Graduate opportunities at UCL

Make your Master’s matter.

For a real-world advantage, study at a world-class university and your Master’s will take you further.

Studying a graduate degree at UCL gives you a deeper understanding of your chosen field and the opportunity to develop the cultural fluency and global outlook that are prized in today’s job market.

You will be part of the ninth best university in the world, The Times and The Sunday Times University of the Year 2024, and the university in London that is most targeted by graduate employers*. You’ll join courses led by world-renowned experts and shaped by collaborations with people at the forefront of their field. Whatever you choose to study, the potential for discovery is boundless.

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*The Graduate Market in 2024

World-Leading Research University 

At the very heart of UCL’s mission is our research. We were rated second in the UK for research power in the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021).

There are more than 700 postgraduate research and taught degree options available, as well as teacher training courses in a wide range of academic areas.

UCL’s research-based teaching methodology means that research is integrated into many of our degrees and students have the opportunity to make an original contribution to their field of study.

Graduate Research Degrees at UCL

When you undertake a research degree at UCL, you embark on an extraordinary journey, joining a vibrant community of around 8,000 research students and more than 6,000 academic and research staff involved in research and supervision across our 11 faculties.

UCL is a centre of innovative cross-disciplinary research and has academic staff with some of the strongest backgrounds in their specialist fields in the world. We offer more than 140 graduate research programmes across a wide range of disciplines and encourage our community to work across traditional subject boundaries.

UCL’s research-based teaching methodology means that research is integrated into many of our degrees and students have the opportunity to make an original contribution to their field of study. Through courses, inter-disciplinary programmes and scholarships we encourage research students to look beyond the boundaries of their chosen discipline, as well as sharing and broadening knowledge across disciplines through societies and competitions.

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UCL Doctoral School

UCL Doctoral School is committed to ensuring that the quality of research training at UCL is at the highest international level. We aim to ensure that you as a research student or supervisor work in a high quality research training environment. We aim to develop creative rigorous researchers for both academic and non-academic research careers across the world.

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Academic Excellence

UCL is 9th in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2025, and was awarded the University of the Year 2024 by the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide. There have been 30 Nobel laureates among UCL’s former staff and students; a winner in every decade since the prize started.

We were the first university in England to welcome women to university education and the first university in England to welcome students of any religion or social background.

We retained a leading position in third Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF), and in the Teaching Excellence Framework 2023 (TEF) UCL was awarded Gold for Student Outcomes, Silver for Student Experience, with an overall rating of Silver.

London’s Global University

UCL is located in one of the world’s most dynamic cities, with one campus in the heart of Bloomsbury, and a second campus in vibrant east London, meaning you are perfectly placed to take advantage of everything London has to offer.

Our new campus, UCL East, builds on our progressive history, positive impact and disruptive spirit. At UCL East students will experience an accessible learning environment, with facilities for cross-disciplinary research and open innovation, new approaches to practical learning and opportunities for public engagement. Find out more about the innovative programmes on offer at our world-class academic hub.

UCL has 18,000 students from outside the UK, with more than 150 countries represented – providing a truly global perspective.

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Study Climate Change at UCL

A UCL education is a climate education. UCL students have the opportunity to delve into climate issues and make an impact through many of UCL’s programmes of study.

Find out more about UCL courses and modules with a climate change focus or element.

At UCL we are tackling the big climate questions of today and tomorrow, providing the science behind the actions that we, our communities and our governments can take for a positive future. Join Generation One, a UCL campaign for a new era of climate action.

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