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MSc Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy MSc (Online)

  • DeadlineStudy Details: MSc one year full-time or part-time (taking a maximum of five years to complete)

Masters Degree Description

This fully online MSc will provide you with expertise in policy and science, technology, and engineering innovations necessary to deliver effective governance and drive impactful change. The programme’s interdisciplinary, globally-oriented and practice-driven approach prepares future and emerging decision and policy makers and shapers to tackle complex global challenges. 

Entry Requirements

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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Fees

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Student Destinations

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. 

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  •  Science Diplomacy
  •  Science Funding and Governance
  •  Policy Making
  •  Science and Engineering Advice
  •  Dissertation
  •  Research Methods


Optional modules

  •  Communicating Science for Policy
  •  Ethics, Power and Institutions
  •  Risk Assessment and Governance
  •  EDI in Science Policy: Challenges & Opportunities
  •  Policies for Emerging Technology
  •  Science and Engineering Policy Practice

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