ucl graduate prospectus 2015/16
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An overview of our graduate taught and graduate research programmes available for entry in 2015/16TRANSCRIPT
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1 / Royal Free Hospital
2 / British Library
3 / British Medical Association
4 / National Theatre
5 / British Museum
6 / Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour
7 / St Pancras International Station
8 / Francis Crick Institute (due to open 2015)
9 / IDEALondon
10 / Tate Modern
11 / Victoria and Albert Museum
12 / Royal Institution
13 / Royal Institute of British Architects
14 / ZSL London Zoo
15 / UCL Sports Grounds
16 / Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
17 / The City (of London)
18 / The Shard
19 / Globe Theatre
20 / Houses of Parliament
21 / Natural History Museum
22 / Science Museum
23 / BBC New Broadcasting House
24 / University of London Observatory
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Within walking distance of UCL
A short bus or Tube ride from UCL
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In the heart of London /
Our location at the heart of one of the world’s most vibrant and cosmopolitan cities means that you’re perfectly placed to take advantage of everything London has to offer. UCL’s links to key academic, industrial and professional bodies in the capital provide outstanding benefits for our students.
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Contents /
The UCL advantage / 02
UCL’s global reach / 04
A flavour of UCL’s research / 06
The UCL edge / 10
Fees and funding / 12
Non-academic facilities / 13
FACULTY OF ARTS & HUMANITIES / 14
FACULTY OF BRAIN SCIENCES / 16
FACULTY OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT / 18
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES / 20
FACULTY OF LAWS / 22
FACULTY OF LIFE SCIENCES / 24
FACULTY OF MATHEMATICAL & PHYSICAL SCIENCES / 26
FACULTY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES / 28
FACULTY OF POPULATION HEALTH SCIENCES / 30
SCHOOL OF SLAVONIC & EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES / 32
FACULTY OF SOCIAL & HISTORICAL SCIENCES / 34
Types of study and entry requirements / 36
Taught programmes 2015/16 entry / 38
How to apply / 52
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The UCL advantage /
World-leading facilities
1 / On-site museums and collections include the Octagon Gallery, located on the Bloomsbury campus.
2 / IDEALondon: an innovation ‘hot-house’ for startups, established by UCL, Cisco and DC Thomson.
3 / The Materials Library at the UCL Institute of Making, which hosts free workshops for UCL staff and students.
4 / UCL’s Main Library and 15 specialist libraries hold around two million books, plus journals and electronic resources.
5 / Sports Science Laboratory, part of the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health.
6 / Studio space in the UCL Slade School of Fine Art.
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UCL has the best academic to student ratio in the UK – 1:10.2 compared to the national average of 1:17.5
NATIONAL AVERAGE
UCL
4th in the world (QS World University Rankings 2013/14)
IN THE WORLD4th Our world-leading resources provide an enriched multi-disciplinary learning environment for all our students, and include many unique facilities.
28 Nobel Prizes have been awarded to people who are, or were, students or academics at UCL
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UCL staff and students come from a total of 151 countries
UCL – a history of achievement
egardless of
departments in Chemistry, English, German and Italian – with Civil Engineering to follow in 1841.
Five students from Japan (the ‘Choshu Five’) risk their lives in order to enrol at UCL; they went on to bring Japan out of its political and cultural isolation to become one of the foremost technological powers of the world.
terms with men.
Professor Sir William Ramsay is awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of the elements helium, argon, neon, krypton and xenon.
The Royal Society elects Kathleen Lonsdale (UCL Crystallography 1936) as its
scientists make a groundbreaking transatlantic ‘virtual handshake’ with their counterparts at MIT.
UCL appoints a Vice-Provost (Enterprise) to promote collaboration with industry partners and entrepreneurial activity within the university.
founded. Today, it has more than 40 participating institutions including UCL
Australia’s focus is on the energy and resources of the region. The Yale UCL Collaborative is also launched.
UCL’s campus in Doha, UCL Qatar, is launched, with a focus on the cultural heritage and conservation of the region.
UCL and NYU Wagner announce a pioneering joint Executive MPA.
Building works commence on the Bloomsbury campus as part of the Transforming UCL programme.
The Francis Crick Institute is due to open – a £650 million medical research centre, created through a partnership between UCL, the Medical Research Council, Cancer Research UK, the Wellcome Trust, Imperial College London and King’s College London.
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£334 millionof research grant income (2012/13).
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UCL has the highest number of UK Research Council grants.
3rd UCL has the third highest number of European Research Council (FP7) grants awarded to EU Higher Education institutions 2007–2013.
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UCL has the highest number of students funded through Doctoral Training Centres. 1,000Over the next five years, 1,000 UCL PhD students funded through Doctoral Training Centres.
...we’re among the most successful
universities in Europe at
attracting funding...
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UCL is the second-most highly cited university in Europe (source: Thomson Scientific Citation Index).
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UCL is ranked fourth in Europe (source: 2014 Academic Ranking of World Universities).
...and our continued success gives
us a world-leading reputation...
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THE UCL ADVANTAGE /
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highest number of professors in any UK university.
920 Professorsthe UK average is 105.
// You’ll study with world-leading experts, and benefit from a programme of distinguished visitors and guest speakers.
// You’ll benefit from outstanding individual attention for your studies.
// Our wide-ranging expertise across all fields of study provides opportunities for groundbreaking cross-disciplinary investigation.
...which helps us to attract the best
and brightest staff and students...
// Our exceptional links and networks give you the opportunity to make contacts and gain valuable experience, as well as the chance to work on meaningful projects that have a positive impact on society.
...so people want to work with us...
Yale, Cisco, the BBC, the EU, CERN, NASA,
the UK Parliament, the UN, Dyson, Eisai,
the British Museum, Microsoft, Intel, Nike
UCL’s ongoing links with industry and other partners include:
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A global university, tackling global problems – UCL works throughout the world with partners in education, business, healthcare, development, philanthropy and government to find solutions to some of humankind’s most pressing issues, and to undertake groundbreaking research across the academic spectrum.
UCL engineers are working with the Peruvian, German and UK governments to develop and implement low carbon transport policies, and are working on a demonstration project in Lima which will show how such policies can improve the quality of life for the whole population.
A ‘Cities Changing Diabetes’ programme has been developed by UCL, Novo Nordisk and the Steno Diabetes Centre, a world-leading institution in diabetes care and prevention. Launched initially in Mexico City, with the intention of rolling out to cities in Europe, Asia and North America, the programme aims to map the areas where diabetes is most prevalent and drive concrete action to fight the disorder.
The Yale UCL Collaborative is a multi-disciplinary, transatlantic research, education and clinical collaboration between Yale University and UCL. Originally set up to share knowledge in the field of cardiovascular medicine, the initiative has subsequently expanded to other biomedical fields and other disciplines, including engineering, history, philosophy and law.
Researchers from UCL Earth Sciences are working to interpret the data from the European Space Agency’s CryoSat mission, designed to measure the changing thickness of land and sea ice over the Earth’s polar regions and determine how these regions are affected by climate change.
UCL’s global reach /
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GRADUATE PROSPECTUS 2015/16 ENTRY / UCL’S GLOBAL REACH /
Researchers from UCL EPICentre (Earthquake and People Interaction Centre) are working in Japan and other tsunami- and earthquake-prone areas, investigating the effects of tsunami on coastal infrastructure, developing methods of predicting building and infrastructure damage in earthquakes, and using new technologies for disaster relief and mitigation purposes.
The challenge of studying how internet censorship is practised is being tackled by researchers from UCL Computer Science. Together with INRIA (French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation) and NICTA (Australia), the team are revealing the techniques used in Syria in 2011 to monitor, filter and block traffic from Syrian users, as well as the methods used for censorship evasion.
While researching infant brain development in rural Gambia, a UCL Medical Physics & Bioengineering team bonded with the local mothers who were participating in their study. Impressed by the enthusiastic response to the study, and moved by the mothers’ efforts to undertake subsistence farming, the UCL team went on to raise funds for a new solar-powered pump which has helped to turn previously barren land into a flourishing farm.
A UCL research and training project focused on a diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) won the 2013 Times Higher Education International Collaboration of the Year award. TB leads to approximately 1.4 million deaths globally each year. The project – which sets out to improve the speed and accuracy of diagnosis – aims to halt the spread of the infection and significantly reduce the number of deaths.
Research into, and teaching of, Chinese health is carried out by UCL’s China Centre for Health & Humanity, in collaboration with Peking University. The research includes work on the origins and spread of acupuncture and Chinese medical knowledge and its practice around the world.
Scientists at CERN, including members of UCL’s High Energy Physics Group, announced in 2013 that they had found the elusive Higgs Boson. The existence of this subatomic particle, crucial to the formation of the universe, had previously only been theorised.
The Nutrition in Emergencies Regional Training Initiative (NIERTI) is coordinated by the UCL Institute for Global Health and is a collaboration between academic institutions in Uganda, Thailand and Lebanon. The initiative provides high-quality training in emergency nutrition in the regions most affected by humanitarian disasters.
UCL’s interdisciplinary Extreme Citizen Science (ExCiteS) research group works with indigenous peoples, giving them innovative tools to map areas of importance to them and log any incursions into those areas. This helps to ensure that during the development of policy decisions their voices will be heard.
UCL Australia
UCL Qatar
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At the very heart of UCL’s mission is our research. We aspire to deliver a culture of wisdom and provide a supportive environment where academic insight can thrive, deepening knowledge and developing solutions to problems worldwide. We encourage academics to work across traditional subject boundaries and have established numerous centres to facilitate cross-disciplinary interaction.
Students and staff at UCL’s teaching observatory have spotted one of the closest supernovae to Earth in recent decades, at around 12 million light years away. The International Astronomical Union official report on 22 January 2014 confirms that the team were the first to report the new supernova, and gives it the designation SN 2014J. Data collected by astronomers at other observatories around the world suggest that it is a Type 1a supernova, caused by a white dwarf star pulling matter off a larger neighbouring star until the white dwarf becomes unstable and explodes.
Champagne supernova
A new study has defined, for the first time, how our ability to identify where it hurts – spatial acuity – varies across the body. The UCL Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology study, which involved specially calibrated lasers creating a pinprick-like pain at various parts of participant’s bodies, produced the first systematic map of how acuity for pain is distributed. The map, which identifies the forehead and fingertips as the sites where spatial acuity is greatest, may enable doctors to monitor nerve damage, offering a quantitative way to see if a condition is getting better or worse.
House of pain
UCL’s Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology has launched an interactive online 3D object library, allowing visitors to view the artefacts in the same way as curators. The Arts Council England-funded project, part of a collaboration with UCL Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering and business partner Arius 3D, is the latest in a series of 3D interactive projects from the museum. Powered by cutting-edge photographic 3D imaging and scanning technology, the library allows visitors to rotate and zoom in on the 3D images of artefacts, catching fine details often not visible to the naked eye.
Egypt in 3D
A flavour of UCL’s research /
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A global map detailing the genetic histories of various populations across the world has been developed by researchers from UCL and the University of Oxford. It reveals the likely genetic impacts of European colonialism, the Arab slave trade, the Mongol Empire and European traders near the Silk Road mixing with people in China. Researchers developed sophisticated statistical methods to analyse the DNA of 1,490 individuals in 95 populations around the world. As well as providing fresh insights into historical events, the new research might have implications for how DNA impacts health and disease in different populations.
Gene genius
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Research led by archaeologists from UCL, the University of Cambridge and the University of Central Lancashire has traced London’s international fish trade back 800 years to the medieval period. Data from nearly 3,000 cod bones found in excavations in and around London is providing new insight into the globalisation of the capital’s food supply. It has revealed a sudden change in the origin of the fish during the early 13th century, indicating the onset of a large-scale import trade. The Black Death is believed to be the cause of a temporary drop in imports in the late 14th century, whilst a surge around AD 1500 coincides with the beginnings of transatlantic trade and the arrival of cod from Newfoundland.
A fishy tale
A FLAVOUR OF UCL’S RESEARCH /
UCL and HR Wallingford, a specialist hydraulic research consultancy, are collaborating to construct the largest tsunami simulator in Europe. The facility, funded by a €1.9million European Research Council grant, will be 70m long and 4m wide, enabling the simulation of a tsunami impact on urban areas for the first time. The new generator will also be used to evaluate whether flood and coastal defences are effective against tsunamis, or how they may amplify destructiveness, causing more devastation to areas previously thought to be safe. Once completed, the research will produce engineering guidance which can assist in disaster management worldwide.
Water proofing
A genetic tweak can make light work of some nervous disorders. Researchers at the UCL Institute of Neurology have found that using flashes of light to stimulate modified neurons can restore movement to paralysed muscles. ‘Optogenetics’ has been hailed as one of the most significant recent developments in neuroscience and involves genetically modifying neurons so they produce a light-sensitive protein. The protein then makes the neurons ‘fire’, sending an electrical signal when they are exposed to light. This new technique represents a means to restore the function of specific muscles following paralysing neurological injuries or disease and it is hoped that the technique can be developed into treatments for patients with motor neurone disease.
Light relief
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A FLAVOUR OF UCL’S RESEARCH /
A team of UCL Electronic & Electrical Engineering students recently won first prize in the ‘best use of hardware’ category at the NASA 2014 International Space Apps Challenge. Their project, Android Base Station, allows smartphones to become wifi hotspots by connecting to satellites using a 3D-printed robotic arm. The resulting ultra-portable, satellite tracking station has the ability to log the changes of micro-satellites in orbit, and automatically use one offering the cheapest bandwidth – satisfying the judges, who were looking for innovative solutions for global challenges, using publicly available data.
Very smart phone
UCL Technology Entrepreneurship MSc graduate, Marcin Piatkowski, has raised £180,000 in investment for his new folding electric bike, Jive Bike. The first of its kind, this Crowdcube-funded project is constructed from aluminium and is chainless, being propelled instead through enclosed drive shafts linked to the pedals. In developing the idea, Marcin won both a £15,000 Bright Ideas Award and a business plan competition organised by UCL Advances which provided him with a further £10,000. UCL Advances also gave Marcin one-to-one business advice. Orders for the bike – which will retail at an anticipated price of £1,500 – have already been taken.
On yer (electric) bike
Eat your greens
A study by UCL Epidemiology & Public Health has found that eating seven or more portions of fruit and vegetables a day can dramatically reduce the risk of death. The study suggests that people can reduce the risks of death by cancer and heart disease by 25% and 31% respectively and dying prematurely at any point in time by 42%, compared to eating less than one portion. The findings support the Australian government’s ‘Go for 2 + 5’ guidelines, which recommend eating two portions of fruit and five of vegetables and go on to show that whatever your starting point, it is always worth eating more fruit and vegetables.
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The UCL edge /
Your future is important to us. Our reputation relies, in part, on the quality and success of our alumni. At UCL we know that students choose to enter graduate study for a myriad of different reasons, and we are deeply committed to supporting our students’ aspirations and enhancing their skills and employability. Read on to find out about our award-winning* career consultancy service and pioneering entrepreneurship support.
Services available to graduate students include:
// Personal consultations to discuss future plans, or help with writing a CV or filling in application forms and practice interviews including PhD-specific appointments
// Bespoke Careers Consultant-led workshops for graduate students, including international students
// Employer-led events including career skills development workshops, networking events and forums
// Master’s Quickfix! sessions, covering all aspects of career planning and applications including finding and funding a PhD
// Job vacancy information and a careers information library with information ranging across the UK and overseas, and support in finding work placements.
UCL Careers also runs a vast number of events which are open to all students; for further details, see www.ucl.ac.uk/careers. UCL Careers is part of The Careers Group, University of London. UCL students are eligible to attend events hosted by The Careers Group www.gradsintocareers.co.uk
Careers support and advice
from UCL CareersUCL IS SECOND TO NONE IN ITS PROACTIVE AND WIDE-RANGING APPROACH TO BRINGING EMPLOYERS AND STUDENTS TOGETHER, AND IS CEASELESS IN ITS DRIVE TO ENHANCE THE SKILL SET AND EMPLOYABILITY OF ITS GRADUATES.
