Course Information
Schedules
- 1 Sep 2025 (Mon)
Registration period
20 Dec 2024 (Fri) - 28 Feb 2025 (Fri)
Price
HKD 220,000
Study Mode
Duration
1 Year(s)
Language
English
Location
-
Course Overview
The Master of Laws (LLM) programme at HKU Law is a highly competitive programme. We welcome students with outstanding results from their first law degree at top universities worldwide to apply. Many have come to the programme with a wealth of legal experience and other postgraduate degrees. The programme provides students maximum flexibility to develop their legal interests and expertise in a friendly, engaging, international environment.
Students in the programme can either choose a general focus or one of the two specialisations:
€¢ Competition Law and Policy^
€¢ Maritime Law^ (*Subject to the University's Approval)
€¢ Medical Ethics and Law^
^Open to non-law graduates, i.e., students without a prior Law degree.
What You’ll Learn
LLM with Specialisation in Competition Law and Policy (CLP)
This specialisation leverages the faculty's long-standing strength in competition law, with staff members who are leading competition law scholars in the region and globally. With competition law being one of the fastest growing areas of law in Asia, the specialization will help fulfil needs for postgraduate education in competition law (taught in English) in the East Asian region.
LLM with Specialisation in Maritime Law (ML)
This specialisation aims to improve legal practice in the maritime sector by providing professionals with interdisciplinary knowledge and comparative insights, leading to enhanced fair industry standards and service quality.
LLM with Specialisation in Medical Ethics and Law (MEL)
The specialisation is designed as an integrated interdisciplinary course of study that addresses contentious issues of great importance affecting the health, law and business sectors. It aims at empowering students with knowledge about the big ethical and legal questions of medicine and health. The specialisation, with modules taught by experts from the HKU Centre for Medical Ethics and Law (CMEL), offers healthcare professionals, lawyers, policymakers, and scientists, among others, insights to deal with ethical, legal and policy challenges confronting healthcare and the public health system.
