Edge Hill University is based on an attractive, award-winning 160-acre campus in Lancashire, close to Liverpool and Manchester. The institution has been providing higher education since 1885, with a mission to create opportunity from knowledge.
The institution’s significant success in achieving its mission is recognised by a range of awards and high rankings for teaching, student experience, accommodation and more. Edge Hill is ranked as Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), the government’s evaluation of excellence in teaching quality, learning environment and student outcomes. The University is also one of the select few to have held the coveted UK University of the Year title, awarded by Times Higher Education (2014/15) and most recently, crowned Modern University of the Year in the The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022.
From its origins as a specialist institution with 41 female trainee teachers, Edge Hill now has almost 10,000 full-time students, another 3,000 part-time students on a wide range of undergraduate programmes, and almost 5,000 full- and part-time postgraduate students.
On 7 February 1882 seven Liverpool businessmen and philanthropists – Alexander Balfour, Thomas Matheson, Samuel Smith, William Crosfield, W P Sinclair, S McDairmid and S G Rathbone – founded Edge Hill College.
A large house on Durning Road in the Edge Hill district of Liverpool was adapted and formally opened on 24 January 1885, welcoming 41 new students.
Edge Hill University has been crowned the Modern University of the Year in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022.
The prestigious award highlights the University’s continuous investment in the student experience, its quality of teaching, outstanding facilities and courses that are designed to meet the needs of employers in a competitive jobs market.
This accolade follows the institution being named as the University of the Year in the Educate North Awards 2020/21. We have also been shortlisted in the categories of Outstanding Support for Students and Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community in the Times Higher Education Awards 2021.
As a leading university, we are dedicated to creating opportunity from knowledge, playing a significant role in transforming lives. This philosophy drives our teaching, our research, and our commitment to providing you with a great student experience leading to a rewarding career. 95.8% of our students are employed or in further study within 15 months of graduating (Graduate Outcomes 2017/18).
The institution has been crowned one of the top one thousand Universities in the world in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022 for its outstanding performance across teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook – marking the second time the University has featured in these prestigious rankings.
Times Higher Education World University Rankings span more than 108 million citations across over 14.4 million research publications and included survey responses from almost 22,000 scholars globally.
This accolade follows on from a bumper year of awards for Edge Hill, which saw the institution crowned University of the Year in the Educate North Awards 2020/21 for its continued commitment to delivering an exceptional student experience. The University also came in the top three in the North West for student satisfaction in the Complete University Guide 2021, and was voted in the top top 10 in the UK for student support and job prospects in the WhatUni Student Choice Awards 2020.
Alongside these successes, Edge Hill was shortlisted for the prestigious 2020 University of the Year in the Times Higher Education Awards and WhatUni Student Choice Awards 2020, and was voted a top 10 modern University in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020.
