{"id":21820,"date":"2023-12-11T02:08:53","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T02:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/global-programmes\/?page_id=21820"},"modified":"2026-04-09T08:46:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:46:58","slug":"course-information-for-prospective-exchange-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/global-programmes\/incoming-exchange\/course-information-for-prospective-exchange-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Course Information For Prospective Exchange Students\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\tIncoming Exchange\n\t<\/h1>\n\t<div class=\"custom-breadcrumbs\"><ul><li class=\"item-home\"><i class=\"fas fa-home\"><\/i><a class=\"bread-link bread-home\" href=\"https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/global-programmes\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<h2>\n\t\tCourse Information For Prospective Exchange Students\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>1. NUS Academic Calendar<\/h5>\n\t\t\tThe standard academic calendar consists of two main semesters:\u200b\n<ul>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"270\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Semester 1: August &#8211; December\u00a0\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"270\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Semester 2: January &#8211; May\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nEach semester normally includes 12-13 weeks of instruction and 2 weeks of examinations.\u200b\nFor more information on NUS academic calendar, and to access the updated calendar for a given year, please visit the Office of the University Registrar webpage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/registrar\/calendar\">here<\/a>.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>2. Application and Course Selection<\/h5>\n\t\t\t<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h5><strong>During ONLINE<br \/>APPLICATION<br \/>FOR ADMISSION<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>At the point of online application for admission to NUS via the NUSHub online application system, you will be required <strong>to\u00a0<\/strong><strong>select\u00a0and rank the courses you wish to read at NUS<\/strong>.\u00a0The\u00a0Admission Letter of Offer from the Office of the University Registrar will reflect the Law courses allocated to you based on your\u00a0selection, eligibility and available places.<\/p>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/registrar\/prospective-students\/non-graduating\/coursework\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">File Your Exchange Application<br \/>with Office of the University Registrar<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h5><strong>During COURSE<br \/>REGISTRATION<br \/>(&#8216;Add\/Drop&#8217; Period)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td>You will be able to\u00a0<strong>request for<\/strong>\u00a0changes to your allocated\u00a0courses during the course registration exercise that takes place around two weeks prior to start of the semester. You\u00a0can submit a course request to add or drop courses. Allocation of courses will be subject to eligibility and available\u00a0places. Students should be mindful of the class timetable and assessment schedules when finalising their course enrollment. More information can be found on the CourseReg\u00a0website <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/coursereg\/index.html\">here<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>3. Course Information<\/h5>\n\t\t\t<p>\u200b<b>A. Workload and Credit Considerations<\/b><\/p>\nNUS adopts the term &#8216;unit&#8217; to measure the workload of our students. The normal workload for a NUS\u00a0law students is 17-23 units per semester.\u200b\nTo apply\/obtain a Student&#8217;s Pass for your exchange at NUS, a\u00a0<b>minimum of 12 units per semester\u00a0<\/b>is\u00a0required. An exchange student at NUS Law typically takes 15 to 20 units of courses per semester,\u00a0which works out to 3 to 4 courses.\u00a0\u200b\nStudents who have never studied law in English or who come from civil law jurisdictions are advised to\u00a0take up to 15 units if their home university permits it.\u200b\nHome institutions will typically decide how many courses or credits their students must read at NUS. In\u00a0some instances, home institutions reserve the discretion to approve the list of courses taken by their\u00a0students at NUS. Thus, in determining the number of courses\/units to request for, exchange students\u00a0should seek advice and permission from their home university\u00a0on (a) the list of courses as well as (b)\u00a0the minimum or maximum number of units they are required to read while on exchange at NUS.\n<p><b>B. Courses Available to Exchange Students.<\/b><\/p>\nExchange students are strongly advised to read up the information on the\u00a0Faculty of Law&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/law1a.nus.edu.sg\/student_matters\/llb_prog\/curriculum_courses.html\">website <\/a>pertaining to\u00a0Course Description, Course Pre-requisites, and Class and Examination Timetable.\u00a0This\u00a0website will contain the\u00a0most updated information\u00a0about courses offered at\u00a0FoL.\u200b\nAll exchange students are to choose from the\u00a0<b>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/law1a.nus.edu.sg\/student_matters\/course_listing\/elective_subjects.html\">Elective Courses<\/a>&#8216;<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b>that are available to NUS Third and\u00a0Final year LLB students. This would refer to law electives with course codes of Level 4000, i.e.\u00a0<b>LL4XXXV \/ LL4XXX<\/b>.\n\u200b<b>C. Course Pre-Requisites<\/b>\u200b\nExchange students wishing to study with our faculty should have completed at least 2 years of law\u00a0courses at their home institutions before their exchange semester.\u200b\nYou should have read the equivalent of &#8216;NUS Compulsory Core Law courses&#8221;\u00a0in order to\u00a0meet the\u00a0prerequisites to NUS Law elective courses. Typically, this means that you have completed sufficient\u00a0courses particularly in areas of Tort Law, Contract Law, Criminal Law and Constitution\/Administrative\u00a0Law. You should upload all transcripts from your home university during your application to show that\u00a0you have met the pre-requisites for the courses you are applying for.\u200b\nSome courses may have pre-requisites\/preclusions beyond the NUS compulsory core law\u00a0courses\u00a0and\u00a0you are expected to have met those requirements before applying to read them in NUS.