Law [PhD/LLM (Research)]

About this programme

Overview Our School of Law is one of the leading centres for legal research in the United Kingdom and internationally. Our academic staff are renowned for their expertise and ground-breaking research across all areas of law. Over 87% of our published research was rated as “world-leading” or “internationally excellent” by the UK’s funding councils in the Research Assessment Framework (REF) 2021. We supervise an exceptional group of postgraduate researchers from around the world and support them to make their own original and distinctive scholarly contributions. Research themes: Competition law Corporate and financial law Criminal law & criminal justice Empirical and socio-legal studies Family law Intellectual property International law <li

Entry requirements

• Entry requirements Entry requirements for PhD study are an undergraduate degree with at least a 2:1 result (or international equivalent) and a good Master’s degree (normally, at least “with merit” or equivalent). Alternatively, applicants without a Master’s degree can be considered for admission to the PhD programme if they achieved a first-class honours result (or international equivalent) at the undergraduate level. Applicants to the PhD programme must also submit a research proposal, CV, references and a sample piece of written work. Entry requirements for the LLM by Research are generally a good 2.1 degree or equivalent. Students must also submit a research proposal, CV and references.<