In 2013/14 an average of 22 employers per week visited the UCL campus.
* UCL Careers was the winner of the Careers Service/Academic Department Partnership award at the 2013 AGCAS (Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services) Awards.
** All data take from the ‘Destination of Leavers from Higher Education’ survey undertaken by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), looking at the destinations of UK and EU students in the 2013 graduating HESA report cohort, six months after graduation.
Top employers include:
RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
UCL, NHS, Harvard University, Cancer Research UK, Medical Research Council, GSK
TAUGHT PROGRAMMES
European Commission, NHS, Network Rail, UCL, KPMG, Ministry of Justice
£35,028for research programmes.
£27,346for taught programmes.
UCL mean graduate
starting salary**
Employer’s view: Civil Service Faststream
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UCL Advances, the centre for entrepreneurship and business interaction, helps anyone who wants to learn about, start or grow a business. We provide funding, business mentoring and consultancy, free office space, networking opportunities and internships as well as a programme of events and prizes for innovation.
// UCL Advances is unique in the UK Higher Education sector.
// Get involved with local businesses and gain hands-on experience by becoming a student consultant.
// UCL Advances Enterprise Scholarships provide funding for PhD students seeking to commercialise their research.
// Our business advisers provide impartial, confidential advice and business support to UCL students and recent alumni looking to start or develop their business.
// The UCL Bright Ideas Awards – established in 2008 to help new companies take their first steps into the market – offer a total of £100,000 in business loans to UCL student entrepreneurs.
To find out more about UCL Advances please visit
www.ucl.ac.uk/advances
UCL Advances
PhD student Jake Fairnie and Dr Anna Remington (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) have developed a website where users can work together to summarise research papers. MiniManuscript, described as the Wikipedia for academic literature, won the UCL Bright Ideas Award in 2012 together with a Shell Livewire Grand Ideas Award. The duo hope that MiniManuscript will be a huge time-saver for researchers, providing a much-needed tool in the world of academic research. “It’s like watching trailers for movies before you watch them,” explains Jake, “it doesn’t replace the full feature but it means you only go to see the ones you really want to watch.”
Case study:
BlueRonin (now called BaseStone) is an integrated platform and mobile application, enabling engineers and architects to manage their drawings more effectively. It’s the brainchild of UCL alumnus Alex Siljanovski, who, following advice from UCL Advances, developed a proposition that won the London Entrepreneurs’ Challenge in 2013. He has now taken his product to market and runs the business from the IDEALondon offices in Shoreditch, East London.
Case study: BlueRonin
MiniManuscript
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Fees and funding /
The information given below should not be considered exhaustive and, since this Prospectus is published well ahead of time, is subject to change. If you require funding, we advise you to investigate potential sources of funding at least 12 months before the relevant academic year, so as not to miss scholarship application deadlines.
Fees and costsFee levels for our graduate programmes vary considerably, reflecting the costs associated with different types of degree in different subject areas. The level will also depend on your fee classification as a UK, EU, Overseas or Channel Islands/Isle of Man student (this will be confirmed with your offer of a place at UCL).
// Fee levels shown are for full-time study for one academic year. Part-time or modular fees are normally charged approximately pro-rata.
// Fees cover registration, tuition and supervision for each academic session, and are subject to an annual increase.
// Specific programme tuition fees can be found at www.ucl.ac.uk/current-students/money. Most fees are quoted in British Pounds Sterling (GBP) but some are in other currencies.
// The figure given for living costs is intended as a guide and includes accommodation, food, travel and other day-to-day costs, all of which vary. The highest rate is based on an estimate of up to £322 per week for a 52-week academic year.
// You must pay at least 50% of your fees before or at enrolment; the remainder must be paid by 1 February 2016.
Sources of fundingThe information below is intended as a broad overview and includes a small selection of total funding available to graduate applicants. Detailed information can be found online at www.ucl.ac.uk/scholarships
Taught applicants
Career Development Loan from a financial institution
Personal or family finances
Sponsorship from UK or home country government (including UK Research Councils for UK/EU students, or British Council for Overseas students)
Sponsorship from charitable foundations, including trusts
UCL Scholarship, examples include:
// UCL Global Excellence Scholarships – £5,000 (based on merit)
// UCL Alumni Scholarship – £10,000 (based on financial need)
// UCL Gay Clifford Fees Award – £2,500 (female students in humanities and social sciences)
// Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme (students from Commonwealth countries)
// Fulbright / UCL Award – £13,500 maintenance and fees
// UCL Greenbank Scholarship – £10,000 towards fees (based on financial need)
The examples above are just a few of the funding schemes on offer at UCL. We currently have over 50 different scholarship and bursary schemes open to graduate students.
TAUGHT PROGRAMMES
UK/EU OVERSEAS
UCL tuition fees (2015/16) £4,635 – £24,410 £16,690 – £41,410
Living costs £11,400 – £16,744 £11,400 – £16,744
RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
UK/EU OVERSEAS
UCL tuition fees (2015/16) £4,635 – £13,285 £16,690 – £37,180
Living costs £11,400 – £16,744 £11,400 – £16,744
Additional Fee Element (AFE)* £0 – >£10,000 £0 – >£10,000
* An AFE (also known as a bench fee) is sometimes levied to cover additional costs related to a research degree. As each PhD project is unique this fee, where applied, is determined by your academic supervisor; please contact your supervisor directly for advice on whether or not your programme will incur an AFE. You will be notified of any AFE in your offer letter.
Research applicants
UK/EU
UK Research Councils or UK government – usually covers tuition fees and stipend
Studentships sponsored by industry/charitable foundations
Studentships formed from supervisor’s or host department’s research budget, sometimes match-funded through UCL’s Impact Awards
UCL Research Scholarships, examples include:
// 15 UCL Graduate Research Scholarships – covers tuition fees and living expenses
OVERSEAS
Sponsorship from home government
Studentships sponsored by industry/charitable foundations
Studentships formed from supervisor’s or host department’s research budget
UCL Research Scholarships, examples include:
// 40 UCL Overseas Research Student Awards – reduces tuition fee level to equivalent of UK/EU student
Current studentship opportunities are listed online at www.ucl.ac.uk/studentships
Competition for all scholarship funding is intense. Where it is awarded on the basis of academic excellence, applicants are normally required to have, or expect to achieve, a first-class UK Bachelor’s degree or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.
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NON-ACADEMIC FACILITIES /
Support and welfareUCL is committed to ensuring that you have access to all the support you need in order to be able to study effectively. Your research supervisor or departmental graduate tutor will be able to assist with any academic issues, and will be able to point you towards more specialist help if you need it. Our dedicated Student Support website has links to a wide range of resources including a peer support forum, at www.ucl.ac.uk/support-pages. UCL Student Psychological Services provide a counselling service www.ucl.ac.uk/student-counselling
UCL’s International Office provides information and advice to international students about applying to and studying at UCL www.ucl.ac.uk/international
The Student Centre is a walk-in facility for all graduate students which provides help and guidance on a wide range of matters, including visa issues. It also organises an International Students’ Orientation Programme for all new international students – see www.ucl.ac.uk/isop
UCL Student Disability Services provide information, advice and support for all disabled UCL students www.ucl.ac.uk/disability
UCL students also have access to an NHS Health Centre, and there is a Day Nursery for students with children.
UCL CareersPlease see page 10 for further information, or go online www.ucl.ac.uk/careers
UCL UnionAll graduate students automatically become members of the Postgraduate Association of the UCL Union (UCLU). UCLU offers various services including social and sports facilities and a Rights and Advice Centre which offers comprehensive information and advice on a wide range of matters http://pga.uclu.org
Non-academic facilities /
At UCL we’re committed to ensuring you have access to high-quality support, advice and welfare services, so that you can make the most of your time studying – and enjoy your time off!
AccommodationIf you wish to apply for student accommodation provided by UCL, you must do so by the deadline of 30 June 2015. Details of UCL Student Residences, their locations and facilities can be found at www.ucl.ac.uk/accommodation
University of London Housing Services provide intercollegiate accommodation and can offer advice about finding private housing in London www.housing.lon.ac.uk
UCL Doctoral SchoolThe UCL Doctoral School provides support to UCL’s research student community in a number of different ways. Our Code of Practice sets out the high standards you can expect from the school, whilst we attempt to ensure that your time at UCL fulfils your needs and expectations, equips you for leadership roles in the research world and elsewhere, and enables you to make the most of the excitement of research. Our online research log provides a means to manage your projects and track your research career. Through courses, interdisciplinary programmes and scholarships you will be encouraged to look beyond the boundaries of your chosen discipline, as well as sharing and broadening knowledge across disciplines through societies and competitions. More information and resources can be found on our website www.ucl.ac.uk/docschool
FACULTY OF
ARTS & HUMANITIES /
UCL Arts & Humanities is a renowned centre of excellence where research of world-leading quality feeds directly into programmes of study in areas such as English, Philosophy, Classics, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Information Studies and over 20 modern European languages. Fine Art is also offered at the UCL Slade School of Fine Art.
MAIN IMAGE: Dr Alexander Samson, Lecturer in Golden Age Literature. His research interests include relations between Spain and England from 1500 to 1640, European festival texts, the Habsburg Empire under Charles V and early colonial history.
Professor Melissa TerrasProfessor in Digital Humanities
My research focuses on the use of computational techniques to enable research in the arts and humanities that would otherwise be impossible. I’m interested in – and have been involved in – a variety of research areas that span many aspects of Digital Humanities, including imaging ancient and medieval documents, 3D scanning of cultural and heritage materials and an iOS application to deliver text analysis to a wide audience. My work is fundamentally interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary: I’m proud to have joint PhD students with Archaeology, Medical Physics, Computer Science, and Civil, Environmental, and Geomatic Engineering! We aim to explore how computational methods can benefit arts and humanities, heritage and culture, but also how to use various technologies and to report back on what it means to be using these technologies in new ways. It is a relatively new area and a vibrant research field.
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FACULTY OF ARTS & HUMANITIES /
Research groups and strengthsWe take a cross-disciplinary approach to our teaching and research. As well as our constituent departments, some of our key centres and research groups include the Centres for Archives & Records Management Research, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Exchanges, Humanities Interdisciplinary Research Projects, Multidisciplinary & Intercultural Inquiry, Philosophy, Justice & Health, Publishing, Research on the Dynamics of Civilisation and Translation Studies, as well as the Institute of Jewish Studies, Medieval & Renaissance Studies and the Survey of English Usage.
We are also a partner institution in the London Arts and Humanities Partnership (LAHP), alongside King’s College London and the School of Advanced Study. LAHP will train up to 400 graduate students in these three universities over seven years, and the training programme will serve approximately 1,300 research students.
The London advantageOur aim is to enable students to follow their own academic interests and develop both intellectually and personally. This aim is facilitated by our strong links with a range of local institutions. Our departments have agreements with a multitude of institutions including Birkbeck, the British Film Institute, the British Library, the British Museum, the Imperial War Museum, the Institute of Philosophy, the National Gallery, the School of Oriental and African Studies, Tate, publishers such as I.B. Tauris, and a number of embassies.
Global networksThe Yale UCL Collaborative provides our PhD students with the opportunity to study at Yale for a defined period of research. We also have a wide range of networks around the world from research collaborations with leading universities such as Peking University, to agreements with business and industry including internship opportunities organised by some of our departments. The global scope of our networks encompasses Europe, Africa and the Middle East, and spans the Americas to China and other parts of Asia.
Key features and facilitiesOur students have access to excellent libraries (including the Special Collections, a collection of rare manuscripts and archives including the George Orwell Archive, and excellent holdings in Classics, Egyptology and Jewish Studies) and state-of-the-art language learning facilities as well as our vast array of networks across London, the UK and overseas. We are committed to cross-disciplinary research; The Centre for Digital Humanities, for example, draws together teaching from a wide range of disciplines to investigate the application of computational technologies to the arts, humanities and cultural heritage, and we run a joint inaugural lecture series with the Faculty of Social & Historical Sciences and the School of Slavonic & East European Studies. The UCL Slade School of Fine Art has a world-leading reputation; all studio staff are practising artists with significant exhibition profiles, and studio space and facilities have been expanded and enhanced in recent years covering painting, sculpture and fine art media.
Scholarships and funding Faculty-wide funding is offered in the form of Wolfson Scholarships, with further opportunities available through the UCL Doctoral School. In addition, students may apply for scholarships funded through the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Support for a range of student-led conferences, seminars and workshops is provided across both Arts & Humanities and Social & Historical Sciences in the form of the Joint Faculty Institute of Graduate Studies, leading to a wide range of interdisciplinary events, with students encouraged to organise and run their own projects. This creates a rich and diverse opportunity for graduate students to further their research, learning and networking across both faculties; a truly interdisciplinary experience. Funding for research students is also available at faculty level for research projects, conferences and external training.
Employability and skillsNot only do our students have access to high-quality teaching across their own subject area and related areas, but they also have the chance to enhance and develop transferable skills – concrete skills that future recruiters look for in their candidates. These skills vary depending on the area you focus on. However, some key ones are: commercial awareness; communication; teamwork; problem-solving; ability to work under pressure and leadership. Our programmes will give you a good base and experience to talk to employers across multiple sectors and your career options are limitless.
A list of taught programmes can be found on pages 38–39
* All data taken from the ‘Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education’ survey undertaken by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), looking at destinations of UK and EU students in the 2013 graduating cohort six months after graduation.
Employment destinations
Some examples of career destinations of graduates from the faculty are shown below.*
RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
Research Fellow and Tutor, University of Oxford
Translator, BBC
Teacher, Academy of Fine Art
Journalist, LSC Publishing
Senior Lecturer, University of the Arts London
TAUGHT PROGRAMMES
Archive Cataloguer, National Portrait Gallery
Researcher, Ipsos MORI
Assistant Librarian, House of Lords
Corporate Fundraiser, UNICEF
Cultural Officer, Ministry of Culture
FACULTY OF
BRAIN SCIENCES /
Our vision is to solve the greatest health and wellbeing problems within brain sciences, in order to transform society and reduce the global burden of disease. The Faculty of Brain Sciences brings together a wealth of scientific and clinical expertise and provides recognised world-class education in both taught and research programmes at graduate level.
MAIN IMAGE: The retinal kaleidoscope. This image shows stem cell-derived neuroepithelia generated in 3D cultures. Staining for various photoreceptor markers creates the kaleidoscopic colour patterns.
Professor Sophie ScottProfessor of Cognitive Neuroscience
I study the human brain and how it enables us to use our voices for communication – I study how we speak, why we sound the way we do, all the other ways that we express information in our voices, and how our brains decode all of this. I’ve recently been particularly interested in laughter, as it’s a very interesting and ubiquitous emotion which seems to be very important in social interactions. My research is highly interdisciplinary, and I collaborate with physicists, phoneticians and neurologists, as well as clinical psychologists and cognitive scientists. I also work with other kinds of voice experts, such as beat boxers and impressionists. I’d really like to understand our voices and how we can help people whose voices have changed.
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Research groups and strengthsThe faculty brings together six institutes and divisions, each of which excels nationally and globally in its own area of expertise: the Institutes of Neurology, Ophthalmology and Cognitive Neuroscience and the Ear Institute, the Division of Psychology & Language Sciences and the Division of Psychiatry. Our research and educational programmes encompass genes, molecules and cells, systems, behaviour and complex interventions with key themes of sensory systems and therapies, neurodegeneration and neuroprotection, mental health, and understanding and influencing behaviour. Our portfolio of research-embedded educational programmes brings together different disciplines, informed by an ethos of cutting-edge research and enterprise.
