Light and Lighting MSc

UCL offers one of the world's most comprehensive Master’s degrees in Light and Lighting. We bring together the technical and creative sides of daylighting and lighting design, to offer an extensive package of knowledge and skills for your career as a lighting professional working in the built environment. You learn to design lighting as an integrated component of architecture, utilising exciting advances in science and technology whilst taking into consideration human responses to the lit environment. From gas lamps to LEDs, as technology has progressed, the lighting industry has become increasingly specialist. UCL's Light and Lighting MSc is designed to provide you with a comprehensive knowledge base and skill set to build a successful career in the lighting profession, whether as a lighting designer, luminaire manufacturer, or as part of an architectural or engineering firm. As a student, you gain in-depth expertise in the science of light, lamp and luminaire technologies, and the impact of light on architectural form and human response to both daylight and artificially lit spaces. This knowledge equips you with the vision to design beautiful lit environments that promote user wellbeing and the skills to ensure they are successfully engineered. You join a global cohort of students studying pioneering sustainable approaches to lighting design, operation and research. This course is ideal for recent graduates as well as early to mid-career professionals seeking to expand their knowledge in the field of lighting. Individuals passionate about lighting are encouraged to apply. While applicants typically come from backgrounds in architecture, interior design, industrial design, engineering, science, arts, and theatre, we welcome all prospective students with an interest in lighting. This programme is also available on a modular (flexible) basis, with a duration of 5 calendar years.

The normal minimum qualifications are a second-class Bachelor's degree from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.If you do not meet this requirement then we will still consider your application if you have any qualification in an appropriate field, in addition to extensive relevant work experience.Please note that in very rare cases, a special qualifying examination may be set. This only applies if the applicant does not meet the 2:2 minimum entry threshold, and their work experience is limited and at a junior level. Details of this route can be obtained from the department at the email address at the bottom of this page.