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Three chapters, built from primary admissions data.
About one LLB applicant in six receives an offer from LSE. Using LSE’s own admissions statistics, this chapter shows you how many people apply, how that has changed since 2017, where applicants come from and how LSE decides.
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Try Jurica for freeThe newest figures come from an LSE reply of 7 October 2026 to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request about the most recently completed admissions cycle. The LLB received 3,137 applications, LSE made 489 offers, an offer rate of 15.6%, and 191 students enrolled.[18] In other words, about one applicant in six received an offer, and about one in sixteen ended up with a place.
Note that the reply does not say which year it describes. Its figures match none of the years LSE has published itself, and LSE’s dashboard has no row for 2026 entry yet, so we take them to be for 2026 entry, the cycle that had just finished when LSE replied.[1][18] For 2025 entry, the most recent year LSE has published, the LLB received 3,102 applications, LSE made 504 offers (16.2%) and 193 students started the course.[1] LSE’s course page gives the 2025 figures as a ratio of 16 applications for each place,[4] and its advice for schools notes that the ratio across the whole School is 13 to 1.[14]
Note that LSE labels each year by the academic year in which the students start. Its figures for “2025/26”, for example, describe the students who applied in the 2024/25 UCAS cycle and started in September 2025.[1][4] To avoid confusion, we give every figure in this guide by year of entry.
LSE’s Law School has one undergraduate degree, the LLB (UCAS code M100), and every applicant to it must sit the LNAT.[4][11] If you are interested in studying law at LSE, there is a second, much smaller route: the BA Anthropology and Law (UCAS code ML16), run by the Department of Anthropology. It asks for AAB, does not require the LNAT and, like the LLB, is accredited by the Bar Standards Board as a qualifying law degree.[10] For 2025 entry it received 301 applications and made 30 offers, and 18 students started.[1]
Not by much. Applications have grown since LSE introduced the LNAT, from 2,524 for 2019 entry to 3,137 for 2026 entry, but LSE has made more offers as well. As a result the offer rate for 2026 entry (15.6%) is close to what it was before the LNAT: 16.5% for 2017 entry and 17.2% for 2018 entry.[5][6][7][18] The one sharp change came for 2021 entry, when LSE cut its offers across the School.
| Year of entry | Applications | Offers | Entrants | Offer rate | Applications per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017[5] | 2,753 | 454 | 165 | 16.5% | 16.7 |
| 2018[6] | 2,882 | 497 | 173 | 17.2% | 16.7 |
| 2019[7] | 2,524 | 510 | 160 | 20.2% | 15.8 |
| 2020[3] | 2,491 | 540 | 196 | 21.7% | 12.7 |
| 2021[2] | 2,701 | 353 | 179 | 13.1% | 15.1 |
| 2023[1] | 2,653 | 408 | 160 | 15.4% | 16.6 |
| 2024[1] | 2,964 | 440 | 167 | 14.8% | 17.7 |
| 2025[1] | 3,102 | 504 | 193 | 16.2% | 16.1 |
| 2026[18] | 3,137 | 489 | 191 | 15.6% | 16.4 |
The figures come from four LSE sources: the course pages LSE showed at the time (for 2017 to 2019 entry), its admissions workbooks (2020 and 2021 entry), its admissions dashboard (2023 to 2025 entry) and the FOI reply of October 2026 (which we take to be 2026 entry).[1][2][3][5][6][7][18] LSE notes that its datasets do not always agree exactly,[1] so we have worked out each year’s rates from one source only. We have left out 2022 entry, because LSE’s course pages have shown three different sets of figures for that year (for example, 2,695 applications and 164 places on the page as it stood in December 2022).[8]
There are four things to notice here:
Having said that, an offer rate describes the whole field, including many candidates whose grades or LNAT scores made an offer unlikely from the start. Your own chances depend far more on your predicted grades, your LNAT score and your personal statement, which we cover in the next two chapters.
