Teesside University • Middlesbrough
The applied law master’s at the lowest total cost of our twelve LLMs — three intakes a year, skills-weighted teaching, budget intact.
Our take
Teesside runs the value corner of our LLM list on its usual terms: a £17,000–£20,000 band, Britain’s cheapest student living, and three intakes a year — with an “(Applied)” designation that weights the teaching toward usable legal skills over pure doctrine. The strategic frame matches our other Teesside pages: for lawyers whose destination is home-market practice with a UK credential, or the SQE route pursued after relocating to a bigger legal market on the national Graduate visa, minimising the credential year’s cost is rational planning, not compromise. The remaining LLM honesty is unchanged — no practice rights from any LLM; the SQE and qualifying work experience do that work.
| Duration | 1 year full-time |
| Intake | September & January & May |
| Accreditation | Teesside University Law School |
| Tuition | Within Teesside’s 2026/27 international postgraduate band of £17,000–£20,000; exact fee confirmed in your offer. The £4,000 deposit is deducted from tuition. |
Where this leads: An academic law degree with applied-skills weighting — no practice rights conferred. England-and-Wales qualification runs through the SQE exams plus qualifying work experience.
Three intakes a year; confirm the May cohort for your cycle.
Why Teesside
Sub-£20,000 fees plus Middlesbrough living costs — no cheaper route to a UK law master’s exists on our list.
September, January and May starts — shared only with Coventry among our LLMs.
Drafting, advocacy-adjacent and problem-based work weight the teaching toward what junior legal roles actually require.
The credential and the Graduate visa both travel — the two-step strategy our budget-focused clients run deliberately.
What you study
Entry requirements
English language
Teesside can consider Medium of Instruction (MOI) evidence for some courses — though clinical and regulated programmes usually still require a formal test. Teesside does not publish a formal MOI list, but counsellors widely report MOI letters being considered case by case, and the university formally accepts several IELTS-free routes: school-level English such as WAEC or NECO English from Nigeria, and its own free Teesside English Language Test (TELT), taken online via Microsoft Teams. Health courses regulated by the NMC still need a formal test at a higher level, so we always confirm your exact position with admissions before you apply.
Also accepted: PTE Academic 59, LanguageCert Academic, TOEFL iBT, Trinity ISE, Teesside English Language Test (TELT) — free, online. Pre-sessional English is available if you fall short.
Careers
Your country
Teesside has a regional office in Lahore and a large agent network across Punjab, Sindh and KPK. For master’s entry you typically need a four-year bachelor’s degree with at least 60% or a GPA of 3.0; a two- or three-year degree (or a four-year humanities or commerce degree) at 55% is usually considered when followed by a two-year master’s at 55%. HSSC holders normally route into Year 1 via the International Study Centre foundation rather than directly. The £4,000 CAS deposit applies, and the MPH — a favourite with Pakistani medics, pharmacists and allied health graduates — accepts a 2.2-equivalent degree with January, May and September starts.
Full guide for PakistanTeesside’s South Asia office in Gurugram supports Indian applicants directly. For undergraduate Year 1 entry you typically need 65% in Class 12 from any state board; foundation routes accept 55% from CBSE, ICSE, Maharashtra and West Bengal boards or 60% from other boards. For master’s courses the standard requirement is 55% or CGPA 5.8/10 from a recognised university, relaxed to 50% or CGPA 5.5/10 for graduates of Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Jadavpur and Kolkata universities. The three-intake calendar suits Indian students who miss September, and the two-year advanced-practice master’s routes are popular for the built-in internship.
Full guide for IndiaTeesside has a West Africa regional office in Lagos and has recruited strongly from Nigeria in recent years. For master’s entry you typically need a four-year bachelor’s degree at second class lower (2.2) or above. Direct Year 1 undergraduate entry usually needs a National Diploma at 2.8/4.0 or 3.5/5.0; WAEC or NECO with three passes at C6 and two at B3 including maths routes into the foundation year. English is often the easy part — WAEC and NECO English at the required grade are considered in place of IELTS, and the free Teesside English Language Test is a useful backup. The £4,000 deposit applies before your CAS.
Full guide for NigeriaTeesside opened a MENA regional office in Dubai and works with IDP offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Students with the UAE secondary school certificate (Tawjihiyya) at around 70% typically enter through the foundation year, while A-Levels, IB (27+ points) or a Higher Colleges of Technology diploma at GPA 2.5 can support direct Year 1 entry. For master’s courses you usually need a bachelor’s degree at 65% or a GPA of 2.6/4.0 from a recognised university. Expat students on Indian or Pakistani curricula are assessed against those countries’ requirements, and the January and May intakes give useful flexibility.
Full guide for the UAECompare
FAQ
Teaching weighted toward usable skills — drafting, problem-based casework, practical assessment — rather than purely doctrinal essays. For careers that start in paralegal or legal-operations roles, the applied evidence transfers directly.
Fees of £17,000–£20,000 plus Britain’s cheapest student living — the lowest LLM total we list. Many students complete the year for less than a London LLM’s tuition alone.
September, January or May — three intakes, rare among law master’s. The May window rescues spring applicants who would otherwise lose half a year.
The local legal market is modest, and we say so plainly. The strategy that works: qualify at Teesside prices, then take the national Graduate visa to Leeds, Manchester or London where legal hiring concentrates — with your budget intact for the SQE fees ahead.
Fees, entry requirements, English-language policies and intake dates are correct to the best of our knowledge at the date shown, but universities review them every cycle and immigration rules change. Always treat figures as a guide — we confirm the exact, current requirements with the university before you apply. Facts on this page last checked July 2026.
Intakes shown are for this course specifically; Teesside runs other intakes for other programmes — see the full Teesside profile.
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