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London School of Economics and Political Science contextual offers

London School of Economics and Political Science makes contextual offers (lower entry requirements) to applicants whose background may have limited their opportunities. Here's who qualifies for 2027 entry and how much lower the offer is.

Who is eligible for a contextual offer at London School of Economics and Political Science?

To be considered for a contextual offer from London School of Economics and Political Science you need 'home' fee status, plus one of the following: care experience, free school meals, a POLAR4 quintile 1 area, a TUNDRA quintile 1 area or a widening-access programme.

Everyone must:

• Have 'home' (UK) fee status

Then you need any one of these:

• Are care-experienced or a care leaver
• Have been eligible for free school meals
• Live in a POLAR4 quintile 1 area (the 20% of areas where fewest young people go to university)
• Live in a TUNDRA quintile 1 area (the 20% of areas where fewest young people go to university)
• Have completed a recognised access or outreach programme (e.g. Sutton Trust, Realising Opportunities, or the university's own scheme)

Criteria based on where you live are worked out from your home postcode, which the checker looks up for you. Each link above explains what the criterion means.

How much lower is London School of Economics and Political Science's contextual offer?

Of the 42 London School of Economics and Political Science courses where we have both offers, 35 are one grade lower and 7 are two grades lower. The most common change is AAA to AAB.

Contextual offer for each London School of Economics and Political Science course (42)

Course	Standard	Contextual
Accounting and Finance	A*AA	AAA
Actuarial Science	A*AA	A*AB
Actuarial Science (with a Placement Year)	A*AA	A*AB
Anthropology and Law	AAB	ABB
Data Science	A*AA	A*AB
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics	A*AA	A*AB
Economic History	AAA	AAB
Economic History and Geography	AAB	ABB
Economics	A*AA	A*AB
Economics and Data Science	A*AA	A*AB
Economics and Economic History	AAA	AAB
Environment and Sustainable Development	AAA	ABB
Environment and Sustainable Development with Economics	AAA	ABB
Finance	A*AA	A*AB
Financial Mathematics and Statistics	A*AA	A*AB
Geography	AAA	ABB
Geography with Economics	AAA	ABB
History	AAA	AAB
History and Politics	AAA	AAB
International Relations	AAA	AAB
International Relations and Chinese	AAA	AAB
International Relations and History	AAA	AAB
International Social and Public Policy	AAB	BBB
International Social and Public Policy with Economics	AAA	AAB
International Social and Public Policy with Politics	AAB	ABB
Language, Culture and Society	AAB	ABB
Management	AAA	AAB
Mathematics and Economics	A*AA	A*AB
Mathematics with Data Science	A*AA	A*AB
Mathematics with Economics	A*AA	A*AB
Mathematics, Statistics and Business	A*AA	A*AB
Philosophy and Economics	AAA	AAB
Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method	AAA	AAB
Philosophy, Politics and Economics	A*AA	AAA
Politics	AAA	AAB
Politics and Economics	AAA	AAB
Politics and International Relations	AAA	AAB
Politics and Philosophy	AAA	AAB
Psychological and Behavioural Science	A*AA	AAA
Social Anthropology	AAB	ABC
Social Anthropology	AAB	ABC
Sociology	AAB	ABB

See every London School of Economics and Political Science course for the full entry requirements.

London School of Economics and Political Science's official policy

This page summarises London School of Economics and Political Science's published contextual offer policy. Meeting the criteria means London School of Economics and Political Science may make you a contextual offer; it doesn't guarantee one, and some courses (often medicine, dentistry and other heavily oversubscribed courses) can have their own rules. Always check the university's own policy before relying on it.

Other universities' contextual offers

• Aberystwyth University
• Aston University
• Bangor University
• Bath Spa University
• Birmingham City University
• Bournemouth University
• Brunel University of London
• Cardiff Metropolitan University
• Cardiff University
• City St George's, University of London
• Coventry University
• Durham University
• Edge Hill University
• Edinburgh Napier University
• Glasgow Caledonian University
• Goldsmiths, University of London
• Harper Adams University
• Heriot-Watt University
• Imperial College London
• Keele University
• King's College London
• Lancaster University
• Loughborough University
• Newcastle University
• Northumbria University
• Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
• Queen's University Belfast
• Robert Gordon University
• Royal Holloway, University of London
• Sheffield Hallam University
• Swansea University
• UWE Bristol
• University College London
• University of Aberdeen
• University of Bath
• University of Birmingham
• University of Bristol
• University of Cambridge
• University of Chester
• University of Chichester
• University of Derby
• University of Dundee
• University of East Anglia
• University of East London
• University of Edinburgh
• University of Exeter
• University of Glasgow
• University of Gloucestershire
• University of Hull
• University of Kent
• University of Lancashire
• University of Leeds
• University of Leicester
• University of Lincoln
• University of Liverpool
• University of Manchester
• University of Plymouth
• University of Reading
• University of Salford
• University of Sheffield
• University of South Wales
• University of Southampton
• University of Strathclyde
• University of Suffolk
• University of Surrey
• University of Sussex
• University of Wales Trinity Saint David
• University of Warwick
• University of Winchester
• University of Wolverhampton
• University of Worcester
• University of York
• University of the Arts London