Lancaster University
Budget
€483,079,200
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
8
0.8 FTE
EU Grants
€2,274,150
Mission & Goals
Our Vision as a university consistently ranked in the top 15 in major UK league tables, is to be a university that is globally significant - a sector leader and innovator that delivers the highest quality research, teaching and student experience, and that engages locally, nationally, and internationally. Our Purpose is to advance knowledge, wisdom and understanding through the excellence of our teaching and research. By engaging with others, we will use our collective intellectual and wider capabilities as a force for good and create positive economic, cultural, societal and environmental change. Lancaster has won major awards and accolades as detailed on our web-pages - https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/about-us/rankings-and-reputation/ Lancaster is a research-intensive university delivering world-quality research with 91% of our research was independently rated as 'internationally excellent' in the UK Research Excellence Framework REF2021.
EU Legislative Interests
Primarily seeking collaborations and access to funding for research, education and training: Lancaster University actively engages in Horizon Europe (and in previous Framework Programmes since their inception) as well as ERC, Marie Curie, ERASMUS programmes, EU Structural Funds etc.
Communication Activities
Lancaster University works extensively with the League of European Research Universities on policy issues at EU level, and with the Russell Group EU Expert Group and Universities UK counterparts University staff interact with members of the Commission.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
Lancaster University has a number of global partnerships (detailed on the webpage https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/partners/ ). These include: *Lancaster University College at Beijing Jiaotong University (LUC at BJTU) is a joint institute established near Weihai, Shandong province, by Beijing Jiaotong University and Lancaster University. *Lancaster University has partnered with Australia-based Deakin University to establish an innovative joint branch campus in Bandung, Indonesia. *Lancaster University Ghana *Lancaster University Leipzig is a branch campus of Lancaster University in Leipzig Germany https://www.lancasterleipzig.de/ *Lancaster - Sunway Malaysia - partners since 2006
Organisation Members
N8 (Northern Eight) universities group https://www.n8research.org.uk/ As a UK university (and a registered charity) we have collaborative partnerships with many other universities and research organisations, working collaboratively on diverse research projects.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.