Housing

There are eight undergraduate colleges at Lancaster - Bowland, Cartmel, County, Furness, Fylde, Grizedale, Lonsdale and Pendle. Each of these colleges contains a cross-section of students from different year groups and subject interests. You will live in one of these colleges if you apply and are allocated accommodation on campus. You can state your preference on your application form if you are applying for a full undergraduate or postgraduate degree, but you will be automatically allocated a room in one of them if you are a Study Abroad student from outside the European Union. European Union visiting or exchange students can apply for accommodation in one of the colleges, but success is not guaranteed.

There is also a separate Graduate College.

Colleges support social functions and inter-collegiate sporting and recreational events, and also allow students and staff from diverse disciplines to meet informally, to exchange ideas and to participate if they wish in the running of the college.

The college accommodation is run by the College and Residence Office.