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LSE had a small, central and accessible campus with lots of great places to study. Wish there were more subsidized food options available though. Enjoyed using the management room, common room and library
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LSE had a small, central and accessible campus with lots of great places to study. Wish there were more subsidized food options available though. Enjoyed using the management room, common room and library
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London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Reputation
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is located in Westminster in Central London. 12,975 students are enrolled at LSE:
- 4,455 of these students come from the UK
- 1,970 come from EU countries
- And 6,550 are students from non-EU countries.
(Source: HESA 2021/22)
The graduate outcomes for LSE show that six months after leaving university, 93% of graduates are in work or further study. The typical graduate salary six months after leaving LSE is £30 - £33K a year.
(Source: HESA Graduate Outcomes Data Survey 2023 for 2020/21 graduates)
Updated: 30th June 2023
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Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like this university. It has a great location in the middle of London where people dress nicely every day. The campus is very pretty with a huge library.
The dorms are very loud. The doors slam all night long. The classes are good but I'm so tired I can't concentrate. The students are clicky. So I't s very lonely.
LSE had a small, central and accessible campus with lots of great places to study. Wish there were more subsidized food options available though. Enjoyed using the management room, common room and library
Really amazing experience at the university
Excellent university experience
Professors are very passionate. However, school management is not that great. Too many strikes, some buildings dont turn heater on during winter.
Very nice school, no complaints about the campus and facilities. Did not participate in societies or students union
overall nice campus, but library could be renewed. career services is very helpful, but there should be more events towards the end of the year and not only the beginning.
My experience as a masters student has been positive and it was as I expected. I am overall satisfied. Perhaps not enough societies for masters/phd students
Good enough, great access to resources
LSE facilities are more than satisfactory, but the life is very stressful.
In terms of my programme, it was a brilliant learning experience, with no complaints from my end. However, the strikes this year was a big hit to the financial value of the course, especially for someone like me who is here on loan. It was quite sad to see that the school's administration was not quick to respond the requests, making my course experience miserable during the Lent term.
Lots of support from academic staff but communication from professional services could be much improved.
LSE is competitive yet friendly and is the best place to be if you are an economist
Amazing experience overall! Learned a lot.
LSE is a prestigious school but the student experience really depends on the major and department
Although my honest reviews for the categories above are good, this does not negate the fact that LSE is an exploitative institution that treats students as a commodity. I have first-hand felt myself being treated as a commodity within this capitalist institution throughout my master's degree.
Amazing Uni, too career opportunities.
Very nice student union/ facilities and excellent career services. The services are very comprehensive
Well-known as a research university, it's an excellent place to study. Courses are framed in theoretical manner. Having said that, this makes a little challenging for students to apply what they have learned as the knowledge they have gained are so theoretical. I hope that there is a clear bridge between theories and practical applications as well. As a mid-career person, some of the core courses are irrelevant. I believe programme directors should take into consideration of that too, so that experienced students will be given more options to choose elective courses.
Best university in the UK undoubtedly!
Good school, nice campus. Few social activities though.
LSE has a beautiful campus + offers access to impressive faculty in social science departments.
Really nice university !! :) :)
Can’t really complain - has been okay
Meh at best, a war crime at worst
It’s just fine it’s just fine. Fine, fine fine.
Students fees are very high. Location of campus is super good professors are professional, and intelligent. Students are smart and friendly.
Very good service, 24 hour available. Cute and friendly reception staff. Grigor in particular is very helpful every time I am in need! We all like him!
Campus is always buzzing with energy and life, it’s an absolute pleasure every day I go in. I couldn’t imagine myself anywhere else. The faculty and staff are wonderful and inspiring. Also everything is so clean all the time which is great.
Although it’s expensive, you have no doubt you are getting a world class education.
Good school and very nice future career prospects:D
LSE is very challenging and stimulating place.
Had a great overall experience.
Nice and professional teachers and resourceful study spaces!
Amazing professors for my course, tons of study spaces and eateries, university accommodation is a little expensive
Intellectually exhilarating experience.
To simply put in a few words, LSE is the best place to be in. It gets intensive but I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Amazing faculty, decent social life.
I absolutely love LSE! I know that the overall student satisfaction is not optimal, and that some people suffer from a lot of stress. But my year has been, so far, eye-opening and amazing! I have been able to further specialise in my areas of interest, while at the same time opening up to new disciplines and subjects that I had never even heard about before. I still think the tuition fee is very expensive, certainly compared to other universities in London, but I would not want to change my experience for anything else.
The university facilities are good. Teaching quality is top notch and staff are always helpful and accommodating.
