LSE Law, in numbers.
One programme. Two published cycles. The most granular by-nationality data of any UK law school.
LSE Law
OVERVIEW
Headline numbers
LSE's most recently published admissions cycle is 2021/22. The school received 2,701 applications to the LLB in Laws, made 353 offers, and registered 179 new entrants — an offer rate of 13.1% and a yield (registered ÷ offered) of 50.7%.[1]
2021/22 OFFER RATE
Apps per offer
7.65
Roughly one offer per eight applicants
Three numbers worth fixing in your head
2.7k
Applications (2021/22)
2,701 applications to a single programme, the LLB in Laws.[1] Up 8.4% from 2,491 the year before.
13.1%
Offer rate
Tightened from 21.7% in 2020/21 to 13.1% in 2021/22 — a sharp single-year compression.[1][2]
179
Registered entrants
Cohort size has held flat — 196 in 2020/21, 179 in 2021/22.[1] LSE's intake target is set by the School, not by applicant quality.
One programme code. LSE offers only one undergraduate Law degree: the LLB in Laws (UCAS code M100, sometimes listed as N100 historically).[3] There is no separate "Law with French" or "Law and Anthropology" track for direct LSE entry — the BA in Anthropology and Law sits in the Anthropology department and uses a different process.
Two cycles, side by side
LSE publishes detailed admissions data per cycle.[5] The two most recent published cycles tell a clear story: applications up, offers down, yield stable.
Figure 1 · Year-on-year funnel
Applications
Offers
Registrations
LLB Laws
| Cycle | Applications | Offers | Registered | Offer rate | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 2,491 | 540 | 196 | 21.7% | 36.3% |
| 2021/22 | 2,701 | 353 | 179 | 13.1% | 50.7% |
What changed between the two cycles
- Applications climbed 8.4% — from 2,491 to 2,701. The LLB in Laws is getting more competitive.
- Offers fell 35% — from 540 to 353. LSE made markedly fewer offers in 2021/22, pointing to either a tighter applicant cap or a higher conversion expectation.
- Yield rose from 36% to 51%. Fewer but firmer offers, and the share who registered jumped.
- Cohort size barely moved — 196 → 179. The intake target is fixed; offer count is the variable being tuned to hit it.
The 2020/21 → 2021/22 shift is sharp. A 35% drop in offers against an 8% rise in applications puts the 2021/22 cycle at roughly 1.65× the selectivity of the year before — a bigger single-year tightening than most other LNAT schools have published.
[DATA GAP: Cycles 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25, and 2025/26 are not yet published in equivalent detail by LSE School Management. The pattern from 2021/22 onwards cannot be inferred from this dataset.]
By nationality
LSE publishes the most detailed by-nationality split of any of the seven LNAT universities.[1] For the LLB Laws in 2021/22, the school discloses applications, offers, and registrations for every nationality with ≥10 applicants. That gives an unusually clear picture of where LSE's Law cohort comes from.
The top five nationalities in 2021/22
#1 · 35%
British
945 applications, 184 offers, 95 registrations. The UK applicant pool is roughly a third of the total.[1]
#2 · 9.2%
Indian
248 applications, 13 offers, 10 registrations. The largest non-UK source — but a 5.2% offer rate, well below the school-wide average.[1]
#3 · 7.4%
Singaporean
201 applications, 23 offers, 11 registrations. Singapore's offer rate (11.4%) lands close to the school average.[1]
#4 · 5.1%
Hong Kong
138 applications, 23 offers, 12 registrations — 16.7% offer rate, slightly above the school average.[1]
#5 · 3.7%
Canadian
99 applications. LSE redacts offer counts under 10, so the precise offer rate is not visible.[1]
Full nationality breakdown (apps ≥ 10)
The table below lists every nationality with at least 10 applications. LSE redacts cells where the count is under 10, in line with their published disclosure rules.
| 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 | — |
| Malaysian | 96 | 15 | <10 | 15.6% |
| Chinese | 89 | <10 | <10 | — |
| Pakistani | 74 | <10 | <10 | — |
| American | 70 | <10 | <10 | — |
| French | 54 | <10 | <10 | — |
| Italian | 40 | <10 | <10 | — |
| Greek | 34 | <10 | <10 | — |
| Polish | 33 | <10 | <10 | — |
| German | 32 | <10 | <10 | — |
| Australian | 26 | <10 | <10 | — |
| Spanish | 26 | <10 | <10 | — |
| Irish | 25 | <10 | <10 | — |
| South Korean | 22 | <10 | <10 | — |
| Nigerian | 22 | <10 | <10 | — |
| Turkish | 19 | <10 | <10 | — |
| Romanian | 16 | <10 | <10 | — |
| Russian | 15 | <10 | <10 | — |
| Dutch | 14 | <10 | <10 | — |
| Swiss | 14 | <10 | <10 | — |
| New Zealand | 13 | <10 | <10 | — |
| Portuguese | 13 | <10 | <10 | — |
| Egyptian | 13 | <10 | <10 | — |
| Danish | 12 | <10 | <10 | — |
| Jordan | 12 | <10 | <10 | — |
| Belgian | 11 | <10 | <10 | — |
| Cypriot (EU) | 10 | <10 | <10 | — |
| Kenyan | 10 | <10 | <10 | — |
| Swedish | 10 | <10 | <10 | — |
What the nationality split tells you
- The UK pool is about a third of total applicants but takes 52% of offers. 945 UK applications → 184 offers → 95 registrations.[1]
- India is over-represented at apps, under-represented at offers. 248 apps for 13 offers is a 5.2% Indian-applicant offer rate — less than half the school-wide 13.1%.
- Singapore and Hong Kong perform close to the school average. UK-style schooling and familiarity with LNAT-format reasoning is the likeliest explanation.
- Most European applicants are redacted at the offer stage (offer count < 10). Direct comparison is hard, but no single EU nationality produces >10 offers per cycle.
Sources cited on this page
Every numerical claim above ends in a [n] superscript that links here. LSE publishes admissions data centrally through the Secretary's Division; cycle-by-cycle workbooks are available from the LSE Information Records Management page.
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[1]
LSE Admissions Data — 2021/22 (by Nationality + by Programme workbooks) REPORT
Cycle workbook publishing applications, offers, and registrations by both programme and nationality. LLB in Laws total: 2,701 / 353 / 179.
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[2]
LSE Admissions Data — 2020/21 cycle REPORT
The earlier cycle workbook. LLB in Laws total: 2,491 / 540 / 196.
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[3]
LSE — LLB Bachelor of Laws programme page PROGRAMME
Single-programme overview. UCAS code M100. Standard offer A*AA. LNAT required.
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[5]
LSE Information Records Management — disclosure log PUBLISHED
Index of LSE's voluntarily-published admissions data and FOI disclosures. The cycle workbooks are the primary source.