LLB Human Rights
About this course
LLB in Human Rights, a law degree centred on foundational legal principles and contemporary justice issues. Core topics include Legal Analysis and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. The course includes a final-year guided research essay. The first year covers core legal foundations through Contract Law, Criminal Law, Public Law and Tort. The second year builds upon these subjects with compulsory modules in Equity and Trusts, European Law and Land Law. Optional modules in the second and third years allow students to explore specialist areas such as Commercial Law, Employment Law, Family and Child Law and Technology, Artificial Intelligence and the Law. The third year centres on the compulsory Law Guided Research Essay alongside further optional study.
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What students say
Based on about 46 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 94%
- Learning opportunities: 93%
- Assessment and feedback: 87%
- Academic support: 97%
- Organisation and management: 97%
- Learning resources: 98%
- Student voice: 88%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 75 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 75%
- Gained a higher qualification: 18%
- Left higher education: 7%
What graduates do next
Based on about 20 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 40%
- Working and studying: 25%
- Further study: 20%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Legal professionals: 20%
- Sales occupations: 20%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 5%
- Administrative occupations: 5%
- Finance Professionals: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 70%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 50%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 50%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 70 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 9%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 1%
- East Midlands: 2%
- West Midlands: 14%
- East of England: 7%
- London: 6%
- South East: 6%
- South West: 8%
- Wales: 46%
- Scotland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 120 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 93%
- Baccalaureate: 1%
- Foundation course: 1%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
Modules
- Contract Law
- Criminal Law
- Legal Skills and Research
- Legal and Criminal Justice Systems
- Public Law
- Tort
- Equity and Trusts
- European Law
- Land Law
- Climate Change and Environmental Law
- Commercial Law
- Community Justice
- Company Law
- Drugs and Crime
- Employment Law
- Family and Child Law
- Human Rights
- Intellectual Property Law
- International Law
- Introduction to Criminology
- Medicine Ethics and the Law
- Police, Policing and Society
- Psychological Explanations of Criminal Behaviour
- Psychopathology
- Technology, Artificial Intelligence and the Law
- Victimology
- Youth Crime and Justice
- Law Guided Research Essay
- Advocacy Skills
- Business Law and Practice and Solicitors Accounts
- Climate Change and Environmental Law
- Commercial Law
- Community Justice
- Company Law
- Criminal Law and Practice
- Critical and Radical Criminology
- Dispute Resolution in Contract and Tort
- Drugs and Crime
- Employability Skills in Practice
- Employment Law
- Family and Child Law
- Human Rights
- Intellectual Property Law
- International Law
- Introduction to Criminology
- Legal Practice and Public Law
- Medicine Ethics and the Law
- Police, Policing and Society
- Property Law and Practice
- Psychological Explanations of Criminal Behaviour
- Psychopathology
- Technology, Artificial Intelligence and the Law
- Victimology
- Wills, Trusts and Estates Law and Practice
- Youth Crime and Justice
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of LLB Human Rights at Aberystwyth University earn?
The median salary is £22,500 after 15 months, £20,000 after 3 years, £27,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £22,500 and £31,500. The £27,000 median after five years is £4,500 less than the UK median for Law.
What do graduates of LLB Human Rights at Aberystwyth University do next?
85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on LLB Human Rights at Aberystwyth University?
94% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for LLB Human Rights at Aberystwyth University?
The typical offer is ABB at A level. The average entrant had 111 UCAS points.
How many students continue on LLB Human Rights at Aberystwyth University?
75% of students continued into their second year, and 7% left higher education.