1898
Founding Year
#56
Guardian Ranking
#801
THE World Ranking
#801
QS World Ranking
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University Overview
The University of East London (UEL) is a forward-thinking, career-focused university located in East London, offering a broad range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. With specialties across Business, Engineering, Health, Law, Social Sciences, and Creative Arts, UEL places a strong emphasis on employability, practical learning, and inclusivity, creating a dynamic and diverse student community.
The university’s East London location offers easy access to many career opportunities in the capital, allowing students to benefit from one of the world’s most dynamic cities.
University Programs
| Course Name | Study Level | Intake | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| PhD Education | PhD Doctorate | January 2026 | Apply Now |
| PhD School of Arts and Creative Industries | PhD Doctorate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| PhD School of Business and Law | PhD Doctorate | January 2026 | Apply Now |
| PhD Social Sciences | PhD Doctorate | January 2026 | Apply Now |
| PhD Sustainability, Development, and the Environment | PhD Doctorate | January 2026 | Apply Now |
| BA 3D Game Art | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Acting for Stage and Screen | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Airline and Airport Management | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Animation | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Commercial Photography | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Criminology and Criminal Justice | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Criminology and Law | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Criminology and Psychology | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Dance | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Early Childhood Studies | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Early Childhood with Montessori Pedagogy Level 6 Top Up | Top-up Degree | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Education Studies | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Education Top Up | Top-up Degree | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Events Management | Undergraduate Integrated | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Events Management with Entrepreneurship | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Fashion Cultures and Business | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Fashion Design | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Fashion Journalism | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Fashion Marketing and Communication | Undergraduate Integrated | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Fashion Studies Top Up | Top-up Degree | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Film | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Fine Art | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Game Design | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Graphic Design | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Graphic Design and Illustration Visual Communication | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Hospitality Management | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Hospitality Management with Entrepreneurship | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Hospitality Management with Revenue Analytics | Foundation Degree 4 Years | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Illustration | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Illustration and Animation | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Interior Architecture | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Interior Design | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Media and Communication | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Music Performance and Production | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Music Technology and Production | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Photography | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Politics and International Relations | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Primary Education with QTS | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Product Design | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Psychosocial Studies | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Social Work | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Sound and Music for Games and Media | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Special Education | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Sport Business Management | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Sports Journalism | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Sustainable Development and Social Change | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BA Tourism Management | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BEng Aeronautical Engineering | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BEng Biomedical Engineering | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BEng Civil Engineering | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BEng Engineering Management | Undergraduate Integrated | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BEng General Engineering | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BEng Mechanical Engineering | Undergraduate Integrated | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BEng Mechatronics and Computer Systems Engineering | Undergraduate Integrated | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BEng Mechatronics Engineering | Undergraduate Integrated | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BEng Product Design Engineering | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BEng Railway Engineering | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Accounting and Business Management | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Applied Computing Top-Up | Top-up Degree | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Architectural Design Technology Accredited By CIAT | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Architecture RIBA Part 1 | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Banking and Finance | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Biomedical Science | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Business Economics | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Business Management | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Chemistry | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Civil Engineering | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Clinical and Community Psychology | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Cloud Computing | Foundation Degree 4 Years | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Computer Science | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Computer Science Web and Mobile Technologies | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Computer Science with Education and Qualified Teacher Status | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Computing for Business | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Construction Management | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Counselling | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Cyber Security Networks | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Data Science and Artificial Intelligence | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Economics | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Forensic Psychology | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Game Programming | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Human Resource Management | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc International Business Management Top-up | Top-up Degree | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Marketing | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Marketing Data Analytics | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Medical Physiology | Undergraduate Integrated | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Occupational Therapy | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Pharmaceutical Science | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Pharmacology | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Physiotherapy | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Podiatry | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Psychology | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Psychology with Child Development | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Public Health | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Sport and Exercise Science | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Sport, Physical Education and Development | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Sports Therapy | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Surveying and Mapping Sciences | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Biochemistry and Biotechnology | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Business Economics | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| BSc Clinical and Community Psychology | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| FdA Montessori Pedagogy | Foundation | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| FdSc Civil Engineering and Construction Management | Foundation | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| LLB Law | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| LLB Law with Criminology | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| LLB Business Law | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| LLM Business and Financial Law | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| LLM Energy and Natural Resources | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| LLM FinTech Law | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| LLM General | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| LLM International Law and Legal Practice | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| LLM Transitional Justice and Conflict | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MA Acting for Stage and Screen | Foundation Degree 4 Years | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MA Applied