Compliance and Regulation The University of Hong Kong

The LLM in Compliance and Regulation enables students to gain exposure to the laws, regulatory codes, industry practices, regulator expectations and other considerations that affect the compliance task.

The area of compliance and regulation continues to undergo significant development and changes in response to a growing body of legal and regulatory requirements – and the consequences for breaching them – that affect how business in highly regulated sectors, such as financial services, is now undertaken. Teaching is provided by a blend of academic staff and professional practitioners who bring different perspectives to the topic.

Students have the opportunity to study the current issues impacting on various areas of the financial services sector, such as financial and securities law, wealth management, insurance, money laundering, etc. as well as gaining wider perspectives on matters such as Hong Kong in the international context, securities laws in the PRC, and the impact of financial technology.

The programme builds students' understanding and expertise of an area of increasing complexity, and develops a more complete awareness of the commercial, policy, technological and other factors that affect compliance and regulation now and in the future.

Entry requirements

To be eligible for admission to the courses leading to a taught postgraduate qualification, a candidate:

a) shall comply with the General Regulations;

b) shall hold a Bachelor's degree of this University or a qualification of equivalent standard from this University or another comparable institution accepted for this purpose;

c) shall satisfy any other admission requirements which may be prescribed from time to time for the relevant curriculum; and

d) for a candidate who is seeking admission on the basis of a qualification from a university or comparable institution outside Hong Kong of which the language of teaching and/or examination is not English, shall satisfy the University English language requirement applicable to high degrees as prescribed under General Regulation G2(b).

An application for exemption from the above requirements shall be considered on a case by case basis.