The Faculty of Health and Medicine brings together research and teaching expertise across health, care, biomedical and medical sciences, providing an environment that delivers world-class research aimed at informing policy and practice at local, national and international levels.
Flexible degrees with options for professional accreditation, study abroad and placements in industry.
Full and part-time courses are available, by on-campus study or blended learning.
Study for a PhD alongside world-leading academics at the forefront of their field, or gain your professional MD or DClinPsy qualification.
Opportunities for those working in the biomedical sector, the health care sector and allied professions.
We pride ourselves on the real-world impact of our research and its practical applications for human and societal benefit, including ageing and palliative care, infectious disease, and mental health.
Our unique blend of internationally acclaimed expertise allows us to approach problems from novel directions.
Research activity is integral to the function of the Faculty of Health and Medicine.
All of our research is conducted to our comprehensive ethical guidelines.
Studentships and funded research posts.
The Faculty is pleased to announce that in the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF2021), 91% of our Research was judged to be world-leading or internationally excellent, and 100% of our research environment was rated world-leading.
REF2021We believe advances in healthcare are achieved through strong mutually beneficial partnerships, working with external organisations to support research, innovation and professional development in health and medicine.
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The new Health Innovation Campus at Lancaster University brings together industry, research partners, health and care providers, the voluntary sector and local authorities to create an innovation eco-system.
The Health Innovation Campus is all about collaboration, co-design and co-production. Its purpose is to develop sustainable solutions for some of the most important health and care challenges we face as a society. Work at the Health Innovation Campus will take a solution-led, place-based approach to addressing health and social inequalities and their impact on wellness, with an emphasis on innovative thinking and disruption.
We work with the NHS, public sector, industry and voluntary sector organisations to develop solutions to health care problems; innovating for the benefit of patients, the NHS, industry and the wider economy.
The Faculty of Health and Medicine was at the forefront of the University's response to the Covid pandemic. From medical students to virologists, you can read some of their stories here.
A novel platform across Lancashire and Cumbria for supporting knowledge exchange between Lancaster University and the NHS, introduced by the Collaborative Partnerships initiative in 2009.
The Faculty of Health and Medicine holds the Athena Swan Silver Award recognising our commitment to advancing the careers of women in higher education and research.
The Faculty of Health and Medicine's multidisciplinary research and teaching operates across three divisions, delivering high quality teaching and research with national and international impact.
The Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences is responsible for coordinating biomedical teaching and research activities at Lancaster.
The Division of Health Research specialises in postgraduate study and high-quality research with national and international impact on health and wellbeing policy.
In addition to offering our medical degree and course in sports science, Lancaster Medical School conducts research into biomedicine, social and ethical aspects of health and medicine, and medical education.
We want to ensure that all our students have the chance to benefit from a range of experiences available at Lancaster. Students from backgrounds that are traditionally underrepresented at university are not always aware of the breadth of support opportunities available to them.
For more information please get in touch on studentsuccess@lancaster.ac.uk or 01524 595232.
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