The Graduate Admissions Office is closed to public enquires.
You can check the progress and status of your application,
references and other supporting documents via the
online status checker. The information you see displayed online
is the same as the information held on our central databse. The
information is updated live as the Graduate Admissions team process
your documents and decisions that arrive in our office during the
day. We do not have any further information on your application
status other than the information displayed on this page.
The website and
admissions enquiries system are the quickest way to receive
answers to any questions that you may have. Please explore the site
before contacting us. If your question cannot be answered by
reference to the online resources, you can submit an email enquiry
via the admissions enquiries system.
We answer all queries in the order they are received. Please
check our
current processing times and do not repeat your query. We will
respond as quickly as we can. We do not have a direct email
address.
If you wish to make changes to your application or to inform us
of a decision (such as wishing to defer your offer), then you
should use the 'How Do
I...?' forms. Once your application is complete, please do not
send us any additional information unless we ask for it. Your file
will be with the selectors and additional information will not be
matched to it until it returns to us.
Our postal address is:
Graduate Admissions,
The London School of Economics and Political Science,
PO Box 13420,
Houghton Street,
London WC2A 2AR,
United Kingdom.
If you are sending your documents via a parcel delivery service
who cannot deliver to a PO Box number, please use the alternative
address of:
Graduate Admissions,
The London School of Economics and Political Science,
Houghton Street,
London WC2A 2AR,
United Kingdom.
Please allow at least five working days from the date we
received your items before contacting us, to give us time to
process them. At peak times of year, the turnaround time is likely
to be longer.
Contacting us via phone:
Our open hours vary at different times of year, so that we can
prioritise processing applications, decisions and CASs.
Our opening hours are currently 9am-5pm UK time, Monday to
Friday. Please only call if your documents were received after our
current processing date and you have not had notification from
us. We cannot confirm receipt of documents until they are processed
- see
How we Process your documents.
To call us please call +44 (0)20 7955 7160. We use an automated
system to direct your call to the most appropriate person.
Coming to visit: drop-in sessions
To visit us in person you can come to the
Student Services Centre in the Old Building on the ground floor
between 11-12pm weekdays and 3-4pm weekdays (except
Wednesdays) during term time.
