UCL Faculties
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Faculty of Population Health Sciences
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
The 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 and Latin, Hebrew and 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.
Dean of Faculty: Professor Henry Woudhuysen, MA DPhil FBA
Latest Arts & Humanities News
Free UCL festival celebrates London and Literature
A free one-day festival dedicated to the celebration of London and Literature will give the public an opportunity to listen to and share thoughts with celebrated authors, poets and academics on all things London. More...
Published: May 21, 2012 11:53:53 AM
UCL News Podcast (18/05/12) - One Day in the City
The UCL News podcast gives you the opportunity to listen to the latest news and research from around UCL every fortnight. Split up into three parts, you can either listen to the podcast all in one go, or save features for later listening. More...
Published: May 18, 2012 11:22:01 AM
Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment
Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment
The Bartlett, UCL’s Faculty of the Built Environment, comprises seven sections covering the full spectrum of built environment domains, including architecture, complex built environment systems, construction and project management, development planning, energy, 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. It works in partnership with London's exceptional concentration of built environment firms, acting in local contexts across the globe.
Dean of Faculty: Professor Alan Penn, BSc MSc Dip Arch RIBA
Latest Built Environment News
Free UCL festival celebrates London and Literature
A free one-day festival dedicated to the celebration of London and Literature will give the public an opportunity to listen to and share thoughts with celebrated authors, poets and academics on all things London. More...
Published: May 21, 2012 11:53:53 AM
Bartlett announces £100K in studentships to tackle inequality
The UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment is introducing £100K worth of studentships to encourage postgraduate students from a broader social background to apply. More...
Published: May 2, 2012 11:00:38 AM
Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment website
- UCL Bartlett School of Architecture
- UCL Bartlett School of Construction & Project Management
- UCL Bartlett School of Graduate Studies
- UCL Bartlett School of Planning
- UCL Bartlett Development Planning Unit
- UCL Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis
- UCL Energy Institute
Brain Sciences
Brain Sciences
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.
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.
Professor Alan J Thompson, MD FRCP FRCPI FAAN
Latest Brain Sciences News
First UCL Institute of Ophthalmology Retina Patient Day a great success
Patients with retinal degeneration and their
families gathered in London on April 21st to attend the first
UCL/Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology “Retina
Patient Day”. Over 250 attendees had the opportunity to interact with
more than 40 clinicians and scientists from Moorfields Eye Hospital and
UCL Institute of Ophthalmology Department of Genetics, who provided
updates on their research into developing effective treatments for
blinding retinal conditions.
More...
Published: May 23, 2012 11:35:28 AM
Metacognition: Computation, neurobiology and function podcast
Watch Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging's Professor Christopher Frith discuss metacogntion with Dr Stephen Fleming in this podcast, which featured in the recent themed issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. The issue was compiled and edited by Stephen M. Fleming, Raymond J. Dolan, Christopher D. Frith. Watch podcast More...
Published: May 23, 2012 11:26:02 AM
Engineering
Engineering
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.
Dean of Faculty: Professor Anthony Finkelstein, BEng MSc PhD CEng CITP FIET FBCS
Latest Engineering Sciences News
New silicon memory chip developed
The first purely silicon oxide-based ‘Resistive RAM’ memory chip that can operate in ambient conditions – opening up the possibility of new super-fast memory - has been developed by researchers at UCL. More...
Published: May 18, 2012 12:52:02 PM
The Banana Theory: realising the carbon footprint of bananas
Exactly how bad are bananas? Or anything else? Inspired by Mike Berners-Lee’s book How Bad Are Bananas?, The Banana Theory project demonstrates, using QR code technology and installation art, the difficulty we face when deciding how to change our lifestyle to become greener. More...
Published: May 17, 2012 3:20:22 PM
UCL Engineering faculty website
- 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
Associated Institutes and Centres
- UCL Advances
- UCL Institute of Biomedical Engineering
- Bloomsbury Centre for Bioinformatics
- Innovative Manufacturing Centre for Bioprocessing
- Chorley Institute
- Gatsby Centre for Computational Neuroscience
- Centre for Computational Statistics and Machine Learning
- UCL Energy Institute
- UCL Environment Institute
- UCL Centre for Health Informatics and Multiprofessional Education (CHIME)
- UCL Interaction Centre (UCLIC)
- UCL Centre for Materials Research
- UCL Centre for Mathematics and Physics in the Life Sciences and Experimental Biology (CoMPLEX)
- UCL Centre for Medical Imaging Computing (CMIC)
- London Centre for Nanotechnology
- Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Science
- UCL Centre for Security and Crime Science
- UCL Centre for Systems Engineering
- Centre for Transport Studies
- Urban Laboratory
- 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.
