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We are an interdisciplinary community of academics, researchers and students who together seek to solve some of the world’s greatest public health challenges.
Welcome from the Dean
Welcome to the UCL Faculty of Population Health Sciences. We are a global leader in public health research working across disciplines to unravel the complex urgent health challenges facing everyone today.
We utilise the best scientific approaches including innovation in clinical trials, informatics, omics, data science, social science research and epidemiology to solve societal health problems. Our experts are at the forefront of researching new ways to tackle COVID-19, advancing knowledge in understanding heart disease and cancer, mental health, as well as examining the impacts of climate change on our health.
We work with different groups in populations, through the life course from childhood to the effects of ageing, women’s health, gender and black and minority ethnic groups. And we have a long-standing focus on inequalities addressing health challenges affecting disadvantaged populations.
Our students are closely integrated into our community through research-embedded teaching. We offer a range of high-quality undergraduate, postgraduate and professional programmes in all areas of population health and clinical sciences, including our new Master of Public Health (MPH).
Our exciting cross-disciplinary community encompasses ten institutes, schools and centres collectively, including the new UCL Global Business School for Health – the world’s first business school dedicated to health offering a unique MBA.
Central to our mission is to improve health for all. We seek to do this through training the next generation of public and global health leaders, while influencing health policies and programmes globally through our research.
I am delighted to welcome you and invite you to join us on our journey.
Professor Ibrahim Abubakar
Dean of the Faculty of Population Health Sciences
Contact: fphs.dean@ucl.ac.uk
Read Professor Abubakar's academic profile.
- How we perform
- Ranked #3 in the world for Public Health according to the ShanghaiRankings 2024
- Ranked #9 in the world (QS World University Ranking 2025)
- Ranked #1 in the UK for research power in impact in medicine, health and life sciences (REF 2021)
- Located in London, rated the world's best student city according to QS Best Student Cities 2025
- Our place in UCL
Our cross-disciplinary approach
We work with other faculties across UCL, directly and through the UCL Research Domains. We also work with more than 40 partners from the NHS, social care and academia as part of UCLPartners, which supports improvements in discovery science, innovation into practice and population health and focus where the need and benefit is greatest.
Research domains at UCL
The UCL Research Domains are large, cross-disciplinary research communities that span UCL and our partner organisations, fostering interaction and collaboration. A key part of both UCL Research Domains and the Faculty of Population Health Sciences is the School of Health of the Public - a virtual School that brings multiple disciplines together to improve health for all. To find out more visit the UCL Health of the Public website.
- Faculty Strategic Plan 2022-27
Our Faculty strategy for the next five years takes shape in 10 ambitions built around education, research, enterprise, partnerships, and people, focusing on what is specific and unique to UCL.