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Undergraduate open days 2024

Discover why Lancaster is a top 10 UK university at our October open day.

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Lancaster up to 12th in The Times and The Sunday Times University Guide

Lancaster University has climbed to 12th in the UK out of 134 universities and is ranked as top in the North West of England in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025.

Lancaster climbs to 12th in UK
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Smashing stereotypes

Harnessing the power of entrepreneurship to help change lives around the globe.

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High praise from students

Students participating in the National Student Survey (NSS) 2024 rated Lancaster University highly for teaching, academic support, and learning resources. Among other successes, Lancaster scored 91.5% for learning resources, 88.5% for teaching quality, and 89.9% for academic support.

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Vast ‘stranded assets’ if world continues investing in polluting industries

Continued investment in carbon-intensive industries will drastically increase the amount of “stranded assets” as the world moves to net-zero emissions, researchers warn.
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NA62 experiment at CERN reports first observation of ultra-rare process that could uncover new physics

Scientists at CERN, including researchers from Lancaster University, have reported the very first observation of an ultra-rare particle decay process, opening a new path to find physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics.
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Lecturer’s ‘pioneering reconstruction’ of dark era shortlisted for Wolfson History Prize

A Lancaster University lecturer is one of six authors shortlisted for the UK’s most prestigious history writing award, the Wolfson History Prize 2024.
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Important milestone reached in mission to crack neutrino mystery

Lancaster researchers are among an international team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) to identify their first neutrinos.

 
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Making an impact in the world – Lancaster excels in national engagement assessment

Lancaster University has once again been recognised as one of the top universities in the UK for its strong partnerships with businesses and other organisations, as well as its focus on local growth and regeneration.
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Mr Ruskin, One Day Someone Will Scuba Dive Over Your House…

A glimpse into the future is captured in a Lancaster University fine art lecturer's new exhibition (with a rather unusual title) at the Lake District home of English writer, philosopher, art historian and art critic John Ruskin.

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