The University of Central Lancashire is a public university based in the city of Preston, Lancashire, England.
The university has students and researchers from over 100 countries and partnerships with 125 international institutions. It has a base in China's Shenzhen Virtual University Park, conducting collaborative research with some of China's leading universities into nanotechnology with applications in drug delivery, water purification and fire toxicity.
Within the School of Language and Global Studies, staff speak 30 languages and represent 22 nationalities.
UCLan has 98 professors, over 600 research or knowledge transfer-active members of staff, and 763 research students. There are 246 Honorary Fellows of the university.
The university has the following schools:
Centre for Collaborative Learning
Arts and Media
Business
Community Health and Midwifery
Dentistry
Engineering
Humanities, Language and Global Studies
Justice
Management
Medicine
Natural Sciences
Nursing
Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
Psychology and Computing
Social Work, Care and Community
Sport and Health Sciences
Myerscough College (Associate School)
Veterinary Medicine