Collaborations

UCL has hundreds of partnerships and collaborations with universities and institutions around the world.

UCL Academic Services have further details of academic partnerships.

Africa

Country/region	Partner institution	UCL department	Main aim	Purpose	Start date	End date
Kenya	The University of Eldoret	Institute for Global Prosperity	Research	To facilitate collaboration between the institutions in relation to the Marakwet District and Eastern Africa, particularly in relation to environmental management, capacity for student training and green economy	Jul-17	Jul-20
South Africa	University of KwaZulu-Natal	School of Life and Medical Sciences	Research	A collaborative relationship between UCL and UKZN to support the strategic aims and visions of the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) and to increase the global pool of autonomous research capability	Oct-16	Oct-21
South Africa	Africa Centre for Health and Populations Studies	Institute of Global Health	Teaching and Research	Research collaboration and student exchange	Jan-15	Sept-20

Latin America

Country/region	Partner institution	UCL department	Main aim	Purpose	Start date	End date
Brazil	Universidade Federale de Bahia	UCL	Teaching	Student Exchange	May-15	May-20
Ecuador	SENESCYT	UCL	Teaching and research	Framework agreement	Jul-13	Jul-18
Mexico	Consortium (Mexican and British HEIs)	UCL	Research	A consortium to establish the “Visiting Chair Mexico-United Kingdom”,  initially composed of 12 Mexican  and 12 British Higher Education Institutions	Nov-15	Nov-20

North America

Country/region	Partner institution	UCL department	Main aim	Purpose	Start date	End date
Canada	University of British Columbia	Faculty of Engineering, MAPS, Life Sciences, Social and Historical Sciences	Teaching	Student Exchange	Feb-14	Feb-19
Canada	Simon Fraser University	UCL	Teaching	Student Exchange	Jan-14	Jan-18
Canada	University of Montreal	SELCS	Teaching	Student Exchange	May-15	May-20
USA	Baylor College of Medicine, Centre for Space Medicine	Centre for Space Medicine	Teaching and research	Joint research; staff and student exchanges; education programmes; joint seminars	May-13	May-18
USA	The Cooper Union	Slade School of Fine Art	Teaching	Student exchange	Feb-14	Feb-19
USA	US-UK Fulbright Commission	UCL	Teaching	Scholarship for one US PG student for one semester on the MPA, Executive Programme in Global Public Policy and Management award with NYU Wagner	Aug-16	Aug-20
USA	Johns Hopkins University	UCL	Teaching	Student exchange	Jan-13	Jan-18
USA	National Institutes of Health NIH and NIMH	Faculties of Brian Sciences, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences and Population Health Sciences	PhD provision	Joint provision of Doctoral programmes in Biomedical Science	Sep-14	Sep-19
USA	National Space Biomedical Research Institute	UCL Centre for Space Medicine	Teaching and research	Joint research; staff and student exchanges; education programmes; joint seminars	May-13	May-18
USA	School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)	Slade School of Fine Art	Teaching	Student exchange	Oct-14	Oct-19
USA	University of California	UCL	Teaching	Student exchange	Oct-13	Oct-18
USA	University of Arizona	UCL	Teaching	Student exchange	Sep-13	Sep-18
USA	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	Anthropology, Archaeology, Biological Sciences, Computer Science, Economics, Physical and Mathematical Sciences, History of Art, Liberal Arts	Teaching	Student exchange	Mar-14	Mar-19
USA	University of Pennsylvania	Bartlett School of Planning	Teaching	Student exchange agreement	Aug-14	Aug-18
USA	Yale University	UCL Graduate School	Teaching	Postgraduate research student exchange	Jun-16	Jun-21

Australasia

Country/region	Partner institution	UCL department	Main aim	Purpose	Start date	End date
Australia	University of Sydney	UCL	Teaching	Framework for teaching	May-14	May-19
Australia	University of Queensland	Faculty of Engineering Sciences, MAPS, Life Sciences and Historical and Social Sciences	Teaching	Student exchange	Oct-13	Oct-18
Australia	University of Western Australia	Faculty of Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, Brain Sciences and Social and Historical Sciences	Teaching	Student exchange	Jan-15	Jan-20

East Asia

Country/region	Partner institution	UCL department	Main aim	Purpose	Start date	End date
China	Chinese University of Hong Kong	Division of Psychology and Language Sciences	Teaching	Student exchange (renewal of 2008 agreement in phonetics)	Oct-13	Oct-18
China	University of Hong Kong	Engineering Sciences	Teaching	Student exchange commencing in 2015-16	Sep-14	Sep-19
China	Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences	Material Chemistry Centre	Research	Research project	May-14	May-19
China	Zhejiang University	UCL	Teaching and research	Development of dual degrees in Engineering; student exchanges; staff exchanges; preliminary discussions around research collaboration	May-13	May-18
China	The University of Hong Kong	Laws	Teaching	Double degree	Sep-15	Sep-20
Japan	RENKEI	UCL	Research	Network for research collaboration with Japanese universities	Dec-13	Dec-18
Japan	Tohoku University	UCL	Teaching and research	Framework agreement- linked education programmes; joint research; staff and student exchanges	Nov-13	Nov-18
Japan	Yamaguchi University	UCL	Teaching and research	Staff and student exchange; colloquia, seminars and lectures; research	Feb-13	Feb-18
Japan	Yamaguchi University	Faculty of Engineering	Teaching and Research	Symposium; educational and research collaboration; staff and student exchange	Feb-13	Feb-18
South Korea	Dankook University	Biochemical Engineering	Teaching and research	Provision for eligible DKU students to apply for Mres degreed in Biochemical Engineering at UCL	Jun-14	Jun-19
South Korea	Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute	Faculty of Engineering Sciences	Research	Research collaboration and exchange	Mar-11	Mar-21

