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PERFORMANCE

Sunday Times ranking 9 (4)

Student satisfaction 71.5%
Head teacher ranking 5 (15)
Peer ranking 3 (2=)
Research quality 73.9%
A-level/Higher points 481
Unemployment 8.1%
Firsts and 2:1s 76%
Student/staff ratio 13.3:1
Dropout rate 5.2% (5.4%)
World ranking 66

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• The Times University Guide table

1895: The London School of Economics and Political Science

While great success has followed the organization of economic and political studies in certain foreign universities, no similar provision has been made for these subjects in the UK

VITAL STATISTICS
Undergraduates 3,862 (58)
Postgraduates 4,688 (495)
Teaching staff 472
Applications/places 19,039/1,299; 14.7:1 (+3.2%)
Clearing entry 0%
Live in 47% (100%) £100-£156
Bursaries 39%: up to £2,500
Scholarships None

SOCIAL MIX

EU/overseas 9.5%/36%
Mature 3.8%
State school 66.2%
Lowest social classes 14.9%
Low-participation areas 2.3%

The fact that the Queen pointedly asked academics at the LSE why nobody had seen the credit crunch coming when opening its new eight-storey teaching building in Lincoln’s Inn Fields last November has nothing to do with its fall in this year’s Sunday Times league table. Professor Luis Garicano, director of research at the LSE, said: “She was asking me if these things were so large, how come everyone missed it.” Well, the LSE was at least in good company.

Regardless of this oversight, in its specialist field of economics, politics and the wider social sciences, the LSE is second to none. More students apply through Ucas for a place here than anywhere else, with about 13 candidates chasing every opening.

Research and postgraduate study is a vital part of the school. The latest research assessment exercise confirmed the LSE’s pre-eminence in its specialist area.

Low student satisfaction scores are hard to understand. LSE students ranked it 106= out of 123 institutions overall this year on a series of questions to do with teaching quality, learning resources, assessment and feedback, and overall satisfaction.

Bursary provision benefits just under 40% of students, and awards include four scholarships endowed by easyJet boss and LSE graduate Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, each worth almost £5,500 a year.

STUDENT VIEW

Aled Dilwyn Fisher, students’ union general secretary:

First impressions We’re in London, so expect lots of activity.
Worst feature The perception that teaching is secondary to research.
Facilities A new academic building and in 2012 a new student centre.
Deal clincher You will be in a classroom with people from every continent.

Rated excellent (11)
Anthropology; business and management; communication and media studies; economics; history; law; maths, statistics and operational research; philosophy; politics; psychology; social policy and administration.

Student satisfaction
History and Archaeology 76.1; Law 74.7; Politics 72.6; Finance and Accounting 71.4; Sociology, Social Policy and Anthropology 71; Philosophy, Theology and Religious studies 70.5; Economics 70.5; Mathematical Sciences 70; Management 69.7; Human and Social Geography 68.5

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