The University of Central Lancashire (abbreviated UCLan) is a public university based in the city of Preston, Lancashire, England. It has its roots in The Institution For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge, founded in 1828. Subsequently, known as Harris Art College, then Preston Polytechnic, then Lancashire Polytechnic, in 1992 it was granted university status by the Privy Council. The university is the 19th largest in the UK in terms of student numbers.
The university has the following schools:
- Art, Design and Fashion
- Business
- Community Health and Midwifery
- Dentistry
- Engineering
- Journalism, Media and Performance (Now called Arts and Media)
- Forensic and Applied Sciences (Now called Natural Sciences)
- Health Sciences
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
- Management
- Language and Global Studies
- Medicine
- Nursing
- Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
- Physical Sciences and Computing
- Psychology
- Social Work, Care and Community
- Sport and Wellbeing
- Lancashire Law School
- Myerscough College (Associate School)