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The
London School of Economics and Political Science
(more commonly
London School of Economics
or
LSE
) is a
college
of the
University of London
in
Westminster
. The college opened in 1895. It joined the
University of London
in 1900. Today it is one of the leading universities for
Law
,
Economics
and Political Sciences. QS ranked it as the second best university in the world for
social science
in 2013.
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Some of the most notable people who attended the college are:
It is a member of the
Russell Group
. In 2011 17,654 people applied for 1,271 undergraduate places. This means there were 13.8 applicants for every place. Over half of LSE's students are
postgraduates
. 16
Nobel Prize
winners have been LSE students or staff. It has the highest percentage of students from another country in the world and 46% of staff are from other countries.
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