SINGAPORE - After a review, eight British law schools have been dropped from a list of approved overseas institutions where Singapore students can earn a law degree that is recognised here.
There are approximately 1,050 Singaporean undergraduate law students currently studying at recognised overseas universities, based on estimates from Contact Singapore in March 2012.
Here is the list of all approved overseas institutions for law degrees and a list of those that have been dropped.
Approved universities
In Britain
University of Birmingham
University of Bristol
University of Cambridge
University of Durham
King's College, London, University of London
London School of Economics, University of London
Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London
University College, University of London
University of Nottingham
University of Oxford
University of Warwick
In Australia
Australian National University
Flinders University
Monash University
Murdoch University
University of Melbourne
University of New South Wales
University of Queensland
University of Sydney
University of Tasmania
University of Western Australia
In New Zealand
University of Auckland
Victoria University of Wellington
In the United States
Columbia University
Harvard University
New York University
University of Michigan
The eight British universities dropped from the list are listed below. Students who were admitted for the academic year 2015/2016 remain eligible for the Singapore Bar.
Universities removed from approved list
University of Exeter
University of Leeds
University of Leicester
University of Liverpool
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
University of Manchester
University of Sheffield
University of Southampton
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