This programme gives you the opportunity to create your own personal joint combination LLM by choosing any two areas of interest from the range of LLM specialisms at Kent.

You choose one subject area as your ‘major' subject and study all three core modules required for that programme. You then choose a ‘minor' subject and study any three modules offered for that programme (including, but not restricted to, core modules). You can then choose to do your dissertation in either of the two areas.

Students on this LLM can choose to spend one term at our Canterbury campus and one at our Brussels centre (returning to their primary campus to complete the dissertation) under our split-site option for this programme.

The Master's degrees offered within the Law School are taught by seminar and dissertation.

You take three modules in each of the first two terms. These are normally assessed by a single essay of 4-5,000 words for each module, but some modules make special arrangements for assessment, for example, by requiring two essays of 2-2,500 words, or by awarding up to 20% of the marks according to the quality of student participation.

In the third term and during the summer period, you write a 15-20,000 word dissertation, under the supervision of a member of academic staff. This should be on a specific topic within the field of the degree.

For all of the Law taught Master's degrees, there is the alternative of studying for a postgraduate diploma. Students registered for the diploma take the same modules as a Master's student, but do not write a dissertation.

Course content

• Three core modules from your ‘major' subject
• Three modules from your ‘minor' subject
• Dissertation of 15-20,000 words

Assessment

Assessment is by a 4-5,000-word essay for each module, or equivalent coursework, and the dissertation for the Master's award.

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Postgraduate Office, Kent Law School, Eliot College,
University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NS, UK
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E: klspgoffice@kent.ac.uk

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