Graduate course and programme information for prospective students

The following information provides prospective taught masters, research and executive students with a summary of new and updated course and programme information for the 2025/26 session.

It is intended to help you when you are selecting your courses.

This page will continue to be updated throughout the academic year as changes are confirmed by departments.

Graduate Programmes:

new prog
Department of Anthropology
MSc in Culture, Justice, and Environment
Department of Geography and Environment
MSc in Innovation Policy
LSE Law School and the Department of Finance
MSc in Law and Finance
Department of International Development
Two new programme streams for the MSc in Development Management: Applied Development Economics and Political Economy
MSc in Development Management (Applied Development Economics)
MSc in Development Management (LSE and Sciences Po) (Applied Development Economics)
MSc in Development Management (Political Economy)
MSc in Development Management (LSE and Sciences Po) (Political Economy)

The following programmes have changed title for the 2025/26 session.

Old title	New title
European Institute
MSc in Political Economy of Europe	MSc in Political Economy of Europe in the World
MSc in Political Economy of Europe (LSE and Sciences Po)	MSc in Political Economy of Europe in the World (LSE and Sciences Po)
MSc in Political Economy of Europe (LSE and Fudan)	MSc in Political Economy of Europe in the World (LSE and Fudan)
Department of Mathematics
MSc in Applicible Mathematics	MSc in Mathematics and Computation
Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science
MSc in Psychology of Economic Life	MSc in Societal and Environmental Psychology

The following programmes will change their structure, course options and/or other elements of the programme regulations from the 2025/26 session.

Department of Accounting
MSc in Accounting and Finance	Students complete 2 accounting units and 2 finance units.
Department of Anthropology
MSc in Anthropology and Development	Change to programme structure.
MSc in Social Anthropology (Religion in the contemporary World)	Paper 1 change from AN402 (1.0) to AN490 (0.5) and AN4A1 (0.5)
Department of Economic History
MSc in Economic History	EH401 change from (0.5) to (1.0)
MSc in Economic History	Paper 2 core course(s) change
MSc in Economic History (Research)	Major change to structure
MSc in Global Economic History (LSE-Leipzig)	Paper 1: change from 0.5 unit course to 1.0 unit
MSc in Global Economic History (LSE-Leipzig)	Paper 2: EH482 and EH483 replaced
MSc in Political Economy of Late Development	Paper 1: change from 0.5 unit course to 1.0 unit
MSc in Political Economy of Late Development	Paper 2: DV400 (1.0) replaced with DV468 (0.5)
Department of Economics
MSc in Economics (2 year programme)	Paper 3: MA212 (1.0) split into two half units MA221 (0.5) and MA222 (0.5)
Department of Finance
MRes/PhD in Finance	Change to compulsory and core courses
Department of Gender Studies
MSc in Gender, Policy and Inequalities	Suspension of semi-core course GI418 (0.5)
Department of Geography and Environment
LSE-Sciences Po Double Degree in Urban Policy	Removal of MSc in Urbanisation and Development from the three specialising programmes for the second year at LSE.
MPhil/PhD in Environmental Policy and Development	Change to compulsory training courses.
MSc in Environment and Development	Paper 1: from GY473 and GY474 to either GY473 (0.5) or GY474 (0.5).
MSc in Environmental Policy and Regulation	Major change to paper 1 and paper 2 courses.
MSc in Urbanisation and Development	Paper 1: removal of compulsory course GY452 (0.5)
	Paper 2: choice of 1.5 unit(s) of GY optional courses
	Paper 3: choice of 1.0 uni(s) of GY optional courses, max 0.5 unit of outside department options
Department of Government
MSc in Political Science (Conflict Studies and Comparative Politics)	Paper 2: GV4N2 (1.0) replaced with GV4N5 (0.5) Paper 3: change from choice of 1.5 unit(s) to 2.0 unit(s)
MSc in Political Science (Global Politics)	Paper 2: GV4N3 (1.0) replaced with GV4N6 (0.5) Paper 3: change from choice of 1.5 unit(s) to 2.0 unit(s)
Department of International Development
MSc in Development Studies	Paper 1: DV400 (1.0) replaced with DV468 (0.5)
	DV445 change from compulsory to optional
	Structural change to papers 3 and 4
Department of Management
Global MSc in Management (GMiM)	MG434 exemption removed. Change to compulsory and core courses
Global MSc in Management (CEMS MiM)	MG434 exemption removed. Change to compulsory and core courses.
Global MSc in Management (MBA Exchange)
Department of Mathematics
MSc in Operations Research & Analytics	Paper 3 change from ST447 to MA429
Department of Statistics
MSc in Quantitative Methods for Risk Management	Paper 3 change from MA417 to ST463

