UK Law Degree Transfer Programme

If you have completed the first year of a qualifying programme at a partner university, you can continue your studies at Leicester Law School on the final year or final two years’ of our LLB Programme. You’ll join a supportive community of legal experts at a world-leading University in the diverse and welcoming city of Leicester.

Our partners

• Brickfields Asia College (Malaysia & Singapore)
• Advance Tertiary College (Malaysia)
• Crescendo International College (Malaysia)

The University of Leicester has one of the largest and most international law schools within the United Kingdom. We are extremely pleased to welcome LLB Law students from our partner universities each year. As a student at a partner university, you will be able to enter into the final 2-years of our LLB Law degree, graduating with a law degree which satisfies the entry requirements for the Certificate in Legal Practice (CLP) in Malaysia and bar courses (Bar Professional Course or Bar Training Course) in the UK.

We welcome applications from students who have studied equivalent programmes. Contact us to find out if you meet our entry requirements.

What can you study?

At the University of Leicester, we pride ourselves on having academic expertise from across all fields of law. We are delighted to be able to offer a huge range of modules – both core and optional.

On the UK Degree Transfer (1+2) you will study 1 year at your partner university and two years at Leicester. At Leicester you will complete the core modules – Equity and Trusts, Land Law, Law of EU-UK Relations and Law of Tort. You can choose up to 8 optional modules (to a value of 120 credits per academic year) in year 3.

On the UK Degree Transfer (2+1) you will study 2 years at your partner university with your final year at Leicester. In that final year you will complete 120 credits of modules. This will include core modules required for the academic component of Barristers’ qualification, Equity and Trusts (30 credits) and Legal Foundations of EU-UK Relations (15 credits) and optional modules.

Visit our course pages to see our full range of modules.

Contact esea@le.ac.uk for assessment methods.

Entry requirements

For students on a 1+2 transfer programme, you are required to pass all Year 1 subjects in one sitting with an average of 50%. For students on a 2+1 transfer programme, you are required to pass all Year 1 subjects in one sitting with an average of 50% and all Year 2 subjects in one sitting with an average of 60%.

English language requirements

If your first language is not English, you may need to provide evidence of your English language ability.

If you are unsure if your qualifications meet our entry requirements then please contact us at esea@le.ac.uk

Fees and scholarships

You can find information on tuition fees for international students on our course page for Law LLB and available funding opportunities on our scholarships page. We also offer a Malaysia Law Scholarship (LLB).

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