Preston’s University of Central Lancashire offers companies access to some of the region’s best brains.

UCLan is playing a significant role in the regeneration of the local and regional economies. The University is a major employer, with over 2,800 employees, an annual turnover of over £120 million and every year it directly contributes £300 million to the local economy.

 

 The University is investing nearly £60 million in new facilities to support teaching, learning and leisure activities. In 2008, UCLan opened a state-of-the-art £15 million media factory. The new building and it's facilities nutrures student, graduate and entrepreneurial talent - strengthening the North West's reputation as a major centre for job and wealth creation within the creative industries.  For more information on business support visit:

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  • UCLan offers over 500 undergraduate courses and approximately 250 taught postgraduate programmes.
  • UK Government data reveals that 95% of UCLan graduates are in employment or further study six months after graduation. This is one of the highest rates in the Uk and the second highest in the North West. 
  • In 2007, UCLan was named as the North West's top modern University in the Times Higher Education Supplement.

  • The University has an established reputation for quality research in a wide range of disciplines.

  • UCLan houses the Centre for Employability within Humanities - the only national centre of excellence for employability dedicated to the creative and digital sector. The £4.5 million development includes a publishing house, theatre space, museum facility and an art house cinema.  

  • The University has launched UK's first foundation degree in nuclear decommissioning and has opened the first School of Dentistry in the UK for 100 years.

  • UCLan is one of only 16 universities across the UK to team up with the Carbon Trust and its Higher Education Carbon Managemnet Programme, which peldges to reduce carbon emissions by 10% over the next five years.

  • It has built the largest 3D lecture theatre in Europe, which is used for teaching across the University's academic portfolio.

  • It introduced the first city-wide wireless network.

  • There are over 100 nationalities represented among UCLan's student body and in 2006 it was awarded the top prize by the Times Educational Supplement for 'outstanding support for overseas students.'  

Preston College and Cardinal Newman College also provide thousands of places to students aged 16 and over, with well over 50%  aged 21 plus. High quality courses include A-Levels, GNVQ's, Higher National qualifications, degrees and teacher training.


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