UCL Faculties
UCL’s academic structure consists of 10 faculties, each home to world-class research, teaching and learning in a wide-ranging variety of fields. In fact, UCL is London’s largest leading multi-disciplinary university. Find out more about our faculties below.
Arts & Humanities
Faculty of Arts & Humanities website
The UCL Faculty of Arts & Humanities is a renowned centre of excellence, where research of world-leading quality feeds directly into all programmes of study.
Students benefit from the multi-disciplinary breadth of teaching in areas such as English, Philosophy, Greek & Latin, Hebrew & Jewish Studies along with more than 20 modern European languages. Programmes are available from our various centres for research, and the faculty also hosts the Slade School of Fine Art, which consistently contributes to the lively discourses of contemporary art, both nationally and internationally.
We aim to enable students to follow their own academic interests and to develop both intellectually and personally.
Departments
- UCL English Language & Literature
- UCL European Social & Political Studies
- UCL Greek & Latin
- UCL Hebrew & Jewish Studies
- UCL Information Studies
- UCL Philosophy
- UCL School of European Languages, Culture and Society
- UCL Slade School of Fine Art
Latest Arts & Humanities News
UCL software reveals Ulster’s forgotten history in fire-damaged book
Researchers from UCL have used specially designed software to digitise the Great Parchment book, a crucial historical text documenting the City of London’s role in 17th century Ulster that was previously unreadable for over 200 years due to fire damage. More...
Grant Museum taken over by artists for Sculpture Season
Sculpture Season at the Grant Museum of Zoology at UCL opens this week. 13 emerging artists from the UCL Slade School of Fine Art have been invited to re-curate the Museum’s spaces with their own sculptures, interpretations and installations. More...
Dean of Faculty
Tel: +44 (0)20 7679 3067, internal 33067
PA: +44 (0)20 7679 3156, internal 33156
Principal units
- UCL Centre for Archives & Records Management
- UCL Centre for Digital Humanities
- UCL Centre for Early Modern Exchanges
- UCL Centre for European Studies
- UCL Centre for Intercultural Studies
- UCL Medieval & Renaissance Studies
- UCL Centre for Philosophy, Justice & Health
- UCL Centre for Publishing
- UCL Survey of English Usage
- UCL Institute of Jewish Studies
- UCL Centre for Editing Lives and Letters
- UCL Centre for Humanities Interdisciplinary Research Projects
Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment
Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment
Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment website
The Bartlett, UCL’s Faculty of the Built Environment, comprises eight sections covering the full spectrum of built environment domains, including architecture, complex built environment systems, construction and project management, development planning, energy and sustainable resources, town planning, space and spatial analysis. This allows it to tackle the most significant interdisciplinary issues facing the world, including UCL's Grand Challenges for Sustainable Cities, Intercultural Interactions, Human Wellbeing and Global Health.
The Bartlett has a world-leading reputation for education and research, attracting students and staff worldwide. Working in partnership with London's exceptional concentration of built environment firms and acting in local contexts across the globe, The Bartlett is an urban institution engaged with urban phenomena. It offers a vibrant centre of exchange for the built environment, acting as an academic, cultural and professional hub where leading research is announced and discussed, lively debates are hosted and encouraged, and innumerable exhibitions, conferences, public talks and film screenings take place.
Departments
- The UCL Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis
- The UCL Bartlett School of Architecture
- The UCL Bartlett School of Construction & Project Management
- The UCL Bartlett Development Planning Unit
- The UCL Bartlett School of Graduate Studies
- The UCL Bartlett School of Planning
- UCL Energy Institute
- UCL Institute of Sustainable Resources
Latest Built Environment News
Innovative designs at the Bartlett Summer Show 2013
The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL will present innovative designs in its annual student showcase the Bartlett Summer Show from 21–29 June. More...
Sounds of UCL: competition winners and panoramas
What sounds make up London’s global university? UCL Communications has announced the winners of its ‘Sounds of UCL’ competition, which invited staff and students to capture ambient audio clips that reflect the life of UCL. More...
Dean of Faculty
Tel: +44 (0)20 7679 4567, internal x24567
PA: +44 (0)20 7679 4567, internal x24567
Brain Sciences
Brain Sciences
Faculty of Brain Sciences website
The UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences undertakes world-leading research and teaching in areas that range from neural pathways used to control body functions (e.g. hearing, sight and speech) to cognition and psychology, which determine human behaviour.
We are recognised as world leaders in our fields and our work attracts staff and students from around the globe. The faculty and its component parts create an outstanding and vibrant environment for study and research.
