The largest hearing and deafness research centre in Europe
At the Ear Institute, we offer a vibrant, multidisciplinary environment for research and teaching in hearing, balance and ENT care. We bring together some of the most influential academics and clinicians working in the field.
In partnership with the Royal National Ear, Nose and Throat & Eastman Dental Hospital, we form Europe’s largest single grouping of audio-vestibular researchers and clinical scientists, positioning us at the forefront of innovation and discovery in hearing health.
We offer a genuinely collaborative research environment in fields as diverse as genetics, biophysics, cell biology, systems and computational neuroscience, human cognition and clinical neuroscience.
Study
Specialising in audiology and ENT, our courses are delivered by some of the most influential researchers and clinicians in the field of hearing and deafness.
Our research
We offer a genuinely collaborative research environment in fields as diverse as human genetics, biophysics, computational neuroscience, cell biology and human cognition.
About us
Our vision is to be the world’s leading centre for investigations into mechanisms of hearing and all forms of hearing loss and ENT-related disorders, their causes and their treatment.
Course spotlight
Advanced Audiology MSc
Enhance your clinical skills and advance your career. A range of specialist modules to suit your needs. Full UK fee waiver or £12,500 international scholarship available.
CPD and short courses
CPD courses
We specialise in providing training programmes for ENT medics, audiologists and associated health-care professionals. Our courses are ENT UK (RCP), BAA and/or BSHAA accredited.
Discover our featured research
Long Covid patients who lost sense of smell can be helped with surgery
A surgical operation normally carried out to correct a blocked nasal passage may help patients who lost their sense of smell after contracting a Covid-19 infection.
Unique project between the UCL Ear Institute and the Royal Opera House explores voice loss
A unique opera experience that explores voice loss and identity has been produced by scientists at the UCL Ear Institute in collaboration with the Royal Opera House.
Training the brain to live with tinnitus
Dr Lucy Handscomb (UCL Ear Institute) talks about how a new app, MindEar, may help people living with tinnitus to change their relationship with the condition and avoid negative thinking.
News
Dean’s List of top performing postgraduate students for 2024/25 announced
Every year the Dean recognises the top postgraduate students, in terms of academic performance, from across the Faculty.
02 Jun 2026
Ear Institute's Dr Lucy Handscomb performed in the musical Lifeline
Written by Robin Hiley and Becky Hope-Palmer
06 May 2026
Professor Andrew Oxenham to join UCL Ear Institute as Professor of Translational Auditory Science
Professor Andrew Oxenham has been appointed Professor of Translational Auditory Science at the UCL Ear Institute. He will commence his appointment on 1 September 2026.
25 Mar 2026
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Research spotlight
Capturing the emotions inspired by music
The UCL Ear Institute has collaborated with the London Symphony Orchestra to captures the emotions inspired by music.
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