London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a world-leading university, situated in the heart of London and renowned for academic excellence. From its founding in 1895, LSE has maintained a reputation as a hub of global debate, now with over 240,000 alumni across the world and 21 Nobel Prize winners among its faculty and alumni community. LSE is also consistently recognised in university rankings, having celebrated being named as University of the Year in 2025, and is currently ranked as the best university in the UK (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide).

Founded in 2018, LSE’s School of Public Policy (SPP) is a global community united by a shared commitment to LSE’s founding mission; to understand the causes of things and work for the betterment of society. SPP offers eight masters programmes which are designed for early-stage to executive level career professionals. These programmes provide a powerful combination of rigorous academics with an emphasis on real-world applications to empower students with both the analytical tools and practical skills to tackle today’s most urgent policy issues.

SPP’s programmes blend rigorous academics with practical applications, such as the MPA Capstone projects. These interactive opportunities are not only limited to lectures and seminars, as SPP offers additional development opportunities including Professional Skills Accelerator programme, alumni
mentoring scheme and Policy in Practice seminar series with expert partitioners.