Track your application

Our web tracking system will allow you to follow your application live, using information taken directly from our database. The information you see when you log in is accurate up to the minute. 

• What is the tracking system?
• How do I use it?
• Why aren't my documents on the system?
• How can I be reminded of my application number?

Quick Guide

	1. Enter the system at LSE for You.  Username for all applicants: app Password for all applicants: app
	2. Click on to the Application Status link. Using your personal application number and date of birth, fetch your details. Your application number Your date of birth

Need more detail?  Read the full guide. 

What is the tracking system?

The application tracker contains live information taken from your record on the Graduate Admissions system. This includes:  

• Your personal details - name, date of birth, and contact information like your postal and e-mail addresses.
• Your course choices, ordered by preference, and what we have assessed your fee status to be.  If you have any queries regarding your fee status please visit the fee status explanation pages first.
• Your application status - what stage your application is at in the process, and the decision if it is available. This information is live and is updated during working hours.
• There is also a full list of required documents, and the status of these documents. If there are any missing or unsatisfactory documents which may be holding up your application, it will say here.  Please note that documents are processed in order of receipt (see Missing documents).
• If you receive an offer, you will be able to check what conditions have been set. Ones you have met will no longer be shown. Only conditions or documents still required before registration will be detailed here.
• A decision is authoritative and official only if it has been sent in writing from the Graduate School Office.  It may take some time from a decision being indicated on the web status viewer before you receive your official decision in writing.

If any of the information is incorrect please click on the change your details link quoting your application number and date of birth.  

How to use the tracking system  - full guide

• The two-stage logon process

Stage one

First, enter LSE for You with our tracking password. You will need to log on using our network username app and password app

Click here to go to LSE for You

Enter these details exactly as shown above, then click "Go!" You must not enter your application ID here as it will not work. 

Stage two

Select "Application status" from the links on the right. 

Now input your application number and date of birth, and press "Fetch my details". You will then be able to see your personal information. 

Some answers to common problems

Why documents might not be visible on the system yet

The Graduate Admissions office aims to process documents within five to ten working days from the date they are received by the office. For example, if you send a package by registered air mail from Washington DC on the 1st of February, and it arrives with us on the evening of 7th of February, it would usually arrive in our office via internal mail the next day, the 8th. From that date we will take between five to ten working days, so you should expect us to have processed it by the 15th. It may take less, but you should not worry if documents you know have arrived are not logged on to the system immediately. Please do not contact us about your documents before this time has passed, as we will then be using the time we would spend processing your documents in answering your enquiry.  At busy times, the volume of correspondence is such that it is not always possible to keep to our target. All documents are dealt with in the order that they arrive - please be patient, we will process your documents as quickly as we can. Any increase in the turnaround time for documents will be posted on the main current processing times page.

Troubleshooting

First, make sure to begin with that you are using the correct details, as shown above. You need to log on with our details, then identify yourself using your own details. 

If you have only just submitted your application you will not have an application number, and won't be able to identify yourself to the system.  Please be patient and wait for us to contact you with your ID number. 

If you are having problems logging in to LSE for You (the first stage), please ensure that you are using the latest copy of your browser software. You can find out more about LSE for You by reading the Frequently Asked Questions on the main page at http://www.lse.ac.uk/portalapps

If logging on to the status checker is the problem (the second stage), please check that you are using the correct applicant number and date of birth. If you have just been notified by Embark that your application is being processed, you should wait five days until you receive our official acknowledgement, which will give your ID number. This will usually be sent by e-mail, so please ensure that you give us a valid e-mail address with your application, or you will have to wait for it to arrive by post.

Common log in errors and how to solve them

Entering LSE for You via the wrong screen.

If you access the system via the blue and white screen you will have to go through the "app" stage twice before your get to 2nd (orange) stage. Alternatively you can use this link to access the correct screen.

Nothing found for the details I have given

Double check your ID number and date of birth on our system by referring to the email from LSE with the title "In/complete application - important information" This will contain your application ID number and date of birth as it appears on our system.

I've forgotten my password and log in details

You are not required enter a password or log in at the password and log in prompt. Please re read this page from the top and refer to the email from LSE with the title "In/complete application - important information" for your ID number and date of birth details as they appear on our system.

I have not received email confirmation from you yet.

Check your junk mail file for emails from Graduate.Admissions-Do.Not.Reply.To.This.Address@lse.ac.uk . Ensure this email address is placed on your safe list. Check our current processing times to find out which date we are processing applications from. If you submitted your application over 10 working days prior to the date that appears here you should contact us for further advice.

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