University of Liverpool

The University of Liverpool, abbreviated UOL, is a public research university in Liverpool in England, whose graduates use the post-nominal letters Lpool.利物浦大学（英文 University of Liverpool，简称 UOL）是位于英格兰利物浦的公立研究型大学，其毕业生使用后缀缩写 Lpool 标示学历。

According to OpenAlex the university is associated with 188,371 scholarly works cited 16,494,203 times, and it holds National Heritage List assets such as the Liverpool Royal Infirmary, the Ness Botanic Gardens and the Victoria Gallery and Museum.据 OpenAlex 统计，学校累计发表学术成果 188,371 篇，总被引 16,494,203 次；学校还持有利物浦皇家医院、Ness 植物园与维多利亚画廊博物馆等国家级登录遗产建筑。

History

• The university was established in 1881 as University College Liverpool and admitted its first students in 1882.学校于 1881 年以利物浦大学学院之名成立，并于 1882 年招收首批学生。
• In 1884 it became part of the federal Victoria University, and in that period its students were awarded external degrees by the University of London.1884 年，学校成为联邦制维多利亚大学的一部分；在这一时期，其学生由伦敦大学授予外部学位。
• In 1894 a professor at the university, Oliver Lodge, made the world's first public radio transmission, and two years later the first surgical X-ray was taken in the United Kingdom.1894 年，学校教授 Oliver Lodge 完成了世界上第一次公共无线电广播，两年后英国首次将 X 光用于外科手术。
• In 1899 the Liverpool University Press was founded, making it the third oldest university press in England.1899 年，利物浦大学出版社成立，成为英格兰第三古老的大学出版社。
• The Victoria Building, opened in 1892 as the first purpose-built facility of the university, gave its name to the phrase red brick university and is the reason the university claims that origin for itself.维多利亚大厦于 1892 年启用，是学校第一座专门建造的设施，「红砖大学」一词即由此而来，学校也据此自称红砖大学的源头。
• Following a royal charter and an act of Parliament in 1903 it became an independent university, the University of Liverpool, with the right to confer its own degrees, the charter having been granted by King Edward VII.1903 年，学校在获得皇家特许与国会法案后成为独立大学，即利物浦大学，取得自行授予学位的权利，特许状由爱德华七世国王颁授。
• In the years after 1903 Sir Charles Sherrington discovered the synapse and William Blair-Bell worked on chemotherapy in the treatment of cancer.1903 年之后的岁月里，Sir Charles Sherrington 发现了突触，William Blair-Bell 则从事癌症化疗的研究。
• From the 1930s to the 1940s Sir James Chadwick and Sir Joseph Rotblat made major contributions to the development of the atomic bomb.自 1930 年代至 1940 年代，Sir James Chadwick 与 Sir Joseph Rotblat 对原子弹的研制作出了重大贡献。
• From 1943 to 1966 Allan Downie, Professor of Bacteriology, was involved in the eradication of smallpox.1943 至 1966 年，细菌学教授 Allan Downie 参与了天花根除工作。
• In 1994 the university was a founding member of the Russell Group, a collaboration of twenty leading research-intensive universities, and in 2004 it was a founding member of the N8 Group in northern England.1994 年，学校成为由二十所顶尖研究型大学组成的罗素大学集团创始成员，2004 年又成为英格兰北部 N8 集团的创始成员。
• In 2006 the university became the first in the United Kingdom to establish an independent university in China, creating the world's first Sino-British university, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University.2006 年，学校成为英国第一所在中国设立独立大学的高校，创办了世界上第一所中英合作大学西交利物浦大学。
• In 2008 the Victoria Building was restored and reopened as the Victoria Gallery and Museum, the museum conversion having been completed with a cafe and activities for school visits.2008 年，维多利亚大厦经修复后作为维多利亚画廊博物馆重新开放，改造工程包括咖啡设施与面向学校参访的活动安排。
• In 2013 the university opened a satellite campus at Finsbury Square in London offering professionally focused masters programmes, which it operated until 2020.2013 年，学校在伦敦 Finsbury Square 开设卫星校区，提供职业导向的硕士项目，该校区运营至 2020 年。
• In 2022 the Yoko Ono Lennon Centre on the campus was opened, and in 2026 the university established its first campus in India at Bengaluru in Karnataka.2022 年，校内的 Yoko Ono Lennon 中心启用；2026 年，学校在印度卡纳塔克邦班加罗尔设立其在印度的首个校区。
• The university is one of the first to establish departments in oceanography, civic design, architecture and biochemistry, the last at the Johnston Laboratories now renamed the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology.学校是最早设立海洋学、市政设计、建筑学与生物化学系的机构之一，生物化学系最初设于 Johnston 实验室，现已更名为生物化学、细胞与系统生物学系。
• Its School of Medicine was established in 1835 and is today one of the largest medical schools in the United Kingdom, with close links to the neighbouring Royal Liverpool University Hospital.其医学院创办于 1835 年，如今是英国规模最大的医学院之一，与相邻的利物浦皇家大学医院关系密切。
• The first vice-chancellor served from 1903 to 1919 in the person of A W W Dale, followed by John George Adami from 1919 to 1926 and Hector Hetherington from 1927 to 1936.首任校长自 1903 年至 1919 年由 A W W Dale 担任，其后是 1919 至 1926 年的 John George Adami 与 1927 至 1936 年的 Hector Hetherington。
• Arnold McNair, later Baron McNair, was vice-chancellor from 1937 to 1945, and the post has since been held by Sir James Frederick Mountford from 1945 to 1963 and Sir Drummond Bone from 2002 to 2008.后来的 McNair 男爵 Arnold McNair 于 1937 至 1945 年任校长，此职位先后由 1945 至 1963 年的 Sir James Frederick Mountford 与 2002 至 2008 年的 Sir Drummond Bone 担任。
• Tim Jones has been vice-chancellor since 2023, succeeding Dame Janet Beer who held the office from 2015 to 2022, and Wendy Beetlestone has been chancellor since 2023.Tim Jones 自 2023 年起出任校长，继任的是 2015 至 2022 年任职的 Dame Janet Beer；Wendy Beetlestone 则自 2023 年起担任校监。
• The first chancellor was Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, who served from 1903 to 1908, and the chancellorship has included David Owen, Baron Owen, from 1996 to 2009 and Sir David King from 2010 to 2013.首任校监是 1903 至 1908 年任职的 Frederick Arthur Stanley，即第十六代德比伯爵；历任校监还包括 1996 至 2009 年的 Owen 男爵 David Owen 与 2010 至 2013 年的 Sir David King。
• Over the 2013 to 2014 academic year staff took part in numerous strikes after being offered a one per cent pay rise, which the unions equated to a thirteen per cent pay cut since 2008.2013 至 2014 学年，教职工在获得百分之一加薪后举行了多轮罢工，工会称以 2008 年为基准这相当于实际减薪百分之十三。

