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Starting September 2025

Application portal opening soon for 2025/2026 intake.

Starting September 2025

Application portal opening soon for 2025/2026 intake.

An in-depth understanding of the economics of competition law and the important role it plays

Study with a top 5 UK law school (QS World University Rankings 2023 for Law & Legal Studies)

In Partnership with King's College London

What you'll learn

Economic evidence and analysis play a crucial role in cases brought before the European Commission, national authorities and courts.

Benefit from a highly relevant programme that:

  • Gives an in-depth insight into the application of Economics to Competition Law.
  • Deals with basic building blocks of economic analysis in competition law: market power and market definition.
  • Covers the economic issues that arise under Article 101 and Article 102, network effects and the boundaries of competition law and intellectual property law, mergers and state aid.


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How you'll learn

  • The distance learning Postgraduate Diploma in Economics for Competition Law programme is structured into four modules of twelve units.
  • Each unit comes in the form of hard copy print and as a PDF file via the programme website.
  • Questions will be set at the end of each unit and model answers to most of these will be sent with the unit that follows.
  • Units are normally sent by post and overseas students will be sent their material by air courier. Students are expected to engage with the online platform during their studies.
  • All students will be eligible to attend two optional weekend seminars at King’s College London or another venue in central London.


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Optional Weekend Seminars

  • There will be two intensive weekend seminars normally in November 2024 and March 2025 (exact dates will be confirmed as soon as possible after enrolment).
  • The weekend seminars will be held in Central London.
  • Authors will lecture and revise study material during two full days of teaching.
  • Seminars are recorded to view for those students who cannot attend the seminars.
  • The seminars are not compulsory but are very beneficial and provide an excellent opportunity to meet fellow students, the programme director and programme authors.


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