School of Social Sciences

Corporate Governance LLM

Year of entry: 2025

Course length: 12 months Full-Time

About the course

Become an expert in the law of conducting business and how that applies to an increasingly globalised society.

You'll learn from inspiring experts in corporate governance and corporate social responsibility and apply your knowledge to real-world examples to develop sought-after skills in the business world.

Through the study of contemporary topics and examination of major corporate governance theories, you'll enhance your legal knowledge regarding the nature of corporations, law practice and current governance processes in the UK and abroad, and be ready to take the next exciting steps in your career.

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Benefit from our first-class facilities, including a purpose-built moot court where you can practically develop your skills

Join a university with a strong heritage of providing legal education since 1872, including graduates such as Dame Christabel Pankhurst

Our graduates are among the most targeted by top UK employers

(High Fliers 2024)

Compulsory Units

Transnational Corporate and Capital Markets Law
The Principles and Practice of Corporate Governance
LL.M Dissertation

Optional Units

Academic Skills for Legal Studies
International Banking Law
Intellectual Property Law
The Regulation of International Finance
International Law and Practice of Securities Markets
International Investment Law
International Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Law

These are examples of units offered in 2023/24 and are subject to change. See the full list of units and find out more on the full course profile >

Where will your degree take you?

The demand for graduates with legal expertise continues to grow worldwide. Our degrees allow you to develop a variety of both subject-specific and transferable skills suited to a wide variety of roles, such as analytical skills, research, problem-solving and communication.

Most of our recent graduates have gone on to work with leading organisations in the corporate and commercial legal field, national and international institutions, academia, and at top universities, with job titles such as Corporate Lawyer, Financial and Legal Consultant, Trademark Attorney, Lawyer, and Policy Researcher.

Many of our graduates choose to go on to research degrees (PhD), either at Manchester or at another leading university, where they expand the boundaries of our knowledge and pursue careers in research or academia.

Rob Manning

Senior Consultant at Ernst & Young / Corporate Governance LLM

“The University as a whole is absolutely phenomenal experience as a student. You get such a variety of legal areas you can study. The staff are incredibly passionate about their subject area.

The School of Law always always produce high quality students. What you get from Manchester is a very real sense of where your degree subject fits into wider society and it's those critical skills that you build up that are crucial when it comes to actually getting out there into the job market.“