New £12m engineering building set for Lancaster University

Construction has begun on a new £12.25 million, state-of-the-art engineering building at Lancaster University.

The new development will provide opportunity for the engineering department's future growth and cater for new specialisms such as nuclear, energy and chemical engineering.

The two-winged development with a central atrium will house mechanical workshops and laboratories on the ground floor, electronics and chemical engineering on the first floor with levels three and four providing academic office space, study areas and meeting zones.

“First impressions count. The new development will reaffirm our position in the UK. It will ensure we have the highest standard of facilities and it will raise our profile even further as a key provider of engineering education.”

General engineering at Lancaster is ranked tenth in the UK in the Complete University Guide and is, routinely, in the top 20 for engineering in other rankings.