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Lancaster University

A collegiate campus university in north-west England where each student joins a college; IB offers run from about 30 to 36 points.

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In English
All 474 degrees
City
Lancaster
Apply via
UCAS
Next deadline
15 Oct 2026

Deadlines

  1. 15 October 2026

    UCAS deadline for Medicine and Surgery, 18:00 UK time
    Hard deadline
    Details

    Thirteen months before the course starts. UCAS says it is unusual for these universities to consider a late application. Admissions tests for these courses register earlier still, and the registration deadline is not the test date.

    UCAS’s deadline for these courses, three months before everyone else’s. UCAS says it is unusual for these universities to consider a late application, so treat 18:00 UK time on 15 October as the end. Admissions test registration closes even earlier.

    Source

  2. 13 January 2027, 18:00 UK time

    UCAS equal consideration deadline (all other courses), 18:00 UK time
    Hard deadline
    Details

    The 13th for 2027 entry, where 2026 entry used the 14th. The date moves between cycles, so a figure remembered from a sibling’s year is worth re-checking.

    Every application that arrives by this time must be given equal consideration. Applications after it are only looked at if places remain.

    Source

  3. 23 September 2027, 18:00 UK time

    Final date for 2027 entry applications
    Hard deadline
    Details

    After this the cycle is closed.

    Last date to apply at all for autumn 2027.

    Source
All dates for this school (3 more)

  1. 25 February 2027

    Extra opens
    Details

    For anyone who used all five choices and holds no offer: one further choice at a time.

    For applicants holding no offers.

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  2. 2 July 2027

    Clearing opens
    Rolling
    Details

    For applicants holding no offer, or whose results missed their conditions. Runs on vacancies, so it rewards moving quickly.

    IB results come out 6 July, so Clearing is already open when you get them.

    Source

  3. 6 July 2027*

    IB results released
    Details

    The point of the conditional offer. Universities confirm or release places against results that have only just arrived, which is what the whole UK calendar is built around.

    Source

* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.

Every date in the United Kingdom

What you could study here

All 474 of its undergraduate degrees are taught in English. What it is known for:

Environmental Science

BSc Hons · 3 yrs

30 points with 15 from the best three HL subjects, including one HL science at grade 6.

Environment

Linguistics

BA Hons · 3 yrs

35 points with 16 from the best three HL subjects.

Languages

Medicine and Surgery

MBChB · 5 yrs

36 points with at least 6 in three HL subjects, including any two of Biology, Chemistry and Psychology.

Medicine

Search all its degrees

4 faculties: what each looks for

What it asks of IB students

Offers run from 30 points with 15 from three HL subjects to 36 with 16, e.g. 32 with 16 at HL for International Relations; a required subject usually needs HL 6. IB English at SL or HL 5 proves your English.

Where it says so

Where it says so

Its IB recognition statement

Worth knowing

The international fee for International Relations is £26,300 a year in 2027/28.

All 3 notes
  • The international fee for International Relations is £26,300 a year in 2027/28.
  • Every student belongs to a college and pays a £40 college membership fee.
  • Lancaster makes offers in IB points and HL grades, not UCAS Tariff points.

Sources
  1. Lancaster — Undergraduate courses — checked 2026-09-25
  2. Lancaster — Undergraduate entry qualifications (International Baccalaureate) — checked 2026-09-25
  3. Lancaster — English language requirements for undergraduate applicants — checked 2026-09-25
  4. Lancaster — International Relations BA Hons (2027 entry) — checked 2026-09-25
  5. UCAS — When to apply (2027 entry) — checked 2026-09-25
  6. UCAT — Test dates — checked 2026-09-25
  7. Lancaster Medical School — How to apply, Medicine and Surgery — checked 2026-09-25
  8. Lancaster — Medicine and Surgery MBChB (A100), 2027 entry — checked 2026-09-30
  9. Lancaster — Environmental Science BSc Hons (F750), 2027 entry — checked 2026-09-30
  10. Lancaster — Linguistics BA Hons (Q100), 2027 entry — checked 2026-09-30
  11. Lancaster — Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences: undergraduate courses — checked 2026-09-30
  12. Lancaster University Management School — Undergraduate study — checked 2026-09-30
  13. Lancaster Faculty of Science and Technology — Undergraduate degrees — checked 2026-09-30
  14. Lancaster Faculty of Health and Medicine — Undergraduate degrees — checked 2026-09-30