Having a look at your programme regulations (divided into undergraduate and graduate programmes) is a good place to start, as it will tell you which courses are compulsory for your degree, and for which papers you might be able to choose optional courses.

If you want to find out more about particular courses, have a look at the undergraduate and graduate course guides, which introduce the course content and provide general information about the course, including teaching and assessment.

Your department will provide you with guidance about your course selection. Please make sure you attend any relevant meetings and read information they circulate. If you want further guidance on which courses to take, please get in touch with your academic department and Academic Mentor/Supervisor. 

The timetable can be viewed by course code using the link found on the teaching timetable information page.

You can use the online timetable to view all of the teaching for every course that has term time teaching in the current academic year.

The Timetables viewed by course code, contains a list of departments and their abbreviated forms. In order to view the timetable for a course you will need to know the Course Code e.g. MA100.

To view the timetable of a particular course click on the department name at the bottom of the web page followed by the module code on the left hand side (Illustration 4). Here you will be able to view the day, time and week information and also teachers' names for the course you have selected.

The campus map will give you information on where different buildings are located and the abbreviations for each building.

Please note: There are many changes in the first few weeks of Autumn Term and students are advised to check the timetable daily for the first three weeks of term.

Undergraduate: In order to view your personal timetable you need to have enrolled/ re-enrolled for the current academic year, made your course selections in LFY and these selections are not clashing.

Please see the Timetable clash page for more information on timetable clashes.

To access your personal timetable, log on to Student LfY or the Student Hub (LSE username and password required) 

For specific publication dates please check the main page here

Postgraduate: In order to view your personal timetable you need to have made your course selction on LSE for You (LFY). For information on making your course selection on LFY including deadlines, please refer to the link on course choice.

To access your personal timetable, log on to Student LfY or the Student Hub (LSE username and password required) 

For specific publication dates please check the main page here

Personal timetables are published by the end of September on Student LfY, and you need to be fully enrolled and have set up your IT account in order to see your timetable in Student LFY.

Undergraduate: If your timetable still does not showing in Student LFY, it’s possible this is due to a timetable clash. 

Postgraduate: Please contact the home department of the course you are missing. Course allocation is controlled by individual academic departments.

Undergraduate: If courses are missing from your timetable, there are four possible reasons for this:

1. The most common reason for this is because there is a clash in your timetable, please see here for further information on timetable clashes.

2.If the missing course is compulsory, please check that you have selected it during course selection – even if only one course is available for any given paper, you will still need to select it.

3. If you have only selected or changed courses recently, please note that it takes about 48 hours for changes to appear on your personal timetable. 

4. If your student timetable tab is missing from LSE for You - then it is most likely that you have not enrolled / re-enrolled for this academic year, you should have received a pre-enrolment / enrolment link, if you have not received a link then you need to contact the SSC (Student Services Centre). If you have pre-enrolment / enrolment and still cannot see your personal timetable, then you still need to contact the SSC to clarify your enrolment status.

Postgraduate: Please contact the home department of the course you are missing. Course allocation is controlled by individual academic departments.

Undergraduate: You can request a class group change via LSE For You, but please note that this is at the discretion of the department running the course. You may need to provide evidence justifying the need to change classes, such as evidence of documented part-time work. What reasons for a class change a department will consider valid is at their discretion. If you have any questions about this, please get in touch with them directly. Please also note that any potential class group changes are also subject to availability. For further information, please click here for class/seminar group changes.

Postgraduate:  please get in touch with the department that teaches the course directly, if seminar self selection is not an option in LFY for that courses.

Undergraduate students should not make a class/seminar group change request in LFY for a one-off week or on an ad-hoc basis. Class/seminar group changes are permanent changes, and the department cannot guarantee you will be allowed back to your regular group.

For all students, In exceptional circumstances (for one-off occurrences), where you cannot attend your allocated class/seminar group, it is recommended that you contact your group teacher, explaining why you cannot attend.

Where there are alternative class/seminar groups for the course, it is recommended:

1. Where possible and with teacher approval it is useful to attend an alternative group led by your regular teacher.

2. Where option 1 is not possible and with teacher approval attend an alternative group led by another teacher.

Please note: It is recommended and is common courtesy that you first contact the group’s teacher to ask permission for you to attend their group. How your attendance will be marked for that week is at your group teacher’s discretion. However, we recommend that you keep all parties updated on your attendance.

