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Which universities require the LNAT?

Nine in the UK: Bristol, Cambridge, Durham, Glasgow, King’s College London (KCL), the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Oxford, SOAS and University College London (UCL). They ask every applicant to the undergraduate law courses on the LNAT Consortium’s list to sit the National Admissions Test for Law (LNAT), whether they apply from the UK, the European Union (EU) or overseas. Three LNAT universities outside the UK use it under certain conditions. Sitting the test isn’t an application, so you still apply to each university as normal.

  • 1LNAT sitting covers all your applications
  • 0General exemptions from the LNAT
  • UK, EU and overseasApplicants who must sit it
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Updated October 2026 · Written from official sources, listed at the bottom of this page

LNAT universities in the UK

UniversityUCAS codes
University of BristolM100, MR11, MR12, MR13
University of CambridgeM100
Durham UniversityM101, M102
University of Glasgow35 course codes, including M100
King’s College LondonLM21, M100, M121, M122, M123, M190
LSEM100
University of OxfordM100, M190 to M194, and the Foundation Year in Law
SOASM100 and every other law combination, except M102 Senior Status
UCLM100, M101, M102, M141, M142, M144, M145, M146

The codes are Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) course codes. LNAT’s list was still headed for 2026 entry in October 2026, but the 2027 entry pages of Bristol, Cambridge and LSE all require the LNAT, as do King’s and Glasgow’s current pages. The LNAT Consortium also says graduates applying for an undergraduate law degree as a second degree must sit it.

Which LNAT universities are outside the UK?

The LNAT Consortium says these three rely on the LNAT under certain conditions, and tells you to check the details with each one:

  • O.P. Jindal Global University, India
  • Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS)
  • IE University, Spain, where a choice of tests applies

SUSS applicants have their own testing window, which is on the deadlines page. LNAT’s separate “Why join LNAT?” page lists only SUSS and IE University outside the UK.

LNAT deadlines for 2027 entry →

How LNAT universities use the test

The LNAT Consortium says there’s no fixed weight to the LNAT. Universities use it with your qualifications, your UCAS application, your personal statement and sometimes an interview, and some say more:

  • LSE uses the multiple-choice score, and doesn’t consider the essay for most applicants.
  • Glasgow uses the LNAT alongside your academic qualifications, your personal statement and the rest of your UCAS application.
  • Bristol downloads scores and essays from LNAT by hand at regular intervals, so it may not have yours straight away.
  • King’s College London says it can’t consider your application further if you haven’t sat the LNAT by its deadline.
  • Cambridge requires every law applicant to take it.
LNAT scores explained →Oxford and Cambridge LNAT →

Can you get an exemption from the LNAT?

Only in extreme cases, and only from a university. There are no general exemptions, and neither the LNAT Consortium nor Pearson VUE can grant one. The LNAT Consortium gives these examples of when to ask your universities:

  • There’s no test centre in your country.
  • War, civil unrest or a natural disaster makes it dangerous to reach a centre before the deadline.
  • You’re taken into hospital unexpectedly and can’t get to a centre before the deadline.

Missing a deadline by mistake isn’t a reason. If you apply to several LNAT universities, you ask each one separately, and each makes its own decision. Glasgow has its own exemption form and also considers adverse travel conditions or travel costs that make reaching a centre unreasonable.

Universities that don’t require the LNAT

Any UK law school not in the table above isn’t on LNAT’s list, so check its own entry requirements. That includes Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Warwick and Nottingham. Nottingham is named as a member of LNAT Consortium Ltd on LNAT’s corporate information page, but it isn’t among the universities the consortium lists as requiring the test.

Sources: LNAT Consortium · LSE · University of Glasgow and 9 more. Checked October 2026.

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