Admission

Applications for the LLM open on 1st November each year and close on the 31st July each year.

The minimum basic admission requirement for taught postgraduate degrees is a UK Upper Second Class (2:1) honours degree or its international equivalent, in Law or Social Sciences.

If your first language is not English, you will be required to show that you have obtained one of the following:

• Grade 7 in the British Council's IELTS test (with at least 6.5 in each section)
• 100 in the TOEFL internet based test (with no score lower than 23 in each section)
• Grade B in the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English
• Grade A in the Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English
• 67 in the Pearson Test of English (with no score lower than 61 in each of the “Communicative Skills” sections – “Enabling Skills” section scores are not considered)

Your application must include:

• Two academic references
• Previous academic transcripts for all past degree programmes (please upload the full transcript showing results from all years of study)
• Degree certificates showing award of degree
• An English language proficiency test (if required)

More information here. 

Admission

Applications for the LLM open on 1st November each year and close on the 31st July each year.

The minimum basic admission requirement for taught postgraduate degrees is a UK Upper Second Class (2:1) honours degree or its international equivalent, in Law or Social Sciences.

If your first language is not English, you will be required to show that you have obtained one of the following:

• Grade 7 in the British Council's IELTS test (with at least 6.5 in each section)
• 100 in the TOEFL internet based test (with no score lower than 23 in each section)
• Grade B in the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English
• Grade A in the Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English
• 67 in the Pearson Test of English (with no score lower than 61 in each of the “Communicative Skills” sections – “Enabling Skills” section scores are not considered)

Your application must include:

• Two academic references
• Previous academic transcripts for all past degree programmes (please upload the full transcript showing results from all years of study)
• Degree certificates showing award of degree
• An English language proficiency test (if required)

More information here. 

Programme

The LLM in Law (or ‘General LLM’) is suitable for students seeking a range of choice among a number of advanced courses, without necessarily specialising in one area of law. 

Edinburgh Law School offers a flexible LLM programme structure. In addition to full-year courses, a broad range of specialised, research-led one semester law courses will be offered on the LLM degree. Students can select either three full-year courses, six one semester courses, or a combination of both full-year and one-semester options

You may take the LLM in Law either full-time (over one year) or part-time (over the course of two years*).

More information here. 

Programme

The LLM in Law (or ‘General LLM’) is suitable for students seeking a range of choice among a number of advanced courses, without necessarily specialising in one area of law. 

Edinburgh Law School offers a flexible LLM programme structure. In addition to full-year courses, a broad range of specialised, research-led one semester law courses will be offered on the LLM degree. Students can select either three full-year courses, six one semester courses, or a combination of both full-year and one-semester options

You may take the LLM in Law either full-time (over one year) or part-time (over the course of two years*).

More information here.