Undergraduate: In exceptional circumstances, you may be permitted to take clashing courses, this will need to be discussed with your Departmental Tutor. Please note that this can only apply to clashes between lectures, as classes are mandatory.

Postgraduate: please get in touch with your department if you have questions about taking two courses which clash

More Information can be found here on timetable clashes.

This is probably because you have not selected your compulsory courses on LSE For You – even if only one course is shown as an option for a paper, you still need to select it to complete your course selection.

You should always finalise your courses by the main deadline. 

In exceptional circumstances, you may be able to make a late change with permission, click here for more information Course Selection deadlines.

Until you are enrolled at LSE you will not have a username and password. Until you have enrolled please use the lectures and seminars timtable which can be found on the main Timetable page. UG Class information is not available using the Lecture and Seminar timetable.

Please note:

Lecture & Seminar Timetable Available from mid-August each year.

Your email address is not your LSE username.

• Students will be sent an email notification.
• Notified changes will be updated immediately on students' personal timetables.
• Notified changes will appear on students' personal timetables in the Student Hub and connected calendars within the hour.
• However the online master timetables will be refreshed overnight and will not show last minute modifications.

You can sync your timetable with your personal calendar via the LSE Student Hub app from early October each year, available to download from the App Store and Google Play store.

Go to the calendar feature in-app on your mobile, select the three-dots menu and follow the instructions on how to sync your calendar.

Still having trouble?

Use the in-app feedback option (you can find it in the menu) to get in touch with the Student Hub. 

For 2024/25 Academic year, the term names are:

Autumn Term (AT) - First term (September to December)

Winter Term (WT) - Second term (January to March)

Spring Term (ST) - Third term (April to June)

For more information on term dates and week numbers for 2024/25.

For more information on term dates and week numbers for 2025/26.

For full details of the structure of each course please see the online Course Guide in the School's Calendar.

• Lecture – Lectures are a non-compulsory part of the teaching and learning experience, however it is highly recommended that students attend in person lectures. Lecture attendance is not recorded. The Lecture is a large or small educational talk delivered to students on-campus.
• Seminar – Seminars are a compulsory part of the teaching and learning experience and seminar attendance will be recorded for each session. The majority of seminars have a maximum size of 15-17 students. These sessions are teacher led, in a small-group learning activity setting, that allows for the discussion and application of course concepts on-campus. Students only need to attend the activity for the Seminar group they are assigned to.
• Class – Classes are a compulsory part of the teaching and learning experience and class attendance will be recorded for each session. The majority of classes have a maximum size of 15-17 students. These sessions are teacher led, in a small-group learning activity setting that allows for the discussion and application of course concepts on-campus. Students only need to attend the activity for the class group they are assigned to.
• Workshop – These are not compulsory, however are similar in delivery to classes and seminars and are usually help sessions.

Most LSE rooms are known by their number, with the first three characters denoting what building they are in and the following character(s) denoting the floor of that building that they are on. For example CLM 2.02 is in 'CLM' building (Clement House) on the second floor, in room 02.

There are a few exceptions to this (rooms with names rather than numbers) that sometimes confuse people:

Old Building:

OT - Old Theatre

VAR - Vera Anstey Room

Clement House:

CLM. G.02 - Hong Kong Theatre 

Cheng Kin Ku Building:

CKK.LG.01 - Wolfson Theatre 

CKK.LG.03 - Thai Theatre 

CKK.LG.08 - Sheikh Zayed Theatre 

CKK.LG.09 - Alumni Theatre 

Peacock Theatre:

PT - Peacock Theatre

Centre Buildings:

CBG.1.01 - Sumeet Valrani Lecture Theatre

CBG.2.01 - Yangtze Lecture Theatre

CBG.B1.02 - Auditorium

CBG.G.01 - LSE Lecture Theatre

Contact the Course Selection Team if you are:

• experiencing any problems with your course selection on LSE For You which aren’t answered by the FAQs above
• have questions about undergraduate late course change
• are returning from interruption.

We run daily Course Selection drop-in sessions to answer your course selection questions. During the busy start of term, this will usually be the quickest way to get any queries answered.

More information can be found here regarding Course Selection.

Alternatively, you can get in touch with us by submitting an enquiry.

Contact the Timetables Team if you are experiencing any problems with your personal timetable which isn’t answered by the FAQs above.

Alternatively, you can get in touch with us by submitting an enquiry.