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EC400 Application

Most MSc level Economics courses can only be taken by students who have attended EC400 Introductory Course in Mathematics and Statistics.

If you are interested in taking a course beginning EC4XX, please check whether EC400 is a pre-requisite requirement on the Graduate Course Guides.

When EC400 is listed as a pre-requisite requirement, it is compulsory for ALL students, including those students with an economics/mathematics undergraduate degree.

Students from outside the Department of Economics must apply to take EC400. Students who have EC400 listed as a compulsory part of their programme are not required to apply for the course. Students who have an EC4XX course listed in their programme regulations as a compulsory course can opt in to EC400 by notifying their home department (for instance, MPhil/PhD in Environmental Economics students taking EC411) and do not need to complete this form. Please liaise with your home department for more information. For programmes which have an EC4XX course listed in their programme regulations, but with entry restricted (for instance, MSc PSPE students wishing to take EC453: Political Economy), EC400 applications will be screened in line with standard protocols and hence admission to EC400 is not guaranteed. Please check your specific programme regulations for more information. It is worth noting that only around 10% of applications to EC400 are successful.

EC400 is an introduction to MSc level concepts in mathematics and statistics, and an undergraduate level understanding is assumed. EC400 is not intended as an introduction for students with little or no formal economics/mathematics background.

EC400 Key Dates:

Campus Enrolment: Week of 24 August (Exact date TBA) 2026
Lectures & Teaching: Monday 31 August through Friday 18 September 2026
Exams: 21 & 22 September 2026 

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EC400 Application

  • Applicant Information
  • Programme Information
  • Application Status
  • • All EC400 students must be available to complete on campus enrolment from Wednesday 26 August 2026. From the week commencing Monday 31 August 2026, EC400 students are required to attend three weeks of teaching and complete on-campus exams on Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 September.
  • • Pre arrival course materials will be made available to you in late July. We strongly recommend that you revise all the pre-arrival materials, and complete the practice quizzes to prepare for the course.
  • If my application is successful, I am able to complete online and on campus enrolment and to begin the course from the week commencing 24 August 2026.
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  • Your right to privacy is important to us. The personal information that you submit in this form will be used to process your application for taking EC400. Please visit lse.ac.uk/privacy to read our Privacy Policy and learn more about how we collect and use information about you so that you can make an informed choice about using our website.

 

The application deadline is Friday 12 June 2026 and applicants will be notified of their result by the end of June.

 

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