World #1
for Architecture and the Built Environment. The Bartlett has also ranked #1 in the UK for the 12th year in a row.
QS World University Rankings (2026)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.
UCL Urban Laboratory comprises of the Urban Lab department – part of the UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment – and the Urban Lab Collective, an extended network of cross faculty academics working on urban issues.
About
UCL Urban Laboratory is a cross-disciplinary centre for critical and creative urban thinking, teaching, research and practice.
People
Find out about our team and cross-faculty collective, made up of staff from across UCL.
Study
Our distinctive centre brings together students, academics and professionals to tackle the complexity of urban life.
Research
We explore a range of subjects across disciplinary boundaries using experimental research methods.
UCL Urban Room
We host exhibitions, events and student showcases connecting research, memory, heritage and community at UCL East.
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 celebrated its 20th anniversary as a world-leading cross-disciplinary centre dedicated to critical, creative and collaborative inquiry into pressing urban challenges.
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Events
News
Celebrating the Bartlett ECR and MCR Award Winners 2026
These awards recognise and celebrate the outstanding contributions of early and mid-career researchers across UCL's Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment.
16 Jun 2026
Bartlett alumnus pledges gift to support future students
Inspired by his own experience of financial support as a student in the 1980s, an alumnus has pledged a gift in his will to help future students at the UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment.
20 May 2026
The Bartlett is ranked global #1 in 2026
The UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment is ranked #1 in the world for Architecture and Built Environment studies in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026.
25 Mar 2026
Ruth Glass Scholarship
Applications for the Ruth Glass Scholarship are now open for UK home students applying to study Urban Lab's Global Urbanism MASc.
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