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Three chapters, built from primary admissions data.
About one Law LLB applicant in five receives an offer from King’s. Using King’s published statistics and its replies to Freedom of Information requests, this chapter shows you how many people apply, how that has changed since 2012, how UK and non-UK applicants fare, and how the seven law degrees differ.
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Try Jurica for freeFor 2024 entry, the most recent year King’s has published, the Law LLB (M100) received 3,925 applications. King’s made 868 offers, an offer rate of 22.1%, and 258 students enrolled.[1] In other words, about one applicant in five received an offer, and about one in fifteen ended up on the course.
These figures come from King’s statistics for The Dickson Poon School of Law, a PDF that covers five admissions cycles, from 2020 to 2024.[1] Note that King’s names each cycle after the year in which students start: the 2024 cycle ran from 2023 to 2024, for entry in September 2024.[1] To avoid confusion, we give every figure in this guide by year of entry.
The Law LLB is the largest of seven undergraduate law degrees at King’s, and all seven ask for A*AA and the LNAT.[2][3] The PDF covers six of them (Law with Criminology is too new to appear). Together those six received 4,943 applications for 2024 entry and made 1,127 offers (22.8%), and 364 students enrolled.[1] King’s is also one of nine UK universities that use the LNAT.[4]
Yes, since 2020. Applications to the Law LLB have more than doubled since 2012 entry, from 1,848 to 3,925 for 2024 entry, while the number of offers has gone up and down.[5][1] The offer rate reached 46.7% for 2020 entry and then fell to between 16.7% and 26.1% for 2021 to 2024 entry.[1]
| Year of entry | Applications | Offers | Offer rate | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012[5] | 1,848 | 471 | 25.5% | n/a |
| 2013[5] | 2,091 | 734 | 35.1% | n/a |
| 2014[5] | 2,671 | 735 | 27.5% | n/a |
| 2015[5] | 2,714 | 716 | 26.4% | n/a |
| 2016[5] | 2,894 | 772 | 26.7% | n/a |
| 2017[6] | 3,008 | 904 | 30.1% | n/a |
| 2018[6] | 2,945 | 915 | 31.1% | n/a |
| 2019[6] | 2,869 | 972 | 33.9% | n/a |
| 2020[1] | 2,487 | 1,161 | 46.7% | 298 |
| 2021[1] | 3,197 | 833 | 26.1% | 251 |
| 2022[1] | 3,405 | 680 | 20.0% | 222 |
| 2023[1] | 4,054 | 675 | 16.7% | 208 |
| 2024[1] | 3,925 | 868 | 22.1% | 258 |
The figures come from three King’s sources: a Freedom of Information (FOI) reply covering 2012 to 2016 entry, a second reply covering 2017 to 2020 entry, and the published PDF for 2020 to 2024 entry.[5][6][1] The two sources for 2020 entry do not quite agree. The FOI reply, drawn up in March 2021, gives 2,542 applications and 1,208 offers (47.5%), while the PDF gives 2,487 and 1,161 (46.7%).[6][1] We use the PDF’s figures in the table, because the PDF is King’s later and official series.
There are three things to notice here:
Not every offer holder accepts the offer, and not everyone who accepts goes on to enrol. For 2021 to 2024 entry, between 29.7% and 32.6% of the Law LLB’s offers ended in an enrolment, and for 2020 entry 25.7% did.[1] So for every student who enrolled, King’s made roughly three offers. As you can see, an offer rate of about 20% describes the chance of an offer; the number of places is much smaller (208 to 298 a year since 2020).[1]
King’s published figures show a large gap. For 2024 entry, UK-domiciled applicants received 220 offers from 2,146 applications (10.3%), while non-UK applicants received 648 offers from 1,779 applications (36.4%).[1] Non-UK applicants have had the higher offer rate in every year King’s has published.
