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Flexible study and support
The Postgraduate Laws Programme is
flexible: you are not required to attend
tutorials (although it is strongly advised
that you do), complete assignments or
come to London. As examinations are
held twice a year in over 180 countries,
you can sit them locally wherever you
are based, and whenever you are ready.
Flexible admissions
You can apply to join the programme
at any time of year and start whenever
you receive your study materials. You
do not need a law degree to apply:
students with a good non-law degree
can start on the Postgraduate Diploma
and progress to the LLM. Students
without an honours degree can start
on the Postgraduate Certificate. For
entry requirements please see page 14.
Flexible study period
You have between one and five years
to complete the LLM and the
Postgraduate Diploma; and from six
months to five years for the
Postgraduate Certificate.
Flexible assessment
Exams are held twice a year in May and
October and can be taken locally. Each
module is assessed by a 45-minute
unseen written exam with a choice of
questions. There is no oral exam or
dissertation. Exams are set and marked
in London. If you fail a module you only
need to resit the failed module, not the
entire course.
Flexible payment
You do not have to pay in full when
you start your first course, unless you
wish to. Most students choose the payas-you-go
option, spreading the cost
by paying for each new module in turn.
How many times can
I repeat exams?
You may repeat an exam for the same
module only once. If you fail it a second
time, your registration with the University
of London for the Postgraduate Laws
Programme will cease. But of course
you may decide not to sit a failed
module for a second time and start
afresh with a new module
How much time
will I need?
It is up to you how you schedule
your studies, depending on your work
and personal commitments. However,
it is recommended that you will
need to dedicate around 120 hours
for each module.
How many modules
should I study at one
time?
Most students choose to study one
course (all four modules) twice a year.
In this way, you can complete the
entire LLM within two years.
Number of modules
examined
There is no requirement to be
examined at any particular exam
session. You can choose when to be
examined on any module, so long as
you complete your study within the
period of registration.
Is CPD available?
The University offers credit bearing
individual modules from the
programme that can be taken on a
stand-alone basis. You may take up
to four individual modules. Please see
our website for details.
Accreditation of prior
learning (APL)
APL requests may only be made based
upon a Postgraduate Certificate in Law
or Postgraduate Diploma in Law
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Postgraduate programmes in Laws