Top-up LLM in Legal Practice LLM
Manchester Metropolitan University
Key Course Facts
Course Description
Do you want to specialise in a new area of the law? Are you struggling to progress your career and want a way of boosting your skills and standing out?
This LLM in Legal Practice is designed for people like you. We’ll help you deepen your knowledge of an area of the law directly related to practice.
It’s the ideal way to develop detailed knowledge of a new area. It’s also an opportunity to delve deeper into your current specialism.
Building experience
You’ll learn about research methods. Then apply them in a dissertation or research project.
Choose an area of practical law that you’re interested in and benefit from the extensive skills and knowledge of our teaching team.
This top-up degree is for those who already hold a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (LPC or BTC/BPTC/BVC).
Features and Benefits
- Hong Kong University collaboration – we’ve been working together for over 20 years to give the course an international perspective.
- Legal experts – our team consists of academic specialists and practising professionals. They’re experts in areas such as equality law, medical ethics and human rights.
- Specialist legal facilities – take advantage of the excellent facilities at our law school, including its legal libraries and study zones.
- New career prospects – use this course as a stepping-stone into a new area of law, or enhance your career options by gaining more in-depth knowledge in your current specialism.
- Professional links – we have close ties to national and international law firms. We work particularly closely with the Northern Circuit and can help you make valuable professional contacts.
Entry Requirements / Admissions
Requirements for international students / English requirements
IELTS academic test score (similar tests may be accepted as well)
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- 6.5
- All other courses
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- 5.5
- Foundation / Pathway Courses
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- 6.5
- Graduate Degrees
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- 6.0
- Undergraduate Degrees
Please see our website for information on entry requirements
Costs
Average student cost of living in the UK
| Rent | £518 |
| Water, gas electricity, internet (at home) | £50 |
| Supermarket shopping | £81 |
| Clothing | £35 |
| Eating out | £33 |
| Alcohol | £27 |
| Takeaways / food deliveries | £30 |
| Going out / entertainment (excl.alcohol, food) | £24 |
| Holidays and weekend trips | £78 |
| Transport within city | £17 |
| Self-care / sports | £20 |
| Stationary / books | £13 |
| Mobile phone / internet | £13 |
| Cable TV / streaming | £7 |
| Insurance | £51 |
| Other | £95 |
| Average student cost of living | £1092 |
London costs approx 34% more than average, mainly due to rent being 67% higher than average of other cities. For students staying in student halls, costs of water, gas, electricity, wifi are generally included in the rental. Students in smaller cities where accommodation is in walking/biking distance transport costs tend to be significantly smaller.
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About Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester Metropolitan University is a publicly funded institution, founded in 1970 in the city of Manchester. Located in the heart of the city, students can take full advantage of being less than a ten minute walk away from the City Centre. Academically, the university offers all of the more common Liberal Arts programmes, but also some less frequently seen subjects such as Criminology and Sociology. Graduate students can expect to enjoy the privacy and quiet of the university’s seventh floor, which is entirely dedicated to post-graduate and PhD studies.
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Student composition of Manchester Metropolitan University
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Total number of students enrolled at Manchester Metropolitan University by level Academic year 2021/22 - Full-time equivalent student enrollments published by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) on February 2022
- undergraduates:
- 27525
- postgraduates:
- 5195
- Total:
- 32720
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Number of students enrolled in courses of subject “Law”: 1430 Academic year - Full-time equivalent student enrollments published by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) on February 2022
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