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Bachelor of Law (with Honours) - LLB (Hons)
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15-SEP-25
4 Years
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Bachelor of Law (with Honours) - LLB (Hons)
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Full time
15-SEP-25
4 Years
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Law with options in Business Management at Aberdeen gives you all the benefits of our trademark quality at Aberdeen Law School –
ranked 5th in the UK for Overall Student Satisfaction (National Student Survey 2022) – with the added advantage of skills in business and management, widening your already-bright career prospects still further.Law at Aberdeen looks at the historical, social, political and economic forces that influence our legal systems and govern our societies. You will learn to think like a lawyer rather than just 'learn' law. A major factor in our quality is the calibre and enthusiasm of our staff, testing your mental agility with complex, realistic legal scenarios as you get to grips with criminal, public and private law, legal systems, contracts, human rights and explore family law, the law of property and legal aspects of the EU.You will also add courses including managing organisations, managing customers and markets, the context of business and the legal aspects of organisations and insolvency – gaining useful specialist knowledge of the law as it applies to the world of organisations, management and business.
Study at a top UK University for Business and Management (11th) in the most recent major league tables (The Complete University Guide 2021).You will also have lots of opportunity to hone your developing legal skills in student-led initiatives such as mock legal debating, our highly active Law Society, the students’ journal in which your work may be published and our community law clinic – the Aberdeen Law Project.Should you choose to practise law, you will have a wide variety of career options within legal professions. However, more than a third of Aberdeen law graduates now choose to use their law degree as a passport for entry into a wide range of careers including the business world for which you will be ideally prepared, media, finance and banking, teaching, governmental bodies and departments and the police force.
Students wishing to transfer from another University, into the LLB degree at Aberdeen must submit an application to UCAS by the equal consideration deadline date. The University of Aberdeen will only consider transfer requests into year 1 or year 2 of the LLB. Students cannot transfer into the 2-year LLB Accelerated degree.
Graduates wishing to apply for an LLBmust apply for the 2-year LLB Accelerated degree –
Law Accelerated (M115)or
Law with English Law Accelerated (M116). Tuition fees for the Accelerated programmes are at a separate rate. In the event that a Graduate undertakes a 4-year or 5-year LLB degree, please note that tuition fees are charged each year of study at the same rate as those set for the Accelerated programme.
Exam type
A levelA level:
AAB Grades / Points required
Scottish Higher:
AAAA Grades / Points required
Scottish Advanced Higher:
AAB Grades / Points required
Foundation Apprenticeship (SCQF Level 6):
Pass Grades / Points required
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:
34 Grades / Points required
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017):
H2,H2,H2,H2,H2 Grades / Points required
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):
DDM Grades / Points required
Scottish HND:
Pass Grades / Points required
AAB obtained in a single sitting of A Levels. English is highly desirable.GCSE in English or English Language required.
Applicants who have achieved AAAA or AAABB or better are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Good performance in additional Highers / Advanced may be required. Nat 5 English at C or better is required. Higher English is highly desirable. Higher ESOL is also recognised in lieu of Higher English where the mother tongue is not English.Note: we do not double count a Higher and Advanced Higher in the same subject, but we do consider that a B at Adv Higher is equivalent to an A grade at Higher.
Higher English is highly desirable. Higher ESOL is also recognised in lieu of Higher English where the mother tongue is not English.Where a combination of Higher and Advanced Higher is offered, individual subjects are counted at one level only.
One FA is equivalent to a Higher at A. It cannot replace any required subjects.
An average of 5 points required from each subject at Higher Level. English at H Level is highly desirable. Standard level English required.
5 subjects at H2 obtained in a single sitting. Higher English is highly desirable.
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
For entry to Year 1: Satisfactory completion of HND Legal Services (240 SCQF credit points) may be considered. B in Graded Unit 1; A in Graded Unit 2; and A in Graded Unit 3.
Students living in
England
£9,250 per year
Students from England
This is the fee you pay if you live within England. Please note, this fee has been confirmed.
£1,820 per year
Students from Scotland
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£9,250 per year
Students from Wales
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£9,250 per year
Students from Northern Ireland
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£9,250 per year
Students from Channel Islands
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£20,800 per year
Students from EU
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£20,800 per year
Students from International
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