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University of Lancaster

Research university in Lancaster, United Kingdom

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About

instance of	public research university higher education institution open-access publisher educational organization university organization
inception	1964
language used	English
field of work	higher education

Location and contact

country	United Kingdom
located in the administrative territorial entity	Lancaster · reason for preferred rank: most precise value Lancashire
headquarters location	Lancaster · coordinate location: 54.0107, -2.7882
street address	University of Lancaster, University House, Bailrigg, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 4YW (en-gb)
postal code	LA1 4YW
coordinate location	54.0107, -2.7882
historic county	Lancashire
official website	https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/ · country: United Kingdom http://www.lancs.ac.uk/ https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/ · language of work or name: English
phone number	+44-1524-65201 +44-152465201

People and numbers

count of students	12,000
employees	2,250

Rankings and recognition

ranking	157 · QS World University Rankings · 2026 185 · Times Higher Education World University Rankings · 2026 Earlier figures (3) 122 · QS World University Rankings · 2024 146 · QS World University Rankings · 2023 132 · QS World University Rankings · 2022

Structure and memberships

child organization or unit	Regional Heritage Centre, Lancaster
has part(s)	Bowland College, Lancaster Pendle College, Lancaster Cartmel College, Lancaster Fylde College, Lancaster Furness College, Lancaster 5 more Grizedale College, Lancaster Lonsdale College, Lancaster Lancaster University Archives Lancaster University Alumni Association The Ruskin Whitehouse Collection
affiliation	N8 Research Partnership
member of	N8 Research Partnership ORCID, Inc. · October 2023 Jisc Digital Preservation Coalition European University Association University and College Union · membership number: NW059

Other facts

exact match	https://findthatcharity.uk/orgid/XI-ROR-04f2nsd36

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)

coat of arms image	University of Lancaster shield.svg
image	Lancaster University Courtyard.JPG · media legend: Cour centrale Alexandra de l'université de Lancastre. (fr)

Wikimedia and technical details (10)

Commons category	Lancaster University
topic's main category	Category:Lancaster University
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Alumni of Lancaster University
category for employees of the organization	Category:Academics of Lancaster University
on focus list of Wikimedia project	Wikidata:WikiProject Academic Publisher
IPv6 routing prefix	2001:630:80::/48 2001:630:84::/48
IPv4 routing prefix	194.80.32.0/21
topic has template	Template:Lancaster University
archives at	Lancaster University Archives
social media followers	67,923 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 25521930 · 3 February 2023 Earlier figures (3) 65,107 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 25521930 · 1 March 2022 62,430 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 25521930 · 3 January 2021 53,249 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 25521930 · 10 May 2018

Identifiers in other databases (53)

ARWU university ID	Lancaster-University
Baidu Tieba name	兰卡斯特大学 · number of works: 88,726 · 16 March 2023
BBC News topic ID	c1038wnxnjwt
BBC Things ID	9e5ce8b8-0def-41d1-aff0-8aaa026fb1b4
Companies House company ID	RC000657
Crunchbase organization ID	lancaster-university
DfE URN	133831
Dialnet author ID	2598414
ELMCIP ID	11832 17792
EU Transparency Register ID	018203919412-57 · object named as: Lancaster University
Facebook username	lancasteruniversity
FactGrid item ID	Q394178
Freebase ID	/m/01tzfz
GeoNames ID	6931097
GND ID	2034257-3
Google Maps Customer ID	6415786901042380807
GRID ID	grid.9835.7
HAL structure ID	450363
Instagram username	lancasteruni
ISBN publisher prefix	978-0-901800 978-1-86220
ISIL	GB-UkLaUL
ISNI	0000000459074995 0000000081906402
J9U entity ID	987007296464305171
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID	2034257-3
KISTI ID	K000206552
Library of Congress Authorities ID	n79064704
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	67415387
MusicBrainz place ID	fc9a2452-4894-4154-8311-aa35695c2090
NL CR AUT ID	ko2007227729 · subject named as: University of Lancaster
Open Funder Registry funder ID	100010029
OpenAlex ID	I67415387 P4310311840 · subject named as: University of Lancaster
OpenCorporates organization ID	gb/RC000657
OSM Name Suggestion Index ID	lancasteruniversity-1da7fc lancasteruniversity-9ba54b
Parks & Gardens UK record ID	6772
QS World University ID	lancaster-university
Quora topic ID	Lancaster-University
Ringgold ID	4396
ROR ID	04f2nsd36
SNARC ID	Q49441
subreddit	lancasteruni · language of work or name: English · subject named as: Lancaster University · 24 May 2023
Threads username	lancasteruni
Times Higher Education World University ID	lancaster-university
U-Multirank university ID	lancaster-university
UK Parliament thesaurus ID	42337 · subject named as: Lancaster University
UK Provider Reference Number	10007768
VIAF cluster ID	122178024
Weibo user ID	lancasteruni
Wellcome Collection concept ID	hnthdv7j
WhatDoTheyKnow organisation ID	lancaster_university · subject named as: Lancaster University
X (Twitter) username	LancasterUni · country: United Kingdom · has characteristic: verified account or profile · number of subscribers: 53,249 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 25521930 · 10 May 2018
‎HAND ID	4139-756F-16CC-B243-53DB
‎Scilit organization ID	675
‎Yale LUX ID	group/0247e74a-6e27-4e15-8fb7-c7dc19cddce7