Students and researchers at the IOE work collaboratively with world-renowned academics and sector specialists to advance knowledge and professional practice.

Academic departments

Research and education centres

As the world's leading centre in the field of education and social science, we also host a wide variety of specialist centres that complement our commitment to teaching and research excellence. 

• Academic Writing Centre
• Centre for Applied Linguistics
• Centre for Doctoral Education (CDE)
• Centre for Education and International Development (CEID)
• Centre for Education Improvement Science (CEIS)
• Centre for Education in the Criminal Justice System (CECJS)
• Centre for Educational Neuroscience (CEN)
• Centre for Engineering Education (CEE)
• Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE)
• Centre for Global Youth
• Centre for Holocaust Education
• Centre for Higher Education Studies (CHES)
• Centre for Language, Literacy and Numeracy: Research & Practice (LLNR&P)
• Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies (LLAKES)
• Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS)
• Centre for Multimodal Research
• Centre for Post-14 Education and Work
• Centre for Research and Evaluation in Muslim Education (CREME)
• Centre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE)
• Centre for Sociology of Education and Equity (CSEE)
• Centre for Teachers and Teaching Research (CTTR)
• Centre for Understanding Social Pedagogy (CUSP)
• Cohort and Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources (CLOSER)
• Confucius Institute for Schools
• Development Education Research Centre (DERC)
• Digital Arts Research in Education (DARE)
• Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre)
• Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy (HHCP)
• International Centre for Critical Realism
• International Centre for Historical Research in Education (ICHRE)
• International Centre for Intercultural Studies
• International Literacy Centre
• London Centre for Leadership in Learning (LCLL)
• Philosophy at the Institute of Education
• Quantitative Social Science (QSS)
• Social Science Research Unit (SSRU)
• Thomas Coram Research Unit (TCRU)
• UCL Centre for Inclusive Education
• UCL Knowledge Lab