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Course Description
Education is a driving force for a better and more just world. The Education Studies BA at the world-leading UCL Institute of Education is an interdisciplinary degree supporting future generations to understand and critically reflect on education and society to become leaders of societal change.
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Students are taught by active researchers, benefiting from UCL’s Connected Curriculum approach, and from the research and teaching expertise at the UCL Institute of Education, ranked world leader in the field of Education for the last six years (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019).
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We prepare our students to be agents of global educational transformation. Throughout the programme, they are encouraged to reflect on their identity and place in the world.
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Our curriculum allows them to navigate their own path through the degree, and our varied teaching and assessment methods support them to become independent and innovative thinkers capable of both responding to and leading the transformations of the future.
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Gaining insights from sociology, philosophy, history and psychology in relation to educational issues, students learn to combine and apply different forms of knowledge to propose solutions to real world challenges.
Course Content
An indicative guide to the structure of this programme, year by year.
Year 1
Core or compulsory module(s)
Living in a Schooled Society
Education in the Age of Globalisation
Understanding Education Research
Optional modules
You will choose optional modules from a list which may include the following:
Foundations in the Sociology of Education
Philosophical Reflections on Education with Film
Modern Foreign Language option with the Centre for Languages and International Education
The Worlds of UCL and IOE: critical histories of nation, empire and education
Language, Literacy and Communication
How People Learn
Year 2
Core or compulsory module(s)
Policy and Politics in Education
Optional modules
You will choose optional modules from a list which may include the following:
Researching Education and Society: Qualitative Methods
Archival Research and Oral History in Education
The Learning Sciences
An Introduction to Applied Quantitative Analysis in the Social Sciences
Children with Disabilities: Theory, Politics and Experience
Modern Foreign Language with Centre for Languages and International Education
Philosophical Research in Education
Educating and Organising for Social Justice
Ways of Thinking and Ways of Being
Educating Minorities, Migrants and Refugees
Year 3
Optional modules
You will choose optional modules which may include the following:
Dissertation
Literacies Across the Lifecourse
Media Education in Schools: New Literacies and Production
Youth in a Globalising World
Social History of Learning and Learners
Creativity and Education
Modern Foreign Language with Centre for Languages and International Education
The Teacher in Policy and Research
Educating for Employment? Understanding Learning in the 21st Century Economy
Gender, Sexuality and Feminisms in Everyday Lives
Radical Education
Youth Cultures and Youth Movements: Sociological and historical perspectives
Rights, Equality and Justice in Education
Education, Religion and State: Historical and Contemporary Developments
Communicating Knowledge: Possibilities and Opportunities
Options from across UCL, subject to availability
Course Intakes
Location | Start Date | Fees | Duration | ||
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Classroom Bloomsbury Bloomsbury, London, UK |
September, 2025
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UK/EU: |
3 years, Full Time |
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Entry Requirements
A Levels
Grades
ABB
Subjects
No specific subjects.
Please refer to UCL’s list of preferred A level subjects.
GCSEs
English Language and Mathematics at grade C or 5. For UK-based students, a grade C or 5 or equivalent in a foreign language (other than Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew or Latin) is required. UCL provides opportunities to meet the foreign language requirement following enrolment, further details at: www.ucl.ac.uk/ug-reqs
Contextual offer
Grades
BBB (more about contextual offers)
Subjects
No specific subjects.
IB Diploma
Points
34
Subjects
A score of 16 points in three higher level subjects, with no score lower than 5.
Contextual offer
Points
32 (more about contextual offers)
Subjects
A score of 15 points in three higher level subjects, with no score lower than 5.
English language requirements
If your education has not been conducted in the English language, you will be expected to demonstrate evidence of an adequate level of English proficiency. Information about the evidence required, acceptable qualifications and test providers can be found on our English language requirements page.
The English language level for this programme is: Good
A variety of English language programmes are offered at the UCL Centre for Languages & International Education.
Assessment Methods
We use a wide range of assessment methods that are carefully developed across all our programme's modules. These include student journals and portfolios, empirical research assignments, multimedia projects, group discussions and debates, individual and collective presentations, writing drafts and outlines, formal academic essays and examinations.
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