Law LLM (by research); MPhil; PhD
MPhil: minimum 12 months full time; minimum 24 months part time
PhD: minimum 36 months full time; minimum 72 months part time
LLM: minimum 12 months full time; minimum 24 months part time
Fees
Fees per academic year 2013-14
UK and EU: full time £4,320 part time £2,160
International: full time £10,840 part time fees
More information is available about tuition fees and discounts.
Research Areas
MPhil/PhD/LLM (by research) supervision is available in the areas given below. It is important to align your research along existing areas of expertise within the Law School.
- Banking and financial market regulation
- Charity law
- Civil Law legal systems
- Commercial law
- Company law
- Comparative law
- Comparative private law
- Competition/antitrust law (UK, EC, US but also comparative)
- Corporate finance
- Criminal law and criminal justice
- Criminology
- Environmental law (all aspects including UK, European and international)
- Equity and trusts
- EU law (all aspects)
- Evidence
- Family law
- Feminist legal theory
- Financial law and banking regulation
- Human rights (international, European and domestic )
- Intellectual property Law
- International criminal law
- International refugee Law
- International trade regulation
- Islamic banking and finance
- Jury trial
- Land law (including squatters' rights)
- Law and gender
- Law and globalisation
- Law and literature
- Law and society
- Law of obligations and contract law
- Legal education
- Legal history
- Legal reasoning
- Legal theory
- Legal translation
- Medical law
- Mergers & acquisitions
- Planning law
- Property law
- Property theory
- Public international law
- Public law
- Public procurement law
- Regulation of monopolies and cartels
- Regulation of the voluntary and community sector
- Regulatory theory
- Sexual violence and the Law
- Socio-legal theory and interdisciplinary studies of law
- Succession
- Tort law
- Transitional justice
- Youth justice
Please see individual staff profiles on our website for further information on research interests.
Research Degree Training and Skills Development
Our programmes include intensive subject-specific supervision, training in research methodologies and core skills, and opportunities to participate in research seminars and an annual postgraduate conference.
In addition, our Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate School organises a comprehensive training programme for postgraduate students that covers research techniques, professional/key skills and provides support for personal development.
+Entrance Requirements
An upper-second-class Honours degree, or an international equivalent, or a Masters in Law or a related subject.
Applicants whose first language is not English require IELTS 7.0, with at least 6.5 in writing, TOEFL 100 (Internet-based), or equivalent.
Our INTO Newcastle University Centre can provide extra tuition to help you meet the University's English language requirements.
The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has rules for international students regarding minimum English language requirements.
+Scholarships and Other Sources of Funding
International Students, consult your own government for funding. The University offers International Scholarships, and there are funding opportunities by external organisations available.
More information on scholarships, studentships, bursaries and other funding is available from our database.+How to Apply
Visit our postgraduate application site.
There is no closing date for this programme. However, international students applying for September 2013 entry should apply by Friday 12 July 2013 to ensure that they have time to put appropriate arrangements in place.
Further application advice is available from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
There are two possible start dates for your research degree:
- 23 September 2013
- or 6 January 2014
However, these dates are not mandatory and in some circumstances permission can be granted for alternative start dates.
Please note: As a formal condition of the offer to study at Newcastle University, students from outside the UK/EU are required to pay a deposit of £1,500 or submit an official letter of sponsorship for their chosen programme. The deposit payment is non refundable, but will be deducted from tuition fees upon registration.
+Further Information
For further information please contact:
Dr Maria-Teresa Gil-Bazo
Newcastle Law School
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 8231
E-mail: newcastle.law-school@ncl.ac.uk
This programme is within the subject area of Law
