LLM in International Financial Law

Work experience – including a copy of your CV

Copies of your degree certificate(s), transcript and interim transcript (where applicable)

The following questions may help you plan your personal statement: Why do you want to study a Masters and how will it benefit you? How does the course fit your skill set? How do you stand out from the crowd - e.g. work experience? What are you aspiring to be/do in your future career? How can your work contribute to the department/University/society? If you're applying for a subject that is in a different field to your undergraduate degree, tell us why you have decided to change your direction of study. Think about: how you will bring fresh insight to your course as a result of your undergraduate degree the reasons for deciding to change your field of study how changing your direction of study will help you with your future career. Structure Use a tight structure in your personal statement and make sure each paragraph logically follows on from the one before. Your personal statement must: have an eye-catching and interesting introduction, and an engaging middle part and conclusion have an introduction that acts as a framework for the rest of your statement, with the main part of your statement detailing your interests, experience and knowledge be between 250 and 500 words have short sentences of no more than 25-30 words use headings (if you wish) to break up the content - for example, 'Why this university?' 'Why this subject?' 'Ability', 'Personal experience' and 'Career aspirations' use a sentence structure where you: make a claim and back this claim up with evidence. This can be achieved by talking about your work experience and academic interests.