University of Westminster School of Law

The unique practical orientation of our Masters courses and our close proximity to and relationships with key organisations are reasons why our graduates have an exceptional track record in gaining relevant employment in international law firms, multinational companies, international and European institutions, top universities and national government agencies.

All of our postgraduate Masters courses are orientated to the world of practice in their areas. Many, like the Corporate Finance Law LLM have substantial input from industry, based in world centres of excellence like the City of London. Most are also linked to centres of excellence built on our research expertise. Academics teaching these courses are active researchers in our research centres. For example, the International Law LLM is linked with the Centre for International Law and Theory and the Entertainment Law LLM is linked with the Centre for Law and Popular Culture.

The University of Westminster started out in 1838 as the UK's first polytechnic institution, established to educate the working people of London. Today we continue to build on this reputation, helping students from a variety of backgrounds to realise their full potential.

We offer highly attractive practice-based courses, many with international recognition. Our distinguished history has meant we lead the way in many areas of research, particularly politics, media, art and design, architecture and biomedical sciences, and our position in the city of London allows us to continue to build on our close connections with leading figures and organisations in these areas as well as in the worlds of business, information technology, politics and law, with 183 industry partners offering placements and work experience to our students.

With over 19,000 students of 169 different nationalities, we offer a vibrant, enriching learning environment where our staff are as diverse as our student body. Our commitment to educating graduates for the needs of professional life attracts high quality students from within the UK and around the globe.

Westminster Law School is based in Little Titchfield Street, close to Oxford Circus in the heart of Central London. Our campus offers a highly supportive, diverse and international environment to study Law. We are committed to enabling students from all backgrounds, including those who traditionally would not have considered a career in law.

As one of London's leading providers of law education, we offer a range of full and part-time courses that benefit from our central London location and close links to law firms. We are currently undertaking research focused on diversity in the legal profession, race and social mobility. And our research into legal practice, international law and human rights, and commercial and financial law is recognised internationally. Our courses are developed with this research in mind to offer you the very latest in academic and practical learning.

Students also benefit from the opportunity to volunteer at the University of Westminster Student Law Clinic, where they can apply learning to real life cases. The student law clinic provides free legal advice to the public in two key areas: housing law and employment law and maintains close links to a number of charities and legal organisations, with which students can volunteer.

Our standard postgraduate entry requirements are:

• A good honours degree from a recognised university, or equivalent qualifications/experience
•  IELTS score of at least 6.5 overall or equivalent

Please note that our entry requirements do vary among our postgraduate law courses. Our course pages have details of any course-specific entry requirements. Please visit our Country Pages for details of international entry requirements.

All applications for postgraduate LLM courses must be submitted through UCAS Postgraduate, for all students including UK, EU and international students. For application guidance you can consult our How to Apply page, or contact our Course Enquiries team with any questions that you might have: course-enquiries@westminster.ac.uk