London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1899 – London School of Tropical Medicine 1924 – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine established by Royal Charter |
| Founder | Sir Patrick Manson |
Parent institution | University of London |
| Endowment | £19.7 million (2024)[1] |
| Budget | £255.7 million (2023/24)[1] |
| Chancellor | The Princess Royal (University of London) |
| Director | Liam Smeeth |
Academic staff | 1,050 London-based (2023/24)[2] |
Administrative staff | 725 London-based (2023/24)[2] 1,918 (MRC Units Gambia and Uganda, 2020/21)[3] |
| Students | 980 (2023/24)[4] 780 FTE (2023/24)[4] 3,370 (Online Learning, 2020/21)[3] |
| Location | Bloomsbury, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | lshtm |
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is a public research university in Bloomsbury, central London, and a member institution of the University of London that specialises in public and global health, epidemiology and tropical medicine. Focused exclusively on postgraduate education and advanced research, the School is widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost centres for public health training; it was ranked 21st globally for medicine and the life sciences in the 2025 QS World University Rankings by Subject.[5]
Founded in 1899 by the Scottish physician Sir Patrick Manson with support from the Parsi philanthropist B. D. Petit, the institution received its Royal Charter in 1924 and moved to its Art Deco headquarters in Keppel Street in 1929.[6] In addition to its London laboratories and teaching facilities, LSHTM operates two large Medical Research Council units- the MRC Unit The Gambia and the MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, giving it a permanent research presence across Africa as well as collaborative sites in more than 100 countries.
The School conducts interdisciplinary research across infectious and chronic disease epidemiology, vaccines, climate and environmental health, and health systems, and its scientists have played prominent roles in major global health emergencies, including the 2013-16 West African Ebola epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic. The annual income of the institution for 2023–24 was £255.7 million, of which £170 million was from research grants and contracts, with expenditures totalling £191.6 million during the same period.[1] The university has one of the largest endowment per student in the United Kingdom.
LSHTM enrols roughly 1,000 postgraduate students on campus each year and a further 3,000 through distance-learning programmes, and employs more than 3,500 staff in the United Kingdom, The Gambia and Uganda. Degrees are awarded under the University of London charter, and since April 2021 the School has been led by its Director, Professor Liam Smeeth CBE.
- ^ a b c "Financial Statements 2023/24" (PDF). London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ a b "Who's working in HE?". Higher Education Statistics Agency. Staff numbers by HE provider: HE staff by HE provider and activity standard occupational classification. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ a b "Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 July 2022" (PDF). London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Where do HE students study?". Higher Education Statistics Agency. Students by HE provider: HE student enrolments by HE provider. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
- ^ "London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine". Top Universities. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ Foege, William H.; Elish, Paul; Hoover, Alison T.; Lee, Madison Gabriella; Tseng, Deborah Chen; Chan, Kiera (19 November 2024). Change Is Possible: Reflections on the History of Global Health. JHU Press. ISBN 978-1-4214-5042-1.