LLB Law and Criminology
About this course
LLB Law and Criminology, a law degree combining legal study with criminological perspectives on crime, justice, and the legal system. Core topics include Legal Analysis, Research Methods, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. Teaching is delivered by staff with professional legal experience and academic qualifications. The first year establishes core foundations through compulsory modules such as Criminal Law, Crime Control and Prevention, Introduction to Criminology, Legal Skills and Research, and Legal and Criminal Justice Systems, alongside optional choices like Contract Law. In the second year, students select from a broad range of optional modules including Commercial Law, Family and Child Law, Human Rights, and Technology, Artificial Intelligence and the Law. The final year offers further advanced optional modules such as Company Law, International Law, Public Law, and Youth Crime and Justice, with independent research opportunities available through the Law & Criminology Dissertation and Law Guided Research Essay modules.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB-BCC IB: 30-28
What students say
Based on about 10 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 88%
- Learning opportunities: 77%
- Assessment and feedback: 77%
- Academic support: 90%
- Organisation and management: 93%
- Learning resources: 91%
- Student voice: 73%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 25 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 90%
- Left higher education: 10%
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
- Administrative occupations: 15%
- Welfare and housing associate professionals: 10%
- Protective service occupations: 10%
- Elementary occupations: 10%
- Sales occupations: 10%
- 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 15 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 100%
Modules
- Crime Control and Prevention
- Criminal Law
- Introduction to Criminology
- Legal Skills and Research
- Legal and Criminal Justice Systems
- Contract Law
- Criminology in Action
- Foundations of Psychology
- Tort
- Climate Change and Environmental Law
- Commercial Law
- Community Justice
- Company Law
- Contract Law
- Crime & Punishment in Historical Perspective
- Criminal Justice Placement
- Drugs and Crime
- Employment Law
- Equity and Trusts
- European Law
- Family and Child Law
- Human Rights
- Intellectual Property Law
- International Law
- Land Law
- Medicine Ethics and the Law
- Police, Policing and Society
- Psychological Explanations of Criminal Behaviour
- Psychopathology
- Public Law
- Technology, Artificial Intelligence and the Law
- Tort
- Victimology
- Youth Crime and Justice
- Advocacy Skills
- Business Law and Practice and Solicitors Accounts
- Climate Change and Environmental Law
- Commercial Law
- Community Justice
- Company Law
- Crime & Punishment in Historical Perspective
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Law and Practice
- Critical and Radical Criminology
- Dispute Resolution in Contract and Tort
- Drugs and Crime
- Employability Skills in Practice
- Employment Law
- Equity and Trusts
- European Law
- Family and Child Law
- Human Rights
- International Law
- Land Law
- Law & Criminology Dissertation
- Law Guided Research Essay
- Legal Practice and Public Law
- Medicine Ethics and the Law
- Police, Policing and Society
- Property Law and Practice
- Psychological Explanations of Criminal Behaviour
- Psychopathology
- Public Law
- 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 Law and Criminology 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 £500 more than the UK median for Sociology.
What do graduates of LLB Law and Criminology 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 Law and Criminology at Aberystwyth University?
88% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for LLB Law and Criminology at Aberystwyth University?
The typical offer is ABB at A level. The average entrant had 110 UCAS points.
How many students continue on LLB Law and Criminology at Aberystwyth University?
90% of students continued into their second year, and 10% left higher education.