Study at LSE

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.

Undergraduate degree programmes:

(BSc/BA/LLB) - three-year or four-year first-degree programmes in a broad range of subjects, offering a useful intellectual training in different approaches to social questions.

Graduate degree programmes:

Taught: (Diploma/MSc/MA/MPA/LLM) – one or two-year programmes. Many blend practical experience with rigorous academic analysis so as to broaden the knowledge of practitioners in certain fields.

Research: (MPhil/MRes/PhD) - programmes producing professional social scientists, well versed in a range of social science techniques and methods, and in-depth knowledge of a particular area.

University of London International Programmes:

(BSc/Diploma programmes) - study through distance learning, with the aid of subject guides and other materials provided by LSE.

Executive education: innovative education for professionals and organisations:

• Executive master's degrees: for mid-career to senior level professionals 
• Custom ised programmes bringing LSE expertise to your organisation
• Intensive one week courses at LSE's Executive Summer School
• TRIUM Global Executive MBA

A year at LSE: The General Course

For undergraduates at non-UK institutions wishing to study for a year at LSE.

Language Centre

English for academic purposes and modern foreign language courses at various levels and of various lengths.