If you are enrolled for the 2024/25 academic year, you will be expected to attend your exams on campus. The Panel will only consider applications to sit an exam overseas for students in the following categories:
Incoming or outgoing current students on Erasmus or other exchange programmes who are either:
- Required to sit an LSE exam after returning to the country of study
- Required to sit an LSE exam after having travelled to the country in which the exchange programme is being taken
You will need to provide evidence that confirms your need to travel to the country in question during the LSE exam period, for example confirmation of the overseas institution’s term dates. The Panel may refuse your application if it is concluded that travel could have been undertaken after the end of the LSE exam period in question.
The Panel will not consider applications that are based on:
- employment or internships
- injury or medical conditions either affecting you or a family member
- bereavement
- failure to apply for a visa with sufficient time or evidence
- personal convenience (you are expected to be available until the end of all relevant exam periods, exams can take place at any time during these periods)
- cost of travelling to London
Should your circumstances fall outside of the accepted categories for consideration for this service, you are advised to consider deferral to the next relevant exam period. For medical conditions you may also consider applying for Central Exam Adjustments.
Please note: Exams which require specific software (such as Digiexam) can be sat overseas however, these will be delivered as traditional paper-based exams and will not be run using the software.