Overview

This Banking and Finance Law LLM programme offered at Queen Mary University of London will enhance your career options by allowing you to specialise in the highly sought after interdisciplinary areas of law, economics and finance. We have specialist career advisers who organise events and assist with finding internship opportunities at UK and international law firms and other employers.

What you'll study

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.

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.

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, sustainability and climate change.

Career paths

Graduates of this LLM have gone on to work as:

Lawyers in law firms such as Linklaters, Baker McKenzie, and Clifford Chance
Policymakers in a wide variety of institutions such as the European Central Bank and the Financial Conduct Authority
Legal officers and analysts at financial institutions such as Lloyds and Barclays

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Regulation of Financial Markets

International Finance Law

Banking Law International

Corporate Finance Law

Law and Ethics in Business and Finance

Insurance Regulation

Law of Economic Crime: Proceeds of Crime

Accounting for Lawyers

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 24 months
- Flexible

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-09-01 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-09-07 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

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100

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

London, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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Degree requirements

A 2:1 or above at undergraduate level in Law or a degree with substantial law content.
Law graduates with a 2:2 honours degree who also have other legal qualifications and/or substantial professional legal experience may also qualify.

Other routes

Non-law graduates with a minimum second class honours degree, that have also obtained a Merit (or 60 per cent) in the Common Professional Examination (CPE) or Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) recognised by the UK professional bodies, may also qualify. Non-law graduates may also be considered on the basis of exceptional professional experience (of at least five years) in a legal area or an area directly related to their programme of study.

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Tuition Fees

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33000 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

20950 GBP / year

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Living costs

London

United Kingdom

1137 - 2157 GBP / month

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Funding

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