Minimum entry requirement: 2:1 or 1st class degree, with a considered interest in the areas covered by the MSc. Most students have a science background or one in philosophy (see entry requirements)

English requirement: Higher (see entry requirements)

GRE/GMAT requirement: None

Fee level: UK/EU £9,504; overseas £13,992

Financial support: Graduate Support Scheme (see Fees and financial support). UK/EU students may apply to the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Lakatos Memorial Scholarship – £4,000 award for a single Philosophy student

Application deadline: None – rolling admissions

Notes: If your first language is not English, you must submit a writing sample of five to ten typewritten pages.

Departmental website: www.lse.ac.uk/collections/philosophyLogicAndScientificMethod

Studying at LSE

This programme is based in the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method and is a joint degree with King's College. It offers the following benefits:

Together the two departments form perhaps the major centres for the study of philosophy of science in the UK and one of the top handful in the world. The LSE department in particular draws on the traditions set by its founder, Sir Karl Popper, and distinguished followers such as Imre Lakatos. Both the LSE and KCL departments received the top 5* rating ('Centre of international excellence') in the most recent national Research Assessment Exercise.
The degree is internationally highly regarded.
The Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science housed at LSE is one of the foremost international centres of the discipline and attracts a series of eminent visitors. MSc students benefit from the seminars and research activities at the centre.
The Department has close links with other Philosophy departments in the University of London. Many graduate level lecture courses given in other colleges of the University are available to MSc students and are required teaching for some courses. This gives students access to the very rich, general London philosophical environment.

About the MSc programme

We will consider applicants with a first or upper second class honours (2:1) degree or equivalent, with a considered interest in the area covered by the MSc. However, the majority of our students fall under one of two heads: (a) those who have studied science as undergraduates and would now like to study in depth the foundations and methods of science; and (b) those who have studied philosophy and would now like to study philosophy of science in greater depth. Our courses are designed to be understandable by, and stimulating for, both groups.

Core course

(* half unit)

Philosophical Research and Writing Seminar – Philosophy and History of Science

Options

Courses to the value of two full units from:

Philosophy of Science‡
History of Science‡
Philosophical Foundations of Physics
Philosophy of Biological and Cognitive Sciences
Rationality and Choice
Mathematical Logic (taught in alternate years)
Set Theory and Further Logic (taught in alternate years)
Either Philosophy of the Social Sciences
or Philosophy of Economics
Evidence, Objectivity and Policy‡

You will sit written examinations for your taught courses in June.

You will also complete a 10,000 word dissertation which is completed over the summer and must be submitted in mid-September.

‡ You must select one of these options

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