A world-leading research and teaching environment
- UCL is ranked 6th in the world for psychology for the second year in a row (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025)
- UCL is the top-ranked university in Europe and fourth in the world for psychology (Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2023)
- UCL is 1st in Europe and 2nd in the world for neuroscience and behaviour, based entirely on quantitative data relating to scientific papers (2023 National Taiwan University report)
- UCL is 1st in Europe and 2nd worldwide for citations in neuroscience and behaviour, with more than twice as many published papers as any other European university (InCites Essential Scientific Indicators 2023)
- UCL is ranked first for research power in Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience by the UK’s Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021), with more than two thirds of our research in these areas rated as world-leading (4*)
- UCL is named University of the Year by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024
- We offer cutting-edge resources such as extensive laboratories for research in speech and language, perception and cognition, a centre for brain imaging and a behavioural neuroscience laboratory
- We collaborate with a broad range of interdisciplinary research centres and institutes, both within UCL and beyond
- We hold a Silver Athena SWAN award, which recognises our commitment to tackling gender inequality in higher education
- We use our expertise to shape national and local policy. For example, Professor Peter Fonagy OBE is a mental health specialist member on a UK Parliament Expert Panel and our academics are part of a steering group convened by the Duchess of Cambridge to examine how early life experiences shape the human brain
- Our research and teaching have a significant global impact. For example, our Centre for Behavioural Change works with Action Aid Ireland to integrate behaviour change into their Women's Rights Programme, improving the safety and economic independence of women and girls in Ethiopia, Kenya and Nepal
- We have many collaborations with industry spanning all of our research areas. For example, we’ve worked with sporting organisations (English Rugby, British Sailing, FA) to improve decision making to enhance performance in competitions, with Unilever to help recognise and avoid stereotyping, and with BlackRock to apply causal models to factor investing
- Our central London location gives access to one of the world’s most vibrant, cosmopolitan and influential cities, ranked as the best city in the world for university students (QS Best Student Cities 2023)
Undergraduate degrees
Our research and teaching cover areas ranging from cognition, neuroscience and linguistics to education, communication, medicine, health and phonetics.
Postgraduate taught degrees
Whether you want to join the next generation of academic researchers or build a career in another field, our outstanding academic staff and facilities will support your ambitions.
Postgraduate research degrees
We offer cutting-edge resources such as extensive laboratories for research in speech and language, perception and cognition, a centre for brain imaging and a behavioural neuroscience laboratory.
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