Academics

• Since 2009 the teaching departments have been divided into three faculties, Health and Life Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Science and Engineering, each headed by a Pro-Vice-Chancellor.自 2009 年起，授课院系分为健康与生命科学、人文与社会科学、科学与工程三个学部，各由一位副校长级主管负责。
• The Faculty of Health and Life Sciences contains the schools of dentistry, health sciences, biosciences, medicine, psychology and veterinary science.健康与生命科学学部包括牙科学、健康科学、生物科学、医学、心理学与兽医学等学院。
• The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences contains the School of the Arts and Architecture, the School of Histories, Languages and Cultures covering archaeology, classics and Egyptology, the School of Law and Social Justice, and the University of Liverpool Management School.人文与社会科学学部包括艺术与建筑学院、历史语言与文化学院（含考古学、古典学与埃及学）、法律与社会正义学院，以及利物浦大学管理学院。
• The Faculty of Science and Engineering contains the schools of computer science and informatics, engineering, environmental sciences and physical sciences.科学与工程学部包括计算机科学与信息学、工程学、环境科学与物理科学等学院。
• The university is a research-based institution with about 33,000 students pursuing more than 450 programmes spanning 54 subject areas.学校是一所研究型大学，约有 33,000 名学生修读 450 多个项目，涵盖 54 个学科领域。
• Chinese records for 2022 to 2023 give 29,955 students, of whom 22,285 were undergraduates and 7,670 postgraduates, with 3,160 academic staff and 3,625 administrative staff.中文资料记载 2022 至 2023 学年在校学生 29,955 人，其中本科生 22,285 人、研究生 7,670 人，学术人员 3,160 人、行政人员 3,625 人。
• The university offers more than 230 first degree courses across 103 subjects, with international students drawn from more than 100 countries.学校提供 230 多个学士课程，横跨 103 个专业，国际学生来自 100 多个国家。
• Strengths for which the university is noted include chemistry, computer science, general engineering, archaeology, agriculture, veterinary and food science, architecture, clinical medicine and English.学校见长的领域包括化学、计算机科学、通用工程、考古学、农业、兽医与食品科学、建筑学、临床医学与英语。
• In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework the computer science department ranked first in the United Kingdom with 97 per cent of its research rated as world-leading or internationally excellent, the highest proportion of any computer science department in the country.在 2014 年英国研究卓越框架中，计算机科学系位居全国第一，其 97% 的研究被评为世界领先或国际优秀，是全国计算机科学系中比例最高的。
• The chemistry department was also ranked first in the United Kingdom in that exercise, with 99 per cent of its research rated as four-star world-leading or three-star internationally excellent.在同一次评审中，化学系也位居全国第一，其 99% 的研究被评为四星世界领先或三星国际优秀。
• In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework Liverpool ranked joint twenty-fifth by grade point average together with Durham and Nottingham, and nineteenth for research power.在 2021 年英国研究卓越框架中，利物浦与杜伦、诺丁汉并列按平均分第 25 位，按科研实力排名第 19 位。
• Among the university's named assets and research facilities are the Ness Botanic Gardens and the Victoria Gallery and Museum, both on the National Heritage List, and it operates associated institutes including the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.学校的具名设施与研究机构包括列入国家级登录遗产的 Ness 植物园与维多利亚画廊博物馆，并运营利物浦热带医学院等关联学院。
• Physicists, engineers and technicians from the university took part in constructing the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, working on two of its four detectors.学校的物理学家、工程师与技术员参与了欧洲核子研究中心大型强子对撞机的建造，承担其四个探测器中的两个。
• The university has held academic fellowships of the Academy of Social Sciences and of the British Academy, and its graduates are styled with the post-nominal Lpool.学校拥有社会科学科学院与英国科学院院士席位，其毕业生以后缀 Lpool 标示学位。
• It is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities and its management school is a member of the AACSB international business school association.学校是英联邦大学协会成员，其管理学院也是国际商学院促进协会 AACSB 的成员。
• The university also founded the University of Liverpool Mathematics School, a specialist A-level mathematics school located on the university campus.学校还创办了利物浦大学数学学校，这是一所设在校内的 A-level 数学特色中学。

