London School of Economics and Political Science
LSE
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
/
London
Est. 1895
www.lse.ac.uk
Ranked Top 10 worldwide across 3 major ranking systems
Ranked in 30 subject rankings
Ranking Overview
QS
6
50
98.5
2026
THE
52
2
75.4
2026
ARWU
—
Not Ranked
US News
239
3
2025
Historical Trend
QS
THE
US News
:
Score:
Top Subjects
2
Geography
QS 2
4
Development Studies
QS 4
4
Social Policy & Administration
QS 4
5
Social Sciences & Management
QS 5
5
Politics
QS 5
6
Communication & Media Studies
QS 6
6
Economics & Econometrics
QS 6
8
Philosophy
QS 8
8
Accounting & Finance
QS 8
8
Anthropology
QS 8
9
Law & Legal Studies
QS 9
10
Social Sciences
THE 10
10
History
QS 10
10
Marketing
QS 10
11
Business & Management Studies
QS 11
Subject Rankings
QS
24 subjects|
Subject
|
Rank
|
Score
|
Year
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Geography | 2 | 95.8 | 2026 |
| Development Studies | 4 | 88.2 | 2026 |
| Social Policy & Administration | 4 | 92.4 | 2026 |
| Social Sciences & Management | 5 | 91.8 | 2026 |
| Politics | 5 | 89.4 | 2026 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 6 | 87.5 | 2026 |
| Economics & Econometrics | 6 | 93.1 | 2026 |
| Philosophy | 8 | 87.0 | 2026 |
| Accounting & Finance | 8 | 88.1 | 2026 |
| Anthropology | 8 | 89.2 | 2026 |
| Law & Legal Studies | 9 | 88.2 | 2026 |
| History | 10 | 87.6 | 2026 |
| Marketing | 10 | 82.3 | 2026 |
| Business & Management Studies | 11 | 85.7 | 2026 |
| Psychology | 19 | 82.3 | 2026 |
| Arts & Humanities | 45 | 80.5 | 2026 |
| Statistics & Operational Research | 45 | 78.9 | 2026 |
| Architecture & Built Environment | 51-100 | - | 2026 |
| Data Science & Artificial Intelligence | 51-100 | - | 2026 |
| Modern Languages | 101-150 | - | 2026 |
| Environmental Sciences | =108 | 76.7 | 2025 |
| Mathematics | 108 | 68.7 | 2026 |
| Computer Science & Information Systems | 126 | 66.8 | 2025 |
| Medicine | 201-250 | - | 2024 |
THE
6 subjects|
Subject
|
Rank
|
Score
|
Year
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 10 | 85.9 | 2026 |
| Business & Economics | 13 | 86.7 | 2026 |
| Law | 13 | 79.2 | 2026 |
| Arts & Humanities | 38 | 66.9 | 2026 |
| Psychology | =50 | 67.5 | 2026 |
| Physical Sciences | 401–500 | 40.1 | 2026 |