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MSc Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy MSc (Online)

  • DeadlineStudy Details: MSc one year full-time or part-time (taking a maximum of five years to complete)

Course Description

This fully online MSc will provide you with expertise in policy and science, technology, and engineering innovations necessary to drive effective governance and impactful change. The programme’s interdisciplinary approach prepares future decision- and policymakers to tackle complex global challenges.

This course prepares you to become a future decision-maker with the skills to address global challenges by mobilising science, technology, and engineering through policy. 

Designed for flexibility, this fully online programme can be studied from anywhere in the world, full-time, part-time or through modular/flexible study (taking at most five years). 

As a graduate, you’ll understand options for regulating fast-changing technology, use diplomacy to navigate stakeholder concerns, and communicate and engage with science, technology, engineering and public audiences. You’ll learn to develop and implement policies through conceptual frameworks, interdisciplinary evidence, and analytical methods. You’ll also focus on leading effective change and the development of professional policy skills throughout the course. 

Engage with leading UCL academics, policy practitioners, industry experts and leading UCL researchers, in applying insights to real-world problems from diverse and contemporary issues such as environmental can change, urbanisation, and technological revolutions, preparing you to manage complexity and uncertainty in policymaking.

Entry Requirements

As a minimum, an upper second-class Bachelor's degree from a UK university; or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. Applicants may apply from a variety of backgrounds including (but not limited to) science and technology, engineering, social sciences and the humanities. 

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Fees

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Student Destinations

This course will kickstart your career in policy making or leadership. Graduates are equipped with professional policy skills to mobilise science and engineering, regulate fast-changing technologies, and lead impactful change.

You will critically apply social science research methods and policy analytic tools to real-world problems from day one, meaning you will have the skills, knowledge and networks to be able to go on to create and implement effective policy solutions.

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  • Science Diplomacy
  • Science Funding and Governance
  • Policy Making
  • Science and Engineering Advice
  • Dissertation
  • Research Methods

Optional modules

  • Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Science and Governance
  • Policies for Emerging Technology
  • Science and Engineering Policy Practice

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