South Asia

Country/region	Partner institution	UCL department	Main aim	Purpose	Start date	End date

South East Asia

Country/region	Partner institution	UCL department	Main aim	Purpose	Start date	End date
Indonesia	UK Higher Education International Unit and Indonesian Ministry of Education Directorate General of Education	UCL	Teaching	Scholarship agreement	Jun-13	Jun-18
Singapore	Nanyang Technological University	Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences	Teaching	Student exchange	Mar-14	Mar-19
Thailand	Mahidol University, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology	UCL, Faculty of Engineering Science	Teaching	Dual masters degree: collaborative education programme	Apr-13	Apr-18

Europe

Country/region	Partner institution	UCL department	Main aim	Purpose	Start date	End date
Europe	IMESS Consortium	Social and Historical Sciences	Teaching	Joint Award	Oct-15	Oct-21
Europe	European Consortium	IOE	Teaching	Dual Award	2011	2018
European Consortium	CentraleSupélec, Paris; Politecnico di Milano; Technische Universität Berlin	Faculty of Engineering	Research	Broadly defined. For Faculty of Engineering: potential collaborative doctoral schemes; internship opportunities; joint workshops, meetings and conferences; multi-site research activity; post-doc exchanges	Jun-16	Jun-21
France	Institut français (French Embassy)	UCL	Research	Development and running of series of workshops with science/technology focus to expand research links	Sep-12	Sep-17
France	Institut français (French Embassy)	UCL	Research	Development and running of series of workshops with arts and humanities focus in order to build on existing links between French and UCL academic/research organisations and to establish new directions for possible research collaborations	Feb-17	Feb-19
France	Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)	UCL	Research	Research and staff exchange	Jun-13	Jun-18
France	Pierre et Marie Curie University	UCL	Research	Research project	Apr-14	Apr-19
France	Université Paris Descartes	Institute for Women’s Health, Population Health Sciences	Teaching	Students from UCL and students from UPD can participate in a reciprocal Exchange programme at each institution	May-17	May-20
Germany	Georg-August-Universität Göttingen	Department of English	Teaching	Progression agreement for students from Göttingen who have successfully completed their first year of Masters in Renaissance Studies or English Philology to progress onto UCL’s MA Medieval and Renaissance studies programme. Scholarship award available for one student per year for four years	Apr-16	Apr-21
Germany	University of Regensburg	School of Slavonic and East European Studies	Research	Enables Regensburg to free up funding to fly and accommodate five SSEES academics at a conference taking place in Regensburg	Dec-16	Dec-19
Germany	Max Planck Gesellschaft	Brain Sciences	Research	Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research- to promote and further cooperation between researchers and research groups	Jul-13	Jul-18
Germany	Roemer und Pelizaeus Museum Hildesheim	UCL Qatar	Research	Research project	Dec-13	Nov-18
Germany	Topoi (Excellence Cluster) and BAK (Berliner Antike-Kolleg)	Faculties of Arts and Humanities, Social and Historical Sciences	Teaching and research	Framework	Oct-14	Oct-19
Greece	Merimna Institute	Eastman Dental Institute	Teaching	CPD programme in Aesthetic Dentistry	Nov-16	Nov-21
Greece	University of Athens	IOE	Teaching	Joint Award	2014	2021
Israel	Yad Vashem	IOE, Centre for Holocaust Education	Teaching	Supports the initial stage of the development of a MOOC, collaboratively designed	Feb-17	Feb-19
Italy	Università degli Studi di Genova	Eastman Dental Institute	Teaching	Jointly taught CPD provision in the field of Laser Dentistry. Aims to provide evidence-based core knowledge in laser use in dentistry and  refine practical skills	Oct-16	Oct-21
Italy	Università Degli Studi De Enna "Kore"	Mechanical Engineering	Research	Framework agreement	Oct-14	Oct-19
Italy	Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza	Institute of Archaeology	Research	Research collaboration in the sector of Middle Ages production archaeology	Feb-13	Feb-18
Russia	Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre	UCL Centre for Space Medicine	Research	General research collaboration	Nov-13	Nov-18
Russia	St Petersburg State University	Department of Human Health and Performance	Research and teaching	Research projects; joint conferences, seminars, symposia; student exchange	Mar-13	Mar-18

Middle East

Country/region	Partner institution	UCL department	Main aim	Purpose	Start date	End date
Egypt	Learning Resource Centre in Cairo	IOE	Teaching	Flying Faculty; UCL Award	2014	2019
Qatar	Anti-Doping Lab Qatar	Department of Metabolism and Experimental Therapeutics	Research	Research collaboration with education and training	May-12	May-17
Qatar	Qatar University	Faculty of Engineering Sciences	Teaching and Research	Research collaboration including visiting PhD student provision	May-11	May-17
Saudi Arabia	King Abdul Aziz University	Institute of Child Health	Teaching and Research	Research collaboration; facilitate postgraduate student placements; staff exchanges	Jan-12	Jan-17
Saudi Arabia	Islamic Development Bank	UCL	Teaching	Scholarship agreement	Nov-13	Nov-18
UAE	Premier Schools International LLC (GEMS)	IOE	Teaching	Flying Faculty; UCL Award	2013	Dec-17