The University of Law was founded in 1962 as The College of Law of England and Wales. It is on of the longest-established provider of legal education and training in the United Kingdom and also the largest law school in the UK. The institution received degree-awarding powers in 2006 and in 2012 changed its name to what it is now – The University of Law.

Nowadays the ULaw has nine campuses in the UK in Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Guildford, Leeds, London (Bloomsbury and Moorgate), Manchester and Nottingham, as well as an international branch in Hong Kong.

The University of Law does not feature in the Academic Ranking of World Universities or Times Higher Education university rankings, as these rankings exclude small and specialist institutions.

The University of Law does not feature in the Academic Ranking of World Universities or Times Higher Education university rankings, as these rankings exclude small and specialist institutions.

However, in June 2021 university was awarded 5 stars in the World University Rankings, by global higher education analysts, QS (Quacquarelli Symonds). According to QS standards a typical five-star institution is “generally world-class in a broad range of areas, enjoys an excellent reputation and has cutting-edge facilities and internationally renowned research and teaching faculty.” On the top of achieving an overall 5 Star rating as an institution and for the Law subject, ULaw has achieved 5 stars in Teaching, Employability, Online Learning, Academic Development and Inclusiveness and 4 stars for Specialist Criteria for LLB and Internationalisation.

The guiding principle of University of Law is that future lawyers and business leaders should learn in a realistic, professional and contemporary context, with plenty of practical interactive engagement. This is why teaching groups are small and exposed to frequent contact hours.

An alumni network of over 80,000 across 103 countries, allows building strong network, staying connected, offering mentoring opportunities, remaining informed and taking advantage of a wealth of specially negotiated privileges and discounts.

Network connections to 11,800 legal and business industries and organizations worldwide, allow tapping into an incredible pool of alumni talent. as well as employment opportunities.

In order to optimize delivery of academic courses with the adoption of digital technologies ULaw introduced new model looking through five pillars: Teaching Excellence, Data, Design, Assessment and Student Experience.

These will be underpinned by four themes: Inclusivity, Distinctiveness, Sustainability and Impact.

The learning, teaching and assessment is within a hybridised model, deploying greater use of digital technologies to offer tomorrow’s students an outstanding and distinguishable learning pathway.