The Institutes
The School of Advanced Study was created in 1994 and unites 10 internationally renowned institutes in the humanities and social sciences at the centre of the University of London. The School’s fundamental purpose is to maintain and develop its institutes’ resources for the benefit of the national and international research communities.
Its 10 institutes, many of which have long and distinguished histories, are:
- Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS)
- Institute of Classical Studies (IClS)
- Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICwS)
- Institute of English Studies (IES)
- Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies (IGRS)
- Institute of Historical Research (IHR)
- Institute of Musical Research (IMR)
- Institute of Philosophy (IP)
- Institute for the Study of the Americas (ISA)
- The Warburg Institute (WI)
