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The Financial Support Office is responsible for administering School funds and a variety of scholarships, studentships, prizes and awards
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Graduate Support Scheme 2017/18
The Graduate Support Scheme is now open for applications for the 2017/18 session. Awards from the Graduate Support Scheme range in value from £5,000 up to a maximum of £15,000.
Applications are made via a link in LSE for You, which is provided once you have made your application for admission to the School.
If you are not offered a Graduate Support Scheme award, the same application will be used to consider you for any other LSE Awards for which you are eligible.
Student Finance Postgraduate Loans
Information on the new Postgraduate Loan Scheme can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/funding-for-postgraduate-study
Drop in Sessions
We are holding drop-in sessions Monday through to Friday from 1pm - 2pm at the Student Services Centre during Term time, In the vacation times Monday, Wednesday and Friday only.
Michaelmas Term
Maintenance cheques are now ready for collection from the Student Services Centre.
Please remember you must be registered and bring your student ID card with you when you come to collect. If you have any queries please email financial-support@lse.ac.uk
For students with maintenance stipends from LSE, your stipend will be split across the three terms. In order to reflect the earlier start of term we have split awards as evenly as possible over the academic session.
Student Finance for 2016/17
If you are returning to LSE after a break or progressing after repeating a year contact us at financial-support@lse.ac.uk if you are unsure of how to access the LSE bursary.
The scheduled payment dates are listed below, but please note that payments take approximately 5 working days to show in the recipients bank account from the scheduled payment date.
The scheduled payment dates are:
Michaelmas Term - Friday 7 October 2016
Lent Term - Friday 20 January 2017
Summer Term - Monday 8 May 2017
More information on applying for Student Finance
PhD students
Are you writing up your thesis? There is funding available to support your writing up period and help you finish on time.
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