Key information
Duration
- Full-time: 36 months
- Part-time: 72 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting October 2026 — Application deadline not specified.
- Starting January 2027 — Application deadline not specified.
- Starting April 2027 — Application deadline not specified.
Language
English
English requirements
TOEFL iBT: 98 (or new TOEFL iBT 1-6 score: 5) · PTE Academic: 64 · IELTS: 7
Delivered
On Campus
Campus Location
London, United Kingdom
Disciplines
Public Law; Business Law; View 38 other PhDs in Public Law in United Kingdom
Overview
The impact of our diversity within the Brunel Law School is evident in the breadth of our research activity which can be divided into public and private law. Our Law research delivered by the Brunel University of London activity embraces doctrinal, theoretical, critical, contextual and comparative approaches to the study of law.
Key facts
- It reaches from the local to the global, addressing important challenges in domestic law as well as universal legal, economic, and social issues. We investigate in depth how best to create and maintain just societies that fairly balance both personal freedom and authority, and the rights and responsibilities of individuals and society.
Programme Structure
Curriculum:
- Law, Economics and Finance
- Institute of Communities and Society
- Magna Carta
- Entrepreneurship and Sustainability
- International Law
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
GPA: Upper Second Class
English requirements
TOEFL iBT: 98 (or new TOEFL iBT 1-6 score: 5) · PTE Academic: 64 · IELTS: 7
Other requirements
- The general University entrance requirement for registration for a research degree is normally a First or Upper Second Class Honours degree (1st or 2:1).
- If you require a Tier 4 visa to study in the UK, you must prove knowledge of the English language so that we can issue you a Certificate of Acceptance for Study (CAS). To do this, you will need an IELTS for UKVI or Trinity SELT test pass gained from a test centre approved by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) and on the Secure English Language Testing (SELT) list.
Fees and funding
Tuition Fees
International: 38,857 AUD / year (≈ 20,400 GBP / year). Domestic: 9,977 AUD / year (≈ 5,238 GBP / year).
Additional Details
- Tuition for international: £10,200 part-time
- Tuition for UK: £2,619 part-time
Living costs
London, United Kingdom: 2,166–4,109 AUD / month.
Funding
Scholarships are available. For more information, visit the programme website.
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