London School of Economics and Political Science
The London School of Economics and Political Science, known locally as LSE, sits just where Covent Garden meets Holborn, a long-standing hub for ideas in the heart of central London. Founded in 1895 by Fabian Society members including Sidney and Beatrice Webb, Graham Wallas, and George Bernard Shaw, it joined the University of London in 1900 and awarded its first degrees under that umbrella in 1901. In 2008, LSE began awarding degrees in its own name, and in 2022 it became a university in its own right within the University of London. Today, LSE is a public research university specializing in pure and applied social sciences, with its main library—the British Library of Political and Economic Science, often called the LSE Library—ranked among the largest libraries worldwide dedicated to its fields. The campus numbers under 13,000 students as of 2023/24, with a strong postgraduate presence and substantial international representation. …
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