Great Professors, nice contact, clean campus, but the toilets are often dirty or broken
Best experience 🫶🏻 Good exposure
LSE is a great place to study at
Amazing uni and a wonderful society
The new study spaces and buildings are great, and the SU and clubs offer a near never-ending rollout of fun activities and opportunities to get involved. The careers service in particular is spectacular (advice is tailored to every personal situation)
Super stressful and many deadlines.
liked the overall atmosphere and situation.
Everyone here is amazing look forward to having a wonderful year!
Extremely good libraries，and we have air-conditioner and a place to heat food in the student center. Also, I get a lot of help by teachers here
Experiences are LSE are very varied.
LSE has been a great experience overall. Their response to COVID has made me feel safe, and they have done their best to offer events despite the changing circumstances.
The environment of the university is very stimulating and enriching. The true value added of the school is of its staff (always kind and helpful) and its bright students.
I had a great time there and the course I really enjoyed
I am studying for my masters. The on site and on line learning facilities are excellent. The quality of my education has been world class.
Covid-19 however ruined my experience
I am really enjoying my course and the location is so convenient
Good programs and great campus.
Studying at LSE is like a dream come true. It has the best of everything, from education to social events. Even during the pandemic the department has managed to keep everyone well connected and has provided all the support needed.
A lot of the value the LSE brings has been lost due to Covid.
Learning experience is dreary and monotonous. Lectures are twice as long as they need to be. Classes are often taught by students resulting in a sub-par lesson. There are 20 weeks of teaching per academic year £9250 or £460 per week.
LSE is great. The people at LSE are unlike anything I've experienced before.
It’s excellent professors are so kind
Very helpful lecturers and tutors. Fun experience
Amazing support to students by LSE staff even during the COVID-19 pandemic
Awful. The standard of lecturing has been terrible during my two years here, overloading on reading so basically it is a self-study course, lecturers are rarely approachable, grades feel more like luck than based on skill and effort, not a good community feel, does not encourage entrepreneurship well but rather employment into banking or consulting, you cannot challenge your marks because of ‘double blind marking’ which is nonsense. Overall, I hated my time at LSE, yet paid £28,000 per year for my two-year masters and I completely regret giving this university my money for very little received in return. Avoid this school, that is all I can recommend.
A better internet service on campus and not just inside buildings would be great.
Loving LSE classes and the campus
Satisfactory university campus. Would recommend applying to LSE
The courses listed online for your programme will likely not actually be the ones available for you to take and they don't let you know until it's too late. The entire campus is under construction and it's all you can hear if you're in the library. The library itself is laughable, with nowhere near enough space to work, a ban on eating or drinking except in one small spot, and a truly heinous spiral staircase running through it. People will monopolise books for months without returning them when requested. The administration is the worst of it, however. Foreign students are treated like cash cows and milked for all they're worth. They pay higher fees than EU or UK students (and 70% of students are foreign). Once you're there, the admin has little incentive to actually make your experience pleasant, because the school's reputation is already good so why do they give a s***? Pastoral support is a joke, the mental health facfacilities will gaslight you. It's a complete farce.
It might be the closest competitor for Oxbridge. Additionally, the programmes taught in LSE are never less than the ones taught in the best universities in the world.
Little care or concern for students - you come here for the reputation and little else. Half of the campus is currently a building site with vehicles whizzing around threatening to knock folks over. Honestly only here for the reputation.
The most helpful review has had a good experience and is not representative of the student population. School spirit is low and campus feels like an office rather than a welcoming environment. Student Union is inefficient e.g. take forever with room bookings. Academic advisor and Department Head (Economics) don't care about me. One of my teachers this year is too biased and voices his opinion about the school and faculty too much. The name is good that is all there is. There is hardly any support for work.
LSE really fails short of my expectation in every dimension.It's unbelievably backward-looking.
I am a first-year student in philosophy course.LSE's curriculum is an outright sham.Nobody cares about you here.We have one term paper per semester,my history teacher refers me to pay 20 pounds/hour at the writing center.There is no pressure throughout the term time,so nobody cares about study.It's the worst academic institution I've been.
The worst choice I've made in my life is to attend LSE.It's a sham.
LSE is amazing. I love it. I feel like i'm finally at home
awesome, so amazing, best in the UK, 2nd in the world, love it
Great university with an amazing campus in the heart of London and loads of lovely people.
Poor timetabling Too crowded Decent support system, staff Good internet Good teachers, acceptable lecturers
i am having a great experience at the lse. it seems like everyone is making special effort in order to make this uni special
Good uni but antisocial atmosphere sometimes. There's also this pressure to gain internships which only occurs at LSE. Lectures and classes are a waste of time. I'm just going for the name and the location (central London)