University of Liverpool

Not to be confused with Liverpool John Moores University or Liverpool Hope University.

University of Liverpool
Coat of arms
MottoLatin: Haec otia studia fovent
Motto in English
These days of peace foster learning[1]
TypePublic
Established1881 – University College Liverpool[2]
1884 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University[3]
1903 – royal charter
Endowment£182.7 million (2023)[4]
Budget£673.2 million (2022/23)[4]
ChancellorWendy Beetlestone
Vice-ChancellorProfessor Tim Jones
VisitorThe Lord President of the Council ex officio
Academic staff
3,160 (2022/23)[5]
Administrative staff
3,625 (2022/23)[5]
Students29,955 (2022/23)[6]
Undergraduates22,285 (2022/23)[6]
Postgraduates7,670 (2022/23)[6]
Location
Liverpool
,
England

53°24′22″N 2°58′01″W / 53.406°N 2.967°W / 53.406; -2.967
CampusUrban
ColoursThe University
                                   
Affiliations
Websiteliverpool.ac.uk Edit this at Wikidata

The University of Liverpool (abbreviated UOL) is a public research university in 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 'red brick' civic universities, the first to be referred to as The Original Red Brick. It comprises three faculties organised 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.[7]

Ten Nobel Prize winners are amongst its alumni and past faculty and the university offers more than 230 first degree courses across 103 subjects.[8] Its alumni include the CEOs of GlobalFoundries, ARM Holdings, Tesco, Motorola and The Coca-Cola Company. It was the United Kingdom's first university to establish departments in oceanography, civic design, architecture, and biochemistry (at the Johnston Laboratories).[9] In 2006 the university became the first university in the United Kingdom to establish an independent university campus in China, namely Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University.[10][11][12] For 2022–2023, Liverpool had a turnover of £673.2 million, including £118 million from research grants and contracts.[4] It has the seventh-largest endowment of any university in England. Graduates of the university are styled with the post-nominal letters Lpool, to indicate the institution.

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  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference UnivLiverpoolHistory was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2004/4 University of Manchester Act 2004. legislation.gov.uk (4 July 2011). Retrieved on 14 September 2011.
  4. ^ a b c "Financial Statements for the Year to 31 July 2023" (PDF). University of Liverpool. p. 44. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Who's working in HE?". www.hesa.ac.uk. Higher Education Statistics Agency.
  6. ^ a b c "Where do HE students study? | HESA". hesa.ac.uk. Higher Education Statistics Agency.
  7. ^ "Management School Triple Crown Accredited – University of Liverpool Management School Accreditation and Rankings". liv.ac.uk/management.
  8. ^ "Our Nobel Prize winners". University of Liverpool. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Facts and figures: Our courses – University of Liverpool". 18 August 2007. Archived from the original on 18 August 2007. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Our Universities – University of Liverpool". Russell Group. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  11. ^ "University of Liverpool – News". News.liv.ac.uk.
  12. ^ Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University#cite note-0