Your chances of getting into LSE Mathematics and Economics, and the TMUA score you need
For 2025 entry, 896 people applied for Mathematics and Economics at LSE and 89 received offers: 10%. Built from the test scores and outcomes of 192 past applicants who chose to send a TMUA score, released by LSE.
Your chances
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- Your estimate from the scores and outcomes of 192 past applicants who chose to send a TMUA score
- Adjusted for your grades, school and where you apply from
- A likely range, with each step that moved it
- What would change your odds, and a card to share
- Applied, 2025
- 896
- Offers
- 89
- Offer rate
- 10%
Maths and Economics selection in 2025
How many reached each stage in 2025. Your own chances appear here once you have answered.
| Stage | Students | AVG | You |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apply | 896 | ||
| Offer | 89 | 10% | ? |
How the offer rate rises with TMUA score
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| TMUA | Offer rate | 80% confidence range |
|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 7% | 2% to 19% |
| 4.5 | 7% | 2% to 19% |
| 5.0 | 27% | 18% to 35% |
| 5.5 | 29% | 23% to 36% |
| 6.0 | 31% | 27% to 35% |
| 6.5 | 34% | 32% to 35% |
| 7.0 | 36% | 34% to 38% |
| 7.5 | 39% | 34% to 45% |
| 8.0 | 45% | 33% to 58% |
| 8.5 | 47% | 32% to 62% |
| 9.0 | 49% | 32% to 67% |
Why you can trust this
192past test-takers
1 yearof scores linked to offers (2023 entry)
1.5xwider ranges, with no other year to test on
Method and sources
This estimate comes from applicants who sent LSE a TMUA score when sending one was optional. LSE has never required the TMUA for Mathematics and Economics and lists it as recommended for 2027 entry. The all-applicant curve uses the 192 applicants with a score for 2023 entry. The UK curve uses the 88 UK applicants in LSE's file of UK A-level applicants who had a score for 2023 or 2024 entry, so UK applicants taking other qualifications, such as the IB, are not in it. Applicants from outside the UK are read from the all-applicant curve. Each curve is a smooth line fitted to those test-takers' offer rates by score, on the 1.0 to 9.0 TMUA scale.
The people who sent a score did much better than everyone else: for 2023 entry, 66 of the 192 with a score (34.4%) got offers, against 32 of the 514 without one (6.2%). So the curve describes a group that chose to sit the test. The share of offers going to applicants with a score has grown (73.4% of 2024 offers), and more international applicants now send one, so as scores become common the real chance at a given score may be lower than the curve shows. For 2027 entry LSE still only recommends the test.
Both curves rest on small groups. The UK curve is close to a step because every UK test-taker scoring 6.0 or more got an offer (41 of 41), but it puts the step later than the raw counts do: 14 of 16 UK test-takers scoring 5.0 to 5.4 got offers, and the curve shows 13% at 5.0. The all-applicant curve is almost flat. Below 5.0 the fitted lines sat well above what happened there, so both curves are held at the rate actually seen below 5.0, with a wide range: 1 of the 15 test-takers for 2023 entry (about 7%) on the all-applicant curve, and 1 of 21 on the UK curve. Neither curve is a promise for a 2027 applicant.
TMUA scores from 2025 entry onwards are on a different footing from 2023 and 2024 scores: LSE's averages fell sharply, including on courses where the test stayed optional. The calculator still reads the score you enter on the 2023 and 2024 curves, so the same number may not mean the same thing, and your real chance could be lower or higher than the curve shows. Treat the estimate as a rough guide.
No year could be held out to test the curves, and the all-applicant curve rests on one year, so every range is widened by half. LSE has no grade or school fit of its own here, so the GCSE, A-level and school effects are the ones fitted for Oxford PPE. PPE's GCSE and A-level effects are measured against PPE applicants with the same score, who are unusually strong on grades, so here they are re-centred on the standard offer and used at half size: A*AA with eight or nine GCSE 8s and 9s counts as no change, as leaving grades blank does, and the range runs from no effect to PPE's full size. LSE does not interview, so there is no interview step.
