
University profile
Liverpool, United Kingdom
About
The University of Liverpool is a Russell Group research university and one of the original English red brick civic universities, founded in 1881 and based in the Knowledge Quarter of the city centre. It has long-standing strengths in medicine, veterinary science, engineering, materials chemistry and infectious disease research, and runs a rural campus at Leahurst for its veterinary school.
At a glance
Rankings
#139
QS World University Rankings 2027
#143
Times Higher Education World Rankings 2026
Where you'll study
The main campus in Liverpool's Knowledge Quarter, a short walk from the city centre, where most teaching and research takes place.
Visit websiteA rural campus at Neston in Cheshire, 12 miles south of Liverpool, home to the School of Veterinary Science and its teaching hospitals and farms.
Visit websiteSomewhere to live
Self-catered single, deluxe and studio rooms on the city centre campus; the rate shown is the lowest published 2026/27 single room rent. · Liverpool city campus
Self-catered premier rooms and studios in a landscaped village setting away from the city centre; the rate shown is the lowest published 2026/27 premier room rent.
Funding
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Self-catered single and double rooms; the rate shown is the lowest published 2026/27 single room rent.
Self-catered and catered rooms on the city centre campus for first-year and foundation students; the rate shown is the lowest published 2026/27 single room rent. · Liverpool city campus
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