Graduate Courses:

The School is pleased to be able to offer the following new courses in 2025/26.

Department of Anthropology
AN487 Environmental Anthropology (0.5)
Department of Finance
FM479 Principles of Corporate Finance for MSc Law and Finance (0.5)
FM480 Corporate Transactions: Finance (0.5)
Department of Geography and Environment
GY478 Energy Markets and the Clean Energy Transition (0.5)
GY481 Foundations of Innovation Policy (1.0)
GY482 Masterclass in Innovation Policy (0.5)
Department of Law
LL4FA Corporate Finance: Law (0.5)
LL4FB Corporate Transactions: Law (0.5)
Department of Management
MG4K8 Foundations of Management II: Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility with Final Project (0.5)
Department of Social Policy
SP474 Criminological controversies: Global questions of our age (0.5)
SP479 Lived experiences of harm, violence & control: Perspectives from around the world (0.5)

The following courses have changed codes for the 2025/26 session. Course codes are used to register you for courses in the School.

Old code	New code
Department of Anthropology
AN402 The Anthropology of Religion (1.0)	AN490 Anthropology and Religion (0.5)
AN402 The Anthropology of Religion (1.0)	AN4A1 Understanding Religion in the Contemporary World (0.5)
AN405 The Anthropology of Kinship, Sex and Gender (1.0)	AN488 Gender, Sexuality and Kinship (0.5)
AN405 The Anthropology of Kinship, Sex and Gender (1.0)	AN489 Anthropology of the Body (0.5)
Department of Government
GV4N2 Introduction to Comparative Politics and Conflict Studies (1.0)	GV4N5 Introduction to Comparative Politics and Conflict Studies (0.5)
GV4N3 The Politics of Globalization (1.0)	GV4N6 The Politics of Globalization (0.5)
Department of International Development
DV400 Development: History, Theory and Policy (1.0)	DV468 Development: History, Theory and Policy (0.5)

The following courses have changed titles for the 2025/26 session.

title change
Old title	New title
Department of Gender Studies
GI418 Feminist Economics and Policy: An Introduction (0.5)	GI418 Feminist Economics and Policy (0.5)
Department of Geography and Environment
GY400 The Economics of Urbanisation (0.5)	GY400 The Economics of Urbanisation in Developing Countries (0.5)
GY459 Urban Theory and Policy in the Global South (0.5)	GY459 Global Urbanism (0.5)
Department of Health Policy
HP4E5E Economics of the Pharmaceutical Sector (0.5)	HP4E5E Market Access for Pharmaceuticals, Devices, and Digital Technologies (0.5)
HP4F1E Impact Evaluation in Healthcare (0.5)	HP4F1E Impact Assessment of Policies and Interventions (0.5)
HP4F5E Health Care Regulation (0.5)	HP4F5E Introduction to Health Policy, Systems, and Regulation (0.5)
HP4G3E Economic Modelling for Healthcare Decision-Making (0.5)	HP4G3E Cost-effectiveness and Value Assessment in Healthcare (0.5)
Department of Management
MG441E Foundations of Management (modular) (0.5)	MG441E Foundations of Management, Strategy and Financial Control (0.5)
Department of Mathematics
MA423 Fundamentals of Operations Research (0.5)	MA423 Optimisation Theory and Modelling (0.5)
MA424 Modelling in Operations Research (0.5)	MA424 Stochastic Modelling and Simulation (0.5)
Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science
PB403 Psychology of Economic Life (1.0)	PB403 Societal and Environmental Psychology (1.0)