Contents - Faculty of Law - University of Cambridge

As part of the requirements for the Certificate, the Faculty of Law organises a Research Training and DevelopmentProgramme consisting of courses and seminars. Research students who have been granted exemption from attendingthe research training classes are nevertheless strongly encouraged to attend this programme which is also attended bymany research students at a more advanced stage of their research. The aims of the programme are to provide anintroduction to research techniques and methods in law and cognate disciplines, to provide practical guidance and adviceon the conduct of research and to encourage discussion of philosophical and theoretical issues. The programme alsoprovides an opportunity for students to present their research at a work-in-progress seminar.The Institute of Criminology provides its own Training and Development Programme which law students with interests insocio-legal issues should attend. Further details about this programme are available from the Institute. Certain classeson social science research techniques are also shared between the Faculty and the Institute.Minimum entry requirements, how to apply and course closing datesThe minimum entry requirements for admission to any of the above research courses in Law (ie. the Diploma in LegalStudies, the Diploma in International Law, the MLitt, or the PhD) are:• a First Class degree in Law, or a related discipline relevant to the subject of the proposed research, from aBritish University, or its equivalent from a University overseas, or a very good upper second class honoursdegree in Law, or a related discipline relevant to the subject of the proposed research, with, in addition, anoverall First or Distinction in a Master’s Degree in Law, or a related discipline relevant to the proposed research.• suitability of proposed research to Cambridge• availability of suitable supervisor at Cambridge• Applicants whose first language is not English should take a language proficiency test to show they have thenecessary command of the English language to get the most out of the course. IELTS is the university'spreferred test. Where the IELTS test is not available, the Princeton TOEFL test may be taken instead.Prospective students who do this must take the Test of Written English (TWE) at the same time. Applicants whotake the IELTS test should attain a minimum overall score of 7.5 with a minimum of 7.0 in the reading, writing,listening and speaking components. Applicants who take the TOEFL test should attain a minimum score of 637in the paper-based test plus 5.5 TWE. Applicants who take the internet based TOEFL test should attain aminimum overall score of 110, with no less than 25 in each individual element.Applicants for research courses in Law should apply online through the Board of Graduate Studies – please seehttp://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/gradstud/admissions/. The MLitt and PhD application deadline is 30April for admission in the following October. Students should be aware that these are course closing dates andthat funding deadlines from the Cambridge Trusts are earlier. Please refer to the table of application deadlinesfor all the relevant trusts at Cambridge at http://www.cambridgetrusts.org/about-us/key-points-forpostgraduates.html.The closing date for applications for the Diploma in Legal Studies and the Diploma in International Law is 31 March foradmission in the following October, 31 May for admission in the following January and 30 September foradmission in the following April. As above, students should be aware that these are course closing dates andthat funding deadlines from the Cambridge trusts are earlier. Please seehttp://www.cambridgetrusts.org/about-us/key-points-for-postrgraduate-applicants.html for furtherinformation.116