Applicants within mainland China

Applicants outside mainland China

Application fee

The completed application form, together with all supporting material and the non-refundable application fee of 450 rmb (mainland china applicants) or ￡30 (all other applicants) should reach the appropriate address no later than 30 May 2008. The application fee must be received in order for the application to be processed. Applications received along with the application fee after this date will only be considered if places are still available.

For applicants outside mainland China, the completed application form and the application fee should be returned to:

LSE-PKU Summer School
Summer School Office, (Tower 1, U901)
London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE

email: lse-pku.programme@lse.ac.uk

For applicants applying from within mainland China, the completed application form together with the application fee should be returned to:

Mr Li Jing
LSE-PKU Summer School Programme
International Students Division
Building No. 3 Shaoyuan, Peking University,
Beijing 100871, China
Email: pkulse@pku.edu.cn

Tuition fee

There is a 10% discount on tuition fees for students who apply by Monday 31 March. All LSE students receive a 10% discount (however discounts are not cumulative and students will only receive a maximum of 10 % at any one time). Once accepted onto the programme a tuition fee invoice and payment form will be sent to applicants. The full tuition fee is payable once the formal offer has been made. Deadline for payment is 30 June 2008.

Applicants applying from within China may pay the application fee to Peking University through the Post Office.

Applicants applying from outside China should pay the application fee to LSE.

LSE payment can be made by any of the following methods:

==Credit card (Visa, MasterCard and Switch) The LSE does not accept American Express
         for Application Fees please click here
         for tuition fees (you need to have the customer number on your offer letter) please click here

==UK Sterling Cheque made payable to 'London School of Economics' or 'LSE'
==UK Sterling Banker's draft made payable to 'London School of Economics or 'LSE'

Cheques and banker's drafts can only be accepted if drawn in sterling and on a UK bank

Please note that LSE can only receive payments and make refunds in UK sterling.

Change of application and refund policy

Please tell us as soon as possible if there are any changes to your application. Changes include switch to another course, withdrawal from the LSE-PKU Summer School or delaying attendance to the next year. You may email us via lse-pku.programme@lse.ac.uk at the LSE or + 86 (0)10 62757362 pkulse@pku.edu.cn at PKU.

If you wish to withdraw from the programme the following refund policy will be applied

If you wish to withdraw from the programme you should notify the LSE-PKU Summer School office where you originally applied. Notification of withdrawal received on Saturday, Sunday or a statutory holiday will be deemed to have been received the next working day.

The application fee is non-refundable.

We regret that we are unable to refund flights and accommodation,

All refunds will be processed after the completion of the LSE-PKU Summer School and will be made by Visa, MasterCard and Switch; or UK Sterling Cheque; or UK Sterling Banker’s Draft, depending on the original form of payment.

All refunds will be made in UK Sterling. The LSE cannot refund any shortfalls due to exchange rate fluctuations, or offer compensation for any bank or other charges incurred.

LSE is unable to refund all or part of the tuition fee in case of withdrawal due to illness during the programme. Students are advised to take out appropriate insurance to cover this eventuality.

For the refund policy at PKU please contact

LSE-PKU Summer School Office
Office of International Relations (OIR)
Peking University (PKU)
Beijing 100871
China

Tel: + 86 10 62757362
Fax: + 86 10 62759754
Email: pkulse@pku.edu.cn
www.oir.pku.edu.cn