UCL Faculties
UCL's academic structure consists of 10 faculties, each home to world-class research, teaching and learning in an exciting and wide-ranging variety of fields. In fact, UCL is the largest leading university in London. 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 Jonathan Wolff, BA MPhil
Latest Arts & Humanities News
UCL Festival of the Arts: Q&A with Professor Jonathan Wolff
With the UCL Festival of the Arts running from 7 - 17 May, UCL News spoke to Professor Jonathan Wolff (UCL Philosophy), Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, about the festival, and the importance of celebrating the arts at the time when many courses at other institutions are under threat. More...
Published: Apr 29, 2013 2:59:24 PM
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...
Published: Apr 19, 2013 8:47:57 AM
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
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...
Published: Apr 19, 2013 8:47:57 AM
Call for proposals: UCL–French Embassy science and technology workshops
UCL researchers are invited to submit funding proposals to run collaborative science and/or technology workshops as part of the UCL–French Embassy partnership. More...
Published: Mar 26, 2013 4:29:53 PM
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
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 Thompson, MD FRCP FRCPI FAAN
Latest Brain Sciences News
‘Clean’ your memory to pick a winner
Predicting the winner of a sporting event with accuracy close to that of a statistical computer programme could be possible with proper training, according to researchers. More...
Published: Apr 24, 2013 12:20:27 PM
Learning disabilities affect up to 10 per cent of children
Up to 10 per cent of the population are affected by specific learning disabilities (SLDs), such as dyslexia, dyscalculia and autism, translating to 2 or 3 pupils in every classroom according to a new study. More...
Published: Apr 19, 2013 10:15:53 AM
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
Google search patterns reveal early signs of stock market movements
Patterns in Google searches for financial terms could have been used as early warning signs of stock market movements, according to a new study published in Scientific Reports. More...
Published: Apr 25, 2013 5:11:22 PM
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...
Published: Apr 19, 2013 8:47:57 AM
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
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
UCL Festival of the Arts: Q&A with Professor Jonathan Wolff
With the UCL Festival of the Arts running from 7 - 17 May, UCL News spoke to Professor Jonathan Wolff (UCL Philosophy), Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, about the festival, and the importance of celebrating the arts at the time when many courses at other institutions are under threat. More...
Published: Apr 29, 2013 2:59:24 PM
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...
Published: Apr 19, 2013 8:47:57 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
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
Behaviour of seabirds during migration revealed
The behaviour of seabirds during migration – including patterns of foraging, rest and flight – has been revealed in new detail using novel computational analyses and tracking technologies. More...
Published: May 1, 2013 1:44:44 PM
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...
Published: Apr 19, 2013 8:47:57 AM
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 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
Herschel Space Observatory loses its cool
Europe's Herschel Space Observatory has exhausted its supply of liquid helium coolant, after almost four years of scientific observations. More...
Published: Apr 30, 2013 12:01:56 PM
TEDxCERN simulcast at UCL
CERN is hosting a TEDx event on 3 May 2013. Although the TEDxCERN main stage will be in Geneva, the UCL Institute for Origins and UCL Physics and Astronomy are hosting a live "simulcast" from 12:30 onwards on the day. More...
Published: Apr 22, 2013 1:50:18 PM
UCL Mathematical & Physical Sciences faculty website
- 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
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)
- 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
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 David Lomas, PhD ScD FRCP FMedSci
Latest Medical Sciences News
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...
Published: Apr 19, 2013 8:47:57 AM
European Commission must innovate to get value from €70 billion science funding programme
The European Commission needs to make some key innovations in its science funding programme if Europe is to enjoy the full benefits of the €70 billion to be spent on science research as part of the Horizon 2020 programme kicking off in 2014, according to an academic paper published by SAGE in the Journal of Health Services Research & Policy today. More...
Published: Apr 18, 2013 9:27:28 AM
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 Hart, BA PhD FMedSci
Latest Population Health Sciences News
Light drinking during pregnancy not linked to developmental problems in childhood
Light drinking during pregnancy is not linked to adverse behavioural or cognitive outcomes in childhood, suggests a new study published today. More...
Published: Apr 17, 2013 10:13:25 AM
Study finds strong genetic component to childhood obesity
Childhood body weight is strongly influenced by genes according to new research published today in the International Journal of Obesity. More...
Published: Mar 27, 2013 1:32:56 PM
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
UCL Festival of the Arts: Q&A with Professor Jonathan Wolff
With the UCL Festival of the Arts running from 7 - 17 May, UCL News spoke to Professor Jonathan Wolff (UCL Philosophy), Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, about the festival, and the importance of celebrating the arts at the time when many courses at other institutions are under threat. More...
Published: Apr 29, 2013 2:59:24 PM
UCL and NYU Wagner announce pioneering joint Global Executive MPA
UCL’s School of Public Policy and NYU Wagner have announced today an innovative new one-year Executive Master of Public Administration in Global Public Policy and Management (Global EMPA) that will equip tomorrow’s leaders with the skills to deal with complex global issues and policy decisions. Applications open later this year and the program will start in the autumn of 2014. More...
Published: Apr 29, 2013 10:54:18 AM
UCL Social
& Historical Sciences faculty website
- 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
Centres and Institutes
We also bring the best minds together from across faculties and departments to undertake interdisciplinary research that tackles the world's major problems.
