Frequently Asked Questions

Your offer of admission to the School has been based on the information you provided on, or with, your UCAS application form. It is your responsibility to provide official evidence of your qualifications if we require it (please see your offer letter). If you are unable to provide such evidence, we reserve the right to review, and possibly withdraw, your offer of admission.

Your place at the School can only be granted on the condition that you obtain the minimum specified grades in your forthcoming academic qualifications and provide us with certified documentation of your previously obtained qualification(s), eg, The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma with 38 points overall and 7,6,6 at Higher Level. Plus provide certified verification of your previous qualifications listed on your offer letter and send to the School by 31 July 2025.

The deadline for us to receive official confirmation of forthcoming qualifications is 5 September 2025, whilst certified documentation of any previously obtained qualifications requested on your offer letter should reach us no later than 31 July 2025.

Your place at the School can only be granted on the condition that you provide us with certified documentation of the previously obtained qualifications listed on your offer letter,eg, your 2024 French Baccalaureate.The deadline for us to receive certified documentation of these qualifications is 31 July 2025.

The Admissions Selector takes into account all of the information that is presented on your UCAS form when they assesses your application.

Your offer is based on the range of subjects which are most relevant to your degree. As stated on our website, there are subjects that are generally excluded from any offer made, eg, if you are taking General Studies or Critical Thinking at A level, your grade in this subject will not be counted towards the requirements of any conditional offer. Similarly, an A level or equivalent in a language learning subject that you have had significant prior exposure to may not be counted.

The Admissions Selector may also choose to exclude other subjects, for example: “Obtain grades AAA excluding Art, plus a pass in a fourth A level.” In this case your Art qualification cannot be used to meet your offer condition.

Your place at the School can only be granted on the condition that you obtain the minimum grades in one of our recognised English language qualifications, eg obtain one of our recognised English language qualifications listed in your Offer Guide. You may have already declared a qualification we accept (pending verification) on your application, or maybe exempt, based on your nationality. All offer holders who are requested to obtain an English language qualification as part of their offer, will be given access to a questionnaire. Our English language questionnaire can be used to provide us with details, which will either allow us to verify results on your behalf, confirm your exemption, or re-confirm our guidance on supplying us with the necessary documentation. Our website clearly states how we can verify certain English language qualifications. Declaring a valid qualification we do not have access to personally verify (see the English language qualifications section of the page here) via a questionnaire is not sufficient for us to approve the qualification.

No. The School will not enter into negotiations with offer holders over the terms of their offer. Each offer has been made taking into consideration all the information included on your UCAS form and the Admissions Selector’s decision is final.

It is important that you contact the Undergraduate Admissions Office before you drop/ discontinue any subject – even if this subject does not form part of your offer. An Admissions Selector will consider your request and we aim to provide you with a final decision within two weeks.

This offer means that you need to obtain two A grades at A level and an A* in Maths with an additional pass (ie, grade A-E) in Further Mathematics as a fourth subject.

LSE does not use the UCAS tariff. You are required to obtain the grades and any subjects specified in order to meet the terms of your offer.

Yes. Bonus points will count towards your overall total points score.

You have provided us with all of the qualifications required to fulfil our entry requirements (we may have received them via UCAS), prior to an offer being made. Your place at the School will be granted, however, you must complete the relevant pre-arrival documents before you can register at the School. Please refer to your Offer Guide for further details.

Once you have received decisions from all of your choices, you will be given a date in UCAS Hub by which you need to reply. Please refer to the guidance on the UCAS website. 

You can decline your place on the UCAS Hub system.

Please refer to our page here for details on how to supply us with any certified documents as part of your offer conditions.

If you have decided you no longer wish to study the programme for which you have been made an offer, then - under exceptional circumstances - you may be able to be considered for a different programme.

If you decide before 29 January that you want your application to be considered for a different programme, you should contact the Undergraduate Admissions Office outlining the reasons for the change. Your application would then be in competition with all other applicants to that programme.

If your request to change programme comes after 29 January, your application will be classed as late. This means that we will only be able to look at your late application if there are still places available on the programme once all on-time applications have been assessed. However for the vast majority of programmes, we do not look at any late applications.

If the Admissions Selector for your new programme choice decides not to offer you a place, or you are happy for your application to be considered as late and we do not look at your late application, your new programme choice will be unsuccessful and you will lose your offer on your original programme choice at LSE.

Please also note that it is not possible for your application to be considered for a programme from which you have already been unsuccessful.

Please notify UCAS and the institutions to which you have applied of your new address in writing as soon as possible. Please note that if you have indicated your term-time address in the correspondence address section of the UCAS application form, do not assume that all correspondence will be automatically sent to your home address once term finishes. You should notify UCAS and the institutions as soon as you leave your term-time address so that all correspondence can be sent to the correct address.

Accommodation booking information for 2025/26 can be found here. You will be able to book accommodation through our online accommodation system once you have firmly accepted your offer to study at LSE. 

Please visit our accommodation pages to find out more about the accommodation options available and the booking process and deadlines.

Please visit our Fees and Funding page for a detailed guide to the financial support available and the application process. The number, value, eligibility criteria and type of awards vary from year to year. All scholarships are awarded on the basis of financial need in the first instance, and then academic merit.

Offer holders can pay their fees as soon as they have their offer. If you have not paid in full before or at registration then you will be placed on a termly Payment Plan. You will be expected to pay 1/3 of your fees on each payment date. Please see the information here.

You can apply for your visa up to six months before your programme begins if you are applying overseas and up to three months in advance if you are eligible to apply in the UK.

You will only be able to apply for your visa when you have received your CAS (Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies) number from us to complete your Student visa application.

LSE can only issue your CAS once you have:

• firmly accepted your unconditional offer
• completed your Financial Undertaking Form (FUF)
• confirmed to us your passport details, including all of your official names as shown in your passport, the correct spelling and the order that they appear in on your passport. 

Please note: Even if you have met the above conditions, due to technical reasons, we will be unable to begin issuing CAS' until May/ June at the earliest.

It is important that you read the visa information for prospective students on our Student Advice and Engagement Team website.

Term starts on Monday 29 September. 

In your first week you need to formally enrol with the School, and attend School and departmental welcome induction events.

LSE Welcome includes a variety of formal and social activities designed to introduce you to the School, your department and the Students’ Union. Specific information about LSE Welcome will be published in the summer before you join us.

Our Offer Holder Day takes place in April. There are also other opportunities to Visit LSE, including campus tours and drop-in consultations. 

You can also experience LSE wherever we are in the world, through our Virtual Undergraduate Offer Holder Day.

Yes. To allow schools and students more time to prepare and submit applications the UCAS application deadline has been moved to 29 January 2025.

The UCAS decision deadline (for all applications received by 29 January) is 14 May 2025. The UCAS reply deadline (for all offers received by 14 May) is 4 June 2025.

Whilst we will endevour to make all decicions as soon as possible, in some cases, applicant's may not receive a decision until the UCAS deadline. Please refer to our Admissions Calendar for the latest information.