UCL is Europe’s research powerhouse in neuroscience. We are ranked second in the world, and first in Europe, in neuroscience and behaviour by Thomson ISI Essential Science Indicators, with more than twice as many publications and citations as any other European institution. UCL Neuroscience researchers generate over 30% of the country’s contribution to the most highly cited publications in neuroscience, more than twice as much as any other university. In neuroimaging and clinical neurology, UCL produces 65% and 44% of the UK's contribution to the world's most highly cited papers, five times that of the next highest UK institution.
The Faculty of Brain Sciences along with the Faculties of Life Sciences, Medical Sciences and Population Health Sciences combine to form the School of Life & Medical Sciences. The School is one of the largest and most prestigious aggregations of academics in its field and has a global reputation for teaching informed by cutting-edge research. The SLMS Domains encompass the breadth of research activity across the School within nine core groupings. This research is conducted in collaboration with other UCL departments and supported by partnerships with our NHS trusts, research councils, charities and industry.
Latest Brain Sciences News
Irreversible tissue loss seen within 40 days of spinal cord injury
The rate and extent of damage to the spinal cord and brain following spinal cord injury have long been a mystery. Now, a joint research effort by UCL, the University of Zurich and University Hospital Balgrist has found evidence that patients already have irreversible tissue loss in the spinal cord within 40 days of injury. More...
Director appointed to Sainsbury Wellcome Centre
UCL is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor John O'Keefe as Inaugural Director of the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre. More...
Dean of Faculty
Tel: +44 (0)20 7679 6559, internal x46559
PA: +44 (0)20 7679 6924, internal x46924
Engineering
Engineering
Faculty of Engineering website
UCL Engineering delivers research and training across all aspects of the modern world. Previous studies and work here have produced rapid vaccine productions, fibre-optic communications and the infrastructure of the internet, and we continue to deliver world-changing innovations.
Our students and staff are drawn from across the globe, as are our academic and business partners. Our teaching programmes focus on subjects that have an impact on the world around us, while their content is led by the best international research. Members of the faculty use their skills across Engineering's institutes and centres, within UCL, and in the wider world.
Departments
- UCL Biochemical Engineering
- UCL Chemical Engineering
- UCL Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering
- UCL Computer Science
- UCL Electronic & Electrical Engineering
- UCL Management Science & Innovation
- UCL Mechanical Engineering
- UCL Medical Physics & Bioengineering
- UCL Security & Crime Science
Latest Engineering Sciences News
UCL software reveals Ulster’s forgotten history in fire-damaged book
Researchers from UCL have used specially designed software to digitise the Great Parchment book, a crucial historical text documenting the City of London’s role in 17th century Ulster that was previously unreadable for over 200 years due to fire damage. More...
£7 million Infrastructure Business Model Centres to engineer future UK
Two new centres that will help shape the way the UK’s future infrastructure is planned and implemented were officially launched this week today during an event at the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) in London. More...
Dean of Faculty
Tel: +44 (0)20 7679 7293, internal x37293
PA: 020 7679 0347, internal x30347
Principal associated units
- UCL Institute of Biomedical Engineering
- UCL Bloomsbury Centre for Bioinformatics
- Innovative Manufacturing Centre for Bioprocessing
- UCL Extreme Citizen Science (ExCiteS)
- UCL Centre for Digital Humanities
- Gatsby Centre for Computational Neuroscience
- UCL Centre for Computational Statistics and Machine Learning
- Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Emergent Macromolecular Therapies
- UCL Centre for Health Informatics and Multiprofessional Education (CHIME)
- UCL Interaction Centre (UCLIC)
- UCL Institute of Making
- UCL CRUCIBLE Centre for Lifelong Health and Wellbeing
- UCL Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering
- UCL Centre for Mathematics and Physics in the Life Sciences and Experimental Biology (CoMPLEX)
- UCL Centre for Research into Evolution, Search and Testing
- UCL Centre for Medical Imaging Computing (CMIC)
- UCL Centre for CO2 Technology
- London Centre for Nanotechnology
- UCL Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Science
- UCL JDI Institute of Security and Crime Science
- UCL Centre for Systems Engineering
- UCL Centre for Transport Studies
- UCL School of Energy & Resources, Australia
Laws
Laws
UCL Laws is one of the world’s leading law schools. It is committed to the rigorous, multi-disciplinary and innovative study of law in all its dimensions, with particular attention to the global context in which law operates.
The faculty’s top-rated research makes a vital contribution to the quality of our teaching and the supervision of our students. It also contributes to the development of law, whilst shaping legal practice and public policy.
Our London base provides a positive opportunity to draw on the resources of a city that is the UK’s centre of law, commerce, finance and culture.
Latest Laws News
Almost a quarter of jurors confused about rules on internet use during a trial
Almost a quarter of jurors (23 per cent) are unclear about the rules surrounding internet use during a trial, according to preliminary research led by Professor Cheryl Thomas (UCL Laws). More...
