A highly ranked global university
Lancaster University is among the best in the UK. Top 10 in all three major national league tables, we’re also highly ranked in international league tables such as the QS World Rankings. Our Management School is quadruple-accredited by AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA and the Small Business Charter. Click here to find out more about our Management School's Rankings.
Triple Top 10
League tables can’t tell you everything about a university, but they’re a good place to start. Out of 120 UK Universities, we are consistently in the top ten, and have now risen to 6th place in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2018.
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The Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020
Gold standard teaching
Lancaster University has been awarded the highest possible score in the UK government’s 2017 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) ratings. Our TEF Gold rating is based on high quality teaching, excellent teaching facilities and the good careers our graduates go into.
Accreditations
Our school is locally approved by the National Accreditation Board. The NAB is an agency under the Ministry of Education responsible for better management of tertiary education as well as serving as the Quality Assurance Body at the tertiary education level.
We are also globally approved by the British Accreditation Council. Click here to see our certification. The BAC is as an independent body set up in 1984, and acts as the UK national accrediting body for independent further and higher education. Its accreditation is a well-established, international quality assurance scheme and is regarded by students and agencies throughout the world as one of the most reliable guides in selecting a higher education institution in which to study
Our parent school, Lancaster University is regulated by the QAA in the UK.
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How we compare
Lancaster’s performance in UK league tables compare favourably to many of our rivals:
| Times/Sunday Times 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Lancaster | 8 |
| Warwick | 10 |
| Leeds | 13 |
| Exeter | 12 |
| Manchester | 18 |
| York | 22 |
| Newcastle | 28 |
| Liverpool | 29 |
| Guardian University Guide 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Lancaster | 7 |
| Warwick | 9 |
| Exeter | 10 |
| Leeds | 11 |
| York | 20 |
| Newcastle | 35 |
| Manchester | 40 |
| Liverpool | 50 |
| Complete University Guide 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Lancaster | 7 |
| Exeter | 11 |
| Warwick | 12 |
| Leeds | 14 |
| Manchester | 15 |
| Newcastle | 22 |
| Liverpool | 28 |
| York | 30 |