Notable programs
Lancaster University Management School (LUMS)
Triple-crown accredited (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA), FT Masters in Management Top 30 globally, top 10 UK for Business Studies (Complete University Guide 2025)
Department of Linguistics and English Language
Ranked 4th in UK (Complete University Guide 2025), home to corpus linguistics pioneers, Lancaster Corpus tools used worldwide
Lancaster Environment Centre
Top 10 UK for Environmental Science, unique Lake District field research access, NERC-funded research centre, interdisciplinary ecology and climate programmes
Department of Sociology
Ranked 6th in UK (Guardian 2025), strong in digital sociology, mobilities research (Centre for Mobilities Research founded here)
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Top 15 UK (Complete University Guide 2025), strong in statistics and operational research, STOR-i doctoral training centre partnership
Department of Computer Science
Top 20 UK, growing AI and data science programmes, Security Lancaster research centre, strong industry placement year uptake