StudyQA — Master: Laws — Chinese University of Hong Kong

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The Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Laws is a degree for students who want to pursue advanced research, so as to become expert in an area of law or on a complex topic that can help open doors to similar career opportunities. Study in the MPhil Programme can also lead to admission to the PhD Programme, subject to the Faculty’s evaluation of the student’s academic performance during his or her MPhil study period.

The CUHK Faculty of Law PhD and MPhil in Laws Programmes offer one of the great opportunities in legal education – spend two to four years researching and writing about a topic you are passionate about while getting paid for it! With our incredible funding scheme, that is what it amounts to – you will be supported generously enough that you can live comfortably without having to work for additional remuneration while you earn your PhD or MPhil in Laws. At the same time, you will have world-class professors as supervisors and fellow students from around the world to assist and inspire you. And our student-friendly “Support Framework” provides you with all the formal guidance and encouragement you will need: multiple opportunities each year to present your work to other professors and peers, classroom support (with seminars on research and thesis writing) and typically a team of two supervisors, who will check in with you regularly and be there for you when you need them.

Below we list the areas in which our Faculty can offer you experienced guidance in your research:

Administrative Law
Aviation Law
Banking Law
Business Law
Chinese Law
Common Law
Company Law
Comparative Law
Competition Law
Conflict of Laws
Constitutional Laws
Construction Law
Contract Law
Criminal Law
Dispute Resolution
Employment Law
Environmental Law
Ethics and Law
EU Law
Evidence
Family Law
Financial Law
Gender and the Law
Human Rights Law
Immigration Law
Information & Privacy Law
Insurance Law
Intellectual Property Law
International Criminal Law
International Investment Law
International Trade Law
Jurisprudence
Land Law
Law and Literature
Law of Equity
Law of the Sea
Legal History
Legal Philisophy
Private International Law
Public International Law
Remedies
Shipping Law
Tax Law
Tort Law
Wills and Trusts

Requirements

A Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree with first class honours or upper second class honours awarded by a recognized university
Applicants should submit as part of their application a personal statement not exceeding 1,500 words and brief curriculum vitae. The personal statement may describe the academic and professional experiences, interests and goals of the applicant, as well as the personal credentials that he or she considers most relevant to the proposed research work.
Applicants must satisfy the English Language Proficiency Requirement by:

Possessing a Bachelor’s degree awarded by a recognized university in Hong Kong or an English-speaking country, or taught primarily in the English Language; or
Achieving a result of Band 7.0 or better in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS); or
Achieving at least a score of 587 (Paper Based Test) or 240 (Computer Based Test) or 95 (Internet Based Test) in the Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL); or
Providing alternative evidence of English Proficiency equivalent to one of the preceding measures.

All applicants are required to submit as part of their application a research plan not exceeding 3,000 words in length. The research plan will be reviewed by the Faculty in evaluating the applicant’s potential for conducting academic research at MPhil level. Although it is understood that applicants are generally not yet ready to develop a full argument and/or solution for a problem at the application stage, they are expected to address the following in their research plan: