Faculties and departments

Ranked 6th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (2024), the Faculty of Arts & Humanities at UCL is recognised globally for both its teaching and research excellence.

As one of the oldest but most radical faculties of its kind, The Bartlett has built a reputation for education and research that draws students and academics from across the world.

The Faculty brings together our expertise in psychology, psychiatry, prion diseases, ophthalmology and vision, language sciences, audiology, deafness and hearing, neurology and related neuroscience.

We work across a broad range of disciplines but everything we do brings discoveries closer to the people who need them. Proudly part of an open-minded home for arts and sciences, within a global city.

IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, is a world-leading centre for research and teaching in education and social science - ranked number 1 for education worldwide since 2014 QS World Rankings.

This faculty is one of the leading centres of legal education in the world, combining a strong theoretical foundation in the law with practical teaching from world-leading academics and practitioners.

This faculty spans an incredible breadth of areas; focusing on the science and biology of life, from novel discoveries to real-world solutions, from molecules and cells to populations and ecosystems.

This faculty encompasses the logical, experimental and mathematical study of our universe. Research feeds directly into our teaching, and our students benefit from first-class laboratory facilities.

UCL is 7th in the world for Medicine and No. 1 in London (QS Rankings) - educating doctors and scientists since 1834. Also top in the UK for research power in life and medical sciences (REF21).

UCL's Faculty of Population Health brings together seven institutes whose common aim is to explore the underlying factors that cause ill-health, and innovate to improve health worldwide.

Intellectually diverse and world leading, this faculty seeks to understand the social, political, economic, cultural and environmental processes that have shaped the world over time.

Read about the academic structure of UCL, including the academic units under each faculty and heads of department.