Laws LLB

London School of Economics and Political Science · honours · 4 years · optional year abroad · UCAS 9903course page ↗

A*AA at A level; graduates earn a median £40,000 three years on.

Typical A level offer
A*AA

92% of entrants came with A levels · 98% stay on after year 1 · LSE course page, Discover Uni

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

A*AAtypical A level offer

Typical offer — the grades most applicants are asked for. A contextual offer can be lower for applicants from under-represented backgrounds; none is published for this course.

LSE course page, read 19 September 2026 · Discover Uni entry profile

Who actually got in: 92% with A levels, 2% with the IB, 1% via Access courses. 43% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 170 entrants.

UCAS tariff points — a points scale for grades: A* = 56, A = 48, so A*A*A = 160. Entrants’ totals include extra subjects.

Other qualifications1
QualificationTypical offerRequired subjects
IB39 points766 in higher level subjects
Years 1–4

What do you study?

8compulsory modules in year 1

Module — one course unit, usually a term or a year long; “core” means everyone takes it. One UK credit is about ten hours of study; a full year is 120 credits.

LSE course page · optional modules vary by year

Year 1 · 8 core · 135 credits ≈ 1,350 hours
Year 2 · 2 core · 30 credits ≈ 300 hours
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£40,000median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£30k
Median£40k
Upper quarter£60k

Median — the middle earner: half earned more, half less. Pay is for graduates of this subject at this university who finished in 2016-18, not adjusted for inflation; based on 115 graduates.

Discover Uni dataset (HESA and Office for Students, CC BY 4.0, contains HESA data); earnings from the Longitudinal Education Outcomes data (Department for Education) · aggregation level 24, 14, 23

Half of graduates earned between £30,000 and £59,500. Five years on, the median is £62,500. 90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 79% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 12% left98%160
In work or study, 15 months on24% studying90%90
Professional or managerial job79%55
Pay 15 months on, median£34,00035
Pay 3 years on, median£40,000115
Pay 5 years on, median£62,500120
Money

What does it cost?

£10,050a year for UK students, 2027/28 entry

Tuition fee loan — paid straight to the university; repayments start the April after you leave, at 9% of income above the threshold. UK fees are capped by government and rise with inflation; placement and study-abroad years are usually charged at a lower rate.

LSE fees page · source

About £40,200 in fees over 4 years, covered by a tuition fee loan you repay only when earning above the threshold. International students: £37,500 a year (2027/28).

National Student Survey 2025-26

What do students say?

75%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 53% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 80 students answered

Highest: 96% agreed on question 1; lowest: 41% on question 24.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 196%
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Question 1180%
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Question 2574%
Question 2675%

Question texts are published by the Office for Students; the dataset carries only the question numbers.

Modules, entry requirements and fees are facts read from London School of Economics and Political Science’s course page on 2026-09-19 and may change; the university’s page is authoritative. Descriptions are not reproduced. Outcome figures are from the Discover Uni dataset. London School of Economics and Political Science is a trade mark of the university; sch.today is independent of it.