Accept your offer

If you haven't already done so, please accept the formal admission offer sent to you by LSE Graduate Admissions. To do so, please submit your offer reply form via the Graduate Applicant Portal (GAP). Instructions on accessing the GAP and tracking your application can be found here. 

You are required to submit the online Financial Undertaking Form (FUF), which you can access via the GAP as soon as possible. You are also required to pay a pre-registration fee of £500 via LSE’s Student Payment Portal. Please choose the pay tuition fee option - the £500 will then be allocated as a pre-registration fee. Please consult the brochure, 'Using the Student Payment Portal'.

If you have any queries regarding your offer holder status or submission of documents please check these Executive Graduate Admissions FAQs. 

You can contact the Graduate Admissions Office with any queries here

Please see this page for more information about confirming your offer.

You can access the complete EMPA schedule here. Please note the dates for PP440E are subject to confirmation.

Orientation will take place on Wednesday the 11th of September, with registration to follow on the morning of the 12th. The Introduction to Public Policy module will occupy the rest of the 12th and 13th, with the Introduction to Statistics module on the 14th and 15th.

Please check back for the Orientation Day schedule which will be published here at a later date. 

Find out more about the modules you'll be studying as part of the EMPA programme.

As part of the programme we will provide a 2-day Introduction to Statistics module shortly after you start in September 2024.  For those of you who have been out of education for a while, or who do not use maths and statistics regularly at work, this module will ensure that you are ready to undertake the EMPA by quickly and effectively bringing you up to the necessary level required to understand the concepts discussed in the programme.

In the lead-up to the programme we will help you prepare by posting online pre-programme modules covering basic maths and statistics concepts.  Please do make sure you use the pre-programme modules but do not worry if you find some of this challenging, if you don't use maths regularly that would be natural.The online pre-programme modules will get you used to the terminology and some of the concepts which will be covered in more detail in September.

For a fun and accessible introduction to statistics try Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from Data (2013) by Charles Wheelan - see reading list below.   

• Maths and Statistics Pre-arrival Module 
• Practice Questions for Pre-arrival Module 
• Question Answers for Pre-arrival Module 

The following books and podcasts will get you into the right mode of thinking to tackle the many questions posed by the EMPA:

Ben Goldacre (2009), Bad Science, Harper Perennial, London

Charles Wheelan (2013), Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data, Norton, London 

Naked Statistics is also used on the Introduction to Statistics and Empirical Methods for Public Policy modules and it is recommended that you purchase a copy to help you prepare. 

Please bear in mind there will be reading for the Introduction to Statistics module and the first Policy in Practice weekend.

Please make sure you access the full suggested full reading list here.

A wealth of podcasts from the LSE Public Lecture series stretching back to 2006 are available via the LSE Player.    

Podcasts from recent School of Public Policy public events are available on the SPP Podcast page.  

There are also hundreds of interesting LSE videos on a range of topics available through the LSE YouTube page.

Accommodation is not provided by the School and students must secure their own accommodation for each module if they are not resident in London.

LSE students do qualify for corporate rates at the nearby Club Quarters hotel at Lincoln's Inn Fields.You may also wish to explore the accommodation available through LSE Vacations.

There is a wide range of prices, locations and facilities in London accommodation so we advise you investigate a number of options before booking.

 Please check if you require a visa and, if so, which one is appropriate depending on your personal circumstances well in advance of the start of the programme in December.

To find out what you need to do to obtain the correct kind of immigration permission, please read through the information provided on the School's International Student Visa Advice Team (ISVAT) pages, specifically the information for executive degree students.

To contact a member of the ISVAT team for further advice on your specific situation please fill in this form. 

The EMPA Programme Team can provide you with a a letter confirming your place on the programme. Contact us to request one. 

When entering the country for EMPA modules please ensure you are carrying your official LSE offer letter and any documentation supplied by the EMPA team, for example a visa application support letter detailing module dates.

After paying your pre-registration fee of £500 you will not be required to pay any of the remaining fees for year 1 (£19,410) until you register on the programme in September 2024. You will be required to pay £19,410 for your 2nd year tuition in the academic year 2025/ 26. If you, or a sponsor, wish to pay all or part of the fees before September this can be arranged with the Fees Office. 

If you are awaiting confirmation from a sponsoring organisation you should complete the online Financial Undertaking Form as though you will be responsible for your fees, and then inform us at a later time once your sponsorship is confirmed.  You will not become liable to pay any fees until you register on the programme.

Full details of how to pay fees can be found on the Fees Office web page.

You may choose to pay for the academic year in one instalment using the methods outlined on the Fees Office web page.  If you do not you will automatically be placed on the instalment plan. Details of the instalment plan for the EMPA September 2024 intake will be published in due course.

For further information, please contact the Fees Office directly.