LSE Excellence Scholarship

LSE Excellence Scholarships are prestigious awards for exceptional Postgraduate Taught students joining LSE in 2026. These scholarships recognise applicants who demonstrate outstanding academic ability and strong potential to thrive in their chosen programme. 

 

Eligibility

Applicants to Postgraduate Taught programmes offered by the following LSE departments will be eligible for consideration for this scholarship:

Accounting

Anthropology

Gender Studies

Geography and Environment   

Health Policy

International Development

International History   

LSE Law School

Mathematics

Media and Communications

School of Public Policy

Sociology

Statistics

Applicants to double degree programmes will only be eligible for consideration if their first year of study is at LSE.

Applicants to executive education programmes are not eligible for consideration. 

Scholarship amount

The the total value of the scholarship is £20,000.

For two-year programmes, the scholarship value is £10,000 per year.

How to apply

No financial support application is required for this scholarship. Awardees will be identified based on their application for admission.

Awards will be made to candidates on a rolling basis during the application cycle, until all awards are allocated. 

For information on the application process for all other LSE scholarships, please visit our ‘How to apply for a scholarship’ page.