1. LSE European Institute
Professor Maurice Fraser
Head of the European Institute

2. LSE & the European Institute
Part of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Ranked first in social sciences with Harvard, Berkeley and Stanford
16 Nobel Prizes
34 past or present world leaders
Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence
Research ranked 1st in UK for European Studies
Unrivalled interface with opinion formers and the policymaking community

3. European Institute
POSTGRADUATE department : 170 masters students, 25 PhDs
Students from all over Europe and North America - many from the Nordics!
Multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary - approx. 40 academic staff, including distinguished visitors, from political science, IR, economics, political economy, history, law, philosophy.
Student backgrounds reflect this variety

4. Key Research Themes Governance and Democracy in the European Union
Political Economy in Europe
European Society
Europe Beyond the EU

5. Outreach and Impact
Top European public platform for high- level EU speakers lectures, panels and round tables a year approx.
Heads of state and government, foreign ministers, finance ministers, top EU officials.
Student societies organise and participate
EI's EU Contemporary Issues series ( EI students only)

6. 7 Masters programmes MSc EU Politics
MSc European Studies: Ideas, Ideologies and Identities
MSc Political Economy of Europe
LSE-Sciences Po Double Degree in European Studies
MSc European Studies (Research)
MPA European Public and Economic Policy
Executive MSc in the Political Economy of Europe
Plus our MPhil/PhD Programme

7. Careers: All set for lift-off?
...to the EU Commission
European Parliament
ECB
EU Council Secretariat
National ministries
Consultancy
Media
NGOs
and...LONDON!

8. We hug you close Academic Adviser for every student Monthly EI digest
Invitations to receptions and parties - and networking
And when you leave ...Join our alumni!

9. Why am I here? 3 reasons... Tell you about LSE. Why so special?
Tell you about London! (Do I need to? )
And...