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The LSE stated in 2016 that currently "limited endowment funding constrains our ability to offer 'needs blind' admission to students". [125] In the ten-year period between 2015 and 2024, the endowment more than doubled from £113 million to £255 million, making it the sixth-largest endowment of any university in the UK. [126] [1]
GUG: Guardian University Guide 2025 (published 2024) [5] TUG: Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2018 (published 2017) [6] CUG: Complete University Guide 2018 (published 2017) [7] UoL: Part of the University of London [8] QS: ranking in QS World University Rankings 2018 [9]
This list follows the list of recognised bodies on the UK government website. [1] All the institutions on this list are recognised bodies with university status, indicated either by their use of university title in their name on the recognised bodies list or by reference to the Office for Students database [2] for the few universities that do not use the title in their name.
The 2024 edition of the QS World University Rankings ranked Cambridge seventh in the world for the study of politics. [12] The 2024 Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked it sixth. [13] The department has been ranked top in the UK for the teaching of politics by the 2025 Complete University Guide. [14]
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) reports on the number of qualifications at various levels awarded. [1] Institutions that awarded no first-degree level qualifications and more than 50 postgraduate-level qualifications in 2021–22 are listed below.
Harold Brookfield (PhD 1950), emeritus professor, Australian National University; George Jonas, founder of social geography; professor of geography at LSE (1958–1983) Halford Mackinder, geographer and LSE director (1903–1908) Eric Neumayer, professor of Environment and Development at LSE; acting LSE director and vice-chancellor (2023–2024)
In 2016, the government raised the cap on tuition fees to £9,250 from 2017. In 2024, the government raised the cap to £9,535 for 2025/26. [45] [46] [47] In recent years, tuition fees charged from foreign students have become an important source of university income.
"Graduate prospects" – the percentage of UK graduates in graduate employment or further study (data source: HESA's survey of Destination of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE)); "Library and computing spending" – the average expenditure on library and computer services per student (data source: HESA);