Stipend payments

If you have been awarded a studentship which provides a stipend, you can find answers to the most common questions about stipend payments below.

If you have any other questions, please contact the Financial Support Office.

Stipend payments from LSE funding will be made directly to your UK bank account.

You will need to make sure that your UK bank account details have been submitted to the LSE Finance Hub: https://lse.t1cloud.com/. For security reasons you will be required to log in and authenticate using your LSE network account (@lse.ac.uk) credentials.

You will be prompted to enter:

your bank account name (your name registered with the bank, e.g. James Smith)
your bank name (HSBC, NatWest, etc.)
bank sort code
bank account number

You will only need to submit these details once and they will be stored in the Finance Hub for future payments. Once you r bank details have been validated (this process can take 5 working days), you will be able to view them via the 'My details' tile in the Finance Hub.

Please note that we can only pay a UK bank account in GBP, we cannot pay an account from an overseas bank or in a different currency. You can only submit details of a bank account in your name; bank accounts in another name other than yours will not be validated.

If you have difficulties accessing the Finance Hub please use the Finance Division enquiry form; then select that you are a current or former student, and that you want to contact Fees, Income and Credit Control.

Stipend payments will be split into termly instalments of 33% in Autumn Term, 33% in Winter Term and 34% in Spring Term.

Maintenance payments will be paid at the start of each term if your bank account details are stored in the Finance Hub. LSE Term Dates can be found here.

Payments at the start of Autumn Term are also reliant on you having completed registration or re-registration for continuing students, so may come through to your bank account within the first week of term. Please check registration information:

You will be emailed a remittance advice when payment has been made, and will be able to view the BACS payments in the Finance Hub within My finance and then Scholarships. Please allow 2-3 working days for the funds to reach your bank account once you receive the remittance advice.

If you receive a stipend payment that you think is incorrect please contact the Financial Support Office