入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求：Candidates will be generally eligible with the equivalent of an upper second class degree in law
英语要求： IELTS 7.0 (with at least 6.0 in each section)
学费 Tuition Fee：2011/2012 £13,500
课程特征 Course Features：
The LLM in Competition Law and Innovation seeks to achieve the following goals:
•Impart in-depth, cutting edge knowledge of the laws governing competition in the EU and UK, with appropriate comparative references to other jurisdictions, and of the laws protecting and encouraging investment and innovation (e.g. Intellectual Property law)
•Focus especially on competition law, as a means to ensuring rivalry on the merits and on the interaction existing between the rules on competition and those legal rules designed to protect, regulate and encourage further innovation, by creating an economic incentive to invest and develop new technologies
•Examine the reciprocal interaction of competition law and intellectual property laws and their joint impact on the development of knowledge and technical development, especially in innovation-led and research- and investment-intensive industries
课程内容 Course Content ：
Students must complete 60 credits of study in BOTH semesters 1 and 2, as well as completing a dissertation in their chosen area of specialty.
Semester 1
Students must take:
•Principles of Competition Law for Innovation (20 credits) (for students with prior knowledge of competition law)
OR
•EU Competition law (40 credits) (for students with no prior knowledge of competition law)
AND
A selection of modules worth 20 credits each:
•Intellectual Property Law I: Copyright and related rights
• Law of E-Commerce;
• Any other 20 credit Law School module running in Semester 1 upon approval of the Program Director
Semester 2
Students must take:
•Regulation of Innovation: Advanced Issues in Competition and Intellectual Property Law (20 credits)
AND
Modules worth 20 credits each, among the following options:
•Intellectual Property: Law and Society
• Intellectual Property Law 2: Industrial Property
• Legal Challenges of Information Technologies
• Any other 20 credit Law School module running in semester 1 upon approval of the Program Director
Dissertation
Students choose the topic of their dissertation, subject to availability of a suitable supervisor and to the approval of the Program Director. The dissertation must relate to an area which engages issues at the nexus of competition law and innovation. The maximum word length of the dissertation is 10,000 words.
职业展望 Career Prospects：
The LLM in Competition Law and Innovation will enable graduates to access a range of career opportunities ranging from the more “traditional” ones—e.g. access to the legal profession as barrister, solicitor or advocate—to employment in governmental agencies, such as the Office of Fair Trading, OFCOM, OFWAT and other sector regulators. Employment opportunities are likely to include, non-exhaustively, the handling of individual cases, conducting research and drafting of legal advice for clients or governmental agencies.