Contact Undergraduate Admissions

In order to comply with Data Protection legislation, all correspondence must include the following:

▪ Full name

▪ UCAS Personal ID or LSE student number

▪ Date of birth 

▪ Programme code applied for

Please ensure that you include your name, date of birth, UCAS ID and programme code in any correspondence.

Contact us by email 

ug.admissions@lse.ac.uk

Contact us by phone

We are available to take your telephone calls Monday to Friday between 9.00am and 4.00pm UK time at: +44 (0) 20 7955 7125

Contact us via our webform

If circumstances beyond your control have had an adverse effect on your studies; for example illness or bereavement in your family, a natural disaster or political unrest in your country, please let us know. If you have submitted an application to the School, the Admissions Selector can take these details into consideration, before a decision is made. Below is a form, which can be used to ensure we receive any relevant information relating to your situation. The document can be sent to us via email and guidance notes on completing the form have also been provided. Please note that we are unable to guarantee that disclosed extenuating circumstances will result in a more favourable decision on an application.

Deadlines:

For applicants: Please submit within two weeks of application. We cannot guarantee to overturn an adverse decision if this form is received after this point.

For offers holders: Submit as soon as possible after the onset of the circumstances and always by the deadline below:

For offer holders studying the International Baccalaureate: Friday 28 June 2019
For offer holders studying A levels or any other qualification: Thursday 1 August 2019

We cannot guarantee to give equal consideration to extenuating circumstances received after these deadlines.

Undergraduate Admissions Extenuating Circumstance Guidance Notes [PDF]

A word document version is also available here: Extenuating Circumstances Form

Undergraduate Admissions
The London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street
London
WC2A 2AE
United Kingdom

Note: If you are submitting official or original documents, we will return these via regular first class post. Unfortunately, we cannot take any responsibility for documents lost in the mail. For these reasons we strongly suggest you send us photocopies instead. Find out more if you are sending us verification of your qualifications.

Undergraduate Admissions staff are available to answer your queries in person, on an appointment basis only, from 9.00am to 4.00pm on most days. You must ring the office at +44 (0)20 7955 7125, or contact us via email to set up an appointment.

Please note, appointments will only be granted on a case by case basis. Therefore, it is important that you indicate the nature of your visit when requesting an appointment.

Note for offer holders: You do not need to arrange an appointment to drop off original certificates. Please just bring these to the office between the above times.