This LLB is  for students who have studied with HKU SPACE and Manchester Metropolitan University on the Graduate Diploma in English and Hong Kong Law (CPE) and is the final year of a fast track programme allowing these students to complete all the law subjects currently required to apply for entry to the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL) programme.

* Based on admissions to the PCLL in recent years of large numbers of students who, after completing both the Graduate Diploma in English and Hong Kong Law and the LLB (Hons) Hong Kong, were exempted from all PCLL Conversion exams. Please note that PCLL exam exemptions are subject to change.

Classes are scheduled to be delivered between September and April.

The LLB is run jointly with Manchester Metropolitan University. Teaching will draw on the expertise of both local lecturers and Manchester Metropolitan University lecturers.

Includes teaching by HKU PCLL staff (in their personal capacity).

Modules to prepare for the PCLL such as litigation procedure and advocacy are included in this programme to provide students with a head-start over their future PCLL class peers.

• Most lectures to be delivered in dual-mode, both face-to-face (at HKU SPACE teaching venues) and live-streamed online. Select lectures and tutorials to either be delivered face-to-face or online only and students will be informed in due course.

This is an exempted course under the Non-local Higher and Professional Education (Regulation) Ordinance. It is a matter of discretion for individual employers to recognise any qualification to which this course may lead.

Students must complete 3 full-modules and 2 half-modules.

Full-modules (PCLL programme prerequisites):

• Commercial Law
• Business Associations
• Law of Hong Kong Evidence

Half-modules:

• PCLL Preparation Elective I (Civil Procedure with Advocacy)*
• PCLL Preparation Elective II (Criminal Procedure with Advocacy)*

[*These half-modules will be delivered as complementary precursors to the procedural subjects taught on the PCLL programme. The official title of these half-modules are subject to final confirmation.]

Assessment is by a mixture of coursework and examinations.  

With a history of several decades in Hong Kong, the LLB (Hons) Hong Kong jointly run with Manchester Metropolitan University has a long and proven track record of successfully preparing our graduates to continue on to enter the PCLL programme and legal practice in Hong Kong.

In recent years large numbers of graduates of the LLB (Hons) Hong Kong have successfully secured places on PCLL programmes at The University of Hong Kong (both full-time and part-time) and other universities, including some highly-prized government-funded places.

Since our graduates can avoid taking many extra conversion exams required of graduates of most other English law courses, they have enjoyed a much smoother pathway towards the PCLL.

Entry to the PCLL programme is competitive and admission criteria are subject to change. For more information, please click here.

• HK$54,900 tuition fee + special rate of £950 Manchester Met registration fee for current CPE students only (£999 for all other students).

The LLB (Hons) Hong Kong is for students who have completed the Graduate Diploma in English and Hong Kong Law (Common Professional Examination)   taught at HKU SPACE and jointly run with and awarded by Manchester Metropolitan University.

Priority for admission is given to students who have completed the Graduate Diploma in English and Hong Kong Law (Common Professional Examination) at HKU SPACE. Applications will only be considered from students who have completed other Graduate Diploma in Law programmes if spaces are still available after giving first priority to HKU SPACE students. 

Students who have previously studied this programme are not eligible for admission for a second time. 

It is also the responsibility of applicants to determine their eligibility to study this programme, which is intended for those having the right to live and study in Hong Kong (under current immigration rules, it is very unlikely any overseas applicants will be granted visas to study this programme).

Application Form Application Form

(1)  For current final year Manchester Met students of the GDEHKL (CPE) (2023/24) 

• To apply in person, please bring along the letter of completion of the GDEHKL (CPE) and the Application for Enrolment Form (SF26) to any HKU SPACE Learning Centre.  
• To apply by post, please send the SF26 form and a crossed cheque payable to “HKU SPACE” addressed to the College of Humanities and Law, HKU SPACE.

(2)  For former graduates from Manchester Met GDEHKL (CPE) (pre-2023)

• To apply in person, please submit the above to any HKU SPACE Learning Centre.            
• To apply by post, please send the above to the College of Humanities and Law, HKU SPACE.

(3)  ​ For graduates of any other Graduate Diploma in Law

• To apply in person, please submit the above to any HKU SPACE Learning Centre.
• To apply by post, please send the above to the College of Humanities and Law, HKU SPACE.

In Person / By post

1.  Cash, EPS Or WeChat Pay

Course fees can be paid by cash, EPS or WeChat Pay at any HKU SPACE Enrolment Centres.

2.  Cheque Or Bank Draft

Course fees can also be paid by crossed cheque or bank draft made payable to “HKU SPACE”. Please specify the programme title(s) for application and applicant’s name. You may either:

• bring the completed form(s), together with the appropriate course or application fees in the form of a cheque, and any required supporting documents to any of the HKU SPACE enrolment centres;
• or mail the above documents to any of the HKU SPACE Enrolment Centres, specifying “Course Application” on the envelope. HKU SPACE will not be responsible for any loss of payment sent by mail.

3.  VISA/MasterCard

Applicants may also pay the course fee by VISA or MasterCard, including the “HKU SPACE MasterCard”, at any HKU SPACE enrolment centres. Holders of the HKU SPACE MasterCard can enjoy a 10-month interest-free instalment period for courses with a tuition fee worth a minimum of HK$2,000; however, the course applicant must also be the cardholder himself/herself. For enquiries, please contact our staff at any enrolment centres.

4. Online Payment

The course fees of all open admission courses (course enrolled on first come, first served basis) and selected award-bearing programmes can be settled by using PPS via the Internet. Applicants may also pay the relevant course fees by VISA or MasterCard online. Please refer to Enrolment Methods - Online Enrolment  for details.