- London School of Economics, FOI 5383 (reply 12 December 2023). BSc Mathematics and Economics applicants' TMUA scores and decisions, 2023 entry, all fee statuses.
- London School of Economics, FOI 6057 (reply 12 May 2025). UK (Home) applicants' TMUA scores, A-level subjects, predicted grades and decisions, 2022 to 2024 entry.
- LSE Planning Division, Applications, Offers and Entrants dashboard. Applications, offers and entrants by programme, 2018 to 2025 entry.
- London School of Economics, FOI 5409 (reply 30 January 2024) and replies of 2024 and 2025. Applicants with a TMUA score, offers with and without a score, and applicants without Further Maths, 2018 to 2024 entry.
- London School of Economics, FOI 6559, FOI 6592 and FOI 6633. International applicants and offer holders, with TMUA scores, 2023 to 2025 entry.
- London School of Economics, FOI 6382 (reply 18 December 2025). TMUA score quartiles for Home applicants and offer holders, 2025 entry.
- London School of Economics, reply of 19 March 2026. Home applicants and offers without Further Maths, 2025 entry.
- London School of Economics, FOI 4748 and FOI 4486. Applications and offers by fee status, 2020 and 2021 entry, and Independent-school offer rates, 2017 to 2021 entry.
- LSE BSc Mathematics and Economics course page and Admissions Information page for 2027 entry, Internet Archive captures of the course page for 2023 to 2026 entry, and UAT-UK, Course List 2027 Entry.
- Grade equivalence: Ofqual, grade standards for new GCSEs (2017); Cambridge International, A guide to A*-G and 9-1 grades (2025); Ecctis for the IB, MYP grade comparisons with the GCSE (2021); LSE, BSc Mathematics and Economics entry requirements.
- GCSE, A-level and school effects: taken from the Oxford PPE calculator, whose method lists their sources.
This estimate cannot see your personal statement, reference or contextual data. It describes applicants who chose to send a score in 2023 and 2024, the groups are small, and scores have run lower since 2025, so a 2027 applicant's real chance could be lower or higher. LSE has told people who asked for past figures that they will not offer any insight on an individual application. The GCSE, A-level and school effects are borrowed from Oxford PPE and may not match LSE. Predicted and achieved grades are treated the same.
LSE Mathematics and Economics admissions statistics
What the numbers LSE has released say about getting into BSc Mathematics and Economics: how many people apply, how past TMUA test-takers fared, and how the odds differ by where you apply from, your school and your grades. The score data come from 2023 and 2024 entry, when sending a TMUA score was optional, and the applicants who sent one got offers far more often than those who did not (34% against 6% for 2023 entry). LSE still only recommends the test for 2027 entry.
34% vs 6%
offer rate with a TMUA score, against without one
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2023 entry, when a score was optional: 66 of 192 against 32 of 514. The calculator's curve is built from those test-takers. LSE recommends the TMUA for 2027 entry without requiring it, and your real chance could be lower or higher than the curve shows.
9.9%
of applicants got an offer, about 1 in 10
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89 offers from 896 applications for 2025 entry. It was 22.3% for 2018 entry (121 from 543).
41 of 41
UK test-takers scoring 6.0 or more got an offer
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2023 and 2024 entry, a small group who chose to send a score. A 6.0 sat now may not mean the same as a 6.0 then. Across all applicants with a score for 2023 entry the offer rate was close to flat above 5.0.
0 of 61
UK A-level applicants without Further Maths got an offer
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2023 and 2024 entry, against 95 of 286 (33.2%) with it.
LSE Mathematics and Economics acceptance rate
For 2025 entry, 896 people applied for BSc Mathematics and Economics at LSE and 89 received offers.
That is an offer rate of 9.9%, or about 1 in 10.
LSE's course page shows 15 applications for each place, which counts students who started: 60 started for 2025 entry. Applicants per offer were about 10.
