The University of Central Lancashire is an international, multi-campus University tracing its roots back to 1828 and leading the way in modern learning today. Today we’re one of the UK’s largest universities with a staff and student community approaching 38,000. Our employment-focused course portfolio with over 350 undergraduate programmes means we offer you the skills and experience that the industry needs. We’ve always believed in helping people to seize every opportunity to flourish in education, at work and for life. Whoever you are, wherever you are in life, there’s always a way. Where opportunity creates success.
Our institution’s motto ‘Ex solo ad solemn translates to ‘From the Earth to the Sun’. It means helping talented people from all walks of life to make the most of their potential. We create positive change in our students, staff, business partners and wider communities, enabling them to develop their full potential by providing excellent higher education, innovation and research.
Our community is made up of students from more than 100 countries around the world. And we are partnered with 123 institutions across the globe making us a truly international University. We are ranked in the top 7% of universities worldwide (Center for World University Rankings 2022-23). We started life in Preston and have since grown the number of our UK campuses. As well as Preston, we are also based in Burnley (East Lancashire) and Westlakes (West Cumbria). We were also honoured to establish the first British University in Cyprus in 2012.