International Human Rights Law – (M.Sc.)

Requirements

The programme is open to applicants holding a Bachelor´s degree in law or another Bachelor´s degree with at least 45 ECTS in law or other subjects relevant to the legal protection of human rights.

The applicants should be familiar with the basics of public international law and/or constitutional law. An applicant whose bachelor´s degree diploma does not contain an evaluation of the academic merits of his/her bachelor´s thesis (or another equivalent academic research essay) should supplement his/her application with a letter where the supervisor of the bachelor´s thesis evaluates the academic merits of the thesis, that is, grades it. No entrance examination.

Admission granted on basis of the application. Eligible applicants are assessed on the basis of the evaluation of the Bachelor´s thesis.

Applicants to the Master´s degree programmes taught in English must always prove their knowledge of the English language.

o IELTS (International English Language Testing System): Scores with an average of 6.5, with no individual scores below 5.5. A valid Test Report Form bears a centre stamp, a validation stamp and the IELTS administrator's signature. The Test Report Form must be sent directly from the test centre to the International office at Åbo Akademi University.

o TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language): Total scores of at least 575 points in the paper-based test, or 90 in the Internet-based test (iBT). The Test of Written English (TWE) is required for those taking the paper-based TOEFL test. The minimum section scores required are 52 in the TOEFL PBT (Listening, Reading and Structure) and 17 in the TOEFL iBT (listening, reading, speaking and writing). The required score in the TWE is 4.5. In addition to this it is recommended that applicants from China and East Asia, unless they take the iBT test, take the TSE (Test of Spoken English) if they have not studied in one of the following countries: Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, New Zealand or USA. The required score in the TSE is 45.The TOEFL reporting code for University Admissions Finland is 3138. The TOEFL result must be sent directly to University Admissions Finland by the Educational Testing Service. Photocopies are not accepted. The results are valid for two years. For more information: No other English proficiency test is accepted.