Welcome to our Arriving Students

The Department of Social Policy is located on the 2nd floor of the Old Building, Houghton Street. Campus map.

The Programmes Support Team are happy to help! Find out more about the team here.

For more information about our faculty and staff see our People page.

There are two parts to officially enrolling as an LSE student - online pre-enrolment and campus enrolment.

Find out everything you need to know about pre-enrolment and on-campus enrolment here.

For our new MPhil/PhD and visiting research students, you will find information on enrolment here.

LSE uses a set of core digital systems, each doing a different job – some for the admin side of your studies, some for teaching, some purely practical.

Get to know LSE's digital tools from day one.

Find out more here.

We are holding Welcome events from Monday 21 September 2026- Friday 25 September 2026 for you to meet your peers and get settled into the Social Policy community.

There will be events introducing you to your department, your programme, and support in the Department and at LSE.

We are sure you have lots of questions about joining the Department, your programme, life in London and no doubt lots more. Have a read through our FAQ webpages to find our more!

FAQ's for UG students

FAQ's for MSc students

FAQ's for PhD students

You can also visit our Current Students webpages to get an idea of what is happening in the department, from how teaching works, to exams and assessments.

You will find more information on course selection here.

You can also have a look at our course brochure guide , which provides you with information to assist you in your course selections.

For further guidance, explore our course introduction videos for:

UG courses

PG courses