Overview

The area of compliance and regulation continues to undergo significant development and change in response to a growing body of legal and regulatory requirements, and societal expectations, that affect how businesses in highly regulated sectors, such as financial services, is now undertaken.

This is reinforced by the consequences for non-compliance, including legal and reputational liabilities that are of increasing concern to senior management and stakeholders in regulated businesses.

What you'll study

Teaching is provided by a blend of academic staff and professional and industry practitioners who bring complementary perspectives to the topics covered by the programme.Students of the Compliance and Regulation programme at The University of Hong Kong have the opportunity to study the current issues impacting on various areas of the financial services sector and the compliance task. This ranges from high level concerns (such as policy making, international developments, new technologies, and ethics and culture), to industry and product specific topics (such as banking and securities, wealth management, data management, money laundering, and sustainable finance).The LLM(CR) programme builds students' understanding of and expertise in an area of increasing complexity, and develops a more holistic awareness of the legal, commercial, policy, technology and other factors that influence the shape of regulation and the compliance task.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Compliance: law in practice

Compliance: regulation in practice

Business and human rights

Company law and securities regulation in the People’s Republic of China

Compliance for listed companies

Derivatives: law and regulation

Key information

Duration

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

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-28 00:00:00

Language

English

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80

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IELTS

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Credits

72 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR)

Disciplines

Civil & Private Law Business Law Master of Laws (LLM) View 3 other Masters in Civil & Private Law in Hong Kong (SAR)

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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80

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Other requirements

General requirements

Hold a degree of Bachelor of Laws with at least second class honours or an equivalent qualification accepted by the University for this purpose; Or,
Hold a degree in a discipline other than law with at least second class honours accepted by the University for this purpose and have at least two years relevant experience and professional qualifications; or
Have obtained either the Common Professional Examination of England and Wales or the Common Professional Examination Certificate of this University, provided that in either case a second class honours degree or a qualification of equivalent standard of this University or another comparable institution accepted for this purpose has also been obtained.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

242000 HKD / year

≈ 242000 HKD / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

242000 HKD / year

≈ 242000 HKD / year

Living costs

Hong Kong

Hong Kong (SAR)

13720 - 23419 HKD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Overview

What you'll study

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

Prepare for Your English Test

Other requirements

General requirements

Student Insurance via Studyportals Partner

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic Applies to you

Living costs

Hong Kong

Funding

Scholarships Information

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