2024 entry (view 2023 entry)
LLB Law (M100)
Course overview
Typical offer
A-level standard offer: A*AA
A-level contextual offer: AAB
See entry requirements for full details and eligibility.
Course duration
3 year(s) full-time
Part-time study is not available for this course
Application method
Full-time: UCAS
Fees
£9,250 per year, home students
£22,200 per year, international students
Fees quoted are for 2023 entry only. Fees for 2024 will be confirmed, subject to government approval, later in 2023.
More about tuition fees, living costs and financial support.
Location
Law facilitates and constrains every aspect of our lives. This degree will give you both the foundations of legal knowledge and an opportunity to explore the most challenging legal questions facing today's global society.
Our intellectually demanding, research-rich curriculum will spark your passion for a subject that opens doors to top-flight careers in both law and non-law sectors, with an exciting range of optional units to choose from that reflect the expertise of our globally-renowned academics.
You will have unique opportunities to put theory into practice via an embedded law clinic and growing opportunities for work on real-life cases. A strong academic experience, combined with vocational development, makes our students highly sought after by employers.
Our ambition is for you to graduate equipped for any future career with a rich, ethically grounded appreciation of law in business and society, and an ability to demonstrate excellent legal, analytical and reasoning skills.
For information about the routes to qualification for solicitors and barristers, visit the Solicitors Regulation Authority or the Bar Standards Board.
Course structure
First-year units are designed to help you start to think, write, reason and argue like a lawyer, while developing key skills in research and analysis. Our Law in Action unit provides an exciting introduction to essential knowledge and skills needed for effective study of law at university.
As you progress, our second- and third-year units provide increased flexibility to focus on what interests you most. Our wide range of specialist units span banking and finance, international and commercial law, criminology, IT, environmental, health and human rights law. Our third-year Clinical Legal Studies option embeds real-life experience into the curriculum.
Your final-year research project or dissertation will illustrate your ability to undertake legal or social-legal research and critically engage your chosen topic area.
Full details about the course structure and units for this course can be viewed in the programme catalogue.
Go to programme catalogueEntry requirements
We accept a wide variety of qualifications and welcome applications from students of all backgrounds. Below is a guide to the typical offers for this course.
A-level standard offer
A*AA
BTEC
D*DD in any Applied General BTEC National Level 3 Extended Diploma
Find out more about our BTEC entry requirementsInternational Baccalaureate Diploma
38 points overall with 18 at Higher Level
International Baccalaureate Diploma contextual offer
34 points overall with 17 at Higher Level
Find out if you are eligible for a contextual offerEuropean Baccalaureate
88% overall
Scottish Qualifications Authority
Advanced Higher: AA, and Standard Higher: AAAAA
Access to HE Diploma
Access to HE Diploma in Humanities, Social Sciences, Law or History (or similar titles). The 45 graded Level 3 credits must include at least 30 credits at Distinction and 15 at Merit or above.
Mature students can contact mature-students@bristol.ac.uk to check the suitability of their Access course.
Welsh Baccalaureate
Requirements are as for A-levels, where you can substitute a non-subject specific grade for the Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate at that grade.
Cambridge Pre-U
Requirements for principal subjects are as for A-level, where D1/D2 is A*, D3 is A, M1/M2 is B, and M3 is C.
International qualifications
The University of Bristol welcomes applications from international students, and we accept a wide range of qualifications for undergraduate and postgraduate study.
Search international qualificationsApplicants must also meet these requirements
GCSE profile requirements
No specific subjects required.
Further information about GCSE requirements and profile levels.
English language requirements
If English is not your first language, you need to have one of the following:
- 7.0 overall with 7.0 in writing and 6.5 in all other skills
- GCSE English Language grade B or 6
- An alternative English Language Profile B qualification
Further information about English language requirements and profile levels
Additional requirements
LNAT, the National Admissions Test for Law, is required. See our LNAT webpage for details.
More about UK qualifications.
Selection process
- We select successful applicants based on the UCAS application and the LNAT.
- Full information about our selection processes for this course:
- The admissions statement above relates to 2023 entry. The statement for 2024 entry will be available in summer 2023.
- Regulations and codes of conduct we abide by to create a positive environment for learning and achievement:
