The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Improving health worldwide

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is one of the world's leading public health universities.

Our vision is to help create a more healthy, sustainable and equitable world for everyone, because we believe our shared future depends on our shared health.

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Graphic representation of mpox virus structure. Credit: LSHTM.

News

Expert Comment – First case of Clade Ib mpox detected in UK

Thursday 31 October 2024

Event

Autumn Open Evening

At LSHTM, we attract students who have a real passion for what they do, which makes for a stimulating environment in which to study.

Come along and see for yourself at our Autumn Open Evening on Wednesday 20 November 2024, 5.30 - 7.30pm.

Funding

Corporate group discount

LSHTM is offering a 25% discount for any organisations sponsoring four or more staff members to study the Health in Humanitarian Crises programme by distance learning.

News

Expert Comment – TB resurges as leading cause of infectious disease deaths

Wednesday 6 November 2024

Expert Comment – First case of Clade Ib mpox detected in UK

Thursday 31 October 2024

Expert Comment – First findings of Women’s Reproductive Health Survey 2023

Thursday 17 October 2024

UK Public Health Rapid Support Team deployed to support African mpox response

Wednesday 16 October 2024

Events

Conference/Symposium

Our health, our planet, our future: climate change and planetary health at LSHTM

Fri 8 Nov

LSHTM, Keppel Street, London, United Kingdom

Lecture

The Friendship Bench: Lessons from 10 years of implementation

Mon 11 Nov

LSHTM, Keppel Street, London, United Kingdom

Lecture

World-wide trends in patterns of care for breast, cervical and ovarian cancers – The VENUSCANCER project

Tue 12 Nov

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3,500

staff working in over 100 countries across the world

Study at LSHTM

Our world-leading teaching and research activities share a collective purpose to improve health worldwide. If you're curious and passionate about public and global health, join our student community.

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LSHTM Scholarship Fund

With your help, we can widen access to education at LSHTM through the provision of scholarships. Scholarships are transformational, have the capacity to change the lives of the students who receive them, and alleviate the financial burden of study for talented and motivated recipients.

£190m+

Annual research income for LSHTM

in the world for public health (Shanghai Ranking 2023)

Centres

We are home to many cross-institution networks of researchers, collaborating and innovating to address major global health challenges.

Centres