Editing University of Liverpool (section)

==Organisation and structure==
[[File:Reilly Building corner.jpg|thumb|[[University of Liverpool Guild of Students|Liverpool Guild of Students]]]]
The university is a research-based university with 33,000 students pursuing over 450 programmes spanning 54 subject areas. It has a broad range of teaching and research in both arts and sciences, and the [[University of Liverpool School of Medicine]] established in 1835 is today one of the largest medical schools in the UK. It also has close links to the neighbouring [[Royal Liverpool University Hospital]].{{fact|date=December 2024}}

The university has a [[students' union]] to represent students' interests, known as the [[University of Liverpool Guild of Students|Liverpool Guild of Students]].{{fact|date=December 2024}}

The university previously had a strategic partnership with [[Laureate International Universities]], a [[for-profit college]] collective, for University of Liverpool online degrees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.laureate.net/OurNetwork/Europe/UnitedKingdom/LaureateOnlineEducationBVUniversityofLiverpool#t1|title=University of Liverpool Online Programs (in partnership with Laureate Online Education)|website=www.laureate.net|access-date=29 September 2016|archive-date=14 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414195858/https://www.laureate.net/OurNetwork/Europe/UnitedKingdom/LaureateOnlineEducationBVUniversityofLiverpool#t1|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2019, the university announced a new partnership with Kaplan Open Learning for delivery of their online degrees.<ref name="news.liverpool.ac.uk">{{Cite web|url=https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2019/05/13/new-partner-announced-for-universitys-online-learning-provision/|title=New partner announced for University's online learning provision|website=news.liverpool.ac.uk|date=13 May 2019|access-date=4 July 2019}}</ref>

===Senior leadership===
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The figurehead of the university is the [[Chancellor (education)|chancellor]]. The following have served in that role:
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* 1903-1908: [[Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby]]
* 1908-1948: [[Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby]]
* 1948-1950: [[Oliver Stanley]]
* 1951-1971: [[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury]]
* 1972-1979: [[Kenneth Wheare|Sir Kenneth Clinton Wheare]]
* 1980-1993: [[Philip Lever, 3rd Viscount Leverhulme]]
* 1994-1995: [[Alastair Pilkington]]
* 1996–2009: [[David Owen, Baron Owen]]
* 2010–2013: [[Sir David King]]
* 2017–2022: [[Colm Tóibín]]
* 2023–present: [[Wendy Beetlestone]]
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The professional head of the university is the [[vice-chancellor]]. The following have served in that role:
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* 1903-1919: A W W Dale
* 1919–1926: [[John George Adami]]
* 1926-1927: [[Lionel Wilberforce]] (acting vice-chancellor)
* 1927–1936: [[Hector Hetherington]]
* 1936–1937: [[John Leofric Stocks]]
* 1937-1945: [[Arnold McNair, 1st Baron McNair]]
* 1945-1963: Sir James Frederick Mountford 
* 1963-1969: Winston Herbert Frederick Barnes
* 1969-1976: T C Thomas
* 1977-1984: R.F. Whelan
* 1986–1991: [[Graeme Davies]]
* 1992-2002: Philip Love
* 2002–2008: [[Sir Drummond Bone]]
* 2008–2014: [[Sir Howard Newby]]
* 2015–2022: [[Dame Janet Beer]]
* 2023–present: Tim Jones
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===Faculties===
Since 2009, teaching departments of the university have been divided into three faculties: Science and Engineering, Health and Life Sciences, and Humanities and Social Sciences. Each faculty is headed by an Executive Pro-Vice-Chancellor, who is responsible for all schools in the faculty.<ref name=about>{{cite web |url=http://www.liv.ac.uk/about/ |access-date=25 September 2009 |title=About the University |publisher=Liverpool University}}</ref>
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'''Faculty of Health & Life Sciences'''
*[[University of Liverpool School of Dentistry|School of Dentistry]]
*School of Health Sciences
*School of Life Sciences
*[[University of Liverpool School of Medicine|School of Medicine]]
*School of Psychology
*[[University of Liverpool School of Veterinary Science|School of Veterinary Science]]
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'''Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences'''
*School of the Arts
*School of Histories, Languages & Cultures
*School of Law & Social Justice
*Management School
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'''Faculty of Science & Engineering'''
*School of Engineering
*School of Physical Sciences
*School of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Computer Science
*School of Environmental Sciences
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===Finances===
In the financial year ending 31 July 2024, the University of Liverpool had a total income of £705.3&nbsp;million (2022/23 – £673.2&nbsp;million) and total expenditure of £515.8&nbsp;million (2022/23 – £662.5&nbsp;million).<ref name="Liverpool Financial Statement 23/24"/> Key sources of income included £367.1&nbsp;million from tuition fees and education contracts (2022/23 – £342.5&nbsp;million), £93.4&nbsp;million from funding body grants (2022/23 – £94.6&nbsp;million), £123.3&nbsp;million from research grants and contracts (2022/23 – £118&nbsp;million) and £22.7&nbsp;million from endowment and investment income (2022/23 – £15.6&nbsp;million).<ref name="Liverpool Financial Statement 23/24"/>

At year end, Liverpool had endowments of £193.8&nbsp;million (2023 – £182.7&nbsp;million) and total net assets of £885.6&nbsp;million (2023 – £679.8&nbsp;million). It holds the [[List of UK universities by endowment|ninth-largest endowment]] of any university in the UK.<ref name="Liverpool Financial Statement 23/24"/>