UCL Political Science - funding options available

Our postgraduate degrees are for students who are passionate about politics, and who want to want to look in-depth behind the daily headlines to understand the forces shaping today’s world.

Taught by leading practitioners in a renowned Department, our Master’s degree programmes offer a varied and unique environment for students to improve their understanding of important social and political questions, both to enhance knowledge and improve politics. Graduates have gone on to PhDs, research institutes and careers across the public and private sectors.

Key features and benefits

• We are recognised for our world-class research and policy impact, ranking among the top departments in the UK (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
• Students will meet leading academics and experts within their chosen subject field during their studies.
• Students benefit from regular workshops and seminars, as well as careers events, featuring distinguished external speakers, policymakers, practitioners, and academics.

Student view

“It was really inspiring in the Department of Political Science. I found my tutors to be experts in their field, I found them intellectually rigorous. They challenged me, they really stretched me and that is what I was looking for from a Masters in Public Administration.

The cohort was truly global and this is something I wanted... I wanted to draw on a cohort that had a high level of intellect and high levels of experience in their own careers. And I found that the melding of those global experiences of the students really helped and enriched me.”

Hilary, Masters in Public Administration

Courses

• Data Science and Public Policy (Political Science) MSc (co-taught by UCL Economics and Political Science)
• Democracy and Comparative Politics MSc  
• Global Governance and Ethics MSc
• Human Rights MA
• International Public Policy MSc
• Legal and Political Theory MA
• Public Management and Leadership MPA
• Public Policy MSc
• Security Studies MSc

Shape the future with UCL Social and Historical Sciences

We are an intellectually diverse and world-leading Faculty, with the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2024 placing our social sciences 14th in the world and our arts and humanities disciplines 6th.

We offer over 60 specialist postgraduate programmes in a range of subjects, investigating the social, political, economic, cultural and environmental processes that shape our world.

Alongside our programmes at UCL's historic campus in Bloomsbury, central London, we are delivering a range of exciting courses at UCL East, our pioneering new campus on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford in east London.

Cutting-edge research lies at the heart of the faculty’s work. We are first in the UK for research power in the social sciences (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

Scholarships and funding options

Funding for Master's study can be limited, so most students piece together different funding sources to cover their costs. Search our funding page to find out about the loans and financial awards available to help support you.

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