Combined Programs

Students can apply for combined programs going into the first year of the JD program (via OLSAS) or during fall term of their first year in the JD program. Students must apply to and be admitted separately by both divisions and meet U of T’s admission requirements for each.

Students enrolled in a combined program, are still eligible to apply for the Law Faculty's Financial Aid during the years they are registered as full-time students taking JD courses.

• Students enrolled in a combined program MUST complete all of the requirements for both programs in order to graduate from either program and complete the requirements of the combined program as: 

  • set out in the Combined program description, i.e. the allocated course credits* cannot be changed, and

  • students cannot change the order of the program years from those set out in the description of the combined program.

• Although combined degree students are not subject to the Law Faculty's minimum credit requirement, they may not enrol in more than 16 total credits in a term. Half-year courses in the School of Graduate Studies are the equivalent of 2 law school credits.  Total enrollment (including courses in the partner division) must not exceed the law school credit maximum.  

• You must maintain the equivalent of full-time enrolment, every term. We do not recognize credits earned during summer months toward the combined degree.

• No diplomas will be awarded until all the requirements for a combined program have been fulfilled.

• Combined Program Course Selection Checklist Forms are available on the Forms page of the JD Academic Handbook.

• You may only fulfill the requirements of one combined program degree. Combined degrees cannot be combined. In other words, you cannot do three degrees. Combined programs are the product of extensive consultation among U of T’s faculties, subject to numerous divisional approvals and School of Graduate Studies (SGS) oversight. Requirements cannot be modified or combined.

• If you enroll in combined program, you can only participate in exchanges with the approval of both home departments. If you are participating in a law approved exchange program, you must take 14 law credits while at the host university – regardless of the number of credits required in your specific combined program. You cannot satisfy the upper year requirements while away on exchange. However, the International/Comparative/Transnational perspective course requirement may be fulfilled while on exchange.

• Combined degree programs frequently require you to enrol in a different division for some part of the degree. (Often the second year of a four-year degree.)  Please note that this change in registration means that you are no longer a law student. This can affect your fees and student union membership, which can have significant consequences to a variety of requirements and benefits (e.g., health insurance coverage). 

• If you fail to observe these rules, you may be removed from the combined degree program.