International Trade Law

Entry requirements

A 2:1 (upper-second) honours degree (or equivalent) in Law.

Relevant practical experience in a related field will also be beneficial.

Months of entry

January, September

Course content

Prepare for career success in international trade.

Join an online LLM that gives you a route to specialise in treaty negotiation.

International trade law and trade negotiation are attracting increased interest given economic globalisation, trade wars, world events like Brexit, and emphasis on sustainable development issues in trade policy.

Gain the specialist legal skills you need to succeed in this fascinating and challenging field.

With this unique online law programme, you can choose to graduate with one of two LLM qualifications:

LLM in International Trade Law

100% online, with a dissertation, or

LLM in International Trade Law and Treaty Negotiation with Professional Skills

online, with an on-campus Professional Skills summer school in place of a dissertation.

You can also study this degree full-time on campus with a dissertation or Professional Skills option.

Earn your LLM without taking a career break

With flexible part-time hours, you can study this degree around full-time work.

You’ll earn an LLM from a respected UK law school. And you’ll graduate ready to start or progress your career in government, trade finance, law firms, business, industry associations and non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

Information for international students

English language requirements

Teaching is delivered in English.

If English is not your first language, use our English requirements checklist to see if you need to provide evidence of your English language skills when you apply.

English language tests and scores

If you do need to provide English language test scores, these are the tests and minimum scores we accept for this course or degree.

These are our Postgraduate Higher requirements.

IELTS Academic, IELTS UKVI Academic, and IELTS Online (not IELTS Indicator or IELTS General Training)

6.5 overall

5.5 for listening and speaking

6.0 for reading and writing

TOEFL iBT and TOEFL iBT Home Edition

90 overall

17 for listening

21 for reading

20 for speaking

21 for writing

TOEFL DI code is 0818

Cambridge English: B2 First, C1 Advanced, or C2 Proficiency

176 overall

162 for listening and speaking

169 for reading and writing

LanguageCert Academic/LanguageCert Academic SELT

70 overall

60 for listening and speaking

65 for reading and writing

LanguageCert International ESOL B2 Communicator (Written and Spoken) – Online / In-centre

Overall High Pass

33 for listening, reading and speaking

38 for writing

Oxford ELLT Digital – English Language Level Test Online

7.0 overall

5.0 for listening and speaking

6.0 for reading and writing

PTE Academic (online test not accepted)

62 overall

59 for listening, reading, speaking and writing