The London School of Economics and Political
Science, often referred to as LSE, is a public
research university located in London, England
and a constituent college of the federal University
of London.
It is founded in 1895 by Fabian Society members
Sidney Webb, Beatrice Webb, Graham Wallasand
George Bernard Shaw for the betterment of
society and joined the University of London
in 1900.
LSE is located in Westminster, central London,
near the boundary between Covent Garden and
Holborn.
The area is historically known as Clare Market.
The LSE has more than 10,000 students and
3,300 staff, just under half of whom come
from outside the UK.
One hundred and fifty five nationalities are
represented amongst LSE's student body and
the school has the highest percentage of international
students (70%) of all British universities.
Despite its name, the school is organized
into 25 academic departments and institutes
which conduct teaching and research across
a range of legal studies and social sciences.
LSE has academic partnerships in teaching
and research with six universities – with
Columbia University in New York City and University
of California, Berkeley, in Asia with Peking
University in Beijing and the National University
of Singapore, in Africa with the University
of Cape Town and Europe with Sciences Po in
Paris.
The School's main library, the British Library
of Political and Economic Science is located
in the Lionel Robbins Building and contains
over 4 million print volumes, 60,000 online
journals and 29,000 electronic books.
