Data Visualisations

Latest student numbers

School Census Summary: A summary of key data from the latest official census of the School’s population.

Access: LSE staff

View the latest population data

School population size and shape: Dashboards to provide an overview of the size and shape of the overall student population and departmental student populations.

Access: LSE staff

View size and shape

Student Population - Actual and Target: Dashboards to show the School's population plan, intake targets and change in size over time.

Access: LSE staff

Look at the population plan

Market Diversity: Dashboards to provide an overview of the diversity of applications, offers and entrants in regards to nationality and domicile.

Access: LSE staff

 Check programme diversity

Historic student numbers

Statistics on Students: A summary of the School’s student population taken at the end of each academic year on 31 May, including five years of historic data.

Access: Public

See historic population trends

Actual and Target Registrations: Report to show the number of full-time registered students against registration targets at the department and programme level. Updated daily in Autumn Term and weekly until April.

Access: LSE staff

See targets against registrations

Applications, Offers and Entrants: Dashboards to provide an overview applications, offers and entrants (new students) at LSE by department and programme.

Access: LSE staff

View applications and enrolment data

Access and Participation Plan (APP): A collection of dashboards to show how under-represented groups access, succeed and progress at the School, based on six key targets the School has agreed with the Office for Students.

Access: APP staff, Departmental Managers, Deputy Heads of Department, Eden Centre, Heads of Department

Browse the APP contents

Course Combinations: Information on the course combinations taken by undergraduate and postgraduate students over five academic years.

Access: departments, institutes, Timetabling, TQARO

Investigate course combinations

Course offerings and uptake: Dashboard to support departments make decisions about course provision and suspension with data on course headcount and uptake by programme and department.

Access: departments, institutes, Timetabling, TQARO

Take a look at course offerings

Course Results: Dashboard to show how students on a selected programme have historically performed on a course or in a department.

Access: LSE staff

See performance of students on a course

Student outcomes by characteristic: Dashboards to show final degree outcomes for students by department over time, split by student characteristics. Separate dashboards for programme and course level student outcomes. 

Access: APP staff, ARD Managers, Attainment Leads, Departmental Managers, Deputy Heads of Department, Eden Centre, EDI, Heads of Department

View programme level student outcomes

View course level student outcomes

Postgraduate degree results: Dashboard to show postgraduate degree outcomes in a department, comparing a programme to the department average.

Access: APP staff, ARD Managers, Attainment Leads, Departmental Managers, Deputy Heads of Department, Eden Centre, EDI, Heads of Department

Compare postgraduate degree results

A collection of dashboards for Heads of Department and Departmental Managers. The Department Profiles are updated annually in July and August to provide a broad overview of departmental activity from application data to graduate outcomes. The dashboards are used predominantly for preparation for Annual Monitoring.

Access: Departmental Managers, Heads of Department

Browse the Department Profiles contents

University League Tables: UK and Worldwide league table rankings at the institutional, subject, and metric level.

Access: LSE staff

Compare league table rankings

Student Characteristics Self-Service: Dashboards for data requests on student numbers by various characteristics over the last five academic years.

Access: LSE staff

Find out student characteristics

Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) LSE 2023: The TEF assesses undergraduate teaching in higher education institutions in England. The dashboards cover indicators of student outcome and experience.

Access: LSE staff

Take a look at the TEF dashboards

TQARO - Degree Outcomes Statement: Dashboards to provide a visualisation of undergraduate students’ degree outcomes.

Access: TQARO only

View students’ degree outcomes

Careers Registration: Dashboards to show rates of student work experience and student journeys through the Career Development Cycle.

Access: LSE staff

Examine student career responses

Graduate Outcomes: Dashboards visualising responses from the Graduate Outcomes survey, covering work activities, salaries and employers. 

Access: LSE staff

View Graduate Outcomes dashboards

Careers Student Engagement: A dashboard to show student engagement rates with the LSE Careers Service.

Access: LSE staff

See student engagement with Careers

Welcome Survey: Dashboards to provide an interactive display of the Welcome Survey results for new entrants.

Access: LSE staff

View the results

Survey Respondent Analysis: Dashboards to show characteristics and response rates among different groups for LSE course and programme surveys.

Access: LSE staff

Examine respondent groups 

Programme-Level Dashboards Index: Table of contents for the key dashboards available at the programme level.

Access: Academic staff, ARD staff, Eden Centre, TQARO

Browse the index

Programme Uniformity: A visual representation of the volume of student course units per programme for each year of study.

Access: Academic staff, ARD staff, Eden Centre, TQARO

Examine programme courses taken 

Programme Pathways Available: Undergraduate and postgraduate dashboards to show available routes through a programme based on regulations.

Access: Academic staff, ARD staff, Eden Centre, TQARO

View programme pathways

UG Programme Pathways Taken: Undergraduate dashboard showing the courses taken on a programme based on SITS course enrolments.

Access: Academic staff, ARD staff, Eden Centre, TQARO

See undergraduate courses taken