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London School of Economics
London School of Economics
London School of Economics
London School of Economics
London School of Economics
London School of Economics
London School of Economics
London School of Economics
London School of Economics
London School of Economics
London School of Economics
London School of Economics
London School of Economics
London School of Economics
London School of Economics
London School of Economics
London School of Economics
London School of Economics
London School of Economics
London School of Economics
London School of Economics
London School of Economics
London School of Economics
London School of Economics
London School of Economics
Phone:
+44 20 7405 7686

Address:
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, England

The London School of Economics is a public research university located in London, England, and a constituent college of the federal University of London. Founded in 1895 by Fabian Society members Sidney Webb, Beatrice Webb, Graham Wallas, and George Bernard Shaw for the betterment of society, LSE joined the University of London in 1900 and established its first degree courses under the auspices of the University in 1901. The LSE started awarding its own degrees in 2008, prior to which it awarded degrees of the University of London. LSE is located in Westminster, central London, near the boundary between Covent Garden and Holborn. The area is historically known as Clare Market. The LSE has more than 11,000 students and 3,300 staff, just under half of whom come from outside the UK. It had a consolidated income of £353.1 million in 2016/17, of which £32.1 million was from research grants. One hundred and fifty five nationalities are represented amongst LSE's student body and the school has the second highest percentage of international students of all world universities. Despite its name, the school is organised into 25 academic departments and institutes which conduct teaching and research across a range of legal studies and social sciences. According to many studies, in 2014 LSE had the highest proportion of world-leading research of any European university.LSE is a member of the Russell Group and is sometimes considered a part of the Golden Triangle of universities in south-east England. For the subject area of social science, LSE places second in the world in the QS Rankings, tenth in the THE Rankings, and eighth in the Academic Ranking of World Universities. LSE is ranked among the top fifteen universities nationally by all three UK tables, while internationally LSE is ranked in the top 50 by two of the three major global rankings. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, the School had the highest proportion of world-leading research among research submitted of any British non-specialist university. The LSE is also a member of academic organisations such as the Association of Commonwealth Universities and the European University Association. LSE has produced many notable alumni in the fields of law, history, economics, philosophy, psychology, business, literature, media and politics. Alumni and staff include 53 past or present heads of state or government and 20 members of the current British House of Commons. As of 2017, 26% of all the Nobel Prizes in Economics have been awarded or jointly awarded to LSE alumni, current staff or former staff, making up 16% of all laureates. LSE alumni and staff have also won 3 Nobel Peace Prizes and 2 Nobel Prizes in Literature. Out of all European universities, LSE has educated the most billionaires according to a 2014 global census of U.S dollar billionaires.
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