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Study outside your norm with UCIL

No matter who you are or what you’re studying, UCIL offers a variety of course units you can take as part of your degree.

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Now open: Semester 2 enrolments for 2025/26!

Semester 1 unit enrolments have now closed, but there’s still time to enrol in Semester 2 units.

Explore our unit catalogue to find a unit that sparks your interest, then head to our How to Enrol page for useful guidance on completing your enrolment. Don’t miss out – there’s still time to secure your place in a Semester 2 unit.

How to enrol

Featured online units

Leadership in Action

Leadership in Action

How can today’s leaders tackle big issues like climate change, poverty, and disaster relief?
Diversity And Inclusion. People Silhouettes

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Challenge your beliefs, attitudes and assumptions as you explore your role in shaping a fairer world.
High View Scenery of CBD Buildings in Beijing China.

Why China Matters

How is China shaping the world and your future?

Featured blended units

Professor Brian Cox speaking confidently, wearing a headset microphone.

Communicating with Confidence

This practical, engaging unit offers a toolkit of techniques to help you communicate with impact.
Abstract human antique statue and books.

Philosophy in Action

Examine how philosophy engages with social, moral, religious and aesthetic issues of our time.
Terrible explosion of a nuclear bomb with a mushroom in the desert.

The Nuclear Age

Understand the impact of nuclear weapons on global politics, history and culture.

Featured face-to-face units

Doctor making online live streaming broadcast talking over camera recording in hospital, medical and healthcare blogger, vlogger concept

Medicine and the Media

How does the media represent medical and health issues and does this impact our lives?
Software developer or programmer coding program with laptop.

Programming: What? Why? How?

Equip yourself with the skills to thrive in an increasingly digital landscape
Woman leading a business meeting.

Essential Enterprise

Start to think like a business professional.