LSE and Columbia University (CU) are natural partners: both are located in world cities; both have an international character and outlook in their research and teaching and in their student and staff populations and both are involved in the local and international arenas.

As top-class institutions LSE and CU have a deep-rooted commitment to research and teaching in the broad area of public policy and international relations with a notion that society can be improved by studying its problems and training policy makers. We believe that in working together we can create highly distinctive research and teaching programmes.

Dual-degree programmes

New; In February 2008 LSE and CU signed an agreement to launch a Dual Masters Programme in International and World History to start in 2008-2009. Students will spend Year 1 in the History Department at Columbia and Year 2 at the International History Department at LSE.

In October 2002, LSE and CU launched the LSE/SIPA Dual MPA programme. This has since been joined by Sciences Po, Paris, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore and Hertie School of Governance (Berlin) . The dual MPA programme allows students to study one year at LSE and one year in either New York, Paris, Singapore or Berlin. Full information is available at LSE/SIPA, LSE/Sciences Po, LSE/Hertie and LSE/LKY Singapore

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SIPA, School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University

MPA in Environmental Science and Policy (Columbia University) and either MSc Environmental Policy and Regulation or MSc Environment and Development (LSE). Please see: Joint Environment Master's Plan

This innovative new programme offers students the opportunity to combine two Masters programmes providing them with a thorough grounding both in the earth sciences and the range of the social sciences concerning environmental policy issues.

In 2002 the LSE and Columbia University Law School established two joint 'double-degree' programmes. Please see: Double Degree Programmes
(Columbia and USC)

Columbia JD/LSE LLM

The first programme, the Columbia JD/LSE LLM is available only to students who have commenced their studies on the Columbia JD (Juris Doctor). Successful applicants to this programme undertake the LSE LL.M degree in lieu of studying for a third year at Columbia under the normal JD programme. Following successful completion of the LSE LLM, students are awarded both the Columbia J.D. degree and the LSE. LL.M degree.

LSE LLB/Columbia JD

The second programme, the LSE LLB/Columbia JD is open to students both at LSE and Columbia. Following this study path a student will be awarded the LSE LLB and the Columbia Law School JD, the latter being equivalent to the standard three-year JD for professional entry purposes in the US.

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Public Policy Training Programme (EPPTP)

The four educational partners LSE, Peking University, SIPA–Columbia University, and Sciences Po, Paris have jointly developed the Executive Public Policy Training Programme aimed at high-level Chinese government officials. It is designed to take place annually over the next five years.

Building on the success of the first ever EPPTP programme, launched in 2006, the second year programme is currently underway running from 4 June-3 August 2007. Senior faculty members from all four universities are involved in teaching.

Executive Public Policy Training Programme (EPPTP) (link to 2008 brochure in PDF format)
see also LSE launches year two of China training programme (2007) and LSE Director speaks at training programme in China (2006)

Exchanges

PhD Student Exchange agreement between the Department of Anthropology at LSE and the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University.

This exchange programme will allow advanced PhD students at the departments of Anthropology at LSE and Columbia University to spend up to one year at the other institution in order to give them access to additional research resources (archival and advisory) and to introduce students to the academic culture, professional contacts and employment opportunities of the other country.

LSE-Columbia University first jointly funded Research Alliance Professor

Professor Gwyn Prins, MA, PhD (Cantab), FRHistS was appointed Alliance Research Professor in July 2002. This newly created post is not attached to one department at the LSE but works with many and reports directly to the Provost at Columbia and Deputy Director (Academic) at LSE.

Professor Prins is brokering several applied research collaborations at senior level where the two Universities can do more in alliance than on their own. The launch project will be on AIDS and security. A major research proposal is being formulated, with help from the Mailman School of Public Health, the Columbia Earth Institute, a range of LSE colleagues, British and American government departments as well as South African, Indian and Chinese partners. A further project will investigate the reasons why scientific assessment of global climate change does not easily translate into diplomatic or political action.

GPPN

The Global Public Policy Network (GPPN) is an association of leading international graduate institutions collaborating to address the most pressing policy challenges of the 21st century by expanding global public policy dialogue and improving graduate-level public policy education.

The GPPN’s founding institutions are Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), the London School of Economics, and Sciences Po Paris.

GPPN expects several premier graduate public policy schools in cities around the world to join GPPN over the coming years to create a worldwide network that brings a wide range of the best learning and practice to issues of global public policy making and training.

Please see the GPPN website for further, more detailed information.

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