• 专业概况
• 所属院系
• 中国学生入学要求
• 课程信息

专业概况

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COURSE OVERVIEW

When you join our thriving community of postgraduate research students, you’ll become part of a supportive and friendly environment where we are dedicated to understanding some of society’s most challenging issues.

A research degree in Law gives you the chance to pursue a project based around your own passions and interests, leading to a qualification which can open the door to an academic career or boost employment prospects in a range of other fields.

Your research degree will typically last from three years (full-time) to six years (part-time) for a PhD, or two years (full-time) to four years (part-time) for an MPhil.

We have a wide range of expertise, and we invite applications in the following areas:

• Common, Contract and Commercial Law - particularly Comparative Law of Obligations, Securities, Company Law, IP Law and use of IP assets in securing funding for small and medium sized businesses, E-contract Law, Company Law, Equity Law, Law and Technology; and World Trade Law.
• Maritime Law - in particular Transport Law, Environmental Protection, Ship Building, Collisions, Law of the Sea, Marine Insurance, Salvage and Enforcement of Maritime Claims.
• Oil and Gas Law – especially Investment Treaties, Liability Regimes and Investment Arbitration.
• Public Law across domestic, regional and international levels including: Administrative Law; Medical Law, Children’s Rights; Constitutional Law; Devolution; Economic Law; Environmental Law (including Land-use Planning and Nature Conservation); European Union Law; Gender and the Law; Human Rights Law; Investment Law; Minority Language Rights; Multilevel Governance; Socio-economic Law; and Public Procurement Law.
• Criminal Law and the Law relating to Terrorism, Cyber Terrorism and Counter Terrorism.

Programme Summary

This MPhil in Law at Swansea will enable you to undertake a substantial project led by your own interests. It is a highly respected qualification which can present a career in academia or a wider scope for employment in fields such as education, government or the private sector. A thesis of 60,000 words will be submitted for assessment demonstrating original research with a substantive contribution to the subject area. The Masters is examined following an oral examination of the thesis (a viva voce examination or viva). You will acquire research skills for high-level work and skills and training programmes are available on campus for further support. There will be an opportunity to deliver presentations to research students and staff at departmental seminars and conferences.

Programme Aims

This Masters programme will provide students with:

The opportunity to conduct high quality postgraduate research in a world leading research environment.

Key skills needed to undertake advanced academic and non-academic research including qualitative and quantitative data analysis.

Advanced critical thinking, intellectual curiosity and independent judgement.

Assessment

Students for the Masters in Law are examined in two parts.

The first part is a thesis which is an original body of work representing the methods and results of the research project. The maximum word limit is 60,000 for the main text. The word limit does not include appendices (if any), essential footnotes, introductory parts and statements or the bibliography and index.

The second part is an oral examination (viva voce).

所属院系

进入哪个院系学习？ Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law

中国学生入学要求

为来自中国的学生设计 Candidates must hold a Bachelor Degree, or its equivalent, from a recognised University/College of Higher Education with a minimum of 2.2 Bachelor: 75% (70% for 211/985) awarded with IELTS 6.5 with 6.0 in each part of the test (or equivalent).

课程信息

学制：全日制(2 年)

学费：£16,400.00 (¥ 148,090) /年

开学时间：2022九月

申请截止日期：

留学地点：Singleton Park CampusSingleton Park,Swansea,SA2 8PP, Wales