We aim to promote academic excellence in the study of Europe across the disciplines at UCL, to provide a leading forum for intellectual debate, and to act as liaison between the university and UK and European publics.

Click on the links below to learn more about who we are, our academic aims and research activities, upcoming events and news, and to visit the UCL Europe Blog. To find out what the European Institute can do for you and your research project, please contact us. We look forward to hearing from you.

EI in the news:

Our recent policy paper EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, Brexit and the Future of Transatlantic Data Flows was featured in the following media coverage:

New Statesman Tech: UK will probably get an EU data adequacy agreement – but struggle to keep it

WIRED: The end of Privacy Shield spells trouble for Brexit Britain (Op-ed by Oliver Patel)

BBC News: EU-US Privacy Shield for data struck down by court

Part of our activities are funded by the European Union through the Jean Monnet programme.