Liverpool John Moores University - Key Facts

• Liverpool John Moores University has a total population of 24,000 students from more than 80 countries.
• The University has significant industrial links. Most courses are vocational and degree programmes have been developed with leading companies including Ford and IBM.
• The Business Development Centre can help unlock a wide spectrum of University facilities and professional expertise spanning engineering, computing and digital content, sports and biomedical sciences, social sciences and the creative arts.
• Liverpool John Moores University has gained top marks for research excellence and has world-class facilities in a number of different areas of expertise. For example
• The ICDC (International Centre for Digital Content) is a world leader in innovative digital content solutions. ICDC is currently involved in developing solutions for Interactive TV, mobile, wireless, Bluetooth and GPS for markets as diverse as tourism, health, e-learning and games.
• The General Engineering Research Institute was awarded grade 5 in the UK government's 2001 and 1996 Research Assessment Exercises.
• The Astrophysics Research Institute is one of the fastest growing and most highly regarded centres of its kind in the UK. It also controls the Liverpool Telescope, the world's largest robotic telescope.
• Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) is currently investing around £60 million in campus developments, including a new £23.5 million Art and Design Academy. Scheduled to open in 2008, the Academy will be at the leading edge of teaching, research and knowledge transfer in art and design.
• Another integral part of LJMU's new Creative Industries Campus will be the Liverpool Screen School, which will offer practice-based education and training on all aspects and training on all aspects of TV, film, journalism, radio and news production as well as computer games, interactive media and animation.

For more information about the services Liverpool John Moores University can offer to business call 0500 876 543 or visit www.livjm.ac.uk

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