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LL.M. Programmes

The Irish Centre for Human Rights presently offers LL.M. programmes in International Human Rights Law, International Criminal Law, and Peace Operations, Humanitarian Law and Conflict. The Centre also has a Cross-Border Programme in Human Rights Law (LL.M.) and Human Rights and Criminal Justice (MSSc/LL.M.), in conjunction with Queens University of Belfast. In addition, the Centre participates in the European Masters in Human Rights and Democratisation, an EU initiative, and the University of Malta's Master of Arts in Human Rights and Democratisation Programme. More information on the latter two programmes is available here.

Applications for the 2012-13 academic year are now being accepted. Applications are reviewed in February, March, May and a final review in June 2012. Deadlines for each review period are as follows

Apply by 15 February 2012	Receive a decision in 1st Round
Apply by 31 March 2012	Receive a decision in 2nd Round
Apply by 1 May 2012	Receive a decision in 3rd Round
Apply by 1 June 2012	Receive a decision in 4th Round

To apply, please go to www.pac.ie. Be sure to select NUI Galway from the sidebar menu and then Taught Programmes listing. When you are directed to this page, on the drop down menu currently listed as Select College, please scroll down and select School of Law (& Irish Centre for Human Rights) and from there, the particular LLM programme to which you wish to apply. You may apply to more than one programme at the Centre.

The 2012-2013 Programme begins on September 3, 2012 running for 12 weeks. Second semester begins on January 7th, 2013 and runs for 12 weeks. Please note that the third and final term during which students undertake research and writing on their thesis (no taught classes) takes place over the summer months. During this time students are not required to remain in Galway (with approval of their supervisor), but are expected to carry out research and preparation of their LLM thesis. The due date for the LLM thesis is mid August 2013.

Staff at the Irish Center for Human Rights also work with students undertaking an LL.M. Degree and Doctorate by Research.

Students should note that the LLM courses are instructed in English. The University requires that students are able to effectively engage in English in order to successfully complete the course (all exams are in the English language). Therefore, prospective students (not being native English speakers) are required to undertake an English+ anguage course before undertaking the LLM. The required scores are as follows: IELTS: 6.5; TOEFL (paper-based): 580; TOEFL (computer-based): 240; and TOEFL (internet-based): 92.

One of the questions most frequently asked by potential applicants is if the Centre accepts applications to our LLM programmes from students who do not have a law background; the answer is YES. For more details on entry requirements, please read the Admissibility Requirements section which is included in each of the individual LLM programmes (just select the one you are interested in from the list above and when you click on to that particular site, scroll down and read through the information. Admissibility criteria appears just after the list of course syllabi).

A complete brochure of the programmes offered by the Irish Centre of Human Right is available here

Please note that a number of new Postgraduate Scholarships are available through NUI Galway for full-time taught masters students from September 2012. Valued at €2,000 they are for students who:

have been accepted onto full-time taught masters programmes in 2012/13
have a First Class Honours undergraduate degree
and were in receipt of a Local Authority Higher Education Grant for their undergraduate degree

You can go to www.nuigalway.ie/courses/fees-and-funding/funding.html for more information on these Scholarships.

Before contacting us with your queries in relation to any of the above programmes, please consult the list of frequently asked questions (FAQ).

Quick links:

Irish Centre for Human Rights
National University of Ireland, Galway
Phone: +353 (0)91 493948, Fax: +353 (0) 91 494575
E-mail: humanrights

nuigalway.ie
This page was last updated Tuesday, February 21, 2012