Campus

• The university is mainly based around a single urban campus about five minutes walk from Liverpool city centre, at the top of Brownlow Hill and Mount Pleasant, occupying 100 acres.学校主要围绕一处城市型校区布局，距利物浦市中心步行约五分钟，位于 Brownlow Hill 与 Mount Pleasant 顶端，占地 100 英亩。
• The campus contains 192 non-residential buildings housing 69 lecture theatres, 114 teaching areas and research facilities, and the main site is divided among the three faculties.校区内有 192 幢非住宅建筑，容纳 69 个阶梯教室、114 个教学场所与研究设施，主校区按三个学部划分。
• The centrepiece of the estate remains the Victoria Building, opened in 1892 as the first purpose-built university building and restored in 2008 as the Victoria Gallery and Museum.校区的核心仍是维多利亚大厦，它于 1892 年作为学校第一座专门建筑启用，2008 年修复后成为维多利亚画廊博物馆。
• The Yoko Ono Lennon Centre on the campus opened in 2022, and the Central Teaching Hub with its lecture theatre block and central teaching laboratories was completed and opened in September 2012 at an estimated cost of 23 million pounds.校内的 Yoko Ono Lennon 中心于 2022 年启用；含阶梯教室区与中央教学实验室的 Central Teaching Hub 于 2012 年 9 月建成启用，估算造价 2,300 万英镑。
• The Central Teaching Laboratory is built around a large atrium and houses seven separate laboratories able to accommodate 1,600 students at a time, with the adjoining University Lecture Block containing four lecture rooms.中央教学实验室围绕一个大型中庭而建，内设七间独立实验室，可同时容纳 1,600 名学生；相连的大学阶梯教室区设有四间报告厅。
• Fifty-one residential buildings on or near the campus provide 3,385 rooms on a catered or self-catered basis, with on-campus halls named Crown Place, Philharmonic Court, Vine Court, Dover Court, Tudor Close and Melville Grove.校内及附近的 51 幢住宿建筑共提供 3,385 个房间，可选含餐饮或自炊方式，校内宿舍包括 Crown Place、Philharmonic Court、Vine Court、Dover Court、Tudor Close 与 Melville Grove。
• Off-campus accommodation includes the Greenbank Student Village with its Derby, Roscoe and Derby Old Court residences, and in 2021 Gladstone Halls was renamed after the communist and anti-racist leader Dorothy Kuya.校外住宿包括 Greenbank 学生村旗下的 Derby、Roscoe 与 Derby Old Court 等宿舍；2021 年，Gladstone Halls 以共产主义与反种族主义领袖 Dorothy Kuya 重新命名。
• Beside the main site the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at Leahurst and the Ness Botanical Gardens are located on the Wirral Peninsula, and a marine biology research station formerly operated at Port Erin on the Isle of Man until it closed in 2006.主校区之外，Lahurst 的兽医教学医院与 Ness 植物园位于威尔勒尔半岛，马恩岛 Port Erin 的海洋生物学研究站曾长期运作，至 2006 年关闭。
• In 2011 the university committed to investing 660 million pounds in the student experience, of which 250 million pounds was reported to be earmarked for student accommodation, the first new on-campus hall being Vine Court which opened in September 2012.2011 年，学校承诺投入 6.6 亿英镑改善学生体验，其中据报有 2.5 亿英镑用于学生住宿，首座新建校内宿舍 Vine Court 于 2012 年 9 月启用。

Reputation

