LSE Online Certificate Courses

The London School of Economics and Political Science is now offering short, certificate courses, available online from anywhere in the world. These courses allow working professionals to enhance their skills online and in their own time, using a highly supportive and interactive learning platform.

New Courses

Accounting for Investment and Managerial Decision-Making

Learn the language of financial and managerial accounting to analyse business problems, interpret financial statements, and drive organisational performance.

8 weeks | 7-10 hours per week

Analysing Health Systems: Lessons From COVID-19

Gain a broader understanding of the social, economic, and political structures and policies influencing the global pandemic response, and develop strategic insight into the solutions to current and future healthcare problems.

6 weeks | 7-10 hours per week

Leadership and Change

Develop your authentic leadership style, and gain the tools and frameworks to effectively lead an organisation and your team through times of change and disruption.

8 weeks | 6-8 hours per week

Health Economics and Policy

Develop in-depth knowledge of the economic principles underpinning healthcare, and explore how policy solutions can be used to address contemporary challenges.

6 weeks | 6-9 hours per week

Technological Disruption: Managing the Impact on Business, Society and Politics

Learn to identify and manage the strategic response to technological change through a multi-disciplinary lens.

8 weeks | 8-10 hours per week

Business Management & Leadership

Leadership and Change

Develop your authentic leadership style, and gain the tools and frameworks to effectively lead an organisation and your team through times of change and disruption.

8 weeks | 6-8 hours per week

Decision-Making: Judgements, Biases, and Nudges

Explore the science behind decision-making, and improve your ability to make sound personal and professional choices with a clear, bias-proof process.

6 weeks | 7-10 hours per week

MBA Essentials

Gain holistic business and leadership skills to become a better manager, with this essential toolkit for the contemporary business environment.

10 weeks | 8-12 hours per week

Negotiation Programme

Maximise your negotiation skills for business and career success in this six-week online course.

6 weeks | 7-10 hours per week

Competitive Strategy and Innovation

Evaluate and leverage your organisation’s internal resources to foster innovation for sustainable competitive advantage.

8 weeks | 6-8 hours per week

Data & Statistics

Data Analysis for Management

Develop the skills you need to analyse, interpret and communicate data with confidence and impact within your organisation.

8 weeks | 7-10 hours per week

Machine Learning: Practical Applications

Explore machine learning techniques to optimise your data analyses for informed business decision-making.

8 weeks | 7-10 hours per week

Disruptive Technology Management

Technological Disruption: Managing the Impact on Business, Society and Politics

Learn to identify and manage the strategic response to technological change through a multi-disciplinary lens.

8 weeks | 8-10 hours per week

Automation: Implementation in Business

Learn how to deploy and manage key service automation technologies in your organisation, ethically and effectively, for enhanced productivity, profitability, and customer satisfaction.

6 weeks | 8-10 hours per week

Cryptocurrency and Disruption

Understand the theory and technology behind cryptocurrencies, how people invest in them and the future implications for business.

6 weeks | 7-10 hours per week

Finance

Accounting for Investment and Managerial Decision-Making

Learn the language of financial and managerial accounting to analyse business problems, interpret financial statements, and drive organisational performance.

8 weeks | 7-10 hours per week

Managerial Finance

Develop an understanding of the crucial frameworks and tools of modern corporate finance to make better managerial and investment decisions.

6 weeks | 8-12 hours per week

International Relations & Geography

Business, International Relations and the Political Economy

Learn to maximise opportunities and mitigate risk stemming from global events with expert commentary and insights from LSE thought-leaders.

8 weeks | 7-10 hours per week

Real Estate Economics and Finance

Gain the theoretical knowledge and practical skills to make more informed real estate investment decisions.

8 weeks | 7-10 hours per week

Public Policy & Law

Public Policy Analysis

Gain practical skills and analytical frameworks for analysing, evaluating, and communicating public policy.

10 weeks | 7-10 hours per week

Data: Law, Policy and Regulation

Gain the skills to navigate and critically analyse the changing legal environment that is shaping data law and policy.

6 weeks | 8-10 hours per week

Regulation: Theory, Strategy, and Practice

Consider regulation from a practical and multidisciplinary perspective as you gain the tools to critically assess the changing regulatory environment.

8 weeks | 7-10 hours per week

Healthcare

Analysing Health Systems: Lessons From COVID-19

6 weeks | 7-10 hours per week

Health Economics and Policy

Develop in-depth knowledge of the economic principles underpinning healthcare, and explore how policy solutions can be used to address contemporary challenges.

6 weeks | 6-9 hours per week

How Online Courses Contribute to LSE's Mission

LSE was founded to address real world issues - with the aim of understanding the causes of things for the betterment of society. Offering online certificate courses supports this vision, making LSE’s world-leading teaching and research accessible to a global audience. The interactive nature of the learning experience enables the School to reach the widest possible audience, and allows students worldwide to engage in the academic debate for which LSE is renowned.

The Online Learning Experience

Studying with LSE online, you’ll gain access to the insights and teaching of LSE subject experts and thought leaders, as you would on-campus, in addition to hearing from industry pioneers through video lectures. You’ll engage with real-world case studies and issues, and upon successful completion of your course you’ll walk away with a certificate from LSE - validation of the knowledge and skills you’ve gained.

Presented in Collaboration with GetSmarter

To present these online certificate courses, LSE is collaborating with online education leaders, GetSmarter. GetSmarter’s people-based, interactive and supportive learning model has resulted in unprecedented course completion rates, as well as measurable career improvements for many past students. Studying with LSE and GetSmarter, you’ll have a dedicated Success Manager and access to technical and academic support around the clock. This personalised and intimate approach allows you to study from anywhere in the world, at the time of your convenience, and still interact with your peers.

Further Information and How to Apply

For more information on these online certificate courses, visit the course pages above, or contact lseonline@getsmarter.com.

Online Certificate Courses for Your Organisation

Our online courses make our world-leading teaching and research accessible to a global audience. We partner with organisations to deliver our existing portfolio to meet your business needs as individuals, as a team or as part of a wider organisation. Learn more.