The International Study Centre is based on Lancaster University’s safe and modern campus. Here, we’ll help you prepare for your degree, adapt to life in the UK, and plan for your future career. With our support, you’ll become part of Lancaster’s close community, and you can focus on achieving your goals. Our programmes are provided by Study Group in collaboration with Lancaster University.From the day you arrive, you will be part of Lancaster’s welcoming community. Our friendly staff will help you settle in to Lancaster and adjust to life in the UK. We organise exciting activities, and provide personal, academic and everyday support. You will live in a college with other first year students, and you’ll have access to all university facilities – these include our excellent library, £20 million sports centre and more than 200 student clubs.An International Foundation Year or Pre-Masters Programme at our International Study Centre prepares you for your degree at Lancaster University. You will focus on English language, university-level study skills, and academic modules that relate to your degree subject.Our English Language Preparation programme is also available if you do not meet the language requirements to study the International Foundation Year.At the International Study Centre, we take every measure to ensure you are supported in your academic journey. Our programmes allow for increased time spent learning, researching and developing your skills. By studying with us, you will benefit from:Formal assessments at the end of each term.An improved English language module, Academic English Skills, providing greater opportunity for informal assessments and feedback.Combining and reducing the number of module assessments allowing more time to prepare.A personal tutorial system with a focus on your academic progress at key points of the academic year, creating action plans based on your performance and progession options.Lancaster University International Study Centre is a pathway to undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at a triple top 10 university. Lancaster University’s extraordinary academic reputation attracts the best students from around the world and the International Study Centre's curriculum has been developed in close collaboration with the University’s academic staff to ensure it provides the ideal preparation for international students looking to study at Lancaster University. All of the programmes are delivered by experienced and highly qualified Study Group staff and fully endorsed by Lancaster University. Students can study either the International Foundation Year or the Pre-Masters, both leading to a wide range of progression degrees.Lancaster University (legally the University of Lancaster)[4] is a collegiate public research university in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established by royal charter in 1964, one of several new universities created in the 1960s.The university was initially based in St Leonard's Gate in the city centre, before moving in 1968 to a purpose-built 300 acres (120 ha) campus at Bailrigg, 4 km (2.5 mi) to the south. The campus buildings are arranged around a central walkway known as the Spine, which is connected to a central plaza, named Alexandra Square in honour of its first chancellor, Princess Alexandra.Lancaster is one of only six collegiate universities in the UK; the colleges are weakly autonomous. The eight undergraduate colleges are named after places in the historic county of Lancashire, and each have their own campus residence blocks, common rooms, administration staff and bar.Lancaster is ranked in the top ten in all three national league tables, and received a Gold rating in the Government's inaugural (2017) Teaching Excellence Framework. In 2018 it was awarded University of the Year by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide, and achieved its highest ever national ranking of 6th place within the guide's national table. The annual income of the institution for 2016-17 was £267.0 million of which £37.7 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £268.7 million.
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