Light and Lighting MSc

UCL offers one of the world's most comprehensive MSc programmes in Light and Lighting. The bespoke content provides a holistic approach to lighting and is widely accepted across industry. By joining Europe's long-standing specialist graduate lighting programme you will learn how to design lighting as an integrated component of architecture, considering the human response and exciting advances in science and technology. Given the progression in the lighting industry from gas lamps to LEDs, lighting has become an increasingly specialist subject area. Specialist knowledge is now required to understand the implications and opportunities of fast advancements in technology. This programme provides this knowledge, you'll learn about lamp and luminaire technologies, the impact of light on architectural form and the human reaction to light. This knowledge is essential to give graduates both the vision to design beautiful lit environments and the skills necessary to ensure that they are successfully engineered.

We have a rich network of Alumni who sucessfully entered and made a career in the lighting industry, whether it be for global engineering consultancies, lighting design practices, architecture offices or luminaire manufacturers. The majority of graduates have either continued to work, or have gained employment in the lighting profession. A number of students have used the MSc as a foundation for MPhil/PhD research.

The programme has enabled students to demonstrate their learning at national and international level competitions. A number of students have gone on to win international awards in the field of lighting, including the Light Play prize at the Total Lighting Show, the RHS Silver Gilt Medal, and Lighting Designer of the Year. Several Light and Lighting graduates have received the Society of Light and Lighting Young Lighters of the Year award. Graduates have also delivered conference presentations at LuxLive, Museum lighting conferences and PLDC (Professional Lighting Design Convention) Madrid and Copenhagen.

The Light and Lighting MSc has been accredited by the United Kingdom's Chartered Institute of Building Service Engineers (CIBSE) as meeting the further learning requirements for Chartered Engineer (CEng) status. CIBSE have registered the degree with the Engineering Council.

The normal minimum qualifications are a second-class Bachelor's degree from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. A second acceptable qualification is a degree of lower than second-class Bachelor's standard, or an equivalent overseas qualification, in a subject appropriate to the programme, plus extensive background and experience in the field. The latter implies considerable experience as a professional at a senior level. For applicants without a first degree or full professional membership, but with relevant and substantial work experience in the field, a special qualifying examination may be set. Details of this route can be obtained from the UCL Bartlett's Graduate Faculty Office.