Course options
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Qualification
LLM - Master of Laws
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Location
The University of Manchester
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
01-SEP-25
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Duration
1 year
Course summary
Course description
The LLM in International Business and Commercial Law offers you the opportunity to develop an advanced understanding of the law governing commerce and finance in today's international market.
Multinational companies must regularly overcome a wide range of legal and governance issues in order to do business worldwide. This course encourages you to explore the legal challenges faced by international business and analyse the fundamental legal framework for dealing with them.
You will study areas such as corporate governance, international trade transactions and competition law.
Aims
- Develop a thorough knowledge of the legal fundamentals of international commerce and finance.
- Gain deeper insight into specific problems and critical issues faced by international business today and the international legal frameworks in dealing with them.
- Develop an understanding of the legal framework for business and commerce within regional economic blocs, such as the European Union.
- Understand relevant academic debates and new developments in law.
Teaching and learning
Our taught postgraduate courses include classes and a programme of assessed work.
These are particularly suitable if you want to gain specialist knowledge in your chosen subject area.
You may continue your studies in order to pursue an academic career, or go on to pursue your chosen field.
Coursework and assessment
All course units are assessed by either one unseen written examination, or one coursework essay, or a combination of these two methods of assessment.
The course will be 180 credits in total and has a compulsory research component. 120 credits will be taught modules and the remainder 60 credits in the form of a 14,000-15,000 word dissertation.
Your dissertation must be within the area of one unit you have chosen. The research element of the course is supported by weekly research methodology lectures delivered throughout semesters one and two designed to improve your legal writing and research skills.
For specialised streams, dissertation topic must be within those streams while for general LLM dissertation topics must be within one of the modules chosen by the student.
Career opportunities
This course will prepare you for a career in law with specialisation in international business. It also allows the development of research skills for those wishing to pursue an academic career in international business law.
Modules
Tuition fees
- Hong Kong
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua & Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
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- Chad
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- Congo
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
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- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- East Timor
- Ecuador
- Egypt
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- England
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
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- Guinea
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- Guyana
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- Iceland
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- Korea DPR (North Korea)
- Kosovo
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- Maldives
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- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
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- Mongolia
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- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
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- Norway
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- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestinian Authority
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- Peru
- Philippines
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- Qatar
- Republic of Ireland
- Romania
- Russia
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- San Marino
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- Scotland
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- Serbia
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- Sierra Leone
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- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
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- Spain
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- St. Lucia
- Sudan
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- Sweden
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- Syria
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- Tunisia
- Turkey
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- United Kingdom
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- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Wales
- Western Samoa
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
拢 28,500per year
Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.
University information
University of Manchester
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University League Table
22nd
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Campus address
The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, England
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Subject ranking
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Graduate prospects
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Student satisfaction
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