\u00a0\n<strong>\u200bD. Courses Not Available to Exchange Students (Non-Graduating Students)\u200b<\/strong>\nThe following courses are not open to exchange students:\u200b\n<ul>\n<li data-charcodes=\"167\" data-font=\"Wingdings,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"270\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Civil Justice &amp; Process (LL4011V)\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"167\" data-font=\"Wingdings,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"270\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\">International Legal Process (LL4033V)\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"167\" data-font=\"Wingdings,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"270\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\">International Moots &amp; Competition (LL4203)\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"167\" data-font=\"Wingdings,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"270\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Mediation (LL4044V)\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"167\" data-font=\"Wingdings,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"270\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Negotiation (LL4045V)\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"167\" data-font=\"Wingdings,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"270\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"1\">The Law Clinic (LL4094V)\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"167\" data-font=\"Wingdings,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"270\" data-aria-posinset=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Employment Law &amp; Migrant Workers Clinic (LL4261V)\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nNon-graduating students are not permitted to read the compulsory law courses that NUS students read\u00a0during their first two years of law studies. These courses have course codes LL1XXX, LL2XXX,\u00a0LL3XXX.\n<p><b>E. Advice for Students from Non-Common Law Jurisdiction<\/b>\u200b<\/p>\nStudents from law schools in non-common law countries would usually not have studied certain basic\u00a0common law courses such as Principles of Property Law, Equity &amp; Trusts, and you may not be familiar\u00a0with common law methods of reasoning and analysis. You may thus be at a severe disadvantage if you\u00a0choose to read advanced elective courses that require a background in the common law. Such courses\u00a0have a very heavy reading list of cases, and experience has shown that students from non-common\u00a0law jurisdictions who opt for such courses suffer a disadvantage.\u200b\nConsequently, non-graduating students from non-common law jurisdictions are generally advised not to\u00a0choose from the following courses:\u200b\n<ul>\n<li data-charcodes=\"167\" data-font=\"Wingdings,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"270\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Principles of Conflict of Laws\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"167\" data-font=\"Wingdings,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"270\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Personal Property Law\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"167\" data-font=\"Wingdings,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"270\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Principles of Restitution\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"167\" data-font=\"Wingdings,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"270\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\">International Commercial Litigation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>F. NUS Law Assessment Policies<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The assessment framework and related assessment policies at NUS Law are strict. Inbound exchange students are strongly encouraged to familiarise themselves with the relevant assessment policies and guidelines available on the following webpages hosted by the NUS Law Office of Academic Affairs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/law1a.nus.edu.sg\/student_matters\/ethical_conduct.html\">Ethical Conduct and Plagiarism Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/law1a.nus.edu.sg\/student_matters\/ay2526\/infoall.html\">Course Registration Information<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>G. Courses in Other Faculties (Non-Law Courses)<\/b>\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<p>Students may also, with approval of your home institution, take courses in other Faculties at NUS, if\u00a0your timetable permits and if places in those courses are available. You are required to inform the\u00a0Faculty of Law for our records. However, as an exchange student with the Law faculty, students must\u00a0read a minimum of 2 Law courses.\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>4. Other Important Websites<\/h5>\n\t\t\tYou can find other information relevant to student exchange, application and course selection at the\u00a0following websites:\u200b\n<ul>\n<li data-charcodes=\"167\" data-font=\"Wingdings,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"270\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/gro\/global-programmes\/student-exchange\/incoming-exchangers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The A-Z\u00a0 Exchange Guide by NUS Global Relations Office<\/a>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"167\" data-font=\"Wingdings,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"270\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/registrar\/prospective-students\/non-graduating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Office of the University Registrar<\/a>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"167\" data-font=\"Wingdings,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"270\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Faculty of Law<\/a>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"167\" data-font=\"Wingdings,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"270\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/osa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Office of Student Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Incoming Exchange Course Information For Prospective Exchange Students 1. NUS Academic Calendar The standard academic calendar consists of two main semesters:\u200b Semester 1: August &#8211; December\u00a0\u200b Semester 2: January &#8211; May\u200b Each semester normally includes 12-13 weeks of instruction and 2 weeks of examinations.\u200b For more information on NUS academic calendar, and to access the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21820","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/global-programmes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21820"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/global-programmes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/global-programmes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/global-programmes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/global-programmes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21820"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/global-programmes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22527,"href":"https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/global-programmes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21820\/revisions\/22527"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/global-programmes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/global-programmes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}