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University College London (UCL)

University College London (UCL) is a global top 10 university, set up 200 years ago to offer education for all, regardless of religion or social status.

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UCL is a federation member of the University of London

UCL was founded in 1826 and is one of the two founding colleges of the University of London. 

As a federation member of the University of London, UCL provides academic direction for a number University of London online and distance learning degrees, offering students globally a world-class, UCL-designed education.

View the courses with academic direction from UCL.

About UCL

Today, UCL brings together over 60,000 staff and students from more than 150 countries to create a city within a city – a research and innovation powerhouse that leads the world in subjects spanning the arts, sciences, technology, and the humanities.

By working across disciplines and in partnership, its 11 faculties are able to tackle and solve real-world challenges – and change lives in the process. As a result, UCL has nurtured the winners of 33 Nobel Prizes, six Turner Prizes and three Fields Medals. Because here, big plans and brave ideas have the scale and the support they need to succeed.

This is a place where passions are discovered, and friendships forged that last a lifetime. Where staff and students are encouraged to speak their mind – and be ready to change it. Where they are set free to do the best work of their lives.

This is University College London. And there, it can happen.

Undergraduate courses

PGCE

PGCE Teacher Development

Reflect on your teaching practice and different educational models within the context of research from academics at IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society.

Postgraduate courses

MBA, PGCert and PGDip

Global MBA

Earn an internationally recognised degree accredited by professional bodies such as CMI and CIMA and join the next generation of global business leaders.
LLM, PGCert and PGDip

LLM Postgraduate Laws

This LLM degree offers 33 specialisations, allowing you to demonstrate a broad awareness of law or specialist knowledge of a specific field.
MSc

MSc Professional Accountancy

Combine your professional qualifications with an internationally recognised degree that will prepare you for the next step in your accounting career.

Short courses

Short course

Admiralty law

Admiralty Law provides the framework for international trade, looking at trade from an integrated perspective (credit bearing).
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Advanced contract law

This course aim to give you a detailed understanding of contract law (credit bearing).
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Advanced torts

This course covers an introduction to torts and trespass to the person, the defamation action and tort theory (credit bearing).
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Alternative Dispute Resolution

This module aims to equip students with a comprehensive understanding of the legal, theoretical, and regulatory foundations of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR).
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Carriage of goods by sea

Contract of carriage can come in various shapes and in this course you will study the two main forms of contract and carriage and their uses (credit bearing).
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Commercial trusts law

This course considers how the trusts law is used by commercial entities, banks and other financial institutions and large corporations (credit bearing).
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Comparative criminal justice policy

This course considers criminal justice systems from a range of jurisdictions, highlighting the merits and drawbacks of these systems (credit bearing).
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Corporate governance and compliance

This course will help you understand the driving force behind the development and importance of corporate governance (credit bearing).
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Derivatives Law

This course raises theoretical questions about the way derivatives markets function and how the law and regulations should interact with them (credit bearing).
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European convention on Human Rights

This course aims to provide you with a detailed knowledge of how the European human rights legal process has evolved (credit bearing).
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European internal market

This course provides you with advanced knowledge and critical understanding of the rules and principles underpinning the EU internal markets (credit bearing).
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European Union competition law

This course deals with the general and specific issues surrounding EU Competition rules and the enforcement of those rules (credit bearing).
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Financial accounting frameworks

This module provides an introduction to core accounting principles and their applications, both internal and external, to a business organisation.
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FinTech: Law and regulation

This module will help you understand what FinTech is and also introduce you to blockchain (credit bearing).
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Franchising law

In franchising law you will study how and why the rules governing franchise agreements work (credit bearing).
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Healthcare systems

Gain the necessary knowledge and skills to evaluate healthcare systems and make meaningful comparisons between different delivery approaches.
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Human rights of women

Many of the issues and examples you will explore on this course are contemporary human rights issues (credit bearing).
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Innovation and quality improvement

Examine quality in healthcare, how it can be measured and how quality improvement might effectively be adopted into the culture of everyday.
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International criminal law

In this course you will become familiar with both the most important primary sources of the law and leading scholarly commentaries on it (credit bearing).
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International economic law

This course covers the law regulating international economic relations and the role of international organisations such as the United Nations (credit bearing).
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International investment law

This course is designed to give you exposure to the world of law concerned with the regulation of foreign investment (credit bearing).
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International law of the sea

This course is designed to provide you with a comprehensive picture from evolution to the current application of the law of the sea (credit bearing).
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International merger control

This course is rather unique as it deals with a particular business phenomenon: mergers between firms (credit bearing).
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International natural resources law

This course will provide you with the skills to analyse the theory of international natural resources law and its practical application (credit bearing).
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International refugee law

In this course we will initially look at the historical move towards affording protection to persons who may be deemed to be a refugee (credit bearing).
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International rights of the child

This is a highly analytical course and we will also identify problem areas in regard to the rights of the child (credit bearing).
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International trade law

In this course you will see how trade transactions relate to each other and how they operate in a commercial context (credit bearing).
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Law of financial crime

This course studies how the law works in the UK and also how criminal law, the financial market practice and financial regulation all interact (credit bearing).
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Law of international project finance

The structuring and finance of projects is a specialised discipline and one that will be explored in detail in this course (credit bearing).
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Law of international taxation

This course examines the rules and principles that form how countries assert and limit their jurisdiction to tax cross-border flows of income (credit bearing).
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Law of treaties

This course will provide you with knowledge of both theoretical and practical issues of the law of treaties (credit bearing).
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Law on investment entities

This course explores law on investment: substantive laws relating to investment and the regulation of investment and how we protect consumers (credit bearing).
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Management accounting frameworks

This module provides the knowledge, understanding and skills to establish an understanding of cost and management and insights into their applications.  
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Marine insurance law

Over the duration of this course you will come to understand the intricacies of marine insurance law (credit bearing).
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Maritime dispute settlement

Maritime dispute settlement deals with both general and specific issues of the settlement of maritime disputes. (credit bearing).
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Medical law and ethics

This course requires students to use sophisticated analytical skills in evaluating complex legal and ethical dilemmas (credit bearing).
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Modern copyright law

This module aims to provide you with both a general understanding of copyright law from a comparative perspective and to familiarise you with more contemporary debates.
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Module 2: Learning in Teaching

This module focuses on assessment for learning and inclusion, you will gain an insight into the diverse needs of students.
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Russian law and legal institutions

The course is intended to provide a basic grounding in Russian law and institutions and also extend your intellectual horizons and abilities (credit bearing).
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Securities law

This course aims to provide you with a strong grasp of the dense regulation within securities law (credit bearing).
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Taxation principles and policy

This course takes a principled approach to consider why tax systems are structured in a particular way and what may influence the structure (credit bearing).
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Telecommunications law

This course is all about the area of law that regulates the telecommunications industry (credit bearing).
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Transfer of technology law

The course examines the issues of intellectual property rights largely from the perspective of the United Kingdom and European Union law (credit bearing).
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Western European legal history

This course is about the history of legal development in Europe, from the fall of the Roman Empire right up to the modern times (credit bearing).
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World trade law

The course covers the history of the WTO, its objectives and how it operates (credit bearing).
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Youth justice

In this course students will discuss and analyse the socio-legal concepts of youth and childhood in both academic and legal discourse (credit bearing).

MOOCs

MOOC

What future for education?

Through this MOOC you will start to critically examine your own ideas about education, teaching and learning.

Learn more about UCL

Founded in 1826 in the heart of London, UCL is London’s leading multidisciplinary university, with more than 18,000 staff and 51,000 students from over 150 different countries.
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