University reference
University of Lancashire
University of Lancashire, established in 1828, is an active ROR organization in Preston, GB. ROR classifies the organization under education, funder. This profile preserves public aliases, acronyms, external identifiers, location details and organization relationships supplied by the Research Organization Registry, then links the record to other organizations in the same city and country and to recorded airports in the same city. It is a directory profile, not a university ranking, quality assessment, admissions guide or statement of endorsement by ROR or DataOfWorld.
Key facts
- ROR identifier
- https://ror.org/010jbqd54
- Country
- GB
- City
- Preston
- Administrative area
- England
- Website
- https://www.lancashire.ac.uk
- Established
- 1828
- Organization types
- education, funder
- Aliases
- Lancashire Polytechnic, Preston Polytechnic, University of Central Lancashire
- Acronyms
- UCLan
- External identifiers
fundref 100010044 grid grid.7943.9 isni 0000 0001 2167 3843 wikidata Q1857773 - Organization relationships
child 020ps3a34 related 02j7n9748 - Latitude
- 53.76282
- Longitude
- -2.70452
- ROR last modified
- 2025-07-15
ROR identity context
Names, identifiers and relationships
These identifiers describe the organization record and do not imply ranking or endorsement.
| Aliases | Lancashire Polytechnic, Preston Polytechnic, University of Central Lancashire |
|---|---|
| Acronyms | UCLan |
| FUNDREF identifiers | 100010044 |
| GRID identifiers | grid.7943.9 |
| ISNI identifiers | 0000 0001 2167 3843 |
| WIKIDATA identifiers | Q1857773 |
| ROR child relationships | 020ps3a34 |
| ROR related relationships | 02j7n9748 |
Wikidata structured context
Published identifiers and revision
Only allowlisted structured claims are used. Wikipedia prose and Wikimedia media are not copied.
| QID | Q1857773 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revision | 2510834020 | ||||||||||||
| Modified | 2026-06-26T21:21:36Z | ||||||||||||
| Structured label | University of Lancashire | ||||||||||||
| Website | http://www.uclan.ac.uk/ | ||||||||||||
| Country QID | Q145 | ||||||||||||
| Inception |
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OpenAlex institution metadata
Works and research-topic context
Institution-level directory statistics only; they are not rankings, quality judgments or endorsements.
Published topics: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Sports Performance and Training, Sports injuries and prevention, Sport Psychology and Performance, Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Astro and Planetary Science, Intimate Partner and Family Violence
Annual indicator
Institution works indexed by OpenAlex
993.00 works2024
Institution-level yearly works counts in OpenAlex; not a ranking or quality measure. Values retain the source period and unit.
View source data
| Period | works | Source flag | Confidentiality |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 993.00 works | — | — |
| 2023 | 974.00 works | — | — |
| 2022 | 1,030.00 works | — | — |
| 2021 | 888.00 works | — | — |
| 2020 | 1,024.00 works | — | — |
| 2019 | 1,000.00 works | — | — |
| 2018 | 956.00 works | — | — |
| 2017 | 894.00 works | — | — |
| 2016 | 886.00 works | — | — |
| 2015 | 812.00 works | — | — |
| 2014 | 744.00 works | — | — |
| 2013 | 694.00 works | — | — |
| 2012 | 623.00 works | — | — |
| 2011 | 597.00 works | — | — |
| 2010 | 655.00 works | — | — |
Field-level provenance
Sources for this profile
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Research Organization Registry
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-20
- Dataset version
- dbdfb9b8dad3
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- Research Organization Registry (ROR)
DataOfWorld deterministic university profile template
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-20
- Dataset version
- university-profile-v1
- License
- Original DataOfWorld text
- Attribution
- DataOfWorld
Wikidata structured data
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-31
- Dataset version
- 2d2d283cd623
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- Wikidata structured data; DataOfWorld preserves QID and revision metadata.
OpenAlex metadata
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-31
- Dataset version
- bfdc6b5ea881
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- OpenAlex; metadata only, no full text or abstracts are published.
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