MSc Welcome Week Information
We look forward to getting to know you and supporting you in your endeavours
A warm welcome to all our MSc offer holders!We look forward to you joining us here at LSE and in the Department of Statistics very soon so you can start your exciting journey and become #PartofLSE!
Bookmark this page to get the latest information on times and locations for many of the Department's MSc Welcome events. In addition to School-wide welcome activities, the Department has scheduled programme-specific events during Welcome Week (21-25 September 2026), as well as before and after that week, depending on your programme. All events will take place on campus unless otherwise noted. Events listed below will also be available on the Student Hub App in due course. Please download the Student Hub asap as this has an abundance os useful information you will need to have whilst being at LSE!
General information
If you have any queries about your offer such as meeting offer conditions, appeals, deferred entry, please see the
Below you will find all our Welcome events you can attend as a MSc student. Any questions, please email your MSc Programmes Manager Josiah Phoenix.
Welcome events for MSc students in the Department of Statistics!
It is very important that you attend campus enrolment. This is compulsory for you to attend. This takes place in-person and is where we will check your official documents, including passport and visa.
Once you have completed campus enrolment, you will be issued your LSE Card, giving you access to campus and on-campus teaching and services.
MSc Data Science
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MSc QMRM
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MSc Statistics and MSc Financial Statistics
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Come along to our MSc Ice-breaker sessions! These are compulsory for you to attend.
The ice breaker session will be an informal and relaxed event and is an opportunity to meet your colleagues beyond your course. This is run by LSE LIFE.
MSc Data Science and MSc Health Data Science
- Date: Tuesday 22 September 2026
- Time: 9.30am - 11am
- Location: Yangtze Lecture Theatre
MSc QMRM
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MSc Statistics and MSc Financial Statistics
- Date: Monday 21 September 2026
- Time: 9.30am - 11am
- Location: Yangtze Lecture Theatre
Orientation Sessions and Welcome Talks from your Programme Directors. These are compulsory for you to attend.
MSc Data Science
- Date: Tuesday 22 September 2026
- Time: 12.30pm - 2.30pm
- Location: Thai Theatre
MSc QMRM
- Date: Friday 4 September 2026
- Time: 1pm - 4pm
- Location: TBC
MSc Statistics and MSc Financial Statistics
- Date: Monday 21 September 2026
- Time: 11am - 1pm
- Location: Yangtze Lecture Theatre
This lunch is for all MSc Students including MSc Health Data Science. This is an optional attendance event.
- Date: Wednesday 23 September 2026
- Time: 11.30am - 1.30pm
- Location: Music Practice Room, Shaw Library
- Date: Thursday 24 September 2026
- Time: 12pm - 1pm
- Location: Peacock Theatre
Join classmates from across LSE to celebrate becoming part of LSE. You'll hear about what LSE can offer you from President Larry Kramer, Vice President for Education Emma McCoy, and Students' Union General Secretary Amara Jane Otero Salgado. Please remember to bring your LSE ID or your pre-enrolment letter to enter the Peacock Theatre and arrive no more than 5 mins early.
Meet Statistics Careers Consultant Daniel Gendle to see how to make the most of careers services: source information, book appointments and events, access exclusive resources, optimise your job search. Come with your most pressing questions too! This is an optional attendance event.
This event will be particularly useful if you: want to make the most of all careers services available to you and would like to get advice or to ask questions about careers.
Attending this event will enable you to: get an overview of all careers services, resources, and events dedicated to Statistics students and get answers to some of your career-related questions.
All BSc students
- Date: Thursday 24 September 2026
- Time: 9.30am - 11am
- Location: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, CKK Building
Games night for for all new students! That's BSc, MSc and PhD. This is an optional attendance event.
- Date: Thursday 24 September 2026
- Time: 4pm - 5.45pm
- Location: Centre Building Square
This is an optional attendance event.
Professor Zoltan Szabo is offering a (free!) Linux mini-course. The event will have a one hour talk, 10 mins break, 1h talk, 20 mins Q&A format and will cover the following:
Title: Getting Started with Linux
Abstract: The now 35-year-old Linux operating system designed from ground up to respect users' freedom provides an easy-to-use, off-the-shelf alternative to proprietary solutions (such as Windows and macOS) while also allowing a versatile, sustainable, secure, and privacy-respecting operation for instance on desktops PCs / laptops, in home automation, on mobiles, on paper-like tablets, or in the context of research computing on a cluster. The aim of this mini-course is to help you get started along this journey. After a short historical background, we will touch upon choosing among Linux variants (so-called distributions), hints on installation, applications for common tasks, and ricing.
You are welcome to join upon interest, note that sign up will be required. Details will be provided.
- Date: Friday 25 September 2026
- Time: 2pm - 4.30pm
- Location: Room 2.04, CKK Building
Welcome Bowling Night for all new BSc, MSc and PhD students. This is an optional attendance event.
- Date: Friday 25 September 2026
- Time: 6pm - 10pm
- Location: Bloomsbury Lanes, WC1H 9EU
All new Statistics students are invited to enjoy the private Kingpin Suite with unlimited bowling, table tennis, a pool table and arcade games.
Registration essential - the sign-up link will be circulated via email
Complete your Consent.Ed training!
Our Consent.Ed programme gives you the tools you need to become an active bystander and make positive decisions about your relationships.
It is expected that you and everyone in the LSE community takes part in Consent.Ed. Level 1 and Level 2 should be completed by all students.
You will need to:
- Complete Level 1: your online training- before you arrive on campus.
- Complete Level 2: an in-person workshop that every MSc student in the Department of Statistics must attend. See below.
Your Level 2 session takes place at various times and locations below, depending on what MSc programme you are on.
| Time | Room | Group |
| MSc Data Science Group 1 | ||
| MSc Data Science Group 2 | ||
| MSc Statistics | ||
| MSc Financial Statistics | ||
| MSc Quantitative Methods for Risk Management |
Level 2 sessions will form part of your departmental induction. This will be a 90-minute workshop attended alongside your department peers. In this session you will explore issues around sexual consent, providing an opportunity to discuss how we can look for one another and create a positive, respectful consent culture, where everyone feels safe on campus.
Students will be contacted in due course, either with a slot to attend their mentor meeting or guidance on how to sign up for a time. Students will attend in small groups for about 20-30 minutes. This is compulsory for you to attend.
MSc Data Science
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MSc QMRM
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MSc Statistics Students
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MSc Financial Statistics
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Key information before you arrive
Discover everything you needto know about your halls of residence, find hidden gems in Holborn and take a virtual or self guided tour of campus!
Download LSE's app, the Student Hub
The Student Hub is LSE’s app, designed to help you navigate your day-to-day life at LSE. With the Student Hub, you can:
- Explore your personalised Welcome calendar
- View your timetable and upcoming deadlines (once your course selections have been confirmed)
- Keep up to date with news, events, and opportunities from around LSE
- Find support at LSE
- Book appointments with academic staff (office hours) or support services, and your Consent.Ed workshop
- Find students on your programme using the directory
- Find your way around with the campus map.
Download the app now to discover what the Student Hub can do!
- Download on the App Store (iOS)
- Get it on Google Play (Android)
- Use the Student Hub web app
How do I sign up to the Hub?
If you've already registered and set up your IT account, you can sign up with your LSE username and password. Not registered yet? No problem. You can also sign up using the email address and password that you use for LSE For You.
Social Media
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