Write a short review & help students like you! Over 1,500 students already shared their experience.
| Application Deadline: | 31st August | ||
| Location: | Edinburgh / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
| Educational Form: |
| ||
| Education Variants: |
| ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Edinburgh University has been one of the leading centres for teaching and research in Public International Law since 1707. The LLM in International Law has three objectives. Firstly it provides students from a very diverse range of countries with the opportunity to study the fundamentals of international law and international relations at an advanced level. Secondly it also offers the opportunity to take more specialised courses on issues of contemporary significance that reflect the research interests of members of staff. Lastly, the LLM in International Law encourages and supports the development of research skills and seeks to prepare students for a career in international law or international organisations. Students will ideally have a first degree in law or international relations. Previous knowledge of international law is not a prerequisite, but those unfamiliar with the subject are advised to take Fundamental Issues in International Law as one of their options.
You may take the LLM in International Law either full-time (over one year) or part-time (over the course of two years).
The LLM in International Law consists of (a) compulsory and optional courses amounting to 120 credits in total of which at least 80 credits must be courses from the LLM in International Law list and (b) a dissertation of not more than 10,000 words on an approved topic in international law. All taught courses are assessed mainly or exclusively by essay.
Compulsory courses: You must take at least one full course (40 credits) from the list below. You may take up to three full courses from the same list (total 120 credits). Students who have not previously studied international law may find it helpful to take Fundamental Issues in International Law.
Optional courses: You may take either two or four half courses (20 credits each) from the list below, in combination with one or two full courses from the list* below (total 120 credits). If taking half courses you will have to chose an equal number of 1st semester and 2nd semester credits.
Other courses: You may take any other non-international law LLM courses up to a total of 40 credits.
You can contact Maria Byars to ask a question about International Law at The University of Edinburgh.
Using the form on this page, you can directly ask questions to the contactpersons at the university.
Fill out your contact information and message. The information you fill out in this form will be sent directly to the university. They will reply to you on the e-mail address you provide here.
Explain your academic background in the message; the more sophisticated your e-mail, the better the answer.
MastersPortal.eu cannot take any responsibility for the answering of contacts or for the content of their replies.