Campus Enrolment

You will receive an email notification when it is time to pre-enrol online for your programme.

As part of the online pre-enrolment process, you will activate your LSE network and email accounts. Once you have completed online pre-enrolment and activated your accounts, you will have access to online resources and teaching after approximately one hour's time once our systems have updated. The online pre-enrolment process will help to ensure that we have all the necessary and up to date information about you, including your current plans for arrival on campus.

As part of the online pre-enrolment process you will need to complete the following steps.

• Check and update, if necessary, your addresses, emergency contact details and the monitoring information that you provided when you applied.
• Tell us when you will join us in London. Students are expected to arrive in London for the start of their programme.
• Provide some additional information for the Careers Team – this is to help us better understand how we can best support you.
• Provide some additional information about caring responsibilities - this is to help us better understand caring responsibilities of the LSE student community in order to appropriately align our services.
• Provide identity documents - if you are not expecting to attend in-person teaching from the beginning of your main programme, you will be asked to upload a clear image/scan of the photograph page of your current passport and, where relevant - and if available at this time - evidence of your immigration permission for the UK.
• Confirm your acceptance of the relevant Conditions of Registration and Enrolment.
• Download your Pre-enrolment Pass that you can use on campus for temporary access when you first arrive.

Finally, please remember that online enrolment is only the first part of the overall enrolment process. When you arrive on campus, you will be required to attend an on campus enrolment session. (Details on this are provided below, under "When is campus enrolment?") You will only become a fully enrolled student with access to the LSE’s on campus, physical resources and in-person teaching after you have completed on campus enrolment.  

It is very important that you attend campus enrolment.

Campus enrolment takes place in-person and is where we will check your official documents, including passport and visa. Please ensure that all admissions conditions have been completed before you come to the PhD Academy to enrol in person, as you will not be able to complete the campus enrolment process until all conditions have been met.

Once you have completed campus enrolment, you will be issued with an LSE Student ID Card, which will allow you to access campus, including on-campus teaching and services.

 For your on-campus enrolment session please ensure that you meet the following expectations.

• Please attend only the session for which you have been allocated.
• Please ensure that you have checked the Graduate Admissions Application Tracker and fulfilled any outstanding requirements associated with your admissions offer before you come to the PhD Academy for on campus enrolment. We will not be able to complete your enrolment if there are outstanding requirements associated with your admissions offer.

Enrolment dates - Autumn 2024/25

Confirmed campus enrolment sessions are set out below.

If you are an MRes student upgrading to the PhD phase of your programme: If your enrolment session is not yet listed, this means that the PhD Academy has yet to receive upgrade instructions from your department. Your enrolment session will be advertised and communicated to your department after these instructions have been reported to the PhD Academy. For information on upgrade reporting timescales for your programme, please contact your programme manager/administrator.

Thursday, 01 August, 2024 - Thursday 08 August 2024: During PhD Academy opening hours (10.00-12.30 and 13.30-16.00)

Students upgrading from the MRes to the PhD in Economics

Wednesday, 28 August, 2024: During PhD Academy opening hours (10.00-12.30 and 13.30-16.00)

Early enrolment for all students taking EC400 pre-sessions

Wednesday, 18 September, 2024: 10-12pm

Accounting

• Students upgrading from MRes to the PhD in Accounting (Accounting, Organisations and Institutions)

• Students upgrading the the MRes to the PhD in Accounting (Economics of Accounting)

• Visiting Research students in Accounting

Anthropology 

• Visiting Research Students in Anthropology 

Economic History 

• MPhil/PhD in Economic History students
• Visiting Research Students in Economic History

Wednesday, 18 September, 2024: 2-4pm

European Institute

• MPhil/PhD in European Studies students
• Visiting Research Students in European Studies

Finance

• Visiting Research Students in Finance

Gender Studies

• MPhil/PhD in Gender students
• Visiting Research Student in Gender Studies

Thursday, 19 September, 2024: 10-12pm

Economics

• Visiting Research Student in Economics

Thursday, 19 September, 2024: 2-4pm

Geography and Environment

• MPhil/PhD in Economic Geography students
• Visiting Research Student in Economic Geography
• MPhil/PhD in Environmental Economics students
• Visiting Research Student in Environmental Economics
• MPhil/PhD in Environmental Policy and Development students
• Visiting Research Student in Environmental Policy and Development
• MPhil/PhD in Human Geography and Urban Studies students
• Visiting Research Student in Human Geography and Urban Studies
• MPhil/PhD in Regional and Urban Planning Studies students
• Visiting Research Student in Regional and Urban Planning Studies

