Course summary

Please note: For the Postgraduate Diploma only (first year) you apply through KNECT365 Learning who will guide you through the application process. KNEct365 delivers the Diploma programme in conjunction with King’s. Our classic distance learning Procurement Regulation Postgraduate Diploma, MA has been specifically designed for professionals wishing to expand their knowledge and understanding of EU procurement law and regulation, while also placing that system within its wider international context. The course is particularly suitable for lawyers in private practice or in the public sector, in house legal advisers and officials dealing with practice or policy in the procurement field as procurement specialists who wish to add further legal experience to their practical experience. This programme is studied by professionals alongside full time work commitments. The estimated time commitment is 240 hours of self study plus 32 hours teaching at the weekend seminars. Further time is needed in April for the coursework and May for examination preparation. Students are expected to manage their time independently. Please note that the optional MA (second year) is only available for application once the Postgraduate Diploma has been completed successfully. Key Benefits

• Gives an in-depth and up-to-date understanding of the EU procurement regime in the public sector

• Detailed knowledge of the EU system is supplemented and enriched by consideration of the different challenges for implementation in Europe and the approaches taken in other systems beyond the EU

• Programme materials written by leading professional experts in the field

• Can be studied anywhere in the world

• Weekend seminars led by course director

• Hard copy study material with online additional support, traditional one year cohort

• In the 2019 Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) 114 students out of 118 at the Centre of European Law agreed to the statement: Overall, I am satisfied with the quality of the course.