Liverpool Hope University

Liverpool Hope springs four places up our main academic league table this year. This improvement is spurred by glowing reviews from its undergraduates in the latest National Student Survey, where it ranks 5th for teaching quality and 23rd for the broad undergraduate experience. Students are based at the original Hope Park campus, in a leafy suburb, and at the Creative Campus near Liverpool Lime Street station. A new i3 Building has opened at Hope Park with high-tech resources, including a simulation lab with virtual reality hardware. As one of the UK’s smaller universities, Liverpool Hope maintains a close-knit vibe within easy reach of the city’s epic student appeal. 

What is Liverpool Hope University’s reputation? 

Formed by the 1980 merger of teacher training colleges, Liverpool Hope became a university in 2005. Its founding colleges were of both Catholic and Anglican faiths, making it Europe's only ecumenical university. Students of all faiths and none are welcomed, and graduation ceremonies are held in alternating years in Liverpool’s Anglican and Catholic cathedrals. In the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021), the university dropped to 105th, though theology and education produced some of its best results. 

Liverpool Hope received triple silver in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF 2023), with assessors praising its “outstanding teaching, feedback and assessment practices that are highly effective and tailored to supporting students’ learning”. However, the university is held back in our main ranking due to its performance on graduate prospects and continuation rates, which are outside the top 100 for both metrics. 

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What are Liverpool Hope University’s entry requirements — and my chances of getting in?

Offers range from 104 to 120 Ucas tariff points. The university attracted more than 11,500 applications in 2024, and nearly 1,700 entrants were accepted. Some 16 per cent entered through clearing.

What are the graduate prospects?

Liverpool Hope aims to boost employability through industry links with local organisations like National Museums Liverpool and the ​​Calderstones Nature Reserve. However, graduate prospects remain weak. The university sits 115th in our Graduate Outcomes survey analysis, which tracks the number of students in highly skilled jobs or further study 15 months after leaving.

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What is Liverpool Hope University’s campus like?

The Hope Park campus is the university’s biggest site, with more than £40 million in new buildings and facilities over the past six years. Recent improvements include a moot courtroom for the School of Law and a simulation suite for social work students. Creative and performing arts subjects are based at the Creative Campus, where facilities include two theatres and an arts centre, as well as studios for fine art, recording, and dance.

When can I visit?

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Everything you need to know about Liverpool Hope University’s student life and wellbeing support

Creative life has space to thrive at the university’s Arts Centre that includes fine art studios, a film viewing gallery and exhibition space. The Capstone Theatre hosts performances and festivals. Access to all Liverpool Hope’s sports facilities and classes is £30 a year. The £5.5 million sports complex has a sports hall, squash courts, dance studio, artificial pitches and outdoor tennis or netball courts. The university is an accredited Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award provider and has an outdoor education centre, Plas Caerdeon, at Eryri National Park in Snowdonia. A student life team provides services such as counselling, mental health support, and learning support. 

What do the students say?

“The Creative Campus is amazing and the facilities are incredible. It means you can fully immerse yourself on the course and create work from day one. Even better are the tutors. You’re more than just a number here, they are all genuinely interested in you as a person and in helping you reach your full potential.”
Sophie Thomas, third year, fine art

What about student accommodation at Liverpool Hope University?

Accommodation is at three sites: Hope Park, Creative Campus and Aigburth Park. There is usually a space for all entrants who apply through the main admissions cycle. 

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How diverse and inclusive is Liverpool Hope University?

Liverpool Hope recruits the 7th-highest proportion (8.1 per cent) of white working-class male students, the most underrepresented group in higher education, and draws a fifth of its students from deprived areas. It ranks 24th overall in our social inclusion index.

Everything you need to know about scholarships and bursaries at Liverpool Hope University

About 5 per cent of entrants qualify for a university award. Ten Access to Hope scholarships of £3,000 per year are available, and aid is offered for care leavers. Merit-based performance scholarships reward talent in dance, drama, music, or sport.