Opened as Edge Hill College in 1885, Edge Hill University is a campus-based, state-funded university. In Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, it was the first non-denominational teacher training college for females. The first male students were inducted in 1959. In 2005, Edge Hill was allowed the ‘Taught Degree Awarding Powers’ by the Privy Council. Notably, it became Edge Hill University on 18th May 2006. Tanya Byron was the university’s founding chancellor. He was a clinical psychologist, columnist, author and broadcaster.
Edge Hill University offers various courses, including B.Sc, B.A., LLB, and teacher training programmes. It also provides postgraduate programmes, such as MBA, MPhil PGCEs and MRes. Additionally, Edge Hill University offers PhD research programmes. The university maintains a student zone, including retail and catering outlets, IT facilities and the students’ union office. The building officially opened on 15th October, 2012, by Her Royal Highness the Countess of Wessex. Also, it features an indoor and outside games complex that was inaugurated by Olympic pentathlete Katarina Johnson Thompson in 2015.