We plan to enhance our existing MSc programmes for 2015/16 with new programmes in the areas of Stroke Medicine, Neuromuscular Diseases and Clinical Ophthalmology. For up-to-date information on our programmes please see www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/brain-sciences
The London advantageOne of the many advantages of being in the centre of London is our alignment and collaboration with a number of world-famous hospitals and research centres including the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour and the Francis Crick Institute (due to open 2015); the Leonard Wolfson Experimental Neurology Centre; our NIHR (National Institute for Health Research) Biomedical Research Centres, NIHR Dementia Biomedical Research Unit, Dementia and Neurodegenerative Disease Research Network (DeNDRoN), UCL Clinical Trials Collaborative Group and UCL Partners (including the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Moorfields Eye Hospital and the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital). The Clinical and Educational Psychology programmes and the Speech and Language Therapy programme have a large network of placements across London and the South East in hospitals, primary care trusts and educational facilities.
Global networksIn keeping with our internationally recognised excellence in research and education, we have a number of collaborative partners across the globe, e.g. Yale University, University of Zurich, University of Cambridge, Université Pierre et Marie Curie and École Normale Supérieure in Paris. The faculty has an outstanding tradition of working with industry, and has well-established strategic collaborations with major industrial partners such as GSK, Pfizer and Eisai. UCL is one of only five Academic Health Science Centres designated by the UK Department of Health in 2009 in recognition of the scope, scale and quality of our research and education.
Key features and facilities UCL provides the library and IT facilities associated with a world-leading university. The various institutes and divisions in the faculty have excellent discipline-specific facilities to support your studies, e.g. specialised libraries, IT facilities, cutting-edge laboratory facilities, MRI scanners and MEG scanners plus technical and administrative support staff. The Institute of Ophthalmology is located next to Moorfields Eye Hospital, the Ear Institute is located next to the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital and the Institute of Neurology is situated alongside the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. Many of our staff hold joint posts with these hospitals and the faculty, providing strong clinical links for our programmes. We have recently set up a network of student advisors for our MSc programmes whom you can contact before you apply; they will give you a unique perspective on studying in the faculty. See www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-sciences/students/pg-mentors
Scholarships and fundingOur clinical training programmes in Psychology and Speech and Language Therapy have a limited number of NHS-funded places, and our Professional Doctorates in Educational Psychology are funded by Local Education Authorities. We have a number of three- and four-year funded PhD programmes that are funded by UK Research Councils and biomedical research charities, e.g. the MRC, US National Institute of Health (NIH), the BBSRC, the ESRC, the Wellcome Trust and Marie Curie Cancer Care.
Employability and skillsOur graduate taught and research programmes provide you with excellent subject knowledge and applied, clinical and research skills for careers in specific areas such as psychiatry, speech and language therapy, psychology, ENT and further research. In addition, by the end of your programme you will have acquired a range of transferable skills, such as scientific writing, data analysis and entrepreneurship that make our graduates highly employable. Subject-specific careers consultants and alumni networks are also available to provide tailored advice and assistance.
A list of taught programmes can be found on pages 40–41
* All data taken from the ‘Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education’ survey undertaken by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), looking at destinations of UK and EU students in the 2013 graduating cohort six months after graduation.
Employment destinations
Some examples of career destinations of graduates from the faculty are shown below.*
RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
Clinical Psychologist, Newham Centre for Mental Health (NHS)
Educational Psychologist, Royal Borough of Greenwich, London
Senior Lecturer, UCL
Consultant Ophthalmologist, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Clinical Neurology Consultant, University College Hospital (NHS)
TAUGHT PROGRAMMES
PhD student, University of Oxford
Senior Interaction Designer, Thomson Reuters
Senior Primary Mental Health Therapist, Central and North West London (NHS)
Speech and Language Therapist, Homerton University Hospital Trust (NHS)
Assistant Policy Advisor, Cabinet Office Behavioural Insights Team
FACULTY OF
THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT /
The UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment spans the entire area of study and research. Individually, our sections lead their fields; in partnership they develop new responses to pressing world issues. As a whole, they represent a world-leading, multi-disciplinary faculty.
MAIN IMAGE: Students on the Environment and Sustainable Development MSc undertook fieldwork on the theme of ‘Transformative planning for environmental justice’ on a field trip to Lima, Peru. Small images from top to bottom: Plans for Wates House; the Bartlett Summer Show 2013; CASA map showing the patterns of traffic movement in London.
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Research groups and strengthsThe faculty is unrivalled in its breadth and depth of disciplines, programmes and departments. Our research capability is significant, with expertise in architecture, planning, construction and project management, development planning and environmental design as well as many other specialist fields. We lead built environment research, with the highest proportion of 4* (‘world-leading’) research in the UK government’s 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. Our School of Architecture has been voted the UK’s best by The Architects’ Journal for 11 consecutive years, and our research has a real-world impact, from one-off or local projects to national and international policy.
The London advantage
“What Boston is for medicine and Silicon Valley for IT, so London is for the built environment sector.”
– Professor Alan Penn, Dean, UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment
Much of our work focuses on London and we have close links with firms such as Foster + Partners, Wilkinson Eye, Buro Happold, Land Securities, Mace and Arup. Being in a world city with international centres of finance, media and culture, as well as countless museums, archives, collections and the UK’s seat of government, you’ll have plenty of occasions to engage with a range of organisations and develop research or employment opportunities.
Global networks The faculty works with a variety of institutions globally such as the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, the World Health Organization, and large multinationals like EDF. The Development Planning Unit, for example, is involved in curriculum development for the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS), in partnership with MIT, Arup, University of Cape Town and the Universidade Federal do ABC in Brazil. In October 2014 we will be launching the UCL Institute for Global Prosperity, with future projects in both Africa and the UK. We are also proactively developing our networks in East and South-East Asia by setting up UCL Built Environment Clubs in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea.
Key features and facilitiesAs a UCL student, you’ll have access to an exceptional range of study and research resources. Some of them, such as our lighting simulator and library, are valued by the wider built environment community too, with consultants and external specialists regularly putting them to use. Our library is one of the most comprehensive to be found anywhere for architecture, planning, building and construction management. You’ll also have access to the latest 3D printing and scanning technologies, advanced robotics and a virtual reality centre, as well as a central media resource providing photographic, audio-visual, and moving image equipment and guidance.
You’ll also have all of the facilities and expertise of other faculties at your disposal. We encourage staff and students to work together, across departments and faculties, and across disciplines, with collaboration through events such as research exchanges and showcases.
Scholarships and fundingThe faculty offers 22 Master’s scholarships of £5,000 to UK, EU and international students, allocated on the basis of financial need. Some fully- and part-funded studentships are also available for research students through our two Doctoral Training Centres, the London-Loughborough Centre for Doctoral Research in Energy Demand and SEAHA – the Centre for Doctoral Training in Science & Engineering in Arts, Heritage & Archaeology. Occasionally, funding for specific programmes or subject areas is offered by schools and centres, such as the four £5,000 Land Securities bursaries available from the faculty School of Planning, and two £5,000 Otto Koenigsburger Scholarships from the Development Planning Unit.
Employability and skillsStudying at the Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment will give you a distinctive, radical way of thinking about the world and its resources. Employers in London and across the world say they can recognise the faculty way of thinking in our graduates. UCL alumni have gone on to be founders, directors and partners of some of the world’s leading built environment businesses. They are also writers, filmmakers, musicians, policy-makers, journalists and politicians, because time spent here can lead in many directions. The interdisciplinary nature of study in the faculty means that our students discover new academic passions, and may even end up in professions they never knew existed.
A list of taught programmes can be found on page 42–43
* All data taken from the ‘Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education’ survey undertaken by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), looking at destinations of UK and EU students in the 2013 graduating cohort six months after graduation.
Employment destinations
Some examples of career destinations of graduates from the faculty are shown below.*
RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
Professor, Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Architect, Magdalini Mavridou
Principal Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University
Research Associate, UCL
Researcher, Humboldt University, Berlin
TAUGHT PROGRAMMES
Development Consultant, World Bank Group
Project Manager, Transport for London
Energy and Green Building Consultant, China Academy of Building Research
Management Trainee, Royal Borough of Greenwich
Urban Designer, Terry Farrell and Partners
FACULTY OF
ENGINEERING SCIENCES /
We work across the breadth of engineering, drawing on our multi-disciplinary environment to incorporate expertise from life sciences, pure mathematics, psychology and many other areas. Powered by our excellence in research, cutting-edge custom facilities, and teaching innovation, we produce solutions – and students – that change the world.
MAIN IMAGE: Professor Mohan Edirisinghe, Bonfield Chair of Biomaterials, Department of Mechanical Engineering. He has published over 300 journal papers, won 34 EPSRC grants and been awarded the Royal Society Brian Mercer Innovation Feasibility Award three times.
Professor Clare ElwellProfessor of Medical Physics
I am a medical physicist and my research focuses on the development of non-invasive optical brain imaging systems. These systems are currently being used in a range of multi-disciplinary projects including the investigation of early markers of autism in the first few months of life, understanding the role of malnutrition in brain development in Gambian infants, and monitoring acute brain injury in adult patients in neurocritical care. We have active collaborations with neurodevelopmental psychologists at Birkbeck, University of London, global nutrition experts at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and clinicians at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.
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Research groups and strengthsThe faculty is formally structured into 11 departments and a number of intersecting institutes and centres. We shape our research across a network of collaborations between groups, departments and faculties in order to address complex 21st-century challenges. Our cross-disciplinary activities span the macro-scales of marine engineering and the atomic manipulations of nanotechnology. We are noted for excellence in biomedical engineering, imaging and bioprocessing. At a systems level, we excel in communications, smart urban environments, and the security technologies to maintain them. Computer science is also a significant strength, while UCL Australia addresses energy and resource issues key to the region. We strive to integrate our diverse research strands with policy considerations, to ease their translation into benefit for humanity.
The London advantageIn addition to being a global financial centre, London is also home to a vibrant technology culture centred around East London’s ‘Silicon Roundabout’, rich in opportunities to collaborate with companies large and small. UCL Engineering works with some of London’s most iconic institutions, including Transport for London and British Telecom. Professional bodies, such as the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Institution of Engineering and Technology, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and BCS (The Chartered Institute for IT) maintain London facilities, which allows our students access to conferences, libraries, networking opportunities and representation. Our work with medical applications is trialled at both UCL Hospitals and London’s many other sites of clinical excellence, using cutting-edge facilities such as the new Proton Beam Therapy Centre. UCL Engineering computer graphics researchers work side-by-side with the BBC’s Research and Development team in Euston Square. Looking forward, the Intel Collaborative Research Institute for Sustainable Connected Cities will explore the future of urban areas.
Global networksUCL Engineering maintains relationships with major industrial, academic and NGO partners worldwide. The Yale UCL MedTech Collaboration brings together transatlantic expertise in engineering for wellbeing, while connections with Silicon Valley giants like Cisco, Microsoft and Intel keep our students in contact with the very latest research needs from this sector. Associations with major engineering consultancies such as Arup and Atkins provide real-world contexts to our students’ learning, driving collaborative research and giving industry insight through guest lectures. At UCL Australia, the International Energy Policy Institute has been founded in partnership with BHP Billiton, the world’s largest mining company.
Key features and facilitiesWithin our compact central location is concealed a myriad of specialist research facilities, which students will visit as their studies require. Some highlights include: cutting-edge equipment for atomic-scale manipulation and measurement at the London Centre for Nanotechnology; Europe’s only virtual trading floor, allowing students and researchers access to real financial data; a ‘virtual reality’ lab; an anechoic chamber; combustion facilities including a transparent engine; and a secure data lab for work on large confidential data sets. All UCL students and staff have access to the UCL MakeSpace housed in Engineering: an open access workshop for students to make their ideas real.
Scholarships and fundingAround £5 million is made available annually to fund research studentships, through ten focused centres with varying balances of funding from industry, research councils and others such as charities and public sector organisations. New for 2014 are EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training in Medical Imaging, Macromolecular Therapy, Engineering for Heritage Purposes, Photonic and Electronic Integration and Quantum Technologies. Scholarships covering tuition fees and living costs are available for most taught programmes; check online for eligibility.
Employability and skillsOur relationships with major employers give our graduates excellent information on, and smooth transition into, their future careers. We are one of only two UK universities involved in the Cisco internship programme, where students spend an expenses-paid year in California with the company. We also offer a unique two-year Industrial Master’s programme, where after a taught first year the second is spent in a salaried placement with an industrial partner. The faculty has dedicated careers staff with specialist knowledge of the engineering and technology sectors, and together with the careers support provided by UCL Careers and the University of London, we maintain these connections with employers and assist our students and graduates throughout their search for employment.
A list of taught programmes can be found on page 43–44
* All data taken from the ‘Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education’ survey undertaken by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), looking at destinations of UK and EU students in the 2013 graduating cohort six months after graduation.
Employment destinations
Some examples of career destinations of graduates from the faculty are shown below.*
RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
CEO, Puridify
Senior Research Scientist, Telekom Innovation Labs
Senior Sustainability Consultant, Ramboll
Technical Director, Pixar
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Cambridge
TAUGHT PROGRAMMES
Structural Engineer, Atkins
Medical Physicist, Addenbrooke’s Hospital (NHS)
Aeronautical Engineer, GE Aircraft Engines
Operating Model Manager, Lego
Systems Analyst, Morgan Stanley
FACULTY OF
LAWS /
For almost 200 years, UCL Laws has been one of the leading centres of legal education in the world, and remains committed to the rigorous, multi-disciplinary and innovative study of law in all its dimensions. Our established reputation for cutting-edge legal research places us at the heart of policy, practice and impact.
MAIN IMAGE: Professor Ioannis Lianos, Director, UCL Centre for Law, Economics & Society. His primary research interests lie in competition law, EU law, comparative administrative, regulatory law and law and public policy.
Professor Jane HolderProfessor in Environmental Law
The main focus of my research is environmental justice. I am exploring different dimensions of this field, especially in relation to climate change and local land use decision making. I have introduced a practical element into some of my teaching and research so that my students advise community groups about legal issues which affect them, for example community asset transfer, the effects of the Localism Act and the legal aspects of protesting against fracking developments. As a result, postgraduate students have produced a series of step-by-step community guides which are available to a broader range of groups and users. As a legal academic, the UCL Faculty of Laws has opened doors to the legal profession. But in addition, UCL’s reputation and location has meant that I have worked with a broad base of environmental organisations, including those in the charitable and NGO sectors.
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Research groups and strengthsUCL Laws is an intellectually dynamic and diverse community of scholars, with a world-leading reputation for research. Much of our research focuses around the faculty’s 16 specialist centres and institutes, but it also springs from the work of individual scholars and has had far-reaching influence on the development of government policies, national and international laws and legal principles. One of our distinctive features is the close and enduring working relationships we have with the users of our research, which include judges, lawyers and NGOs, government departments and industry, both here in the UK and abroad. Our exceptional research not only enhances the quality of our teaching and the supervision we give to all of our students, but also contributes to the solution of global challenges while shaping policy and the practice of law.
The London advantageStudying Law in London places you at the centre of the UK’s government, legal and financial communities. You’ll have the opportunity to learn from leading lawyers and judges, and have the chance to visit nearby courtrooms and meet your future employers at professional networking events held by the faculty. Only a short distance away in Russell Square, you’ll find the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, where you can take advantage of its specialist research library and extensive collections of foreign and international law.
Global networksWe are a truly international faculty, welcoming students and staff from all over the world. Through our research, we have forged strong links with academic institutions across the globe, leading to valuable partnerships and collaborations. Our participation in the innovative LawWithoutWalls programme gives our students the unique opportunity to engage with leading practitioners and mentors from partner institutions, including the Harvard Law School, Peking University and the University of Sydney. Our thriving alumni network, the Bentham Association, delivers a vibrant year-round programme of events. It brings together top academics and practitioners from around the world to share best practice and new ideas with the UCL Laws community and provides opportunities to network with peers, old friends, and potential employers.
