UK #1

UCL is ranked first for research power in Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Research Excellence Framework (2021)

Global Top 10

Ranked 5th in the World for Psychology

QS World University Rankings (2026)

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Undergraduate

Choose from our undergraduate degrees covering the fields of psychology, language sciences, linguistics, neuroscience, and audiology.

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Postgraduate taught

Explore our wide range of postgraduate degrees taught across our specialist institutes and divisions.

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Postgraduate research

Discover more about our cross-disciplinary research training and the range of expertise and facilities we offer. Join our PhD community and help us shape the future of brain sciences

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Continuing professional development

We offer a broad range of CPD and short courses. Find out what types of specialist training we offer, led by experts from across our institutes and divisions.

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Meet the expert

Meet our experts from across the Faculty of Brain Sciences - find out about their research, what excites them most about their work and what advice they would give their younger selves.

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Most influential researchers

16 of our Faculty’s professors are named as being among the most influential academics in the world.
We are home to a Nobel Prizewinner (James Rothman) and two of our professors (John Hardy and Bart De Strooper) won the prestigious Brain Prize, the world's most valuable prize for brain research, for their groundbreaking research on the genetic and molecular basis of Alzheimer's disease. Sir Demis Hassabis, a Faculty alumnus and DeepMind cofounder, was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Clarivate Web of Science’s ‘Highly Cited Researchers 2025'