University of Central Lancashire
| University of Central Lancashire | |
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| founding | October 7, 1828 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Preston , UK |
| Chancellor | Ranvir Singh |
| Students | 28,850 |
| Website | www.uclan.ac.uk |
The University of Central Lancashire (or short UCLan; German: University of Zentrallancashire ) is a university with headquarters in Preston , Lancashire , England , United Kingdom . Branch offices are in Carlisle and Penrith.
Around 35,000 students are enrolled. This makes it the sixth largest university in the UK.
The students have their own radio station called "Frequency 1350".
Origins
On September 11, 1828, a Preston resident Joseph Livesey held a meeting "for the purpose of establishing an institution in Preston". The meeting was held at 7:30 pm in "Mr. Smith's Great Room No. 11, Cannon Street, (above Mr. Templeton's school)". This encounter led to another meeting at the town's Kornmarkt (now the "Assembly" Bar) on Lune Street on October 7th that year. On August 1, 2004, the former Northumbria University in Carlisle was incorporated with around 400 students.
Web links
- University of Central Lancashire in Preston (English)
- Map of the campus (English)
Footnotes
Coordinates: 53 ° 45 ′ 47 " N , 2 ° 42 ′ 27" W.