LSE
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London
WC2A 2AE
Tel: +44 (0)20 7405 7686
http://www2.lse.ac.uk/home.aspx
LSE is a specialist university with an international intake and a global reach. Its research and teaching span the full breadth of the social sciences, from economics, politics and law to sociology, anthropology, accounting and finance. Founded in 1895 by Beatrice and Sidney Webb, the School has an outstanding reputation for academic excellence. LSE has 16 Nobel prize winners.
A specialist university with an international intake, LSE’s reach extends from its centralLondoncampus to around the world.
- The School has a cosmopolitan student body, with around 9,000 full time students from 140 countries
- It also has a cosmopolitan staff of just over 3,000, with about 45 per cent drawn from countries outside theUK
- Over 100 languages are spoken on LSE’s campus
- An influential network of over 97,500 LSE alumni spans the world, covering over 190 countries with more than 70 active alumni groups
The School has one of the largest concentrations of applied economic, financial and social science research of any university in the world. It has 19 research centres, including the Centre for Economic Performance, the Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.
The School offers courses not only in economics and political science, but also in a wide range of social science subjects, taught within 19 departments and a number of interdisciplinary institutes. As a student at LSE, you will be based in an exciting, vibrant and colourful city. Whatever your interests or appetite you will find something to suit your palate and pocket in this truly international capital.
