Lancaster University

Across the campus, we offer exceptional learning facilities, from the modern labs and lecture theatres in our faculties, to the multi-million pound sports centre and outstanding library facilities. On joining the University, you become part of Graduate College providing a student community and support. There is a vast array of other facilities on campus including shops, restaurants, hairdressers and coffee shops. The campus has its own nursery and family accommodation.

At Lancaster, our on-campus postgraduate accommodation is located in Graduate College and offers

you a variety of living options to suit different tastes and budgets. Most postgraduates will live in

single-study accommodation within Graduate College, but shared flats, as well as our couple and family accommodation, are available around the wider campus. Much of our accommodation is en suite, but we also offer standard accommodation where students share WC/shower facilities, as well as campus townhouses and even self-contained studios. As a postgraduate, wherever you live, you are a member of Graduate College and have access to all its postgraduate facilities.

Studying at Lancaster is all about broadening your horizons, finding new perspectives and discovering new experiences. Students get to be a part of a community that stretches beyond our campus and right around the world. By living and studying with students and staff from over 130 countries students join a global community and have the opportunity to make international connections of their own.

We have nine colleges and, as a postgraduate student, you will join Graduate College, which operates exclusively for the benefit of our postgraduate community. Our colleges offer a safe, welcoming space, where it’s easy to make friends with students from many different nationalities and walks of life.

The Graduate College is located on South West campus, which is quieter than the centre of campus and only a short walk away. It boasts a friendly, international community that celebrates and encourages diversity, and provides you with an ideal opportunity to make lasting friendships. It also provides an environment for you to develop academically, while the extracurricular activities help to ensure that your postgraduate experience is rewarding. Graduate College is more than a place to live, you’ll also have the chance to study and socialise there as well. Through your college, you’ll be able to access a range of services designed to help and support you during your time at Lancaster. These include study facilities, such as a quiet study room, group study spaces with large screens to connect to, and University wifi throughout. It’s not all about study, as you’ll have the chance to mix with fellow students through the College’s organised day trips, weekly activities and social events on campus, off campus, and online to enable all postgraduate students to join.

We welcome and encourage applications from all over the world and our aim is to make the process of applying as straightforward as possible. For information on how to apply, please visit lancaster.ac.uk/pg-apply. For help and advice, please refer to our website

or contact pgadmissions@lancaster.ac.uk.

Supporting students into employment or further study is central to our purpose. Our Careers team will help you develop the skills you need to succeed in your future job search. The careers team work closely with a wide range of employers and can help students find part-time work, internships and placements.

Lancaster University has developed a Chinese Careers Certificate. Recognising the nuances associated with career planning for the Chinese job market, we have developed a series of workshops to help Chinese students prepare for and search for jobs in their home country. This supplements the other opportunities available including placement year degrees, internships, opportunities for part time work, career fairs, workshops, one-to-one guidance and support after graduation.