Sounds of UCL: competition winners and panoramas
What sounds make up London’s global university? UCL Communications has announced the winners of its ‘Sounds of UCL’ competition, which invited staff and students to capture ambient audio clips that reflect the life of UCL. More...
Dean of Faculty
Tel: +44 (0)20 7679 1436, internal x21436
PA: 020 7679 1404, internal x21404
Principal units
- UCL Bentham Project
- UCL Institute of Brand and Innovation Law
- UCL Carbon Capture Legal Programme
- UCL Centre for Commercial Law
- Constitutional Law Group
- UCL Centre for Criminal Law
- UCL Centre for Empirical Legal Studies
- UCL Centre for Ethics & Law
- UCL Institute of Global Law
- UCL Institute for Human Rights
- UCL Centre for International Courts & Tribunals
- UCL Jevons Institute of Competition Law & Economics
- UCL Judicial Institute
- Jurisprudence @ UCL
- UCL Labour Rights Institute
- UCL Centre for Law & Economics
- UCL Centre for Law & the Environment
- UCL Centre for Law & Governance in Europe
- London Labour Laws Group
- WTO Scholars' Forum
Life Sciences
Life Sciences
Faculty of Life Sciences website
The UCL Faculty of Life Sciences undertakes world-leading research and teaching, which combines the strengths of UCL’s basic biological and preclinical sciences. Our work attracts staff and students from around the world, and together they create an outstanding and vibrant environment for both students and researchers. The faculty comprises the Division of Biosciences, the UCL School of Pharmacy, the UCL MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology and the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit.
The Faculty of Life Sciences along with the Faculties of Brain Sciences, Medical Sciences and Population Health Sciences combine to form the School of Life & Medical Sciences. The School is one of the largest and most prestigious aggregations of academics in its field and has a global reputation for teaching informed by cutting-edge research. The SLMS Domains encompass the breadth of research activity across the School within nine core groupings. This research is conducted in collaboration with other UCL departments and supported by partnerships with our NHS trusts, research councils, charities and industry.
Latest Life Sciences News
'Chase and run' cell movement mechanism explains metastasis
A mechanism that cells use to group together and move around the body – called 'chase and run' - has been described for the first time by scientists at UCL. More...
Grant Museum wins Cultural Pros Award at Museums + Heritage Awards
The Grant Museum of Zoology at UCL has been voted the winner of the inaugural Culture Pros Pick at the Museums + Heritage Awards – the Oscars of the museum world – at the awards ceremony last night. More...
Dean of Faculty
Tel: +44 (0)20 7679 9301, internal x09301
PA: 020 7679 0883, internal x40883
Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Faculty of Mathematical & Physical Sciences website
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 laboratory facilities. The faculty offers an array of three-year BSc and four-year Master's-level MSci degrees in emerging as well as more traditional academic areas.
The faculty provides a base for several research centres. These facilitate in-depth, interdisciplinary research through collaboration between experts within the faculty, and in related areas in Engineering and Life Sciences. The faculty also has its own interdepartmental degree programme: Natural Sciences.
Departments
- UCL Chemistry
- UCL Earth Sciences
- UCL Mathematics
- UCL Natural Sciences
- UCL Physics & Astronomy
- UCL Science & Technology Studies
- UCL Space & Climate Physics (Mullard Space Science Laboratory)
- UCL Statistical Science
Latest Mathematical & Physical Sciences News
Ice Worlds at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition
The
mysterious Ice Worlds of the outer solar system are being brought to life this
week at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition.
More...
Mobile health technologies to rapidly test and track infectious diseases
Early-warning sensor systems that can test and track serious infectious diseases – such as major flu epidemics, MRSA and HIV – using mobile phones and the internet are being developed by a major new Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration (IRC) led by UCL. More...
Dean of Faculty
Tel: +44 (0)20 7679 2818, internal x32818
PA: 020 7679 0650, internal x30650
Principal associated units
- Aon Benfield UCL Hazard Centre
- UCL Centre for Materials Research
- Centre for Planetary Sciences
- UCL Centre for Mathematics and Physics in the Life Sciences and Experimental Biology (CoMPLEX)
- London Centre for Nanotechnology
- UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction
- UCL Molecular Modelling and Materials Science EngD Centre
- UCL Institute of Origins
- The Thomas Young Centre: The London Centre for Theory and Simulation of Materials
Medical Sciences
Medical Sciences
Faculty of Medical Sciences website
The UCL Faculty of Medical Sciences brings together UCL Medical School and seven of UCL's divisions and institutes, creating a powerhouse of medical science research and teaching.
Staff in the faculty undertake world-leading research and teaching in areas that range from viral oncology to connective tissue disease and oral health. The faculty and its component parts create an outstanding and vibrant environment for study and research.
