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Financial Support Office Guidance Notes
Undergraduate Scholarship Application Form
General Guidance
1 This application form is for all undergraduate applicants who wish to apply for an LSE scholarship
for the 2018-19 academic session.
2 a) LSE Bursary entitlement for UK students will be automatically calculated and paid via Student
Finance and there is no need to complete this form to apply for this.
b) LSE Bursary entitlement for EU students will not be calculated automatically. You should
complete this form to be considered for this and payment will be made by LSE.
c) LSE Discretionary Bursary entitlement for UK and EU students will be considered via this
application form. Please use question 7.3 to indicate you wish to be considered for this if you feel you
have exceptional circumstances affecting your nancial situation.
d) LSE Undergraduate Support Scheme for Overseas students will be considered via this application
form.
3 This form will be used to consider you for all of the awards offered by LSE for which you are eligible.
Please submit one form and one set of supporting documents only. You only need to complete this
form once regardless of how many awards you would like to be considered for
or are eligible for.
4 The Financial Support Ofce can only guarantee that you will be considered for all awards for which
you are eligible providing you have submitted the supporting documentation requested. It is therefore
very important that you read the web information about the awards which you are interested in to
ensure that you have submitted all the necessary documentation for us to consider you.
5 You are required to provide supporting documentation relating to income, appropriate to your
circumstances. If photocopied documents are submitted, original copies may be requested from you
at a later stage. If documentation is not in English, a certied translation must be supplied.
6 We require one academic reference from your current ‘A’ level (or equivalent) teacher
or supervisor.
7 Please complete the form and return it to the Financial Support Ofce together with any supporting
documentation or references required. All questions must be answered. Do not leave sections blank.
If a section does not apply to you, please indicate that it is not applicable (N/A).
8 All sums of money referred to must be in UK pounds sterling (£).
9 If you have been offered a scholarship, government award, Student Finance loan (UK students only)
or any other nancial assistance for your forthcoming education, please attach a copy of the letter
notifying you of your award/loan.
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Application deadline: For Overseas students the nal deadline is 26 April 2018 (decisions sent by the
end of July 2018). For UK and EU students the nal deadline is 01 June 2018 (decisions sent by the
end of August 2018). We will acknowledge receipt of your application by email.
11 Forms can be left in the Student Services Centre drop box or posted to Financial Support Ofce, LSE,
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE.
12 We do not accept incomplete or late applications. Applications must be sent as a hard copy.
Applications sent by email will not be acknowledged or accepted. It is the responsibility of the
applicant to ensure that a hard copy arrives at LSE by the deadline date.
13 You will be notied by email and in writing about the outcome of your application.
14 You are unlikely to be considered for a scholarship if LSE is your Insurance university choice.
15 The decision of LSE is nal and we cannot, regrettably, participate in any individual correspondence
with applicants before or after that decision.