About us

We bring together over 2,300 staff and 7,500 students across medicine, dentistry, veterinary science, nursing, allied health, biosciences, and psychology. We are the only faculty in the Russell Group to offer this full range of subjects, positioning us to tackle the biggest challenges in health and life sciences from every angle.

I want every single staff member, student, postgraduate, partner and visitor who walks through the door of the Faculty to feel like they belong and that this is a fun, exciting place to be.

Professor Louise Kenny, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Head of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Our structure

The Faculty is organised into four institutes, five schools, and five directorates. The institutes drive cross-disciplinary research and host the schools that deliver our teaching, while the directorates provide professional expertise in research, education, partnerships, operations, and the student experience. Together, this structure supports collaboration and impact across everything we do.

Explore our institutes

Improving health from early life to later years, tackling cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, eye and vision, and women's and children's health. Home to the School of Medicine and the School of Dentistry.

Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences

Improving health from early life to later years, tackling cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, eye and vision, and women's and children's health. Home to the School of Medicine and the School of Dentistry.
Institute of Population Health

Exploring how biology, behaviour, psychology, environment, policies, and technology shape health and wellbeing. Home to the School of Allied Health Professions and Nursing.
Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences

Tackling 21st century global health and environmental challenges such as emerging infectious diseases, climate change and antimicrobial resistance. Home to the School of Veterinary Science.
Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology

Responding to important societal problems, from improving crops to creating new diagnostic tools and therapeutic interventions across many diseases. Home to the School of Biosciences.

Our directorates

Clinical Directorate

Aligning the Faculty with the NHS by supporting the development of priority research areas, enhancing clinical academic training and streamlining functional activities that delivers world-leading clinical research.

Education Directorate

Delivering the very highest educational experience for all undergraduate and postgraduate students, through technology-enabled delivery, staff training, and pedagogy-informed teaching.

Research and Impact Directorate

Improving research performance in order to realise a greater societal impact. Supporting strategic and multidisciplinary research as well as improving our research environment for researchers at all career stages.

Technology, Infrastructure and Environment Directorate

Providing key underpinning support for teaching and research, managing Liverpool shared research facilities (LIV-SRF), estate and associated regulatory and compliance responsibilities, supporting our technical and scientific staff.

Postgraduate Directorate

Providing a strong, clear and attractive pipeline of study, from undergraduate to doctorate, aligned to our research strengths and aspirations.

Vision, mission and aims

We aim to lead in health and life sciences research, education and innovation, supporting talented people and working closely with patients, local communities, and partners across industry, government, and healthcare. We seek to improve health outcomes for people, animals and the environment, achieve international recognition, and promote an inclusive, collaborative environment where everyone can succeed.

Explore our Faculty Strategy 2025-2031.