had 4,985 students including 3,895 undergraduates and 1,090 postgraduates, making it the 126th largest university in the UK (out of the 169 universities included in HESA statistics). The university is less than half the size of the other two universities in the Liverpool metro area with comparable histories, Edge Hill (13,560 students) and its elder sister Chester (13,545 students).
The university has a greater number and proportion of postgraduates than four of the six universities closest to it in size.
== Notable people ==
=== Chancellors ===
2006–2013: Caroline Cox, Baroness Cox
2013–2020: Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank
2020–: Monica Grady
=== Vice Chancellors and Rectors ===
1980–1995: James Burke
1995–2003: Simon Lee
2003–2022: Gerald Pillay
2023–: Claire Ozanne
=== Academics ===
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Salman Al-Azami
Richard Harries, Baron Harries of Pentregarth
Helen King
Atulya Nagar
Deryn Rees-Jones
Matt Simpson
Andrew Walls
=== Alumni ===
=== Arts ===
Heather Craney, actress
Simon Gilbert, journalist and author
Amy Hughes, artist
Terry Molloy, actor
Malik Al Nasir, poet and author
Stel Pavlou, screenwriter and novelist
Willy Russell, playwright
Mary Lu Zahalan, singer and actress
=== Politics ===
David Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool, former Liberal Democrat MP for Liverpool Mossley Hill and Liverpool Edge Hill
Steve Brine, Conservative MP for Winchester
Peter Kilfoyle, former Labour MP for Liverpool Walton
Paul Nuttall, politician
Mike Storey, Baron Storey, former Leader of Liverpool City Council
=== Sport ===
Diane Allahgreen, athlete
Emma Hayes, United States women's national soccer team manager
Colm McFadden, Gaelic footballer
Jenny Meadows, athlete
== See also ==
Armorial of UK universities
College of Education
List of universities in the UK
== References ==
=== Bibliography ===
== External links ==
Official website
