The January exam period will take place from Tuesday 3rd January – Friday 6^th January 2017 inclusive. A full list of courses to be examined in week 0 during January can be found here.

The course by course exam timetable will be available shortly;

2017 LSE January Exam Timetable details are as follows:

Course by course timetable publication date is 2nd December 2016

Personal timetable publication date is 9th December 2016

Exams are scheduled with starting times of either 10am or 2:30pm. No exams will be scheduled to take place over the weekend.

Re-sit and deferred exams take place on the same date and at the same time as the main sittings listed in the course by course timetable.

The examination timetable will have been approved across the school, including by all academic departments, and we will therefore be unable to consider any requests to reschedule individual exams.

Personal exam timetables will be published, in LSE for You, in the last week of Michaelmas Term.

Religious Holidays

If, due to the observance of a religious holiday, you are unable to sit examinations on specific dates, you should email the exams team as soon as possible, and before the publication of the general course by course timetable, to discuss alternative arrangements. Please include the following information:

your name
your student ID number
the courses you are taking
the dates on which you are unable to attend examinations
details of your exceptional circumstances

Please note that events such as weddings or other personal appointments do not constitute exceptional reasons for examination timetabling purposes.

Personal Timetable

Please check on LSE for You to ensure that you are enrolled for the correct courses by 28 October 2016. For advice on amending your course choices, please contact Registry.

If, by the end Michaelmas term, your personal examination timetable has not been published, is incomplete, or is inaccurate, please email the exams team with your student ID number and details of the problem.

In very exceptional circumstances, the dates of individual exams are subject to change. You should check your personal exam timetable carefully when it is published.

Re-Entry of Deferred, Discounted or Failed Examinations for January.

You will be automatically re-entered for any deferred, discounted or failed courses (including those which are not assessed by written examination). Your assessment will be based on the syllabus for which you received teaching.

Confirmation of Re-entry

You will receive email confirmation of those courses for which you have been re-entered by the end of November. This email will also contain information about any re-entry fees.

If you have not received confirmation of re-entry by end of November, please contact Registry.

It is your responsibility to ensure that you are re-entered for all required course(s); and you are strongly advised to check your re-entry requirements with your department, including with regard to the appropriate examination, dissertation and course work elements.

Re-entry fees and payment

You will be contacted by the Registry team late Michaelmas Term with re-entry and payment instructions. We are unable to accept payment before this date. A fee of £60 is payable for each full unit paper and £35 for each half unit paper to be re-taken. This fee is only payable by those re-sitting the examinations as a second or third attempt. It does not apply to those paying full tuition or repeat tuition fees to the School; to courses where permission has been given to defer an assessment; or to those given permission to re-enter an assessment as a first attempt.

Payment of re-entry fees should be made as specified by the deadline in the re-entry confirmation email sent in late Michaelmas term.

Please note the following:

If you do not intend to resit all of your failed courses this academic session, you must contact Registry prior to making your fee payment.
By making the re-entry payment, you are confirming that you will be re-sitting. If at a later date you decide to not re-sit, defer or are absent for your exam, your payment is non-refundable.

For further information on Re-entry please click here.

Visa Guidance: Non-UK/EEA Students with January Re-sit Assessments

All January examinations will take place at the School’s London campus. Please note that if you are a non-EEA national, to return to take your exams you will need immigration permission that allows you to study in the UK. The LSE does not permit students to undertake examinations using a General/Tourist Visitor visa. For further information regarding your visa options, please click here.

If you have already been reported to the UKVI for non-progression, you are expected to return on a Short-term Study visa and not on a Tier 4 visa. To apply for a Short-term Study visa, you will need a letter from Registry indicating that you are expected to return for assessment and the date from which you can access LSE on-campus facilities. The date from which you will have access to on-campus LSE facilities is 5 December 2016.

You can request a letter following this link: Request a Short-Term Study Visa.

If you are non-visa national (ie, you are a citizen of a country with permission to travel to the UK without having previously obtained a visa in your home country) you do not need to apply for a Short-Term Study visa in advance of travelling. However, you must ensure that you are entered under the correct immigration category when you arrive at the UK border (ie, on Short-Term Study permission). If you are entered as a General Visitor / Tourist, you will not be permitted to sit your examinations at LSE. To obtain the correct permission, all you need to do is show a Short-Term Study Visa Letter and ask for a Short-Term Study visa stamp at the immigration desk of your port of entry in the UK. It is advisable to carry this letter in your hand luggage so that it is easily accessible when you arrive at the immigration desk.

If you require any advice or guidance on making a Short Term Study visa application, please contact the International Student Visa Advice Team (ISVAT).

If you are a 12-month Masters student, your ratified results will be released on 14 November 2016. If you are required to re-sit any of your assessments and any are scheduled in January in lieu of Summer Term, please contact the International Student Visa Advice Team (ISVAT) for advice on your options.

Applying for Individual Examination Adjustments (IEAs) for January 2017 Exams

School regulations allow for individual examination adjustments (IEAs) to be made if you have a documented medical, physical or mental health condition and/or a learning disability such as dyslexia or dyspraxia. The purpose of IEAs is to provide an environment that gives all students an equal opportunity in exams. These adjustments are confidential and will not be listed on your transcript or degree certificate.