• The university is ranked 139th in the QS World University Rankings 2027 with a score of 62.8, tied at 154th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 and 137th in the U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026 to 2027.在 QS 2027 世界大学排名中，学校列第 139 位，评分 62.8；在 THE 2027 世界大学排名中并列第 154 位，在《美国新闻》2026 至 2027 全球最佳大学排名中列第 137 位。
• According to OpenAlex the university has 188,371 works cited 16,494,203 times, and its ninth-largest endowment among United Kingdom universities stood at 202.9 million pounds in 2025.据 OpenAlex 数据，学校累计成果 188,371 篇、被引 16,494,203 次；其捐赠基金规模在英国大学中列第九位，2025 年为 2.029 亿英镑。
• Ten Nobel Prize laureates have been affiliated with the university as alumni or academic staff, covering medicine, physics, physiology, chemistry and economics as well as peace.共有十位诺贝尔奖得主以校友或教职人员身份与该校相关，领域涵盖医学、物理、生理学、化学、经济学与和平。
• Sir Ronald Ross won the Nobel Prize in 1902 and was the first British laureate, and the university's ten laureates include Charles Barkla in 1917, Sir Charles Sherrington in 1932, Sir James Chadwick in 1935 and Sir Robert Robinson in 1947.Sir Ronald Ross 于 1902 年获奖，是首位英国诺贝尔奖得主；该校十位得主还包括 1917 年的 Charles Barkla、1932 年的 Sir Charles Sherrington、1935 年的 Sir James Chadwick 与 1947 年的 Sir Robert Robinson。
• Later laureates include Har Gobind Khorana in 1968, Rodney Porter in 1972, Ronald Coase in 1991 for transaction costs and property rights, Joseph Rotblat in 1995 for nuclear disarmament and Martin Lewis Perl in 1995 for the tau lepton.此后的得主包括 1968 年的 Har Gobind Khorana、1972 年的 Rodney Porter、1991 年因交易成本与产权理论获奖的 Ronald Coase、1995 年因核裁军获奖的 Joseph Rotblat，以及同年因发现「tau」轻子获奖的 Martin Lewis Perl。
• The university has no Turing Award laureate among its alumni or staff, so the Nobel Prize remains its highest academic distinction, alongside two Lasker Awards taken by Sir Ronald Finn and Sir Cyril Clarke in 1980 and Sir David Weatherall in 2010.学校校友与教职人员中尚无图灵奖得主，其最高学术荣誉仍是诺贝尔奖，另有两届拉斯克奖，分别由 1980 年的 Sir Ronald Finn 与 Sir Cyril Clarke、以及 2010 年的 Sir David Weatherall 获得。
• In 2024 the university held four academic fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences and one of the British Academy, and in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework it ranked joint twenty-fifth by grade point average.2024 年，学校拥有 4 位社会科学科学院院士与 1 位英国科学院院士；在 2021 年研究卓越框架中，其平均分并列全国第 25 位。
• Financially the university reported total income of 705.3 million pounds for the financial year ending 31 July 2024, against expenditure of 515.8 million pounds, with tuition fees and education contracts the largest source at 367.1 million pounds.财务上，学校在截至 2024 年 7 月 31 日的财年报告总收入 7.053 亿英镑，支出 5.158 亿英镑，其中学费与教育合同收入 3.671 亿英镑，为最大来源。
• In 2024 to 2025 income was reported as 722.9 million pounds of which 126.2 million pounds came from research grants and contracts, against expenditure of 723.5 million pounds.2024 至 2025 财年收入据报为 7.229 亿英镑，其中 1.262 亿英镑来自科研资助与合同，支出为 7.235 亿英镑。

