LSE has been ranked as the top university in London in the Complete University Guide 2024.
This is the twelfth consecutive year in which the guide has rated LSE as the best university in the capital. The School also comes out third overall in the UK out of 130 universities assessed nationally.
The main league table is based on a range of measures including student satisfaction, research quality, graduate prospects and spending on student facilities.
This comes after the School recently opened the newest facility in its world-leading campus, the Marshall Building. Home to several academic departments as well as a sports centre, music practice rooms and a café, the building has also received excellent ratings for its sustainability credentials.
LSE has also led the way in other areas recently, winning Outstanding Entrepreneurial University at the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards last autumn; launching a sector-leading master’s course on AI Management this spring; and setting up several new widening participation initiatives this year focusing on students underrepresented in higher education.
The School was ranked as one of the top universities in the world last year in the Times Higher Education World University rankings. It was also ranked top university for world-leading research produced in the Research Excellence Framework (REF), published last year.
Commenting on the news, LSE’s Vice President and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Education) Professor Emma McCoy said: “This fantastic ranking position recognises LSE’s ongoing commitment to research, student experience and education.
“With its global campus and community, LSE is a place where students can come together to immerse themselves in a research-rich education and benefit from wide-ranging resources and opportunities to develop the skills and experience necessary to make their impact in the world.”