Make your Master’s matter: UCL Arts & Humanities

Why Choose UCL Arts & Humanities?

Ranked 7th globally for Arts and Humanities and 14th for Social Sciences (THE World University Rankings 2025), UCL offers world-class education in the heart of London. Our Faculty spans ten departments, covering disciplines from Fine Art to Digital Humanities, and includes world-renowned academic centres such as the Slade School of Fine Art (#1 in the UK for Fine Art, Guardian University Guide 2026) and Philosophy (#1 in the UK for Research Impact, REF 2021). With a 200-year legacy of academic excellence, students benefit from innovative teaching, cutting-edge research, and access to iconic resources like the British Library and British Museum.

Your Career Starts Here

UCL Arts & Humanities graduates are highly sought after worldwide. Within 15 months of graduation, our master’s alumni work across 61 countries in diverse sectors including media, publishing, consulting, and government. Employers include Accenture, Amazon, BBC, Deloitte, HarperCollins, KPMG, PwC, and the UK government*. Our courses combine academic rigour with transferable skills, preparing you for success in a global job market while immersing you in London’s vibrant cultural and professional scene.

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*Graduate Outcomes survey carried out by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), looking at the destinations of UK and EU graduates in the 2017-2023 cohorts.

Our programmes:

Explore our diverse postgraduate degrees, designed to equip you with specialist expertise and the skills to excel in your career and make a meaningful global impact:

Arts and Sciences

We offer interdisciplinary degrees and research that combine arts, sciences, humanities, and social sciences to tackle the biggest challenges of the 21st century.

• MASc Creative Health

Centre for Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Inquiry (CMII)

Our interdisciplinary degree courses, including Comparative Literature, Early Modern, European, Film, Health, Gender, Race and Translation Studies, explore the intersection of languages and culture.

• MA Comparative Literature
• MA Early Modern Studies
• MA European Culture and Thought
• MA European Studies
• MA Film Studies
• MA Gender, Society and Representation
• MA Health Humanities
• MA Philosophy, Politics and Economics of Health
• MA Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Studies
• MA Translation: Research
• MA Translation: Translation and Culture
• MA Translation: Translation Studies
• MSc Translation and Technology (Audiovisual)
• MSc Translation and Technology (Scientific, Technical and Medical)
• MSc Translation and Technology (with Interpreting)

English Language and Literature

One of the most enduring and respected departments of English language and literature in Britain, you can expect to work with specialists in a wide range of fields with access to an incomparable range of archives and libraries, including the Senate House Library and the British Library.

• MA English Linguistics
• MA English: Issues in Modern Culture

Greek and Latin (Classics)

We are a leading international centre for postgraduate study and research in the ancient world and have a thriving graduate community. Students enjoy access to outstanding resources such as the British Museum on our doorstep.

• MA Classics
• MA Reception of the Classical World

Hebrew and Jewish Studies

The only UK university department dedicated to this field, we integrate all aspects of Jewish Studies through the prism of ancient and modern history, literature and languages.

• MA Jewish Studies

Information Studies

An international centre for knowledge creation and transfer, we are the only department in the UK uniting the fields of librarianship, archives and records management, publishing, information science and digital humanities.

• MA Archives and Records Management
• MA/MSc Digital Humanities
• MA Library and Information Studies
• MA Publishing
• MSc Knowledge, Information and Data Science

Philosophy

UCL has one of the largest philosophy departments in the UK with many celebrated philosophers appointed Chairs, such as AJ Ayer and Richard Wolheim. Our research is world-leading and includes innovative intersections of philosophy and related fields.

• MA Philosophy
• MASc Philosophy, Logic, and Artificial Intelligence
• MA Philosophy, Public Policy and Social Change

School of European Languages, Culture and Society (SELCS)

SELCS offers the widest range of language-based degrees in the UK, with specialisation in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Scandinavian, Iberian and Latin American Studies. 

• MA Language, Culture and History

School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES)

One of the UK's largest institutions for research and teaching on the region, we offer a dynamic and interdisciplinary learning environment covering politics, sociology, economics, business, history, languages, literature, and culture.

• International MA Economy, State and Society
• MA Central and South-East European Studies
• MA Comparative Business Economics
• MA Comparative Economics and Policy
• MA History (SSEES)
• MA Political Analysis (Russia and Eastern Europe)
• MA Political Sociology (Russia and Eastern Europe)
• MA Russian Studies
• MA Russian and East European Literature and Culture
• MA Russian and Post-Soviet Politics
• MRes East European Studies
• MRes The Politics and Economics of Eastern Europe

Slade School of Fine Art

An art school with a world-leading reputation, the Slade makes a significant contribution to the field of contemporary art, both nationally and internationally.

• MA Fine Art
• MFA Fine Art

Hear from our recent graduates:

“Specifically with respect to my career path, I was looking for a critical intersectional gender studies program that did not focus solely on women's studies. I only found it in the Gender, Society, and Representation MA, which was refreshing and pushed my career in the direction I wanted.”

Tamara Drove (Gender, Society and Representation MA), Consultant at UN Women Chile

“Looking back, applying to UCL was one of the most important decisions I’ve ever made. I didn’t know it then, but what I signed up for was much more than a degree, it was an invitation to rethink, to grow, and to imagine a future beyond what I thought possible.”

Lu Dong (International Master's in Economy, State and Society)

“I found my time at UCL helped me narrow down what I was truly passionate about. I studied MA European Culture and Thought: Culture which aligned closely with my interests, and I was able to explore a vast range of topics: policy, art theory, global politics – the list goes on! I wanted to pursue a career in arts and culture, and I am lucky enough to be working in the field now.”

Annabelle Fozard (European Culture and Thought: Culture MA), Coordinator at World Cities Culture Forum

Funding and Scholarships

UCL offers a range of scholarships, bursaries and funding options for postgraduate taught students.

Key opportunities include:

• UCL Global Masters Scholarship for international students.
• UCL Masters Bursary for UK students.
• Postgraduate Master’s Loan (UK students) and external awards such as the Fulbright-UCL Award.

For full details and eligibility criteria, visit UCL Scholarships and Funding

Take the next step

• Register your interest to receive updates about upcoming events, scholarships and application guidance.
• Find out more through the UCL Arts & Humanities Postgraduate Taught Study pages.
• Attend our Graduate Open Events taking place until August 2026!

Discover more:

UCL Arts & Humanities - About our Faculty

UCL Arts & Humanities - Careers and Employability

UCL Arts & Humanities - Research

UCL Arts & Humanities - Student experience