Dean of Faculty: Professor Dame Hazel Genn, DBE QC (Hon) FBA BA LLB LLD
Latest Arts & Humanities News
Free UCL festival celebrates London and Literature
A free one-day festival dedicated to the celebration of London and Literature will give the public an opportunity to listen to and share thoughts with celebrated authors, poets and academics on all things London. More...
Published: May 21, 2012 11:53:53 AM
UCL News Podcast (18/05/12) - One Day in the City
The UCL News podcast gives you the opportunity to listen to the latest news and research from around UCL every fortnight. Split up into three parts, you can either listen to the podcast all in one go, or save features for later listening. More...
Published: May 18, 2012 11:22:01 AM
- 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
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.
Dean of Faculty: Professor Mary Collins, BA PhD FMedSci
Latest Life Sciences News
UCL News Podcast (18/05/12) - One Day in the City
The UCL News podcast gives you the opportunity to listen to the latest news and research from around UCL every fortnight. Split up into three parts, you can either listen to the podcast all in one go, or save features for later listening. More...
Published: May 18, 2012 11:22:01 AM
Sainsbury Wellcome Centre: contractor appointed and building work begins
Building works for a new research centre at UCL will begin later this month, following the formal signing of contracts worth in excess of £70 million with Kier Construction. More...
Published: May 17, 2012 12:01:00 AM
Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Mathematical & Physical Sciences
The Faculty of Mathematical and 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.
Dean of Faculty: Professor Richard Catlow, FRS
Latest Mathematical & Physical Sciences News
X-rays emitted from black holes sterilise galaxies
Astronomers at UCL, using ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory, have shown that the number of stars that form during the early lives of galaxies may be controlled by the massive black holes at their hearts. More...
Published: May 10, 2012 11:49:31 AM
UCL News podcast – 3 May 2012
UCL News has launched a new podcast to give you the opportunity to listen to the latest news and research from around UCL every fortnight. Split up into three parts, you can either listen to the podcast all in one go, or save features for later listening. More...
Published: May 3, 2012 3:26:09 PM
UCL Mathematical & Physical Sciences faculty website
- UCL Chemistry
- UCL Earth Sciences
- UCL Mathematics
- UCL Natural Sciences
- UCL Physics & Astronomy
UCL Physics & Astronomy associated research centre:
- London Centre for Nanotechnology
- UCL Science & Technology Studies
- UCL Space & Climate Physics (Mullard Space Science Laboratory)
- UCL Statistical Science
Centres and institutes
- 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)
- Lighthill Institute of Mathematical Science
- 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
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.
Professor Patrick H Maxwell, MBBS DPhil FMedSci
Latest Medical Sciences News
Sainsbury Wellcome Centre: contractor appointed and building work begins
Building works for a new research centre at UCL will begin later this month, following the formal signing of contracts worth in excess of £70 million with Kier Construction. More...
Published: May 17, 2012 12:01:00 AM
Minister for Universities and Science, launches Imanova, a new public-private research centre for imaging science
Imanova, a new state-of-the-art imaging centre co-owned by the Medical Research Council and three of London’s leading universities, has been formally launched at a showcase event attended by representatives from the founding organisations and Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister for Universities and Science. More...
Published: May 15, 2012 6:07:51 PM
Population Health Sciences
Population Health Sciences
The UCL Faculty of Population Health Sciences brings together expertise in child health, women's and reproductive health, population 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.
Professor Graham J Hart, BA PhD FMedSci
Latest Population Health Sciences News
RCPCH review, led by Professor Ruth Gilbert, to be the most comprehensive of its kind
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health review, led by Professor Ruth Gilbert, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at the Institute of Child Health, UCL, will be the most comprehensive of its kind. More...
Published: May 24, 2012 6:08:36 PM
Greater awareness needed of rare disease cluster to aid earlier diagnosis
World experts gather at first international cilia scientific conference in London, 16-18 May More...
Published: May 17, 2012 11:17:50 AM
Social & Historical Sciences
Social & Historical Sciences
The faculty represents an area of knowledge where humanities and science meet. The interests and methods of the seven component departments (Anthropology, Archaeology, Economics, Geography, History, History of Art, School of Political Science) 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.
Dean of Faculty: Professor Stephen Smith, BA MA(Econ), PhD
Latest Social & Historical Sciences News
Free UCL festival celebrates London and Literature
A free one-day festival dedicated to the celebration of London and Literature will give the public an opportunity to listen to and share thoughts with celebrated authors, poets and academics on all things London. More...
Published: May 21, 2012 11:53:53 AM
Who stole my milk?: Exploring student homes in London
In the lead up to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, The Geffrye: Museum of the Home and MA students from UCL Institute of Archaeology are investigating shared and private spaces within London’s international student homes. More...
Published: May 17, 2012 12:53:21 PM
UCL Social
& Historical Sciences faculty website
- 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:
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