Lancaster

Sources

• Lancaster University main portal https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/

  The official portal identifies the institution as Lancaster University and gives the postal address as Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YW, United Kingdom.

  Model elements: this source is used for institution identity and location.

• Undergraduate courses https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/

  The official undergraduate course list presents Lancaster's provision as UCAS-coded named courses with subject areas, durations and features.

  The embedded 2027/28 course data lists 473 undergraduate entries. It includes 111 non-placement and non-study-abroad combined titles using 'and' or 'with', such as Economics, Politics and International Relations; History and Politics; Mathematics with Computer Science; and History, Philosophy and Politics.

  The same 2027/28 data lists 131 Study Abroad variants and one dual degree feature.

  Strict review: the course catalogue does not support programChoice 4 because these are approved admission routes. Students still apply to defined degree schemes rather than choosing a second main specialisation after enrolment.

• BA History and Politics https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/history-and-politics-ba-hons-lv21/

  The programme page describes History and Politics BA Hons as a 3-year full-time degree.

  It says the interdisciplinary course combines in-depth historical analysis with critical understanding of political systems and ideas, and it carries both History and Politics through the programme structure.

  The page's related course lists include History and Politics, History, Philosophy and Politics, Philosophy and Politics, Politics and International Relations, and study-abroad variants.

  Model elements: this is a concrete example of Lancaster's multi-subject degree architecture.

• BA Economics, Politics and International Relations https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/economics-politics-and-international-relations-ba-hons-ll22/

  The programme page describes a 3-year full-time BA connecting economics with politics and international relations.

  It says year one covers fundamentals of economic theory and practice, politics in the modern world, and fundamentals of international relations. Year three lets students choose modules from across economics, politics and international relations.

  The same page says this course is also available with a third year studying abroad at one of Lancaster's partner universities before returning to Lancaster for year four.

  Model elements: this is a three-subject named degree, but it does not support programChoice 4 because the subject package is a selected admission route. It supports courseChoice evidence together with the general study-abroad page.

• BA Liberal Arts https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/liberal-arts-ba-hons-y001/

  The Liberal Arts page describes a 3-year full-time BA where students shape their learning journey by choosing optional modules from humanities, arts and social sciences.

  It says Liberal Arts offers optional modules across the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences faculty and supports students whose interests are not confined to narrow perspectives.

  Model elements: Liberal Arts is a flexible interdisciplinary pocket, but it remains a defined degree scheme and therefore does not move the university to programChoice 5.

• BSc Natural Sciences https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/natural-sciences-bsc-hons-gfc0/

  The Natural Sciences page describes a modular degree where students build their own degree from pathways across 17 science subject areas.

  It says the three-year BSc starts with three pathways in Year 1, then becomes more focused in Year 2 with two pathways and optional modules.

  The page also explains that a pathway is a defined selection of modules from degree programmes such as Biology, Engineering and Geography, arranged into groupings.

  Model elements: Natural Sciences confirms a highly flexible approved degree inside Lancaster, but not an open programme model for the whole undergraduate catalogue.

• Study abroad for Lancaster students https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/global-experiences/study-abroad-outgoing/

  Lancaster says students have studied abroad as part of their degree for a year or term, and most undergraduates have the opportunity to go abroad as part of their degree, with departmental exceptions.

  The page says students admitted to a Study Abroad degree scheme or students on a standard Lancaster degree scheme who want to study abroad should contact their Departmental Study Abroad Adviser, then research exchange universities available for their department.

  It explicitly says modules taken abroad count: grades from the host university are translated back and credited to the Lancaster degree. Students study a full credit load overseas, with degree-related modules determined by the academic department, and bachelor's students may have more flexibility in overseas module choice through a Study Plan.

  Strict cross-registration review: this source does not prove ordinary selection of individual external courses that can be credited into the degree record. It remains mobility or transfer context, while courseChoice is lowered to 1 based on verified internal elective or optional blocks inside programmes.

• THE World University Rankings 2026: Lancaster University https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/lancaster-university

  The Times Higher Education profile identifies Lancaster University in Lancaster, United Kingdom, and shows rank =184 in the World University Rankings 2026.

  The stored rankings.the2026 value is normalized as 184, without the equals sign. RAEX 2026 covers Russian universities, so the RAEX field is omitted.

• HESA Where do HE students study https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-study

  The HESA 2024/25 publication for The University of Lancaster reports 13,935 undergraduates, 4,685 postgraduates and 18,620 total students. HESA figures are rounded to the nearest 5.

  The catalog field stores the undergraduate figure. The specialist degree level does not apply to the UK model, so specialist enrollment is stored as 0.