London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
伦敦政治经济学院
又翻译为伦敦经济与政治学院、伦敦政治与经济学院、伦敦经济政治学院、伦敦政经学院， 也称伦敦经济学院（London School of Economics）
学校概况
伦敦政治经济学院（LSE）在英国独树一帜，是唯一将教学与科研集中在社会、政治、经济科学领域的顶尖学校。学院于1900年成为伦敦大学University of London的一部分，今天的LSE是伦敦大学最大的学院之一。目前学生总人数超过7000名，其中约一半为来自150个国家的海外留学生；LSE拥有一个庞大的海外学生团体，校友包括国会议员、贵族议会议员、26位世界各国政府现任或历届首相。
LSE位于伦敦市中心国会大厦（著名的Big Ben）旁，介于西区与金融城之间，大英图书馆、伦敦大学议会图书馆近在咫尺，距离该学院不到一英里就是主要的政府、法律、金融和传媒中心所在地---这些机构才是该学院“真正”的研究对象。LSE共有18个系、26个研究中心或研究所，开设有经济、数学与统计、历史、法律、哲学等多种社会科学专业。LSE在经济学领域曾有五名诺贝尔奖获得者，发展了最具权威的经济理论,许多对全球政治、经济、社会发展有影响的思想、政治体系均源于LSE。
LSE图书馆——英国政治经济科学图书馆是学校的工作用图书馆，同时也是全英研究资料收集中心、世界上最大的经济和社会科学图书馆之一，馆内共藏400万册社科开架图书以及专业课程教材可供学生借阅；学生可以使用超过550台计算机，其中大部分全天24小时开放；超过90个学生俱乐部为学生提供多样的社交、体育与文化兴趣活动。另外，作为伦敦大学的一员，全体学生都可以享用伦敦大学的设施，包括医疗和牙科、咨询服务；学生会拥有酒吧、咖啡馆、健身馆和游泳池。

学院特色

1、LSE的学位证书的学位证书由伦敦大学University of London颁发，某些学位课程也与伦敦大学的其他学院联合开设。
2、LSE作为世界领先的社会经济研究中心之一，在以往的教学品质评估中，LSE的经济历史、信息系统、法律和社会政策等专业均获“Excellent优秀”，在最近的研究评估中，LSE有13个领域获得5分或5*的好成绩。在2003年英国Times大学评选中，总体排名第四。

LSE是欧洲管理学院委员会（CEMS）的成员，就读管理类本科可攻读更高的CEMS硕士学历，并在另一欧洲国家完成部分学习和实习。LSE有270万英镑的入学奖学金支持特别优秀的学生，还有专门针对中国学子的“中英友好奖学金”（针对攻读博士研究学位）以及“渣打银行奖学金”（针对攻读硕士学位），名额有限。

入学条件
最低英文成绩要求：
本科：雅思7.0或托福627（机考263），或剑桥英语水平考试证书
硕士：雅思6.5或托福603（机考250），法律类课程则需雅思7或托福627（机考263）
部分课程甚至要求GRE或GMAT分数研究硕士/博士：持有相关硕士学位者
硕士： 大学相关本科毕业，GPA至少3.5（总分4分）
本科： 重点高中毕业优秀学生；大学一二年级优秀生可插读LSE二年级。
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a world class centre for its concentration of teaching and research across the full range of the social, political and economic sciences. Founded in 1895 by Beatrice and Sidney Webb, LSE has an outstanding reputation for academic excellence.

