Open Days 2026:, 27th June, 11th July, 03rd October, 17th October
www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/open-days/undergraduate-open-days/

Lancaster University UK University Search, 24th March 2026
www.ukuniversitysearch.com/fair-signup/lancaster-university-2026

Offer Holder Events:, 31st January, 14th February, 28th February, 14th March, 21st March, 11th April
www.lancaster.ac.uk/my-offer/offer-holder-events/

STEM Foundation Years

Our foundation years allow students with lower entry grades to prepare for a STEM degree at a Top 10 university. Subjects available are Biology, Bioscience, Chemistry, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural Science, Pharmacology and Physics.
www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/uk-foundation-year/

Cyber Security (with Industrial Experience) MSci Hons

Students will tackle foundational, advanced, and emergent, cyber security topics as they prepare to influence the systems that shape our world and take the next step towards an exciting career. Includes a 10 week placement in final year.
www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/cyber-security-with-industrial-experience-msci-hons-i902/2026/

Neuroscience MSci Hons

Through practical education students will combine psychology and biosciences. Students will explore the nervous system and study its role in human behaviour and brain disorders including schizophrenia, autism, mood disorders and dementia.
www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/neuroscience-msci-hons-b141/2026/

Nuclear Engineering with Placement Year MEng Hons

This 5 year course includes a general engineering first year, a year in industry and an integrated Masters. Students will benefit from brand new state-of-the-art facilities and Lancaster's close proximity to Sellafield and Heysham Power Stations.
www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/nuclear-engineering-with-placement-year-meng-hons-h825/2026/

Providing our students with professional careers support, and opportunities to develop employability skills, is a strategic priority of Lancaster University. We have a central Careers and Employability Service, a Management School Careers Service, as well as specialised employability teams in each faculty.

We encourage you to engage with our services right from your first year. Our services include one to one information, advice and guidance, interactive access to graduate recruiters, part time jobs through our Employment and Recruitment Service, as well as help to secure internships, placements, graduate jobs and postgraduate study places.

We also offer a variety of workshops to help you develop a variety of skills such as interview skills, and a Career Mentoring Programme. You can sign up to the Lancaster Award which formally recognises such extracurricular activity that develop your employability skills to help you stand out from the crowd.

Lancaster University has a plethora of support services available that work in partnership with your academic department and your college to offer you the right support at the right time.
The support on offer includes, but is not limited to, the following:

• Wellbeing and Mental Health Services
• Disability and Inclusive Practice Service
• Financial support (including bursaries, scholarships, etc.)
• Students Union support
• Study support (including IT, exams, learning and skills development etc.)

The collegiate system at Lancaster also provides another level of support for our students. This often takes the form of pastoral guidance, and each college has a College Advisor Team (CAT) team who are available to help and support you throughout your time at university.

Lancaster University to create £2 million nuclear facility control room simulator

Lancaster University will address a critical gap by developing a nationally-unique educational facility designed to train future professionals in nuclear engineering, cyber security and related disciplines.

Consisting of banks of digital screens, and software similar to that found in nuclear control rooms, a novel aspect of the immersive high-fidelity teaching simulator, which will launch in Spring 2026.

Lancaster highly ranked in the new QS Sustainability rankings

Lancaster University is ranked joint seventh in the world for Sustainability Governance in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026 released this week and appears in the top 80 globally overall.
Overall, Lancaster is positioned joint 80th out of 1,994 universities globally, and joint 25th in the UK.

Lancaster named ‘University of the Year in the Northwest’ of England - The Times and The Sunday Time

Lancaster has been named ‘University of the Year in the Northwest 2026’ and also ranks in the UK top 15 within a new league table released today.

The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026 ranks Lancaster 15th out of 130 in the UK with ten individual subject areas positioned in the Guide’s top ten, and including four subjects ranked among the top five nationally.
The news comes on the back of recent league tables including the Guardian University Guide 2026, which ranked Lancaster as 14th out of 123 institutions, and The Complete University Guide 2026 (10th of 130).