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Orientation for our new Postgrads - 2025

We're really looking forward to welcoming our new cohort of postgraduate students in 2025 - those doing a postgraduate diploma, a Master's or a PhD. Your Orientation Programme is out!

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Postgraduate Specialisations

The Faculty offers a wide range of postgraduate specialisations, qualifications and programme options - with all the detail available in this handy brochure.

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Why the UCT School for Advanced Legal Studies?

While UCT offers strong academic programmes with expertise across a wide range of specialisations, the Faculty is focused on the whole student - and is home to a range of facilities and activities not found elsewhere.

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UCT Law Guide for International Postgraduates

At UCT Law, to ensure our international students arrive in Cape Town informed and ready for the academic year, we have compiled a handy guide, packed with information about living in Cape Town.

The Guide

Welcome to the School for Advanced Legal Studies

Welcome to UCT Law’s School for Advanced Legal Studies, where we offer postgraduate legal education programmes designed to help you excel in your legal career. Our Faculty is home to highly respected legal experts with vast practical, research and teaching experience in various fields of law. Enrolling in one of our postgraduate law programmes gives you access to cutting-edge research and a vibrant community of legal professionals.

We offer a wide range of programme and specialisation options through Master of Laws (LLM) and Professional Masters; Masters by research only; PhD and Postgraduate Diplomas. With three Departments in the Faculty, postgraduate students can choose to focus their work in Private Law, Public Law and Commercial Law. Our programmes cover diverse areas of law, such as commercial law, criminology, human rights law, environmental law, intellectual property law, labour law, and more.

Our Faculty members are highly respected legal experts with a wealth of experience in various fields of law. They bring a unique perspective to the classroom and help you develop critical thinking, analytical, and research skills.

We welcome international students from all over the world and provide a vibrant and diverse learning environment. Our international partnerships and collaborations offer our students opportunities to study abroad and gain a global perspective on legal issues.

By joining the School for Advanced Legal Studies, you become part of a global network of alumni and professionals in the legal field. Our alumni are leaders in their respective fields, and our programmes provide you with the skills and knowledge to join their ranks.

Our programmes provide you with the skills, knowledge, and practical experience you need to succeed in today's competitive legal landscape. Take your legal career to the next level with one of our postgraduate law programmes.