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We offer an overview of TOP-100 best universities in the world with the study of law for foreign students. Obtaining a bachelor's degree in law abroad does not give the right to work in the field of law, but this is an excellent first step towards this. Different countries have their own procedure for preparing for a career in the field of law.
In the U.S. and Canada, you must have a bachelor's degree before pursuing a master's degree in law to earn a Juris Doctor (JD) degree. It will take you about three years to get a Bachelor of Laws degree, it will take you another year to obtain a Master of Laws degree, and it will take up to three years to obtain a Doctor of Laws degree in the United States.
Master's (LLM) and Bachelor's (LLB) degrees in European law are available at many universities throughout Europe. Such a scheme of training lawyers is relevant in the EU member states. Some countries, such as the UK, offer a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree in as little as three years.
Law programs teach students to think critically, research, debate, and analyze, allowing them to study a wide range of social sciences and humanities issues within a single degree.
Top 100 best universities in the world in 2026 QS: Law and Legal Studies
| 1 | Harvard University |
| 2 | University of Oxford |
| 3 | University of Cambridge |
| 4 | Yale University |
| 5 | Stanford University |
| 6 | National University of Singapore (NUS) |
| 7 | New York University (NYU) |
| 8 | Columbia University |
| 9 | The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) |
| 10 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) |
| 11 | The University of Melbourne |
| 12 | University of Chicago |
| 13 | The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) |
| 14 | UCL |
| 15 | The University of Edinburgh |
| 16 | King's College London |
| 17 | The University of Sydney |
| 18 | University of Toronto |
| 19 | Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne |
| 20 | The University of Hong Kong |
| 21 | Georgetown University |
| 22 | University of Pennsylvania |
| 23 | Leiden University |
| 24 | The University of Tokyo |
| 25 | Australian National University (ANU) |
| 26 | Cornell University |
| 27 | University of British Columbia |
| 28 | Peking University |
| 29 | Tsinghua University |
| 30 | McGill University |
| 31 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| 32 | Monash University |
| 33 | Queen Mary University of London |
| 34 | Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) |
| 35 | O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) |
| 36 | University of Amsterdam |
| 37 | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| 38 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC) |
| 39 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) |
| 40 | Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna |
| 41 | City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) |
| 42 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
| 43 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
| 44 | Duke University |
| 45 | Seoul National University |
| 46 | KU Leuven |
| 47 | University of Virginia |
| 48 | Universidad de Chile |
| 49 | Durham University |
| 50 | Universidad de los Andes |
