Welcome to the Department of Gender Studies!

• Slack channels will be made available for offer holders to communicate with each other prior to arrival. The details will be shared with offer-holders by email. Please note that our Slack channels are not moderated by staff so any queries should be emailed to gender@lse.ac.uk.  
• Check out our Student Voice and Community webpage.
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• Start engaging with our student community and their research interests via our Engenderings blog, run by our PhD students, and Spilling the Equali-TEA, our  podcast run by a group of MSc students.
• Keep up-to-date with news from the department.

Autumn Term
Monday 29 September – Friday 12 December 2025
Reading week: Monday 3 November – Friday 7 November 2025

Winter break
Monday 15 December 2025 – Friday 16 January 2026

Winter Term
Monday 19 January – Thursday 2 April 2026 (due to Good Friday on 3 April)
Reading week: Monday 23 February – Friday 27 February 2026

Spring break
Friday 3 April – Monday 4 May 2026

Spring Term
Tuesday 5 May (due to May bank holiday) – Friday 19 June 2026

For 12-month master's students and students in Year 2 of a 24-month master's programme, Spring Term extends until the official end date of your programme.

 For more information, please see here.

• For information on what to do next, 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.

• For information on making a payment, visit the Fees Office here. 

• For bursaries, scholarship and studentship information, visit the Financial Support Office webpage here. 

• For housing information, visit the Accomodation Office.

• For wellbeing and disability support, visit the Student Wellbeing Service here.

• For visa advice, contact the Student Advice and Engagement Team here.

See the full list of programmes and courses available in the Department of Gender Studies here.

The year is divided into three terms: Autumn Term (September to December), Winter Term (January to March) and Spring Term (April to June).

There are two Reading Weeks in week 6 of Autumn and Winter term – no LSE Gender teaching will take place during Reading Weeks, although other departments might run workshops or seminars. 

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 Graduate Course Guides for further information on individual courses. Please note that course guides for the 2025-26 academic year will be published in August, so the current course guides are to be used as a guide only. For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students.

Once you have your LSE login, you'll be able to watch short introductory course videos here.

LSE Gender 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. 

Full details on LSE accommodations are available here, and the Student Union also offers housing advice.

LSE Gender is based on the 10th and 11th floors of Pankhurst House. A campus map can be found here.

Further questions about the application process and requirements should be sent to Admissions Enquiries. 

For advice specific to the department, you can browse our FAQs page or get in touch with one of our Student Ambassadors.

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