Key features and facilitiesBentham House, the iconic home of UCL Laws, offers a dedicated space for our students to learn and study. You’ll be able to make use of our Moot Court to practise your advocacy and presentation skills, as well as our computer cluster rooms, spacious student common room, café and study areas for research students. Regular lectures, seminars and debates given by our academics, students and visiting experts on current legal problems and active research projects provide a valuable opportunity to develop your understanding of your chosen field, explore new ideas and initiate collaborations. What’s more, you can take advantage of all the facilities and services offered by UCL, including the outstanding law collection in the UCL Library, and the university’s engaging events programme, its museums and support services.
Scholarships and fundingUCL Laws offers a range of scholarships to support our graduate students. Ten faculty scholarships, each worth £5,000, provide financial assistance for both home and international students. Graduate research students can also apply for the faculty and the UCL Graduate Research Scholarships, which cover tuition fees and living expenses, as well as a variety of funding opportunities from UK research councils.
Employability and skillsStudying at UCL Laws will help you to enhance your abilities to think critically, analyse arguments and solve problems. You’ll develop excellent research skills, and understand how to negotiate and articulate your ideas effectively. These skills will provide a good foundation for a range of professional careers as well as further study, and whether you want to pursue a career in law, or your ambition lies elsewhere, we are committed to helping you to achieve your potential. Our in-house careers consultant is on hand to help you make the most of your time studying with us, but the support doesn’t end when you complete your studies. The Bentham Association, our global community of alumni, can also provide useful career support and advice, along with development opportunities through professional networking events and continuing professional development programmes.
A list of taught programmes can be found on page 45
* All data taken from the ‘Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education’ survey undertaken by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), looking at destinations of UK and EU students in the 2013 graduating cohort six months after graduation.
Employment destinations
Some examples of career destinations of graduates from the faculty are shown below.*
RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
Business Affairs Manager, Swarovski
Lecturer, UCL
Research Assistant, Law Commission
Lecturer, University of Southampton
Barrister, Thomas More Chambers
TAUGHT PROGRAMMES
Judicial Assistant, Royal Courts of Justice
Paralegal, Royal Bank of Scotland
Lawyer, Government Office
Tax Consultant, Pinsent Masons LLP
Market Infrastructure Specialist, ECB
FACULTY OF
LIFE SCIENCES /
The Faculty of Life Sciences is the hub for biological research at UCL. Research is conducted across the biological scales from molecules through cells and tissues to whole organisms and animal populations, and the incorporation of the School of Pharmacy has expanded faculty activity in the area of drug discovery and development.
MAIN IMAGE: A Zebrafish brain, illustrating the concept of molecular machines in biology, which has transformed the medical field in a profound way. Many essential processes that occur in the cell, including transcription, translation, protein folding and protein degradation, are all carried out by molecular machines.
Bijal PatelBiosciences PhD
I study the pharmacology and function of GABAA receptors, which mediate inhibitory neurotransmission in the mammalian central nervous system. These receptors control the excitability of neurons, and dysfunctions in GABAergic neurotransmission are associated with several neurological disorders including epilepsy, stroke, anxiety and autism. Therefore, GABAA receptors represent a major therapeutic target for several neurological conditions. My PhD has focused on identifying compounds that can selectively distinguish between the different GABAA receptor subtypes, with the aim of developing novel treatments with minimal side effects. Moreover, I have developed a deeper understanding of the structure, physiology and general pharmacology of GABAA receptors, which will contribute to our understanding of GABAA receptors in both healthy and diseased states.
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Research groups and strengthsOur students have access to an outstanding research environment in terms of both facilities and research groups. Scientists within the faculty are international leaders in many areas of research and among our areas of strength are structural biology and molecular engineering, cellular and systems neuroscience, cell, developmental and ageing biology, computational biology and evolution in many of its guises.
The London advantage Through UCL Partners, we work together with the UCL Faculties of Brain Sciences, Population Health Sciences and Medical Sciences, and major hospitals including UCLH, Moorfields Eye Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital, to provide a research environment that spans from basic research to patient benefit. UCL is also the founding academic partner of the Francis Crick Institute, which is set to be one of the world’s most powerful biomedical research institutes when it opens in 2015. We have formed numerous partnerships with nearby academic centres, many of which are within walking distance, including the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Birkbeck College – our partnership with the latter has led to the establishment of a very successful multi-disciplinary Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology. UCL has special arrangements to use the libraries of the Wellcome Trust and has very close links with the Institute of Zoology, British Museum and Natural History Museum.
Global networks The faculty has partnerships and collaborations involving many of the world’s great research institutions including Yale, the Max Planck Society, the US National Institute of Health (NIH) and the University of Zurich. At a smaller scale, most research laboratories have international collaborators and many participate in European research projects or training networks.
Key features and facilities The ability to understand biological processes is greatly enhanced by imaging techniques. Structural, biophysical and computer graphics also provide a glimpse of dynamic biological processes at molecular levels. Dynamic changes in key metabolites can also be visualised by imaging. We house some of the best imaging facilities in the country and research is undertaken with all of the most widely used model organisms. We also have access to outstanding infrastructure platforms; these include high throughput sequencing and genome analysis, small chemical libraries, proteomics, biological services, transgenics and informatics. A rolling renovation programme has led to the complete refurbishment of our Darwin building and refurbishment of the Medical Sciences building, where many of our staff members and laboratories are housed, is in progress.
Scholarships and fundingAcross the faculty a number of Wellcome Trust and MRC four-year programmes, various Research Council Industrial CASE studentships, and UCL Impact and Grand Challenge studentships are available. In addition, our BBSRC doctoral training programme combines bioscience research with mathematical and computational approaches, and a London NERC Doctoral Training Programme and EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Advanced Therapeutics and Formulation Sciences have both recently been announced. Studentships may be funded or part-funded by industry or by charities such as Diabetes UK, Alzheimer’s Research UK and Parkinson’s UK. There may also be funding opportunities through individual research grants as well as through other programmes such as those offered by UCL CoMPLEX (Centre for Mathematics & Physics in the Life Sciences & Experimental Biology). We also have a limited number of overseas research studentships and Doctoral School studentships which are awarded on academic merit.
Employability and skillsAn academic environment grounded in excellence and cross-disciplinary training, overseen closely by the thesis committee, provides an outstanding opportunity to learn skills which impact on local, regional, national and global research. As well as scientific development, emphasis on generic skills such as scientific writing, presentation skills, graduate teaching assistant training, data analysis, entrepreneurship and knowledge transfer skills provides enhanced employability and a competitive edge. The faculty divisions and research departments hold regular seminars, graduate symposiums and retreats which, in addition to providing a forum for exchanging scientific discovery, are also geared towards networking. Career-focused activities, such as employer networking events between employers and students, are carried out with the help of UCL Business and UCL Careers. In addition, our students have access to a dedicated careers consultant and an alumni network to provide support and further guidance.
A list of taught programmes can be found on page 45
* All data taken from the ‘Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education’ survey undertaken by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), looking at destinations of UK and EU students in the 2013 graduating cohort six months after graduation.
Employment destinations
Some examples of career destinations of graduates from the faculty are shown below.*
RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Cambridge
Senior Insight Analyst, Acxiom
Planning and Policy Manager, CCA
Academic Lecturer, Keele University
Team Leader in Analytical Research, Roche
TAUGHT PROGRAMMES
Histopathology Trainee, London Deanery (NHS)
Physiological Measurement Officer, Oto Dynamics
Site Start Up Specialist, Clinical Research Organisation
PhD Student, UCL
Pharmacist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
FACULTY OF
MATHEMATICAL & PHYSICAL SCIENCES /
The Faculty of Mathematical & Physical Sciences encompasses the logical, experimental and mathematical study of our Universe. Front-line research feeds directly into our teaching programmes, and our students benefit from access to first-class facilities. The faculty offers a range of programmes in emerging as well as more traditional academic areas.
MAIN IMAGE: Solar physicists at the UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory have studied the behaviour of the Sun’s coronal mass ejections, explaining for the first time the details of how these huge eruptions behave as they fall back towards the Sun’s surface. The tendril-like structures formed by falling plasma give an insight into the dynamics of the Sun’s magnetic field.
Tom BartlettCoMPLEX PhD
My PhD at UCL CoMPLEX is highly interdisciplinary, which means that throughout the degree I’ve worked closely with professors in both mathematical and medical sciences, researching topics at the cutting edge of both fields. I’m working on statistical network models, which are basically mathematical descriptions of the patterns which emerge as a result of interactions between discrete entities such as friends on Facebook, or in my research, human genes. Friends on Facebook group together naturally, and so do genes which interact with and influence each other. We’re approaching fundamental and unanswered questions in mathematical statistics, which is interesting in itself, but there are also many wider applications of such work. The application we’re focusing on is the identification of candidate biomarkers, which might ultimately give warning of disease risk or severity, as part of medical screening and diagnosis.
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Research groups and strengthsThe faculty spans the natural sciences, from fundamental physics to mathematics to the philosophy of knowledge. Students are split between the departments of Mathematics, Statistics, Earth Sciences, Physics & Astronomy, Space & Climate Physics, Science & Technology Studies, Chemistry, and the London Centre for Nanotechnology. Additionally, the faculty hosts a number of cross-disciplinary institutes such as CoMPLEX, the Centre for Planetary Sciences and the Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction. Cross-disciplinarity lies at the heart of the faculty’s work, with extensive joint projects with engineering and the life sciences in particular. The faculty hosts three EPSRC doctoral training centres: Molecular Modelling and Materials Science, Delivering Quantum Technologies and the London School of Geometry and Number Theory. The faculty also participates in the Photonic Systems Development centre.
The London advantageUCL’s location in central London is a huge advantage for study in the mathematical and physical sciences. Collaborations with other institutions are easily facilitated, and London is at the centre of world science. Visiting researchers, students and guest lecturers pass through UCL regularly. The London Centre for Nanotechnology is a collaboration between UCL and Imperial College London, while Earth Sciences and Planetary Sciences collaborate extensively with nearby Birkbeck, University of London. Students in Science & Technology Studies have access to the Wellcome Library, Senate House and British Library, all within ten minutes’ walk. Financial Mathematics students benefit from proximity to one of the world’s great financial centres. The faculty also participates in the Francis Crick Institute, due to open in 2015.
Global networksGraduate students in the faculty are major users of international scientific facilities, such as CERN, the European Southern Observatory and international space science missions. The Mullard Space Science Laboratory is a unique facility in the UK, which serves as one of the main nodes of the European space programme. This involves close collaboration with public bodies such as the European Space Agency and industrial partners including Airbus Defence and Space and e2v. Members of other departments are closely involved with numerous national and international collaborations, including CERN, the Dark Energy Survey, ExoMars and the UK Catalysis Hub, and the faculty has joint programmes with the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), and the Singapore Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). The Aon Benfield UCL Hazard Centre, a joint project of UCL Earth Sciences and insurance corporation Aon Benfield, is Europe’s leading research centre into natural hazards.
Key features and facilitiesUCL is home to world-class laboratory facilities and excellent libraries offering a wide range of resources. UCL’s London Centre for Nanotechnology contains the only city-centre nanotechnology laboratory in the UK and UCL Earth Sciences has a wide range of laboratories including a major geochronology facility. In addition, students can use first-class supercomputers such as UCL’s own Legion Cluster, and have access to world-leading external facilities. UCL also operates its own astronomical observatory a short distance from the main campus. The faculty places great importance on cross-fertilisation between different fields of research, which are fostered through institutes and centres covering quantum science, risk, planetary science, origins of life and the universe and physics in the life sciences. The Department of Science & Technology Studies is the only integrated centre for the study of the history, philosophy, sociology and communication of science in the UK.
Scholarships and fundingA range of support is available, including PhD studentships from the UK research councils. The Dean’s Prize provides outstanding research students with scholarships up to the value of UCL student fees. These are particularly geared towards international students who have gained stipend awards, but not fee awards, from their home countries.
Employability and skillsStudents have access to UCL Careers, who can provide coaching and advice as well as organising careers fairs with potential employers. The faculty also benefits from close links with industry, through participation in doctoral training centres and joint ventures. Postgraduate qualifications in the mathematical and physical sciences give access to a wide range of careers with students continuing into positions such as postdoctoral researchers, instrument scientists, engineers and teachers.
A list of taught programmes can be found on page 46
* All data taken from the ‘Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education’ survey undertaken by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), looking at destinations of UK and EU students in the 2013 graduating cohort six months after graduation.
Employment destinations
Some examples of career destinations of graduates from the faculty are shown below.*
RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
Cryogenic System Engineer, Airbus Defence and Space
Research Technologist, Sellafield Ltd
Senior Science Editor, Thomson Reuters
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oxford
Cyber Security Consultant, BAE Systems
TAUGHT PROGRAMMES
Process Innovation Executive, Samsung
Policy Adviser, DEFRA
Financial Analyst, Deutsche Bank
Statistical Analyst, Nielsen
Senior Catastrophe Risk Analyst, Canopius
FACULTY OF
MEDICAL SCIENCES /
We aim to generate a deeper understanding of human disease, driving forward the development of new diagnostic tools and therapeutic interventions. Operating through partnerships, particularly with our associated NHS hospitals, the Faculty of Medical Sciences is a centre of excellence across a broad range of experimental medicine areas.
MAIN IMAGE: Dr Anne Young, Reader in Biomaterials, UCL Eastman Dental Institute. She is currently running a research group to develop new polymer-based composites for tooth and bone repair.
Hashim AhmedMRC Clinician Scientist and Senior Clinical Lecturer in Urology
Our group is looking how to improve the diagnosis and impact of prostate cancer. The group is composed of a wide range of medical professionals, as well as computer scientists, engineers, clinical trialists, and patients. This broad skill set means we can approach the problem from all angles and deliver research which is relevant to the NHS and the patients being looked after within it. Our research has already changed practice, in that men are now commonly offered an MRI scan before they have a prostate biopsy to diagnose prostate cancer. Prior to our research, the biopsy was done straight away. Our research has also led to improvements in treatment so that many more men now have access to minimally invasive therapies rather than traditional treatments which can carry lots of side-effects.
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Research groups and strengths The six divisions that make up the faculty (Cancer Institute, Eastman Dental Institute, Division of Infection & Immunity, Medical School, Division of Medicine, Division of Surgery & Interventional Science) each have a programme of innovative research reflecting our expertise in clinical and translational science. Recent examples of our work include: the development of a bioartificial liver for patients in acute liver failure, the study of dental disease in elite sports people and the proof of concept in prostate cancer of a novel platform therapy. The science behind innovations such as these underpins our graduate training programmes, which are preparing the leaders in clinical research of the future.
The London advantage Novel therapeutic approaches are poised to have a significant impact on the treatment of diabetes, cancer, liver disease and many other conditions. London may be regarded as a microcosm of the world and as such provides a unique environment in which to study and research these important medical challenges. Our partnerships with the NHS and Public Health England (PHE) provide an unrivalled resource in terms of patient cohorts and specialist facilities. An example is the new Institute of Immunity & Transplantation at the Royal Free Hospital. Other developments which the faculty are involved with are Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst (a partnership between GSK, UCL and the University of Cambridge) which will provide a supportive environment for pioneering enterprise activities, and the Francis Crick Institute (due to open in 2015), a world-leading centre of biomedical research and innovation.
Global networks Our researchers lead projects and collaborations across the world. As well as the Yale UCL Collaborative, there is an extensive portfolio of research collaborations funded by the US National Institute of Health (NIH) and the EU. We have a global perspective with research programmes in Europe, Africa, South-East and South Asia. UCL Medical School has established a range of international partnerships to deliver expertise in the development of medical education in different countries and cultures.
