University of Kent
Kent Law School

Overview
Kent Law School is a dynamic and cosmopolitan place to study a variety of taught and research degrees with an international and contemporary focus. A thriving centre of theoretically informed, critical and socio-legal research, the Law School provides a stimulating environment in which to learn. Students are immersed in the culture of research, with Kent Law School widely regarded as a centre of excellence in legal research and teaching; we were awarded a rating of 5 in the 2001 UK Government Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).

Kent Law School is a cosmopolitan place to study, with students from over 80 countries studying within the department. Postgraduate courses are offered at our beautiful 300-acre parkland Canterbury campus, which overlooks the historic cathedral city of Canterbury and is a short distance from both London and continental Europe, and at our Brussels campus in the political heart of Europe. International postgraduates are given full support with additional English-language tuition if required.

Our award-winning law library has been a leader in the development of electronic resources for legal teaching and research. Our law librarian is available to train students to use these resources, and to help them find exactly what they need from our well-stocked paper library.

Courses
Taught LLM programmes are available in the following areas:

• criminal justice
• environmental law and policy
• European law
• international commercial law
• international environmental law
• international economic law (available at Brussels only)
• international law with international relations (available at both Canterbury and Brussels)
• medical law and ethics
• public international law (available at both Canterbury and Brussels)
• law
• combined (joint) LLM.

These degrees are taught by a combination of coursework assessment and dissertation, with all programmes available on both a full-time and part-time basis. Full-time students complete the LLM over one academic year, and part-time students complete it over two years.

All courses have a September start date, with a January start date also offered at Brussels. Applications for all of these courses can be made on our website.

Research postgraduate degrees (LLM, MPhil, PhD) are available in law, law and philosophy and socio-legal studies.

Information about scholarships for all of our postgraduate courses can be found on our website.

Teaching, research and support
Research at Kent is of international standard with a RAE rating of 5 in 2001. Our academic staff are drawn from around the world, with all involved in research projects and many contributing to national and international reports for a variety of governmental and non-governmental organisations.

Teaching at Kent Law School was described as ‘excellent’ in the most recent Teaching Quality Assessment, with our award-winning electronic legal resources singled out for particular praise.

With a dedicated postgraduate office, facilities solely for postgraduate use and extensive training in legal research, students receive support to ensure they can achieve the highest possible level. The Law School also has an active and inclusive extracurricular academic and social scene, with weekly graduate seminars and a postgraduate student group for all students.

"Would I recommend Kent Law School to others? Yes, a thousand times."
Madhumanti Mukherjee, LLM in International Law and International Relations, now doing a PhD 

Contact
Postgraduate Office
Kent Law School, University
of Kent
Eliot College
University of Kent
Canterbury
Kent CT2 7NS 

T +44 (0)1227 824595
F +44 (0)1227 827442
E klspgoffice@kent.ac.uk
W www.kent.ac.uk/law