Theatre | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MA Architecture and Urbanism | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MA Conflict, Displacement and Human Security | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MA Contemporary Performance Practices | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MA Creative Enterprise | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MA Data Journalism | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MA Early Childhood Leadership and Practice | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MA Education | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MA English Language Teaching | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MA Fashion | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MA Filmmaking | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MA Fine Art | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MA Global Sports Journalism | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MA Interior Architecture and Design | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MA International Fashion Business | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MA Media and Communication Industries | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MA Professional Landscape Architecture | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MA Professional Landscape Architecture with Conversion | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MA Professional Sound and Music | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MA Refugee Studies | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MA Social Work | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MA Special Educational Needs | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MA Theatre Directing | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MA Youth And Community Work | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MAccFin Accounting and Finance | Undergraduate Integrated | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MArch Architecture ARB RIBA PART 2 | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MBA Fashion Entrepreneurship | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MBA Master of Business Administration | Masters | May 2026 | Apply Now |
| MBA Master of Business Administration - Business Analytics | Masters | May 2026 | Apply Now |
| MBA Master of Business Administration - Digital Marketing | Masters | May 2026 | Apply Now |
| MBA Master of Business Administration - Entrepreneurship | Masters | May 2026 | Apply Now |
| MBA Master of Business Administration - FinTech Management | Masters | May 2026 | Apply Now |
| MBA Master of Business Administration - Project Management | Masters | May 2026 | Apply Now |
| MBA Master of Business Administration - Supply Chain Management | Masters | May 2026 | Apply Now |
| MBA Master of Business Administration - Sustainable Energy | Masters | May 2026 | Apply Now |
| MEng Civil Engineering Integrated Masters | Undergraduate Integrated | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Undergraduate Integrated | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MEng Mechanical Engineering Integrated Masters | Undergraduate Integrated | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MFA Acting for Stage and Screen | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MFA Fashion | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MFA Filmmaking | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MFA Theatre Directing | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MRes Bioscience | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MRes Business Management and Social Justice | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MRes Creative Arts and Social Justice | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MRes Health Science | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MRes Social Research and Social Justice | Masters | January 2026 | Apply Now |
| MSc AI and Data Science | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Applied Positive Psychology MAPP | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Applied Sport And Exercise Physiology | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Artificial Intelligence | Masters | May 2026 | Apply Now |
| MSc Big Data Technologies | Masters | May 2026 | Apply Now |
| MSc Biomedical Science | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Blockchain and Financial Technologies | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Business Psychology | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Civil Engineering | Masters | May 2026 | Apply Now |
| MSc Civil Engineering with Environmental Management | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Civil Engineering with Sustainability | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Clinical Exercise Physiology | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Cloud Computing | Masters | May 2026 | Apply Now |
| MSc Computer Science | Masters | May 2026 | Apply Now |
| MSc Computing | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Construction Asset Management with Digital Technologies | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Construction Engineering Management | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Cyber Diplomacy | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Cyber Security Engineering | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Data Science | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Electric Vehicle Engineering | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Engineering Management | Masters | May 2026 | Apply Now |
| MSc Events and Hospitality Leadership | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Finance and Risk | Masters | May 2026 | Apply Now |
| MSc Human Resource Management | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Information Security and Digital Forensics | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Innovation and Sustainable Hospitality | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Intelligent Transport Planning and Engineering | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc International Business Management | Masters | May 2026 | Apply Now |
| MSc International Relations | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Internet of Things | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Marketing | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Mechanical Engineering | Masters | May 2026 | Apply Now |
| MSc Mechatronics and Computer Systems Engineering | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc NGO and Development Management | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Occupational and Organisational Psychology | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Oil and Gas Management | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Pharmaceutical Science with specialism | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Professional Accounting | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Project Management | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Psychology | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Public Health | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Real Estate Management | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Robotic Construction | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Software Engineering | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Sport Analytics | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Sport Psychology | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Sports Management | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Strength and Conditioning | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Structural Engineering | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Sustainable Energy Engineering | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| MSc Sustainable Tourism Development Management | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| PhD Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology | PhD Doctorate | January 2026 | Apply Now |
| PhD Architecture, Computing and Engineering | Masters | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| PhD Psychology | PhD Doctorate | January 2026 | Apply Now |
| PhD School of Arts and Creative Industries | PhD Doctorate | January 2026 | Apply Now |
| PhD School of Health Sport and Bioscience | PhD Doctorate | January 2026 | Apply Now |
| Prof Doc Counselling Psychology | PhD Doctorate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| Prof Doc Data Science | PhD Doctorate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| Prof Doc Educational and Child Psychology | PhD Doctorate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| Prof Doc Fine Art | PhD Doctorate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
| Prof Doc Performing Arts | Undergraduate | September 2025 | Apply Now |
University Ranking
Guardian Ranking : #56 | THE World Rankings, Year 2024 : #801 | QS World Rankings, Year 2024 : #801
UEL is known for its strengths in business, law, health sciences, and creative arts. The university is also recognised for its commitment to teaching quality and fostering a diverse student population, creating an inclusive and engaging academic environment.
Overview Services
The University of East London provides extensive support services, including academic guidance, mental health resources, and financial advice. Dedicated hubs on its Docklands and Stratford campuses provide tailored assistance, while specialised support ensures a supportive student experience.
Students Life
At UEL, student life is exciting and fun with over 100 clubs and societies, ranging from sports teams to cultural and academic groups. The Students’ Union plays an active role in organising events throughout the year, such as social activities, career workshops, and volunteering opportunities.
Living in East London, students have the advantage of being close to London’s cultural scene, offering access to renowned museums, theatres and entertainment.
Accommodation
Students at UEL can choose from modern on-campus accommodation at the Docklands and Stratford campuses, offering options such as en-suite rooms and shared flats. For those who prefer living off-campus, JVT Group accommodation service can assist in finding private housing in and around London, ensuring a smooth transition into university life.