The University of Liverpool is a pre-eminent research-based university with 27,000 students pursuing over 400 programmes spanning 54 subject areas.
There are 3 faculties, including Health and Life Sciences; Humanities and Social Sciences; and Science and Engineering. These are organised into 35 departments and schools.
Turnover for 2008⁄09 was £364 million, including £130 million for research. Around 5,000 people work at the University, including nearly 1400 academic and 800 research staff.
68.8% of our students achieved a First or 2:1 from classified degrees in 2008 and worldwide we have 155,000 alumni, living in 159 countries.
We are members of the Russell Group, an association of 20 major research-intensive universities of the United Kingdom.