Advanced Paralegal Apprenticeship CertHE Certhe
Key information
- Degree
- Certhe
- Duration
- 2 years
- Start
- UCAS code
- N406
- Institution code
- Q50
- Entry Requirements
- Full entry requirements (including contextual admissions)
- Fees
- None - your employer pays your tuition fees. In addition, you will earn a salary while you study.
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Structure
Entry requirements
| Contextualised admissions | We consider every application on its individual merits and will take into consideration your individual educational experiences and context. More information on how academic schools and programmes use this information as part of the admissions process, can be found on our contextualised admissions pages. |
Non-UK students
To apply, you must be either:
- a citizen of the UK or European Economic Area (EEA)
- or have lived in the UK or EEA for the past three consecutive years
- or a non-EEA citizen with permission from the UK government to live in the UK (not for educational purposes), and have been ordinarily resident in the UK for at least the previous three years before the start of the apprenticeship.
International qualifications
We accept a wide range of European and international qualifications in addition to A-levels, the International Baccalaureate and BTEC qualifications. Please visit International Admissions for full details.
English language
Find out more about our English language entry requirements, including the types of test we accept and the scores needed for entry to the programme.
You may also be able to meet the English language requirement for your programme by joining a summer pre-sessional programme before starting your degree.
Further information
See the UK Government apprenticeship funding rules.
This course does not accept applications for deferred entry.
Funding
You will be paid for your work with the employer. Degree apprentices will start on an annual salary of at least £22,000 (£26,000 for those over 21), and depending on your job role, employer and pathway you may be offered more.
Your employer will pay all of your Queen Mary tuition fees. They may also support with travel, accommodation, or additional training.
Visit the government apprenticeships website www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship to explore live vacancies and find helpful contacts.
Support from Queen Mary
We offer specialist support on all financial and welfare issues through our Advice and Counselling Service, which you can access as soon as you have applied for a place at Queen Mary.
Take a look at our Student Advice Guides which cover ways to finance your degree, including:
- additional sources of funding
- planning your budget and cutting costs
- part-time and vacation work
- money for lone parents.
About the School
Law is taught to the highest standards at Queen Mary. The School was ranked 7th in the UK and 33rd in the world by QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026, and 7th in the UK and 44th in the world in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026 by subject.
Located on the doorstep of London’s legal district, we have links with major law firms and frequently host visiting lecturers at the forefront of legal practice in the City. Our academics are some of the UK’s top legal minds, including a number of QCs, who advise high-profile international organisations such as the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the British Parliament and foreign governments.
The School is home to the Legal Advice Centre (LAC), through which students work alongside solicitors to offer free legal advice to the local community.
We have a lively and engaged student body, who run several law-based societies.
