World #1
for Architecture and the Built Environment. The Bartlett has also ranked #1 in the UK for the tenth year in a row.
QS World University Rankings (2025)Discover UCL Urban Laboratory
Established in 2005, Urban Lab investigates, proposes and disseminates critical solutions to a wide range of social, physical and technological urban and built environment issues, with a focus on the grand challenges of our time.

About
UCL Urban Laboratory is a cross-disciplinary centre for critical and creative urban thinking, teaching, research and practice.

Study
Our distinctive centre brings together students, academics and professionals to tackle the complexity of urban life.

Events
We programme events and networking opportunities throughout the year, on and off campus.

Research
We explore a range of subjects across disciplinary boundaries using experimental research methods.

Publications
We produce a range of accessible, open access publications, reports, pamphlets and digital media.

Urban Lab's 20th Anniversary
Urban Lab 20
In 2025, UCL Urban Laboratory proudly celebrates its 20th anniversary as a world-leading cross-disciplinary centre dedicated to critical, creative and collaborative inquiry into pressing urban challenges.
Find out moreWhat's on
EventsRuth Glass Scholarship
Applications for the Ruth Glass Scholarship are now open for UK home students applying to study Urban Lab's Global Urbanism MASc.
Apply hereUrban Circular
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UCL Urban Laboratory
Gordon House
29 Gordon Square
London
WC1H 0PP