Student life

• The motto of the university is Haec otia studia fovent, translated as these days of peace foster learning, and Chinese sources also record Fiat Lux, let there be light, as a second motto.学校校训为「Haec otia studia fovent」，意为这些和平的岁月滋养学问；中文资料另载有第二条校训「Fiat Lux」，意为要有光。
• The university's students' union, the Liverpool Guild of Students, represents student interests, and it received a 10 million pound refurbishment as part of the 660 million pound student experience investment announced in 2011.学校的学生会 Liverpool Guild of Students 代表学生利益，2011 年公布的 6.6 亿英镑学生体验投资中，含学生会 1,000 万英镑的改造费用。
• Accommodation is provided in six named on-campus halls, Crown Place, Philharmonic Court, Vine Court, Dover Court, Tudor Close and Melville Grove, together with the off-campus Greenbank Student Village.住宿包括六座具名校内宿舍 Crown Place、Philharmonic Court、Vine Court、Dover Court、Tudor Close 与 Melville Grove，以及校外的 Greenbank 学生村。
• In 2018 the university faced strong criticism from the student body over expensive halls under the Cut the Rent campaign, a dispute over the cost of accommodation.2018 年，学校因住宿费用过高在「Cut the Rent」运动中遭到学生群体的强烈批评，这是围绕住宿成本的一场争议。
• Sport Liverpool, the university's sporting project, offers over 50 different sports ranging from football, rugby, cricket and hockey to windsurfing, lacrosse and cheerleading, most of them fielding both male and female teams.学校的体育项目 Sport Liverpool 提供 50 多项运动，从足球、橄榄球、板球与曲棍球到帆板、长曲棍球与啦啦操，多数设有男女队。
• Two prominent inter-university competitions are the Christie Championships, contested with the universities of Leeds and Manchester, and the Varsity Cup, a derby against Liverpool John Moores University.两项著名的校际赛事是 Christie 锦标赛，与利兹大学、曼彻斯特大学争夺，以及与利物浦约翰·摩尔斯大学对抗的德比杯 Varsity Cup。
• National university sport is organised by BUCS, the body that runs competitions for 154 institutions across 47 sports, with most fixtures played on Wednesday afternoons.全国大学体育由 BUCS 负责组织，该机构为 154 所院校组织 47 个项目的比赛，多数场次安排在周三下午。
• In 2021 Gladstone Halls was renamed after Dorothy Kuya, a leading communist and anti-racist leader, marking the university tradition of naming halls after notable figures.2021 年，Gladstone 宿舍以共产主义与反种族主义领袖 Dorothy Kuya 重新命名，体现学校以知名人物命名宿舍的传统。

