How to Apply
All applications for a place on any of the LLB degree programmes must be made through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) online application system.
Email: enquiries@ucas.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)871 468 0468
Entry Requirements
Detailed entry requirements for each degree programme can be found by following the links on the left.
Selection Criteria
Offers are made to all students who either meet, or have the potential to meet, the entry requirements for the relevant degree programme and these selection criteria should be read in conjunction with those requirements. Potential is assessed by reference to the entirety of the information included on the UCAS application form, and in the light of any special circumstances relating to an applicant of which the School has been informed. In particular, admissions tutors will look for evidence of ability across the following range of skills:
- Logical reasoning - ability to analyse and solve problems using logical and critical approaches; ability to separate the relevant from the irrelevant, capacity for sustained and cogent argument
- Effective communication - ability to express ideas clearly and effectively
- Autonomous learning - motivation and capacity for independent study
- Time management - ability to manage a heavy academic workload effectively.
Applicants whose academic profiles suggest that they are likely to achieve the entry qualifications will be made offers. In assessing academic profile, specific reference is made to GCSE results and predicted A-level grades. However, where special circumstances have been notified to Cardiff Law School, offers may be made to applicants whose academic profiles have been affected by those circumstances.
In the case of applicants whose first language is not English, competence in the English language is also a criterion of admission.
Applicants passing this initial stage of the selection process will be made offers where their applications are supported by:
- A strong academic reference
- A good personal statement, demonstrating clear commitment to the degree programme applied for and good written communication skills.
Applicants unable to demonstrate the requisite potential through actual or predicted grades may be offered an interview and aptitude test as an alternative means of showing their academic potential. Decisions as to whether or not to invite such applicants for interview are taken by reference to the entirety of the information disclosed on the UCAS form, with particular emphasis placed on any past voluntary or paid employment history.
Contextual Admissions
The Law School is piloting the use of contextual information about individual applicants for admission in 2012. Academic and non-academic attainment will be reviewed against a School's performance and socio-economic background to provide admissions tutors with a more complete overview of an applicant's attainment and potential. The information will be considered when assessing the strength of an applicant's academic profile. The Law School will not be using any contextual data to make lower or differential offers to any students, but rather to make offers which might not otherwise have been made in the absence of that data. In addition, students given special consideration on the basis of contextual information, and who have not met the terms of their offer, will be given priority should any places remain unfilled following the release of A-level results.
