Overview

The Computer Science programme from University College London (UCL) has built a reputation as one of the major university centres for applied computer science research in Europe.

Because we have some of the top UK research groups in many fields, you will be supervised by academics at the very forefront of computer science, in a wide range of areas.

Careers

UCL Computer Science graduates secure careers in a variety of organisations including global IT consultancies, City banks and specialist companies in manufacturing industries.

The department takes pride in helping students in their career choices and offers placements and internships with numerous start-up technology companies, including those on Silicon Roundabout, world-leading companies such as Google, Skype and Facebook, and multi national finance companies including Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan.

Our graduates secure roles such as applications developers, information systems managers, IT consultants, multimedia programmers, software engineers and systems analysts in companies such as Microsoft, Cisco, Bloomberg, PwC and IBM.

Programme Structure

Research areas:

Bioinformatics: protein structure; genome analysis; transmembrane protein modelling; de novo protein design methods; exploiting grid technology; mathematical modelling of biological processes

Financial computing: software engineering; computational statistics and machine learning; mathematical modelling

Human centred systems: usability of security and multimedia systems; making sense of information; human error and cognitive resilience

Information security: cryptology; digital watermarking; cryptoanalysis; steganography

Intelligent systems: knowledge representation and reasoning; machine learning

Media futures: digital rights management; information retrieval; computational social science; recommender systems

Networks: internet architecture; protocols; mobile networked systems; applications and evolution; high-speed networking

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months
Part-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-25 00:00:00

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More details

Research degrees may start at any time of the year, but typically start in September.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

92

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PTE Academic

62

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IELTS

6.5

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

London, United Kingdom
London, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Computer Sciences Human Computer Interaction Web Technologies & Cloud Computing View 93 other PhDs in Computer Sciences in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

92

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62

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

A UK Master's degree in a relevant discipline with Merit, or a minimum of an upper second-class UK Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline, or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. Work experience may also be taken into account.
If you are intending to apply for a time-limited visa to complete your UCL studies (e.g., Student visa, Skilled worker visa, PBS dependant visa etc.) you may be required to obtain ATAS clearance. This will be confirmed to you if you obtain an offer of a place.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

29000 GBP / year

≈ 29000 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

5860 GBP / year

≈ 5860 GBP / year

Additional Details

Part-time

UK: £2,930
Overseas: £14,500

Living costs

London

United Kingdom

1137 - 2157 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

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Language

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Delivered

Campus Location

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

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Additional Details

Living costs

London

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