Notable people

• The university was founded in 1881 as University College Liverpool and was raised to an independent university by royal charter in 1903, under which its first chancellor, Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, served from 1903 to 1908.学校 1881 年以利物浦大学学院创办，1903 年经皇家特许升格为独立大学，首任校监 Frederick Arthur Stanley 即第十六代德比伯爵于 1903 至 1908 年在任。
• A W W Dale was the first vice-chancellor from 1903 to 1919, and John George Adami, a pathologist, succeeded him from 1919 to 1926, giving the university its first two professional heads.A W W Dale 于 1903 至 1919 年任首任校长，其后由病理学家 John George Adami 于 1919 至 1926 年接任，这两位构成学校最早的两位行政首长。
• Sir Ronald Ross, a physician at the university, won the Nobel Prize in 1902 for his work on malaria and was the first British Nobel laureate.与该校相关的医学家 Sir Ronald Ross 因疟疾研究获 1902 年诺贝尔奖，成为首位获此奖的英国人。
• Sir Charles Sherrington, professor of physiology, received the Nobel Prize in 1932 for his research into neurons and had discovered the synapse after the 1903 charter.生理学教授 Sir Charles Sherrington 因神经元研究获 1932 年诺贝尔奖，他发现的突触是在 1903 年获特许之后完成的。
• The university counts four academic fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences and one of the British Academy as of 2024, alongside ten Nobel laureates among its alumni and staff since the 1902 award to Sir Ronald Ross.截至 2024 年，学校拥有 4 位社会科学科学院院士与 1 位英国科学院院士，校友与教职人员中共有十位诺贝尔奖得主，最早一位是 1902 年获奖的 Sir Ronald Ross。
• Sir David Weatherall, Regius Professor of Medicine from 1992 to 2000, and Sir Ronald Finn with Sir Cyril Clarke, who jointly took the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award in 1980, represent the university's medical distinction.1992 至 2000 年任钦定医学教授的 Sir David Weatherall，以及 1980 年与 Sir Cyril Clarke 共同获得拉斯克-德贝基临床医学研究奖的 Sir Ronald Finn，代表了学校在医学方面的荣誉。
• Wolfgang Rindler, a physicist, and Daasebre Oti Boateng, who became the first black chairman of the United Nations Statistical Commission, are among the university's scientific alumni.物理学家 Wolfgang Rindler 与成为联合国统计委员会首位黑人主席的 Daasebre Oti Boateng 都是该校的理科校友。
• Among the university's politicians are Barham Salih, the eighth president of Iraq, Ong Teng Cheong, the fifth president of Singapore, and Tung Chee-hwa, the first Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.学校校友中的政治人物包括伊拉克第八任总统 Barham Salih、新加坡第五任总统 Ong Teng Cheong，以及中国香港特别行政区首任行政长官董建华。
• Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, the first president and prime minister of The Gambia, Colum Eastwood, leader of the SDLP in Northern Ireland, and Alden McLaughlin, premier of the Cayman Islands, are also graduates of the university.冈比亚首任总统兼总理 Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara、北爱尔兰新芬党领袖 Colum Eastwood 与开曼群岛总理 Alden McLaughlin 也都是该校毕业生。
• Among the Chinese and overseas Chinese connected with the university are Tung Chee-hwa, Lee Bee Wah who served as a politician, and Cheng Boong, who became vice-chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.与该校相关的华人及海外华人校友包括董建华、曾任议员的吕大明，以及后来担任香港中文大学副校长的程伯中。
• Business and industrial alumni include Philip Clarke, chief executive of Tesco, James Quincey, chief executive of the Coca-Cola Company, and Sir Robin Saxby, former chairman of ARM Holdings.商界与工业界校友包括 Tesco 首席执行官 Philip Clarke、可口可乐公司首席执行官 James Quincey，以及 ARM Holdings 前董事长 Sir Robin Saxby。