Applications rose by 65% from 543 for 2018 entry to 896 for 2025 entry, while offers fell from 121 to 89. The offer rate fell from 22.3% to 9.9%.
- Applied
- Offered a place
- Started
The offer rate was highest for 2019 entry (27.2%) and has fallen in each of the last three years: from 18.4% for 2022 entry to 13.6% for 2023, 12.7% for 2024 and 9.9% for 2025.
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| Entry | Applications | Offers | Offer rate | Started |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 896 | 89 | 9.9% | 60 |
| 2024 | 765 | 97 | 12.7% | 61 |
| 2023 | 707 | 96 | 13.6% | 50 |
| 2022 | 620 | 114 | 18.4% | 64 |
| 2021 | 602 | 106 | 17.6% | 80 |
| 2020 | 467 | 119 | 25.5% | 67 |
| 2019 | 496 | 135 | 27.2% | 55 |
| 2018 | 543 | 121 | 22.3% | 60 |
Did applicants with a TMUA score get more offers?
The TMUA has never been compulsory for Mathematics and Economics. LSE's course pages encourage applicants to take it, and for 2027 entry LSE and the UAT-UK course list both give it as recommended, not required.
In every year with data only a minority of applicants had a score, and they got offers far more often. For 2023 entry, 188 of 711 applicants (26.4%) had one, and 33.5% of them got offers, against 6.1% of the rest.
LSE's applicant list for 2023 entry agrees: 66 of 192 with a score got offers (34.4%) against 32 of 514 without one (6.2%), and the 192 took two thirds of the 98 offers.
- With a score
- Without a score
The share of offers going to applicants with a score has grown: 11.4% for 2021 entry, 30.1% for 2022, 66.3% for 2023 and 73.4% for 2024 entry (69 of 94 offers).
UK applicants with a score got offers 75.0% of the time for 2023 entry (27 of 36) and 67.3% for 2024 entry (35 of 52), against 18.1% (21 of 116) and 8.4% (12 of 143) without one.
These are self-selected groups, so the figures do not show what a score does for any one applicant. As more applicants send a score, the group becomes less select, and the real chance for a 2027 applicant at a given score may be lower than the curve shows.
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| Entry | Applicants | With a score | Offer rate with a score | Offer rate without a score | Share of offers to those with a score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 769 | Not given | Not given | Not given | 73.4% (69 of 94) |
| 2023 | 711 | 188 (26.4%) | 33.5% (63 of 188) | 6.1% (32 of 523) | 66.3% |
| 2022 | 621 | 55 (8.9%) | 61.8% (34 of 55) | 14.0% (79 of 566) | 30.1% |
| 2021 | 600 | 23 (3.8%) | 52.2% (12 of 23) | 16.1% (93 of 577) | 11.4% |
What TMUA score do you need for LSE Mathematics and Economics?
A TMUA score of about 6.5 gave test-takers a 1 in 3 chance of an offer, and about 5.2 for UK applicants.
LSE publishes no pass mark, and the TMUA is recommended, not required.
The estimates below are test-takers' own offer rates from 2023 (all applicants) and 2023 and 2024 (UK applicants), when a score was optional. Those test-takers got offers far more often than other applicants, so the real chance for a 2027 applicant may be lower.
On the all-applicant curve a score of about 6.5 gives a 1 in 3 chance of an offer. The UK curve reaches 1 in 3 at about 5.2, and climbs from 13% at 5.0 to over 99% at 6.0.
The raw counts put the UK step earlier: 14 of 16 UK test-takers scoring 5.0 to 5.4 got offers, against 1 of 11 at 4.5 to 4.9. So the curve's 13% at 5.0 is too low, and the exact position of the step is uncertain.
Scores have also run lower since 2025, so a score you sit now may be worth more than the same number was in 2023 and 2024. Your real chance could be lower or higher than the curve shows.
Which LSE courses require or recommend the TMUA is in our LSE TMUA guide.
- All applicants
- UK applicants
The UK curve is close to a step because it follows a small group (88 test-takers). A group this small and self-selected is no promise for a 2027 applicant.