LSE selects Home and Overseas applicants in two separate processes, each with its own cap on numbers, although the entry requirements are the same for both groups.[13] In practice, Home applicants have received offers at a higher rate. For 2019 entry, the last year for which LSE has given a split by fee status, Home applicants received 331 offers from 1,362 applications (24.3%) and Overseas applicants 179 offers from 1,162 applications (15.4%).[12]
LSE does not publish its caps, so we cannot tell you how many places each group competes for. Its more recent figures are by nationality, which is not quite the same as fee status, but they show the same pattern. For 2025 entry, British nationals made 1,310 of the 3,102 applications (42.2%) and received 300 of the 504 offers (59.5%), an offer rate of 22.9%. Applicants of all other nationalities together received 204 offers from 1,792 applications, an offer rate of 11.4%.[1]
The October 2026 reply splits applicants by fee status again, but gives no offers for each group. For what we take to be 2026 entry, 1,528 applicants were Home and 1,609 International, so International applicants made up just over half of the field (51.3%).[18] For 2019 entry the balance was the other way round (1,362 Home and 1,162 Overseas).[12]
If you are applying from outside the UK. A lower offer rate does not mean that LSE expects more of you, since its admissions policy says the entry requirements are the same for both groups.[13] The gap is more likely to reflect how many applicants compete for each group’s places, although LSE does not say so. We recommend applying by the UCAS deadline of 13 January 2027, as Home applicants do, because LSE considers later applications only if places remain, which it says is rare.[15]
LSE publishes its applications, offers and entrants for each programme by nationality. For 2025 entry, British applicants made up the largest group by far, followed by Singaporean and Indian applicants with about 235 applications each.[1] The chart shows British applicants and twelve other nationalities, each with between 37 and 235 applications.
| Nationality | Applications | Offers | Entrants | Offer rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British | 1,310 | 300 | 101 | 22.9% |
| Singaporean | 235 | 21 | 10 | 8.9% |
| Indian | 234 | 17 | 7 | 7.3% |
| Hong Kong | 130 | 18 | 8 | 13.8% |
| Canadian | 96 | 10 | <5 | 10.4% |
| Chinese | 91 | 9 | 6 | 9.9% |
| American | 91 | 10 | <5 | 11.0% |
| Malaysian | 53 | 13 | 8 | 24.5% |
| French | 53 | 8 | <5 | 15.1% |
| Australian | 46 | 14 | 8 | 30.4% |
| Polish | 44 | 10 | 9 | 22.7% |
| Turkish | 39 | <5 | <5 | n/a |
| Pakistani | 37 | <5 | <5 | n/a |
LSE hides any figure below 5 to protect applicants’ privacy; these cells are marked “<5”.[1] There are three things to notice here:
LSE’s workbook for 2021 entry gives the same breakdown, although it hides every figure below 10.[2] That year British applicants made 945 of the 2,701 applications (35.0%) and received 184 of the 353 offers (52.1%), an offer rate of 19.5%. Indian applicants received 13 offers from 248 applications (5.2%), Singaporean applicants 23 from 201 (11.4%), Hong Kong applicants 23 from 138 (16.7%) and Malaysian applicants 15 from 96 (15.6%).[2] As you can see, the British share of both applications and offers has grown since then, while the order of the other large groups is much the same.