At LSE the IEA process is run jointly by the Student Services Centre(SSC) and Disability and Wellbeing Service (DWS).

There are two types of IEAs and the application processes are different:

Duration of studies IEAs - for long term new or pre-existing conditions

Short term IEAs - for short term and unexpected medical conditions

It is also worth noting that the processes that are used to put IEAs in place in Higher Education differ substantially between schools, Sixth Form Colleges and Further Education Colleges. As such the IEAs you may have received in the past might not be applicable at the LSE.

IEAs for long term conditions

Applications must be received by 11th November deadline.

At LSE, most IEAs are put in place on the basis of an LSE Inclusion Plan, or LIP (formerly known as an ISSA, Individual Student Support Arrangement) which includes recommendations for IEAs. If you have an agreed LIP (formerly ISSA) for the current academic year that contains IEA recommendations you do not need to take any further action to be considered for IEAs. The recommendations on your LIP (formerly ISSA) will be considered by the IEA Panel during the Lent Term and Easter Vacation and you will receive an outcome email from the IEA panel before the start of Summer Term.

If you believe that you are entitled to IEAs and have not yet had an LIP (formerly ISSA) put in place for the 2016/7 academic year please contact the DWS as soon as possible, to make an appointment prior to the deadline of 11th November. IEAs will not be considered for January exams after this date. An LIP (formerly ISSA) will be produced if appropriate and any IEA recommendations will be passed onto the IEA Panel for consideration.

Some useful points to remember:

not all LIPs (formerly ISSA) contain IEA recommendations, if you are unsure about the content of your LIP (formerly ISSA) the DWS can provide you with a copy;
not all IEA recommendations on LIPs (formerly ISSA) are agreed by the panel; having an LIP (formerly ISSA) in place does not automatically lead to IEAs being put in place.

SSC staff can provide you with advice and guidance on completing your application if needed. In some cases you may also be able to get support from the DWS. All applications must be supported by up-to-date written evidence in English. DWS have produced a useful document that you can use to collect the evidence you will need.

You should bring the form with the evidence SSC who will arrange for the IEA Panel to consider it. Forms without evidence will not be accepted – you must present both the form and evidence together. You should be aware that it can take some time to get IEAs in place so please note the deadlines for application submission.

IEAs for short term conditions

You can apply for short term IEAs if you experience a short term or unexpected medical condition just before or during the examination period, or have other exceptional circumstances that you feel would benefit from short term IEAs.

To apply you need to complete an application for short term IEAs. The form is also available in hard copy from the SSC (in the forms holder near the windows). SSC staff can provide you with advice and guidance on completing your application if needed. All applications for short term IEAs must be supported by up-to-date written evidence in English or accompanied by a certified translation if necessary. DWS have produced a useful document that you can use to collect evidence you will need.

You should bring the form with the evidence to the SSC who will arrange for the IEA panel to consider it. Forms without evidence will not be accepted – you must present both the form and evidence together. You should be aware that it can take some time to get IEAs in place so even if the panel grants you IEAs following a late application we may not be able to get them in place in time for your exam, please therefore aim to submit your form as soon as possible. Please bear in mind that Christmas closure will impact the panel's timeline and the last panel meeting for short term applications will be before the School closes for the holidays on 21 December.

For further information on the IEA Panel and appealing decisions, please click here.

Location of your IEA exams

If individual examination adjustments (IEA) have been agreed you will take your exam in a designated venue rather than a main exam room. We do this because we cannot put adjustments in place in the main exam rooms

The location of your exam will be shown on the ‘Individual Exam Arrangement and Late Entrants’ list. This is published online at lse.ac.uk/examsdailyarrangements. The information will also be available on the ‘pink lists’ in the Student Services Centre and in the lobby of Clement House on the morning of your exam. Please ignore any rooms showing on your personal timetable in LSE for You.

Your IEAs will only be available in the exam room indicated on the above lists; you will not be able to take advantage of your individual adjustments in any other room.

IEAs are provided for many students and for a variety of reasons. As a result there will usually be several students in the same IEA room. Some of these students will have permission to take rest periods and/or leave the room at different times. As such you are expected to take rest breaks and leave rooms quietly so as to minimise any disruption to other candidates.

For further information on the Types of Individual Exam Adjustments LSE offers, please click here.

Illness and Other Exceptional Circumstances

Please click here.

Overseas Examination Arrangements

The School requires all students to sit their examinations in London.

There are two key reasons for this;

to ensure that the integrity of the examinations are maintained
to provide you with the best conditions in which to prepare for and sit your examinations, so giving you the best chance of success.

There may, however, be exceptional cases where there is good cause to arrange an examination sitting overseas. Applications to sit overseas are considered based on the guidelines set out below by a panel. The panel consists of the Head of Student Services and a member of the Exams Team. There is an administration charge of £150 for overseas examinations.

If you are experiencing difficulties during the exam period and wish to make the exam board aware of this, you should also ensure that you submit an exceptional circumstances form.

