# Why choose UCL?

**Source**: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/study/prospective-students/graduate/why-choose-ucl
**Parent**: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/study/prospective-students/graduate/why-choose-ucl/your-global-alumni-community

## Why choose UCL?

We’re a global top 10 university (QS World University Rankings 2026), and that shows in how seriously we take everything we do:

- #1 in the UK for sustainability (QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2025)
- #2 in the UK for Research Power (REF 2021)
- In the heart of London, Europe’s best student city (QS Best Student Cities 2026)
- Most targeted university in London by graduate employers (The Graduate Market in 2024, High Fliers Research)
- 20 subjects in the global top 20 (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025)
- Over 450 [student clubs and societies](https://studentsunionucl.org/clubs-societies)
- [32 Nobel laureates](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/about/our-people/nobel-laureates) as of 2024

## Benefit from London’s opportunities

You’ll find us in two iconic London locations, Bloomsbury and Stratford, where you’ll be surrounded by inspiring historic landmarks, a thriving business world and impressive green spaces.

## Elevate your career and your future

Here at UCL, we’re dedicated to supporting your career through CV and application guidance, interview training and networking sessions where you can connect with industry experts and hear from inspiring UCL alumni.

## Join a global top 10 university

We’re ranked 9th in the world (QS World University Rankings 2026). At UCL, you’re in good company with exceptional staff and alumni including Nobel Prize winners, artists, entrepreneurs and Olympians.

UCL was truly a dream university for me because it consistently landed near the top across all the criteria I cared most about. Now, nearing the end of my degree, I can say UCL definitely lives up to its name as a top 10 university.

Maham Shabir

Public Policy MSc, 2025

[Learn about Maham's experience at UCL](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/study/prospective-students/graduate/masters-matter/meet-our-masters-students/maham-shabbir)

## Register your interest

Be the first to hear about Open Days, bursaries, application tips and more.

[Register now](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/study/prospective-students/stay-touch/postgraduate-study)

In just one week in London, you might hear five different languages on your walk to class, try food from three continents, and have a debate about international affairs over coffee with classmates who’ve lived very different lives from your own. That kind of exposure teaches you things no textbook ever could.

Lu Dong

Economy, State and Society MA (International), 2025

[Learn about Lu's experience at UCL](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/study/prospective-students/graduate/masters-matter/meet-our-masters-students/lu-dong)

[Your wellbeing](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/study/prospective-students/graduate/why-choose-ucl/your-wellbeing)

## Your wellbeing

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