The University of Manchester is a public research university in Manchester, England. The University, in its present form, was created in 2004 by the amalgamation of the Victoria University of Manchester and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). The University of Manchester is recognized globally for its high-quality research and academic achievements. The University of Manchester is based in the north of England and is among the largest universities in the UK.

The University is famous for its academic and research excellence, and is also a member of the Russell Group. The University of Manchester currently has 25 Nobel Prize winners among current and former staff and students, and 91% of Manchester’s recent graduates go straight into employment or continued studies.

Course units for year 1
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.

Title Code Credit rating Mandatory/optional
Criminological Research Methods CRIM10072 20 Mandatory
Crime and Society (for Law with Crim Students) CRIM10121 10 Mandatory
Introduction to Law and Legal Skills LAWS10160 30 Mandatory
Criminal Law LAWS10320 30 Mandatory
Obligations I & 2 LAWS10640 30 Mandatory
Course content for year 2
In Year 2, you will study two full-year foundational subjects:

LAWS 20250 Land Law (30 credits);
LAWS 20530 Public Law (30 credits).
You will select a 20-credit full-year subject from a range of specially designed units which develop your foundational studies. The units currently offered are:

Human Rights
Law in a Global Context
Principles and Practice of Commercial Law
Law in Practice
You will also select two 20-credit Criminology subjects which extend your understanding of criminological theory and your knowledge of the practices and techniques used in contemporary criminal justice systems. The units currently offered are:

Understanding Punishment
Modelling Criminological Data
Explaining Crime and Deviance
These are designed by leading researchers in their fields and will develop your knowledge of specific patterns of crime and criminality, as well as your understanding of quantitative and qualitative research methods.

Course units for year 2
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.

Title Code Credit rating Mandatory/optional
Policing and the Police CRIM20051 20 Mandatory
Public Law LAWS20100 30 Mandatory
Property Law I LAWS20110 30 Mandatory
Explaining Crime and Deviance CRIM20412 20 Optional
Modelling Criminological Data CRIM20452 20 Optional
Understanding Punishment CRIM20692 20 Optional
Principles of Commercial Law LAWS20052 20 Optional
Human Rights LAWS20092 20 Optional
Public International Law LAWS20372 20 Optional
Principles of Law, Medicine and Ethics LAWS20732 20 Optional
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Course content for year 3
In your final year, you will select four 20-credit Law and two 20-credit Criminology subjects which consider specialised and in-depth areas of law and criminology.

Our optional subjects give you the opportunity to engage with our world-leading research specialisms, including:

Equity and Trusts*;
European Union Law*;
Law in Action;
Principles of Law, Medicine and Ethics;
Criminal Evidence;
Environmental Law;
Company Law;
Employment Law;
Intellectual Property Law;
Family Law;
Jurisprudence;
Competition Law;
Mental Health Law;
Miscarriages of Justice;
Constitutional Reform;
Law, Money and Technology;
Advocacy and the Law.
The areas in Criminology include:

Drugs and Society;
Serious and Organised Crime;
Criminology and Mass Violence;
Youth, Crime and Justice;
Crime Mapping: an introduction to GIS and spatial analysis;
Prisons: Exploring the Carceral World in the UK;
Understanding Violence.
You also have a choice to write a dissertation in place of one of these courses.

Please note that course units available are subject to change annually.

*Students wishing to satisfy the professional requirements for the academic stage of training for the Bar Standards Board must take these course units.

Course units for year 3
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.

Title Code Credit rating Mandatory/optional
Property Law II - level 3 LAWS30330 20 Mandatory
Law of Obligations II LAWS30400 30 Mandatory
European Union Law LAWS30990 30 Mandatory

You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

• Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
• Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it