Foundation Building
Brownlow Hill
Liverpool
L69 7ZX
Tel 0151 794 5927
ugrecruitment@liv.ac.uk
www.liv.ac.uk
Open day: September 26

PERFORMANCE

Sunday Times ranking 29 (30)

Student satisfaction 75%
Head teacher ranking 24 (39=)
Peer ranking 31 (36=)
Research quality 63.5%
A-level/Higher points 384
Unemployment 5.4%
Firsts and 2:1s 68.8%
Student/staff ratio 12.2:1
Dropout rate 9.6% (9.8%)
World ranking 133=

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VITAL STATISTICS

Undergraduates 13,266 (3,146)
Postgraduates 1,982 (986)
Teaching staff 1,128
Applications/places 27,465/4,417; 6.2:1 (+7.1%)
Clearing entry 11%
Live in 25% (94%) £80-£120
Bursaries 39%: £1,400
Scholarships Various: £1,500-£4,000

SOCIAL MIX

EU/overseas 3%/7.5%
Mature 14.8%
State school 85.8%
Lowest social classes 23.6%
Low-participation areas 9.2%

The University of Liverpool offers students a balance that is hard to better: academic rigour, modern and ever-improving facilities, and a vibrant social environment.

With eight Nobel laureates bred from its stable over the years, it continues to earn its stripes as a research-led Russell Group university, attracting research grants whose total is greater at just 12 other British universities.

The faculty of engineering’s £36m restructure and the Sydney Jones library’s £17m refurbishment have both been completed and the university’s landmark redbrick Victoria building opened as a gallery and museum in July last year.

The teaching of veterinary medicine, rated excellent in formal teaching assessments — along with 22 other subjects — has benefited from £1m of investment. Wood Park dairy farm at the Leahurst veterinary campus on the Wirral now houses 200 cows.

Ten new degrees are launched this month ranging from ancient history to philosophy with Italian and dental hygiene/dental therapy.

STUDENT VIEW

Dannie Grufferty, students’ guild president:

First impressions There is a culture of inquiry and lecturers encourage students to get engaged.
Worst feature The campus is a bit rough around the edges.
Facilities Our redbrick museum and gallery have been transformed.
Deal clincher Innovative teaching and a free flow of students.

Rated excellent (23)
Allied health professions (occupational therapy, orthoptics, physiotherapy, radiography); anatomy and physiology; archeology; business and management; civil engineering; classics and ancient history; communication and media studies; economics; English; environmental sciences; French; geology; history; law; maths, statistics and operational research; medicine; nursing; philosophy; physics and astronomy; politics; psychology; town and country planning and landscape; veterinary medicine.

Student satisfaction
Nursing 88.1; Communications and Information studies 84.6; Medical Science and Pharmacy 83; Physical Science 81.5; Physical Geography and Environmental Science 81; Performing Arts 80.6; History and Archaeology 80.4; Finance and Accounting 80.2; Biology and related Sciences 80; Sociology, Social Policy and Anthropology 78.5; Law 77.6; Economics 77.5; Politics 77.3; Veterinary Sciences 77.2; English-based studies 76.7; Business 75.8; European Languages and Area studies 75.7; Agriculture and related subjects 75.6; Human and Social Geography 75.5; Philosophy, Theology and Religious studies 74; Psychology 73.8; Mathematical Sciences 72.5; Computer Science 72.4; Other subjects allied to Medicine 72.4; Architecture, Building and Planning 72.3; Combined 70.4; Electronic and Electrical Engineering 68.4; Civil, Chemical and other Engineering 67.7; Mechanically-based Engineering 66.4; Medicine and Dentistry 65.3

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