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Lead College
Deleted: Colleges
See Glossary for an explanation.
University College London (UCL) and Queen Mary, University of London
Accreditation by professional or statutory body
Students wishing to become lawyers are advised to contact the legal professional body in the jurisdiction
where they hope to practice to find out if these programmes will satisfy, or contribute to, their requirements for
the academic stage of legal training.
Language of study and assessment
See also section 4 of the Detailed Regulations.
English
Mode of study
Find further details about student support in the student handbook.
Deleted: Student handbook.
Distance and flexible study
Programme structures
See full details in section 1 of the Detailed Regulations.
The LLM, Postgraduate Diploma in Laws and Postgraduate Certificate in Laws consist of a number of
courses. Each course is divided into four modules, with the exception of one course which is divided into two
double modules (double modules count as two modules).
For each programme of study, a student may be examined in a set number of modules from no more than four
courses, as follows:
LLM – 16 modules from four complete courses;
Postgraduate Diploma in Laws – 10 modules from a maximum of four courses;
Postgraduate Certificate in Laws – five modules from a maximum of four courses.
Students who progress between the programmes of study (for example students progressing from the
Postgraduate Certificate to the Postgraduate Diploma and then to the LLM) will not be permitted to be
examined in modules from more than the maximum of four courses over the duration of their registration as an
International Programmes Student.
A student who wishes to specialise in an area of the law and who wishes the specialisation to be named on
the final diploma for the award is required to select and satisfy the examiners in a defined number of courses
or modules from the chosen specialisation.
Refer to Appendix C of the Detailed Programme Regulations for more information on specialisation.
There are some courses where restrictions are placed on the order in which modules must be studied.
There is also advisory guidance on the order in which some courses should be attempted (refer to the
Appendix A – Syllabuses for full details). Apart from these specific restrictions, modules may be attempted in
any order.
Subject to appropriate fee payment, a student may change their choice of module provided they have not
attempted the assessment for the module concerned. A maximum of four modules may normally be changed
in this way.
Students registered for the LLM of the University of London who are following a programme of study with
either a College or an Institute of the University may transfer to the Postgraduate Laws programme. Students
permitted to enrol will be given credit for all LLM modules/courses previously passed at the respective
College/Institute of the University. The name of all previously passed modules/courses will appear on the
student’s transcript. The mark obtained at the examination at which the course/subject was passed will count
towards the student’s award on the Postgraduate Laws programme.
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