The general rule for taught students is as follows:

• If you have interrupted your studies in Autumn Term, you will be expected to return to your studies in Autumn Term of the following academic year.
• If you have interrupted your studies in Winter Term, you will be expected to return to your studies in Winter Term of the following academic year. 
• In some cases for Winter Term interruptions of study, your department may think it is beneficial for you to apply for repeat teaching in the Autumn Term because you did not interrupt soon enough in the previous academic year.  These cases are rare but you may wish to consider this as a possibility. There would be an additional cost if you have repeat teaching approved.
• For Executive Masters students, it will depend on when you interrupt your studies and when your next teaching block takes place. Correspondence for returning Executive Masters students is managed by your programme team.

Full and part-time degree programmes (non-Executive)

Prior to your return, you will be sent two separate emails by the Student Advice and Engagement Team. 

The first email will be sent at least eight weeks in advance of your return to: 

• check if you plan to resume your studies or if there are any ongoing issues which means you may seek an exceptional further interruption or withdrawal from your degree programme;
• signpost students who will need a new CAS and student visa to the correct information to obtain their visas on time for their return.

The second email will be sent to you by the Student Advice and Engagement Team at the point that online pre-enrolment opens for you.  You can still seek advice on whether a return to your studies is the right option for you at this time, but we anticipate student visa holders should already be making progress on their new student visa application. 

• When you return from a break in your studies, you will have to re-enrol online and attend a campus enrolment session. Once you have completed online re-enrolment and attended campus enrolment, you will be a fully enrolled student. You must complete this process before accessing on campus resources and teaching.   
• Check the Campus Enrolment Schedule for full information on when and where to attend campus enrolment. Please note, students returning from interruption in Autumn Term should campus enrol according to your programme's campus enrolment date (the same date as new students).
• If you are due to return from interruption in Winter Term 2025/6, you will receive further information about online re-enrolment and campus enrolment in early December 2025. Please online re-enrol as soon as possible after receiving this message. You should also campus enrol before attending any in-person teaching, or, if applicable, prior to taking January 2026 in-person assessments. Please see the 'Campus re-enrolment' accordion below for more information related to campus enrolment.
• If you are returning to an Executive programme, please check with your Programme Manager for latest information as the return from interruption is managed by your programme team rather than the Student Services Centre. 
• If you have questions about your re-enrolment, please contact the Student Services Centre via the SSC enquiry form.  

• When you receive the invitation to online re-enrol, please complete this as soon as possible. The online re-enrolment process will help to make sure we have up to date and necessary information about you. 
• Please see our online pre-enrolment/re-enrolment FAQs if you encounter difficulties re-enrolling online.
• When re-enrolling online, you will need to:
  • Check and update, if necessary, your addresses, emergency contact details and the monitoring information that the School holds on record for you.
  • Provide some additional information for the Careers Team – this is to help us better understand what support we can provide for you.
  • Register to vote if you wish.
  • Confirm your acceptance of the Conditions of Registration and Enrolment (these have been updated since the last academic year)

• You will need to campus re-enrol to become fully enrolled at LSE again. At campus re-enrolment, we check various documents to ensure that you have the right to study in the UK. 
• Please visit our What to Bring to Campus Enrolment web page for more information on what you will need to bring to campus re-enrolment. You will need to bring all in-date required documents (including your original passport) or we cannot enrol you. 
• You'll be expected to arrive on campus for the start of teaching in the term you are returning.

 Winter Term only 

• You must campus enrol before attending any in-person teaching, or, if applicable, prior to taking January 2026 in-person assessments.
• You will be able to campus enrol at the Student Services Centre counter during counter opening hours from 2 January 2026. You cannot enrol before 2 January 2026. 
• The latest date of enrolment for Winter Term 2026 is 30 January 2026. 
• Executive students: please stay in touch with your Programme Manager as they will have the latest information on campus enrolment arrangements.

For further information about the questions you will be asked, and what to expect when re-enrolling online, please visit the Enrolment and Re-enrolment webpages.

Please remember that your LSE Card is an important piece of identification and should be carried at all times whilst on campus and must not be lent out or shared with others.

• If your LSE Card is due to expire this year: you can request a new card online at LSE Cards.
• If your LSE Card card is not due to expire this year: it will be automatically updated for the new academic year. Keep using it as normal until the expiry date approaches. At that point, you can request a new card online at LSE Cards.
• If your LSE Card is not due to expire, but it was lost, stolen or damaged during your interruption: visit LSE Cards and follow the directions to order a new card. A charge for a replacement may apply.

If you are returning at the start of Autumn Term, you will need to select your courses. Course selection for undergraduates will open at the beginning of September. Course selection for postgraduates will open near the end of September.

If you are returning at the start of Winter Term, the courses you had selected before you interrupted will be added to your course selection for you by the Student Services Centre. You are welcome to make changes to Winter Term half units during the Winter Term course selection period.

For more information about selecting courses and key dates please visit the Course Selection webpage.

 If you have any questions about course selection please submit an enquiry. 

If you have SLC funding, re-enrolment with LSE will automatically result in your attendance and registration being confirmed with the SLC before the end of October.

This will release your maintenance loan, tuition fee payment to the School and any relevant bursaries.

Fees

You can check your fees on the Table of Fees. For more information about your fees and/or Financial Support, please visit:

• Fees, Income and Credit Control
• Financial Support Office

You must have cleared any debts before you can re-register. You should contact the Fees, Income and Credit Control Office to make arrangements to clear the debt before attempting to re-enrol. 

If you are due to return in September using an LSE sponsored student visa, please request a CAS statement (for continuing students). 

Please note, you need to make arrangements to apply for your new student visa from overseas as soon as you receive your new CAS. This is to ensure that you receive your new student visa on time and able to travel back to the UK. 

For specialist visa advice enquiries, please complete the Visa Advice Query Form.

You may have taken a break in your studies due to health or wellbeing issues. If this is the case, we recommend that you contact Student Wellbeing Services as early as possible so that support can be put in place for you as needed. 

You may also wish to speak to LSE LIFE to get support with any academic issues or concerns you may have after a break in your studies.

If you don't re-enrol at the School as expected, you will be contacted by the School to find out why you have not returned, but if you do not respond, your status will change to 'Break Unauthorised' and the School will consider that you are absent without leave (AWOL). You will remain on this status for an academic year.  After this point, you will be withdrawn from your programme by the School. 

If you have any questions, you may find the answer on our unauthorised absence webpage here.  If you cannot find the answer to your question, please contact us via the SSC online enquiry form. 

If you have any other questions, you may find the answer on the Enrolment, Re-enrolment or Online FAQ webpages.  

If you encounter difficulties re-enrolling online, you may find the answer to your question on the Online FAQ webpage.

If you cannot find the answer to your question, please contact us via the SSC online enquiry form.