LSE Graduation Guide
How an LSE graduation runs, in the order it happens: the booking request, your tickets, the Peacock Theatre ceremony, academic dress and what to do if you can't make it.
Notes & Guides
The Journal
Tips, guides and quiet reads about your LSE graduation. Written by the team that hands you the gown — no fluff, just the bits we wish we'd known.
What to do after graduation: a checklist for LSE graduates
Your LSE account has an end date, your hall contract may end before your ceremony, and a Graduate visa has its own rules. The checklist for the months around an LSE graduation, and the support that carries on afterwards.
Do you have to wear a gown at your graduation ceremony?
At LSE, yes: every graduand taking part wears academic dress. What LSE's dress looks like, where you can get it, the tradition about the hat, the fund that can cover the cost, and your options if you'd rather not attend.
What to bring to LSE halls: the actual list
A pack list for LSE halls that starts with what yours already provides: which halls give you a duvet, what no hall gives anyone, what the handbook bans, and what to buy in London. The widget below tailors it to your residence.
What to bring to your graduation ceremony
A kit list for an LSE graduation: the ID card that gets you your tickets, why everything has to travel light, and what your guests need from you before the Peacock Theatre doors open.
What to wear under your graduation gown
Dressing for an LSE graduation: what the gown leaves on show, how to wear the purple and gold, the steps up to the Peacock Theatre stage, and London in December or July.
