Faculty of Law

University of Cambridge Law Faculty
Exchange Scheme Framework for European Students 2025-26

Introduction
Exchange students who come to Cambridge as participants in exchanges initiated by the Faculty of Law will
follow courses selected from those offered for the undergraduate Tripos. Exchange students may not take
any course not listed in this document or offered by other Departments or Faculties.

No exchange student may transfer to a regular Cambridge course during their period of study in Cambridge
and thus become eligible for a Cambridge degree.

1.  Language Skills
It is essential that students have English language skills that are good enough to undertake an intensive and
challenging academic course that is taught and examined in English. All students who are non-native speakers
of English are required to sit an online English assessment as part of their application. This will be arranged
by the International Student Office in conjunction with your home University Exchange Coordinator.

Students are only exempt from taking the assessment if they already have one of the following qualifications,
obtained within the last two years:

IELTS: normally a minimum overall grade of 7.5, usually with 7.0 or above in each element

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•  Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English: grade A or B.
•  Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English: at grade A
•  TOEFL iBT Certificate with a minimum overall score of 100, with at least 25 in each element

2.  Application Process for Incoming Exchange Students
Please see the Incoming Students pages on the website for further information, but a brief overview of the
application process is outline below:

1.  Nomination from home University coordinator to the ISO in Cambridge by 31st March
2.  Undertake the University Language Centre Assessment (unless exempt as detailed above)
3.  Attend an exchange applicant webinar
4.

Invitation to apply online via the University of Cambridge’s online portal. Application (including
upload of supporting documentation) must be completed by 30th April

5.  Application documents are considered by the Faculty of Law
6.  Students are notified of a Departmental decision
7.  Students are considered by Colleges for a place
8.  Students are notified of a College place and receive their signed Learning Agreement
9.  Arrival – attend welcome events

3.  Learning Agreements
When they first apply to Cambridge around March – April, exchange students will be asked to list specific
courses that they will  be following when they arrive in Cambridge. Learning Agreements will be agreed in
accordance with the guidelines set out in this document shortly after a student’s application is received. They
may only be revised subsequently with the approval of the Faculty.

Published 3 March 2025

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When considering a  student’s suitability to study at Cambridge under the exchange scheme the accepting
Department will  review the Learning Agreement. Students should read this document carefully to ensure
that they are selecting courses at the right level for their Learning Agreement.

4.  Courses
Please note that the information below may be subject to small changes. Final course details for 2025-26 will
be released to students in September 2025 via Moodle (once Cambridge user ID’s have been allocated) and
also at the Introductory Lectures at the start of the Michaelmas Term.

Incoming students are permitted to:

a)  choose three papers from Groups I-IV (or 2 papers and 2 half-papers);
b)  or choose two papers from Groups I-IV and participate in a seminar course (submitting an essay from

a number of subjects prescribed by the Faculty)

Group I
Paper 10. Civil Law in Context
Paper 11. Constitutional Law
Paper 12. Criminal Law
Paper 13. Law of Tort
Group II
Paper 20. Law of Contract
Paper 21. Land Law
Group III
Paper 30. Advanced Civil Law
Paper 31. Administrative Law
Paper 32. Family Law
Paper 33. Legal History
Paper 34. Criminology, Sentencing and the Penal System
Paper 35. Criminal Procedure and Criminal Evidence
Paper 37. Jurisprudence
Paper 38. International Law
Paper 39. Human Rights Law
Group IV
Paper 40. Equity
Paper 41. European Union Law
Paper 43. Commercial Law
Paper 44. Labour Law
Paper 45. Intellectual Property
Paper 46. Company Law
Paper 47. Aspects of Obligations
Paper 48. Conflict of Laws
Paper 49. Half-papers
Paper 50. Seminar courses
Half-papers:
Paper 49F: Landlord and Tenant Law
Paper 49G: Law of Succession
Paper 49I: Topics in Legal and Political Philosophy
Paper 49L: European Environmental and Sustainable Development Law
Paper 49M: Banking Law
Paper 49P: Topics in European Legal History
Paper 49Q: Personal Data Protection Law
Paper 49R: Animal Rights Law

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Paper 49W: Comparative Law

Seminar Courses
Seminar courses are taken in lieu of a paper and are assessed by way of essay rather than an examination.
Applications to take part in any seminar course must be received by the Faculty Office before the end of the
Easter Term preceding the year in which the candidate wishes to take part.  Details of the seminar subjects
available for 2025-26,  as well as an application form, can be obtained from the Director of Studies at your
allocated college in late May/early June 2025.   A candidate participating in a seminar course is required to
submit - by the seventh day of Full Easter Term - an essay not exceeding 12,000 words (including footnotes
and appendices, but excluding bibliography).

Seminar courses that were offered in 2024-25 were:
Paper 50B: Select Issues in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice
Paper 50C: Family in Society
Paper 50E: Law and Ethics of Medicine
Paper 50G: Public Law
Paper 50H: Select Issues in International Law

Confirmation of Seminar Papers being offered in 2025-26 will be available later this year.

If you have any queries about the courses listed above, please contact Miss Helen Waring (Undergraduate
Exchange Coordinator for Law): hw441@cam.ac.uk

5.  Assessment in Cambridge
Exchange students are assessed via formal exams held during Easter Term. Examination entry is administered
through their College and students should inform their College of the exam papers for which they need to
be entered in  early  November.   Exchange students who have  applied (and  have been accepted) onto  a
seminar course, must submit their essay to the Faculty Office (via Moodle) for assessment by 12 noon on the
seventh day of Full Easter Term.

6.  Transcripts
At the end of the academic year, once results have been confirmed, the University makes transcripts available
to students via their CamSIS self-service page.

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