Lancaster University ranked in the top ten out of 100 UK schools in national university league tables. The school was ranked ninth in the UK in an important national guide that is published online, and was also ranked top in the North West.
The university has ranked highly in a number of rankings, including the good university guide 2012. Such rankings take into account everything from student satisfaction to student staff ratio and employment prospects after graduation.
Recently, the university's accounting and finance program was ranked 4th and the business studies program ranked 7th in the guide's individual subject rankings as well. Many of Lancaster's courses and resources are offered online, including some of its accounting and finance lectures. Lancaster University is one of the top UK Universities for research, with a high proportion of its research rated 'world leading' in quality assessments against international standards of excellence. Overall, 92% of the research at Lancaster is recognized as being of an international standard, and 73% of university staff are ranked in the tops 20 of UK institutions for their individual disciplines.