| Year of entry | UK applications | UK offers | UK offer rate | Non-UK applications | Non-UK offers | Non-UK offer rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020[1] | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1,372 | 732 | 53.4% |
| 2021[1] | 1,473 | 275 | 18.7% | 1,724 | 558 | 32.4% |
| 2022[1] | 1,811 | 174 | 9.6% | 1,594 | 506 | 31.7% |
| 2023[1] | 2,198 | 166 | 7.6% | 1,856 | 509 | 27.4% |
| 2024[1] | 2,146 | 220 | 10.3% | 1,779 | 648 | 36.4% |
Note that the PDF splits applicants by where they live (their domicile), not by fee status, and that its UK table for the Law LLB starts at 2021 entry.[1] There are three things to notice here:
King’s does not explain the gap, and its entry requirements are the same for UK and non-UK applicants.[3] One possible reason, and it is only our suggestion, is that non-UK offer holders are less likely to enrol (for 2024 entry, 183 of 648 did, or 28.2%, against 75 of 220 UK offer holders, or 34.1%), so more offers are needed to fill the same places.[1] The PDF also shows China separately, because it is the non-UK domicile most often asked about in FOI requests.[7] For 2024 entry, applicants from China made 51 applications and received 19 offers, and 8 enrolled.[1]
If you are applying from the UK. A UK offer rate of about 10% means that only a strong application is likely to succeed, so we recommend making sure that your predicted grades meet A*AA and practising Section A of the LNAT well before you sit it. If you qualify for a contextual offer, which is open only to UK-based applicants, the Grades chapter explains how it works.[8]
King’s lists seven undergraduate law degrees for 2027 entry, all taught in The Dickson Poon School of Law (Law with Criminology jointly with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience).[2][9] All seven ask for A*AA and the LNAT, and they differ in length, in time spent abroad and in the second subject.[3][10][9][11][12][13][14]
| Degree | UCAS code | Length | Where you study | Subject requirement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Law LLB | M100 | 3 years | King’s | None[15][3] |
| Law with Criminology LLB | M110 | 3 years | King’s | None[9] |
| Politics, Philosophy & Law LLB | LM21 | 4 years | King’s | None[10] |
| English Law & French Law LLB | M121 | 4 years | Years 3 and 4 in Paris | Grade A in French, or DELF B2[11] |
| English Law & German Law LLB | M122 | 4 years | Year 3 in Berlin (Years 3 and 4 on the First State Exam pathway) | Grade A in German, or TestDaF level 4[12] |
| English Law & Spanish Law LLB | M123 | 4 years | Years 3 and 4 in Barcelona | Grade A in Spanish and DELE B2[13] |
| English Law & Hong Kong Law LLB and JD | M190 | 4 years | Years 3 and 4 in Hong Kong | None[14] |
The Law LLB is by far the largest of the seven. For 2024 entry it received 3,925 of the 4,943 applications to the six degrees in the PDF, and 258 of the 364 students who enrolled.[1] The table below gives the figures for each degree.
| Degree | Applications | Offers | Offer rate | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Law LLB (M100)[1] | 3,925 | 868 | 22.1% | 258 |
| Politics, Philosophy & Law (LM21)[1] | 455 | 116 | 25.5% | 36 |
| English Law & French Law (M121)[1] | 303 | 45 | 14.9% | 24 |
| English Law & German Law (M122)[1] | 71 | 45 | 63.4% | 20 |
| English Law & Spanish Law (M123)[1] | 125 | 42 | 33.6% | 25 |
| English Law & Hong Kong Law (M190)[1] | 64 | 11 | 17.2% | 1 |
| Law with Criminology (M110) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| The six degrees together | 4,943 | 1,127 | 22.8% | 364 |
As you can see, the offer rates vary a great deal, from 14.9% for French Law to 63.4% for German Law.[1] Note, however, that the four joint degrees are small, so a handful of offers either way moves their rates a long way. Here is what you should know about each group of degrees:
The joint degrees also have rules of their own, and we recommend reading them before you apply:
One more degree appears in King’s recent FOI replies. For 2025 entry King’s made 16 offers to non-UK applicants for an English Law & Australian Law LLB and JD (UCAS code M124).[16] That degree is not among the seven the Law School lists for direct application,[2] so we recommend checking UCAS for it in the year you apply.
We recommend applying for a joint degree only if you meet its requirements and want to study in the partner country. The LNAT chapter shows that offer holders on the joint degrees have sometimes averaged lower scores than on the Law LLB, but not in every year.
King’s describes its admissions as holistic, and on six of its seven law degrees there is no interview stage, so the decision is made on your UCAS application and your LNAT score.[17][14] Undergraduate admissions are centralised: the Admissions Office assesses applications and processes the decisions.[17]
King’s Admissions Policy lists what it may consider, without giving any weights:[17]
The policy also says that where a programme interviews, its online prospectus will say so, and only the Hong Kong degree’s page does.[17][14] King’s law pages describe the personal statement as one of the many factors in the overall assessment.[3] Having said that, without an interview the statement is the only part of the application in which you describe your interest in law in your own words, so we recommend giving it real care.
Note also that King’s does not say whether Law makes decisions as applications arrive or as a “gathered field” later in the cycle; its policy says that different programmes do different things.[17] For 2027 entry you must sit the LNAT by 31 December 2026 and submit your UCAS application by 6pm (UK time) on 13 January 2027.[18][19] King’s treats any application received after that date as late, including those from international applicants.[19]
From two kinds of source: King’s published admissions statistics, and King’s replies to Freedom of Information requests.[7][1] The published statistics give counts of applications, offers and enrolments; everything about LNAT scores and grades comes from FOI replies.
