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University degree

Law with Psychology

University of Sussex
Qualification
Degree
Length
3 yrs
UK fees / yr
£9,535
Study
Full-time
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About this course

Psychology’s goal is to understand human behaviour and law’s purpose is to control it. Combine both to gain insight into why, as well as how, law is applied. Psychology’s goal is to understand human behaviour and law’s purpose is to control it.

Combine both to gain insight into why, as well as how, law is applied. Combine a qualifying law degree with the study of psychology and discover the significant ways these two disciplines inform one another. You’ll study how laws are interpreted and applied.

Your psychology studies will help you understand how magistrates, judges, lawyers and others are influenced by their own psychological biases, perceptions, and cognitive limitations. Law and psychology studies complement each other. While the goal of psychology is to understand human behaviour, the purpose of the law is to control it.

Could you get in?
The grades students arrived with
<48 pts2%
64-79 pts2%
80-95 pts1%
96-111 pts7%
112-127 pts32%
128-143 pts25%
144-159 pts11%
160-175 pts4%
176-191 pts2%
192-207 pts1%
208-223 pts1%
240+ pts1%
How they qualified
Could I get in? Try your grades
120 UCAS pts
Pay & prospects
What graduates earn over time
£24,000
3 years on
£30,500
5 years on
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