Switzerland

Master of Laws 

CityU 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 CityU towards its LLM programme once they are admitted to CityU. UF students are required to complete 17 credits at the CityU LLM programme in order to satisfy the CityU LLM requirements. They will obtain an LLM degree certificate from CityU.

CityU 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 CityU Credit; 15 ECTS = 6 CityU Credits). CityU 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 CityU. 

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