LL.B UK/EU fees and funding

Please note that the information below refers to students starting in September 2012. If you’re looking to study your LL.B in 2013, information on fees and funding will be available in due course. 


The College of Law is a private institution and as such we are different to other traditional universities:

  • Our LL.B course is run over two academic years rather than three, meaning you can save money on tuition fees, and living costs, as well as allowing you to start earning earlier.
  • Our LL.B fees for 2012 are £9,000 a year so a total of £18,000 over two years. Not only that but, once enrolled, UK, EU and international students will pay the same tuition fees.
  • Our fees reflect the high quality and amount of tutor contact time within the course and also includes the cost of all core textbooks.
  • We do not receive government funding to subsidise costs for UK or EU students.


The table below demonstrates the potential overall savings – of approximately £14,000 to £20,000 – that our LL.B course offers when compared to a traditional university law degree. 
 

For 2012 Entry   

  

Tuition fees at £9,000 per year  

Living costs - living away from home in London*    

Total costs  

Living costs - living away from home elsewhere**    

Total costs  

Traditional university LL.B - three years 

£27,000 

£35,280 

£62,280 

£17,640 

£44,640 

College of Law LL.B two years 

£18,000 

£23,520 

£41,520 

£11,760 

£29,760 

Savings on two-year College of Law LL.B  

  

  

£20,760 

  

£14,880  


The financial support you may be entitled to will vary depending on how you are classified as a student. The following pages apply to UK or EU students. If you’re an international student, please visit the international student finance pages.
 
 

Your funding status

The financial support you can receive depends on your funding status. Your funding status is based on where you’ve lived and for how long. The summary below doesn’t cover all circumstances - even if you don’t meet these criteria, you may still qualify for student finance. Please check Direct.gov.uk for more detailed information.

 

UK students

To be classified as a UK student and qualify for student finance, you will need to meet the following residence requirements. Generally, on the first day of the academic year in which your course starts, you must:

  • Be a UK national or have 'settled status' in the UK (under the terms of the Immigration Act 1971)
  • Have been 'ordinarily resident' in the UK, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man for the three years immediately before starting the course- and not wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education.

Students who are settled in the UK may also be eligible if they have exercised a right of residence in the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland before returning to the UK to study.
'Settled status' means that there are no immigration restrictions on how long you can stay in the UK.
You’re 'ordinarily resident' in the UK if it’s where you normally live, even if you live abroad on a temporary basis. If you move from the UK with your family overseas due to an armed forces posting you’re also considered ‘ordinarily resident’ in the UK.

Find out what financing you could be eligible for as a UK student.

 

EU students


To be classified as an European Union(EU) student, you must be a national of an EU country or the ‘relevant family member’ of such a national, on the first day of the first academic year of the first year of the course and you have also been ordinarily resident in the EEA and /or Switzerland for the three years preceding the on the first day of the first academic year of the first year of the course – not mainly for educational purposes.

Find out what financing you could be eligible for as a EU student. 


 Download our LL.B finance leaflet for full details on LL.B fees and funding