Overview
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. For 2022–23, Liverpool had a turnover of £673.2 million, including £118 million from research grants and contracts. 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.
The university has a strategic partnership with Laureate International Universities, a for-profit college collective, for University of Liverpool online. The partnership provides the technical infrastructure to deliver courses worldwide. The university was established in 1881 as University College Liverpool, admitting its first students in 1882. In 1884, it became part of the federal Victoria University. In 1894 Oliver Lodge, a professor at the university, made the world’s first public radio transmission and two years later took the first surgical X-ray in the United Kingdom. The Liverpool University Press was founded in 1899, making it the third oldest university press in England. Students in this period were awarded external degrees by the University of London.
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- Accounting, Business, Management and Marketing
- Architecture, Building, Planning and Design
- Biology and Biomedical Sciences
- Computer Science and Information Technology
- Engineering
- Foreign Studies (Language, Literature and Linguistics)
- Health Professions
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Law and Legal Studies
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Natural Sciences
- Veterinary, Agricultural and Food Sciences
- Visual and Performing Arts
Applying
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For International Students
(in lieu of IELTS)
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Cost and Scholarships
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Types of Scholarships Available
Scholarships
Undergraduate Global Advancement Scholarship
| Total Worth | up to £5,000 off your undergraduate tuition fees |
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| Eligibility and Requirements | To be eligible for this award you must: be liable to pay full tuition fees at the international rate be starting a new non-clinical undergraduate programme at our Liverpool campus in academic year 2024/25 achieve AAA grades in A levels or equivalent qualification. |
| Available for International Students | Yes |
| Application Deadline | -- |
| Other Details | We won't be able to offer you this scholarship if you're undertaking one of the following clinical programmes: Dental Surgery Medicine and Surgery Veterinary Science. |
International College First Class Scholarship
| Total Worth | £1,000 tuition fee discount in Year 2 and Year 3 |
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| Eligibility and Requirements | You must: Be liable to pay full tuition fees at the overseas rate Be entering Year 2 or Year 3 of a non-clinical undergraduate programme Have achieved an overall average of 70% or over in the previous year of study at the University of Liverpool after progressing from UoLIC. |
| Available for International Students | Yes |
| Application Deadline | -- |
| Other Details | The University of Liverpool International College (UoLIC) First Class Award is available to; non-EU international students who have progressed from UoLIC to a non-clinical, undergraduate degree programme at the University of Liverpool, who are entering Year 2 or Year 3 of their degree programme, and have achieved an overall grade average of 70% or above in the preceding year of study, at the first attempt. |
Sport Liverpool Performance Programme
| Total Worth | worth up to £3,500 |
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| Eligibility and Requirements | talented athletes competing at national and regional levels. |
| Available for International Students | Yes |
| Application Deadline | -- |