Exhibit (n)(i)

                         Independent Auditors' Consent

We consent to the use in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 8/Amendment No. 12 to
Registration Statement No. 333-40161/811-06025 of Metropolitan Life Separate
Account UL on Form N-6 of our report dated April 16, 2004, relating to
Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL appearing in the Prospectus, which is a
part of such Registration Statement, and our report dated April 9, 2004,
relating to Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (which report expresses an
unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph referring to the
change in the method of accounting for embedded derivatives in certain insurance
products as required by new accounting guidance which became effective on
October 1, 2003, and recorded the impact as a cumulative effect of a change in
accounting principle) appearing in the Statement of Additional Information,
which is also part of such Registration Statement. We also consent to the
reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such Prospectus and Statement of
Additional Information which are part of such Registration Statement.

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Tampa, Florida
April 26, 2004