King’s admissions statistics page has one PDF for each faculty, and the Law PDF is the one used in this guide.[7] There are four things to know about it:
For LNAT scores we rely on a series of FOI replies from January 2017 to December 2025, which the LNAT chapter lists and explains. Note that FOI replies are written for one requester at a time, so they cover different years and groups (offer holders in some replies, students who enrolled in others), and King’s has sometimes given slightly different figures for the same year.
Every claim above ends in a [n] superscript that links here.
A 26-page PDF created on 10 December 2025, covering the UCAS cycles 2020 to 2024; a cycle is named for its year of standard entry (the 2024 cycle ran from 2023 to 2024, for entry in 2024). Columns: applications, offers, acceptances (unconditional firm offer holders) and enrolments, for all domiciles, UK, non-UK and China. Six undergraduate programmes: Law (M100), Politics, Philosophy and Law, and English Law with French, German, Spanish and Hong Kong Law; Law with Criminology is not included. M100: 2,487 applications, 1,161 offers and 298 enrolments (2020); 3,197, 833 and 251 (2021); 3,405, 680 and 222 (2022); 4,054, 675 and 208 (2023); 3,925, 868 and 258 (2024). The UK tables for Law, PPL, French and German start at 2021. The PDF holds counts only: no LNAT scores, grades or contextual data.
Lists the seven courses that are applied to directly through UCAS (Law; Law with Criminology; Politics, Philosophy & Law; and English Law with French, German, Hong Kong and Spanish Law) and the pathways that students apply for during the second year of the LLB, such as English Law with Hong Kong Law at the University of Hong Kong. The School describes itself as having nearly 1,200 undergraduate students.
September 2027 entry. Required and preferred subjects: none. A-levels A*AA; contextual AAB. IB 38 points overall or 19 from three Higher Levels (the 38 includes TOK and the Extended Essay); contextual 35 or 17. Access to HE Diploma: 45 Level 3 credits, 39 at Distinction and 6 at Merit (contextual 33 and 12). General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives are not accepted, and the EPQ is not considered. All applicants must sit the LNAT by 31 December; King’s cannot consider an application otherwise, for Home and Overseas applicants alike, with dispensations for some Overseas applicants who have no test centre within reach. Results are not carried over between years, and applicants should select King’s when they register. King’s does not accept resit students for any undergraduate Law programme. Deferral is not guaranteed and is for mitigating circumstances. English language band B. The personal statement is "one of the many factors in the overall assessment of your application". Applicants to M121, M122, M123 or LM21 who also want M100 must make a separate UCAS entry; the LLB’s pathways are reached by applying to M100 and transferring in the second year. Graduates normally need at least a 2:1.
Lists the universities that use the LNAT: nine in the UK (Bristol, Cambridge, Durham, Glasgow, King’s College London, LSE, Oxford, SOAS and UCL) and two outside it.
Reply of 9 January 2018 with a spreadsheet by year of entry. Applicants and offer holders: 1,848 and 471 (2012/13); 2,091 and 734 (2013/14); 2,671 and 735 (2014/15); 2,714 and 716 (2015/16); 2,894 and 772 (2016/17). Average multiple-choice LNAT score of applicants and of offer holders: no data for 2012/13 and 2013/14; 21.56 and 25.99; 22.76 and 27.02; 23.35 and 27.68. Average A*s already achieved at (I)GCSE, applicants and offer holders: 3.57 and 6.13; 3.57 and 5.43; 3.33 and 5.12; 3.32 and 6.73; 3.35 and 6.93. Average predicted A* grades: 3.00 and 3.62; 2.97 and 3.33; 2.81 and 3.31; 2.74 and 3.29; 2.79 and 3.28.
Reply of 29 March 2021. M100 for 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020: applications 3,008, 2,945, 2,869 and 2,542; offers 904, 915, 972 and 1,208; overseas applications 1,340, 1,371, 1,226 and 1,198, and overseas offers 429, 436, 556 and 696, where overseas means overseas fee status. LNAT average of the offers with a score (794, 801, 859 and 1,088 of them): 26, 25, 26 and 26. Applications with the IB: 493, 466, 435 and 386, averaging 38, 38, 38 and 39 points; offers with the IB: 205, 224, 254 and 275 (23%, 24%, 26% and 23% of offers), averaging 41, 40, 40 and 40. Values are rounded to whole numbers, and the IB figures are of the total IB score held in King’s records.
King’s publishes one PDF of admissions statistics for each of its nine faculties, covering five years: by UCAS cycle for undergraduate courses, split by UK and non-UK domicile, with applicants domiciled in China shown separately because China is the non-UK domicile most often asked about in previous requests. Test-score distributions are published only for medicine and dentistry.
