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Lancaster
11,000
2.8 (4.0 scale)
Fall term (Sept-Dec)
Full year (Sept-June)
Spring two terms (Jan-June)
April 15 for fall or full year; October 15 for spring
http://www.lancs.ac.uk
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Jenny Piland

What is this?

What Lancaster has to offer
• A self-contained campus three miles south of the city
• On-campus shops, restaurants, banks, post office and student travel office
• Each student and staff member is a member of one of nine residential colleges that vary in size and style
• Each residential college has a pub, cafe and recreation area and organizes social and athletic events
• Excellent support network, both academic and personal
• Active student and athletic unions with more than 80 of clubs and societies
• One of few universities in England to offer an independent research option with no restrictions on choice of topic

Housing

• Housing is with British and other international students in residential colleges
• Students prepare their own meals or purchase them at on-campus coffee shops, snack bars and restaurants

Academics
• Flexibility in allowing students to register in multiple departments
• An Early Start option allows fall and full-year students to take a short course or seminar on British culture prior to the fall term
• Three early start courses: Introduction to Britain: Landmarks in History, Literature Culture and Society; The World About Us; and Europe in Context: Explorations in the History, Principles and Applications of Science
• Most science courses are open to study abroad students
• Students take three to five courses, depending on course weight

Top departments
• Business
• Management
• English
• Environmental science
• Premed
• Theatre studies
• Music
• Art