Postgraduate study in Laws:

Master of Laws (LLM), Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate

How to apply

There is no application deadline and applications are reviewed and eligible students are sent offers to register throughout the year. However, if you would like to take your first exam(s) at the first available opportunity – which could be in May or October – you must apply and have enrolled by the deadlines given below.

To sit exams in:	Application deadline	Registration deadline
May	31 July previous year	15 October previous year
October	31 January same year	15 March same year

1. To apply, complete the application form [PDF 8 Pages 95KB, New window] or you may request a prospectus to be posted to you [New window]. You will find an application form stapled in the middle of the prospectus and submit it, together with all the documentation listed on the form, to:

Postgraduate Admissions Office
University of London External Programme
Stewart House
32 Russell Square
London WC1B 5DN
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 7862 8375

Please note: faxed applications are not accepted.

2. You can apply for the Master of Laws (LLM), Postgraduate Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate at any time of year. However, if you would like to take your first exam(s) at the first available opportunity – which could be in May or October – you must apply and have enrolled by the deadlines given below.

Please note that if your application form and/or documentary evidence is received after the application date, the University may not be able to consider your application in time for you to meet the enrolment deadline. You might have to postpone your first examination until the next sitting.

To sit exams in:	Application deadline	Registration deadline
May	31 July (previous year)	15 October (previous year)
October	31 January (same year)	15 March (same year)
Please note: the first application date for 2005 is 31 July, with a first exam sitting of May 2006.

3. On receipt of your form the University will send you an acknowledgement and a student number. Please note that the allocation of a student number at this stage does not constitute acceptance onto the programme. If you have not received an acknowledgement within three weeks of sending in your form, please contact the Admissions Office with details of your full name, the programme for which you have applied and the date on which your form was posted.

4. The University will notify you whether or not your application has been accepted.

5. If you are accepted the University will send you an offer of registration, a study fee slip, a registration form and a copy of the Regulations.

6. You will then need to enrol, by completing your registration form and study fee slip and returning these, along with the appropriate fee, to the Student Registry at the Stewart House address given above.

7. Your study materials will be sent to you by courier as soon as possible after the University receive the appropriate fees.

Documentary evidence in support of your application

1. You must send photocopied evidence of your full name (including any change of name) and date of birth (eg passport, birth certificate, marriage certificate, deed poll, statutory declaration).

2. Documentary evidence of all your qualifications is needed for your application to be considered. This evidence must be submitted to the University with the application form.

Notes:

Applicants living in the UK Enclose the original certificate/s showing the final award/s for each qualification. If you would prefer not to send your original certificates by post, you may wish to bring your application form, all the original certificates into the Admissions Office personally. The University will photocopy the certificates and return them to you immediately. Your application will then be processed in the usual way and the decision sent to you by post.

Applicants living elsewhere in the European Community or overseas: agreement has been reached with a number of British Council offices for them to verify photocopies of original documents on the University's behalf. If you have a British Council office near you it is suggested that you contact the staff to see if they offer this service. Please note that if they are unable to offer this service you will be required to send the original degree certificate/s or other qualification's) to London in support of your application.

The University cannot accept verified photocopies from any source other than the British Council.

ALL applicants: if you are sending original documents to the University, you are strongly advised to send them by registered post or recorded delivery or by courier. Telephone number which may be required for courier delivery is 020 7862 8375.

Note: all original documents submitted by you will be returned by International Recorded Delivery after your application has been processed. However, the University will keep all photocopies unless you request otherwise.