Welcome to the Department of Gender Studies!

• Join our LSE Gender Studies Cohort of 2026/27 LinkedIn group to connect with peers prior to your arrival in September.

• Find out what it's like to be an LSE Gender student by chatting with Apoorva, our Student Ambassador. 

• Check out our Student Voice and Community webpage.
• Follow our Instagram and Bluesky accounts, and check out our YouTube channel for an idea of our Public Events. 
• Keep up-to-date with news from the department.

Welcome Week
Monday 21 September – Friday 25 September

Autumn Term
Monday 28 September – Friday 11 December
Reading week: Monday 2 November – Friday 6 November

Winter Term
Monday 11 January – Thursday 25 March
Reading week: Monday 15 February – Friday 19 February

Spring Term
Monday 26 April – Friday 11 June
For 12-month master's students, Spring Term extends until the official end date of your programme.

 For more information, please see here.

• For information on next steps, visit LSE's Offer holder webpage here.
• For questions around common tasks for applicants, visit LSE's How Do I? webpage here. 
• See LSE's Graduate Offer Pack here.
• See this webpage for information on fees and funding your studies. 
• For bursaries, scholarship and studentship information, visit the Financial Support Office webpage. 
• For guidance with accommodation, LSE Accommodation can help. The LSE Students' Union also provides advice on accommodation. 
• Learn more about how the Disability and Mental Health Service can support you. 
• Contact the Student Advice and Engagement Team for specialist visa advice. 

The year is divided into three terms: Autumn Term, Winter Term and Spring Term.

There is a Reading Week in Week 6 of Autumn and Week 6 of Winter term – no Gender Studies teaching will take place during these weeks, although you may still attend teaching for courses run by other Departments. 

For MSc students, a full unit course runs over Autumn and Winter terms. A half-unit course will only run for one term (please note that half-unit courses are only available in one or the other term - they are not available during both terms). 

Spring Term is focused on further developing your independent research project with your supervisor, and opportunities for skills and career-development. The dissertation is due in mid-August. 

See the full list of graduate courses available in the Department of Gender Studies. Note that not all courses are available every year, due to the academic cycle of sabbatical and research leave. 

The programme regulations for your programme detail the structure of compulsory and optional courses you will need to take. 

See Graduate Course Guides for further information on courses across LSE.

Please note that programme regulations and course guides for the 2026-27 academic year will be published in late August, so the current information is to be used as a guide only. 

This page details the changes to LSE programmes and courses agreed so far for the 2026-27 academic year. 

Once you have your LSE login (after pre-enrolment in late August), you'll be able to watch short introductory course videos from our Course Convenors. 

Gender Studies students are not required to have completed any reading before starting their programme. All key readings throughout the academic year will be available online for free through the LSE Library.

If you want to start familiarising yourself with some core texts in the field, you can find indicative readings for all our courses on the Graduate Course Guides and/or check out Gender: The Key Concepts which has contributions from a number of past and present faculty. 

LSE Gender is based on the 10th and 11th floors of Pankhurst/Fawcett House. LSE Gender students have access to a common room and study spaces. A campus map can be found here.

Further questions about offer conditions or providing documents should be sent to Admissions Enquiries. 

You can ask questions about what it's like to be an LSE Gender student by chatting with Apoorva, our Student Ambassador. 

For any other questions not covered here, please email gender@lse.ac.uk.