Key features and facilities Access to modern facilities is a fundamental requirement for graduate students in order to pursue their studies effectively. We have the tools to enable you to follow your ideas, and these are backed up with the technical expertise to ensure you get the most out of your time with us. Although each of our divisions has the resources required for its discipline, our students also have access to the huge resource of expertise and equipment available across UCL as a whole. Equipment is important, but an environment that enables you to learn and explore is what will allow you to develop as a scientist and we provide that environment. Each of our divisions runs an active programme of research seminars, talks and lectures to give you access to the leaders in your field, and also to bring you into regular contact with other students for support and guidance.
Scholarships and funding The faculty has a number of PhD programmes that attract external funding (e.g. ATTRACT studentships in the area of adoptive cell therapy). Similarly, bursaries are available for some taught programmes. Information about all these funding opportunities can be found on our divisional websites.
Employability and skills Our programmes are designed to provide you with the knowledge and experience gained from a research-intensive university. This will prepare you for a career where an understanding of research methodology will give you an advantage in the future. Naturally, a first destination for our graduates is often an academic or NHS research role, but pharmaceutical companies, clinical trials companies and financial organisations are also common employers. Many of our graduates are on career tracks within the NHS and the programmes we offer reflect this, providing an opportunity to acquire key skills as well as discipline- and research-specific knowledge. Taught programmes are often mapped directly to the training needs of specific professional groups. Whether you are on a career track or still considering your options, we will provide career advice to help you on your way forward.
A list of taught programmes can be found on page 47–48
* All data taken from the ‘Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education’ survey undertaken by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), looking at destinations of UK and EU students in the 2013 graduating cohort six months after graduation.
Employment destinations
Some examples of career destinations of graduates from the faculty are shown below.*
RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
Clinical Research Associate, Roche
Clinical Oncologist, National Cancer Centre Singapore
Medical Writer, Adelphi Communications
Research Scientist, Apogenix
Analytical Scientist, GlaxoSmithKline
TAUGHT PROGRAMMES
Lecturer in Oral Surgery, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
Research Assistant, UCL
Engineer, Bayer Products Laboratory Ltd
Assistant Investigator, Fusion Vax
Clinical Science Specialist Assistant, United Bioscience Group
FACULTY OF
POPULATION HEALTH SCIENCES /
We seek to deliver outstanding research and teaching for improved human health. The unifying concept that informs our scholarship and educational activity is the life-course. Our research elucidates the biological, behavioural and psychosocial processes operating across an individual’s life, and across generations, that affect the development and progression of disease.
MAIN IMAGE: Mike Rowson, Principal Teaching Fellow in Global Health. Informed by his previous professional experiences in global health advocacy and NGO management, Mike teaches across a range of policy areas, including global health governance; health systems; the health effects of economic change; and conflict and health.
Anna DavidReader in Obstetrics and Maternal Fetal Medicine
My main research is in translational medicine. I lead the Prenatal Cell and Gene Therapy Group at the UCL Institute for Women’s Health. Our aim is to develop prenatal therapies for life-threatening disorders such as congenital diseases (e.g. thalassaemia) or obstetric complications such as fetal growth restriction. At the same time I am working with ethicists, patients and the public to investigate the safety and ethical issues of such treatments. I collaborate with UCL medical physicists, medical image computing experts and engineers to develop new ways to image and treat the fetus in the womb. My group works closely with the Surgery Unit at the UCL Institute of Child Health to investigate the therapeutic potential of fetal stem cells such as those found in the amniotic fluid and placenta. We are currently setting up the first amniotic fluid stem biobank for therapeutic use.
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Research groups and strengths Our institutes together encompass conception, birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, older age and death. The Institutes for Women’s Health, of Child Health, Cardiovascular Science, and Epidemiology & Health Care comprehensively address these phases and periods at an individual and population level. The Institutes of Clinical Trials & Methodology, Health Informatics and for Global Health focus on how potential health gains can be realised nationally and internationally. The range of disciplines from which staff are drawn (clinical scientists, epidemiologists, biostatisticians, health social scientists, biologists, geneticists, and allied health professionals), our collaborative approach (working with engineers, lawyers, biotechnologists and economists, among others) and the initiatives in which we are involved all ensure that we provide a supportive, challenging and vibrant institution in which to study.
The London advantage Our central London location delivers huge competitive advantage and academic benefit. Our links to, and involvement with, clinical partners (UCL Partners, Biomedical Research Centres) and leading research and policy-making institutions (MRC, Wellcome Trust, ESRC, National Institute for Health Research, Public Health England, NICE, the Department of Health) are reflected in our involvement in, and leadership of, collaborative research initiatives. Our unparalleled access to high-quality research facilities and academic expertise informs the structure and content of the teaching programmes we offer. We constitute the largest single concentration of population health scientists in any UK medical school. Whilst our academic links provide opportunity, the more immediate impact for every student is the very high calibre and capabilities of the staff we recruit and retain as a result of being a research-led teaching institution. Their involvement in cutting-edge research delivers a unique teaching environment.
Global networks The future health of many communities is intimately bound up with global challenges – climate change, international trade, migration, urbanisation, and population growth. Global challenges require global solutions, so it is unsurprising that we receive research funding not only from the UK, but also from the US National Institute of Health (NIH) and from the EU. UCL’s global health research is increasingly multi-disciplinary, as seen in our Institute for Global Health, and across the faculty, in epidemiology, child health, women’s health and in cardiovascular science. The Institute of Clinical Trials & Methodology has collaborations in more than 80 countries: Population Health at UCL is truly global in its reach and aspiration.
Key features and facilities Our teaching and computing facilities incorporate current technology, and provide audiovisual facilities as well as Lecturecast in many sites. Major refurbishments in laboratories within the Institutes of Child Health and Cardiovascular Science, and investment in non-invasive imaging, high-speed computing and ‘omics’ analysis capabilities, have increased the opportunities for research projects. In addition, there are opportunities for non-laboratory based research in epidemiology and biostatistics, clinical trials, health informatics, psychology, and developmental paediatrics. UCL’s extensive network of library services
and new student hubs provide core facilities, and students normally have access to local common rooms. The faculty is enhancing e-learning provision and delivering student-focused initiatives – for example, a Postgraduate Research Mentoring Scheme and faculty careers events and induction days – to help provide a continuum of support, from prospective student through to successful graduate.
Scholarships and fundingStudentships are available annually for specific research areas and programmes identified by funders (e.g. ESRC, MRC, British Heart Foundation), secured as part of individual projects and research proposals (e.g. National Institute for Health Research, Cancer Research UK) and/or available in annual competition to support the best proposals in a given field (Child Health Research Appeal Trust). Scholarships are also secured for taught programmes where funders believe they address specific training and capacity requirements. The nature of the funding, with a relatively fast-changing landscape of funding opportunities, determines that all scholarships are held at institute or programme level and that applicants have to contact institutes directly to secure the most up-to-date information.
Employability and skills We offer a unique environment for cross-disciplinary study, as well as the opportunity to engage with peers and staff with professional experience in many different domains of population health, including health service delivery, research, programme management, health policy and advocacy. As a student, you will benefit from world-class education and training, and graduate with the skills and knowledge sought after by industry, government departments and voluntary and public sector organisations worldwide, as well as leading academic institutions. Institutes within the faculty run alumni and networking events and foster relationships with industry, third sector and governmental organisations, other higher education institutions, partner hospitals and the wider NHS – developing extensive networks that support future success.
A list of taught programmes can be found on page 48–49
* All data taken from the ‘Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education’ survey undertaken by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), looking at destinations of UK and EU students in the 2013 graduating cohort six months after graduation.
Employment destinations
Some examples of career destinations of graduates from the faculty are shown below.*
RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
Postdoctoral Fellow, World Health Organization
Policy Manager, NHS Alliance
Consultant Paediatric Intensivist, Great Ormond Street Hospital (NHS)
Clinical Research Fellow, UCL
Specialist Registrar, Royal Brompton Hospital (NHS)
TAUGHT PROGRAMMES
Research Assistant, University of Hong Kong
Project Consultant, National Autistic Society
Epidemiology Consultant, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Embryologist, The Bridge Centre
Research and Policy Assistant, British Medical Association
SCHOOL OF
SLAVONIC & EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES /
Founded in 1915, the UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies (SSEES) is one of the world’s leading institutions specialising in Central, Eastern, South-Eastern Europe, Russia and Eurasia. We are uniquely distinguished in our research, teaching and professional activities and offer distinctive programmes in Economics and Business, History, Languages and Culture, and Politics and Sociology.
MAIN IMAGE: Professor Wendy Bracewell, Professor of South-East European History. Her current project is a study of travel polemics: the ways that people – ‘travelees’ – respond to reading foreign travellers’ accounts of their societies.
Bartley RockSSEES PhD
My PhD uses a case study of the response of a rural province to the Russian famine of 1891–92 to understand how the late Tsarist state functioned. The famine, which killed between 200,000–400,000 people and saw 80 million people receive food aid, was an event that shook the foundations of the state and contributed to the political environment that would lead to the 1917 revolution. The very provinces affected by the famine were seen as chaotic places and backwaters, incapable of either proper government or mounting a proper response to crises. My research challenges this by looking at previously unseen archival material and focusing on key provincial institutions such as the governor, provincial and district councils and village administration. I aim to show that despite being chronically under-resourced, they were proactive, sought to correct structural defects and used the crisis to articulate a strong sense of local initiative and identity.
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Research groups and strengthsSSEES hosts five interdisciplinary research centres, and leads the inter-university Centre for East European Language Based Area Studies (CEELBAS). We also lead one of the four strands in a 21-strong consortium for a major EU-funded project (ANTICORPP), investigating European responses to the challenge of corruption, with partners in Gothenburg, Berlin and Florence. New Horizons, a programme funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation of New York, is based at SSEES and works on understanding fast-changing developments in the post-Soviet space, and e-conceptualisation of Language-Based Area Studies to facilitate interdisciplinary and transnational research.
The London advantageWe have forged close relationships with a range of institutions in London, including Chatham House, the British Chamber of Commerce, the EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development), the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the British Library, Transparency International and NGOs including Health Prom and the BEARR Trust – all of which have offered SSEES students and scholars internships or other opportunities for collaboration, and some of which are Associate Partners within the International Master’s programme (IMESS). With our ideal central London location, we have long cultivated successful connections with the London embassies, and regularly co-sponsor events involving leading international figures such as Martti Ahtisaari (2008), Madeleine Albright (2010), Gordon Bajnai (2012) and Slavoj Žižek (2014).
Global networksAt the heart of SSEES’s international networks is the SSEES-led IMESS programme, developed from long-standing institutional partnerships with universities in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Poland, Russia and Serbia. From this, a formal institutional partnership with the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE, Moscow) emerged in 2011, and resulted in a successful application to the ESRC for a PhD partnership programme between HSE and UCL. Successful collaboration and networking often starts through our many bilateral and multilateral exchange arrangements with partner universities and institutions, and with external sponsors (such as the three-month visiting fellowships we offer, co-funded by the governments of Estonia, Hungary, Poland and Lithuania).
Key features and facilitiesThe SSEES library is one of the leading research libraries in the UK for the study of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Comprising around 400,000 volumes of books, pamphlets and periodicals, the library is unique in the UK for the quantity of research material on open access, its extensive archive, collection of newspapers from the region and unique audio-visual holdings. Students are also offered all the library resources of UCL, including unparalleled access to electronic journals and databases. Research is supported not only by expert supervisors, but also by a great variety of seminar series, conferences, lectures, and workshops. Visitors to SSEES include Central and East European and Russian politicians, top academics from around the world, and writers and intellectuals from all the geographical areas covered by the school.
Scholarships and funding AHRC and ESRC scholarships for MA, MRes, MPhil and PhD study and a range of IMESS studentships are available. In addition, up to six SSEES studentships are awarded annually, covering tuition fees at UK/EU level. The SSEES Foundation Scholarship is available to prospective MPhil/PhD research students, and the Victor and Rita Swoboda Memorial Scholarship supports a PhD in Ukrainian Studies.
Employability and skills Popular destinations of our recent graduates include government services, international agencies and NGOs, consultancies, the media, teaching, law and corporate training schemes. Examples include: Government Policy Advisor, Finance and Investment Analyst, Social Researcher, Business Risk Analyst, Legal Trainee, and Parliamentary Intern, while others have pursued further study and research. Career planning is part of the study experience, with a huge range of opportunities to enhance employability. Campus and faculty careers sessions with relevant employers, networking with former students, sessions on applications and interviews, and access to internship and placement opportunities are all dedicated to ensuring students are at an advantage in the employment market, by understanding what is important to personal career development and how to show added value in the workplace.
A list of taught programmes can be found on page 49
* All data taken from the ‘Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education’ survey undertaken by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), looking at destinations of UK and EU students in the 2013 graduating cohort six months after graduation.
Employment destinations
Some examples of career destinations of graduates from the faculty are shown below.*
RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
Wellcome Trust Research Fellow, University of Cambridge
Senior Research Associate, European Centre for Minority Issues
Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh
Lecturer, Queen Mary, University of London
Senior Research Officer, Institute of Education, University of London
TAUGHT PROGRAMMES
Financial Analyst, Goldman Sachs
Case Worker, Houses of Parliament
Social Researcher, NHS
Global Education Officer, Childreach International
Risk Manager, GE Capital
FACULTY OF
SOCIAL & HISTORICAL SCIENCES /
UCL Social & Historical Sciences encompasses an area of knowledge where science meets the humanities. The interests and methods of our departments, whose research expertise ranges from Archaeology, Anthropology, Geography and the Americas, through to History, History of Art, Economics and Political Science, offer excellent opportunities for innovative and collaborative research.
MAIN IMAGE: A new laser 3D scanning instrument, devised by researchers in UCL Geography, can measure the structure and carbon content of forests in the UK and across the tropics. This image shows a test carried out in the UCL Quad, the colours representing the intensity of the reflected laser pulses.
Professor Mike Parker PearsonProfessor of British Later Prehistory
My research in recent years has focused on Stonehenge – why was it built, by whom, and when? Since 2003 I’ve been leading a team of top archaeologists from different universities in the UK to answer these questions. Our many discoveries include a large settlement in its vicinity, a hitherto unknown henge at the end of Stonehenge’s ceremonial avenue, and a natural land form underneath this avenue, coincidentally aligned on the solstice, that we think attracted prehistoric people to this spot.
Currently we are researching the sources of the stones for Stonehenge. Whilst the larger ones were probably brought from just 20 miles away, many of the smaller ones came from Pembrokeshire in Wales, a journey of about 180 miles. One theory that we are investigating is the possibility that there was an even earlier ‘Stonehenge’ in Pembrokeshire, and that it was dismantled and brought to Salisbury Plain in an act of unification.
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Research groups and strengthsOur various departments play a major role in UCL’s growing network of cross-disciplinary research centres. Major interdisciplinary projects are run by the UCL China Centre for Health & Humanity, the Centre for Transnational History, the Institute of the Americas and the UCL Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Studies. A wide range of other centres also cover areas ranging from digital anthropology to migration, and from specialist areas such as climate change, constitutional change and human rights to museum studies and heritage management.
We are also a partner institution in the London Arts and Humanities Partnership (LAHP), alongside King’s College London and the School of Advanced Study. LAHP will train up to 400 graduate students in these three universities over seven years and the training programme will serve approximately 1,300 research students.
The London advantageBased in the heart of London, we have strong relationships with a range of industry-specific contacts, businesses, research centres and funding bodies. Special agreements currently exist with the House of Lords, the British Academy, Marie Curie Cancer Care and the Wellcome Trust, along with a number of embassies from Colombia to China and across the Middle East. We are also located close to invaluable resources such as the British Library and British Museum, the Institutes of Historical Research and Classical Studies and the Warburg Institute.
