Program Overview

LLB (Hons) Law with integrated Foundation (3-year degree)

Course Overview

Our LLB Law degree with foundation is designed for students who can benefit from an introduction to enable them to study law at undergraduate level.

Start and Duration

• Sep, 33 months
• Jan, 3 years

Level

• Undergraduate

Qualification

• Bachelor of Laws (Hons)

UK Fees

• From £12,719 per year
• From £12,333 per year

International Fees

• From £20,350 per year
• From £19,733 per year

UCAS Code

• LIF0

Campus

• Buckingham

School

• School of Law

About the Course

The three-year LLB Law degree with Integrated Foundation is designed for students who will benefit from a one-year introduction to enable them to study law at undergraduate level. The first year of the programme provides a foundation to the more specialist ‘core’ subjects delivered in years two and three, leading to the award of an LLB.

The Buckingham LLB’s concentrated mode of delivery during years two and three of this programme prepares you for careers in law, governance, public service, industry, and commerce. It also satisfies the necessary first step for qualifying as a lawyer in various common law jurisdictions, including Canada, Nigeria (Single Hons LLB), the Bahamas, Ghana and Bermuda.

For those interested in qualifying as a solicitor in the UK, our LLB with Integrated Foundation provides you with thorough preparation for the Solicitors Qualifying Exam 1 (SQE1), enabling you to choose the accelerated SQE1 preparation courses after graduation. Our innovative and diverse curriculum also contributes to preparation for the practice-orientated SQE2, both SQE1 and SQE2 being necessary for qualification as a solicitor. Buckingham Law School graduates (LLB and LLM) also benefit from a 20% discount on the SQE1 preparation course provided by the leading professional legal educator BARBRI.

For those UK and international students wishing to qualify as an English barrister, our LLB with Integrated Foundation (single or combined honours) satisfies the academic component of Bar training, the necessary first step to qualifying as an English barrister.

Buckingham Law School also offers a broad range of extra-curricular opportunities to develop your professional skills and experience of legal practice. These opportunities include the possibility, between the second and third year of your LLB with Integrated Foundation, to undertake a sandwich year placement with a professional organisation.

Students at Buckingham who gain a second-class honours degree or higher are guaranteed a place on our LLM programme in International and Commercial Law with its specialist pathways. This opportunity greatly enhances specialist knowledge and enables our students to acquire two degrees in only three years, or four years if you pursue our LLB Law degree with Integrated Foundation programme. There is also the opportunity for undertaking research degrees at LLM and PhD.

Entry Requirements

• Applicants must have a minimum of 5 GCSEs at grades 4-9, including English and Maths, or their international equivalents.
• In addition, applicants must have one of the following qualifications or their international equivalents:
  • A Levels with minimum grades of DD
  • BTEC National Diploma with minimum grades of MPP
  • Other Level 3 qualifications equivalent to at least 48 UCAS points

International Applicants

• We welcome equivalent qualifications from around the world.
• However, you must also demonstrate your English language proficiency by achieving an IELTS score of 6 with a minimum score of 5.5 in each component, or another approved language test.

Teaching & Assessment

Quality Teaching

• We offer high quality, traditional Oxbridge-style teaching, which leads to our degrees being recognised around the world.
• The standards of degrees and awards are safeguarded by distinguished external examiners – senior academic staff from other universities in the UK – who approve and moderate assessed work and by the The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA).

High Calibre Staff

• Most of our academic staff teach for three terms out of four, with the remaining term used for research.
• Because of this, we have no difficulty in attracting high calibre, highly respected lecturers, many of whom also have a background in the practise of law either as solicitors or as barristers qualified to practice in the United Kingdom and also in other overseas jurisdictions with excellent contacts with the professions and can offer networking opportunities for students.

Teaching Methods

• Teaching is carried out through a combination of lectures supported by seminars and tutorials.
• A key feature of the Buckingham teaching method is the use of small tutorial groups which provide the most effective means of ensuring that the students benefit from the academic expertise at their disposal.

Assessment Methods

• The assessment of individual modules within each course varies according to the subject.
• Assessment is usually by examination, assessed coursework, or a combination of the two.

After Your Course

Graduate Employment

• Our graduates have gone on to further study at most of the world’s leading universities, including Harvard, London, Oxford and Cambridge and secured jobs in senior positions around the world.
• Among our alumni we have a graduate who became the head of his country’s civil service and one who became a leading Formula One motor-racing driver.
• Another secured a position as the Minister of Sabah and one female law graduate became the first British lawyer to become a French Advocate.

Course Fees

• The fees for this course are:
  • Start: Sep 2025, Type: Full-time (33 Months), UK: £12,719, Total cost: £37,000
  • Start: Sep 2025, Type: Full-time (33 Months), INT: £20,350, Total cost: £59,200
  • Start: Jan 2026, Type: Full-time (3 Years), UK: £12,333, Total cost: £37,000
  • Start: Jan 2026, Type: Full-time (3 Years), INT: £19,733, Total cost: £59,200

Scholarships and Bursaries

• We have bursaries and scholarships available for both home and international students at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and these are awarded based on location, merit or financial need.

UK Students

• High Achiever Scholarship: An entry scholarship, worth £2,000, is available to UK undergraduate students with high grades.
• Swains Scholarship: Up to £5,000/year for undergraduates in Buckinghamshire with financial need.
• The University of Buckingham Bursary: UK students with a financial need applying for a two-year undergraduate degree can get up to £9,500.

International Students

• International Undergraduate High Achiever Scholarship: Fee reduction of £2,500 for international undergraduates with high grades.
• Sheikh / Mubarak Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah Scholarship (Undergraduate): A £40,000 scholarship for outstanding Arabic students pursuing a full-time undergraduate degree (2-year degree).

Accommodation

• We guarantee on-campus accommodation to all new students for their first four terms of study, as long as it is booked and paid for in good time, so you’re assured of a safe and secure home from home when you arrive at the University.
• Most new students choose this option.

What’s Included?

• All our study bedrooms are fully furnished, centrally heated, and connected to the internet.
• With few exceptions they have a wash basin and small refrigerator.
• We have a large number of ensuite rooms, and are upgrading more rooms each year.
• There are shared kitchens for when you wish to cook for yourself.

How To Apply

• We welcome applications in two different ways – directly via our online application form or through UCAS.
• Apply online via our course pages:
  • Most flexible option
  • Apply until shortly before the course starts
  • No application fees
  • You can apply to us as an extra option alongside your UCAS choices
• Apply via UCAS:
  • You can easily make Buckingham one of your UCAS choices
  • The application and decision deadlines are set by UCAS
  • There is an application fee to UCAS
• Our UCAS code is B90.