What is the offer rate for law in the UK?

Across all UK universities, 83% of law applications received an offer in the 2025 UCAS cycle (76,120 offers from 92,250 applications).

Which university is hardest to get into for law?

By UCAS offer rate, University of Oxford (12%), King's College London (13%), University College London (14%) were the most selective for law in 2025.

What A-levels do you need for law?

Most law degrees do not require specific A-level subjects. The most common typical offer across the law courses we track is BBB, and the most selective ask for A*AA.

Is the offer rate the same for every law course at a university?

No figure exists per course. UCAS publishes offer rates by subject area, so a university's law rate covers all its law courses together.

Law offer rates by university

In the 2025 UCAS cycle, 83% of law applications got an offer (76,120 offers from 92,250 applications). That average hides a huge spread: 12% at University of Oxford, the most selective, against almost every applicant at 87 universities. Rates for 104 universities are below.

Data: UCAS End of Cycle 2025 and university course pages, updated November 2026. Methodology

UCAS reports law as one subject area (CAH16), so each university's figure covers all of its law courses: single honours, joint honours and law with a year abroad.

How the law offer rate has changed

Nationally the rate was 85% in 2019, fell to 76% in 2022, and stood at 83% in 2025. Applications went from 61,950 to 92,250 over the same period.

UK, all universities, law (UCAS End of Cycle, English 18-year-olds where available)
Cycle	Offer rate	Applications
2019	85%	61,950
2020	86%	64,355
2021	83%	72,500
2022	76%	78,405
2023	77%	80,850
2024	79%	85,965
2025	83%	92,250

Most selective universities for law

10 of the 104 universities we list made offers to fewer than half of applicants. These are the lowest rates among universities with at least 200 applications, so a single small year does not distort the list.

Law subject-area offer rate, UCAS 2025
University	Offer rate	Applications	Example course
University of Oxford	12%	1,230	Law with Law Studies in Europe (French Law)
King's College London	13%	2,165	Law (A*AA)
University College London	14%	1,975	Law (A*AA)
University of Cambridge	17%	1,035	Law
London School of Economics and Political Science	23%	1,215	Anthropology and Law (AAB)
University of Edinburgh	30%	370	Global Law (AAA)
Durham University	30%	1,510	–
University of Manchester	42%	2,885	Law (A*AA)
University of Warwick	45%	2,505	Law with French (AAB)
University of Bristol	47%	1,330	Law (A*AA)
Queen Mary University of London	53%	1,555	Law (A*AA)
University of York	75%	2,260	Law (AAA)
University of Leeds	75%	1,940	Law (AAA)
University of Birmingham	78%	2,905	Law (AAA)
Newcastle University	81%	1,455	Law (AAA)

Where most applicants get an offer

87 of 104 universities made offers to at least 90% of applicants, and the median university sat at 98%. Large examples include University of Law (99%), University of Exeter (98%), Royal Holloway, University of London (97%), Manchester Metropolitan University (97%), University of Liverpool (97%) and City St George's, University of London (94%). A high rate does not mean any grades will do: offers still come with conditions, and missing them on results day is where most applicants lose a place.

What grades law courses ask for

Across the 283 courses with an A-level typical offer, the most common offers are BBB (67 courses), AAB (53 courses), AAA (45 courses), ABB (39 courses). The highest offers below belong to the most selective courses.

Highest typical A-level offers; the rate is the university's subject-area rate, not the course's
Course	Typical offer	Subject-area rate
Law and AccountancyUniversity of Edinburgh	AAA	30%
Law and FrenchUniversity of Edinburgh	AAA	30%
Law and GermanUniversity of Edinburgh	AAA	30%
Law and HistoryUniversity of Edinburgh	AAA	30%
Law and International RelationsUniversity of Edinburgh	AAA	43%
Law and PoliticsUniversity of Edinburgh	AAA	43%
Global LawUniversity of Edinburgh	AAA	30%
Law with CriminologyKing's College London	A*AA	43%
LawKing's College London	A*AA	13%
English Law and French LawKing's College London	A*AA	13%
English Law and German LawKing's College London	A*AA	13%
English Law and Spanish LawKing's College London	A*AA	13%
English Law and Hong Kong LawKing's College London	A*AA	13%
Politics, Philosophy and LawKing's College London	A*AA	13%
English and European LawQueen Mary University of London	A*AA	53%

The LNAT and why the top rates are so low

A handful of universities, including Oxford, Cambridge, UCL, King's College London, LSE, Durham, Bristol and Nottingham, ask law applicants to sit the LNAT. Your score sits next to your predicted grades and personal statement, and it is one reason the most selective law schools turn down so many applicants who have the grades on paper.

Low offer rates at these universities are not only about grades. The applicant pool is self-selected: most people applying to Oxford or KCL law are already predicted A*AA or better. A 13% offer rate means the competition is strong, not that 87% of applicants were weak.

Turning a rate into your own odds

The offer rate is the starting point, not the answer. Two things move your chances far more than the average: how your predicted grades compare with the typical offer, and how strong the rest of the field is at that university. At a university where 98% of applicants get an offer, predicted grades at or above the typical offer usually mean an offer. At a university under 30%, almost everyone applying already meets the typical offer, so predicted grades only get you into the pile; the personal statement, reference, admissions test and interview decide the rest.

A sensible law list has at most one or two choices from the most selective table above, two where your predictions match the typical offer and one where you are a grade or two above it. That spread is what keeps the chance of ending up with no offers low. OfferCheck tracks 307 law courses with a typical offer or offer-rate figure, each with its own page.

How to use these numbers

An offer rate describes everyone who applied, not you. Compare your predicted grades with each course's typical offer first.
Spread your five choices: one or two ambitious, two that match your predictions and one where you are comfortably above the typical offer.
See which offer to firm once decisions arrive, and when universities send offers if you are still waiting.

See the odds for your own five choices

Add your predicted grades and courses. OfferCheck compares each one to its typical offer and offer rate, and flags the chance of ending up with no offers.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the offer rate for law in the UK?: Across all UK universities, 83% of law applications received an offer in the 2025 UCAS cycle (76,120 offers from 92,250 applications).
Which university is hardest to get into for law?: By UCAS offer rate, University of Oxford (12%), King's College London (13%), University College London (14%) were the most selective for law in 2025.
What A-levels do you need for law?: Most law degrees do not require specific A-level subjects. The most common typical offer across the law courses we track is BBB, and the most selective ask for A*AA.
Is the offer rate the same for every law course at a university?: No figure exists per course. UCAS publishes offer rates by subject area, so a university's law rate covers all its law courses together.