What will I learn?

Develop a critical and in-depth knowledge and broaden your understanding of contemporary legal issues and real world problems on our new LLM programme. This LLM Law is ideal if you are looking for a general programme of postgraduate study 鈥� you will undertake research training, but also be able to specialise in certain research-led subjects, and to complete a dissertation researching your chosen field in depth, supported by one of our expert law staff.

LLM Law can be studied full-time over 1 year or part-time over 2 years.
Careers with this subject

Law graduates find employment in a diverse range of roles, both inside and outside the legal profession. Studying law will develop your communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills, which will make you stand out to employers across a number of fields. Graduates from our programme work as:

Barristers and in-house lawyers for companies
Solicitors, paralegals and legal executives
Journalists and media professionals
Politicians and senior civil servants
Business directors and managers
Public and voluntary sector managers
Teachers and legal academics

Which department am I in?

School of Society and Culture

Study options

Full Time (1 year)

Tuition fees

拢18,150.00 (US$ 23,439) per year

This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please

Start date

September 2025

Venue

Plymouth University

Drake Circus,

Plymouth,

PL4 8AA, SOUTHERN ENGLAND, England

Entry requirements

For international students

You should have a second-class honours undergraduate degree or equivalent in law, or containing some study of law. Other undergraduate degrees, such as criminology or other social sciences, may be considered as appropriate, on a case by case basis. Non-standard applications, such as those with substantial experience in an appropriate field, will also be considered on a case-by-case basis. International applicants will be required to provide evidence of their English language ability, for example by achieving an IELTS score of 6.5 overall (with a minimum of 5.5 in each element) or equivalent. The TOEFL Score would be 90 and Component scores of listening 17, reading 18, speaking 20, writing 18.

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