Fees and funding
Postgraduate fees
Please see postgraduate course fees for further information.
Postgraduate funding
Scholarships for Commercial Law LLMs - entry in January 2012 (deadline 1 November 2011)
The School is pleased to announce several scholarships for candidates entering its LLM International Commercial Law, International Corporate FInance and International Financial Regulation programmes in January 2012. The scholarships pay £1,000 each. Please see scholarship information and application form.Apply before 1 November 2011.
School of Law LLM Scholarships - entry in Oct 2012
The School expects to make announcements in late 2011 about School of Law LLM scholarships for October 2012. Register your interest to receive notifications.
Master of Research Full-Fees Scholarships - entry in October 2012
The School expects to make announcements in late 2011 about School of Law LLM scholarships for October 2012. Register your interest to receive notifications. It is likely that up to two scholarships paying full fees (UK/EU rate) will be awarded to applicants who have applied to study any of the School's MRes or MA Res courses on a full-time basis. Applicants applying for more than one course should indicate their order of preference. Applicants must be eligible for ESRC or AHRC postgraduate research funding, which generally requires citizenship or permanent residency of the UK or a country in the EU. Details will be available in late 2011. Applications are likely to close 31 May 2012.
Academic Elite Scholarship
The School of Law is co-sponsoring with UKEAS for 2012 entry a £2000 Academic Elite Scholarship (£1000 contributed by University of Reading and £1000 contributed by UKEAS). Deadline for applications for this scholarship is: end of July for September entry to all the LLM programs and end of November for January entry to the LLM International Commercial Law, LLM International Corporate Finance, LLM International Financial Regulation. The joint scholarship will only be awarded to self-funding student with a permanent home address in mainland China.
Felix Scholarships - every year
Applicants from India or a developing country, who at least a first-class honours degree and are under 30 years of age on 31 January on the year of entry can apply for this award which pays full fees and provides a living allowance. Please contact Dr Lawrence McNamara, Director of Postgraduate Studies in the School of Law, before you apply. Please see Felix Scholarships. Apply before February in the year of entry.
Scholarships for LLM European Union Law
Scholarships paying up to 24,000 have in years been available for students undertaking the School's L.LM European Union Law course. Under the European Neighbourhood Policy the EU will award around 40 scholarships to students from partner countries who are pursuing postgraduate degrees in fields of European studies. The School of Law has been able to nominate up to three students for these awards. Scholarships are only open to applicants who are nationals of and resident in one of the following countries: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, Morocco, Palestinian Authority, Russia, Syria, Tunisia and Ukraine.
These scholarships ran in 2008 and 2010. The European Commission has not yet announced whether they will run in 2012. When we find out, we will notify those who registered for information about our LLM European Union Law and other programmes. In the past announcements have been made in April.
Masters Scholarships for 2012-13
The School of Law welcomes applications from international candidates who are applying for a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship. These scholarships award a grant of US$27,000 to assist in costs for one academic year of study. The School's LLM International Law & World Order may be of particular interest to candidates applying for these scholarships. The scholarships are completely independent of the School of Law and all matters regarding these scholarships are managed by Rotary International. You will need to apply early. The deadline for scholarship applications is usually at least a year before the LLM commences.