Outcomes
If you hold an offer of admission and submit the Graduate Financial Support Application you will normally receive an outcome decision on your eligibility for a Graduate Support Scheme (GSS) Award normally after 24 hours via the Graduate Applicant Portal.
This is because the online application is able to automatically calculate an outcome from all the specific information you will have entered into the form.
Please do not contact us before you receive a formal offer of admission. If you do not receive an offer of admission, the data you have submitted will be destroyed.
GSS awards
If you are offered a GSS award this will be shown via the Graduate Applicant Portal. You will not normally be considered for any further funding from LSE, as a GSS award will cover 100% of your funding shortfall as calculated by the Graduate Financial Support application.
If your financial circumstances, fee status, mode of study or programme of study changes, any award will be reviewed and may be amended or withdrawn.
Further information on the terms and conditions attached to all Graduate Support Scheme awards: Graduate Support Scheme award conditions
Other LSE awards
Unfortunately we do not have sufficient funding to be able to support as many applicants as we would like with awards from the Graduate Support Scheme. Competition for scholarships at Masters level is very strong.
If you are not offered a GSS award, you will be considered for all the other LSE awards for which you are eligible, using the information you provided on the Graduate Financial Support Application.
We will only write to successful applicants regarding the outcome of these awards. Successful applicants will be contacted throughout May and June as decisions are made, we hope to have notified all successful applicants by the end of July 2025. If you have not heard from the Financial Support Office by 31 July 2025, then unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful.
Please note that LSE expects all students who register on a programme of study, regardless of its duration, to have sufficient secured funds to cover both their fees and living costs for the duration of their programme. There is no opportunity to apply to the GSS or for an LSE Scholarship once you have enrolled at the School.