Lancaster University

Lancaster’s colleges provide social spaces open to all students, and the Students’ Union (LUSU) supports more than 200 clubs and societies, runs The Sugarhouse nightclub, and operates a late-night bus service. The campus has 24-hour security during term-time.

Support services include international student guidance, academic, personal and financial advice, wellbeing and counselling, disability adjustments, and lifelong careers support.

Careers services include careers fairs, free lifelong careers guidance, internship and placement help, CV and interview support, and a Career Mentoring Programme. The Work in Progress scheme supports student entrepreneurship, and LAUNCH Your Career offers skills workshops and drop-in sessions for international students, all underpinned by a global alumni network of around 180,000 graduates in more than 190 countries.

Accommodation options include en-suite rooms, shared townhouses and flats, self-contained studios, and adapted rooms and family flats; new full-time undergraduates who choose Lancaster as their firm choice and apply by the deadline are guaranteed on-campus accommodation.

The £20 million sports centre includes a gym, a 25-metre pool, an 8-metre climbing wall and fitness studios, and the 24-hour library (during term-time) has bookable group rooms alongside its physical and digital resources. The campus also has cafes, bars, restaurants, a theatre, an art gallery, a student-run cinema, two supermarkets, a pharmacy, a doctor’s surgery, a post office, ATMs and a chaplaincy centre, with a 2.6-mile Woodland Walk circling the perimeter.

Lancaster declared a Climate Emergency in 2020 and is targeting carbon net zero across all scopes by 2035, with a wind turbine, a solar farm, biodiversity work and sustainable food partnerships. Student-led initiatives include Don’t Ditch It, Donate It, the ReStore second-hand shop and LUSU Green.