University of Liverpool

The University of Liverpool is a public university based in the city of Liverpool, England. Founded as a college in 1881, it gained its Royal Charter in 1903 with the ability to award degrees and is also known to be one of the six original 'red brick' civic universities. It comprises three faculties organized into 35 departments and schools. It is a founding member of the Russell Group, the N8 Group for research collaboration and the university management school is Triple Crown accredited.

Ten Nobel Prize winners are amongst its alumni and past faculty and the university offers more than 230 first degree courses across 103 subjects. Its alumni include the CEOs of Global Foundries, ARM Holdings, Tesco, Motorola and The Coca-Cola Company. It was the world's first university to establish departments in oceanography, civic design, architecture, and biochemistry at the Johnston Laboratories. In 2006 the university became the first in the UK to establish an independent university in China, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, making it the world's first Sino-British university. For 2018–19, Liverpool had a turnover of £577.7 million, including £98.7 million from research grants and contracts. It has the sixth largest endowment of any university in England.

The university is mainly based around a single urban campus approximately five minutes' walk from Liverpool City Centre, at the top of Brownlow Hill and Mount Pleasant. Occupying 100 acres, it contains 192 non-residential buildings that house 69 lecture theatres, 114 teaching areas and research facilities.

Faculties

Faculty of Health & Life Sciences

• Dentistry
• Health Sciences
• Life Sciences
• Medicine
• Psychology
• Veterinary Science

Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

• the Arts
• Histories, Languages & Cultures
• Law & Social Justice
• Management

Faculty of Science & Engineering

• Engineering
• Physical Sciences
• Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Computer Science
• Environmental Sciences

University halls

The university offers a wide selection of accommodation that is on campus as well as student villages off campus. As part of a £660 million investment in campus facilities and student experience, the university has built 3 new on campus halls, while refurbishing existing accommodation.

On-campus

• Crown Place
• Philharmonic Court
• Vine Court
• Dover Court
• Tudor Close
• Melville Grove

Off-campus

• Derby & Rathbone Halls
• Roscoe & Gladstone Halls

Rankings

National rankings

• Complete (2021)                                         33
• Guardian (2021)                                           59
• Times / Sunday Times (2021)                    23

Global rankings

• ARWU (2020)                                               101–150
• CWTS Leiden (2020)                                    94
• QS (2021)                                                     181
• THE (2021)                                                    163

British Government assessment

• Teaching Excellence Framework              Silver