Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment MSc

There is a global need for quantitative, practical environment and resource economists with a sound understanding of policy. 

This Master's offers students the opportunity to acquire high-level, energy-environment-economy modelling skills, whilst also focussing on conceptual as well as mathematical aspects, appealing to students with both quantitative and non-quantitative first degrees.

The UCL Energy Institute is world leader in a range of areas covered by the programme, including energy systems, energy economics, energy and environmental policy and law and behavioural aspects of energy use.

Our sister institute, the UCL Institute of Sustainable Resources, provides additional expertise on resource economics. This area is increasingly important due to related challenges, such as climate change, resource exhaustion and energy affordability.

Asa student you will benefit from:

• A world leading, multidisciplinary learning environment
• Education from leading academics who boast a long-standing track-record of excellence in energy and environmental research
• Our well-established relationships with key figures in industry, policy and academia, who often give guest lectures at our Institute
• Access to our extensive alumni network, now within many influential international organisations concerned with energy and the environment
• An inclusive environment that promotes global citizenship, and an ethos of equality and diversity
• Studying in London, a city of culture at the heart of UK's seat of government and finance

Any student who is not a national of a UK Home Office majority English-speaking country is required to provide recent evidence regarding their command of spoken and written English.

The required evidence should, if possible, by included with the complete application. If either unsatisfactory or no evidence of English language proficiency has been provided with the application, admission will be conditional upon the provision of such evidence. This condition will be clearly indicated on the offer letter and must be fulfilled before enrolment at UCL.

UCL reserves the right, in individual circumstances, to specify an additional language requirement for an applicant.

The required evidence may be one of the following:

• Bostwana
• Cameroon (only if the qualification is taught in English)
• Canada
• Caribbean/West Indies (English-speaking Caribbean Commonwealth territories)
• Dominica
• Fiji
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Grenada
• Guyana
• Ireland
• Jamaica
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Malta (where the degree is taught entirely in English)
• Mauritius
• New Zealand
• Nigeria
• Singapore
• South Africa
• St Kitts and Nevis
• St Lucia
• St Vincent and the Grenadines
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• The Bahamas
• Trinidad and Tobago
• The Netherlands (where the degree is taught entirely in English)
• Uganda
• United Kingdom
• United States of America
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

2. Completed a minimum of 18 months of work experience in a country that UCL considers to be "majority English-speaking", no more than two years prior to the proposed date of enrolment.

3. Recently obtained acceptable English language qualification or test result. The qualification or test result must have been awarded no more than two years prior to the proposed start date of enrolment or the summer two year prior to the intended start date for qualifications taken as part of the school curriculum e.g. GCSE English.

Applying to UCL

International students should apply to UCL via UCAS, using the same process as UK&students.

It is likely that the British Council office(s)&in your country will also have information&about UCAS.

International entry requirements

Providing evidence of your English ability

Any student who is not a national of a UK Home Office majority English-speaking country is required to provide recent evidence regarding their command of spoken and written English.

GCSE/IGCSE English language

Standard level&Pass at 5 (or grade C)
Good level&Pass at 5 (or grade C)
Advanced level&Pass at 6 (or grade B)

British Council International Language Testing System (IELTS Academic Version)

Standard level: Overall grade of 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each of the subtests.
Good level: Overall grade of 7.0 with a minimum of 6.5 in each of the subtests.
Advanced level: Overall grade of 7.5 with a minimum of 6.5 in each of the subtests.

Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)