London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world's leading public health universities. We have an annual research income of more than £190 million, and provide outstanding specialist education for our 4,700 postgraduate s specialist education for our 4,700 postgraduate students. Founded 125 years ago in 1899, we are a unique network of specialist centres, units and partners around the world. Staff and students are working together to create a more healthy, sustainable and equitable world for everyone. Because we believe our shared future depends on our shared health. The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice. We are committed to helping create a more healthy, sustainable and equitable world for everyone, because we believe our shared future depends on our shared health. Founded in 1899 at the London Docks, LSHTM has two UK sites in the Bloomsbury area of London at Keppel Street and Tavistock Place, and units in The Gambia and Uganda. Originally set up to serve a colonial mission, today we are a global network of specialist centres and partners, working together to improve health worldwide. Our dedicated and influential community of staff, students and alumni work in government, academia, international agencies and health services across the world. Learn more about the history of LSHTM. With our international presence and collaborative ethos, we are uniquely placed to help shape health policy and translate research findings into tangible impact to meet today’s challenges. The results of the latest government's Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021) acknowledged the strength and depth of LSHTM’s world-leading research. We ranked first for the key measure of impact and joint 10th overall of all universities in the UK, in tables published by the Times Higher Education. We were also one of only three institutions found by the REF to be providing a world-leading environment for public health research in the UK. We were at the forefront of informing the UK and global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and before that during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Today, we live in a time of accelerating change and uncertainty, where humanity’s growing global footprint is disrupting the climate and the ecosystems we rely on. We see news every day about floods and heat surges, famines and epidemics. At LSHTM, we’re working on new approaches to help people and communities see further and act faster to get ahead of the major challenges affecting health. Research income has grown to more than £190 million per year from national and international funding sources including UK government and research councils, the European Union, the Wellcome Trust, Gates Foundation and other philanthropic sources. Our staff are conducting research in more than 100 countries. Our diverse research talents, skills and experience underpin our position as a leader in public and global health. These range from the molecular to the global, the theoretical to the applied, the analytical to the political. Our experts go beyond pathogens and pathology to understand how the structures of societies affect health and wellbeing, and how people in different situations and circumstances respond. We are committed to training future health leaders, managers and researchers across the world to take on the challenges of our time. Our research-led educational programmes in public and global health offer a stimulating and truly global outlook. We have around 1,200 face-to-face Master's and Doctoral students, 2,500 studying by distance learning, and 900 each year on short courses and continuous professional development. Full of passion and curiosity, our students are a key part of our global network and mission to improve health worldwide. LSHTM undertakes a wide range of knowledge exchange (KE) activities, working with partners for the benefit of society and the economy in alignment with our mission to translate knowledge into policy and practice. Our contributions in KE are regularly captured through the Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF), across seven categories including working with research partners, businesses, the public and the third sector, public and community engagement, and commercialisation of research. The latest results for KEF4, show that LSHTM has very high engagement – the highest possible grade - in research partnerships, and working with the public and third sector within the STEM cluster (KE clusters are groups of organisations which have similar capabilities and resources). LSHTM is rated as having high engagement in a further two of the seven categories: public and community engagement, and commercialisation. The KEF4 results were published by Research England, and are based on narrative submissions and quantitative data covering the period 2020/21-2022/23. We have around 3,500 staff based all around the world with core hubs in London and at the MRC Units in The Gambia and Uganda, which joined LSHTM in February 2018. Our outstanding, diverse and committed staff make an impact where it is most needed - deploying research in real time in response to crises, developing innovative programmes for major health threats, or training the next generation of public and global health leaders and researchers. ...view more