Over 2023 and 2024 entry every UK applicant in it scoring 6.0 or more got an offer (41 of 41), 20 of 26 at 5.0 to 5.9 did (76.9%), and 1 of 21 below 5.0 did.
The all-applicant curve is far flatter. For 2023 entry the offer rate among all test-takers was 47.5% at 5.0 to 5.9 (19 of 40), 29.9% at 6.0 to 6.9 (20 of 67) and 32.8% at 7.0 to 7.9 (21 of 64), and 5 of 6 at 8.0 or more got offers.
Below 5.0, 1 of 15 did, so the calculator holds the all-applicant curve at that rate there (7% at 4.0), with a wide range.
Many high-scoring international test-takers were rejected: those rejected for 2023 entry averaged 6.9, as LSE counts international applicants. The data do not say why.
Offer holders with a score averaged 6.62 for 2023 entry against 6.46 for all test-takers.
LSE also released scores for 2025 entry, and we keep them apart from the curves. Among UK applicants who sent a score, the middle score was 3.8 and the middle offer holder scored 5.2 (lowest 3.0).
Scores from 2025 entry onwards are on a different footing from 2023 and 2024 scores, because LSE's averages fell sharply, including on courses where the test stayed optional. Read them on their own.
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| TMUA score | Test-takers scoring below | Offer, all applicants | Offer, UK applicants |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 2% | 7% | 0% |
| 4.0 | 2% | 7% | 0% |
| 5.0 | 8% | 27% | 13% |
| 6.0 | 29% | 31% | Over 99% |
| 7.0 | 64% | 36% | Over 99% |
| 8.0 | 97% | 45% | Over 99% |
| 9.0 | 100% | 49% | Over 99% |
UK and international applicants
In the years with data, UK applicants had much better odds than overseas applicants. For 2020 entry, 48.2% of UK applicants got offers (109 of 226), against 13.2% of overseas applicants (32 of 243).
For 2021 entry it was 40.4% (72 of 178) against 12.0% (51 of 426).
- UK
- Overseas
By 2024 and 2025 entry only about 7% of international applicants held offers: 37 of 502 and 36 of 520. LSE gave a second count for the same years (for example 40 offers from 301 applicants for 2024 entry) and defines neither group, so treat these as rough.
International applicants rarely got offers without a score. For 2024 entry, 28 of 118 with a score got offers (23.7%), against 9 of 384 without one (2.3%).
For 2025 entry, 34 of 269 international applicants with a score got offers (12.6%), against 2 of 251 without one (0.8%).
More than half of international applicants sent a score for 2025 entry (269 of 520), against 118 of 502 (23.5%) for 2024 entry. International test-takers also scored higher: for 2024 entry the middle international applicant with a score scored 7.0 and the middle UK one 6.1.
The calculator reads UK applicants from the UK curve. Applicants from outside the UK are read from the all-applicant curve, which blends both groups and may not suit them: it reads well below the UK curve at high scores.
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| Group | Applicants | Offers | Offer rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK, 2020 entry | 226 | 109 | 48.2% |
| Overseas, 2020 entry | 243 | 32 | 13.2% |
| UK, 2021 entry | 178 | 72 | 40.4% |
| Overseas, 2021 entry | 426 | 51 | 12.0% |
| International, 2024 entry | 502 | 37 | 7.4% |
| International, 2025 entry | 520 | 36 | 6.9% |
Do GCSEs, A-levels and Further Maths matter?
LSE's standard offer for Mathematics and Economics is A*AA with an A* in Mathematics. An A* in Further Maths with an A in Maths is an accepted alternative.
IB: 39 points with 766 at Higher Level and a 7 in Mathematics: analysis and approaches. GCSE English Language and Mathematics at grade 6 or higher are the minimum.
Where your school offers it, LSE expects AS- or A-level Further Maths at grade A. In the data, no UK A-level applicant without it got an offer over 2023 and 2024 entry (0 of 61), against 33.2% of those with it (95 of 286).
