Welcome to the UCL Philosophy Department Webpages

The teaching of Philosophy at UCL began in 1830 with the appointment of a Professor of Logic and the Philosophy of Mind. The founding principles of the College, and its early connections with Jeremy Bentham and the Utilitarian movement, gave particular importance to the subject. Click here to read more about the department's history.

Today the department has notable strengths in the Philosophy of Mind and Language, Political and Moral Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, and the History of Philosophy. Click here to find out more about our current staff members' interests.

In the most recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE 2008), the UCL Philosophy Department was ranked first in the UK.

LATEST NEWS:

The department is recruiting three teaching fellows for 2012/13 in the areas of Ancient Philosophy, Political Philosophy and Ethics. More details in our vacancies section.

Professor Michael Otsuka will deliver the John Passmore Lecture at the Australian National University in August and will be a Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Fellow at Princeton’s University Center for Human Values during the 2012-13 academic year.

Congratulations to our graduates who have secured academic positions, including Craig French (Postdoctoral Fellowship, Perception and Action Project, University of Antwerp), Christopher Jay (Lectureship, Merton College, University of Oxford) and Lee Walters (Career Development Fellow, Somerville College, University of Oxford).

Click here to see our placement record for more details