Worded for September 2026 entry when read on 10 October 2026. Contextual offers may be up to two A-level grades (or equivalent) lower than the advertised requirements. To be considered, an applicant must have completed K+, have received free school meals, or be care-experienced, a care leaver or estranged. A second list brings additional consideration (a qualifying King’s widening participation programme, King’s College London Maths School, a qualifying IntoUniversity course, forced displacement, or being a young adult carer). Only for UK-based applicants; the process is mostly automatic from the UCAS form, and King’s then asks for evidence through King’s Apply. For courses with an admissions test, applicants must meet the threshold to progress. English Law & Hong Kong Law is excluded. An offer is not guaranteed.
UCAS code M110, three years, major/minor honours, A*AA (contextual AAB), LNAT by 31 December. Criminology modules are delivered by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience.
UCAS code LM21, four years, co-taught by The Dickson Poon School of Law, the Department of Political Economy and the Department of Philosophy. Entry requirements: A*AA (contextual AAB), no required or preferred subjects, IB 38 or 19 from three Higher Levels, LNAT by 31 December.
UCAS code M121, four years: Years 1 and 2 at King’s and Years 3 and 4 at Paris-Panthéon-Assas University. A*AA including grade A in French, or DELF at B2 alongside three A-levels for applicants who have not studied French to that level. International students are eligible for a UK Student visa for the two years at King’s only, and not for the Graduate visa.
UCAS code M122, four years with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: Year 3 in Berlin on the LLM pathway, or Years 3 and 4 on the First State Exam pathway. A*AA including grade A in German, or TestDaF level 4 in all four components alongside three A-levels.
UCAS code M123, four years, starting September 2027: Years 1 and 2 at King’s and Years 3 and 4 at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. Requires grade A in A-level Spanish and DELE at B2. The visa rule for the two years abroad is the same as for the French degree.
UCAS code M190, four years: Years 1 and 2 at King’s and Years 3 and 4 at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), where all classes and examinations are in English; students also receive a Juris Doctor from CUHK. No required or preferred subjects. A joint panel from King’s and CUHK interviews applicants online, usually in February, and no offers are made before the interviews. No contextual offers. Unsuccessful applicants are considered for the Law LLB (M100) automatically. International students are eligible for a UK Student visa for the two years at King’s only, and not for the Graduate visa.
September 2027 entry. UCAS code M100, single honours, three years, A*AA, taught in The Dickson Poon School of Law. The course "can form the first major step towards qualifying for practice as a solicitor or barrister".
The narrowed request in the same thread, about non-UK-domiciled applicants who received offers. Offers: Politics, Philosophy and Law (LM21) 80 for the 2024 cycle and 66 for the 2025 cycle; English Law and Australian Law LLB/JD (M124) 16 for the 2025 cycle. No overseas applicant to these courses met a widening participation criterion, so all are non-contextual. Small numbers are suppressed or rounded. Annex A lists each offer holder’s multiple-choice score; our summary of it: LM21 2024, 79 scores, mean 28.49, median 28, 24 to 37; LM21 2025, 65 scores, mean 29.00, median 29, 24 to 37; M124 2025, 16 scores, mean 25.38, 15 to 38.
Undergraduate admissions are centralised: the Admissions Office assesses applications and processes decisions. King’s "considers all aspects of the application as part of a holistic approach to selection", which may include achieved and predicted grades, English language evidence, the personal statement, references, interview and admissions test performance, written work and the academic and geo-demographic context of the applicant’s qualifications; it gives no weights. Some programmes decide on a rolling basis and others as a "gathered field". Where a programme interviews, the online prospectus says so.
For King’s, LSE and UCL applicants for 2027 entry: sit the LNAT on or before 31 December 2026. For Oxford and Cambridge applicants: sit the test by 15 October 2026. Testing starts on 1 September 2026.
The standard deadline for applications for 2027 entry is 13 January 2027, 18:00 UK time; any application King’s receives after that date is considered late, including from international applicants.
Reply of 8 December 2025, for students who enrolled on the Law LLB (M100). Mean, lowest and highest LNAT score: 2023 UK-domiciled 29.08 (6 to 37), non-UK 28.81 (23 to 36), overall 28.90 (6 to 37); 2024 UK 30.74 (25 to 41), non-UK 28.78 (25 to 37), overall 29.34 (25 to 41); 2025 UK 29.31 (21 to 37), non-UK 26.98 (21 to 38), overall 27.51 (21 to 38). Offer rates for 2023 to 2025 were withheld because King’s intends to publish them within twelve months.
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