LLM Law - Banking and Finance Law

Our vibrant international community and diverse teaching methods, including lectures, seminars, and bespoke skills workshops, enrich the LLM experience at the University of Bristol. A wide range of optional units reflect the expertise of our globally renowned academics, allowing you to further specialise your degree. 

You will take four units and a compulsory dissertation. You have the option of taking three Banking and Finance Law units and one unit from any of our other LLM programmes. 

Visit our programme catalogue for full details of the structure and unit content for our LLM in Banking and Finance Law. 

You will typically need an upper second-class honours degree or an international equivalent in Law.

OR an upper second-class honours degree or an international equivalent non-law degree in a related field, such as Business, Economics, Management or Finance.

We will also consider your application if your subject is not listed above, if you have at least one of the following:

• evidence of significant academic or paid professional experience (at least 12 months) in fields including, but not limited to: banking and financial services law or practice, and banking and financial services regulation or policy.
• a relevant postgraduate qualification.

If this is the case, please include your CV (curriculum vitae / résumé) when you apply, showing details of your relevant qualifications.

If you are currently completing a degree, we understand that your final grade may be higher than the interim grades or module/unit grades you have achieved during your studies to date.

We will consider your application if your interim grades are currently slightly lower than the programme's entry requirements and may make you an aspirational offer. This offer would be at the standard level, so you would need to achieve the standard entry requirements by the end of your degree.

We will also consider your application if your final overall achieved grade is slightly lower than the programme's entry requirement.

See international equivalent qualifications on the International Office website.