Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy MSc

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. 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 modularflexible study (taking at most five years). You’ll be exposed to a unique breadth and depth of contemporary issues from across policy, science, technology and engineering. You’ll learn to develop and implement policies through conceptual frameworks, interdisciplinary evidence, and analytical methods, while reflecting on the social, ethical and human dimensions that shape decision making. As a graduate, you’ll understand options for regulating fast-changing technology, use diplomacy to navigate stakeholder concerns, and communicate and engage with technical, policy and public audiences. Join leading UCL academics and a global student body in applying insights to diverse real-world problems such as environmental change, urbanisation, and technological revolutions, preparing you to manage complexity in policymaking and drive impactful change. This programme is ideally suited for recent graduates or those looking to continue their professional development on their terms and in a flexible way. This online MSc will prepare students for careers in policymaking or within science, technology and engineering. This programme is also available on a modular (flexible) basis, with a duration of 5 calendar years.

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.