Friday, 20 September, 2024: 10-12pm

Government

• Students upgrading from the MRes to the PhD in Political Science
• Visiting Research Student in Government

Health Policy

• MPhil/PhD in health Policy and Health Economics students
• Visiting Research Student in Health Policy students

Friday, 20 September, 2024: 2-4pm

International Development

• Visiting Research Student in International Development

International History

• MPhil/PhD in International History students
• Visiting Research Student in International History students

Methodology

• MPhil/PhD in Demography (Social/Formal) students
• MPhil/PhD in Social Research Methods students
• Visiting Research Student in Social Research Methods

Monday, 23 September, 2024: 10-12pm

International Relations

• MPhil/PhD in International Relations students
• Visiting Research Student in International Relations students

Management

• MPhil/PhD in Management (Information Systems and Innovation) students
• Visiting Research Student in Management

Mathematics

• MPhil/PhD in Mathematics students
• Visiting Research Student in Mathematics students

Monday, 23 September, 2024: 2-4pm

Law

• MPhil/PhD in Law students
• Visiting Research Student in Law

Tuesday, 24 September, 2024: 10-12pm

Media and Communications

• MPhil/PhD in Media and Communications students
• MPhil/PhD in Data, Networks and Society students
• Visiting Research Student in Media and Communications

Tuesday, 24 September, 2024: 2-4pm

Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method

• MPhil/PhD in Philosophy students
• Visiting Research Student in Philosophy students

Psychological and Behavioural Sciences

• MPhil/PhD in Psychological and Behavioural Science students
• Visiting Research Student in Psychological and Behavioural Science

Wednesday, 25 September, 2024: 10-12pm

Social Policy

• MPhil/PhD in Social Policy students
• Visiting Research Student in Social Policy

Wednesday, 25 September, 2024: 3-5pm

Sociology

• MPhil/PhD in Sociology students
• Visiting Research Student in Sociology

Statistics

• MPhil/PhD in Statistics students
• Visiting Research Student in Statistics

Thursday, 26 September 2024 to Friday 27 September 2024: during PhD Academy opening hours (10.00-12.30 and 13.30-16.00)

For students who can't attend their allocated enrolment session.

Campus enrolment for MPhil/PhD students, MRes students upgrading to the PhD phase of their programme and visting research students will take place in the PhD Academy, LRB4.03 (Lionel Robbins Building, 4th Floor). 

To find out where the PhD Academy is located please visit Maps and Directions.

Access is via the Portugal Street entrance. Please do not go via the 4th floor of the Library as you will not be able to access the Academy through the library until after you have completed on campus enrolment.

When you campus enrol we are legally required to check your eligibility to study in the UK. We do this by checking various documents. The documents you'll need vary depending on your nationality and visa (if applicable). If you do not bring the appropriate identification documents, we will not be able to campus enrol you.

For details of what you need to bring with you please visit the "what to bring to campus enrolement" page.

In order to avoid delaying your campus enrolment, please ensure that you have submitted all required documents to Graduate Admissions in good time. 

 In accordance with UK Home Office requirements, the School is required to take a scan of ALL students' passports at campus enrolment. 

Instructions on how to activate your email can be found here.

It is important for you to download Zoom and Microsoft Teams. The School has licences for both these applications and you should access both using the School's licence:

• Information on how to download and set up your LSE Zoom account can be found here.
• Information on how to download and set up your LSE MS Teams account be be found here.

You can generate your own student status letters by using this link. 

You can book an appointment to speak with us, here. Once you’ve booked, you’ll receive a confirmation email, which will provide details on how to re-schedule and cancel your appointment.

NB: This system will assume that you want to book an online appointment. If you’d like to speak to us in person in the PhD Academy, please contact us directly using our enquiry form. Please include your name and ID number, availability and brief outline of your query so an appropriate member of the team will be available for your appointment.

If you travel frequently, you might consider purchasing a TfL 18+ Student Oyster photocard to receive a discount on Travelcard and Bus and Tram Pass season tickets. There is a non-refundable registration fee and part-time students are not generally eligible. As transport in London has been impacted by changes due to COVID-19 and guidelines can change, please refer to the information on tfl.gov.uk. You should submit your TfL 18+ Student Oyster Photocard application via the TfL website once you have: 

1.  Enrolled online 
2. Completed in person enrolment 
3. Updated your term-time address in LSE for You to your address in London 
4. Read the terms and conditions for TFL

You can contact the Student Advice and Engagement Team
using their online webform. 

Contact details for the Financial Support Office can be found here.