Global networksWe offer various opportunities in collaboration with overseas partners. UCL’s School of Public Policy and NYU Wagner have created a unique partnership to offer an innovative one-year Joint Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA). As part of this partnership, students will spend the first semester at NYU Wagner in New York City and the spring term at UCL in London; the summer is then spent in locations across the globe working on a client-based Capstone Project. The Yale UCL Collaborative provides PhD students with the opportunity to study at Yale for a defined period of research. Alongside this, we have a wide range of academic ties with overseas institutes including expansion in the Middle East through UCL Qatar. UCL Qatar offers graduate degree programmes in Museum Studies, Library and Information Studies, and Archaeology and Conservation, with a significant emphasis on the heritage of the Gulf region and the opportunity to undertake extended placements at museums and heritage sites across the region.
Key features and facilitiesOur students have access to state-of-the-art computing facilities and a well-equipped Map Room in Geography, on-site collections such as the Ethnography Collection, the Institute of Archaeology Collections and Library, the Petrie Museum of Egyptology and the UCL Art Museum, as well as UCL Library Special Collections. Many departments run specialist seminars, often with high-profile visiting speakers, and we run a joint inaugural lecture series with the Faculty of Arts & Humanities and the School of Slavonic & East European Studies. The methods of learning and teaching within the faculty are varied and diverse; however, all graduate programmes require students to have reached a high level of proficiency in their field. The majority of learning hours are spent in independent study outside the classroom, and teaching provides not only instruction and training, but also facilitates, guides, and engages with each student’s own independent work.
Scholarships and funding Faculty-wide funding is offered in the form of Wolfson Scholarships, with further opportunities available through the UCL Doctoral School. In addition, students may apply for scholarships funded through the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Support for a range of student-led conferences, seminars and workshops is provided across both Arts & Humanities and Social & Historical Sciences in the form of the Joint Faculty Institute of Graduate Studies, leading to a wide range of interdisciplinary events, with students encouraged to organise and run their own projects. This creates a rich and diverse opportunity for graduate students to further their research, learning and networking across both faculties; a truly interdisciplinary experience. Funding for research students is also available at faculty level for research projects, conferences and external training.
Employability and skillsNot only do our students have access to high-quality teaching across their own subject area and related areas, but they also have the chance to enhance and develop transferable skills – concrete skills that future recruiters look for in their candidates. These skills vary depending on the area you focus on. However, some key ones are: commercial awareness; communication; teamwork; problem-solving; ability to work under pressure and leadership. Our programmes will give you a good base and experience to talk to employers across multiple sectors and your career options are limitless.
A list of taught programmes can be found on page 50–51
* All data taken from the ‘Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education’ survey undertaken by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), looking at destinations of UK and EU students in the 2013 graduating cohort six months after graduation.
Employment destinations
Some examples of career destinations of graduates from the faculty are shown below.*
RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
Museum Educator, Centre for Contemporary Art
Consultant, International Labour Organization
Academic Researcher, University of Paris IV: Paris-Sorbonne
Management Consultant, Self-employed
Postdoctoral Researcher, UCL
TAUGHT PROGRAMMES
Archaeologist, Museum of London
Assistant Curator, Natural History Museum
Senior Intelligence Analyst, British Transport Police
Economist, Bank of England
Senior Researcher, Institute for Fiscal Studies
TYPES OF STUDY AND ENTRY REQUIREMENTS /GRADUATE PROSPECTUS 2015/16 ENTRY /
Types of study and entry requirements /
We offer a variety of programmes which include the opportunity to undertake substantial, in-depth research and make an original contribution to your chosen field.
Research degrees may start at any time of the year, but typically begin in September.
Doctor of Philosophy – PhD Master of Philosophy – MPhilPhD study is offered in all UCL’s academic units. Students are required initially to register for the MPhil qualification and upgrade after one year (it is also possible to register with the intention of graduating with the MPhil degree). The MPhil/PhD programme normally lasts for three years full-time or five years part-time, although some are offered on a four-year full-time basis.
UCL hosts a large number of prestigious, UK government funded, Doctoral Training Centres. Programmes are funded for four years. The first year includes taught elements for developing research and transferable skills as well as a research element to explore potential PhD-level topics. For a list of the centres, see www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/research
Doctor in Engineering – EngDThis is a four-year, full-time programme, developed to provide business and technical expertise in conjunction with doctoral-level research skills. Students carry out an industrial research project within a company as part of the programme.
Doctor of Medicine (Research) – MD(Res)This programme is aimed specifically at clinical practitioners who wish to undertake a piece of supervised research associated with their employment. Students must be registered for a minimum of two calendar years (either full-time or part-time) before submitting a thesis for examination.
Professional DoctoratesThese programmes provide an education at an intellectual level equivalent to that of a PhD. In addition to the research component and thesis, they include elements of a practical, work-related and professional nature, as well as taught components assessed by coursework.
Professional Doctorates are offered within the Faculties of Brain Sciences and Medical Sciences.
Master in Philosophical Studies – MPhil StudThis two-year research degree, offered by the Department of Philosophy, includes a significant taught component and is the standard route for entry for a PhD in the department.
Our graduate taught programmes are designed to meet a range of needs – they may provide a foundation for research, or a route to career advancement, for example – and many of them offer flexible learning options to allow you to combine your study with professional or personal commitments.
Taught programmes normally begin at the start of the academic year in September.
Master’s programmesThese include: Master of Arts (MA), Master of Sciences (MSc), Master of Architecture (MArch), Master of Clinical Dentistry (MClinDent), Master of Fine Art (MFA), Master of Laws (LLM), Master of Public Administration (MPA) and Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA).
Master’s programmes usually extend over 12 months full-time or two years part-time; an increasing number are offered on a flexible learning basis over three to five years (please see individual programme entries online at www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate for information).
Master of Research – MResThe MRes degree normally extends over 12 months full-time, though some may be offered part-time (please see individual programme entries online at www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate for information). The degree includes taught elements, a significant research component, and training in research techniques to form the basis for doctoral study or a research career.
Postgraduate Diploma – PG DipThese programmes usually share an identical syllabus with the taught component of a corresponding Master’s programme, and extend over nine months full-time or two years part-time, or longer if flexible study is offered.
Postgraduate Certificate – PG CertThese programmes offer a certificated qualification attained over a shorter period of study – usually 15 weeks full-time or over one to two years if taken flexibly. They usually consist of selected components of a corresponding Master’s or Postgraduate Diploma programme.
Graduate Diploma – Grad DipFor details (including entry requirements) of free-standing Graduate Diplomas in Archaeology or Civil Engineering please contact the relevant department.
Distance learningAn increasing number of UCL graduate programmes can be taken on a distance learning basis, whereby all teaching is delivered online. Please see individual programme entries online at www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate
Short courses and continuing professional developmentAcademic units may offer courses from taught programmes and/or short courses, seminars and summer schools to support continuing professional development or for general interest. See www.ucl.ac.uk/lifelearning for more information.
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International qualificationsUCL considers a wide range of international qualifications for entry to its degree programmes. Please refer to the online UCL Graduate Prospectus for details of qualification equivalencies (www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate; entry requirements information is on the individual degree pages).
English language proficiency requirementsIf your first language is not English you will be required to provide recent evidence that your command of English is adequate. This may take the form of substantial education (usually at least 12 months) or work experience (usually at least 18 months), conducted in English in a majority English-speaking country, no more than two years prior to the date of enrolment. Alternatively, applicants may provide an English language qualification recognised by UCL and awarded not more than two years prior to the date of enrolment. If you are a visa national, your qualification must have been taken within two years of receiving a Confirmation of Acceptance of Studies (CAS) from UCL. More details about English language proficiency requirements can be found at www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/apply
Further informationFull details of acceptable qualifications and programme requirements can be found at www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate
UCL’s Centre for Languages & International Education (CLIE) offers a range of preparatory courses, taught on campus, for international students wishing to prepare their Academic English and subject knowledge for graduate study at UCL. CLIE offers a one-year pre-Master’s and shorter more intensive pre-sessional courses that meet UCL’s English language requirements for graduate study. See www.ucl.ac.uk/clie for further details.
Visiting Research and Graduate
Affiliate study
International Graduate
preparatory courses
Students registered for graduate programmes overseas may, subject to any restrictions placed on them by their ‘home’ university, study at UCL for a period of between three and twelve months and transfer credit earned to the home institution to count towards the award of their degree.
It is possible to study on this basis as a research student (Visiting Research Student) or graduate taught student (Graduate Affiliate Student). To do so you will be required to meet the usual academic and English language requirements for the programme on which you intend to study.
More information about Visiting Research and Graduate Affiliate study can be found at www.ucl.ac.uk/international/affiliate/ visiting-research-students and www.ucl.ac.uk/international/ affiliate/graduate
Entry requirements
MPhil/MPhil Stud/PhD/EngDEntry requirements vary, but will normally be a first or upper-second class UK Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate subject, or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard from a recognised higher education institution, or a recognised taught Master’s degree.
MD(Res)Applicants should hold a registered primary qualification in Medicine (e.g. MBBS), and be eligible for full registration or hold limited registration with the General Medical Council (GMC).
Professional DoctoratesPlease contact the relevant academic unit for specific entry requirements for these programmes.
Master’s programmes, MRes programmes, Postgraduate Diploma, Postgraduate CertificateA first or second-class UK Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate subject, or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard from a recognised higher education institution.
For some taught programmes, applicants whose qualifications are of a lower standard may be admitted if they can demonstrate an appropriate academic background and experience in the relevant field. Applicants may be required to pass a qualifying examination, or pass a qualifying year enrolled for a Graduate Diploma, before being registered on a Master’s programme.
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Key
FT / Full-time
PT / Part-time (over two years)
FX / Flexible mode of study available (up to five years)
DL / Distance learning mode available
UCL’s graduate taught programmes are listed below (for information on graduate research programmes please visit www.ucl.ac.uk/ graduate/research).
Fee levels are also indicated; in the vast majority of cases this is the full-time Master’s fee. Where this is not the case – for example, if fees are set externally to UCL – further information is given in a footnote. Part-time, flexible or modular study (where a Postgraduate Diploma or Certificate programme draws on modules offered as part of the corresponding Master’s degree) is charged approximately pro-rata.
Where a programme is offered on a part-time basis only this in indicated in a footnote and the part-time fee is shown. ‘TBC’ indicates that fee levels have not yet been set. Further information can be found by contacting the relevant UCL department, or by checking www.ucl.ac.uk/current-students/money.
All information given is correct as of 1 July 2014; fee levels and availability are subject to change and you should always make sure you have up-to-date information before making an application.
Taught programmes 2015/16 entry /
FACULTY OF ARTS & HUMANITIES
Programme title Qualification Mode Tuition fee UK/EU (2015/16)
Tuition fee Overseas (2015/16)
Further information (including entry requirements)
Archives and Records Management MA/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/infostudies
Classics MA FT, PT, FX £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/greeklatin
Comparative Literature MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cmii
Digital Humanities MA/MSc FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/infostudies
Dutch Studies: Language, Culture and History MA/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/elcs
Early Modern Studies MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/earlymod
English Linguistics MA/PG Dip FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/english
English: Issues in Modern Culture MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/english
European Culture and Thought: Culture MA/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cmii
European Culture and Thought: Thought MA/PG Dip FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cmii
European Studies: European Society MA/PG Dip FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cmii
European Studies: Modern European Studies MA/PG Dip FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cmii
Film Studies MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cmii
Fine Art MA/PG Dip FT £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/fineart
Fine Art MFA FT £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/fineart
French and Francophone Studies: Language, Culture and History MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/elcs
Gender, Society and Representation MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cmii
German History: Language, Culture and History MA/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/elcs
German Studies: Language, Culture and History MA/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/elcs
Hispanic Studies: Language, Culture and History MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/elcs
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Programme title Qualification Mode Tuition fee UK/EU (2015/16)
Tuition fee Overseas (2015/16)
Further information (including entry requirements)
Information Science MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/infostudies
Italian Studies: Language, Culture and History MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/elcs
Jewish Studies MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/hjs
Language, Culture and History MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/elcs
Library and Information Studies MA/PG Dip FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/infostudies
Library, Archive and Information Studies MRes FT, PT £4,635 £16,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/infostudies
Philosophy MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/philosophy
Philosophy, Politics and Economics of Health MA FT, FX £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/philosophy
Publishing MA/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/infostudies
Reception of the Classical World MA FT, PT, FX £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/greeklatin
Scandinavian Studies: Language, Culture and History MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/elcs
Specialised Translation (Audiovisual) MSc FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cmii
Specialised Translation (Business and Legal) MSc FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cmii
Specialised Translation (Scientific, Technical and Medical) MSc FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cmii
Specialised Translation (with Interpreting) MSc FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cmii
Translation Theory and Practice MA/PG Dip FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cmii
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n Please note that the PG Cert and PG Dip must be completed before entry onto the MSc will be allowed H1 Fee available on request from the departmentH13 The fee advertised is for the first-year of the programme. The fee for the second-year has not yet been set
FACULTY OF BRAIN SCIENCES
Programme title Qualification Mode Tuition fee UK/EU (2015/16)
Tuition fee Overseas (2015/16)
Further information (including entry requirements)
Advanced Audiology MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, PT, FX £9,530 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/ear
Advanced Neuroimaging MSc FT, PT £9,835 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/neurology
Applied Research in Human Communication Disorders MRes/PG Cert FT, FX TBC TBC www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pls
Audiological Science MSc/PG Dip FT, PT £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/ear
Audiological Science with Clinical Practice MSc/PG Dip FT, FX £8,755 H13 £22,350 H13 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/ear
Biology of Vision MSc FT £9,835 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/ophthal
Brain and Mind Sciences MSc FT £12,465 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/neurology
Brain Sciences MRes FT £12,465 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/brain
Child and Young Person IAPT Management PG Cert FT H1 N/A www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pls
Child and Young Person IAPT Therapy PG Dip FT H1 H1 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pls
Clinical Mental Health Sciences MSc FT, PT, FX £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/psychiatry
Clinical Neurology MSc/PG Dip FT £12,465 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/neurology
Clinical Neurology (by Distance Learning) PG Dip FX, DL £5,560 £5,560 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/neurology
Clinical Neuroscience MSc FT £12,465 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/neurology
Clinical Ophthalmic Practice PG Cert FT, PT £3,140 £7,415 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/ophthal
Cognitive and Decision Sciences MSc FT, PT £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pls
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Children and Young People MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FX £3,705n £8,755n www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pls
Cognitive Neuroscience MRes FT £9,835 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pls
Cognitive Neuroscience MSc FT £9,835 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pls
Developmental Neuroscience and Psychopathology MSc FT £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pls
Developmental Psychology and Clinical Practice MSc/PG Dip FT £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pls
Human-Computer Interaction with Ergonomics MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, FX £9,835 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pls
Industrial/Organisational and Business Psychology MSc FT, PT £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pls
Language Sciences (with specialisation in Language Development) MSc FT, PT £9,270 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pls
Language Sciences (with specialisation in Linguistics with Neuroscience) MSc FT, PT £9,270 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pls
Language Sciences (with specialisation in Neuroscience and Communication) MSc FT, PT £9,270 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pls
Language Sciences (with specialisation in Sign Language Studies) MSc FT, PT £9,270 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pls
Language Sciences (with specialisation in Speech and Hearing Sciences) MSc FT, PT £9,270 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pls
Linguistics MA FT, PT £9,270 £17,920 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pls
Linguistics with a specialisation in Phonology MA FT, PT £9,270 £17,920 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pls
Linguistics with a specialisation in Pragmatics MA FT, PT £9,270 £17,920 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pls
Linguistics with a specialisation in Semantics MA FT, PT £9,270 £17,920 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pls
Linguistics with a specialisation in Syntax MA FT, PT £9,270 £17,920 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pls
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TAUGHT PROGRAMMES /
H1 Fee available on request from the department
Programme title Qualification Mode Tuition fee UK/EU (2015/16)
Tuition fee Overseas (2015/16)
Further information (including entry requirements)
Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Interventions PG Cert PT H1 H1 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pls
