{"id":881,"date":"2024-06-19T11:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T05:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/?p=881"},"modified":"2024-06-19T11:22:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T05:52:08","slug":"interesting-facts-of-london-school-of-economics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/interesting-facts-of-london-school-of-economics\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesser known facts about the London School of Economics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">The <strong>London School of Economics and Political Sciences<\/strong> is one of the most reputed and well-known <strong>educational institutions in the world<\/strong>. Founded in 1895, the motto of the university is \u201cRerum cognoscere causas\u201d which, in Latin, means; \u201c<strong>To know the causes of things<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>The following are some very interesting facts about LSE.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>They teach more than economics<\/strong> &#8211;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Despite its name, the LSE(London School of Economics) has many courses apart from economics, such as media, statistics, philosophy, and history. It has 24 academic departments and 20 research centres. Needless to say, the university\u2019s main courses are related to economics.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>Where leaders were created<\/strong> &#8211;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Being an institution of international reputation, LSE\u2019s pool of alumni includes world-famous personalities such as BR Ambedkar (Chairman of the drafting committee of the Indian Constitution), Lt. Najeeb Jung (current Lt. Governor of Delhi, India) and KR Narayan (the 10<sup>th<\/sup> president of India).<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><strong>The massive library<\/strong> <\/span>&#8211;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">LSE has a massive library. the British Library of Political and Economic Science, has more than 4 million print volumes, more than 60,000 online journals, and 29,000 electronic books. Every day, nearly 7500 people visit the library.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/lse-lib.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-890 size-full\" title=\"British Library of Political and Economic Science\" src=\"http:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/lse-lib.jpg\" alt=\"British Library of Political and Economic Science\" width=\"1024\" height=\"404\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>Summer schoo<\/strong>l &#8211;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">LSE(London School of Economics) also organizes summer school every year. Each year, students from 115 countries visit the LSE campus to attend <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/summer-programs-5-ways-your-child-gains\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">summer school<\/a> <\/strong>and get credits for the courses they have studied.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><strong>18 Nobel Prizes<\/strong> <\/span>&#8211;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">18 alumni of the London School of Economics have received Nobel Prizes since 1925. Of the 18, 13 received the prize in economics.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>One campus, 100 languages<\/strong> &#8211;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">You can imagine the diversity of LSE(London School of Economics) when you come to know the fact that more than 100 languages are spoken at the LSE campus. LSE also has a network of over 160,000 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/the-importance-of-alumni-connect-for-school-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">alumni<\/a> from 190 countries. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Want to know about LSE&#8217;s admissions process and other criteria? Get in touch with us today! Drop a comment below and we will get in touch with you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The London School of Economics and Political Sciences is one of the most reputed and well-known educational institutions in the world. Founded in 1895, the motto of the university is \u201cRerum cognoscere causas\u201d which, in Latin, means; \u201cTo know the causes of things.\u201d The following are some very interesting facts about LSE. 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