Teaching and Student Experience

We support UCL’s teaching excellence on Europe through innovative, practice-led education and by creating exciting opportunities for students.

Student Ambassadors

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Our Student Ambassador programme provides students with the opportunity to shape, inform and participate in the Institute's work.

Masterclass Series

From journalists to diplomats, policymakers and politicians, we host senior professionals to run Europe-related masterclasses for UCL students.

Practice Module

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We teach a postgraduate module European Politics, Policy and Law in Practice featuring interactive discussion sessions with senior policy practitioners.

Brussels Study Visit

Students on the European Politics, Policy and Law in Practice module travel to Brussels to see EU policymaking at work.

EU Careers

For UCL students interested in EU and Europe-related careers, we offer a wealth of resources and events throughout the year.

Turing Summer Schools

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UCL SELCS offers summer programmes in – and about – cities: to date, Barcelona, Bologna, Madrid, Paris, Rome, São Paulo and Stockholm.

Study Europe at UCL

Explore some of UCL’s many schools and departments researching and teaching on Europe.

Department of Political Science

UCL’s Department of Political Science & School of Public Policy offers a uniquely stimulating environment for the study of all fields of politics, including international relations, political theory, human rights, public policy-making and administration.

Faculty of Laws

UCL Laws is an agenda-setting community of legal scholars: outward-looking to its core, with a deep and pervasive interest in “laws” (plural), including those of other jurisdictions and international and European law. It is a faculty which pursues international research collaboration with other outstanding institutions; which enables its students to study abroad and has highly selective dual-degree programmes; and which nurtures a global network of alumni.

European & International Social & Political Studies

European Social and Political Studies (ESPS) and International Social and Political Studies (ISPS) are challenging, flexible, diverse four-year programmes at a university known for academic innovation, open access and quality teaching. Students gain from UCL’s world-class teaching system and the insights of renowned humanities, language and social sciences scholars, as well as the expertise of their European and international counterparts.

Department of Economics

The Department of Economics is an international, research-led community at UCL Economics and you'll learn to understand and debate how to address the most pressing problems in society. You'll study contemporary topics such as globalisation, the regulation of public utilities and policy choices in developing countries.

School of Slavonic and East European Studies

The School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) is one of the UK's largest institutions for research and teaching on Russia, the Baltics, and Central, Eastern and South-East Europe.

School of European Languages, Culture and Society

The School of European Languages, Culture and Society (SELCS) offers the widest range of language-based degrees in the UK, with programmes in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Scandinavian, Iberian and Latin American Studies as well as cross-cutting degrees.