Through the Bachelor of Psychology (Honours)/Law double degree, you'll develop excellent analytical skills, a capacity for scholarly research and effective oral and written communication skills that will prepare you for a range of careers. You’ll gain the practical skills to make a genuine impact on society by pursuing a career as a psychologist or lawyer. Through real-world experiences, including internships, field trips and practice in our on-campus legal clinics, you’ll have extensive opportunities to apply your knowledge in practical situations.
Our Law degree encourages a commitment to personal and professional development, ethical practice and social responsibility. This professional degree meets the requirements for accreditation with the Legal Professional Admission Board, while the fifth-year courses in Psychology meet the requirements for provisional registration as a psychologist nationally and associate membership in the Australian Psychological Society.
In the Psychology (Honours) degree, you’ll conduct a major research project under the guidance of one of our expert academic supervisors.
World-class Scholarship
Learn from two world-class faculties. UNSW Law & Justice is Australia’s leader in progressive and rigorous legal education, ranked 12th in the world*. UNSW Science ranked 25th in the world for psychology* and is home to educators and researchers at the forefront of many scientific developments and innovation.
Access Cutting-Edge Facilities
UNSW Science’s facilities include world-leading behavioural neuroscience and cognitive testing laboratories. These laboratories run specialist software that will allow you to design/implement your psychological research and analyse/interpret the data you collect. Our teaching facilities include cognitive testing. At honours level, you’ll gain access to laboratories to analyse cognition and brain function, including electroencephalography (EEG), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and eye-tracking.
Multiply Your Opportunities
At UNSW, you’ll study undergraduate law as part of a double degree. Be part of a diverse cohort of interdisciplinary thinkers that combine their passion for law and justice with expertise in other disciplines. Our graduates have applied their law degree to countless industries as critical thinkers and problem-solvers that bring the added perspective of a second specialisation.
Exclusive Career Support
Graduate career-ready with UNSW Law & Justice’s in-house careers service, dedicated to our students and alumni. The service includes one-on-one counselling sessions, a jobs board and a range of resources, presentations and workshops to maximise your employability.
Experiential Learning
Apply your knowledge from the classroom to industry experiences and experiential learning opportunities. Through both of your degrees, you’ll have the chance to gain for-credit practical experience through exchange and international courses, internships, clinics, and competitions.
Global Student Opportunities
Gain global perspectives by studying other countries’ legal systems through overseas electives in China, the USA, Switzerland, India, Vanuatu and Chile. Or you may wish to immerse yourself abroad through student exchange at one of UNSW’s more than 300 exchange hosts across 38 countries.
End-to-end legal education
Prepare for legal practice all in one place. All law graduates in Australia must complete PLT to practise as a lawyer. UNSW’s PLT is the Graduate Diploma in Legal Professional Practice (GDLPP), so you can graduate from one place with all the qualifications you need to launch your legal career.
*QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2024