Course structure

Core Modules

You’ll take all mandatory modules required if you were doing a three-year LLB Law degree:

Constitutions establish and control the powers of the state and regulate the relationship between the state and its citizens. This module examines the UK’s uncodified constitution, primarily considering the main characteristics of the British system of government, including the division of powers between the legislature, executive, and judiciary and between Westminster and the devolved regions; key constitutional concepts and their associated challenges, including Parliamentary sovereignty, conventions, the rule of law, and human rights protection before and after the Human Rights Act 1998; and how administrative law, particularly judicial review, controls the actions of the government and public authorities.
Contracts form the legal basis of commercial transactions. This module examines the legalities regarding the formation of contracts, the capacity to contract and the performance of legal obligations as well as remedies for breach of contract. In particular, you will examine the following areas: introduction to contract; invitation to treat; offer and acceptance; consideration; Promissory Estoppel; intentions to create legal relations; implied terms; express terms; exemption clauses; unfair contract terms; mistakes; types of misrepresentation; misrepresentation and remedies; duress; undue influence; frustration and force majeure; breach of contract and remedies; and third-party rights.
In this module you will develop an understanding of the general nature of criminal law and learn how to apply the general principles of criminal liability, including the liability of accomplices. You will look at the elements of an offence and the various requirements for actus reus and mens rea, considering how they apply to various offences against the person or property. You will examine selected principal offences against the person, including fatal and non-fatal offences involving physical violence such as assaults and those involving sexual violence. You will also asses selected principal property offences, including theft, burglary, robbery and deception, and the inchoate offences and the liability of accomplices.
This module serves as an intensive introduction to the fundamentals of the legal system and legal study. It explores elements of the historical, philosophical and social context of the English Legal Systems, including issues of law, morality and justice. Additionally, various sources of law, including at national and international level, and through treaties, statute and case law will also be studied.
This module focuses on employability by involving students in practical skills sessions such as mooting, client interviewing, and negotiation. It is designed to develop core professional competencies that are required by the legal and non-legal professions.
This module examines the various types of interests which can exist in land, including the rights and duties under these interests, how they can be protected against third parties acquiring other interests in the land, and how they can be transferred. In particular, you will examine fundamental concepts; contracts relating to land; adverse possession; leases and licences; mortgages; co-ownership and the family home; freehold covenants; easements; and protection of interests in land (both registered and unregistered).
This module provides you with an introduction to the law of tort, focusing on general principles of tort liability in the law governing reputation and misuse of private information, negligence, intentional interference with the person and the law of nuisance. Specifically, you will develop an understanding in the following areas: the function and purpose of the law of tort; an introduction to the law of negligence and its importance in the law of tort; an examination of the duty of care and its breach including how is it manifests in specific torts such as employers liability, vicarious liability, occupiers liability, economic loss and psychiatric injury; an examination of the remaining aspects of negligence such as causation and remoteness; general defences; defamation and misuse of private information; trespass to the person including harassment; and finally, interference with property rights and enjoyment in the form of nuisance and the rule in Rylands v Fletcher.
This module examines the role of the European Union (EU) in the free movement of peoples, goods, services and capital. You will explore the legal enforcement of treaties on which the Union is based, with a consideration of both national and international systems. You will examine these treaties and the various EU institutions created under them (and incorporated into domestic law), examining their legal and policy-making powers. In particular, you will look at the laws and functions of the EU Institutions including the European Commission, the European Parliament, the European Council and the Court of Justice of the EU, and explore how free movement works across national borders and how the law of the EU is enforced.
In this module you will examine equity and its relationship with the common law. You will explore the concept of a trust and the laws associated with governing the creation and administration of trusts. You will explore the development of equity historically and explain how purpose trusts operate. You will look at how charitable trusts are created and consider the duties of trustees. You will consider the nature and scope of fiduciary obligations and consider when those obligations might be breached and the consequences of such. You will also consider particular types of trusts, including secret trusts, resulting and constructive trusts.

All modules are core

Teaching & assessment

Teaching and learning will be through a mix of formal lectures, seminar discussions and verbal presentations as well as guided independent research, guided independent study, coursework essays, and a dissertation. A variety of assessments are used and include verbal presentations and essays after which you’ll be provided with detailed comments. The combination of quality and range of assessments helps students to develop a wide range of skills and learning.

Entry requirements

A Levels: AAB-ABB

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Other UK and Ireland Qualifications

International & EU requirements

HL 665 (without Diploma) or 34 overall (with Diploma)

EUROPEAN BACCALAUREATE 80%

If you have completed Secondary or High School in this country then you will need to take our one year International Foundation Year , or the equivalent from another institution, before beginning your undergraduate studies.

Year 12 High School Certificates: ATAR: 90, Queensland OP: 4

Reifezeugnis/Maturazeugnis: 1.5

If you have completed Secondary or High School in this country then you will need to take our one year International Foundation Year , or the equivalent from another institution, before beginning your undergraduate studies.