Overseas Guidelines

The panel will only consider cases to sit an exam overseas in the following circumstances:

serious injury or a serious medical condition affecting you or a close family member that prevents you from being in, or travelling to, the UK.
the death of a close relative – i.e. a member of your immediate family (parent, sibling, spouse, child) or other person where there is clear evidence that the death would have a similar effect on you.
other exceptional circumstances which, in the Panel's view, have had a profound effect on you to the point of making it inadvisable for the School to require that you should return to the UK.

The panel are unlikely to approve applications that are based on;

Employment or Internships
Failure to apply for a visa with sufficient time or evidence
Personal Convenience
Cost of travelling to London

Consideration will also be given to whether sitting the examination overseas may disadvantage you and whether it would be preferable for you to sit the examination the next time it is offered in London (usually the following summer).

Overseas Key Dates for January Exams

Applications for Overseas sittings in Lent Term Week 0 are now being accepted.
For details of when the exam timetable is published please see Exam Timetable
Applications must be returned to the Student Services Centre no later than midday on Monday 5th December 2016 .
The Panel will respond to your application within 10 working days
If your application is successful you will be informed and sent a Registration form.
Given the Christmas closure, you should complete and return this form as quickly as possible.

Overseas Application Procedure

All applications must be made using the application form.

After the timetable has been published you should complete an application form and return it to the Student Services Centre as soon as possible but no later than the above deadline.
As part of your application you will need to provide official, original, documented evidence in English in support of your request. Applications submitted without supportive evidence will not be considered.
You will also need to submit a personal statement setting out the reasons for your request. You should include an explanation of why remaining in, or travelling to, London would be inadvisable.
If you are making an early application please include an explanation of why you are applying early.
Your application will be reviewed by the Panel. You will normally be notified of the Panel's decision within 10 working days.

If the panel approves your application;

You will be emailed with the panel's decision, a copy of the Overseas Exam Registration Form and details of how to make payment.
You will need to find an overseas centre that is willing to accommodate your examination(s). See finding a centre below.
The Registration Form will need to be completed by you and your chosen centre.
The completed Registration Form should be returned to LSE as quickly as possible and no later than 16th December 2016.
You should make payment of £150 following the details in the email.
If you are using an centre other that is not a British Council Office or pre-approved the Panel will assess the suitability of the centre. The panel will contact you by email if the centre is unsuitable.
LSE will contact your centre to confirm arrangements.
LSE will send all exam materials, by DHL, to your centre in good time for your examinations. This pack will include details of any IEAs that should be put in place.
You will need to arrange to cover any costs that are levied by the centre administering your examination, this includes the cost of sending completed scripts and spare materials back to LSE by courier (scripts sent by regular mail will not be marked because we cannot guarantee they are secure).

If the panel declines your application;

You will be notified by email of the panel's decision.
In some circumstances the panel may request additional evidence, you are advised to return this as soon as possible.
You can appeal the decision in some cases (see below).

It is expected that examinations will be sat at the same time as in London. Applications to sit at another time will be considered on an individual basis. Students sitting at alternative times will be required to confirm that they will not make any contact with anybody regarding the paper. If a student is found to be in breach of this it is likely that an allegation will be brought against him/her under the School's Regulations on Assessment Offences: offences other than plagiarism

Finding an Overseas Test Centre

It is entirely the candidates responsibility to find a centre that is both acceptable to LSE and willing to host your exam. Please bear in mind that many centres may have holiday closure or reduced holiday hours and plan accordingly.

British Council Offices
LSE's preference is that British Council Offices should be used for overseas exams wherever possible. Please note however that the British Council does not run exams in the USA.

Pre-approved Centres
If it is not possible for you to use a British Council Office, then you should aim to use a centre on the pre-approved list. If you use one of these centres you can be assured that your registration will be approved without issue. Please do bear in mind though that this list is not exhaustive - it is a simply a list of centres that have successfully hosted LSE exams in the past.

Other Centres
If it is not possible for you to use a British Council Office or a Centre from the list then you should find a centre that is willing to host your exam. Please bear in mind the following when searching for a centre;

Higher education institutions (universities) are likely to be acceptable
Further education institutions (colleges) may be acceptable but will judged individually
Public libraries are not acceptable
Private companies are not acceptable (even if they are hosting internships or run other examinations).

You should include all the details of the centre on the Registration Form and it will be assessed by the panel for suitability. The panel need to be wholly satisfied that it meets the LSE standards of examination service provision and the integrity of the invigilation process. Public libraries and private companies are not considered acceptable. The panel may require you to choose a different centre if they feel the one you have suggested is unacceptable. The panel's decision on suitability of centres is final and cannot be appealed.

Please remember that you are responsible for any charges levied by the centre and the cost of having your scripts couriered back to LSE.

Overseas Charges

There is a charge of £150 for overseas examinations. This is payable per centre so, if you sit two exams in one centre you would pay £150. If you sit two exams in two different centres you would need to pay £300.

This charge covers the additional administration and outgoing courier costs associated with overseas arrangements.

You are responsible for any charges levied by the centre and the cost of having your scripts couriered back to LSE.

For further information on Appealing the Panel's Decision, please click here.