Lancaster University
Colleges Three of Lancashire’s colleges are in the top 10% of colleges nationally for further education achievement rates. Seven are in the top 20%. Lancashire’s colleges provide education and training to over 95,000 young and adult learners each year, from entry level to postgraduate qualifications. Almost 7,500 or 13% of higher education (HE) students based in Lancashire study at Lancashire’s colleges compared with 4% nationally. Each year, Lancashire’s colleges train over 10,000 new apprentices. All of Lancashire’s colleges have apprenticeship achievement rates above the national average.
Universities Lancashire’s four universities attract thousands of national and international students and research fellows every year. Lancaster University is recognised as being within the top 1 percent of the world’s universities and ranked 8th in the UK. Recently named International University of the Year by The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020. UCLan is one of the country’s 10 largest universities and the first modern university
in the UK to be recognised by the QS World Rankings. Edge Hill is the Times and Sunday Times Modern University of the Year 2022. It was also named University of the Year for Student Retention in the Good University Guide 2018. University of Cumbria – one of the UK’s newest universities – with its largest campus located in Lancaster has strengths in teacher training and healthcare. Together, Lancashire’s universities and colleges combine to produce one of the UK’s largest sources of STEM graduates.
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