The Department of Philosophy is an academic division in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at

University College London University College London (Trade name, branded as UCL) is a Public university, public research university in London, England. It is a Member institutions of the University of London, member institution of the Federal university, federal Uni ...

Affiliated centres

* The Keeling Centre for Ancient Philosophy (named after Stanley Victor Keeling) * Watling Archive (archive of John Leonard Watling's published and unpublished writings)

Rankings

The

Philosophical Gourmet Report The ''Philosophical Gourmet Report'', also known as the ''Leiter Report'' or ''PGR'', is a ranking of graduate programs in philosophy in the English language, English-speaking world. It was founded by philosophy and law professor Brian Leiter and ...

2024–25 lists the department at 5th in the UK and 30th in the English-speaking world.

QS World University Rankings The ''QS World University Rankings'' is a portfolio of comparative college and university rankings compiled by Quacquarelli Symonds, a higher education analytics firm. Its first and earliest edition was published in collaboration with '' Times ...

places the department at 7th in the UK and 22nd globally in 2025.

Permanent Faculty

Honorary Faculty

* Tamsin De Waal * M.M. McCabe * Anthony Savile * Victor Verdejo * Jonathan Wolff * Arnold Zuboff

Emeritus Professors

Malcolm Budd Malcolm Budd (born 23 December 1941) is a British philosopher. Biography Budd studied mathematics and philosophy at Jesus College, Cambridge. He taught at University College London from 1970 until 2001, and was appointed the Grote Professor ...

* Marcus Giaquinto *

Ted Honderich Edgar Dawn Ross "Ted" Honderich (30 January 1933 – 12 October 2024) was a Canadian-born British philosopher, who was Grote Professor Emeritus of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic, University College London. Biography Honderich was born on ...

* Paul Snowdon

Notable alumni

* Keith Simmons * David Conway * James Garvey * Momtazuddin Ahmed *

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References

External links

Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Department Of Philosophy, UCL Departments of University College London Philosophy departments in the United Kingdom