Medical Otology and Audiology (with specialisation in Audiovestibular Medicine) MSc/PG Dip FT, FX £11,125 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/ear
Medical Otology and Audiology (with specialisation in ENT Practice) MSc/PG Dip FT, FX £11,125 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/ear
Mental Health Sciences Research MSc FT, PT, FX £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/psychiatry
Neurology (for Clinical Trainees) MSc FX £9,835 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/neurology
Neuromuscular Diseases MRes FT TBC TBC www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/neurology
Neuromuscular Diseases MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT TBC TBC www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/neurology
Ophthalmology with Clinical Practice MSc FT TBC TBC www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/ophthal
Psychoanalytic Developmental Psychology MSc/PG Dip FT, PT £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pls
Research Methods in Psychology MSc FT, PT £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pls
Social Cognition: Research and Applications MSc FT, PT £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pls
Speech and Language Sciences MSc FT H1 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pls
Speech, Language and Cognition MRes FT, PT £8,755 £22,760 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pls
Stroke Medicine MRes FT TBC TBC www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/neurology
Stroke Medicine MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT TBC TBC www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/neurology
Theoretical Psychoanalytic Studies (Non-Clinical) MSc FT, FX £9,270 £22,760 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pls
Translational and Regenerative Neuroscience MSc FT £9,835 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/ophthal
Translational Immunobiology MSc FT £9,835 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/ophthal
Translational Neurology MRes FT £12,465 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/neurology
Vision Research MRes FT £9,835 £24,410 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/ophthal
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H9 UK students who completed their BSc Architecture at pre-£9,000 rates (proof required) will be eligible for a lower fee of £TBC
FACULTY OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Programme title Qualification Mode Tuition fee UK/EU (2015/16)
Tuition fee Overseas (2015/16)
Further information (including entry requirements)
Adaptive Architecture and Computation MRes FT £9,835 £20,700 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/architecture
Adaptive Architecture and Computation MSc/PG Dip FT, FX £11,125 £20,140 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/architecture
Advanced Architectural Research PG Cert FT, PT £3,705 £7,415 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/architecture
Advanced Spatial Analysis and Visualisation MRes FT, FX £6,385 £19,620 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/casa
Architectural History MA/PG Dip FT, PT, FX £8,755 £18,850 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/architecture
Architecture MArch (ARB/RIBA Part 2) FT £9,000 H9 £20,700 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/architecture
Architecture and Historic Urban Environments MA/PG Dip FT TBC TBC www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/architecture
Building and Urban Design in Development MSc/PG Dip FT, FX £11,330 £20,140 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/devplan
Built Environment: Environmental Design and Engineering MSc/PG Dip FT, FX £11,125 £20,140 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/envirodes
Built Environment: Sustainable Heritage MSc/PG Dip FT, FX £11,125 £20,700 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/sustheri
Construction Economics and Management MSc/PG Dip FT, PT, FX £11,125 £20,140 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cpm
Development Administration and Planning MSc/PG Dip FT, FX £11,125 £19,620 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/devplan
Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment MSc FT, FX £11,125 £20,140 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/energy
Energy Demand Studies MRes FT £7,160 £19,620 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/energy
Environment and Sustainable Development MSc/PG Dip FT, FX £11,330 £20,140 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/devplan
Facility and Environment Management MSc/PG Dip FT, FX £11,125 £19,620 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/envirodes
Graduate Architectural Design MArch FT £11,125 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/architecture
Housing Development MSc/PG Dip FT, PT, FX £11,125 £20,700 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/planning
Infrastructure Investment and Finance MSc/PG Dip FT, PT, FX £13,285 £22,760 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cpm
Inter-disciplinary Urban Design MRes FT, PT, FX £9,530 £17,920 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/planning
International Planning MSc/PG Dip FT, PT, FX £11,125 £20,700 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/planning
International Real Estate and Planning MSc/PG Dip FT, FX £11,125 £20,700 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/planning
Light and Lighting MSc FT, FX £11,125 £19,620 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/envirodes
Mega Infrastructure Planning, Appraisal and Delivery MSc/PG Dip FT, PT, FX £11,125 £20,700 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/planning
Project and Enterprise Management MSc/PG Dip FT, PT, FX £11,125 £20,140 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cpm
Science and Engineering in Arts, Heritage and Archaeology MRes FT, FX TBC TBC www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/sustheri
Smart Cities MRes FT, PT, FX £6,900 £19,620 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/casa
Smart Cities and Urban Analytics MSc/PG Dip FT, FX £11,330 £19,620 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/casa
Social Development Practice MSc/PG Dip FT, FX £11,125 £19,620 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/devplan
Spatial Design: Architecture and Cities MRes FT, FX £9,835 £17,920 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/architecture
Spatial Design: Architecture and Cities MSc FT, FX £11,125 £18,280 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/architecture
Spatial Planning MSc/PG Dip FT, PT, FX £11,330 £20,140 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/planning
Strategic Management of Projects MSc/PG Dip FT, PT, FX £13,285 £22,760 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cpm
Sustainable Urbanism MSc/PG Dip FT, PT, FX £11,125 £20,700 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/planning
Transport and City Planning MSc/PG Dip FT, PT, FX £11,125 £20,700 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/planning
Urban Design MArch/PG Dip/ PG Cert FT £11,125 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/architecture
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Programme title Qualification Mode Tuition fee UK/EU (2015/16)
Tuition fee Overseas (2015/16)
Further information (including entry requirements)
Urban Design and City Planning MSc/PG Dip FT, FX £11,125 £20,700 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/planning
Urban Development Planning MSc/PG Dip FT, FX £11,125 £19,620 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/devplan
Urban Economic Development MSc/PG Dip FT, FX £11,125 £19,620 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/devplan
Urban Regeneration MSc/PG Dip FT, PT, FX £11,125 £20,700 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/planning
Programme title Qualification Mode Tuition fee UK/EU (2015/16)
Tuition fee Overseas (2015/16)
Further information (including entry requirements)
Biochemical Engineering MSc/PG Dip FT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/biochemeng
Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering MSc FT, PT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/mecheng
Business Analytics (with specialisation in Computer Science) MSc FT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/compsci
Business Analytics (with specialisation in Management Science) MSc FT TBC TBC www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/compsci
Chemical Process Engineering MSc FT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/chemeng
Civil Engineering MSc/PG Dip FT, PT, FX £10,675 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cege
Civil Engineering (with Environmental Systems) MSc/PG Dip FT, PT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cege
Civil Engineering (with Geographic Information Science) MSc/PG Dip FT, PT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cege
Civil Engineering (with Integrated Design) MSc/PG Dip FT, PT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cege
Civil Engineering (with Seismic Design) MSc/PG Dip FT, PT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cege
Civil Engineering (with Surveying) MSc/PG Dip FT, PT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cege
Computational Statistics and Machine Learning MRes FT £7,725 £21,530 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/compsci
Computational Statistics and Machine Learning MSc FT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/compsci
Computer Graphics, Vision and Imaging MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/compsci
Computer Science MSc FT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/compsci
Countering Organised Crime and Terrorism MSc/PG Dip FT, FX £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/crime
Crime and Forensic Science MSc FT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/crime
Crime Science MSc/PG Dip FT, FX £10,765 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/crime
Earthquake Engineering with Disaster Management MSc/PG Dip FT, PT, FX £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cege
Energy and Resources Managementw MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, PT AUD$32,250 AUD$32,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/resources
Engineering and Public Policy MPA FT £23,690 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/steapp
Engineering with Finance MSc FT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/mecheng
Engineering with Innovation and Entrepreneurship MSc FT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/mecheng
Environmental Systems Engineering MSc/PG Dip FT, PT, FX £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cege
Financial Risk Management MSc FT, PT £14,830 £24,410 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/compsci
Financial Systems Engineering MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT £10,765 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/compsci
Geoinformatics for Building Information Modelling MSc/PG Dip FT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cege
GIS (Geographic Information Science) MSc/PG Dip FT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cege
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H1 Fee available on request from the departmentH6 Fee set by Imperial College London (www.imperial.ac.uk)
Programme title Qualification Mode Tuition fee UK/EU (2015/16)
Tuition fee Overseas (2015/16)
Further information (including entry requirements)
Hydrographic Surveying MSc/PG Dip FT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cege
ICT Innovation MSc FT H1 N/A www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/compsci
Information Security MSc FT, PT £10,765 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/compsci
Integrated Photonic and Electronic Systems MRes FT £4,635 £21,530 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/eleceng
Internet Engineering MSc FT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/eleceng
Machine Learning MSc FT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/compsci
Management MSc FT, PT £15,140 £22,760 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/msi
Marine Engineering (Mechanical and Electrical Options) MSc FT, PT, FX £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/mecheng
Mechanical Engineering MSc FT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/mecheng
Medical Physics and Bioengineering MRes FT, PT TBC TBC www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/medphys
Medical Technology Entrepreneurship MRes FT, PT £4,635 £21,530 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/medphys
Nanotechnology MSc/PG Dip FT, PT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/eleceng
Naval Architecture MSc FT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/mecheng
Networked Computer Systems MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/compsci
Physics and Engineering in Medicine by Distance Learning MSc/PG Dip PT, FX, DL £16,690 £16,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/medphys
Physics and Engineering in Medicine: Biomedical Engineering and Medical Imaging MSc/PG Dip FT, PT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/medphys
Physics and Engineering in Medicine: Medical Image Computing MSc/PG Dip FT, FX £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/medphys
Physics and Engineering in Medicine: Radiation Physics MSc/PG Dip FT, PT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/medphys
Power Systems Engineering MSc FT, PT, FX £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/mecheng
Science and Public Policy MPA FT £23,690 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/steapp
Security and Crime Science PG Cert FT, FX, DL £3,705 £5,870 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/crime
Security Research PG Cert FT £2,985 £7,415 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/crime
Software Systems Engineering MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/compsci
Spatio-temporal Analytics and Big Data Mining MSc/PG Dip FT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cege
Surveying MSc/PG Dip FT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cege
Synthetic Biology MRes FT £13,285 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/biochemeng
Technology Entrepreneurship MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, PT £10,765 £22,760 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/msi
Telecommunications MRes FT £4,635 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/eleceng
Telecommunications MSc FT, FX £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/eleceng
Telecommunications with Business MSc FT, PT, FX £16,690 £29,460 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/eleceng
Transport MSc FT, PT H6 H6 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cege
Transport with Business Management MSc FT, PT H6 H6 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cege
Transport with Sustainable Development MSc FT, PT H6 H6 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cege
Transport, Health and Policy MSc FT, PT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cege
Urban Sustainability and Resilience MRes FT, FX £4,635 £21,530 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cege
Web Science and Big Data Analytics MRes FT £7,725 £21,530 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/compsci
Web Science and Big Data Analytics MSc FT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/compsci
Wireless and Optical Communications MSc FT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/eleceng
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Programme title Qualification Mode Tuition fee UK/EU (2015/16)
Tuition fee Overseas (2015/16)
Further information (including entry requirements)
Law LLM FT, PT, FX £12,980 £18,850 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/law
FACULTY OF LIFE SCIENCES
Programme title Qualification Mode Tuition fee UK/EU (2015/16)
Tuition fee Overseas (2015/16)
Further information (including entry requirements)
Biodiversity, Evolution and Conservation MRes FT £13,285 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/biosciences
Biomedical Sciences MSc FT, PT £12,205 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/biosciences
Biosciences MRes FT £13,285 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/biosciences
Clinical Pharmacy, International Practice and Policy MSc FT £10,765 £21,530 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pharmacy
Computational and Genomic Medicine MSc FT £12,205 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/biosciences
Drug Discovery and Development MSc FT £10,765 £21,530 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pharmacy
Drug Discovery and Pharma Management MSc FT £10,765 £21,530 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pharmacy
Drug Sciences MRes FT £10,865 £21,730 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pharmacy
Experimental Pharmacology and Therapeutics MSc FT £12,205 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/biosciences
Genetics of Human Disease MSc FT £12,980 £24,410 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/biosciences
Neuroscience MSc FT, PT £12,980 £24,410 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/biosciences
Pharmaceutics MSc FT £10,765 £21,530 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pharmacy
Pharmacogenetics and Stratified Medicine MSc FT £12,205 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/biosciences
Pharmacognosy MSc FT £10,765 £21,530 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/pharmacy
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FACULTY OF MATHEMATICAL & PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Programme title Qualification Mode Tuition fee UK/EU (2015/16)
Tuition fee Overseas (2015/16)
Further information (including entry requirements)
Advanced High Energy Physics MSc FT, PT £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/physast
Astrophysics MSc/PG Dip FT, PT £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/physast
Chemical Research MSc FT £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/chemistry
Financial Mathematics MSc FT, PT £20,140 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/maths
Geophysical Hazards MSc FT, PT £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/earthsci
Geoscience MSc FT, PT £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/earthsci
Glass Science MSc FT, PT, FX TBC TBC www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/chemistry
History and Philosophy of Science MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/sts
Materials for Energy and Environment MSc FT £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/chemistry
Mathematical Modelling MSc FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/maths
Modelling Biological Complexity MRes FT £4,635 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/complex
Molecular Modelling MSc FT, FX £11,125 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/chemistry
Molecular Modelling and Materials Science MRes FT, PT £4,635 £21,530 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/chemistry
Natural Hazards for Insurers PG Cert PT £4,375s £10,765s www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/earthsci
Organic Chemistry: Drug Discovery MRes FT £7,985 £21,530 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/chemistry
Physics MSc/PG Dip FT, PT £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/physast
Planetary Science MSc/PG Dip FT, PT £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/physast
Risk and Disaster Reduction MRes FT, PT £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/earthsci
Risk and Disaster Reduction PG Cert FX £4,375 £10,765 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/earthsci
Risk, Disaster and Resilience MSc/PG Dip FT, PT £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/earthsci
Science, Technology and Society MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/sts
Space Science and Engineering: Space Science MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/spacliphys
Space Science and Engineering: Space Technology MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/spacliphys
Statistics MSc FT, PT £8,755 £19,360 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/statsci
Statistics (Medical Statistics) MSc FT, PT £8,755 £19,360 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/statsci
Systems Engineering Management MSc FT, PT £16,690 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/spacliphys
Technology Management MSc FT £10,765 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/spacliphys
s This programme may be studied on a part-time basis only; the fee shown here is the part-time tuition fee
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s This programme may be studied on a part-time basis only; the fee shown here is the part-time tuition feeu This programme may be studied on a part-time basis only; the fee shown here is the part-time tuition fee. Please note that the PG Cert and PG Dip must be completed before entry
onto the MSc will be allowedH10 This programme may be studied on a part-time basis only; the fee shown here is the part-time tuition fee. Please note that the PG Cert and PG Dip must be completed before entry
onto the MSc will be allowed. Students will be required to undertake externally-run modules; the fees for these will be additional to those shown here
Programme title Qualification Mode Tuition fee UK/EU (2015/16)
Tuition fee Overseas (2015/16)
Further information (including entry requirements)
Advanced Aesthetic Dentistry PG Cert PT £15,910s £22,760s www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/eastman
Burns, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery MSc/PG Cert FT, PT, FX £14,570 £25,960 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/surgery
Cancer MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT £12,980 £24,410 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cancer
Clinical and Public Health Nutrition MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT £11,950 £22,760 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/medicine
Clinical Cell and Tissue Engineering MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, PT TBC TBC www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cancer
Clinical Drug Development MRes FT, PT £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/medicine
Clinical Drug Development MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, PT £11,950 £22,760 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/medicine
Conservative Dentistry MSc FT, PT £24,410 £41,410 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/eastman
Dental Sedation and Pain Management PG Cert PT £6,075s £12,205s www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/eastman
Drug Design MRes FT £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/medicine
Drug Design MSc/PG Dip FT, PT, DL £12,205 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/medicine
Eating Disorders and Clinical Nutrition MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, PT £11,950 £22,760 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/medicine
Endodontic Practice PG Dip/PG Cert PT £15,660s £22,760s www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/eastman
Endodontics MSc FT, PT £24,410 £41,410 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/eastman
