LLB (Hons) Law

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AS/A-level: 

• Typical tariff or grades required: A*AA (GCE A-level).
• Additional information: GCE AS-level acceptable only when combined with other qualifications.
• Excluded subjects: General studies, critical thinking.

International Baccalaureate:

• Subjects and grades: Minimum of 37 points overall with combined total of 18 points from three higher level subjects.
• Please note that this is under review for 2014 entry. We hope to have an update shortly. If in the meantime you have any questions, please contact the admissions team. 

Vocational and other qualifications:

• The College accepts a wide range of qualifications such as Access and Foundation programmes, vocational awards, Irish Leaving Certificate, Scottish Highers and other Baccalaureates.
• Admission is based on academic merit and on the proven ability of the applicant to achieve success on their chosen programme of study. Every application to Queen Mary is considered on its individual merits with personal statement and reference taken into consideration.
• Irish Leaving Certificate: AAAAAB
• Scottish Advanced Highers: AAB
• Cambridge Pre-U: D2, D3, D3 (combinations with A levels will also be considered, please contact us for more information)
• International Baccalaureate: 6, 6, 6
  Minimum 36 points overall and at least 6, 6, 6 at Higher Level.
• European Baccalaureate: 80-85%
  Subjects and grades required: Minimum of 80 - 85%

Access qualifications

• We will hold all UCAS applications until January before drawing up a shortlist based on the information in the UCAS form about your pre-Access experience, academic record, personal statement and academic reference. In February/March we shortlist candidates and may request an updated academic reference. A shortlisted candidate may be invited for interview and/or further assessment. An applicant will generally be required to obtain 60 credits as a minimum, and obtain at least 45 level 3 credits at Distinction (the Department may also specify level 3 subjects in which we require a Distinction).

European qualifications

• We accept a wide range of EU qualifications.See the undergraduate law international pages for more information.

International qualificatio​ns

• We accept a wide range of International qualifications.

Foundation Courses

• We do consider students from a wide range of foundation courses, however, please be aware that entry is highly competitive and the entry target for successful applicants would be around 75-80% overall.
• BTEC National Certificate (12 units): D*D
  Acceptable only when combined with other qualifications.
• BTEC National Diploma (18 units): D*D*D
  Certificate of Legal Method: Distinction

Year 1

• Public Law
• Elements of Contract Law
• Land Law
• Criminal Law

Year 2

• Law of the European Union (half-module)
• Administrative Law (half-module)
• Tort Law
• Equity and Trusts

Plus one full or two half-modules from the list below.

Year 3

• Jurisprudence and Legal Theory
• Plus three modules or a combination of full / half modules totalling three.

Module options include:

• Commercial and Consumer Law (final year only)
• Company Law (final year only)
• Comparative Law: Asian and African Legal Systems
• Comparative European Law
• Criminology (also available as a half module)
• Dissertation
• Cultural Diversity and the Law
• Family Law
• Intellectual Property
• International Commercial Transactions
• International Environmental Law
• International Human Rights
• Labour Law
• Law and Medical Ethics (final year only)
• Law of Evidence
• Law, Modernity and the Holocaust
• Media Law (final year only)
• Modern Legal History
• Public International Law
• Revenue Law
• United Kingdom Human Rights Law
• Use of Force in International Law

Half modules include:

• Comparative European Law: European Legal Systems
• Comparative Law: European Integration
• Democracy and Justice
• Law and Literature: The Foundations of Law
• Law and Literature: Justice in Crisis
• Law, Justice and Ethics