Dear Mr Davis

With reference to your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act, please find below the School’s response.

Programme 2016/7 2017/8 2018/9
Total offers Total offers Total offers
applications applications applications
MPhil/PhD Accounting 47 <5 54 6 84 <5
MPhil/PhD 62 23 73 23 69 15
Anthropology
MPhil/PhD Cities 43 <5 31 <5 46 5
MPhil/PhD Data, 21 <5 15 <5 33 <5
Networks and Society
MPhil/PhD 18 <5 22 <5 27 <5
Demography/Population
Studies
MPhil/PhD Eonomic 46 7 48 11 35 11
Geography
MPhil/PhD Economic 61 25 43 11 45 15
History
MPhil/PhD 80 <5 50 <5 63 6
Environmental Policy
and Development
MPhil/PhD 68 <5 56 9 47 9
Environmental
Economics
MPhil/PhD Employment 31 <5 Programme no      
Relations and longer
Organisational running
Behaviour
MPhil/PhD European 51 9 57 6 44 9
Studies
MPhil/PhD Gender 89 9 69 8 104 9
MPhil/PhD Human 42 <5 33 <5 26 <5
Geography and Urban
Studies
MPhil/PhD Health New       35 6
Policy and Health programme
Economics
MPhil/PhD Information 15 <5 Programme no      
Systems longer
running
MPhil/PhD 191 14 155 9 136 13
International
Development
MPhil/PhD 43 13 52 14 59 18
International History
MPhil/PhD 228 22 218 23 250 22
International
Relations
MPhil/PhD Law 205 8 130 13 195 11
MPhil/PhD Law 35 <5 31 <5 53  
(Socio-Legal studies)
MPhil/PhD Management 11 <5 Programme no      
Science longer
running
MPhil/PhD Mathematics 38 14 36 11 33 11
MPhil/PhD Media and 65 15 56 21 74 11
Communications
MPhil/PhD Social 26 <5 27 5 29 7
Research Methods
MPhil/PhD Management 35 <5 Programme no      
(Business Economics) longer
running
MPhil/PhD Management 28 <5 Programme no      
longer
running
MPhil/PhD Philosophy, 70 12 81 14 74 14
Logic and Scientific
Method
MPhil/PhD Psychology 29 6 31 5 47 11
MPhil/PhD Regional 31 <5 35 <5 31 <5
Planning
MPhil/PhD Sociology 109 25 104 8 120 13
MPhil/PhD Social 138 13 127 19 131 7
Policy
MPhil/PhD Statistics 41 12 46 13 45 11
MRes/PhD Finance 160 7 128 8 102 8
MRes/PhD Political 196 19 201 18 212 21
Science
MRes/PhD Quantitative New   15 <5 6 <5
Economic History programme
MRes/PhD Economics 386 81 358 95 420 104

If you think that the information provided does not meet your request,
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London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London,
WC2A 2AE. We will then review the response to your request and get back to
you within 20 working days. You can also contact the Information
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internal review to be carried out before receiving a complaint directly.

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Yours sincerely

Danny Hassell

Executive Assistant to the School Secretary

The London School of Economics and Political Science

Houghton Street | London | WC2A 2AE

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