With Agreement on a Dual-Degree Program, NYU and the London School of Economics and Political Science Expand Their Partnership

A partnership that began with a memorandum of understanding signed in April 2024 widened yet again when Linda G. Mills, NYU’s president, and Larry Kramer, president and vice-chancellor of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), met on the top floor of NYU’s Bobst Library to sign an agreement to create a new dual-degree program between the two schools.

The Media, Culture, and Global Cities program is a two-year course of study that will lead to students receiving an MA degree from NYU and an MSc degree from LSE. A collaboration between the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication (MCC) at NYU Steinhardt and the Department of Media and Communications at LSE, the program’s first cohort of students will begin their studies at LSE in the Fall of 2026 and complete their work the following academic year at NYU.

The program connects two of the world's leading media studies departments and offers students a unique multi-site experience and the chance to receive degrees from both institutions. By studying global cities and media in two of the world’s capitals of media—New York and London—students will gain a grounded insight into these vital aspects of contemporary life from world-class faculty, many of whom already work together on research projects, and will experience both UK and US approaches to media studies.

President Mills said, “This dual degree program with LSE stands among our most important, both because we are now neighbors in London and also because it builds on a long-standing and much-valued scholarly collaboration. We learned long ago that ideas don't have boundaries; this new program fulfills this important academic mission.”