Entry requirements

The UNSW LLM is open to law and non-law graduates. If you’re applying to the program with a non-law degree or with a law degree from a non-common law country, you’ll need to incorporate compulsory core courses into your program.

To be eligible for the Master of Laws by Coursework, you must have any of the following:

1. a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (Honours) degree with a credit average from UNSW Sydney or a qualification considered equivalent from another university or tertiary institution.
2. a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree with a credit average from UNSW Sydney or a qualification considered equivalent from another university or tertiary institution.
3. a Juris Doctor degree with a credit average from UNSW Sydney or a qualification considered equivalent from another university or tertiary institution.
4. a bachelor's degree in social sciences or humanities with a credit average, from UNSW Sydney or a qualification considered equivalent from another university or tertiary institution.
5. a Juris Doctor degree or a bachelor's degree in laws, Social Sciences or Humanities from UNSW Sydney or a qualification considered equivalent from another university or tertiary institution with a minimum of two years of relevant professional experience;
6. a bachelor's degree from UNSW Sydney with a credit average or a qualification considered equivalent from another university or tertiary institution and a minimum of two years of relevant professional experience.

For (5) and (6), relevant professional experience could include professional experience in legal and policy issues gained as an officer in local government; consulting on legal and policy issues; an officer/manager or similar for state or federal government agency with responsibility for legal and policy issues; corporate auditing, monitoring or managing legal and policy issues; project management with a legal or policy focus; NGO or international organisation responsible for law or policy reform.

English language requirements

• IELTS (Academic version): 7.0 overall (min 6.0 in each subtest)
• TOEFL iBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language – Internet-Based Test): 94 overall (min. 25 in writing, 23 in reading, listening and speaking)
• PTE (Pearson Test of English – Academic): 65 overall (min. 54 in each subtest)
• C1 Advanced Cambridge (formerly known as CAE – Cambridge Advanced English): 185 overall (min. 169 in each subtest)
• C2 Proficiency Cambridge (formerly known CPE – Cambridge Proficiency English): 185 overall (min. 180 in each subtest)