Confirming your offer of admission

You may submit the completed proof of degree form, signed and stamped by your institution, or a final transcript stating that your degree has been awarded with the final grade and date of award. Your transcript can be emailed to us by your institution to graduate.documents@lse.ac.uk, or sent electronically, as mentioned above.

Alternatively you may post a photocopy of your degree certificate which your institution has stamped and signed (not a photocopy of the stamp and signature - those elements must be original) to prove that the photocopy is an exact copy of the original. 

Do not send your original degree certificate, as documents received by us will be marked with the date they are received and are non-returnable.

You will have submitted an unofficial transcript with your application and you will be required to submit an original or certified copy if made an offer. We recommend that official documents should be sent electronically wherever possible, i.e. emailed directly from your previous institution to graduate.documents@lse.ac.uk, or from an official online service, such as HEAR, Digitary, GMAT or TOEFL.

You may also be required to confirm that you have been awarded your degree with a particular grade or classification. If your degree transcript does not confirm your final grade and date of award, you should ask your institution to complete the proof of degree form.

You may be required to provide a GRE/GMAT score even if you have a UK qualification.

You should arrange to take the test as soon as possible if you have not already done so - visit GRE or GMAT to do so.

Test scores such as these should be supplied directly to us from the test provider. Submit the score to LSE with the institution code 0972 (GRE) or HMT-86-56 (GMAT)

If you have recently sent us official test results via ETS (GRE results), please also self report these using the portal. For GRE results, we require you to provide your name, date of birth and registration number.

If you have recently sent us official test results via ETS (TOEFL results), please  self report these using the Graduate Applicant Portal. For TOEFL results we require you to provide your name, appointment number and date of birth. 

Alternatively you may submit a photocopy of your IELTS score certified by your local British Council with an original signature and stamp.

If you have an IELTS TRF (test report form) number, you can submit it to us using the portal. We can then verify your IELTS score officially.

Your references should either be submitted to us from your referee's institution email account, or be signed originals on the headed paper of the institution.

They should be supplied to us in a sealed envelope with the referee's signature across the seal to preserve confidentiality.

If your referee submitted their reference from a webmail account, e.g. hotmail/gmail/yahoo, then we will request that they submit a signed version on headed paper. A signed letter on headed paper confirming that they submitted their reference from a webmail account will be acceptable.

These should bear the stamp and seal of an official translator and must be supplied with the original document, or on the headed paper of your institution.

Your results will be released to the Graduate Admissions Office within the same week that you receive them. If you do not meet the condition, then your file will be sent to the Department in order for them to make a final decision regarding your application.

LSE has formed a partnership with CHESICC (China Higher Education Student Information and Career Center) to receive verified transcript and proof of qualification information from Chinese universities. If one or more of your qualifications is from a Chinese university, you may choose to submit your verified documents in this way. There is a fee for this service.

Please note that the CHESICC requirement acts as official proof of your documents, but your offer can be made unconditional before we receive it. Please see "What is the difference between a conditional and unconditional offer" in the Offer Pack.

If you choose to verify your documents in this way, then we need to receive:

• Your transcript
• Your qualification verification report

Please note, you cannot send your degree certificate via CHESICC. This is because CDGDC, the department that used to translate documents into English are no longer doing so. Instead, please provide a copy of the degree certificate (translated into English) provided to you by your own university. 

Delivering verified CHESICC reports to LSE through Digitary

Before applying for your reports, you must have your individual LSE application ID number. You will find the number on your offer email/letter. You will need your number when requesting your documents through the CHSI Website.

Applying for and delivering your CHESICC reports to LSE is a simple online process:

STEP 1 – LOG IN TO THE CHSI WEBSITE

1. For Chinese applicants, please use “Name” + “Chinese ID Number” to register your CHSI Archive, and then check your information of student record (for those who have not completed their studies) or higher education qualification certificate (for those who have already graduated).

Register link: 

account.chsi.com.cn/account/preregister.action?from=archive

CHSI Archive link: 

my.chsi.com.cn/

2. Please use the same Chinese ID number as filled in your CHSI Archive when you apply for university transcript verification report and other reports via the application link:

www.chsi.com.cn/wssq/ 

STEP 2 – APPLY FOR YOUR REPORT(S)

We require official verification of your university-level study. If you have already graduated, you should apply for your College Transcript, Degree Certificate and Qualification Verification Report. If you have not yet graduated, for example if you transferred to a different programme after completing one or two years' study, you should apply for your College Transcript and your Higher Education Student Record.

Please note: you should select "爱尔兰Digitary" when you select the Verification Purpose (认证目的).

See: www.chsi.com.cn/en/help/howtoapply_d.jsp

To apply for your College Transcript:

1. Apply for a Paper report through Online Application
2. Once CHESICC has verified this report with your Chinese University, which may take up to three weeks, it will be converted to PDF for secure delivery to LSE via the CHSI Website.
3. CHESICC will notify you by SMS when your reports are ready (usually after about 20 business days).

Please note that if you have not yet finished your qualification, once your final results are available, you will need to apply for a follow up report of your final transcript and proof of qualification to fulfil any offer conditions. An additional verification fee will be payable.

 To apply for your Higher Education Student Record:

  Log in to the CHSI Website, choose “Online Verification Report of Higher Education Qualification Certificate”, and click “Apply”;

1. Select the English language version.

 To apply for your Qualification Verification Report:

 Option 1:

1. Log in to the CHSI Website, choose “Online Verification Report”, and click “Apply”;
2. Select the English language version.

 Option 2:

1. Apply for a Paper report through Online Application;
2. Once CHESICC has verified this report with your Chinese University, which may take up to three weeks, it will be converted to PDF for secure delivery to LSE via the CHSI Website;
3. CHESICC will notify you by SMS when your report(s) are ready.

STEP 3 – DELIVER YOUR REPORT(S) TO LSE

• When your report(s) are ready, log in to CHSI Archive and click "International Cooperative Application"
• Click "Send report"
• Select "Foreign Universities", "England" and "LSE" from the drop-down list.
• Click “Pay for the transmission fee” to enter your payment details, your payment confirmation will be presented shortly afterwards;
• Enter the requested personal details including your LSE application ID
• Select the report(s) that you wish to send to us (College Transcript, Degree Certificate and either Qualification Verification Report or Higher Education Student Record);
• Confirm your information and selected reports, click on the “Deliver” button. Delivery is almost instant;
• You will not be charged again for transmission of your documents to LSE if you have already paid and the follow up is within the year.

FURTHER ASSISTANCE

If you require assistance, please contact the CHESICC help desk at the following telephone numbers: 010-61139132, 62166727, 62169223

Can I use CHESICC?

• If you are at the Chinese campus of a UK institution, and your whole degree will be awarded by the UK institution, you will not be able to use CHESICC verification.
• If you have studied on a 2+2 or 3+1 programme with the latter part of study in the UK, you may be able to verify the Chinese part of your qualification via CHESICC if it is is not included on your final transcript issued by your UK institution.

If the selector has examined your degree results and your offer has not been confirmed, this decision is final - no appeal is possible. The academic demands of the course are stringent and competition is high – each year more offers are made than there are places available to allow for this situation.

If your offer has been non-confirmed on the basis of your language test score you may arrange to re-take the test.