Undergraduate Degrees in Law
This page supplements the pages of the Student Recruitment and Admissions Service and the University Undergraduate Prospectus, with further information on law study at the School of Law. Undergraduates are admitted in the first instance to the Degree of LLB. In their second year undergraduates may apply for admission to the Degree of LLB with Honours. Undergraduates studying for either degree may attend courses in other disciplines and receive a Combined LLB Degree. Undergraduates may also earn some of their law credits abroad through one of the Foreign Study Programmes. As an alternative to the above, both graduates and non-degree holders may pursue an LLB by part-time study.
Degree of LLB
The LLB requires three years to complete, during which students must give a satisfactory performance in a broad selection of law subjects. The LLB curriculum does not assume that a student necessarily wishes to enter the legal profession. Students are nevertheless given the opportunity to include in their course of study those courses which will give full exemption from the professional examinations of the Law Society of Scotland and the Faculty of Advocates.
Degree of LLB with Honours
In the latter part of the second year of their LLB, students decide whether they wish to apply for the four-year degree of LLB with Honours. Admission is on the basis of academic performance. Students take six Honours subjects, studied over two years. Also, each student is required to prepare a dissertation of approximately 10,000 words. The selection of courses available in any given year is set out in the Honours Prospectus.
Combined LLB Degrees
Law students who wish to do so may study subjects outwith the law curriculum and receive a special LLB or LLB (Honours). A law degree may be combined with language study or with any number of other subjects: see the university calendar for details
- LLB or LLB (Honours) with Options in French Language
- LLB or LLB (Honours) with Options in German Language
- LLB or LLB (Honours) with Options in Spanish Language
- Law with Options in Gaelic Language
- LLB or LLB (Honours) with Options in Accountancy
- LLB or LLB (Honours) with Options in Economics
- LLB or LLB (Honours) with Options in Management Studies
- LLB or LLB (Honours) with Options in Music
A law degree may also be combined with the study of the law of another country:
- LLB or LLB (Honours) and French Law
- LLB or LLB (Honours) and German Law
- LLB or LLB (Honours) and Belgian Law
- LLB or LLB (Honours) and Spanish Law
Students who take an option in foreign law spend their third year studying abroad. To be considered for the year abroad (and thus to receive the combined degree) students must show satisfactory academic results in their first and second year.
Foreign Study Programmes
Students enrolled in a degree programme which includes the law of a foreign jurisdiction (see immediately above) will ordinarily spend a year in Europe as part of the Erasmus Exchange Programme. There are further opportunities for studying abroad through the SOCRATES programme. Also, the School of Law has reciprocal agreements with the University of Stellenbosch and the University of Cape Town, under which students from Aberdeen trade places with students in South Africa.
Accelerated two-year LLB for Graduates
The Law School places available for well qualified graduates seeking admission to the two year LLB programme. For further information, see the following link:
LLB by Part-Time Study
An LLB may be awarded by part-time study over five years. The programme is available to both graduates and non-degree holders. For further information see
Further Information
For further information, you may consult the University admissions pages and the catalogue of law courses. You may also wish to consult the UCAS Home Page. Enquiries should be directed to:
The Student Recruitment Office
Regent Walk
Aberdeen
AB24 3FX
Email: srs@admin.abdn.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 1224 27 2090
Fax: +44 (0) 1224 272576
