Switzerland

Master of Laws 

CityUHK School of Law has signed a collaborative agreement with Université de Fribourg (UF) on Master of Laws programmes.  It aims to equip students with knowledge of both Asian and European law under its integrated curriculum. Each institution will admit up to 10 students into the programme per academic year. Each programme duration will be a minimum of 1 semester and a maximum of 2 semesters (i.e. from September to June of the following year) at the host institution.

UF students (applicable to MLaw or LLM students and graduates) participating in the programme will be allowed to transfer a maximum of 7 credits to CityUHK towards its LLM programme once they are admitted to CityUHK. UF students are required to complete 17 credits at the CityUHK LLM programme in order to satisfy the CityUHK LLM requirements. They will obtain an LLM degree certificate from CityUHK.

CityUHK students (applicable to LLM and LLMArbDR graduates, and JD students and graduates) participating in the UF LLM programme will receive credit transfer with a maximum of 15 ECTS (2.5 ECTS = 1 CityUHK Credit; 15 ECTS = 6 CityU Credits). CityUHK students are required to complete 30 ECTS in order to satisfy the UF LLM requirements. They will obtain an LLM degree certificate from UF. Credits earned from courses taken at UF will not be transferred towards the degree conferred by CityUHK. 

For further information, please contact CityUHK School of Law at (852) 3442 8008 or lwllm@cityu.edu.hk.