We will be sending you venue details for the following events via email. If you have not received an email from the Department with venue details by Friday 20 September, please email healthpolicy@lse.ac.uk.

• Monday 23 September

Course Choice Opens for browsing on LSE for You

10am onwards, all students

Health Policy Department Welcome

9 - 10am, CBG Auditorium

MSc Global Health Policy Introduction 

11am - 12.30pm, CBG 1.02

MSc Health Data Science Programme Introduction

11am - 12.30pm, CBG 1.05

MSc International Health Policy Introduction

11am - 12.30pm, CBG 1.03

MSc International Health Policy - Health Economics Introduction

11am - 12.30pm, CBG 1.04

MSc Health Policy, Planning and Financing Programme Introduction

11am - 12.30pm, CBG 1.06

• Tuesday 24 September

 Autumn Term HP Courses Presentation

10am - 11.30am, Old Theatre

Winter Term HP Course Presentation

12.30pm - 2pm, Old Theatre 

Health Policy Department Consent.Ed Session

4.00pm-5.30pm, Venue TBC

Department of Statistics Social Event - HDS Students Only

Location TBC

• Wednesday 25 September

PSS Welcome and Information Session

10am - 12pm, Old Theatre

PhD Department Welcome

1.00pm - 2.00pm. CKK 2.08

MSc HPPF course choice + Q&A Session with Programme Directors 

5 - 7pm, CBG.102 & 1.03

• Thursday 26 September

Course Choice Opens on LSE for You

10am onwards, all students

HP-Tsingua University Student Coffee Reception

10am - 11am, COW 1.11

Health Policy Reception and Lunch

12pm - 2:30pm, MPR/Shaw Library, Old Building

Programme Director Course Selection Drop-in

3-4pm, COW 1.11

Part-time Year 2 Welcome Drop-In (Optional)

3 - 4pm, MSc Common Room, COW G.11

Health Policy Department Consent.Ed Session

3 - 4.30pm, Venue TBC

• Friday 27 September

 Treasure Hunt

11am-2pm

Campus enrolment for new students who have joined the academic session in London will take place during Welcome. Please see the schedule below for information about your programme's enrolment session. At the enrolment, the admissions staff will check your documentation, officially enrol you on your programme of study, and issue you with your LSE ID card. Be sure to complete your online registration, submit all required admissions documents and complete your Financial Undertaking Form before arriving to ensure you are able to enrol. Any last-minute submissions will significantly delay the process.
 
At the Campus enrolment, LSE is mandated to check your eligibility to study in the UK, and we require various documents to do so. It is therefore essential that you bring the appropriate identification documents e.g. passport, visa where applicable, and your original offer letter or a printed copy of your Statement of Confirmation. Without these, we will be unable to register you on your programme. More information about registration can be found at lse.ac.uk/registration and on campus during Welcome.

• Campus Enrolment for MSc Global Health Policy 

  3.15 - 3.30pm, Great Hall, Marshall Building (MAR) 

• Campus Enrolment for MSc International Health Policy 

  Surname A-M: 3.30 - 3.45pm, Great Hall, Marshall Building (MAR)

  Surname N-Z: 3.45 – 4.00pm, Great Hall, Marshall Building (MAR)

• Campus Enrolment for MSc International Health Policy (Health Economics)

  3.45 – 4.00pm, Great Hall, Marshall Building (MAR)

• Campus Enrolment for MSc Health Data Science

  4.00 – 4.15pm, Great Hall, Marshall Building (MAR)

• Campus Enrolment for MSc Health Policy, Planning and Financing

  9.00am – 6.00pm, Great Hall, Marshall Building (MAR)

MSc students

During Welcome Week, you will learn about programme regulations and available resources to make course selection easier for you. You may want to consult your Programme Handbook (which is available on General Department Moodle page) and the LSE Calendar to plan your course load. 

The course browsing period will open on Monday 23 September, allowing you to learn about the LSE for You course selection system, compare courses, and plan your year ahead. You can access the tutorial page here if you would like to get familiar with the system ahead of time. Please note, no course selections will be saved during the browsing period.

T    The Autumn Term course selection period will then open from 10am on Thursday 26 September to 5pm on Monday 14 October. .

During this period, you will finalise your course selection through the LSE for You platform. Please note that the above course selection window is a departmental deadline, and while we strongly encourage you to adhere to this deadline to maximise your chances of securing a place in your preferred courses, the School will be able to make some allowances for late arrivals.

MPhil/PhD students

Full-time students are also required to take two courses to the value of 1 unit during their first year. Students should search for relevant courses starting with the numbers 4 and 5 (MSc and Research student level) in the Graduate School Course Guides as published in the LSE calendar. The preference is for students to select from courses offered by the Department of Health Policy or the Department of Methodology. However, courses from other departments may be taken, subject to the approval of the supervisor and that of the hosting department. Students will be able to select these courses according to their existing academic foundations and research interests, but they are likely to be streamed around ‘health economics’ or ‘health policy’ (including health specific application of an array of social sciences such as sociology, politics, public administration, psychology among others).

All new students will meet their respective Programme Directors during Welcome, after which they will be allocated an Academic Mentor. You will be sent a survey to guide the pairing process - the survey will be sent shortly before Welcome week so please keep an eye out for this as this is important to ensure you have the most compatible mentor for your career aspirations/interests. There will also be a Q&A sessions during Welcome with your respective Programmes Direcotrs - please see the programme above to see when yours will take place. Once you have been allocated an Academic Mentor, you can arrange a meeting during which you will be able to introduce yourself and discuss your aspirations further.

All students are encouraged to download the Student Hub app, where you can view your timetables, events and deadlines in one convenient place. You can also use this tool to book and manage meetings with your Academic Mentor, and receive notifications about timetable changes and Department updates. Please visit the School’s Student Hub information page for information on how to download and use the Student Hub app.

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Watch a welcome talk by LSE LIFE.

LSE LIFE

Learn more about how LSE Careers can facilitate your transitions from education to employment, supporting the development of the skills required to build, and maintain, fulfilling your careers.

The Department of Health Policy will also coordinate with LSE Careers to organise some Career and Alumni events across the academic year. Health Policy students will be informed/invited to these events. Information on upcoming Career events will be published in the regular Student newsletters during term time.