Study sustainability engineering at UCL

We urgently need to train environmentally-focused engineers who can work across disciplines to create and implement new sustainable engineering solutions to the complex evolving challenges in our path.

Why should you choose a UCL sustainable engineering programme? 

• University of the Year 2024. Awarded by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide, we’re also ranked 9th globally in the latest QS World University Rankings (2024). 
• Committed to a zero-carbon UCL by 2030. In three years (2019-22) we eliminated 53% of carbon dioxide from building energy use. Our LEAF (Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework) programme helps our researchers reduce their environmental footprint for greater sustainability. 
• Industry partnerships and connections. UCL Engineering is proud to work in partnership with world leaders across a wide range of industries. Many of our programmes involve working alongside practitioners and experts from our industry partners. 
• Real world research impact. Whether we’re setting the world record for the fastest data transmission rate, or helping scale up the manufacturing of the COVID-19 vaccine, the impact of our research continues to be felt all over the planet. 
• Study in one of the world’s greatest capital cities. London is ranked as the world’s most student-friendly location, according to QS Best Cities Ranking 2025. We've got engineering campuses in historic Bloomsbury, and a new UCL East campus in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, with world-class laboratory and workshop facilities. 
• Dedicated careers support. The UCL Careers Guidance team is there to support you throughout your degree and for three years afterwards. If you’re looking to progress to doctoral studies, the Environment Domain Early Careers Network (EDEN) is on hand to support your environmental research ambitions through seminars, networking events and grant advice. 

Find a UCL Engineering postgraduate programme focused on sustainability

Join us on a UCL Engineering postgraduate programme, and you’ll give yourself the opportunity to become an eco-engineering expert, ready for a fulfilling career and the chance to make a real difference to the global fightback against climate change. 

You’ll develop the same multidisciplinary approach that lies at the heart of everything we do. This means your sustainability engineering expertise will be underpinned by a diverse set of methodologies, knowledge and skills from across such disciplines as mechanical, chemical, civil, environmental and geomatic engineering.  

Our MSc, MRes and MPA programmes are also co-designed and delivered with UCL experts from outside the Faculty of Engineering, allowing you to absorb diverse and creative perspectives from architecture, biology, physics and much more. 

As a UCL engineering researcher, you’ll push the boundaries of what’s possible, whether by improving hydrogen fuel cells with nature-inspired solutions drawn from the fractal geometry of the human lung, or developing new construction materials that use living bacteria to capture and lock away CO2. 

On our MRes programmes (and many of our MScs) you’ll explore opportunities to get involved in exciting research like this, through our eight UCL Institutes researching sustainability. These include The Centre for Urban Sustainability and Resilience (USAR), the Climate Action Unit and the People and Nature Lab. 

Chemical Engineering Programmes 

• Digital Manufacturing of Advanced Materials MSc
• Global Management of Natural Resources MSc
• Nature-Inspired Solutions MSc 

Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering Programmes 

• Civil Engineering MSc
• Earthquake Engineering with Disaster Management MSc
• Engineering for International Development MSc
• Environmental Systems Engineering MSc
• Responsible Finance and Alternative Assets MSc
• Sustainable Structural Engineering MSc
• Urban Sustainability and Resilience MRes

Mechanical Engineering Courses

• Future Manufacturing and Nanoscale Engineering MSc
• Manufacturing with Innovation and Enterprise MSc
• Power Systems Engineering MSc

Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy

• Climate, Innovation and Sustainability Policy MPA
• Development, Technology and Innovation Policy MPA
• Urban Innovation and Policy MPA

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