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Study Details: MSc one year full-time or part-time (taking a maximum of five years to complete)
This fully online MSc equips future decision and policy-makers and shapers with the skills and knowledge necessary to tackle complex global challenges, deliver effective governance and drive impactful change.
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). Through a dynamic virtual learning environment, you’ll connect with a global cohort of learners and engage in weekly interactive, self-paced learning activities that are set by our expert UCL STEaPP faculty
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 change, urbanisation, and technological revolutions, preparing you to manage complexity and uncertainty in policymaking.
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.
For fees and funding options, please visit the course page to find out more.
Whether you’re a recent graduate or seeking a career change, this course will kickstart your journey into policymaking or leadership. Graduates gain professional policy skills to harness science and engineering, regulate fast-evolving technologies, and drive meaningful 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.
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