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Study Details: MSc one year full-time or part-time (taking a maximum of five years to complete)
Find out more about our unique and flexible MSc in Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy.
Want to lead change and shape a better world? Our MSc in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Public Policy equips you from day one with the skills, methods, and networks to design and deliver effective policy solutions.
We train the next generation of leaders and decision-makers. With our fully online, flexible programme, you can study full-time, part-time, or modularly over up to five years anytime, anywhere, on your terms.
Why study with us?
Prepare to tackle pressing global challenges by applying science, technology, and engineering through policy, with a focus on real-world complexity and ethical, social and human dimensions.
Study 100% online, full-time, part-time, or modularly over up to five years. Learn on your own terms, from anywhere in the world.
Earn a qualification from UCL, ranked 9th in the QS World University Rankings 2026, and join a department at the forefront of science, technology, engineering and public policy.
Connect with policy practitioners, industry experts, UCL researchers, alumni and academics, building valuable relationships for your future career.
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. Academic entrance requirements may be waived in cases where individuals can demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills have been acquired through alternative pathways, such as relevant professional experience. Each such case is subject to thorough review and approval by UCL.
This course prepares you 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).
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This MSc programme will prepare you with the skills to enter a career in anything from policy, government, technology management, social research and analysis, science communication, academia or within an NGO.
This course will kickstart your career in policy making, influencing 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 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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