Program
LSE-Fudan Double Degree in International Social and Public Policy
This joint double degree program is offered by Fudan University and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). The program will provide top quality international and multidisciplinary research and teaching on social and public policy challenges facing countries across the world.
The duration of this program is 24 months full-time. The first year of the program will be spent in the Department of Social Policy（https://www.lse.ac.uk/social-policy）at LSE, where students will study the International Social and Public Policy of contemporary social, political and economic problems, such as poverty, inequality, crime, unemployment, healthcare, education and housing, and the potential policy responses to them. Students will do their second-year study at the Institute for Global Public Policy (https://igpp.fudan.edu.cn/) at Fudan University in Shanghai, on issues of social policy and governance in the Chinese context and beyond. This double degree master program is delivered by world-leading experts in the fields of social policy and public policy.
Students fulfill the graduation and degree requirements of LSE and Fudan will be awarded the Master of Management in Public Policy from Fudan University, and the MSc in International Social and Public Policy from LSE.
International students should first apply to this program at LSE. More details can be found at LSE website.(https://www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse/Graduate/Degree-programmes-2021/LSE-Fudan-Double-Masters-ISPP). Applications will be jointly reviewed and decided by LSE and Fudan. Admitted students must go through a separate process of application to Fudan University under the instructions from Fudan University.
Course requirements
Year 1 at LSE (Details can be found at LSE website).
Year 2 at Fudan University
Students will be required to complete a minimum of 38 credits in year two at Fudan. This will include the transferal of some LSE credits from year 1.
| Category | Title | Credits |
Basic courses (7 credits) | Chinese Government and Governance | 3 |
| Chinese language I and II | 4 (2+2) | |
Core courses (15 credits) (Option to transfer 3 credits from LSE) | Chinese Society and Social Policy | 3 |
| Social Problems and Social Innovation in China | 3 | |
| Urban Society and Public Policy | 3 | |
| Health Social Policy | 3 | |
| Policy and Program Evaluation | 3 | |
| Political Economy of China | 3 | |
Elective courses (12 credits) (Option to transfer some or all credits from LSE) | Environmental Policy in China | 3 |
| Corruption and Governance in Comparative Perspective | 2 | |
| Political Economy of Sustainable Development | 2 | |
Academic Activities (2 credits) | 2 | |
Social Practices (2 credits) | 2 |
Thesis Requirements
Students are required to write a graduation thesis during second year study in Fudan. Thesis should have the minimum number of 20,000 words.
Degree requirements in Fudan
Student can apply and receive a Certificate of Degree if he/she:
(1) Accomplish all required number of courses in each category, totally at least 38 credits;
(2) GPA of basic courses and core courses is greater than 2.0;
(3) Finish thesis and pass the thesis defense.
(4) Finish all above requirements in up to five years.
Contact Us
Department of Social Policy, LSE
2nd Floor, Old Building, London School of Economics and Political Science,
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
Postgraduate enquiries:socialpolicy.msc@lse.ac.uk
Institute for Global Public Policy, Fudan University
Room 801A, West Sub-building of Guanghua Towers, Fudan University,
No.220, Handan Road, 200433 Shanghai, P.R.China
Telephone:+86 (021) 65642019
Email: igppadmin@fudan.edu.cn
