General Introduction

Graduate Institute of Interdisciplinary Legal Studies, College of Law, National Taiwan University (hereinafter, “NTU GIILS”) was being a six-year graduate program of law during 2006-2013. However, school policies have been amended to make NTU GIILS a four-year graduate program since 2014.
It is also certified that, pursuant to article 2 of NTU GIILS Academic Policies, all degree requirements must be completed within six academic years (with the exception of candidates who take a leave of absence), and all degree candidates must pay full tuition in the first three academic years. For candidates who registered in 2014 or henceforth, all degree requirements must be completed within four academic years (with the exception of candidates who take a leave of absence), and all degree candidates must pay full tuition in the first three academic years.

Courses for candidates who registered during 2006-2013

Each student has to complete a minimum of 96 credits leading to LL.M degree. 50 credits are compulsory and must be selected from the predesigned curriculum (Please refer to “List of Compulsory Courses 1”).
The remaining 46 credits are elective. Students are obliged to take at least 16 credits of the graduate-level seminars offered by the College of Law (including 6 credits interdisciplinary courses). Students are allowed to take at most 22 credits of the bachelor program at the Department of Law. They can also take courses of other college up to 12 credits if necessary.
In addition to the required 96 credits, students must complete a master degree level thesis paper under the supervision of an instructor.

*Starting from May 2012, the minimum credits for candidates to complete has become 92 credits, including 50 compulsory credits and 42 elective credits. All other regulations mentioned above remain the same.

*List of Compulsory Courses 1

Courses for candidates who registered in 2014 or henceforth

Each student has to complete a minimum of 92 credits leading to LL.M degree. 46 credits are compulsory and must be selected from the predesigned curriculum (Please refer to “List of Compulsory Courses 1”).

The remaining 46 credits are elective. Students are obliged to take at least 20 credits of the graduate-level seminars offered by the College of Law (including at least 10 Credits of Courses with Curriculum Identity Number starting with M ). Students are allowed to take at most 22 credits of the bachelor program at the Department of Law. They can also take courses of other college up to 6 credits if necessary.

In addition to the required 92 credits, students must complete a master degree level thesis paper under the supervision of an instructor.

List of Compulsory Courses 2