The world we need is ready to be shaped.

Thanks to this endowed gift LSE is opening doors for talented students from groups under-represented in higher education in the UK.

This funding for the Data Science Institute will support research related to AI and the economy that will advance academic scholarship, fill critical gaps in the evidence base for AI’s impact on the economy, and inform economic policymaking.

Our thanks to Firoz Lalji who has made a new £1 million gift to provide matched funding of up to £1,000 per donation to the Africa Scholarship Fund.

Over 300 students were able to study at LSE last year, thanks to your generosity. Our scholars and alumni share what your support means to them.

From a single legacy gift in 1895 to transformative investments shaping our future, philanthropy has been central to LSE’s story. Explore our interactive timeline on how your giving has shaped LSE's campus and intellectual life.

Thanks to a transformational $5 million gift from the James M and Cathleen D Stone Foundation, LSE will bring together world-leading experts to provide new evidence on the relationship between entrepreneurship and wealth inequality.

A transformative £10 million gift from LSE alumnus Johannes Huth will unite world-leading research and policy engagement to shape a new economic model for the 21st century.

Thanks to a $2 million grant from the MacArthur Foundation, LSE will establish an annual forum to convene dialogue and mobilise expertise, resources, and partnerships to ensure AI serves human and societal needs.