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3 months agoContributor-Level 10
Examples of few career events at UCL include Academic Career Planning for PhD Students, Effective Academic Applications, Presenting Your Skills to Non-Academic Recruiters: CVs and Application Forms, Marketing Yourself Online: LinkedIn Lab, etc. The University hosts career fairs for student-employer connect, employer presentations, sector insights programme for focusing on specific industry sector, researchers' programme aimed specifically at research students, just to name a few.
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3 months agoContributor-Level 10
Some skill development events offered at UCL include Career Essentials programme which involves a series of Careers Consultant led talks on career planning, personality profiling, job hunting, networking, writing applications and preparing for interviews and assessment centres and Career Essentials Group Work Programme, which involves CV review and guidance, application development, etc.
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3 months agoContributor-Level 10
The institute has a standard application fee worth GBP 90 (INR 10 K).
The application fee for some other courses is different, as listed below:
| Course | Application Fee |
|---|---|
| Standard fee | GBP 90 (INR 10 K) |
| All Slade School of Fine Arts courses | GBP 35 (INR 3.9 K) |
| MSc in Business Analytics (with Management Science) | GBP 160 (INR 17.9 K) |
| MSc in Finance | GBP 160 (INR 17.9 K) |
| MSc in Management | GBP 160 (INR 17.9 K) |
| MSc in Project & Enterprise Management | GBP 160 (INR 17.9 K) |
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3 months agoContributor-Level 10
University College London secures a rank #2 among all colleges & universities based in England as per Shiksha Popularity Rankings.
Globally, it ranks #5, as per Shiksha's global rankings.
Another major domestic university ranking publication ranks it #9 among all universities in the country, while also rating its Architecture course the #1 course in England.
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6 months agoContributor-Level 10
The Kings College London acceptance rate stands at 13%, making it one of the hardest institutes in the UK to get admissions to.
University College London acceptance rate, on the other hand stands at 36%. Though, still very selective, securing admissions at UCL, is nearly three times easier than doing so at Kings College London.
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8 months agoContributor-Level 10
The Imperial College acceptance rate of 15%, places it among the most selective higher educational institutes in the region. IC London is only known to accept about 15 applications of every 100 it receives which makes it very competitive to get into.
University College London in comparison, is slightly less picky, with an acceptance rate of 30%, UC London is twice as easier to secure admissions at than Imperial College.
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8 months agoContributor-Level 10
Yes, UCL offers around 10 undergraduate scholarships that covers the full tuition fees, maintenance as well as fixed allowance for additional costs.
An additional 23 scholarships cover only the full tuition fees.
To be eligible students don't need an admission letter, but must have a confirmed fee status from UCL admissions team.
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8 months agoContributor-Level 10
Yes, UCL offers two scholarships to Indian students enrolled in Master's degrees at the institute, as mentioned below:
· UCL India Excellence Scholarship: The scholarship supports 33 Indian students over their master's studies at the institute.
A grant of GBP 5,000 (INR 5.6 L) is provided to each eligible student, with a solid academic background.
· Mukul Madhav Foundation Scholarship: Founded in 2025, the Mukul Madhav Foundation Scholarship assists Indian students enrolled in Master's degree program in the fields of Global or Child Health, by taking care of the full-course tu
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8 months agoContributor-Level 10
Yes, the inventor of the telephone pursued a course in Anatomy & Physiology.
However, his time at the institute was brief.
He left his education mid-way to move with his family to Canada in 1870.
Graham Bell emphasized elocution, i.e. the ability to speak clearly & expressively & this came in very useful during his later research in the field of speech therapy & audiology.
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8 months agoContributor-Level 10
Yes, Mahatma Gandhi is among the famous members of the Indian alumni to have studied at University College London.
Gandhi pursued a degree in Law in 1888-89 at UCL.
Additionally, Rabindranath Tagore, Bengali writer, known for writing the Indian National Anthem, & also the recipient of a Nobel Prize had also pursued his studies from the institute.
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