London School of Economics and Political Science Profile


History
•Founded by the Fabians, Beatrice and Sidney Webb, Graham Wallas and George Bernard Shaw in the year 1895 to specialize in the advanced study of social sciences.
•Subjects pioneered at the LSE include criminology, anthropology, social psychology, international relations, and sociology.

Location and transport
•Situated in the heart of central London, LSE's departments and institutes are majorly on one campus.
•The communication and travel links are excellent, with access to the multiple bus routes and tube stations.

Entry standards
•Entry standards are high and LSE supports applications from all the students with best academic potential, irrespective of their background.
•There is a number of widening competation activities including: Pathways to Law, LSE Choice, summer schools and mentoring and shadowing.

Teaching standards
•The departments have attained outstanding results in external assessments.
•A range of rigorous internal systems help to maintain the teaching quality.
•Student views are essential as the measure and are sought by School every year and are acted upon.

Research standards
•The highest percentage of the world leading research of any university in UK and came close to the top of the number of other rankings of research excellence. LSE came top in rankings for Law, Social Policy, Economics, and European Studies.
•More than 90% of eligible staff was returned to the Research Assessment Exercise.


Student facilities, including library and computing
•The Library is the largest international library of social sciences providing access to unique electronic and the print collections.
•The Library building holds more than 4 million printed items, and we have electronic approch to nearly 80,000 ejournals and ebooks.

Notable alumni
•Loyd Grossman (media).
•Cherie Booth (law).
•Shami Chakrabarti (civil liberties).
•Mark Hoban (politics).