The table lists every nationality with at least 10 applications for 2021 entry. Cells marked “<10” were hidden by LSE, which is why offer rates can be given for only five nationalities. The same rule means that no EU nationality is shown with ten or more offers that year.[2]
| Nationality | Applications | Offers | Registered | Offer rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British | 945 | 184 | 95 | 19.5% |
| Indian | 248 | 13 | 10 | 5.2% |
| Singaporean | 201 | 23 | 11 | 11.4% |
| Hong Kong | 138 | 23 | 12 | 16.7% |
| Canadian | 99 | <10 | <10 | n/a |
| Malaysian | 96 | 15 | <10 | 15.6% |
| Chinese | 89 | <10 | <10 | n/a |
| Pakistani | 74 | <10 | <10 | n/a |
| American | 70 | <10 | <10 | n/a |
| French | 54 | <10 | <10 | n/a |
| Italian | 40 | <10 | <10 | n/a |
| Greek | 34 | <10 | <10 | n/a |
| Polish | 33 | <10 | <10 | n/a |
| German | 32 | <10 | <10 | n/a |
| Australian | 26 | <10 | <10 | n/a |
| Spanish | 26 | <10 | <10 | n/a |
| Irish | 25 | <10 | <10 | n/a |
| South Korean | 22 | <10 | <10 | n/a |
| Nigerian | 22 | <10 | <10 | n/a |
| Turkish | 19 | <10 | <10 | n/a |
| Romanian | 16 | <10 | <10 | n/a |
| Russian | 15 | <10 | <10 | n/a |
| Dutch | 14 | <10 | <10 | n/a |
| Swiss | 14 | <10 | <10 | n/a |
| New Zealand | 13 | <10 | <10 | n/a |
| Portuguese | 13 | <10 | <10 | n/a |
| Egyptian | 13 | <10 | <10 | n/a |
| Danish | 12 | <10 | <10 | n/a |
| Jordan | 12 | <10 | <10 | n/a |
| Belgian | 11 | <10 | <10 | n/a |
| Cypriot (EU) | 10 | <10 | <10 | n/a |
| Kenyan | 10 | <10 | <10 | n/a |
| Swedish | 10 | <10 | <10 | n/a |
LSE does not interview applicants for any of its degrees, so every decision is made on your UCAS application and your LNAT score.[15] Its advice for schools describes two stages.[14]
The selectors read your predicted and achieved grades, your subjects, your personal statement, your reference, your educational circumstances and your LNAT score together.[4] Because there is no interview, LSE describes the personal statement as an applicant’s only opportunity to show that they are a good fit for the programme, and it asks that at least 80% of the statement be about your interest in the subject.[16]
Note also that applying early brings no advantage. LSE treats all applications received by the UCAS deadline equally, and it may hold early applications as part of a “gathered field” so that it can compare them with later ones.[14] The first decisions go out in November 2026, and LSE aims to decide every application by 5 May 2027.[17]
Every numerical claim above ends in a [n] superscript that links here. LSE lists its admissions workbooks, for 2020/21 and 2021/22 admissions, under the Publication Scheme on its Freedom of Information page; newer years are in its Planning Division's public dashboard.
Applications, offers and entrants by department, programme and nationality for academic years 2016/17 to 2025/26 (each the year the students started), last updated in June 2026 and linked from the Planning Division’s Statistics on Students page. LLB in Laws: 2,653 applications, 408 offers and 160 entrants for 2023/24; 2,964, 440 and 167 for 2024/25; 3,102, 504 and 193 for 2025/26. LLB by nationality for 2025/26, for example British 1,310 applications, 300 offers and 101 entrants. BA Anthropology and Law for 2025/26: 301, 30 and 18. All undergraduate degrees: 5,034 offers for 2020/21, 3,420 for 2021/22 and 4,594 for 2022/23. Values below 5 are suppressed, and LSE notes that numbers may not align exactly across its datasets.
LSE’s workbook for the September 2021 intake (2021 entry), giving applications, offers and registrations by programme and by nationality. LLB in Laws: 2,701 applications, 353 offers and 179 registrations. The nationality sheet lists 112 nationalities and shows every count below 10 as "<10"; offers are shown for five nationalities and registrations for four. Listed under the Publication Scheme on LSE’s Freedom of Information page.
The earlier workbook, for the September 2020 intake (2020 entry). LLB in Laws: 2,491 applications, 540 offers and 196 registrations.
Course page for 2027 entry. UCAS code M100. Standard offer A*AA, contextual offer AAB; IB 39 points with 766 at Higher Level (contextual 37 with 666). Several GCSEs at A (7) and A* (8-9), and at least B (6) in English Language and Mathematics. No set subject combination; a fourth AS-level or Extended Project is never part of an offer. Every applicant must sit the LNAT between 1 September and 31 December 2026 and select LSE when registering; LSE uses only the multiple-choice score and the essay is not considered for most applicants. Shows 3,102 applications, an intake of 193 and a ratio of 16:1 for 2025. Application deadline 13 January 2027.
Gives applications, offers and intake for 2017 entry as 2,753, 454 and 165. The first page to require the LNAT: the test was to be taken between 1 September 2018 and 20 January 2019, and the essay was not considered.
Gives applications, offers and intake for 2018 entry, the last intake before the LNAT, as 2,882, 497 and 173.
