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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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Enrolments for 2025/26 are now open!

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. 

New for 25/26: Geo-political Rivalry

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Featured online units

Climbers helping each other to the top of the mountain.

Leadership in Action

How can today’s leaders tackle big issues like climate change, poverty, and disaster relief?
Wind power stations next to the sea.

Creating a Sustainable World

Equip yourself with the knowledge and skills needed to address The Sustainable Development Goals.
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On Creativity

Explore how creativity drives innovation across science, technology, business, and culture?

Featured blended units

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Visualising Information

Learn to recognise and critique oversimplifying, biased, or misleading forms of visual representation and create your own visualisations.
Frankenstein (1931) Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein (left) and Boris Karloff as the monster in Frankenstein (1931), directed by James Whale.

In Frankenstein's Footsteps

Use science fiction literature and film to explore the changing place of science in cultural imagination.
Professor Brian Cox is speaking confidently, wearing a headset microphone.

Communicating with Confidence

This practical and engaging unit aims to provide you with a toolkit of techniques to communicate with impact.

Featured face to face units

Criminological expert in coveralls inspecting empty bottle on crime scene.

From Sherlock Holmes to CSI

Explore the historical development and application of forensic investigation techniques.
rocket blasting into space.

Geo-political Rivalry

Unpack the ways in which technological breakthroughs and scientific leadership shape global power.
Climate change, compare image with Drought, Green field and Ocean metaphor

Climate Change and Society

Discover why climate change has became the environmental and socio-economic problem of the century.