Overview

Designed for full-time professionals across diverse sectors, this programme enables you to gain a graduate qualification in behavioural science and pursue new opportunities within this emerging field.

Taught by world-leading behavioural science experts, the programme combines rigorous academic training with practical insights. You’ll gain a theoretical understanding of behavioural science whilst learning how to design and test behavioural interventions and influence behaviour change in the real world.

The curriculum covers a broad range of topics, including behavioural decision science, corporate behaviour, research methods, and behavioural science in the age of AI.

The Executive Behavioural Science programme from London School of Economics and Political Science is arranged into three two-week intensive teaching sessions at the LSE campus in London. Outside of these sessions you can continue to work and study flexibly around your career from anywhere in the world. Following the end of the teaching sessions, you’ll complete a dissertation and apply your learning to your chosen area of interest.

Graduate destinations

This EMSc will prepare you to seek and/or advance your career in behavioural science in multiple sectors, including international organisations, the private and public sectors, non-governmental organisations, and academia.

The university's unique programme has trained more than 500 applied behavioural scientists to date, and we are immensely proud to see the outstanding contributions that the university's students and alums now make to the field, with many of them currently leading behavioural units and projects in a variety of organisations across the world. Some alums have also set up successful behavioural science consultancy businesses, and others have gone on to further study.

The university's alums often find that the programme transforms their career paths, and that it also has a very positive impact on their personal development.

Programme Structure

Courses included:

Behavioural Science and Policy

Behavioural Decision Science

Research Methods for Behavioural Science

Corporate Behaviour and Decision Making

Policy Appraisal and Ethics

The Science of Time at Work

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 16 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-29 00:00:00

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Language

English

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100

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

London, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Upper second class honours (2:1) degree or equivalent and three years’ relevant post-graduation work experience.

We do require students to be passionate about studying behavioural science and its applications. You can tell us about this passion in your statement of academic purpose.
Although we don't require students to have a quantitative background, research methods is a core component of the programme. This is essential in order for you to be able to conduct rigorous and credible research in behavioural Science. The training will start at a level that enables all students to participate. However, if you don't have previous exposure to quantitative methods you may find that you need to invest additional time developing you skills in this area throughout the programme.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

41500 GBP / year

≈ 41500 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

41500 GBP / year

≈ 41500 GBP / year

Living costs

London

United Kingdom

1137 - 2157 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

The School recognizes that the cost of living in London may be higher than in your home town or country, and we provide generous scholarships each year to home and overseas students. Find out more about financial support.

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