LSE is an unusual university. Few university institutions in the world are as international. The study of social, economic and political problems covers not only the UK and European Union, but also countries of every continent. From its foundation LSE has aimed to be a laboratory of the social sciences, a place where ideas are developed, analysed, evaluated and disseminated around the globe.
LSE was founded in 1895. The decision to create the School was made by four Fabians at a breakfast party at Borough Farm, near Milford, Surrey, on 4 August 1894. The four were Beatrice and Sidney Webb, Graham Wallas and George Bernard Shaw.
LSE was founded after a bequest to the Fabian Society of some ￡20,000 by Henry Hunt Hutchinson. The Hutchinson bequest coincided not just with the Fabians' ideas but also with a wider movement in society.
The aim of the School was the betterment of society. By studying poverty issues and analysing inequalities, the Webbs sought to improve society in general. Sidney Webb in particular, noted Beatrice in her diaries, had a vision of 'a centre not only of lectures on special subjects but an association of students who would be directed and supported in doing original work.' Other donations were solicited to add to the Hutchinson legacy and the School developed rapidly through private philanthropy.
LSE held its first classes in October 1895 in rooms in John Street, moving a year later to 10 Adelphi Terrace. In 1900 LSE was recognised as a faculty of economics in the newly-constituted University of London and in 1901 the Faculty degrees were announced as the BSc (Econ) and DSc (Econ) - the first university degrees principally dedicated to the social sciences.
In 1902 the School moved formally to its present site, in Clare Market and Houghton Street, off the Aldwych. In May 1920 King George V laid the foundation stone of the Old Building.
The School's motto was adopted in February 1922. Suggested by Professor Edwin Cannan from Virgil's Georgics, the phrase rerum cognoscere causas means to know the causes of things. The industrious beaver emblem was chosen in the same year.
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a world class centre for its concentration of teaching and research across the full range of the social, political and economic sciences. Founded in 1895 by Beatrice and Sidney Webb, LSE has an outstanding reputation for academic excellence.
LSE is an unusual university. Few university institutions in the world are as international. The study of social, economic and political problems covers not only the UK and European Union, but also countries of every continent. From its foundation LSE has aimed to be a laboratory of the social sciences, a place where ideas are developed, analysed, evaluated and disseminated around the globe.
Thirteen Nobel Prize winners in economics, literature and peace have been either LSE staff or alumni: George Bernard Shaw (1925), Ralph Bunche (1950), Bertrand Russell (1950), Philip Noel-Baker (1959), Sir John Hicks (1972), Friedrich von Hayek (1974), James Meade (1977), Arthur Lewis (1979), Merton Miller (1990), Ronald Coase (1991), Amartya Sen (1998), Robert Mundell (1999) and George Akerlof (2001).
The School has around 80,000 registered alumni. Around 30 past or present heads of state have studied at LSE, and 28 members of the House of Commons and 42 members of the House of Lords have either studied or taught at LSE.

Teaching
LSE offers a very wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the social sciences. Teaching is carried out through academic departments, interdisciplinary institutes and in partnership with internationally known higher education institutions.
At postgraduate level, the Graduate School offers a wide range of taught master's programmes (MA, MSc and LLM) normally of one academic or calendar year full-time study, or two years' part-time. Research programmes for MPhil or PhD degrees are offered by all departments and institutes. Programmes for LSE's own diploma qualification are also available either as conversion courses or to extend the depth or range of undergraduate studies. Language teaching is provided through the Language Centre, both as a degree option, and to learn or improve a language.
LSE is responsible for the University of London's External Programme in economics, management, finance, social science and information systems. External students undertake study wherever they are currently living, based on course structures and content set by LSE staff. Currently there are more than 15,000 enrolled on the programme. Some students go on to study programmes at LSE.
Summer schools provide an opportunity to experience life at LSE. The programme takes place in London between July and August. Courses are intensively taught over three weeks and examined to the standards of comparable LSE courses. Summer schools are provided for young people in secondary education, along with a student shadowing scheme, as part of LSE's commitment to widening participation in higher education among young people who might not otherwise have considered studying for a university degree.
Since 1910 there have been arrangements at LSE for visiting students to pursue a fully integrated study year abroad at undergraduate level. This facility is known as the General Course. Students register for the entire academic year, October through to late June, and have a choice of over 300 courses available to them. Studying in the heart of a multicultural city alongside students from across the world ensures an involved and comprehensive experience is enjoyed.

