MSc Global Governance and Ethics Programme Overview

About this degree

Students of this MSc will benefit from research preparation and tailor-made interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary training of the highest quality at one of the world's best universities.

Teaching and learning

The programme is delivered through a combination of lectures and seminars, and is taught by scholars that combine extensive expertise in relevant theoretical and empirical research fields with institutional, policy and country-specific knowledge. Programme assessment varies across modules and can be conducted through unseen examinations, long essays, policy briefs, and the dissertation.

Assessment is through examinations, long essays and the dissertation.

For full-time students, typical contact hours are around 12 hours per week. Outside of lectures, seminars, workshops and tutorials, full-time students typically study the equivalent of a full-time job, using their remaining time for self-directed study and completing coursework assignments.

Additional costs

For more information on additional costs for prospective students please go to our estimated cost of essential expenditure at Accommodation & Living

Accessibility

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Funding

Scholarships relevant to this department are displayed below.

GREAT Scholarship

Value:

£10,000 (one year only)

Eligibility:

Overseas

Criteria:

Academic excellence and financial need

For a comprehensive list of the funding opportunities available at UCL, including funding relevant to your nationality, please visit the Scholarships and Funding website.

Careers

Most students choose the MSc as the foundation for a career in intergovernmental institutions; in central, regional or local government; in NGOs, business, lobby groups, charities and public affairs, and for funded PhD study.

Our students receive excellent training to think critically and creatively. Through our methods training, students also possess sophisticated skills in demand by employers in the public and private sector as well as the skills necessary for further academic study.

Why study this degree at UCL?

UCL Political Science is recognised as a centre of excellence in the field and offers a uniquely stimulating environment for the study of global governance and ethics.

Weekly seminars offer students an unrivalled opportunity to meet and engage with some of the leading figures in the field. By the end of programme students will: 

• Be aware of the variety of ethical issues raised by the structures of global rule, and the effects of globalisation, and normative questions of accountability and responsibility in international affairs.

• Be equipped with the theoretical tools and empirical evidence necessary for an in-depth understanding of normative theories of international justice, democracy and public ethics, on the one hand, and of empirical theories and studies of globalisation, governance and international policy-making, on the other.

• Possess the skills essential for the analytical study of politics and for the development of a normative assessment of the main issues currently facing the design of global institutions and policy making at the international level.

UCL Political Science offers a broad array of global governance-related expertise and teaching able to accommodate a wide scope of student interests within a university that has in recent years put emphasis on governance issues, such as global health.

Application 

Application 
Students are advised to apply as early as possible due to competition for places. Those applying for scholarship funding (particularly overseas applicants) should take note of application deadlines.

There is an application processing fee for this programme of £90 for online applications and £115 for paper applications. Further information can be found here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate/taught-degrees/apply...

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