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Sept. 17, 2025
Top UK universities for law according to prestigious rankings
This month, The Guardian published its official rankings of the best UK universities for 2026. As well as publishing overall rankings for the UK universities – The Guardian’s University Guide also breaks down the rankings into subjects.
The Guardian University Guide 2026 uses various metrics to rank the universities, including student satisfaction, graduate prospects, staff numbers, and university spending – the institutions are then given a score out of 100.
Although these assessments are predominantly made on the basis of the undergraduate courses, students, finances, etc, they can still be useful when assessing which university to choose for postgraduate law studies.
Guardian Top 20 UK universities for law
Here are the top 20 UK universities for studying law, according to The Guardian University Guide 2026.
|
Ranking |
University |
Score for Law |
|
1 |
London School of Economics – LSE |
100 |
|
2 |
University of Oxford |
99.1 |
|
3 |
University of Cambridge |
99.1 |
|
4 |
Durham University |
90.5 |
|
5 |
University College London – UCL |
90 |
|
6 |
Southampton Solent University |
88.8 |
|
7 |
King’s College London |
86.9 |
|
8 |
University of South Wales |
85.6 |
|
9 |
University of Glasgow |
83.2 |
|
10 |
University of Southampton |
81.6 |
|
11 |
University of Edinburgh |
79.7 |
|
12 |
University of Strathclyde |
78.8 |
|
13 |
University of Aberdeen |
78.7 |
|
14 |
University of Bristol |
78.6 |
|
15 |
University of Warwick |
78.5 |
|
16 |
Queen Mary, University of London |
77.4 |
|
17 |
Leeds Trinity University |
77.3 |
|
18 |
Bangor University |
76.6 |
|
19 |
University of Sheffield |
76.5 |
|
20 |
Edge Hill University |
75.8 |
Some of these universities may not offer Master of Laws programs or even any postgraduate law courses at all – but The Guardian’s best universities by subject is a good starting point when researching the best place to study your LLM degree program.
See the full law rankings by subject here.
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Content added on 17th September 2025.
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