Bachelor degree studied for 2 years or less than 3: GPA of 3.25

Certificate D Enseignement Secondaire Superieur (CESS) (score out of 10) or Diploma van Hoger Secundair Onderwijs (score out of 20): 8/10 or 17/20 or 70%

Secondary School Leaving Diploma: 4/5

Diploma za Sredno Obrazovanie 5.6

Year 12 High School Graduation Diploma: 86%

National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) (Gaokao): 75%

Svjedodzba o Maturi: Overall grade of 5

Apolytirion of Lykeion: Average of 18.5 in Apolytirion

Maturitni Zkouska / Maturita: 1.8

Bevis for Studentereksamen or Hojere Forberedelseseksamen (HF) or Hojere Handelseksamen (HHX) / Hojere Teknisk Eksamen (HTX): Average grade of 10

Certificate of Nile Secondary Education (CNISE) Level 3: AAB

Gumnaasium Ioputunnistus (Secondary School Certificate) with Riigieksammid (state exams): 4.5 in Gumnaasium Ioputunnistus and 80% in Riigieksamid

Ylioppilastutkinto / studentexamen: EMMM

Baccalaureat / International Option Baccalaureate (OIB): 13/20

Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife / Abitur: 1.5

If you have completed Secondary or High School in this country then you will need to take our one year International Foundation Year , or the equivalent from another institution, before beginning your undergraduate studies.

Apolytirion of Lykeion: Average of 18.5 in Apolytirion

Achieve grades 5,5,4 overall in your Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education with a grade 5 in any A-level subject specified above

Achieve a grade of 4.7 overall in your Erettsegi / Matura with a grade 5 in any A-level subject specified above

Achieve a grade of 8.5/10 overall in your Studentsprofwith a grade 9 in any A-level subject specified above

Achieve a grade of 80% overall in your Higher Secondary School Certificate with 80% in any A-level subject specified above

If you have completed Secondary or High School in this country then you will need to take our one year International Foundation Year , or the equivalent from another institution, before beginning your undergraduate studies.

Achieve a grade of 16/20 or 80% overall in your National Entrance Examination (Konkur) with a grade 16 or 80% in any A-level subject specified above

If you have completed Secondary or High School in this country then you will need to take our one year International Foundation Year , or the equivalent from another institution, before beginning your undergraduate studies.

Achieve a grade of 8/10 overall in your Bagrut with a grade 8 in any A-level subject specified above

Achieve a grade of 90 overall in your Esame di Stato with a grade 18/20, 14/15 or 9/10 in any A-level subject specified above

If you have completed Secondary or High School in this country then you will need to take our one year International Foundation Year , or the equivalent from another institution, before beginning your undergraduate studies.

Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools (NIS) Grade 12 Certificate: ABB

If you have completed Secondary or High School in this country then you will need to take our one year International Foundation Year , or the equivalent from another institution, before beginning your undergraduate studies.

Achieve a grade of 4 overall in your Diplome per Kryerjen e Shkolles se Mesme te Larte with a grade 5 in any A-level subject specified above

If you have completed Secondary or High School in this country then you will need to take our one year International Foundation Year , or the equivalent from another institution, before beginning your undergraduate studies.

Achieve a grade of 9.0 overall in your Atestats par visparejo videjo izglitibu with a grade 9.5 in any A-level subject specified above

If you have completed Secondary or High School in this country then you will need to take our one year International Foundation Year , or the equivalent from another institution, before beginning your undergraduate studies.

Achieve a grade of 5/6 overall in your Matura with a grade 5 in any A-level subject specified above

Achieve a grade of 9.0 overall in your Brandos Atestatas with a 9/90% in any A-level subject specified above and at least 85% in three state exams

Achieve a grade of 44 overall in your Diplome de Fin d'Etudes Secondaires with 48 in any A-level subject specified above

Achieve grades AAB in your Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia with a grade A in any A-level subject specified above

Achieve grades AAB in your Advanced Matriculation with grade A in any A-level subject specified above

Achieve AAB in the Cambridge Overseas Higher School Certificate/General Certificate of Education Advanced Level with grade A in any A-level subject specified above.

Achieve AAB in the Cambridge Overseas Higher School Certificate (COHSC) with grade A in any A-level subject specified above.

Achieve a grade of 8 overall in your Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs (VWO) with a grade 7 in any A-level subject specified above

Achieve a grade of Excellence overall from three subjects in your NCEA level 3 with a grade of Excellence in any A-level subject specified above

If you have completed Secondary or High School in this country then you will need to take our one year International Foundation Year , or the equivalent from another institution, before beginning your undergraduate studies.

Achieve a grade of 4.8 overall in your Matura with a grade 5 in any A-level subject specified above

Achieve a grade of 75% overall from the final two years of your Devlet Lise Diplomasi or Lise Bitirme Diplomasi with a grade.

Achieve a grade of 4 plus 5 in at least one related subject overall in your VVO with a grade 5 in any A-level subject specified above

If you have completed Secondary or High School in this country then you will need to take our one year International Foundation Year , or the equivalent from another institution, before beginning your undergraduate studies.

