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LLM in International Human Rights

Ireland

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What will I learn?

If you undertake a Masters degree at UCD Sutherland School of Law you will be studying at one of the Top 100 Law Schools in the World. You will be taught by leading academics where class participation and interaction is encouraged. Our innovative teaching and small class sizes will allow you to develop strong analytical skills, and to hone your written and spoken critical insights.

This LLM will equip you with a specialised and in-depth knowledge and understanding of international human rights law, political theory of rights and international relations relating to human rights. The programme is interdisciplinary thus building on the strengths in this area of the Sutherland School of Law and the School of Politics and International Relations. Members of staff in the Sutherland School of Law have engaged in major research in this area spanning the full range of international human rights law, from asylum law and practice, the EU and fundamental rights, to the law of privacy in Ireland.

International Study Opportunities

Students on the full-time programme starting in September have the opportunity to spend a semester abroad as part of the Comparative, International and European Law (CIEL) graduate exchange programme with our partner Universities.

Career & Graduate Study Opportunities

The aim of this programme is to equip graduates to work in the field of human rights, either internationally or in Ireland, as a practising lawyer, legal adviser, policy-maker, advocate, researcher or academic. Career opportunities exist in inter-governmental organisations (United Nations, Council of Europe, European Union, Organisation for Cooperation and Security in Europe), government departments, international and domestic non-governmental organisations, and leading law firms.

Masters students in UCD Sutherland School of Law can benefit from engaging both with the UCD Careers Network and the Head of Career Development in the School. There are careers events hosted through the academic year and a specific Law Fair every October where Domestic and International Employers come on campus to meet with students.

Which department am I in?

UCD College of Social Sciences and Law

Study options

Full Time (1 Year)

Tuition fees
€22,600.00 (20,43,584) per year

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please

Start date

January 2025

Venue

UCD College of Social Sciences and Law

BELFIELD,

Dublin,

Republic of Ireland

Full Time (1 Year)

Tuition fees
€22,600.00 (20,43,584) per year

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please

Start date

September 2025

Venue

UCD College of Social Sciences and Law

BELFIELD,

Dublin,

Republic of Ireland

Entry requirements

For international students

Applicants must hold a Law degree, or an inter-disciplinary degree in which law was a major component. Applicants must have achieved at least an upper second class honours or equivalent.
Applicants holding a Graduate Diploma in Law (60 ECTS Credits) may be considered but will normally be admitted only where they can show an exceptionally strong performance in both their undergraduate degree and diploma.
Exemption from these requirements may be given to those with significant, relevant, practical experience or those with a graduate qualification at Masters level or higher in a relevant discipline. Such applicants should state clearly in their application why they feel their qualifications/experiences are appropriate for admission to the programme.
These are the minimum entry requirements – additional criteria may be requested for some programmes

English Language Requirements

Applicants whose first language is not English must submit satisfactory evidence of competence in written and spoken English, i.e. overall IELTS 6.5 (including a minimum of 6.5 in the reading and writing parts and no part below 6.0) or 90 in the TOEFL iBT (with a minimum of 22 (reading) and 24 (writing) and no part below 20.) The test results must be less than 2 years old.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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About University College Dublin

UCD is the most international and diverse university in Ireland, and is the destination of choice for over 10,400 international students.

  • Main campus in Belfield, only 5km from Dublin city centre
  • 126th in the world (QS World University Rankings, 2025)
  • One of Europe’s top research-intensive universities
  • Scholarships available for international students