Applicants predicted only the standard offer rarely got one: 8.3% of those predicted A*AA (4 of 48), and none of the 34 predicted AAA or lower.
Applicants taking four or more full A-levels got offers 32.6% of the time (59 of 181), against 22.1% for exactly three (34 of 154). These are raw rates, and applicants with more A-levels differ in other ways too.
Across all fee statuses, LSE reported no offers to applicants without A-level Further Maths for 2020, 2021 and 2023 entry, and fewer than 5 for 2022. For 2025 entry fewer than 5 of 69 UK applicants without it got offers.
About a quarter of UK offers in LSE's A-level file were contextual: 14 of 57 for 2022 entry, 11 of 48 for 2023 and 11 of 47 for 2024. The contextual offer is A*AB with an A* in Mathematics for 2027 entry.
The calculator's GCSE and A-level effects are borrowed from Oxford PPE. The pattern above is LSE's own and shows how much grades matter here.
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| Best three predicted | Applicants | Offers | Offer rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| A*A*A* | 182 | 67 | 36.8% |
| A*A*A | 71 | 22 | 31.0% |
| A*AA | 48 | 4 | 8.3% |
| AAA | 11 | 0 | 0 of 11 |
| Below AAA | 23 | 0 | 0.0% |
State and independent schools
Independent-school applicants had a higher offer rate than all applicants in each year from 2017 to 2021 entry. For 2021 entry it was 29% against 17%.
The gap was widest for 2020 entry: 33% against 21%. These are LSE's printed rates for all fee statuses.
- Independent schools
- All applicants
The data do not say how much of the gap reflects grades or Further Maths.
We hold no school-type figures for later years. The calculator's school effect comes from Oxford PPE's fit, which compares applicants with the same grades; LSE's raw figures above do not control for grades.
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| Entry | Independent schools | All applicants |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29% | 17% |
| 2020 | 33% | 21% |
| 2019 | 30% | 20% |
| 2018 | 18% | 17% |
| 2017 | 17% | 15% |
Questions about LSE Mathematics and Economics admissions
What is the acceptance rate for LSE Mathematics and Economics?
About 9.9% of applicants got an offer for 2025 entry: 89 offers from 896 applications, or about 1 in 10. It was 22.3% for 2018 entry and 27.2% for 2019 entry. The 15 to 1 on LSE's course page counts applications for each student who started.
Is the TMUA compulsory for LSE Mathematics and Economics?
No. LSE encourages it and, for 2027 entry, lists it as recommended but not mandatory, as it has for every year from 2023 entry. Most offer holders still send one: 69 of the 94 offers for 2024 entry (73.4%) went to applicants with a score.
What TMUA score do I need for LSE Mathematics and Economics?
LSE sets no pass mark. On our all-applicant curve a score of about 6.5 gives a 1 in 3 chance, and about 5.2 on the UK curve. Both curves come from test-takers in 2023 and 2024, when a score was optional, so treat them as a guide.
Why might my real chance differ from the calculator?
The calculator uses applicants who chose to send a score. For 2023 entry they got offers 34.4% of the time, against 6.2% of applicants without one. As more applicants send a score, the real chance at a given score may be lower. Scores have also run lower since 2025, so your real chance could be lower or higher than the calculator shows.
Do I need Further Maths for LSE Mathematics and Economics?
LSE expects AS- or A-level Further Maths at grade A where your school offers it. In the data, none of 61 UK A-level applicants without it got an offer in 2023 and 2024, against 33.2% of those with it.
Does LSE interview for Mathematics and Economics?
No. LSE does not interview for any of its degrees. It decides from your UCAS application, which covers predicted grades, subjects, personal statement, reference and contextual data, plus the TMUA where you send one.
Is it harder to get into LSE Mathematics and Economics from outside the UK?
In the data, yes. For 2020 entry the offer rate was 48.2% for UK applicants and 13.2% for overseas applicants. By 2024 and 2025 entry about 7% of international applicants held offers.
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