Founded in 1898, Peking University was originally named as the Imperial University of Peking. It was the first national, comprehensive university in China, as well as the supreme administrative organ for education in China at that time.

Today Peking University is a comprehensive university, with teaching and research in the sciences, medicine, social sciences and liberal arts. The university consists of 30 colleges and 12 departments and has about 216 research institutes and centres. The university has over 25,000 full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students, with an international student body of over 1,800. The university aims to develop further its international links, as it strives to be a leading academic institution on the world stage.

LSE-PKU Double Degree Master in International Affairs

This new double degree programme was launched in 2005 with the first cohort starting their studies in September 2006. It offers an outstanding opportunity for graduate students and young professionals to gain a degree from both universities in a period of two years.

The first year is spent at the School of International Studies at Peking University, studying the international relations of China and the Asia Pacific region. The second year is spent at LSE, studying the theory and history of global international relations.

Further details are available at LSE-PKU Double Degree Master in International Affairs

LSE-Peking University Summer School

This summer school programme is run with the China Centre for Economic Research at PKU and the School of International Studies at PKU. It is modelled on the very successful summer school programme at LSE and since its inception in 2004, it has been going from strength to strength with 130 students in 2006.
Further details are available at LSE-Peking University Summer School

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 2007 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)

PhD Exchanges with PKU

Since 2005 a number of PhD exchanges have been agreed between LSE and PKU. This will allow registered PhD students at LSE and PKU to study at the partner institution for a period between 10 weeks and one year in the LSE or PKU academic year.

PhD Exchange between the LSE Department of Government and the School of Government at PKU was launched in September 2005
LSE BIOS Centre: - Completion of a PhD Exchange agreement and Peking University Health Science
LSE Law – PhD Exchange between the LSE Law department and the School of Law at Peking University – expected to take effect in the 2006-07 session

Visiting Professors at PKU - collaboration with Global Public Policy Network

LSE, Columbia University and Sciences Po are the founding members of the newly formed Global Public Policy Network launched in October 2006.
The first senior professor from Sciences Po will take up a two-year position at the School of Government at Peking University in September 2006. It is envisaged that in the future LSE senior academics will also take up a two-year residency at PKU.

GPPN will also have a core teaching responsibility on PKU degree programmes in globalisation and public policy and will assist in developing further programmes on global public policy in China.

LSE-Peking University Lecture Series

First Lecture at PKU, Sir Howard Davies, LSE Director – June 2004.

Professor Justin Lin, Director of the China Center of Economic Research in January 2005 at LSE 3rd Lecture.

LSE Deputy Director, Professor Henrietta Moore on 19 April 2005.

Charles Goodhart, LSE Economist, Bank of England, Monetary Committee – October 2005 at PKU.

Professor Wang Ji Si, Dean of the School of International Studies, PKU, at LSE on 8 May 2006.

LSE Deputy Director, Professor Tim Murphy – 20 September 2006 at Peking University.

LSE international history

First Annual LSE-PKU workshop on international history and international relations held in London on 5 to 6 May 2006 at the Cold War Studies Centre (CWSC).

Next year’s workshop is scheduled to be held in Beijing in the second week of May 2007.

Further details are available on our CWSC events page

BIONET

LSE BIOS - together with a series of European and Chinese partners, including Peking University, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing Genomics Institute were awarded funding for the EU’s BIONET project. This is major initiative in Chinese-European co-operation focussing on the ethical governance of biological and biomedical research in China and Europe over the next five years.

For further information, please see: BIONET

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