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Undergraduate program
An undergraduate law degree at the University of Sydney. Many school-leavers take law as a combined degree; a graduate-entry path also exists. Confirm which route matches your background before you picture a three-year standalone LLB.
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The Bachelor of Laws is a professional law degree. It covers the core of Australian legal knowledge required for later admission pathways, plus electives the school offers in a given year.
It is not a short “legal studies” major inside another bachelor’s. The academic load is substantial. Combined degrees take longer than a single bachelor’s because you complete two awards.
Admission to practise as a lawyer in Australia has further steps after the LLB (practical legal training and admitting-authority rules). This degree is academic preparation, not a practising certificate.
You learn how legal systems work, how to read authority, and how to apply doctrine to problems. Optional subjects then let you lean toward particular fields of law.
Australian LLBs include prescribed areas of knowledge needed for admission pathways. The school maps those onto its core subjects. Confirm the current cores.
Case analysis, statutory interpretation and structured writing are the daily craft — more than memorising rules.
Later-year electives, where offered, cover specialist areas. They change. Do not plan a career on an elective that may not run.
Clerkships and internships are competitive extras, not a listed module we can guarantee.
Structure depends on whether you are in a combined undergraduate degree or a graduate-entry LLB. Those are different maps.
School-leavers often combine Law with another bachelor’s. Total duration is longer. Both faculties’ rules apply.
If you already hold a degree, a shorter graduate-entry LLB may be the relevant product. Do not apply to the wrong course code.
A typical law degree front-loads compulsory subjects, then opens electives. The handbook is the sequence.
Entry standards for Law are competitive and differ for combined undergraduate and graduate-entry applicants.
Undergraduate combined Law uses secondary results (and any stated prerequisites). Graduate-entry uses your prior degree. The published ATAR/selection rank or GPA equivalent is a university figure — we will not invent a cut-off.
Some law admissions use extra evidence or schemes. Check the current Law admissions page rather than copying last year’s forum advice.
Transcripts and English language evidence for many international applicants. Combined degrees may need you to meet both faculties’ rules.
This page cannot tell you whether you will receive an offer. Official admissions information for your intake is the authority.
Law often has a clearly stated English language standard because the degree is language-heavy. Use the University of Sydney’s published scores for Law, not a generic Australian average.
Accepted tests and scores are listed by the university and can be higher for Law than for some other faculties. Confirm for your intake.
We do not reprint unofficial IELTS or TOEFL numbers.
International law tuition is published by the university per course. Combined degrees have a fee pattern that follows both awards. Living in Sydney is a separate, often high, cost.
Use the official international fee for the Law course you would actually enrol in. Combined and graduate-entry fees are not interchangeable.
Inner Sydney housing and transport sit on top of tuition. See destination cost guidance rather than a made-up weekly budget here.
Fees change. We do not display unofficial averages.
The University of Sydney International Scholarship in our listing is aimed at commencing postgraduate research students — not a typical undergraduate LLB award. Coursework scholarships, when they exist, are listed on the university site.
An LLB can support pathways toward legal practice, policy, government or business roles that need legal literacy. Practice as a solicitor or barrister requires further steps after the degree.
Graduates may pursue practical legal training and admission. Those processes are regulated and separate from the university’s academic award.
Some graduates use the degree in public service, compliance, or further study. None of these is guaranteed by the title “Bachelor of Laws”.
The main campus is in Camperdown and Darlington, inner Sydney. Law teaching sits in that city-university setting. Read the university page for campus and student-life context.
Student visas, health cover and Australian study timelines belong on the Australia destination page. Professional admission to practise is a national and state matter beyond this course profile.
Semester 1 is the usual start. Combined Law can fill. Closing dates for international applicants are published by the university and should be treated as firm.
Semester 1 unless the official page lists another intake for your route.
Check the current closing date for your course code. We do not print a date that may be out of date by the time you apply.
Short answers for orientation. Official course pages remain the source of truth for your year of entry.
Core Australian legal subjects plus electives the school offers. Combined-degree students also complete a second bachelor’s. The handbook has the current list.
It depends on combined versus graduate-entry study. Confirm the duration for your course code on the official page — do not assume a single three-year LLB.
Competitive academic results for the relevant route, plus any extra Law admissions steps. International applicants also need to meet English language rules.
Sydney publishes accepted tests and scores; Law may sit at a stated faculty standard. Confirm the current requirement for your intake.
International tuition is published per course. Combined degrees follow both awards. Living costs in Sydney are separate. We do not quote unofficial figures.
It may prepare you for legal practice pathways or other work that needs legal training. Practising as a lawyer requires further regulated steps. No job or visa is guaranteed.
Usually directly to the university, to the correct combined or graduate-entry course. Application Support can help you sequence the work.
Other programmes we currently list in the same study area, university or level — a comparison set, not a ranking.
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