Colleges
All members of the university are members of a college. Most colleges have about eight or nine hundred members and all on-campus accommodation is linked to a college. The colleges are governed by a "syndicate". The syndicate structures vary, but all include a Principal, a Dean and assistant deans.
The university has eight undergraduate colleges, seven of which are named after regions of the traditional county of Lancashire, and County College is named after Lancashire County Council, which financed its construction. There is a ninth college for graduates.
| Name | Foundation | Website | Named after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowland College | 1964 | Website | Forest of Bowland |
| Cartmel College | 1968 | Website | Cartmel peninsula |
| The County College | 1967 | Website | Lancashire County Council |
| Furness College | 1966 | Website | Furness region |
| Fylde College | 1968 | Website | The Fylde peninsula |
| Graduate College | 1992 | Website | Status as a postgraduate college |
| Grizedale College | 1975 | Website | Grizedale Forest |
| Lonsdale College | 1964 | Website | Lonsdale Hundred (River Lune and its valley) |
| Pendle College | 1974 | Website | Pendle region |
The college buildings accommodate a number of academic departments, but are primarily social and accommodation facilities, each with its own bar and Junior Common Room. A selling-point of the university is that the colleges are more than mere halls of residence, offering a sense of community. Lancaster's organisation differs from that of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham: while Lancaster's students are allocated a college after stating a preference, the latter three universities employ an application system by which a prospective undergraduate must apply directly to a specific college. The Lancaster colleges also serve a more residential function, unlike Oxbridge colleges which are self-contained and governed autonomously.
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“So far as the colleges go, the sideshows are swallowing up the circus.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)
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