Wills Memorial Building 无疑是布里斯托大学,甚至是布里斯托最为代表性的建筑之一,除了地理学院占据了一小部分以外,该楼大部分功能是法学院的授课地,图书馆和法学院办公楼,由此不难看出,法学院在布里斯托大学的地位。作为老牌优秀法学院,布里斯托大学的法学院现在还拥有着良好的口碑,尤其在英国本土同学中。但是,由于这几年国际排名的下降,使其受欢迎的程度逐渐降低。而且在我就读的2012-2013年度前后,有很多优秀的教授流失,甚至取消了海商法专业的设置,这其中的原委自然是我们不能得知的,但却不可否认的是,法学院的确在走下坡路。也许,有一天他会再次崛起,作为深爱布里斯托的我,很期待那一天的到来。
申请具体流畅及要求
1,入学要求一般分为两部分:成绩要求和语言要求
成绩要求,一般也就是大学期间的平均分,也有学校会要求绩点,但由于不同学校对于绩点的要求不同,建议大家最好还是问一下学校绩点折合成平均分是多少分,以防止不必要的不利后果。
语言要求,一般是有具体要求,同时注有,如果没有达到此要求,可以通过多少周的语言课来相抵,当然语言课的申请也是有最低要求的,而且语言课要考试,考试通过方能顺利入学。
布里斯托的入学要求在如下网址有清晰列明:http://www.bristol.ac.uk/law/pgd ... y-requirements.html
成绩要求,也就是academic requirement 如下:
1. A first or upper second class Honours degree in Law or a degree with an adequate law component. Overseas students with equivalent qualifications should supply a transcript of their examination results (an official English translation if the original is in a language other than English). A rough guide to equivalent qualifications is available from the International Office Country Specific A-Z. Candidates with a lower class of degree (or other equivalent qualification) should not be deterred from applying as each application is considered on its merits.
2. A recognised professional legal qualification. In exceptional circumstances, other qualifications of equivalent status may be accepted. Such applicants must supply the Postgraduate Office with as much information as possible about their qualifications.
对于大部分同学来说,这些要求都没什么太大问题,主要是查一下具体换算成平均分,而且布大也给了具体的换算方式,换算过来是80%,也就是平均分达到80即可。如果你差的分数并不多,可能是79,当然是可以跟学校argue一下的,但能不能成功,还要看你的其他背景了。
语言要求,同样参照上述网址可知,2013-2014年度的要求是
雅思:7.0 overall, minimum 7.0 in writing and 6.5 in other bands
托福:100 minimum 24 any part, 27 in writing
必须是两年以内的有效成绩。
在不能达到上述要求的情况下,可以根据成绩参加6周或9周的语言,具体:As an alternative applicants can attend the 6 or 10 week Pre-sessional English course at the University of Bristol and achieve 70% overall, with 65% in Reading, Listening and Speaking, and 70% in Writing. The pre-sessional English Language course is designed to help candidates improve their command of English, familiarize themselves with academic conventions and develop their ‘social’ English in order to settle quickly into their studies. For further details of the pre-sessional courses, see:http://www.bristol.ac.uk/english-language/efl/pre-sessional/
2,2013-2014年度的申请截止时间是:International applications 1 June