You can use a certificate of enrolment to prove that you are enrolled as a student at LSE. 

If eligible, you can generate a certificate of enrolment instantly using Student LfY - just head to the My Documents section. 

• If you have online pre-enrolled and campus enrolled, you will be able to generate a letter confirming you are a fully enrolled student.
• If you have completed online pre-enrolment, but have not yet campus enrolled, you can generate a Certificate of Enrolment Status" which shows that you are "pre-enrolled, awaiting campus enrolment".  You can also use your offer letter or pre-enrolment pass as evidence of your status.  You are not eligible for a certificate showing you are fully enrolled until you have completed campus enrolment. 
• Continuing students should be able to generate a certificate of enrolment after completing online re-enrolment. Some continuing students are required to campus enrol in addition to re-enrolling online. If this applies to you, you will be contacted by the Student Services Centre and you will only be able to generate a letter showing that you are fully enrolled after you have campus enrolled.  

If eligible, you can generate a certificate of enrolment instantly using Student LfY - just head to the My Documents section. After checking your addresses are up to date you can generate a letter that will be immediately emailed to you as a PDF.

If your addresses are incorrect they must first be updated in Student LfY.Wait ONE HOUR after updating your addresses for the details to be updated in our database before generating a letter.   

Certificates of Enrolment can be generated for the current or previous academic years.  They contain:

• Your full name
• Your student number
• Your date of birth
• Your term time and permanent addresses. Remember - wait one hour after updating your addresses for the details to be updated in our database before requesting a letter.   
• The title of your programme
• The start and end dates of your programme
• LSE's term dates
• Your enrolment status
• Your mode of attendance (e.g full-time, part-time)

Your self-service Certificate of Enrolment will be electronically stamped and signed and should be sufficient for the following purposes:

Bank Letter
Some banks will ask you for documentation to confirm your enrolment status. These letters will need to be addressed directly to the individual bank and the system allows you to do this. 

Further information about opening a bank account and requesting a bank letter visit the Setting up a Bank Account webpage.

Council Tax Exemption Certificate

Council Tax Exemption Certificates are special Certificates of Enrolment that can be used to give to Local Authorities to prove you are a student.  They meet the requirements of all London Local Authorities. 

You can generate a letter confirming you are a fully enrolled student after you have completed online pre-enrolment and campus enrolment. If you are a new student and you have pre-enrolled but not campus enrolled, your letter is unlikely to be accepted by your local council. You must be a fully enrolled student which means you must have also campus enrolled. Check with your local council if you have any queries. If you are a continuing student, Council Tax Exemption Certificates can normally be auto generated once you have completed online re-enrolment. 

For further information about Council Tax, please visit the  What if I'm Charged Council Tax webpage.

We can produce a customised confirmation of student status letter if a standard Certificate of Enrolment does not contain all of the information you need, for example:

• Another institution has asked that we include a specific phrase or sentence

We will do our best to provide the information that you require but we can only include information that is held on your student record that we are allowed to release following your enrolment. We cannot include exam and submission dates, marks, details of academic performance or conduct, attendance records. 

Given their bespoke nature these letters must be requested online and may take up to five working days to produce. Please therefore check whether one of the instantly available letters meet your needs - remember that these can be addressed to specific people and normally meet the requirements for banks and council tax. 

You can request a Customised Confirmation of Student Status in Student LfY - just head to the My Documents section. You will need to explain what you need the letter to say in the space provided.

You can generate a visa letter for travelling if you need to prove your student status to travel outside the UK. The letter will be addressed to the embassy of the country you plan to visit. 

If the embassy of the country you plan to visit requires a letter that has an original stamp and signature you will need to request a Customised Confirmation of Student Status letter.  When submitting your request you must stipulate that an original stamp and signature are required.  The letter will be processed by the Student Services Centre and will become available within three to five working days (dependent on the time of year).

You should only request a visa letter after you have fully registered on your programme. New students must have completed both online pre-enrolment and campus enrolment to be fully enrolled. If you are a new student and you have pre-enrolled but not campus enrolled, you are not fully enrolled and your letter will not be accepted. Please check with the Embassy if you have any queries. If you are a continuing student, your letter can normally be auto generated once you have completed online re-enrolment. Please check if you are a returning student who will also need to campus enrol by visiting the Re-Enrolment webpage. 

These letters can only be used for travel purposes, they cannot be used for Student visas or Short Term Study applications. Please remember that you should not miss any teaching due to travel.  

You can request your letter by in Student LfY - just head to the My Documents section. You will need to explain what you need the letter to say in the space provided.

A certificate of course selection lists the courses that you have selected for the current academic year.

If eligible, you can generate a certificate of course selection instantly using Student LfY - just head to the My Documents section. 

A Certificate of Course Selection may be useful if you've been asked for details of your studies but have not yet had any final ratified results released so cannot use a transcript. 

If you are a current student and need a list of courses that you took in previous academic years you should use an intermediate transcript instead. If you have been awarded you should use your final transcript. 

If you are a current student and need to list courses from the current academic year and previous academic years you should will need to use both an intermediate and a certificate of course selection. Both can be generated instantly using Student LfY.

Once you have graduated you may be asked to provide evidence of your degree. For most students, this will be the transcript.  We only issue Confirmation of Award letters for those who are not eligible for the transcript (normally in cases where we do not have a complete set of marks available).  There is further information here. 

• If you do not yet have any confirmed results you can request a Certificate of Course Selection. Please click on this link to request a Certificate of Course Selection.
• Current students with at least one set of confirmed results can be issued with an Intermediate Transcript.
• If you have been awarded then you will be issued with a Degree Certificate and Final Transcript.

Reference Letters

Reference letters are typically produced by your Academic Mentor or another member of academic staff within your department. Please contact your department for more information. 

Undergraduate students may also want to consider contacting their Departmental Tutor. 

Degree Verification

LSE uses the Higher Education Degree Datacheck system to allow third-parties to verify the details of an individual's LSE degree. 

For more information visit Third-party requests for verification of qualifications.