Program Overview

NUS-Erasmus University LLB-LLM Exchange Plus Programme

Overview

The NUS-Erasmus University LLB-LLM exchange plus programme is available to students on the four-year LLB programme. Under this arrangement, students will complete three years at NUS and then go to Erasmus to read an LLM for one year on a tuition fee waiver basis. Upon successful completion of the LLM at Erasmus, NUS law students will graduate with an LLB (Hons) from NUS and an LLM from Erasmus.

The LLMs available are:

• Commercial and Company Law
• Maritime and Transport Law
• International Arbitration
• International Business Law
• International Trade Law
• International and European Union Law

Curriculum Matters

• Course Preclusions & Pre-requisites: Students interested in the Erasmus LLM should not undertake NUS courses that are similar to the LLM programme. Students are responsible to check the LLM course requirements/offerings when registering for NUS electives in Year 3.
• Credit Transfer: The credits read at Erasmus towards the LLM will count towards the NUS LLB degree as NUS 40 Units. Courses completed at Erasmus do not count towards the LLB Class of Honours.
• Completion of Erasmus LLM and the Conferment of NUS LLB degree: Note that the academic year of Erasmus is Sep - Aug. Completion of LLM course is expected around June/July. If you enroll in the Erasmus LLM programme, you should expect that you would not graduate in time with your LLB cohort in June/July. Rather, depending on when your results from Erasmus are released, the earliest you can expect to be conferred your LLB degree would be the end of August and you will only be eligible to attend the Commencement ceremony in the following year.
• Implications to enrolment for Part B at SILE in view of the late degree conferment: The Part B course normally starts in mid-July each year. Students must have graduated with the LLB in order to be eligible for the Part B course. In view of the late degree conferment, NUS Law has worked with SILE to institute an arrangement where students would be able to apply and enroll for Part B provisionally, subject to receiving certification from NUS by the end of July that students have passed the LLB.
• Implications of Late Degree Conferment on Eligibility for JLC Positions and Academic Prizes: NUS Law has also worked with the Legal Service Commission ("LSC") to institute an arrangement where students would be considered for Justices Law Clerk ("JLC") positions based on their "provisional Class of Honours". Each student's "provisional Class of Honours" and "provisional ranking" within the cohort will be determined by the student's cumulative weighted numerical average which have already been "locked in" at NUS Law.

Eligibility & Application

• Applications for the programme are open from Friday, 17 October 2025 till Monday, 8 December 2025.
• Only students in Law 2 qualify to apply. In some years, the programme may also be open to Law 3.
• Interested students should look out for announcements via email.
• Please apply via EduRec and upload the following supporting documents:
  • Resume
  • Personal Statement (Please indicate matric no)
  • Latest Unofficial Transcript
• Please also submit 2 Letters of Recommendation provided by Academic Referees.
• After you are nominated for this programme, you will then be required to submit a formal application, at a later time (during Year 3), for Erasmus’ consideration.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Can I go for student exchange (SEP) AND the LLB-LLM?: Our rules for 4-year LLB programme allow a maximum period of two semesters away from NUS. Hence, students must choose EITHER SEP OR the LLB-LLM programme.
• What are the selection criteria?: The selection criteria include your academic grades, character and personal statement. In some instances, you may be called for an interview by both faculty and Erasmus. Selection will normally be up to 3 students per academic year.
• How much will it cost me?: The NUS-Erasmus programme is on a tuition fee waiver basis. You will continue to pay your LLB tuition fees to NUS. No tuition fee is payable to Erasmus University. However, a minimum statutory fee estimated at about EUR 2600 (based on the information available for AY), is payable to Erasmus University.
• Will there be scholarships or financial aid available?: NUS NASA Degree Scholarship or Bursary may be available for application if you are accepted into the programme. The scholarship/bursary aims to help defray a small fraction of the cost of studying abroad.