University of Birmingham - School of Law

The Birmingham LLM takes one year (full-time) or two years (part-time) to complete and involves the study of six specialist modules and a dissertation. Applicants must have a good undergraduate degree in Law or equivalent. 

The Birmingham LLM allows students to follow a general route, with complete flexibility in module selection, or follow one of our specialist pathways. When applying to the Birmingham LLM, students do not need to decide whether they wish to specialise at that stage, as pathway specialisms can be decided once students start on the course. 

Our General LLM is ideal if you wish to gain Masters-level knowledge and skills without restricting yourself to just one particular branch of law. The programme provides one of the widest ranges of options in the UK with over 30 modules available, enabling you to create a unique degree tailored to your future career aspirations.

The specialist pathways available are: Commercial Law, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, International Commercial Law, International Law and Globalisation, International Law: Crime, Justice and Human Rights, and International Trade Law.

All of our taught programmes follow the same structure:

- In part I of the programmes, you take six 20-credit modules; your module choices will depend upon the programme you decide to follow. Assessment in those modules, by essay or formal examination, is in May and June.
- In part II of the programmes, you research and write a 15,000-word dissertation on a selected topic of law under the supervision of a member of staff.

All of our modules are taught in small-group seminars, allowing equal opportunities for class interaction to all students.

Further details about the LLM programmes, including full module descriptions and student profiles, can be found online at www.birmingham.ac.uk/llm

In addition to our UK based LLM programmes, in 2019 we will be launching our LLM in International Commercial Law at our campus in Dubai. 

The University of Birmingham has been welcoming students since 1900, and is one of the world's top 100 universities according to the 2019 QS World Rankings. It is currently home to over 8,500 postgraduate students from 150 countries.

Birmingham Law School is ranked in the top 100 Law Schools in the world according to the 2018 QS World Rankings. At the heart of our school is a strong faculty of academic lawyers who are leaders in their fields. Our academic staff are amongst the country's most eminent legal scholars. The most recent Research Excellence Framework exercise confirmed that 96% of our research is judged to be internationally recognised, and these are the staff you'll be taught by and research alongside. These results underline the School's strength across the legal curriculum, the top-class teaching we provide, and the extent of our contribution to policy making and our understanding of the modern world.

Our normal entrance requirement is a good Honours degree in law (or overseas equivalent), or a degree in another discipline augmented with a pass in the Common Professional Examination.

If your first language is not English, you must provide an English language qualification. Recognised qualifications include:

• IELTS 7.0 with no less than 6.5 in any band
• TOEFL 100 with no less than 23 in any band.

You can apply for all of our programmes online - for more information, please visit www.birmingham.ac.uk/llm

Fees for programmes starting in September 2019 are:

- UK/EU: £9,250 full-time; £4,500 part-time
- International: £17,910

A range of University of Birmingham awards are available to LLM applicants, including:

• College of Arts and Law Masters Scholarships - equivalent to UK/EU fees
• Birmingham Masters Scholarships - awards of £2,000
• Birmingham Alumni Scholarships - awards of £2,000

Details of all available funding can be found on the University's Postgraduate Funding Database.

Birmingham Law School is located on the University's leafy Edgbaston campus, which is situated less than 3km from Birmingham's bustling city centre.