International Business Master of Laws - LLM

During your degree, you will study six compulsory modules, regardless of whether you chose a pathway of follow the generic degree.​

Compulsory modules (140 credits):

• International Business Law (20 credits)
• Transnational Commercial Law (20 credits)
• Business and Crime (20 credits)
• The Role of Business in Society (20 credits)
• Legal Research Skills and Reasoning (20 credits)
• Dissertation (40 credits)

Alongside the compulsory modules, you can select two specialist optional modules to tailor your studies towards your interests (please note, optional units are subject to availability and student numbers).​

LLM International Business (Finance)*
LLM International Business (Information Technology and Intellectual Property)*
LLM International Business (Entrepreneurship)*
LLM International Business (Employment and Human Resource Management)*

Options/ Pathway modules (40 credits):

LLM International Business (Finance Pathway):

• Legal Aspects of International Finance (20 credits)
• Legal Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions (20 credits)

LLM International Business Information Technology and Intellectual Property Pathway*:

• E-Commerce and Security (20 credits)
• Legal Applications and Intellectual Property in Technology (20 credits)

LLM International Business Entrepreneurship Pathway*:

• Entrepreneurship and Law (20 credits)
• In Search of Creativity, Innovation and Difference (20 credits)

LLM International Business​ Employment and Human Resource Pathway*:

• Global People Management (20 credits)
• Employment Law and Practice (20 credits)

The availability of these pathways is subject to a minimum class size. Please see our Terms & Conditions  for further information.

Should you wish to study modules from different pathways, you can do this under our LLM International Business programme.

The first week of our LLM includes a compulsory and intensive induction to ensure you understand the fundamental requirements and distinctive features of a legal qualification.

Our LLM is taught through a blend of weekly lectures, tutorials, seminars, and workshops that will help you develop a systematic and critical understanding of the field of study. We will encourage you throughout to formulate original opinions supported by leading legal authority and emerging legal rules and principles. You will critically evaluate current and advanced research in your modules and propose novel solutions to legal issues.

Independent learning forms a part of this programme and you will be supported in developing your legal research and writing skills by us.

You will have access to world-leading legal databases, indexes, and journals via our library with plenty of support available from library service staff who are experienced in supporting you though your legal studies.

Taught modules on the LLM International Business are assessed through a combination of written coursework, assignments, and oral presentations. Your dissertation will comprise of a single piece of work of up to 12,000-words. 

Boosting your employability is a key priority for us at Cardiff Metropolitan University. Our LLM is designed to equip you with advanced legal knowledge and skills to help you to stand out in the careers market. Previous graduates have entered multinational corporations as managers or administrators and commercial chancery practices across private and public sectors, including NGOs, and international organisations.

For business graduates, our LLM can lead to employment in areas of businesses where regulatory compliance is needed, such as HR, Marketing, Legal and Finance. From insurers and reinsurers to import/export and other supply chain organisations involved in international trade.

You will graduate with the legal expertise to build a rewarding career in the global commercial sector. Whichever career path you take, our careers and employability team are with you every step of the way through your postgraduate legal journey.​

Applicants are required to have at least one of the following:

A UK Honours Degree (or the equivalent of a UK Honours Degree) in a subject appropriate to the LLM.

OR

A postgraduate qualification.

OR

Appropriate Professional qualifications or experience.

If you are unsure whether your current qualifications or experience are relevant, please contact the Programme Director for an informal discussion.

For course enquiries, please contact Marc Johnson, Programme Director, mrjohnson@cardiffmet.ac.uk.

For enquires relating to studying our LLM at a partner centre overseas, please contact the Partnership Office on partneradmissions@cardiffmet.ac.uk.