University of Liverpool

The University of Liverpool is a public research university in Liverpool, England. It was founded in 1881 as University College Liverpool, affiliated with Victoria University in 1884, and received a royal charter from King Edward VII in 1903, which let it award degrees on its own authority. It holds and operates heritage assets such as the Liverpool Royal Infirmary, the Ness Botanic Gardens and the Victoria Gallery and Museum. It is a founding member of the Russell Group and calls itself the original redbrick university. It was the first British university to establish departments in oceanography, civic design, architecture and biochemistry.