FAQs

The University holds Open Days in June/July and in September.  

Applicants who are offered a place at the School of Law will be invited to attend a UCAS Visit Day held in February and March each year.

There is also the opportunity to visit the University on one of our Campus Tour Days which are held on a Wednesday at various times throughout the year.  For more information about about Campus Tour Days email: Law Undergraduate Enquiries 

Prospective students who have a particular matter that they wish to discuss with a member of the Admissions Office staff may make an appointment to do so by contacting Sue Rogerson.  In the case of overseas students who are visiting this country they may also wish to contact the University’s International Office.

There is a fixed quota of places allocated by the University for the first year entry of Home/E.U. based students.   Currently 173 places are available on the LLB/BA Law degree courses and 6 places each on the BA Law with French and French Law, BA Law with German and German Law and BA Law with Spanish and Spanish Law courses.   There is no fixed quota for the admission of overseas based students but there is a current target for the admission of 60 international students onto the first year courses.

We accept entry only to the first year of our courses.

• M100 - LLB and BA Law. One code covers both courses. Students do not choose their course until it begins in September. 
• M101 - LLB Senior Status Law 
• M1R1 - Law with French and French Law 
• M1R2 - Law with German and German Law 
• M1R4 - Law with Spanish and Spanish Law

The Institution Code is N84.

The LLB degree usually consists entirely of law subjects taken over 3, or 4, years of the course.  (A limited amount of non-law subjects may be taken in the second and final years of the course.)

The BA Law degree is a mixed degree in which law subjects are studied in conjunction with other non-law subjects.  But it is essentially still a law degree because at least two-thirds of the subjects must be law subjects.   There is no restriction on the non-law subjects that may be selected, but timetable requirements will often mean that subjects should be chosen from the Faculty of Social Sciences.

• LLB/BA Law: No specific subjects required. Arts, Humanities, Mathematics and Science subjects are regarded as equally acceptable
• Law with French and French Law: A-level French (or equivalent)
• Law with German and German Law: A-level German (or equivalent)
• Law with Spanish and Spanish Law: A-Level Spanish (or equivalent)

The School accepts all A-Levels apart from General Studies and Critical Thinking. The School does not distinguish between 'traditional' and 'non-traditional' A-Levels in terms of their general acceptability.  We do not want to discourage those who wish to follow a non-traditional interest at A-Level from doing so. However, law is a highly academic discipline and so our policy is that at least two of the three A-Levels upon which the typical standard offer of A*AA will be based must be 'traditional', which means for these purposes A-Levels with a very high academic content.

A-Levels we judge to be 'non-traditional' in this sense include the following:

• Art
• Art and Design
• Business Studies
• Computer and Information Technology
• Dance
• Media and Communication Studies
• Sport and Physical Education Studies
• Drama and Theatre Studies

Candidates who apply presenting more than one of these subjects (if doing three A-Levels) or two (if doing four A-Levels) will not be made an offer.

BTEC and VCE A-levels have been developed as a vocational qualification equivalent to GCE A-level.

However, the law degree courses are highly academic courses where the emphasis and approach is more academic than practical or vocational.  Vocational qualifications will not, therefore, be regarded as appropriate.

Although General Studies and Critical Thinking A-levels will not be included in any conditional offer, the attainment of a high grade in either may be taken into account in a borderline case in the August review of results.  Critical Thinking, taken at AS level, may be an advantage to students who are subsequently required to take LNAT.

We are willing to consider candidates who are offering both Maths and Further Maths. However, we would point out that for people intending to study and to practise law a wide range of knowledge and training is probably an advantage.