Any offer of admission and acceptance of a place at LSE would be for the specific degree programme that is named in the offer letter. LSE will normally not allow a successful applicant to transfer from one programme to another after enrolment, unless it considers that exceptional circumstances apply. New students must be fully registered (i.e. campus enrolled) before requesting a programme transfer. Important: Entry to one programme by no means guarantees transfer to another programme. Each programme has its own prerequisites and standards for entry. Furthermore, programmes may be too full to accept transfers after registration. All transfer decisions will be decided case-by-case, with a formal review process, and approval given by Directors of both the current programme as well as the new target programme. Procedurally, students who have previously applied to and been rejected for an MSc programme during the current admissions round cannot be reconsidered for a transfer to that programme. Overseas students should note that programme transfers may also be constrained by visa restrictions, for which they must first seek immigration advice. Local Rules: Academic departments may have local rules in place to decide if a transfer can be allowed, e.g. the Department of Economics will normally not permit students to transfer out, to another programme which has an equally challenging quantitative component. We might, however, exceptionally permit transfers to a mathematically less demanding programme. Also, the Department will normally not permit a student in the Preliminary Year of our MSc Economics (2 year) to transfer to a different programme for their 2nd year of study, instead of following their normal progression route into Year 2 – they must then formally withdraw and apply to their new target programme, following standard application procedure., Build a strong foundation of economic theory and quantitative techniques in our two-year programme and set yourself up for a successful career as an economist. This two-year programme is designed for students who have a sound quantitative background but lack the knowledge in economic theory or quantitative techniques for the one-year MSc Economics., Information on the process of application and admission to MSc programmes offered by the Department of Economics - 2025/6 entry. Applications are processed centrally through the Graduate Admissions Office..