Banking and Finance Law
| Award | Attendance | Study | Duration | Start | Domestic fees | International fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LLM | On-Campus | Full-time | 1 | September | £20950 per year | £33000 per year |
| LLM | On-Campus | Part-time | 2 | September | £10500 per year | £16500 per year |
Full-time study
September 2024 | 1 year
- Home: £19,800
- Overseas: £31,500
EU/EEA/Swiss students
Conditional deposit
Home: Not applicable
Overseas: £2000
Information about deposits
Part-time study
September 2024 | 2 years
- Home: £9,900
- Overseas: £15,750
EU/EEA/Swiss students
The course fee is charged per annum for 2 years. Note that fees may be subject to an increase on an annual basis - see details on our tuition fees page.
Conditional deposit
Home: Not applicable
Overseas: £2000
Information about deposits
Queen Mary alumni can get a £1000, 10% or 20% discount on their fees depending on the programme of study. Find out more about the Alumni Loyalty Award
Funding
There are a number of ways you can fund your postgraduate degree.
School of Law scholarshipsThe School of Law offers a range of scholarships for Law Masters programmes each year. Full details are made available on the law funding page from October – November each year.Other sources of funding
- Scholarships and bursaries
- Postgraduate loans (UK students)
- Country-specific scholarships for international students
Our Advice and Counselling service offers specialist support on financial issues, which you can access as soon as you apply for a place at Queen Mary. Before you apply, you can access our funding guides and advice on managing your money:
About Banking and Finance Law, LLM - at Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London
The Banking and Finance Law LLM provides a thorough grounding in the fundamental principles of international finance and financial services law, covering local and international developments from both practical and policy perspectives. From financial regulation, corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions, to online banking and fintech, you can choose from a wide selection of modules.
- Cover a wide range of regulatory and transactional areas, including monetary law, banking law, securities regulation, corporate finance, restructuring and insolvency, central banking and international finance law
- Study with academics who are engaged in current banking and finance policy making and legal regulatory reforms and practitioners undertaking cutting edge transactional work
- Follow modules developed in the light of recent new regulations and developments, such as ethics in business and finance, digitalization, regulation of crypto assets and FinTech, sustainability and climate change
- Attend our seminar series, featuring prominent figures from the legal profession, industry, international organizations and academia
- Your fellow students will come from the UK and more than 80 other countries around the World, each able to draw on prior academic and professional experience from different jurisdictions
You will study all aspects of the regulation of financial markets, and cover a wide variety of aspects of financial and banking law. You will consider aspects of corporate governance and responsibility and the laws of economic crime. Please note that not all modules will be available in any one year.
You will be offered a varied selection of taught modules from which you can choose, enabling you to gear your qualification to set you on your desired career trajectory. You do not have to choose your modules until you have had the opportunity to learn about them in greater detail during your comprehensive induction period.
Topics you can cover include regulatory and transactional areas, including monetary law, banking law, capital markets and securities regulation, corporate finance, restructuring and insolvency, central banking and international finance law including developments, such as ethics in business and finance, digitalization, regulation of crypto assets and FinTech, special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), sustainability and climate change.
You will have voluntary access to an excellent series of lectures in Critical Thinking and Writing in Law to help you to improve your writing and research in law skills.
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Structure
You will need to complete 180 credits in total:
Full year programme:
- 180 credits of taught modules (this can include a 30 credits elective dissertation)
Entry requirements
Contact Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London to find course entry requirements.
Why study at Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London
- Over 20 specialist LLM programmes to choose from
- Over 150 modules to choose from
- Opportunity to study in London, Paris, Singapore or Online