Luciano Zucchi Bursary at University College London 2026

The Luciano Zucchi Bursary is open to all students seeking to pursue a postgraduate degree in Light and Lighting at UCL.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirements
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineAugust 10, 2026
• Value£6,250
• Study LevelMasters , PhD
• SponsorUniversity College London
• City to studyLondon
• School to studyUniversity College London
• Course to studyEnvironmental Design , Environmental Engineering , Light and Lighting
• Eligible CountryAll Countries

Benefits

£6,250 bursary

Requirements

• Applications are open to students with an offer to study Light and Lighting in the 2026/27 academic year.
• To receive an offer to study you need to make a successful application to study Light and Lighting MSc or to start an Environmental Design and Engineering MPhil/PhD focused on Light and Lighting in the 26/27 academic year.

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Application Deadline

How To Apply

Step 1 - Application 

Once you have received an offer to study Light and Lighting at UCL you can apply for this bursary. Submit the following documents A and B to: [email protected]

Note that your name should not appear on any documentation. This is to ensure that shortlisting is done anonymously. The files should be clearly labelled “Luciano Zucchi Bursary Application”, “_Statement”, and “_Portfolio”. Submissions will be managed by administration who will ensure all applications are anonymous before sending to the Panel. Any applications that cannot be anonymised will be rejected.

Deadline for applications: 10 August 2026 at 11 am (GMT)

A - Written Supporting Statement - 750 words
Demonstrate the alignment of your reason to study lighting with the motivation for setting up the Scholarship, as articulated in the Scholarship Background section below. You could refer to your portfolio to demonstrate your appreciation of light in architecture. Your statement must explain how you would use your design aptitude within the field of lighting.

B - Design Portfolio (20 A3 pages, 25MB max.)
Demonstrate design aptitude in portfolio work samples, ideally from the lighting field. The Panel are looking for an appreciation of the human response to light and a focus on the relationship between product design and the lit environment, including the integration of the product within buildings. Applicants will be judged by a Panel on the quality and coherence of their portfolio.

Candidates of the outcome of their application on 31st August 2026. Applicants will be emailed to let them know if they have been shortlisted.

Step 2 - Interview
If you are shortlisted you will be required to prepare a presentation (10 slides maximum) for an in-person interview. This should summarise the key points in A and B.

Deadline for submission of Step 2 for shortlisted candidates is 14 September 2026 at 11 am GMT. Interviews will take place on week commencing 21 September 2026.

The winner will be announced week commencing 28 September 2026.

For more details, visit UCL Scholarship webpage