Preston, Lancashire, England is home to the public institution known as the University of Central Lancashire (often known as UCLan). Its foundations can be discovered in the 1828-founded Institution For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge. The Privy Council granted it university status in 1992. It was then called as Harris Art College, Preston Polytechnic, Lancashire Polytechnic, and finally Harris Art College. In terms of total enrollment, the university ranks sixth in the UK.