Your name on your student record must match your full legal name. This will be your name exactly as it appears on the photographic identity document which you used to enrol with us (usually your passport) .
Enrolling you under your full name ensures that both you and the School are compliant with any immigration requirements that might apply. It also means that we can verify degree awards more quickly and accurately when an employer (or other organisation) requests this information. Your full name will appear on your transcript and degree certificate.
If you are a student or alumnus and you have changed your name by law e.g. you have married or legally changed your name by enrolled deed poll, we can amend your student record.
To request a change, please bring original legal documents proving your name change to the Student Services Centre for Taught students or the PhD Academy for Research students. These may include, for example, an updated passport, enrolled deed poll, or marriage certificate. A member of staff will take a scan of your documents for verification purposes and update your record for you.
The type of document will depend on the reason for the name change, and will vary from one country/region to the next.
If you do not have one of the documents listed above and are unsure about what type of evidence to provide, or if you are an alumnus who is not able to come to the Student Services Centre in person, please submit an enquiry, ideally showing the type of document(s) you already have or plan to obtain, and we can advise further. We may ask to see original documents before approving a name change.
If you have any questions about this procedure, please submit an enquiry to Student Services Centre (for Taught students) or the PhD Academy (for Research students).
I am a current student on a visa, is there anything further I need to do if I change my name?
If you hold a Student visa and would like to find out how to inform the Home Office of your new name, you can contact our specialist advisers Visa Advice Query Form for help. If you have not yet completed your programme, your visa may affect the timing of when we can apply the name change, but we will be able to do it before your certificate and transcript are issued.
If my name's changed, how do I change my email address?
If you would also like your email address to be updated to match your updated name, then please visit the IT Helpdesk and let them know that a name change has recently been processed by the Student Services Centre or PhD Academy.
The IT Helpdesk can only change your email address in cases when your legal name has changed - they are not able to make changes where there has not been a change to your record.
What can't we do?
LSE is unable to add names to your official record that do not appear on the ID document you used to enrol at the School.
We are also unable to remove names that do appear on the ID document you used to enrol, but that you do not commonly use.