Next steps for offer holders
Congratulations on your offer to study with us! Whether you have a conditional or unconditional offer, there will be things that you will need to do, from responding to your offer, meeting conditions and providing documents to confirm your offer, and finding out about accommodation and visas.
Once you've received your offer, you will be able to enter the Graduate Applicant Portal (GAP) and formally respond to your offer. We ask that you do this within six weeks if possible. We understand that you may need more time to decide so your offer will not be lost if you don’t respond within six weeks, but responding as soon as possible will help us to plan for your arrival and ensure a smooth enrolment process.
To reply to your offer, use the button in the "My tasks" list on your Graduate Applicant Portal to reply to your offer. If you want to change your reply, use "Change my response to my offer" under "My options". Please note you may need to have accepted your offer to apply for accommodation.
Your offer letter and the Graduate Applicant Portal will state which documents the Graduate Admissions team needs to confirm your offer, and where they need to be uploaded. Please do not send documents directly to the department, as we will be unable to process these for you.
To avoid delays at enrolment, please ensure you have sent the documents required before you arrive on campus to enrol. All of your documents should be supplied electronically. You can help us by sending your documents at the earliest point that you can. If you have an unconditional offer, for example, you may be able to send your documents straight after you receive your offer, rather than submitting later in the summer rush. We display our current processing dates for incoming documents on our web page.
You must fill in the Financial Undertaking Form online via your Graduate Applicant Portal to inform us how you will be paying your tuition fees. For most programmes, you do not have to pay a fee deposit when you accept our offer of admission (there are a few exceptions to this: please check your offer email for details). The total tuition fees payable for each programme are indicated in your offer email.
If you have been awarded a scholarship from the Graduate Support Scheme, this will be indicated on your offer email and is stated on the Graduate Applicant Portal. The information from the same financial undertaking application form will be used in our assessment of other LSE scholarships later in the admissions cycle. If you are awarded funding from one of these sources, you will be informed in due course. Any award is offset against your tuition fees in the first instance.
The Financial Support Office publishes further information about other external sources of funding.
The LSE Residential Services Office allocates over 4,000 places across 15 locations in the centre of London. Contracts are available on a varied basis, in line with the academic year, and offer catered and self-catered options. Details of all LSE and intercollegiate halls of residence, including location, room types, prices, catering arrangements and information about the online booking process can be found here.
LSE can also help you with finding private accommodation.
The department is unable to provide you with visa advice - we have dedicated members of staff in the Student Services Centre that are the only team authorised to give advice on visas. You can find their details here: the Student Advice and Engagement Team.You can also find guidance on applying for a visa here.
You can find information about when you can expect to receive your pre-CAS and CAS on the Current processing times page.
Enrolment at LSE is a two-stage process: online pre-enrolment and campus enrolment. You must complete both stages before you can attend any classes.
Offer holders who have accepted their offer, met their conditions and submitted their Financial Undertaking Form are able to pre-enrol online before in-person enrolment takes place. Online pre-enrolment usually takes place in August, and you will receive an email inviting you to do so (if eligible). Enrolling online allows us to collect information and relevant documentation in advance of your in-person campus enrolment to ensure the process is as smooth as possible, and also offers access to:
- your LSE IT account and email address
- the Library
- induction and welcome resources on Moodle, our virtual learning environment
- the Student Hub, allowing you to connect with your classmates before the start of term
- choosing optional courses (at the start of term)
Campus enrolment takes place during Welcome, and you must fully complete enrolment in order to attend any teaching at LSE. Find out more about Welcome!
Please ensure your contact details are correct, and are updated if they change, so we can make sure you receive all the necessary information from us. You can expect to hear from the department on a monthly basis, when we send our monthly newsletter for offer holders. You can also find out what is going on in the department at the moment by following us on social media via LinkedIn, Instagram and X.