The International Institute for Technology & Management (IITM) is located in Knowledge Village, Dubai's centre for training and higher education. IITM provides high quality and affordable Western-style education in the form of training and tutorials for the University of London’s External Programme. Students pursue Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree programmes designed and developed by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), one of the UK’s top ten universities, and Lead College of the University of London External Programme.

Students enroll initially for the Diploma in Economics and, following success in the Diploma, specialise in their chosen degree subject: Banking and Finance, Accounting and Finance, Economics, Economics and Management, Management, Information Systems and Management, Mathematics and Economics, or Business. LSE is responsible for syllabus planning, academic content, setting the examinations and marking examination scripts. Degrees, marksheets and transcripts are conferred by the University of London, in association with the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is located in central London, near to the Royal Courts of Justice. Founded in 1895, by Beatrice and Sidney Webb, the London School of Economics is renowned worldwide as an important centre of discussion and debate, counting 13 Nobel Prize winners and 28 past or present Heads of State among its alumni and former staff. The LSE is a constituent college of the University of London and is the Lead College of the University of London External Programme for the Diploma in Economics and the Bachelors degrees offered at IITM.

The London School of Economics has accorded the International Institute for Technology and Management (IITM) permission to teach the Diploma in Economics. After completing the Diploma, students may continue studying at IITM to complete their Bachelors degree, awarded by the University of London in association with the LSE. LSE faculty prepare the study guides that IITM students use and set the examination papers. Examinations are taken at the British Council in Dubai and all examination scripts are sent to the University of London for marking. London School of Economics staff visit IITM several times a year to meet with IITM faculty, students and administrative staff. Occasionally, IITM students will be invited to attend seminars given by visiting LSE faculty.

Every year, usually in February, the London School of Economics has a Study Weekend in London. This offers students the chance to spend the weekend at the LSE studying courses which will help them with examination preparation and technique.




The University of London (UOL) is England’s third oldest university, after Oxford and Cambridge, and was the first British university to admit women students. The University of London is a federation of 28 colleges and institutes, of which the London School of Economics and Political Science is one. The administrative centre of the University of London is Senate House, located in Bloomsbury in central London. Construction of Senate House began in 1932: in 1933 King George V laid the foundation stone and construction was completed in 1937. For many years the Queen Mother was Chancellor of the University of London, retiring in 1981 to be replaced by Princess Anne (the Princess Royal) who still holds the position of Chancellor today.

The University of London offered degrees externally at different colleges in the United Kingdom from 1836. Nowadays, the External Programme is open to candidates all around the world, providing they satisfy the university requirements. There are currently 32,000 students studying in over 180 countries for the many different subjects available on the University of London External Programme.

The External Programme is mentioned in the University of London’s Central University Mission Statement:
• to make available, in conjunction with the Colleges, awards of the University of the highest academic standards throughout the UK and overseas through the External System

When a student graduates from the University of London External Programme they receive a degree certificate which states that the student has studied as an External student and carries the following extract from the Statutes of the University of London:

Statute 66(2) states, ‘Candidates granted degrees and other awards shall have attained the same academic standard irrespective of mode or place of study or examination’. There is only one University of London degree and it is awarded both to students attending in London and to External students studying elsewhere, such as those studying at IITM, for example.

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