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Master of Law

SPECIFIC ADMISSION REQUIREMENT

Applicants for Master of Law programme must possess:

  1. A Bachelor of Law with Honours (LL.B [Hons.]) from any institutions of higher learning recognised by the Ministry of Education Malaysia with a CGPA of at least 2.75; or
  2. A Bachelor of Law with Honours (LL.B [Hons.]) from any institutions of higher learning recognised by the Ministry of Education Malaysia with a CGPA of at least 2.50 and have at least three (3) years of work experience; or
  3. A Bachelor of Jurisprudence (B. Juris) from any institutions of higher learning recognised by the Ministry of Education Malaysia with a CGPA of at least 2.75 and have at least five (5) years of work experience; or
  4. A Bachelor of Philosophy, Law and Business (BPLB) from UUM with a CGPA of at least 2.75;
    or;
  5. A Bachelor of Philosophy, Law and Business (BPLB) from UUM with a CGPA of a least 2.50 and have at least three (3) years of work experience of; or
  6. Any other equivalent qualifications recognised by the University Senate; and
  7. Fulfil the English language requirement as set by the University Senate.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

Master of Law is offered by full research. Students have to successfully complete the following:

  1. Pass with at least a B grade the following pre-requisite courses during the first two (2) semesters of their enrolment (i.e. before being allowed to defend their thesis proposal):
    a. GMUP5014 Legal Research Methodology
    b. SCLE6014 Academic Writing
  2. Attend at least one (1) Colloquium session;
  3. Defend a research proposal to a committee:
    a. Students must submit four (4) copies of their research proposal to the School/Graduate School at least two (2) weeks prior to the proposal defence session;
    b. The research proposal should cover the following topics:
    • Chapter 1 : Background of the Study, Problem Statement, Research Questions, Research Objectives, Scope of the Study, and Significance of the Study.
    • Chapter 2 : Literature Review
    • Chapter 3 : Research Methodology
    - Research Framework
    - Hypotheses/ Propositions Development
  4. Attend a viva voce session to defend the thesis; and
  5. Submit a written thesis.

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