Programme Structure

The curriculum for the dual degree programme in law shall normally require four years of full-time study. Students in this dual degree programme will spend the first two years at UCL and the following two years at HKU. After completing all four years of study, students will be awarded the HKU LLB and UCL LLB degrees.

To complete the curriculum, a student must satisfy the curriculum requirements for the first two years of study of LLB at UCL, which is equivalent to 132 credits in value at HKU, and pass in courses totalling at least 174 credits in value in the last two years of study at HKU. The sequence of the programme of study is as follows:

Study at UCL (equivalent to 132 HKU credits)

The first two years of study are the same as for the three-year LLB degree at UCL: four compulsory courses are studied in each year as follows:

Year 1
(equivalent to 72 HKU credits)
  • Contract Law
  • Criminal Law
  • Property Law I
  • Public Law
  • Summer Internship
    (UCL Global Citizenship Programme)
  • Law's Connections (non-credit bearing)
  • Year 2
    (equivalent to 60 HKU credits)
  • European Union Law
  • Jurisprudence and Legal Theory
  • Property Law II
  • Tort Law
  • Study at HKU (174 credits with 87 credits per year)

    The last two years of study are mainly to complete professional requirements for the award of an LLB degree at HKU.

    Year 3 and 4
  • Practical Chinese for law students (6 credits)
  • Common core courses (24 credits)
  • Business associations (6 credits)
  • Commercial law (6 credits)
  • Constitutional law (6 credits)
  • Introduction to Chinese legal system (6 credits)
  • Legal research and writing (6 credits)
  • The legal system of the Hong Kong SAR (6 credits)
  • Mooting and dispute resolution (capstone) (6 credits)
  • Disciplinary electives (42 credits)
  • Dissertation (12 credits)
  • HKU legal internship (12 credits)
  • Free electives (30 credits)
  • Artificial intelligence literacy courses (6 credits)