London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
TypePublic
Established1899 – London School of Tropical Medicine
1924 – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine established by Royal Charter
FounderSir Patrick Manson
Parent institution
University of London
Endowment£19.7 million (2024)
Budget£255.7 million (2023/24)
ChancellorThe Princess Royal (University of London)
DirectorLiam Smeeth
Academic staff
1,050 London-based (2023/24)
Administrative staff
725 London-based (2023/24)
1,918 (MRC Units Gambia and Uganda, 2020/21)
Students980 (2023/24)
780 FTE (2023/24)
3,370 (Online Learning, 2020/21)
Location
Bloomsbury, London, England, United Kingdom
CampusUrban
Websitelshtm.ac.uk

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 health and tropical medicine. The institution was founded in 1899 by Sir Patrick Manson, after a donation from the Indian Parsi philanthropist B. D. Petit.

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. The university has one of the largest endowment per student in the United Kingdom.