Gives applications, offers and intake for 2019 entry, the first LNAT intake, as 2,524, 510 and 160. From this page on, the essay is "not considered for most applicants", and a selector may consider the essay of an applicant who would otherwise have had to sit the UGAA. It also announces a pilot contextual offer of AAA for 2021 entry.
Gives applications, places and ratio for 2022 as 2,695, 164 and 16:1. Later course pages gave other figures under the same year: 2,663, 190 and 14:1 (2024-entry page, captured September 2023) and 2,653, 162 and 16:1 (2025-entry page, captured January 2025).
Lists the admissions workbooks LSE has published as Excel files: 2020/21 admissions (general, and by nationality) and 2021/22 admissions. No later workbook is listed; the newer years are in the Planning Division’s dashboard.
UCAS code ML16, run by the Department of Anthropology. Standard offer AAB; the LNAT is not required. Accredited by the Bar Standards Board as a qualifying law degree.
For 2027 entry: every LLB (M100) applicant must sit the LNAT, which is not required for any other LSE programme; registration opens on 1 August 2026 and only applicants who have sat the test by 31 December 2026 are considered; one sitting per cycle, and results cannot be carried over. "At present, we will only use the multiple-choice score in the assessment of applicants; for most applicants, the essay will not be considered", with the right reserved to assess any applicant’s essay. There is no set minimum multiple-choice score; the score may be used to help distinguish between similarly qualified applicants. LLB applicants are exempt from the UGAA, and the LNAT essay is used in its place. Why LSE introduced the LNAT. Standard offers are a guide, and LSE may specify grades in particular subjects; in 2026 it received about 34,000 applications for roughly 1,900 places, and meeting the standard offer guarantees nothing.
For the LLB in "2019/0" (2019 entry): Home 1,362 applications and 331 offers; Overseas 1,162 applications and 179 offers. The reply gives no registrations and no LNAT figures.
Home and Overseas applicants are selected in two separate processes under separate caps, with the same entry requirements for both. The Director of Planning sets offer targets from the target number of places. The LNAT is the one additional test LSE requires, for the LLB.
How applications are assessed for 2027 entry: admissions assessors first check the minimum entry requirements, and admissions specialists then decide as academic selectors in a centralised process; applications received by the January deadline are treated equally, and early ones may be held in a gathered field; decisions are made holistically on the UCAS form and admissions tests, since LSE does not interview. LSE recommends that only students who meet or are predicted to meet the entry requirements (or contextual offer grades) apply. Applications to places: 13:1 overall, 16:1 for Law.
LSE does not interview applicants for any programme, and an interview cannot be requested. The deadline for full and equal consideration is 13 January 2027 at 18.00 (GMT); later applications are considered only if places remain, which is rare. LSE does not take part in UCAS Extra or Clearing.
"The quality of an applicant’s personal statement is very important at LSE. The School does not interview for places so this is an applicant’s only opportunity to demonstrate they are a good fit for the programme." At least 80% of the statement should be about the programme applied for.
The 2027 cycle: UCAS opens on 2 September 2026; LSE sends its first decisions to UCAS in November 2026 and more each week; the UCAS equal consideration deadline is 13 January 2027 (18.00 GMT); LSE’s final date for decisions is 5 May 2027.
Reply to a request of 21 September 2026 for "the most recent completed undergraduate admissions cycle"; the reply does not name the year. 3,137 applications (Home 1,528, International 1,609), 489 offers and 191 enrolled. 453 applicants were eligible for contextual consideration, 79 received contextual offers and 34 of them enrolled; entrants were 144 on standard offers and 47 on contextual or other reduced or alternative offers. Predicted grades of offer holders (counts below 5 suppressed), for example A*A*A* 134, A*A*A 66, A*A*A*A* 56, A*AA 27, A*A*A*A 21, A*A*AA 10. Achieved grades of entrants, the largest groups being A*AA 21, A*A*A 17 and A*A*A* 14. Offer holders’ LNAT multiple-choice score 28 ("average or median"), contextual offer holders 25.2, lowest 17. GCSE profile of offer holders 8.3, with no further explanation. These figures match none of the years LSE has published, so we take them to be for 2026 entry.
