University College London: Courses, Admission, Cost ,,UK

A. University College London traces its foundations back to the year 1826. It offers high-quality academics and research opportunities. The University is associated with 30 Nobel laureates and has been ranked 2nd in the UK for research power according to Research Excellence Framework 2021. Moreover, University College London has a strong international network and partnerships that include more than 150 Erasmus+ partnerships. The University has been ranked among the top 10 Universities in the world by the QS World University Rankings. Students have an opportunity to choose from more than 400 undergraduate and 650 graduate programs. University College London can be a top choice for students who wish to study in the UK.

A. Performance of a University can be gauged from its rankings on various global indices and its research output. When we talk about research performance, we find that University College London has been ranked in 2nd position in research power on the Research Excellence Framework assessment, REF 2021. The University has been ranked in 8th position on the QS World University Rankings 2022 and 2023. U.S. News & World Report has ranked University College London in 12th position. In addition, University College London has been ranked 18th position on the Shanghai rankings for 2022 and 16th position on the Leiden rankings for 2021.

A. University College London has more than 400 undergraduate and 650 graduate programs across 11 faculties. These faculties are further subdivided into various departments. Some of the faculties and their departments are given below:

• Faculty of Arts and Humanities: Department of English Language and Literature; Department of Greek and Latin; Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies; Department of Information Studies, etc.
• Faculty of Brain Sciences: Division of Psychiatry; Division of Psychology and Language Sciences; Institute of Ophthalmology, etc.
• Faculty of the Built Environment: The Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis; The Bartlett School of Architecture; The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, etc.
• Faculty of Engineering Sciences: Department of Biochemical Engineering; Department of Chemical Engineering; Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, etc.

For a full list of faculties and departments, students can visit our admission page of University College London.

A. UCL has an alumni base of more than 350,000 graduates. UCL alumni are eligible for a host of alumni services. Some of these include discounts and travel deals, access to the UCL library, access to thousands of academic journals, access to professional development events, access to global alumni leadership series that provide learning opportunities from successful UCL alumni, access to UCL Careers support and My UCL Careers for up to three years after graduating, business support, accommodation and home discounts, and much more. Moreover, Indian students, get to be a part of a University that has Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore as its alumni.

A. Collaboration between University College London and India can be traced back to the 1800s. Currently, there are nearly 728 Indian students studying at University College London. University College London academics have been actively engaged with Indian partners in around 899 research publications. Moreover, University College London has research collaborations with more than 50 Indian institutions across 25 Indian cities. The top three faculties, at University College London, for Indian students include Engineering (24%), Built Environment (13%), and Social and Historical Sciences (12%). The top three subjects pursued by Indian students at University College London include MSc Management, Law LLM, and BSc Economics.

A. At University College London, UCL Careers does the job of providing career support services to its students. Students are provided with a host of career support services that help them in taking up their desired employment. Some of the career support services include one-to-one advice, guidance on career choices, guidance on sector information, facilities to search for work opportunities and volunteering, and document services such as CV review, application review, and interview preparations, just to name a few. Moreover, there are various career fairs, student-employer connect events, information resources, online jobs boards, etc. that help students in finding jobs.

A. At University College London, you can expect a host of campus facilities that can make your student life much richer and can help you strike a study-life balance. Some of these facilities include study spaces, labs, a Virtual Trading Floor in the Department of Computer Science, online resources, courses for credit in Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Italian, etc., 60 sports and dance clubs, a contemplation room, Bloomsbury Theatre, clubs and societies dedicated to the arts, bars, cafes, restaurants, shops, museums, and much more. Besides these, the University also offers research and academic facilities that help the students excel in academics.

A. Yes. University College London does provide accommodation to its students. Students, who plan to stay at the University accommodation, need to apply before a fixed deadline. There are two types of accommodation provided by University College London. These include catered and self-catered. In the case of catered accommodation, meals are included and in the case of self-catered, students are provided with cooking facilities for cooking their own meals. The following points provide the cost of University College London accommodation:

• Catered single room: £193.06 – £252.84 per week
• Self-catered single room: £156.03 – £233.38 per week
• Self-catered single room (including en-suite): £219.52 – £300.30 per week

A. Some of the notable alumni of University College London include Sir Walter Adams (History and later lecturer), historian and former Director of the London School of Economics, Peter Birks, former Regius Professor of Civil Law, University of Oxford, Edith Abbott (Carnegie Scholarship), American economist, social reformer, academic and author, Allan Octavian Hume (Medicine), political reformer, ornithologist and botanist, one of the founders of the Indian National Congress, D.J. Bartholomew (BSc, Ph.D. Mathematics), statistician and President of the Royal Statistical Society, Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose – one of the founders of radio telecommunication, just to name a few greats.

A. University College London cost of attendance depends on multiple factors that include degree level, course, type of accommodation, lifestyle, etc. The following points will provide you with an overview:

• Accommodation rent ranges from £754 to £1,083.
• Food: £468 per month
• Course materials: £21 per month
• Mobile phone: £9 per month
• Health and wellbeing: £74 per month
• Student bus pass: £63 per month

A. Yes. University College London does provide scholarships that can help students reduce their cost of pursuing academics abroad. Some of the scholarships include Arnold Hayward Stevenson Scholarship, Klesch Collection Grants for Education, New Narratives Scholarships, Baxendale scholarships, Chevening Scholarships, Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme, GREAT Scholarship, GREAT Scholarship for Justice and Law, Bartlett Promise Sub-Saharan Africa Master’s Scholarship, Carol Chattaway Scholarship, Global Masters Scholarship, just to name a few. In addition to scholarships, students may also choose to work part-time for a maximum of 20 hours per week to reduce their overall costs.