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What We Do

Founded in 2010 and a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence since 2016, the UCL European Institute exists to enhance UCL’s position as one of the world’s leading centres for the study of Europe.

Institutional Leadership

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We play a key role in shaping and helping to deliver UCL’s European engagement strategy, maintaining constructive dialogue with European partners. 

Research Environment

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Through our academic work and coordination of cross-disciplinary networks and initiatives, we foster an environment where research on Europe can flourish. 

Teaching and Student Experience

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We support UCL’s teaching excellence on Europe through innovative, multi-disciplinary teaching and by creating innovative opportunities for students. 

External Engagement

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We foster engagement with policy professionals, civil society and the public to maximise the reach and impact of UCL ideas and expertise on and across Europe. 

Recent Highlights

European Literary Map of London

An interactive online map shows the city of London through the eyes of Europe’s literary, musical, artistic and scientific minds 

Music Futures

An initiative dedicated to thinking, writing and performing music, jointly hosted with the Institute of Advanced Studies. 

Commission on Policy Engagement by Area Experts

We are co-leading a Policy Commission to improve the policy engagement capacity of area studies experts at UCL. 

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Centre of Excellence

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Read about our current and past Jean Monnet work programmes. 

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Our impact 

““The European Institute [provides] an important forum of vibrant debate in London over the EU’s future and raison d’être, involving students, practitioners and academics from across disciplines” 
Dr Oliver Gerstenberg, 
UCL Faculty of Laws 
““The European Institute’s events and research on hot topics keep UCL students and faculty engaged in policy evolution across Europe, maintaining networks of influence and thought leadership for the long term”. 
Dr Heather Grabbe,  
Open Society European Policy Institute

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Contact us

Room 501
Bentham House (UCL Laws) 
4-8 Endsleigh Gardens 
Bloomsbury, London WC1H 0EG 

Visit our Staff page for individual contact details. 

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