The Faculty of Medical Sciences along with the Faculties of Brain Sciences, Life Sciences, and Population Health Sciences combine to form the School of Life & Medical Sciences. The School is one of the largest and most prestigious aggregations of academics in its field and has a global reputation for teaching informed by cutting-edge research. The SLMS Domains encompass the breadth of research activity across the School within nine core groupings. This research is conducted in collaboration with other UCL departments and supported by partnerships with our NHS trusts, research councils, charities and industry.
Latest Medical Sciences News
Lord Sebastian Coe opens Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health
Lord Sebastian Coe officially opened a new sport institute which will be a lasting legacy from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, treating elite athletes, ‘weekend warriors’ and NHS patients under the same roof. More...
Researchers shed light on MERS Coronavirus transmission
Epidemiology and gene sequencing technologies have been used by researchers in the UK, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the US and Canada to show that the novel Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus can spread between people in healthcare settings. The work is published in the New England Journal of Medicine today. More...
Dean of Faculty
Tel: +44 (0)20 7679 6503, internal x36503
PA: +44 20 3108 2105, internal x52105
Population Health Sciences
Population Health Sciences
Faculty of Population Health Sciences website
The UCL Faculty of Population Health Sciences brings together expertise in child health, women's and reproductive health, epidemiology and healthcare, global health and cardiovascular science. Its aim is to deliver outstanding research and teaching for improved human health, and the unifying concept that informs its scholarship and educational activity is the life course.
The faculty’s research elucidates the biological, behavioural and psychosocial processes that operate across an individual’s life, and across generations, that affect the development of disease in populations. This research informs undergraduate, postgraduate and vocational teaching.
The Faculty of Population Health Sciences, along with the Faculties of Brain Sciences, Life Sciences and Medical Sciences combine to form the School of Life & Medical Sciences. The School is one of the largest and most prestigious aggregations of academics in its field and has a global reputation for teaching informed by cutting-edge research. The SLMS Domains encompass the breadth of research activity across the School within nine core groupings. This research is conducted in collaboration with other UCL departments and supported by partnerships with our NHS trusts, research councils, charities and industry.
Latest Population Health Sciences News
Breastfeeding boosts ability to climb social ladder
Breastfeeding not only boosts children’s chances of climbing the social ladder, but it also reduces the chances of downwards mobility, suggests a large study published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. More...
Professor Anne Johnson receives damehood in Queen's Birthday Honours
Anne M. Johnson (MD FMedSci FRCP FFPH FRCGP), Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology in the UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, has been awarded a damehood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for 2013. More...
Dean of Faculty
Tel: +44 (0)20 7679 6630, internal x46630
PA: +44 (0)20 7679 6630, internal x46630
Social & Historical Sciences
Social & Historical Sciences
UCL Social & Historical Sciences faculty website
The UCL Faculty of Social & Historical Sciences represents an area of knowledge where humanities and science meet. The interests and methods of the nine component departments offer excellent opportunities for innovative and collaborative research.
Each of the departments has major research strengths in its own discipline. Some 200 academic staff contribute to the teaching activities across the faculty and their research activities are complemented by those of almost 100 research staff. The departments also play a major role in UCL’s growing network of interdisciplinary research centres.
Departments
- UCL Institute of the Americas
- UCL Anthropology
- UCL Institute of Archaeology
- UCL Economics
- UCL Geography
- UCL History
- UCL History of Art
- UCL Political Science
- UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies
Latest Social & Historical Sciences News
Institute of Archaeology unveil monolith in Gordon Square
UCL Institute of Archaeology has installed a monolith in Gordon Square to celebrate 75 years of leading global archaeology. More...
Former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England questions central bank power
The former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England has highlighted the current power of central banks five years on from the financial crisis. More...
Dean of Faculty
Tel: +44 (0)20 7679 5882, internal x25882
PA: 020 7679 1346, internal x31346
Principal units
- UCL Constitution Unit
- UCL Environment Institute
- UCL Centre for Digital Anthropology
- UCL Institute for Subjectivity and the Cultural Imagination
- UCL Laboratory for the Ethnography of the UK
- UCL Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice
- UCL Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration
- UCL Centre for the Evaluation of Development Policies
- UCL Centre for Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy
- NORFACE Research Programme on Migration
- UCL Employment Migration and Social Justice
- UCL Centre for Transnational History
- UCL Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Studies
- UCL China Centre for Health & Humanity
- International Centre for Chinese Heritage and Archaeology
- Centre for Applied Archaeology
- Centre for Museums, Heritage and Material Culture Studies
- Centre for Audio-Visual Study and Practice in Archaeology
- Environmental Change Research Centre
- Climate and Water Research Unit
- Coastal and Estuarine Research Centre
- The Equiano Centre
- Migration Research Unit
- UCL Urban Lab
- Centre for Terrestrial Carbon Dynamics
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