Cookies

What are cookies?
Cookies are files saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website. We use cookies to collect and store information about how you use this website, such as the pages you visit.
This page has a brief explanation of each type of cookie we use.

Cookie types

Necessary cookies
Essential for the website to function properly. These cannot be disabled.
These essential cookies do things like remember your progress through a form and enable core functionality such as page navigation, and access to secure areas.

• The __cf_bm cookie is set by Cloudflare to detect and filter bots, ensuring only legitimate human traffic reaches the website and improving overall security.
• The has_js cookie is set to detect if the user’s browser supports JavaScript, allowing the site to adjust functionality accordingly.
• The SSESS3ff9fbe07fa8ccc747e0fc2c397a20ee cookie is a session cookie that stores a unique session ID to keep a user logged in and maintain their session state across page requests.

Analytics and customisation cookies
To improve your experience of the UCL website by understanding visitor behaviour.
They collect information to help us:

• Understand which pages are most popular
• Monitor site performance and loading times
• Track visitor journeys and navigation patterns
• Identify technical issues and errors
• Measure the effectiveness of our content

Advertising and marketing cookies
These deliver relevant ads and measure campaigns.
These cookies make advertising messages more relevant to you on external websites and platforms and help us understand the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.
They perform functions like:

• preventing the same advert from continuously reappearing
• ensuring that adverts are properly displayed
• in some cases, selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.

Third-party cookies
To support embedded content and features
Important: These third-party services may use their own cookies that we cannot control.
UCL content teams deliver content through third-party platforms such as YouTube and Soundcloud.
Our website cookie management settings on the main UCL website will allow you to reject any cookies sent by these platforms if you choose to reject non-essential cookies.

How do I change my cookie settings?
You can choose which cookies you're happy for us to use.

You can click the "Privacy Settings" icon which is permanently visible on the bottom-right corner of all pages.