Achieve a grade of 75% overall in your Matura including 75% in three extended level subjects with a grade of 80% in any A-level subject specified above

Achieve a grade of 17 overall in your Certificado de fim de Estudos Secundarios with grades 18,18,17 in 3 year 11 or 12 exams with 18 in any A-level subject specified above

If you have completed Secondary or High School in this country then you will need to take our one year International Foundation Year , or the equivalent from another institution, before beginning your undergraduate studies.

Achieve a grade of 8 overall in your Diploma de Bacalaureat with a 9 in any A-level subject specified above

If you have completed Secondary or High School in this country then you will need to take our one year International Foundation Year , or the equivalent from another institution, before beginning your undergraduate studies.

Achieve a grade of 4.5 overall in your Secondary School Leaving Diploma with a grade 4 in any A-level subject specified above

Achieve a GPA of 3.0 overall in your Singapore Polytechnic Diploma with a GPA of 3.5 in any A-level subject specified above

Achieve a grade of 1.5 overall in your Maturita with a grade 1.5 in any A-level subject specified above

Achieve a grade of 4 overall in your Matura with a grade 5 in any A-level subject specified above

Achieve grades 66655 in at least 6 subjects overall in your National Senior Certificate (state board) or 65555 (IEB board)

If you have completed Secondary or High School in this country then you will need to take our one year International Foundation Year , or the equivalent from another institution, before beginning your undergraduate studies.

Achieve a grade of 8 overall in your Titulo de Bachillerato with a grade 8 in any subject specified above

If you have completed Secondary or High School in this country then you will need to take our one year International Foundation Year , or the equivalent from another institution, before beginning your undergraduate studies.

Achieve a grade of AAB overall in the Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education (CSEE) with a grade A in any subject specified above.

If you have completed Secondary or High School in this country then you will need to take our one year International Foundation Year , or the equivalent from another institution, before beginning your undergraduate studies.

Achieve a grade of 75% overall from the final two years of your Devlet Lise Diplomasi or Lise Bitirme Diplomasi with a grade of 70% in any subject specified above

Achieve AAB in the Ugandan Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) with a grade A in any subject specified above.

If you have completed Secondary or High School in this country then you will need to take our one year International Foundation Year , or the equivalent from another institution, before beginning your undergraduate studies.

Achieve a grade of 4 in at least two relevant AP Examinations; or a composite score of 26 in the ACT Examinations (including the ACT writing test) with an AP grade 4 or College Class B in any A-level subject specified above; or SAT 1100 with an AP grade 4 or College Class B in any A-Level subject specified above.) Please note AP Calculus BC required for Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, or a relevant college class.

Achieve a grade of 18.5 or B overall in your Avgangsbetyg / Fullstandigt Slutbetyg fran Gymnasieskolan with a grade A in any subject specific above

If you have completed Secondary or High School in this country then you will need to take our one year International Foundation Year , or the equivalent from another institution, before beginning your undergraduate studies.

Achieve a grade of 112 overall at the two unit level in your Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination with a grade 1 in any subject specified above.

English language requirements

All teaching at Royal Holloway (apart from some language courses) is in English. You will therefore need to have good enough written and spoken English to cope with your studies right from the start.

The scores we require

IELTS: 6.5 overall with 6 in Writing and minimum of 5.5 in each subscore
Pearson Test of English: 67 with 61 in writing (no other subscore lower than 54)
Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE): ISE IV.
Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) grade C.
TOEFL iBT: 88 overall, with Reading 18 Listening 17 Speaking 20 Writing 19
Duolingo: 120 overall, 115 in Literacy, 115 in Production and no sub-score below 100.

Country-specific requirements

For more information about country-specific entry requirements for your country please visit here.

Undergraduate preparation programme

For international students who do not meet the direct entry requirements, for this undergraduate degree, the Royal Holloway International Study Centre offers an International Foundation Year programme designed to develop your academic and English language skills.

Upon successful completion, you can progress to this degree at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Your future career

The LLB from Royal Holloway opens doors to a vast range of careers. While many graduates become Solicitors or Barristers, the developed skills in analysis, negotiation, and research are highly sought after by employers in business, finance, politics, and the civil service.

Fees, funding & scholarships

Home (UK) students tuition fee per year*: £11,750

EU and international students tuition fee per year**: £28,400

Other essential costs***: There are no single associated costs greater than £50 per item on this course

How do I pay for it? Find out more about funding options, including loans, scholarships and bursaries . UK students who have already taken out a tuition fee loan for undergraduate study should check their eligibility for additional funding directly with the relevant awards body.

*The tuition fee for Home (UK) undergraduates is controlled by Government regulations. This figure is the fee for the academic year 2026/27 and is shown as a guide. The fee for the academic year 2027/28 has not yet been confirmed.

**This figure is the fee for EU and international students starting a degree in the academic year 2026/27 and is shown as a guide. The fee for the academic year 2027/28 has not yet been confirmed.

Royal Holloway reserves the right to increase tuition fees annually for all students. For further information see fees and funding.

*** These estimated costs relate to studying this particular degree at Royal Holloway during the 2026/27 academic year and are included as a guide. Refers to specific individual items of £50 or more, and excludes accommodation, commuting, food, books/other learning materials and printing costs.

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