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UCAS CODE: M114

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  • Qualification

    Bachelor of Law (with Honours) - LLB (Hons)

  • Location

    Central area campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    08-SEP-25

  • Duration

    4 Years

Course summary

The LLB at Edinburgh is designed to prepare you for a career as a lawyer in Scotland, providing the ideal foundation for further professional study. In accordance with the requirements of the Law Society of Scotland and the Faculty of Advocates, we will ensure you gain the legal skills and knowledge needed for a future as either a solicitor, or as an advocate, in the Scottish legal profession.


Non-legal career opportunities

The LLB is not only a gateway to practising law. Many of our graduates choose not to practise law. They find the LLB to be an excellent grounding for many other careers in areas such as: financial services politics journalism public policy government work


Learning outcomes

Our LLB programme will provide you with a range of useful skills in logic and rhetoric, which you can apply to other academic and professional fields. This programme aims to promote advanced knowledge and understanding of the theory, concepts and rules of law in their socioeconomic, institutional, and historical frameworks.While the programme is grounded in Scots law and the Scots legal system, you will also learn the law and legal systems in: the other parts of the United Kingdom the European Union the wider world

Application deadline

29 January

Tuition fees

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£ 28,000per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

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A level : A*AA

A*AA. Required subjects: A levels: English Literature, English Language or combined English at B. English Language and English Literature GCSE, both at A or 7, are accepted in place of A Level English.

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University information

University of Edinburgh

  • University League Table

    15th

  • Campus address

    University of Edinburgh, The University of Edinburgh, Old College, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City Of, EH8 9YL, Scotland

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    9th out of 109 5

  • Entry standards

    / Max 221
    218 99%

    2nd

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    89.0 89%

    6th

    17
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.94 73%

    83rd

    14

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