The London School Of Economics And Political Science
London, United Kingdom
About
The London School of Economics and the Political Science (LSE) is Europe's leading dedicated social science university, beingranked as the #1 university in the United Kingdom for two years running by TheTimes and Sunday Times Good University Guide.
- At LSE you can study far more than just economics. We have more than 200 graduate programmes to choose from. Our students are taught by academics at the forefront of developments in the social sciences whose expertise is called upon by governments, businesses and media around the globe.
- Students come from around the world to become #PartofLSE with more than two-thirds of our students coming from outside the UK and with over 140 different nationalities represented within our student body.
- Situated in the heart of London, the School is located in one of the most cosmopolitan and vibrant cities in the world.
- LSE graduates go on to shape with the world, with alumni including Ursula von der Leyen, David Rockefeller, Juan Manuel Santos, and Arthur Lewis. Graduates are highly sought after by employers, with LSE being ranked second in the UK for graduate prospects (Complete University Guide 2026) and eighth globally for employer reputation (QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022).
Meet this school
Programs
Master's in Management
MSc in Data Science
MSc Finance
MSc in Economics
MSc in Media and Communications
Master of Laws
Master of Public Administration
MSc in Applied Social Data Science
MPA - Data Science for Public Policy
MSc in Accounting, Organisations and Institutions
Program format
Full time
MSc in Anthropology and Development
MSc in Economic History
MSc in Empires, Colonialism and Globalisation
MSc in Applicable Mathematics
MSc in Environmental Economics and Climate Change
MSc in European and International Public Policy
MSc in International Social and Public Policy
Program format
Full time
MSc in International Social and Public Policy
MSc in Gender
MSc in Global Health Policy
MSc in Health and International Development
MSc in International Health Policy
MSc in Inequalities and Social Science
MSc in Sociology
MSc in International Relations
MSc in Media and Communications
MSc in Philosophy of Economics and the Social Sciences
MSc in Political Science (Conflict Studies and Comparative Politics)
MSc in Social and Cultural Psychology
MSc Quantitative Methods for Risk Management
This programme will instruct you in theoretical as well as practical aspects of various quantitative methods to measure and mitigate financial and insurance risk. It draws on diverse disciplines, from mathematical finance, actuarial science to statistics and computation. You will work with real financial data to receive hands-on training in real-world problems and case studies. This programme draws on world class research in modern financial and actuarial mathematics and statistics within the Department.
The programme aims to prepare you for a range of expert careers in financial and insurance industries, in regulatory bodies, and in applied and theoretical research.
MSc Risk and Finance
The success of organisations depends upon their ability to operate in the face of risk, and risk management is increasingly recognised as requiring special skills central to the functioning of the organisation. This programme addresses such questions as: What types of risks exist in various settings? What are the appropriate ways to classify, measure and assess risk? How does the organisation of enterprises, governments and markets increase, decrease or change the nature of risk? What techniques can be used to transfer risk in markets, firms or societies? The design of the programme will enable you to acquire a broad knowledge of…
