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 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 AACSB 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 GlobalFoundries, 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.
145 years after its inception, the University of Liverpool will be a truly global institution - in its outlook, influence, impact and activity. We will be at the forefront of research, scholarship and knowledge leadership and will be among the top 100 universities in the world.
For 10 years we will have built upon our strengths to become world leaders in research and impact activities, with more highly ranked research disciplines and leaders than ever before carrying out research that genuinely changes lives for the better.
Our students will come from diverse backgrounds and will be highly employable global citizens. Half of them will take up the exceptional opportunities to study and work abroad that Liverpool offers, while the University will rank within the top 50 for International Outlook. Liverpool will be recognised as being an exceptionally well-run University, and will sit within the upper quartile overall in the UK, and in terms of Research Performance, Student Satisfaction and Graduate Prospects.