毕业生起薪	£19,902
Sports points/rank	体育	783	41

Social mix	学生情况	Score数值
Undergraduate (full-time)	本科全日制人数	8,970
Postgraduate (full-time)	研究生全日制人数	2,200
Applications/places	申请人数／录取人数	16,590/3,060
Applications/places ratio	申请录取率	5.4:1
EU students	欧盟学生	9%
Other overseas students	海外学生	16.1%
Mature	成年学生	4.5%
State school educated	公立学校教育	90.9%
Middle class/working class	中产／工薪比率	74.7/25.3

Student satisfaction 学生满意度
Subject	科目领域	％
Accounting & Finance	会计金融	87.3
Art & Design	艺术设计	85.8
Biological Science	生物科学	86.5
Business Studies	商务研究	83.4
Communication & Media Studies	传媒和媒体研究	88.6
Computer Science	计算机科学	78.8
Creative Writing	创造性写作	76.1
Drama, Dance & Cinematics	戏剧、舞蹈和电影研究	85.3
Economics	经济学	82.1
English	英语	84.0
French	法语	80.0
General Engineering	通用工程	80.4
Geography & Environmental Science	地理和环境科学	85.0
German	德语	80.5
History	历史	86.2
Iberian Languages	伊比利亚语	78.8
Law	法律	86.3
Lingusistics	语言学	82.8
Mathematics	数学	87.8
Mechanical Engineering	机械工程	77.7
Music	音乐	77.8
Philosophy	哲学	81.9
Physics and Astronomy	物理和天文学	94.7
Politics	政治	85.1
Psychology	心理学	76.0
Social Work	社会工作	85.3
Sociology	社会学	81.8
Subjects allied to medicine	医学相关	86.5
Theology & Religious Studies	神学和宗教研究	76.7

奖学金／助学金Bursaries/scholarships

Household income below £42.6K, £1,000 a year cash bursary.

£1,000 a year for those with A*AA at A Level or equivalent and with household income below £42.6K.

大学概况University Profile

It’s 50 years next month since the first students were admitted to Lancaster University and in that short space of time it has earned a global reputation and student admiration in equal measure.

Combining traditions from longer established institutions – the collegiate structure – with a modern approach to studying – flexible degrees allowing the study of two or even three subjects in year one before making a final choice – Lancaster happily fused old and new.

And the ethos that stood it in good stead in the 1960s still survives today on the eve of the institution’s 50^th birthday. Today, it stands on the threshold of our elite top 10 off the back of consistently high student satisfaction, a strong graduate jobs record, high entry standards and outstanding research.

Lancaster has also been at the forefront of pioneering links with overseas universities, first by way of a series of partnership and exchange arrangements that allow many of its students to spend a period studying abroad, and latterly through a series of alliances that are spreading the Lancaster brand abroad.

To this end it has opened the only UK university campus in Africa. The new venture in Ghana follows partnerships with universities in India, Pakistan, Malaysia and China that mean the current total of 2,000 students taking Lancaster degrees abroad will soon rise considerably and could even outnumber those in the UK.

Travelling in the opposite direction, hundreds of Lancaster students spend part of their courses in America, Asia, Australia or Europe, the latter through the extensive Erasmus exchange programme. For many students, there is a full year abroad on offer, although for some it is just one term.

Its student satisfaction rates are consistently high (up again this year to 84.2% under our analysis of the National Student Survey), but Lancaster’s greatest strength is in research, with more than 60% of its submission to the last Research Assessment Exercise rated as world-leading or internationally excellent.

Lancaster is more successful than most research universities in widening participation among under-represented groups. Nine out of ten undergraduates are state educated and a quarter come from the four lowest socio-economic classes.

Outreach activity includes summer schools for 600 sixth-formers and college students, masterclasses for 2,000 and mentoring for 250 students. The projected dropout rate of 6% matches the national average for the subjects on offer.

The university has completed a £500m makeover for its campus, with much of the money going on eco-friendly student residences. Lancaster has held the title of Best University Halls since 2010 in the National Student Housing Survey, and is one of only three UK universities to be awarded an International Accommodation Quality Mark based on more than 90% positive feedback from international students.

A new 24-hour student learning space at the centre of the campus provides flexible learning environments and social space with up-to-date technology. Infolab 21, the £15m centre of excellence in information communication technology, acts as a technology transfer and incubation facility and houses a training facility for high-tech businesses.

Other recent developments include a leadership centre for the highly rated Management School – the 2012 Business School of the Year in Times Higher Education magazine – and the establishment of a Confucius Institute as a hub for Chinese language teaching and culture.

Lancaster has also invested heavily in new facilities for engineering, which has doubled its undergraduate numbers in the last five years. 

A £10m building for the Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts has brought together art, design and theatre studies with the university’s public art gallery, concerts and theatre.

Combined degree programmes, with 200 courses to choose from, are especially popular. The degree portfolio now includes medicine, with Lancaster awarding its own degrees in the subject, having previously collaborated with the University of Liverpool.

The university has established a new Department of Chemistry, which offers an undergraduate degree in the subject, while another partnership with Liverpool has seen the opening of the £9.8m Centre for Global Eco-Innovation.

Other recent developments have included a research centre specialising in bipolar disorder and a new Centre for Organisational Health and Wellbeing. Lancaster is well known for research into ageing, cyber security and energy.

In an unusual move, the university has also acquired the London-based think tank, the Work Foundation.

Students join one of eight residential colleges on campus, which become the centre of most students’ social life. Most house between 800 and 900 students in self-catering accommodation and each has its own bar and social facilities. Cartmel and Lonsdale colleges have transferred to the New Alexandra Park area of the campus with enhanced social facilities. The pioneering 800-room Eco Residence, which opened in 2008, has won an environmental award.

Lancaster itself is a ten-minute bus ride away. Both the campus and city have been rated among the safest in the UK. The university hosts a thriving live arts scene for the campus, the city and the wider region, putting on professional theatre, dance, exhibitions and concerts.

Sports facilities are good and conveniently placed, with £20m sports centre on campus, while for the outdoor life, the Lake District is within easy reach. The annual War of the Roses sports match with the University of York is the highlight of the sporting year and proof that the rivalry between the red and the white roses is still very much alive. As with the earlier battle for the throne of England, Lancaster were this year’s victors.

学生观点Student view

Laura Clayson, students’ union president

First impressions

I didn’t expect to be surrounded by so many sheep, though they are far outnumbered by the students on campus.

Worst feature

Lectures and seminars at 9am are always a struggle but it does mean you greet the day.

Making a difference

To combat stress, in the past year there has been an increase in the number of counsellors on campus.

Deal clincher

We have a college system which means that there is an amazing sense of community and a healthy rivalry too.