Research
The School is a world centre for advanced research. In the 2001 UK Research Assessment Exercise carried out by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, the School's research was rated second among around 200 universities and colleges. LSE submitted 97 per cent of its staff for assessment, more than any other UK university.
There are currently over 30 active research centres and units at the School, ranging from large multidisciplinary centres with substantial financial support to small centres with more modest resources. Most of LSE's research centres and units are financed by industry, commerce, research councils or charitable foundations. There are three centres funded mainly by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Others are funded through public or private partnerships; for example, funders for the Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation include the ESRC, Deutsche Bank, Aon,  BP and the Michael Peacock Charitable Trust.
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LSE's Research Lab is the base for more than 260 staff - one of the largest concentrations of applied economic, financial and social researchers anywhere in the world. The Lab is housed above the Library, and includes the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, Centre for Economic Performance, Financial Markets Group and the Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
Students and staff
LSE has a cosmopolitan staff and student body, located within an urban, city centre campus. There are around 7,800 full-time students and over 800 part-time students at LSE. They come from 140 countries around the world: 34 per cent from the UK, 18 per cent from other European Union countries and 48 per cent from other countries around the world. 49 per cent are women and 51 per cent are postgraduates.
LSE has over 1,460 full-time and 1,320 part-time members of staff - 97 per cent of the academic staff are actively engaged in research, and 45 per cent are from countries other than the UK, almost half of these from European Union states, the rest from other nations around the world.
The School maintains close links with government, industry and the professions (many of which are situated close by in the city of London), through public meetings and seminar programmes concerned with the dissemination of research findings in the context of public policy. Many staff are also actively engaged in policy development through membership of advisory bodies such as the Monetary Policy Committee, Low Pay Commission and the Press Complaints Commission.

Organisation and governance
Sir Howard Davies is Director of the School. He is supported by three deputy directors, appointed for three or four years at a time, who deputise when the Director is away and assist him in various aspects of his work. The current deputy directors are Professor Sarah Worthington and acting deputy director Dr Ray Richardson. The secretary and director of administration of the School, Adrian Hall, has overall responsibility to the Director as secretary of the Council, clerk of the Court and company secretary. He is responsible for the services provided by the central administration.
There are three other central services. Jean Sykes, as librarian and director of information services, is responsible for the Library and information technology services. There is also an LSE Health Service; a Careers Service; and the Office of Development and Alumni Relations which is responsible for fund-raising and alumni relations.
The governing body is the Council, responsible for determining strategy and its members are company directors of the School. The Court of governors deals with some constitutional matters and has influence in the School through pre-decision discussions on key policy issues and the involvement of individual governors in the School's activities. Lord Grabiner of Aldwych, QC, chairs both bodies.
The Academic Board is the principal academic body, which considers all major issues of general policy affecting the academic life of the School and its development. It is chaired by the Director, with staff and student membership.
There are a number of committees of the Council, Court and the Academic Board, and others, which are advisory to the Director. The principal committee of the Council is the Finance and General Purposes Committee, which advises about financial matters, scrutinises the Strategic Plan, and is responsible for risk assessment. The Academic Planning and Resources Committee (APRC), is responsible for resource allocation within the School and for regular reviews of academic departments and organisational units.

The Library and IT
The Library of the School is the largest in the world devoted exclusively to the social sciences. Founded a year after the School, it is also known as the British Library of Political and Economic Science and provides a specialist national and international research collection. In 2001 architects Foster and Partners redeveloped the Lionel Robbins Building, which houses the Library, into a modern, energy efficient and visually stunning space.
The Library collects material on a worldwide basis, in all major European languages. The extensive collections range from a European Documentation Centre to 90,000 historical pamphlets, with over 95 per cent of Library stock available on open access. 50 kilometres of shelving - enough to stretch the length of the Channel Tunnel! - accommodate over four million printed items including 31,000 past and present journal titles. The Library subscribes to approximately 15,000 e-journals, as part of its electronic information provision.
The Library has the longest opening hours of any university library in Britain.
A high-speed network interconnects all the School's computers, providing access to a wide range of software, as well as advanced research and teaching software.
Through the network, electronic mail, remote log-in facilities and file transfers are available to all UK and most European and North American universities, and many others throughout the world. Access is provided to a wide range of databases and information sources, through CD-ROM, online databases and other routes. In the Library itself there are 1,600 study places of which 450 have networked PCs and 226 offer laptop drop-in points.