Program Overview

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Anthropology BSc

The UCL Anthropology BSc combines evolutionary and environmental anthropology, social anthropology, material culture, and medical anthropology to give students a broad-based anthropology degree. This program equips students with the skills to respond to global challenges such as conflict, poverty, climate change, racial discrimination, and gender bias.

Study Mode and Duration

• Study mode: Full-time
• Duration: 3 academic years

Tuition Fees

• UK tuition fees (2025/26): ｣9,535
• Overseas tuition fees (2025/26): ｣36,500

Programme Details

• Programme starts: September 2025
• Application deadline: 29 January 2025
• UCAS course code: L602

Entry Requirements

A Levels

• Grades: AAB
• Subjects: No specific subjects, but at least two A-level subjects should be taken from UCL's list of preferred A-level subjects.
• GCSEs: English Language and Mathematics at grade C or 4, plus any Science (Single Science, Biology, Chemistry, or Physics) required at grade B or 6 (Combined Science at grades 6, 6).

Contextual Offer Information

• Grades: BBB
• Subjects: No specific subjects, but at least two A-level subjects should be taken from UCL's list of preferred A-level subjects.
• GCSEs: English Language and Mathematics both at grade C or 4, plus any Science (Single Science, Biology, Chemistry, or Physics) required at grade C or 4 (Combined Science at grades 4, 4).

International Baccalaureate Diploma

• Points: 36
• Subjects: A total of 17 points in three higher-level subjects, with no higher-level score below 5.

Contextual Offer

• Points: 32
• Subjects: A total of 15 points in three higher-level subjects, with no higher-level score below 5.

UK Applicants Qualifications

For entry requirements with other UK qualifications accepted by UCL, the following are considered:

• Access to HE Diploma
• BTEC National Diploma
• Cambridge Pre-U Principal Subjects
• Scottish Advanced Highers
• T Levels
• UAL Extended Diploma
• Welsh Baccalaureate

Equivalent Qualification

• Pass in Access to HE Diploma with a minimum of 30 credits at Distinction and 15 credits at Merit, all from Level 3 units.
• BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma (QCF) or BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (RQF - teaching from 2016) with Distinction, Distinction, Distinction.
• D3, D3, M1 in three Cambridge Pre-U Principal Subjects.
• A, A, B at Advanced Highers (or A, A at Advanced Higher and B, B, B at Higher).

International Applications

Country-specific information can be obtained from the International Students website.

Course Overview

The program explores the evolutionary, environmental, social, and cultural aspects of being human and our relationship with the material world. Students gain a broad set of skills, including critical reasoning, the ability to search, analyze, and synthesize various materials, collaboration, and communication.

Teaching and Learning

• Teaching comprises lectures, tutorials, seminars, and laboratory classes.
• Small group tutorials and collaborative group work are an important element of many modules.
• Students typically spend 9-12 hours per week in tutorials, seminars, lectures, laboratory or studio-based classes, workshops, and supervision sessions, and a further 25-30 hours on independent study.

Assessment

Assessment varies by module and combines written coursework, examinations, presentations, journals, laboratory notebooks, multimedia assignments, quizzes, and a dissertation research project. Examinations are normally unseen.

Fees and Funding

Fees for This Course

• UK students: ｣9,535 (2025/26)
• International students: ｣36,500 (2025/26)

Additional Costs

The optional ANTH0032 Atapuerca and Human Evolution in Europe module includes fieldwork in Burgos, Spain. Students requiring an additional visa to travel to Spain are responsible for covering its costs.

Funding Your Studies

Various funding options are available, including student loans, scholarships, and bursaries. UK students whose household income falls below a certain level may also be eligible for a non-repayable bursary or for certain scholarships.

The Foundation of Your Career

UCL Anthropology graduates work in a diverse range of fields, including accountancy and financial services, media, IT, technology and communications, performance and creative arts, publishing, journalism, and teaching. Many also pursue further academic study.

Employability

UCL Anthropology students graduate with valuable skills in qualitative and quantitative research methods, interpretation and analysis, cultural awareness, and interpersonal communication and time and project management.

Next Steps

Your Application

Application for admission should be made through UCAS (the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service). The department has a long-standing policy of encouraging applications from those with non-standard qualifications.