Endodontology MClinDent FT, PT £24,410 £41,410 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/eastman
Endodontology (Advanced Training) MClinDent FT £24,410 £41,410 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/eastman
Evidence-Based Healthcare MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, PT £12,205 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/surgery
Healthcare Associated Infection Control MSc/PG Dip FX, DL £8,755 £12,465 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/infimm
Implant Dentistry PG Dip PT TBC TBC www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/eastman
Infection and Immunity MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, FX £11,125 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/infimm
Medical Education MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert PT £2,110u £5,560u www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/meded
Medical Mycology MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert PT, FX, DL £8,755 H10 £12,465 H10 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/infimm
Musculoskeletal Science MSc/PG Dip FT, PT £13,285 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/surgery
Musculoskeletal Science (by Distance Learning) MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, PT, DL £13,285 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/surgery
Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine MSc/PG Cert FT, FX £12,980 £24,410 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/surgery
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery MSc FT £23,690 £38,420 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/eastman
Oral Medicine MSc FT £23,690 £38,420 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/eastman
Oral Surgery MClinDent FT £23,690 £38,420 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/eastman
Oral Surgery (Advanced Training) MClinDent FT £23,690 £38,420 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/eastman
Orthodontics MClinDent FT £11,125 £41,410 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/eastman
Orthodontics (Advanced Training) MClinDent FT £11,125 £41,410 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/eastman
Paediatric Dentistry MSc FX £15,660s £18,280s www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/eastman
Performing Arts Medicine MSc/PG Dip FT, PT, FX £11,125 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/surgery
Periodontology MClinDent FT £24,410 £41,410 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/eastman
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H1 Fee available on request from the department
FACULTY OF POPULATION HEALTH SCIENCES
Programme title Qualification Mode Tuition fee UK/EU (2015/16)
Tuition fee Overseas (2015/16)
Further information (including entry requirements)
Advanced Physiotherapy: Cardiorespiratory MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, FX £10,095 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/childhealth
Advanced Physiotherapy: Paediatrics MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, FX £10,095 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/childhealth
Applied Paediatric Neuropsychology MSc FT £9,530 £22,760 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/childhealth
Biomedicine MRes FT £11,125 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/childhealth
Cardiovascular Science MSc FT, FX £11,125 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/cardiosci
Cell and Gene Therapy MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, FX £11,125 £24,410 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/childhealth
Child and Adolescent Mental Health MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, FX £9,530 £22,760 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/childhealth
Clinical Paediatric Neuropsychology MSc/PG Dip FT, PT £9,530 £22,760 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/childhealth
Dental Public Health MSc FT, PT £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/ehc
Global Health and Development MSc FT, FX £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/igh
Global Health and Development: tropEd programme MSc FT, FX £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/igh
Health and Medical Sciences MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FX, DL £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/ehc
Health and Medical Sciences (Quality, Information and Safety) PG Cert FX £2,985 £7,415 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/ehc
Health and Society: Social Epidemiology MSc/PG Dip FT, FX £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/ehc
Health Informatics MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert PT, FX £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/ehc
Health Psychology MSc FT, PT £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/ehc
Paediatrics and Child Health: Advanced Paediatrics MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, FX £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/childhealth
Paediatrics and Child Health: Community Child Health MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, FX £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/childhealth
Paediatrics and Child Health: Global Child Health MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, FX £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/childhealth
Paediatrics and Child Health: Paediatric Gastroenterology MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, FX £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/childhealth
Physiotherapy Studies: Cardiorespiratory MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, FX £10,095 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/childhealth
Physiotherapy Studies: Paediatrics MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, FX £10,095 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/childhealth
Programme title Qualification Mode Tuition fee UK/EU (2015/16)
Tuition fee Overseas (2015/16)
Further information (including entry requirements)
Perioperative Medicine MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FX TBC TBC www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/surgery
Prosthodontics MClinDent FT, PT £24,410 £41,410 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/eastman
Prosthodontics (Advanced Training) MClinDent FT £24,410 £41,410 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/eastman
Restorative Dental Practice MSc FX H1 H1 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/eastman
Special Care Dentistry MSc FT, PT £23,690 £38,420 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/eastman
Special Care Dentistry PG Cert PT TBC TBC www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/eastman
Sports Medicine, Exercise and Health MSc/PG Dip FT, PT, FX, DL £11,600 £21,700 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/surgery
Surgical and Interventional Sciences MSc FT, PT £13,285 £25,240 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/surgery
Trauma and Orthopaedics MSc FX £11,125 £23,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/surgery
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SCHOOL OF SLAVONIC & EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES
Programme title Qualification Mode Tuition fee UK/EU (2015/16)
Tuition fee Overseas (2015/16)
Further information (including entry requirements)
Central and South-East European Studies MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/sees
Comparative Business Economics MA FT, PT £10,350 £18,850 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/sees
Comparative Economics and Policy MA FT, PT £10,350 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/sees
East European Studies MRes FT £6,385 £16,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/sees
Economy, State and Society: Economics and Business MA (International) FT €9,750 H4 N/A www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/sees
Economy, State and Society: Nation, History and Society MA (International) FT €9,750 H4 N/A www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/sees
Economy, State and Society: Politics and Security MA (International) FT €9,750 H4 N/A www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/sees
History (SSEES) MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/sees
Identity, Culture and Power MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/sees
Politics, Security and Integration MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/sees
Russian and East European Literature and Culture MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/sees
Russian Studies MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/sees
The Politics and Economics of Eastern Europe MRes FT £6,385 £16,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/sees
Programme title Qualification Mode Tuition fee UK/EU (2015/16)
Tuition fee Overseas (2015/16)
Further information (including entry requirements)
Prenatal Genetics and Fetal Medicine MSc/PG Dip FT, FX £10,765 £24,410 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/women
Reproductive Science and Women’s Health MSc/PG Dip FT, FX £10,765 £24,410 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/women
Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV MSc/PG Dip FT, PT, FX £8,755 £22,350 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/ehc
H4 Fee quoted in Euros
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FACULTY OF SOCIAL & HISTORICAL SCIENCES
Programme title Qualification Mode Tuition fee UK/EU (2015/16)
Tuition fee Overseas (2015/16)
Further information (including entry requirements)
Academic Research and Methods PG Dip FT TBC H5 TBC H5 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/heritage
Ancient History MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/history
Anthropology MRes FT £4,635 £16,690 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/anthropology
Anthropology, Environment and Development MSc FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/anthropology
Aquatic Science MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, PT £9,530 £18,130 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/geography
Archaeology Grad Dip FT, PT £5,870 £15,660 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/archaeology
Archaeology MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/archaeology
Archaeology and Heritage of Asia MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/archaeology
Archaeology of the Arab and Islamic World MA FT, PT TBC TBC www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/heritage
Archaeology of the Middle East MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/archaeology
Artefact Studies MA FT, PT £9,015 £17,510 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/archaeology
Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology MSc FT, PT £9,015 £17,510 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/archaeology
Caribbean and Latin American Studies MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/americas
Chinese Health and Humanity MA FT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/history
Chinese Studies (Health and Humanity) MA FT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/history
Climate Change MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/geography
Comparative Art and Archaeology MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/archaeology
Conservation MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, PT £9,530 £18,130 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/geography
Conservation for Archaeology and Museums MSc FT £9,270 H2 £22,350 H2 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/archaeology
Conservation Studies MSc FT, PT TBC H5 TBC H5 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/heritage
Cultural Heritage Studies MA FT, PT £9,015 £17,510 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/archaeology
Democracy and Comparative Politics MSc FT, PT £9,835 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/polsci
Digital Anthropology MSc FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/anthropology
Dutch Golden Age MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/history
Economic Policy MSc FT £14,250 £18,850 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/economics
Economics MSc FT £14,250 £18,850 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/economics
Egyptian Archaeology MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/archaeology
Environment, Science and Society MSc FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/geography
Environmental Archaeology MSc FT, PT £9,015 £17,510 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/archaeology
Environmental Mapping MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/geography
Environmental Modelling MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/geography
Ethnographic and Documentary Film (Practical) MA FT, PT £11,845 £20,140 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/anthropology
European History MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/history
European Public Policy MSc FT, PT £9,835 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/polsci
Geospatial Analysis MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/geography
GIS and Spatial Analysis in Archaeology MSc FT, PT £9,015 £17,510 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/archaeology
H2 UK/EU and Overseas students pay £4,635 during the internship in their second yearH5 Fee will be payable in Qatari Riyal (QAR)
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Programme title Qualification Mode Tuition fee UK/EU (2015/16)
Tuition fee Overseas (2015/16)
Further information (including entry requirements)
Global Governance and Ethics MSc FT, PT £9,835 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/polsci
Global Migration MSc FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/geography
Global Public Policy and Management EMPA FT TBC TBC www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/polsci
Globalisation and Latin American Development MSc FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/americas
History MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/history
History of Art MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/histart
Human Evolution and Behaviour MSc FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/anthropology
Human Rights MA FT, PT £10,765 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/polsci
International Public Policy MSc FT, PT £10,765 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/polsci
International Relations of the Americas MSc FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/americas
Late Antique and Byzantine Studies MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/history
Latin American Politics MSc FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/americas
Latin American Studies MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/americas
Legal and Political Theory MA FT, PT £9,835 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/polsci
Library and Information Studies (UCL Qatar) MA FT, PT TBC H5 TBC H5 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/heritage
Managing Archaeological Sites MA FT, PT £9,015 £17,510 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/archaeology
Material and Visual Culture MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/anthropology
Materials, Anthropology and Design MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/anthropology
Medical Anthropology MSc FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/anthropology
Medieval and Renaissance Studies MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/history
Mediterranean Archaeology MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/archaeology
Museum and Gallery Practice MA FT, PT TBC H5 TBC H5 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/heritage
Museum Studies MA FT, PT £9,015 £17,510 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/archaeology
Palaeoanthropology and Palaeolithic Archaeology MSc FT, PT £9,015 £17,510 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/archaeology
Principles of Conservation MA FT, PT £9,015 £17,510 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/archaeology
Public Archaeology MA FT, PT £9,015 £17,510 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/archaeology
Public Policy MSc FT, PT £10,765 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/polsci
Remote Sensing MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/geography
Research Methods for Archaeology MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/archaeology
Security Studies MSc FT, PT £10,765 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/polsci
Social and Cultural Anthropology MSc FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/anthropology
Technology and Analysis of Archaeological Materials MSc FT, PT £9,270 £17,510 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/archaeology
Transnational Studies MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/history
United States Studies: History and Politics MA FT, PT £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/americas
Urban Archaeology MA FT, PT £9,015 £17,510 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/archaeology
Urban Studies MSc FT, PT, FX £8,755 £17,250 www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/geography
H5 Fee will be payable in Qatari Riyal (QAR)
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How to apply /
This is a very brief overview of the application process. For more information please see www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/apply
Key
Notes for International students
TAUGHT PROGRAMMESRESEARCH PROGRAMMES
Identify a programme you are interested in; these are listed in this Prospectus and online. Check that you meet the entry requirements for this programme.
If you have any questions please contact the relevant academic unit using the details given at www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate, or contact UCL Admissions: email [email protected] or telephone +44 (0)20 7679 7742 +44 (0)20 7679 7381
International students will have to check international qualification equivalencies, and English language requirements may also apply.
Check application deadlines.
If you intend to apply for scholarships or other forms of funding you should do this at least 12 months before intending to start your studies. In many cases you will need your offer from UCL before you are able to apply for funding, so make sure you plan your application far enough in advance.
Identify a research area/programme you are interested in; these are listed in the online Prospectus. Check that you meet the entry requirements.
International students will have to check international qualification equivalencies, and English language requirements may also apply.
Investigate research opportunities – these can either be speculative, or defined studentships.
Many departments welcome speculative research enquiries. Well-qualified candidates should contact relevant academics directly or, in some cases, submit speculative applications. The process varies by department; if you are unsure contact the department first.
SPECULATIVE
Studentships are defined research projects packaged with funding. They are predominantly in science, technology, engineering and medical areas, and are advertised throughout the academic year.
STUDENTSHIPS
As the availability of studentships changes constantly, you should check UCL listings, academic department websites, Doctoral Training Centre websites, and websites such as findaphd.com
Studentships funded by the UK Research Councils are usually not available to students from outside the EU. If you are applying for funding from your government check the requirements and deadlines – these can often be earlier than you expect.
Follow the application guidance of the studentship.
SUBMIT APPLICATION DIRECTLY TO UCL.
Use the Applicant Portal to track the progress of your application.
To find potential research supervisors, you can search the UCL Graduate Prospectus to help you find relevant academic units; UCL IRIS to find academics relevant to your research interest (www.ucl.ac.uk/iris); and UCL Discovery, UCL’s online research repository, to find papers and authors relevant to you (www.ucl.ac.uk/discovery).
If you identify an academic who is keen to work with you the next stage will be to liaise with them to identify appropriate funding to cover your fees and stipend.
GRADUATE PROSPECTUS 2015/16 ENTRY /
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UCL also reserves the right at any time to withdraw or amend the content of any module forming part of a programme. This may be necessary for a variety of reasons, including to allow programmes to keep abreast of the latest developments or discoveries in a discipline. Admission to UCL for any particular programme is granted to the student on the understanding that the programme is liable to change by any such withdrawal or amendment.
For the most up-to-date information, please see our website at www.ucl.ac.uk/graduate
If a programme is withdrawn before enrolment, applicants will be given the opportunity to transfer their applications to an appropriate alternative programme at UCL for which they may be qualified.
In the unlikely event that a programme is withdrawn from UCL after enrolment, UCL will inform students at the earliest opportunity and will make every effort to ensure that students can complete the programme and receive the award for which they are enrolled. Alternatively, students may be offered the opportunity to transfer to another programme for which they are appropriately qualified.
UCL undertakes all reasonable steps to provide educational services. It does not, however, guarantee the provision of such services. Should industrial action or circumstances beyond the control of UCL interfere with its ability to provide educational services, UCL will undertake reasonable steps to minimise the resultant disruption to those educational services.
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Page 3: Engraving of University College School in 1833 by George Scharf courtesy of UCL Art Museum and UCL Communications
Page 6: Object UC19622 courtesy of the UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology; SN 2014J in colour courtesy of the UCL Faculty of Mathematical & Physical Sciences, University of London Observatory, Steve Fossey, Ian Howarth, Ben Cooke, Guy Pollack, Matthew Wilde and Thomas Wright
Page 7: Cod skeleton courtesy of the UCL Institute of Archaeology and UCL Media Relations, copyright ArcheoZoo.org; Genetic atlas of human admixture reproduced courtesy of the UCL Genetics Institute and the University of Oxford
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Page 16: Retinal kaleidoscope courtesy of Anai Gonzales Cordero, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
Page 18: Main image: Lima field trip; new Wates House; The Bartlett Summer Show 2013; Patterns of traffic movement in London; courtesy of the UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment
Page 24: Zebrafish brain courtesy of Jay Patel, UCL Cell & Developmental Biology
Page 26: Coronal mass ejection courtesy of the UCL Faculty of Mathematical & Physical Sciences and the Solar Dynamics Observatory, NASA.
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